Milton Friedman suggests that businesses should only be responsible for making profits. If a business stays within the law‚ it is encouraged to do anything and go to any means necessary to maximize the bottom line. Other aspects such as customer happiness‚ impacts on society should not be its main concern. Porter and Kramer on the other hand suggest that we can create shared values in other words we can create economic value simultaneously by creating societal benefit and vice versa. Theoretically
Premium Social responsibility Term Milton Friedman
outsource its production to another country. Some may think that companies only outsource for inexpensive labor. This could in fact be the situation for some businesses. Those businesses do not take into consideration the need to uphold their social responsibilities. Patagonia does outsource its production to other countries. This company is not only considering discounted labor. They do take into account the working conditions of its employees. Also‚ they take into consideration the conditions of the
Premium Management Economics Outsourcing
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Value Creation among Large Firms Lessons from the Spanish Experience Bryan W. Husted and David B. Allen Can corporate social responsibility (CSR) be a source of good and a wellspring of innovation‚ competitive advantage and value creation for the firm? Although CEOs and government leaders insist in public that CSR projects create value for the firm‚ privately they admit that they do not know if CSR pays off. To address this question and drawing on
Premium Corporate social responsibility Strategic management Value added
CO-OPERATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Social responsibility is an idea that has been of concern to mankind for many years. Over the last two decades‚ however‚ it has become of increasing concern to the business world. This has resulted in growing interaction between governments‚ businesses and society as a whole. In the past‚ businesses primarily concerned themselves with the economic results of their decisions. “Today‚ however‚ businesses must also reflect on the legal‚ ethical‚ moral and social consequences
Premium Business ethics Corporate social responsibility Social responsibility
PART A The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is very modern and now applies to more and more business. As the nation population grows‚ the market also expands. The demand for companies that invest in CSR has increased the resent years from: customer; employees; suppliers; community groups’ government as well as some shareholder. Several authors argue that companies can gain enormous benefits by being social responsible. However‚ there are a large number of different views of companies
Premium Corporate social responsibility Social responsibility Environmentalism
Businesses Moral Responsibility Darryl A. Young April 18‚ 2008 Philosophy GEPI 140 One of the most important questions in all businesses is‚ whether businesses have any moral responsibilities at all beyond simply earning as much of a profit as possible for their owners? If you look at it from the business point of view they are only responsible for making a profit. The company is an agent of the shareholders and is responsible only to them‚ and only for making a profit. Looking at it from
Premium Morality Ethics Social responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility MBA 688 Jurtyne R. Youngblood December 13‚ 2014 The social responsibility of corporations. It pertains to consideration of‚ and response to‚ issues beyond the narrow economic‚ technical‚ and legal requirements of the firm to accomplish social benefits along with the traditional economic gains that the firm seeks. The corporate responsibility of firms have been put to the side by managers‚ today the issues are now first on the corporate agenda (Peng‚ p. 363)
Premium Corporate social responsibility Business ethics Ethics
(Reporter #1; additional input…) Corporate Social Responsibility The broadest definition of corporate social responsibility is concerned with what is - or should be - the relationship between global corporations‚ governments of countries and individual citizens. More locally‚ the definition is concerned with the relationship between a corporation and the local society in which it resides or operates. Another definition is concerned with the relationship between a corporation and its stakeholders
Premium Social responsibility Corporate social responsibility Business ethics
Adam Gregg CSR Hazels Due December 12‚ 2013 Reflective Essay Five: Are Profits the Only Business of Business? The business world is evolving at a fast pace‚ but so are the world’s social problems. Many places around the world still have poor nutrition‚ no access to water‚ or lack food or skills. Climate change‚ deforestation‚ and pollution are major issues that still need solutions. Healthcare is another important area that needs to be developed and that requires more efficiency. The world
Premium Problem solving Marketing Business
internal & external environment is meant to succeed. Corporate Social Responsibility is one paradigm that is the first to get affected with any kind of change in the organization. This study will relate whether strategic changes in an organization with respect to Corporate Social Responsibility activities are easily taken by the internal and external environment of an organization just because it is a Corporate Social Responsibility activity or it has to face challenges while implementations. As
Premium Corporate social responsibility Business ethics Strategic management