Corporate Social Responsibilities Tony Fernandes‚ CEO of Kuala Lumpur-based Air Asia started a low-cost airline at a time when everyone thought he would fail. He placed high emphasis on his workforce and flexible HR strategies. During the past few years‚ Air Asia has become one of the best low-cost airlines in Asia and it has also boosted its CSR efforts. Fernandes’ basic sense of CSR starts with his people: Air Asia was one of the first airlines in Asia to hire female pilots. He says that his staff
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Part A - Challenges of responsible business Introduction With the globalisation of world business‚ China has become an appealing market for foreign investors (Zhang‚ 2004); a large number of these entered the Chinese market by forming joint ventures or participating in mergers and acquisitions. The development of cross-national business‚ on one hand‚ has created tremendous opportunities for global collaboration among different countries; on the other hand‚ however‚ it has also created a unique
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environmental concerns when making business decisions. And this has makes CSR integral to the way of the business related to the world and potential of being success. As there is no universal standard for CSR‚ CSR can be defined by actions such as integrating social‚ environmental and economic terms into business value and actions. One of the examples would be treating the employees from foreign countries fairly as the local employee. Many businesses believe that by implementing CSR activities they will be able
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consistent management‚” M&T Bank demonstrates how doing ordinary business benefits society around them. M&T Bank’s policies on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complete the necessary requirement of Mandated Actions under their scope of Corporate Social Responsibility. They state‚ “it is the policy of M&T Bank to provide equal employment opportunities – without regard to race‚ color‚ national origin‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ sex‚ gender identity‚ age‚ disability‚ citizenship‚ pregnancy‚ veteran status‚
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JR: EXEC ADVISER AUG 10 The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility The idea that companies have a duty to address social ills is not just flawed‚ argues Aneel Karnani. It also makes it more likely that we’ll ignore the real solutions to these problems. By ANEEL KARNANI August 23‚ 2010 Can companies do well by doing good? Yes—sometimes. Journal Report Read the complete WSJ Executive Adviser report . But the idea that companies have a responsibility to act in the public interest
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The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility Dr. Karnani shows in this article from the Wall Street Journal‚ the pros and cons on whether businesses should be required to implement social welfare initiatives. For some companies‚ this idea is a win-win situation but there are other businesses that in order to promote these initiatives‚ they would have to lose profits. The idea of people helping people sounds very good but we have to be realistic‚ we are living in a capitalist country
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THE CASE AGAINST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY According to my point of view‚ the writer of this article makes a controversial argument against Corporate Social Responsibility. He defines Corporate Social Responsibility as the increasing popular idea. His basic argument against this idea is twofold. First he argued that if profits and public interests are aligned‚ Corporate Social Responsibility is irrelevant. But I think that Corporate Social Responsibility is not irrelevant. The fact that
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The phrase “Corporate Social Responsibility” originates with H. Bowen‚ who wrote “Social Responsibility of Businessmen” in 1953. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is broadly used to describe businesses’ integration of social and environmental issues into decisions‚ goals‚ and operations. According to World Business Council for Sustainable Development “Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving
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Introduction Definition of the business Retailing encompasses the business activities involved in selling goods to consumers for their personal‚ family‚ or household use. It includes every sale to the final consumer—ranging from apparel to movie tickets to books to home appliances. Retail stores include diverse sorts of shops‚ from kiosks and small groceries to supermarket chains and large department stores. Retailing is the last stage in the distribution process. In addition to traditional bricks-and-mortar
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waterproof boots and shoes. • 1987: Timberland went public on the American Stock Exchange. • 1992: To sustain the communities in which its employees live and work‚ Timberland developed what later became The Path of Service program: a progressive corporate policy offering employees 16 hours paid leave to perform community service. • 1997: Timberland increased the benefit of paid employee volunteer time to 40 hours. 2. Awards • 1999: Timberland was selected as one of 1998’s “100 Best Companies to
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