The impact of social performance - Unilever and its environmental responsibility Unilever is one of the world largest multinational companies‚ merged by British soapmaker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie in 1929‚ which is related with lives of over two billion people every day mainly in the area of food and beverage‚ home care and personal care. The corporate purpose of Unilever indicates that they require "the highest standard of corporate behavior towards everyone
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Unilever Unilever’s mission is to add Vitality to life. Unilever meet everyday needs of nutrition‚ hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good‚ look good and get more out of life Lever brothers started the company called Unilever in the year 1929 in Sao Paulo. Unilever has achieved a market capital of $56 billion with 300‚000 employees in 150 countries with 45 different brands. In 1930 Unilever launched their first detergent soap named sunlight soap. OMO detergent powder
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Capital Structure and Debt Structure* Joshua D. Rauh Kellogg School of Management and NBER Amir Sufi University of Chicago Booth School of Business and NBER February 2010 *We thank Doug Diamond‚ Anil Kashyap‚ Gordon Phillips‚ Michael Roberts‚ Toni Whited‚ Luigi Zingales‚ and seminar participants at Emory University‚ Georgetown University‚ Maastricht University‚ Rice University‚ Tilburg University‚ the University of California-Berkeley‚ the University of Chicago‚ the University of Colorado
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Q2. What was the motivation for the Shakti initiative? Was it a CSR activity? SHAKTI is HUL’s sales and distribution initiative that combines social responsibility‚ sustainability‚ and business strategy. India has more than 6‚ 30‚000 villages‚ most of these are ’hard to reach’ and offer relatively lower business potential. Hence‚ reaching them through the conventional distribution system is a challenge. By promoting micro-enterprises‚ HUL’s initiative not only made great business sense‚ but
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Unilever and P&G – Comparative Analysis Executive Summary The Consumer Products Industry is the biggest industry in the world at the moment‚ with total revenues amounting to about 50% of all goods sold. It is comparable to the GDP of the 4th biggest economy in the world‚ and entails most of the products we use in our every day lives. There are 3 key factors that drive the industry today: developing markets‚ the emerging middle-class of developing countries and the millions of baby boomers in
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conceptual framework of corporate and business ethics across organizations Structures‚ processes and performance ¨ Goran Svensson Oslo School of Management‚ Oslo‚ Norway‚ and Corporate and business ethics 21 Greg Wood Deakin University‚ Warrnambool‚ Australia Abstract Purpose – The objective of this paper is to introduce and describe a conceptual framework of corporate and business ethics across organizations in terms of ethical structures‚ ethical processes and ethical performance. Design/methodology/approach
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Millenium Development Goals Table of Figures Figure 1 - Unilever ’s Sustainable Living Plan with turnovers from 2009‚ 2010* and 2020** 3 Figure 2 - Unilever ’s Greenhouse Gas Footprint 5 Figure 3 - Leaders in sustainability‚ % of analysts polled 6 Figure 4 - Kraljic ’s Matrix of Unilever ’s Supply Positioning 7 Figure 5 - Market Segmentation Matrix 8 Figure 6 - Swot Analysis Table 10 Summary This report’s aim is to study and understand how Unilever builds its relationships with suppliers and partners
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FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Identify the six key elements that define an organization’s structure. 2. Describe a simple structure. 3. Explain the characteristics of a bureaucracy. 4. Describe a matrix organization. 5. Explain the characteristics of a “virtual” organization. 6. Summarize why managers want to create boundaryless organizations. 7. List the factors that favor different organization structures. 8
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Formal organization It is a fixed set of rules of infra-organization procedures and structures. As such‚ it is usually set out in writing‚ with a language of rules that ostensibly leave little discretion for interpretation. In some societies and in some organization‚ such rules may be strictly followed; in others‚ they may be little more than an empty formalism. * To facilitate the accomplishment of the goals of the organization: In a formal organization the work is delegated to each individual
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Organizational Structure An organization is a social unit of people‚ systematically structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis. All organizations have a management structure that determines relationships between functions and positions‚ and subdivides and delegates roles‚ responsibilities‚ and authority to carry out defined tasks. Therefore‚ in order to better manage the large amount of resources and assets organizations need to be in some sort of
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