387 From supply chains to value chains: A spotlight on CSR Malika Bhandarkar and Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero* 1. Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR)1 has become a hot topic in boardrooms across the world. Changes in corporate value systems are being driven by pressures from different actors‚ including governments‚ consumers‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutional investors (diagram 1). Multinational corporations (MNCs) have operations spread across the globe‚ relying
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Vision and Values: Vision: The vision and value of Whole Foods comes from their Declaration of Interdependence “Our motto — Whole Foods‚ Whole People‚ Whole Planet — emphasizes that our vision reaches far beyond just being a food retailer. Our success in fulfilling our vision is measured by customer satisfaction‚ team member happiness and excellence‚ return on capital investment‚ improvement in the state of the environment and local and larger community support”(History‚ 2008). Values: “Providing
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In marketing there is‚ what is) called a Unique Selling Proposition (USP. This is an important tool available for marketing‚ to differentiate the position and competition. Some vendors position their products based on price‚ durability‚ quality‚ easy to use and so on‚ as their USP. And you as a person? What makes you different? What is your area of excellence? Should it be regarded as a product‚ why shouldsomeone to buy the other person? To be more precise‚ what is truly unique and special about
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to illuminate about core brand values of one company. Core brand values helps a company to grow in the market. It is very important to build core brand values in order to maintain competition. Big companies such as Google has developed their core brand values that other companies in the same market are not even close to give them a competition. The author is going to explain Google ’s core brand values to illustrate the importance of this topic. Introduction: Core Brand values are theory that explains
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Ethics is based on a set of moral and ethical values. These values must be absolute - that is‚ you must take them seriously enough to override any human rationalization‚ weakness‚ ego‚ or personal faults. Alcoa’s ethical work climate is diverse‚ encourages open communication and learning‚ and community outreach. Alcoa’s core values are held to a high standard. Standing by these values: Integrity; Environment‚ Health‚ and Safety; Customer; Accountability; Excellence; People; and Profitability helps
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Human Rights vs. Core Values The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Saint Leo University’s Core Values are very different. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights outlines every citizen’s right to choose how they want to live. Saint Leo University’s Core Values explain how they expect their students and faculty to behave as far as the school is involved but these values are not necessarily carried over into every-day life by people. There is a big difference between given rights that
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organic healthy food. It describes itself as a “dynamic leader in the quality food business” (“Our core values‚” 2017) where it stresses the importance of quality over quantity‚ in addition to promoting high standards of excellence. Dedicated to providing fresh‚ healthy‚ organic food which is free of artificial preservatives‚ colors‚ sweeteners‚ and hydrogenated fats‚ Whole Foods Market has 8 core values which revolve around stakeholders‚ sustainability‚ corporate social responsibility‚
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How many individuals today consider their core values? What would the response of a teenager be if they were confronted with a question concerning their virtues? A typical teenager would most likely have no idea. It can be argued that the lack of awareness of core values in today’s society is rather frightening‚ just how would individuals cope if they are tested in a time of conflict‚ especially in a civilisation where we encouraged to be selfish‚ greedy and oblivious to our beliefs. It is true that
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Zappos faces Competitive Advantages Chapter 1 6/9/13 Zappos is an online retailer that has found its business on 10 core values that help successfully run their business. The company is known for their culture. They feel that culture evaluate how the employees will perform their job functions. The questions below will define what challenges they will face when competitive challenges intervene. 1. Zappos seems to be well-positioned to have a competitive advantage over other online retailers.
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encounter. In order to fully comprehend and appreciate this sense of individuality‚ one must have respect‚ which makes up one of Marywood University’s five core values. I have always made a point of respecting the people around me‚ and I think I this can partially be attributed to my Catholic identity‚ which happens to be another one of Marywood’s core values. Over the duration of my time at Marywood‚ my goal is to more deeply pursue my Catholic identity and to continue to show respect to those around me
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