What is Corporate Social Responsibility? In an age in which environmental and social issues are top of mind for many consumers‚ businesses can no longer exist in a bubble. Today’s shoppers aren’t just looking for the best price and quality — they expect the companies they patronize to do good with their dollars and make a positive impact on the world around them. To this end‚ many organizations are now making social responsibility a top priority. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to a
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narrow view agree that the only role of business is the increase of profits. They believe that caring about the environmental‚ social and other problems should be the responsibility of government and non-profit making organizations sponsored by governments. (Pontinen J 2013 ) A bright supporter of the narrow view is Milton Friedman who claims that the only social responsibility a business has is to maximize the profits of its owner or shareholders. Friedman feels that as long as the corporate executive
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In psychology and social work‚ dual relationships and clinical boundaries are often common. They are often unclear and most times the professional has a difficult time noticing them developing. Ethical dilemmas are found in all professions‚ but are often different in type and solutions. They are hard to identify and even harder to make a clear decision. Dual relationships and clinical boundaries are one of the biggest ethical dilemmas social workers face because of the difficulties of finding the
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Do information media have social responsibility? If yes‚ in what ways? If no‚ why not? I‚ along with many other people will agree we are not sure what responsibilities are that information media has‚ but they do have some sort of responsibility. Media outlets need to remain unbiased‚ but we all know that none of them do. The certain news sites that I read‚ do usually seem one sided‚ but I keep an open mind when it comes to believing what the say. If I have any doubt what I am reading is far
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social responsibilities of the business entities towards contractual employeES Introduction: Based on the Labor Code Article 106 Section 3 (APPENDIX A)‚ In legitimate contracting‚ there exists a trilateral relationship under which there is a contract for a specific job‚ work or service between the principal and the contractor or subcontractor‚ and a contract of employment between the contractor or subcontractor and its workers. Hence‚ there are three parties involved in these arrangements‚ the
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Legal/Political factor: This factor exerts direct and indirect influences on Singapore Flyer. There are pros and cons. One of its positive side is that Singapore government cabin has placed multi-racial politicians to work together. This prove that there is no discrimination‚ regardless of race‚ everyone can enjoy themselves at the Singapore Flyer. Another positive side of the political factor is that the Singapore government have implement strict rules and regulations on those that may wish to
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Social Responsibility of Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances‚ with annual sales of more than $18 billion‚ more than 73‚000 employees‚ and nearly 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company’s family of brands‚ including Whirlpool‚ Maytag‚ KitchenAid‚ Jenn-Air‚ Amana‚ Brastemp‚ Bauknecht‚ Consul and other major brand names to consumers in more than 170 countries. Whirlpool Corporation is
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) is a term describing a company’s obligation to be accountable to all of its stakeholder in all its operation and activities. Socially responsible companies consider the full scope of their impact on communities and the environment when making decisions‚ balancing the needs of stakeholder with their need to make profit. A company’s stakeholders are all those who are influenced by and can influence a company’s decisions and action‚ both locally and globally. Business
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his article‚ Put Profits First‚ “It is…simply good business for a company to cater to its customers‚ train and retain its employees‚ build long-term positive relationships with its suppliers‚ and become a good citizen in its community.” The social responsibility of business is to benefit not just the stockholders but also all of the constituencies. Some people believe however that it is not intelligent to put the investors second. T.J. Rogers says that shareholders are a huge part of the business
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WAL-MART Group Report Submitted To: Jian Guan MGT802 Ryerson University April 2‚ 2008 Submitted By: Lalit Kalra Miri Kwun Galant Lee Muruhendran Mahendran Jani Theiventhiran TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Wal-Mart and Wages 4 - 7 - Basic Facts - Ethical Issues - Alternatives - Recommendations Wal-Mart and Gender Discrimination 7 - 10 - Basic Facts - Ethical Issues - Alternatives - Recommendations
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