Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World Leslie Wilkins Legal 500 Professor Ewenike August‚ 13‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will examine the ethics of a pharmaceutical company by the name of PharmaCARE. Stakeholders will be discussed‚ and the treatment of rank and file workers versus executives will be analyzed. Also the proposed firing of three of PharmaCare’s workers will be debated. Additionally obligations‚ protection‚ and whistleblowing opportunities will be examined
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UK: Primark cuts three suppliers following child labour claims A News item from Business Respect‚ Issue Number 130‚ dated 17 Jun 2008 UK clothing retailer Primark has ended its contracts with three suppliers in India following allegations channelled through a BBC documentary that they used child labour to finish garments with embroidery and sequin work. The company said that the work had been improperly sub-contracted against the company’s code of conduct‚ and it had taken action accordingly
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Corporate Social Responsibility Presentation University Of Greenwich Nguyen Son Hieu‚831580 I. What is CSR? • ‘ The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic‚ legal‚ ethical and discretionary expectations that a society has of organizations at a given point in time ’ [Carroll‚ 1979] • CSR functions as a mechanism to enhance a positive impact on the environment and stakeholders. Types of CSR • CSR takes place in different forms‚ ranging from : - Giving away food or cash to charity
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Corporate Social responsibility at McDonald’s McDonald is one of the most renowned fast food restaurants across the globe. The vision of McDonald’s was coined by Ronal McDonald who identified the need of its target audiences and tailor made the products as per them. The organization has established a value proposition for the target audience on the basis of a penetration pricing strategy that has appealed to the people in almost every country. Being a tough competitor to many fast food
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0101 Leadership‚ Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility | Pre-‐Module Mathias Haas 1402010 1. How would you describe Alex’s dominant leadership style (according to “Leadership Run Amok”)? Would like working with Alex? Why or why not? Alex leadership style could be described as both‚ directive and pacesetting. Directive‚ as Alex likes to handle projects only in his own way‚ telling people what to do and when to do it‚ even if he has to “steamroll over someone’s
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Ethics of Social Media Technology grows at an exponential rate and moral law cannot evolve and accommodate its pace‚ leaving the ethicalness of new innovations up for debate. Throughout human history‚ communication was vital for technological advancement to take place. In recent decades though‚ the trend has reversed; technological advancements now serve as a medium for human interaction. The internet has engulfed aspects of human life‚ such as social networking. MySpace‚ Facebook‚ Twitter and
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ASSIGNMENT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TOPIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN WAL-MART & AMUL WAL-MART’S SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. (branded as Walmart) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large‚ discount department stores. It is the world’s largest public corporation by revenue‚ according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962‚ incorporated on October 31‚ 1969‚ and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972.
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task‚ I am going to describe how political‚ legal and social factors are impacting upon activities in Barclays PLC‚ Diabetes UK and their stakeholders. POLITICAL‚ LEGAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS PLS analysis is very useful for studying the environment in which a company operates and accessing external factors influencing the company in the markets it operates. PLS is the acronym for the following categories of investigation: political‚ legal and sociological factors.
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ORT Proposal Option 1. • How has Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) in businesses/companies helped the Noordwyk community Option 2. • Study on how Corporate Social responsibility has uplifted/empowered the Midrand community. Chosen Option: How effective has Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) been implemented in the Midrand community. Possible Hypothesis/Focus Question. The Midrand town is one that consists of many highly effective corporates in South Africa. It is due to this factor that companies
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Utilitarianism and Social Corporate Responsibility The principal of Utilitarianism is often cited for grounds in business related decision making. Business ethics is often misunderstood - for if the main purpose of business is to maximize profits‚ then one could argue Westjet had done nothing wrong in trying to gain an advantage in thier industry. Thankfully‚ ethical decision making involves criteria beyond the ’greatest good for the greatest number of people’. Its criteria are as follows - utilitarianism
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