Briefly outline what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is and how the initiatives on reporting CSR have developed over the past few decades. Explain what the Global Reporting Initiative is. Social responsibility has been a term used in business since the 1700’s with to focus then being child labour and increasing working conditions. It was only during the 1970’s when social responsibility gathered pace and a definition was given “The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic
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possible to have social responsible executives acting as agents and not as political officials? (Freidman‚ 1970). • The role of the government is to set a balance between the legislative‚ executive and judicial branches. Thus‚ there must be a set of regulations on corporate executives in order not play the role of an elected political official and by not having the complete control in navigating the economy through inflation or deflation. • Thus‚ as indicated by Freidman (1970)‚ this is the basic
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Archie Carroll’s View of Corporate Social Responsibility 1 By Rodolfo Arango Archie Carroll’s hierarchical chart depicting the four components of his view on corporate social responsibility is sketched out as a pyramid for ease of use and understanding. The pyramids wide base‚ and the foundation of this theory‚ represents “economic responsibility” the basic building block for a positive corporation. This layer of the pyramid makes the distinction that it is the responsibility of an organization is
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THE RECALCITRANT DIRECTOR AT BYTE‚ INC.: CORPORATE LEGALITY VS. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY BACKGROUND OF THE CASE (INTRODUCTION) Byte products have three existing plants operating at full capacity (24 hours a day & 7 days a week). The new plant proposed to be built in the South Western US will require 3 years before it is fully on line. This means that byte cannot meet the anticipated demand for its products. Alternative courses have been exploded- 1.) Licensed byte products and technology
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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 on both foreign affiliates and arm’s-length
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ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY RESEARCH TOPIC ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INSTITUTE LIAQUAT COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCES SUBMITTED TO KARACHI UNIVERSITY SUBMITTED BY SYED ARSALAN IMAM SUPERVISED BY SIR ZEESHAN BABER CLASS BS VIII COURSE TITLE PROJECT REPORT COURSE NUMBER BA (H)-622 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I offer my humblest thanks to ALMIGHTY ALLAH‚ The most Beneficent and the Most
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CSR Corporate Social Responsibility: A Value Adding Business Function Prepared by: Randeep Moore Student ID: 301064174 BUS 421: Kim Trottier Abstract This paper examines the similarities and findings of three academic papers related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in accounting. Assumptions are made regarding the importance of CSR to the success of businesses. By looking at three different pieces of literature from the accounting field‚ there is strong evidence that suggests
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Corporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) field presents a scene of speculations as well as a multiplication of methodologies‚ which are dubious‚ perplexing and vague. This article tries to illuminate the circumstance‚ "mapping the domain" by characterizing the primary CSR speculations and related methodologies in four gatherings: (1) instrumental hypotheses‚ in which the organization is viewed as just an instrument for riches creation
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shift to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in companies has occurred (Martin‚ 2004). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is about the contributions a company makes to society through its core business activities‚ its social investment and philanthropy programs. The concept of corporate social responsibility in business has become a popular subject of discussion and debate within both business and academic circles. The paper analyses the impact behind the shift to CSR through a case study analysis
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Throughout history corporations have been able to generate an abundance of wealth for its stock holders. Since the inception of the first modern corporation the idea of giving back to society has been an issue. Corporate Social Responsibility began as a form of paternalistic philanthropy in the early 18th century and by the early 20th century has developed into necessary year round contributions. This paper traces CSR through the 18th‚ 19th‚ 20th‚ and 21st centuries‚ and also includes are major historical
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