Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Some may debate that it decreases company’s profits by spending much money on CSR. However‚ according to Needle (2004)‚ ‘good’ CSR is also good for business‚ a firm could benefit from doing CSR. Thus‚ this paper aims to explain its importance. It begins with the definition of CSR and its four responsibilities‚ then presents how it influences a business and benefits it can bring. Finally‚ I am going to describe strategic CSR and discuss why firms have social
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From a business perspective‚ researchers often argue that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can improve the competitiveness of a company and that the CSR activities develop a favourable corporate image and their financial performance (Burke & Logsdon 1996). CSR is defined as the obligation of organisation management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organisation (Samson & Daft 2009). Some say that the significance of social
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T.K.Maxx and Zara are very different retailers in the fashion industry. Whilst one offers low cost designer labels the other retails quality own-brand labelled clothes at a reasonable price. Zara sets itself apart from the giant market place by celebrating its motive to offer exactly what the customer wants‚ going to detective levels to make sure they understand their audience’s wishes. T.K.Maxx on the other-hand distinguishes itself by reducing prices of designer labels by up to 60%‚ and these are
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Business Ethics Reflection XMGT/216 Business Ethics Reflection Morality and values-based dilemmas in the workplace are difficult to handle when employees have to choose between what’s right and what’s wrong according to their own principles. Many ethical choices are clear cut in the workplace because we can easily think about what is ’right’ in the workplace and what is ’wrong’ in the workplace. Other times there are situations that arise in the workplace setting that two or more important
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Nike CSR Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organisations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. A traditional view of the corporation suggests that its
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What makes Zara different from other specialty apparel retailers? What are the main differences in the business models of Zara and H&M? Zara’s greatest strength and at the same time the difference from other specialty apparel retailers lies in its supply chain ‚ which allows Zara to turn over new styles in a fraction of the time ( three weeks ) it takes conventional retailers. It is interesting how the two leading fashion retailers ( Zara and H&M ) have totally opposite business models. The
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Product Classification Zara is classified as the shopping goods in the category of consumer products. Zara is an international clothing brand which is a part of the Inditex Group. Zara’s products mainly focus at the clothing and their products are bought for the final use. So‚ it is classified in the category of the consumer products. Zara is classified as the shopping goods because of their brand. Their brand had made the price of their product higher than other competitors seems like Padini
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Wal-Mart Business Ethics RES/351 09/10/2012 Sara Skowronski Wal-Mart Business Research Ethics "The real problem today is the ineffective and inconsistent oversight of professional boxing‚ which has led to continuing scandals‚ controversies‚ unethical practices‚ and unnecessary injuries and deaths in the sport‚" once quoted by Charles W. Pickering. Wal-Mart has developed to become one of the biggest retail store in the world. Being one of America ’s biggest
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Design As the flagship brand of Inditex‚ Zara possesses a large amount of capital for investment in product design. Moreover‚ the young but capable designers in Zara have the sensitivity to capture the newest trendy style. They are the typical air traveler busy shuttle back and forth all kinds of fashion shows and trade fairs in Paris‚ New York‚ London‚ and Milan‚ from which they can get inspiration and recognize the fashion trend accurately. Therefore‚ Zara could rapidly design and release fashion-sensitive
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Pollution is the act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted‚ especially the contamination of soil‚ water‚ or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pollution). Pollution is a universal problem. It seems that many businesses and people are unaware of the effect that pollutants have on people. Car exhaustion‚ tobacco smoking‚ dumping waste‚ and emission from factories and plants are just a few ways to pollute our ozone. I
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