of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ social responsibility can be found throughout the play. In order to discuss social responsibility we must first examine the word responsibility itself. The word responsibility in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is defined as “something that you should do because it is morally right‚ legally required‚ etc.” (Responsibility) Now that we have viewed what the word responsibility means‚ we are ready to further explore social responsibility that is found in the play‚ Death
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Corporate Ownership & Control / Volume 4‚ Issue 4‚ Summer 2007 96 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: SHAREHOLDERS’ INTERESTS’ AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERESTS Elena F Pérez Carrillo* Abstract Much of the traditional Company Law doctrine considers that Corporations must be managed to promote‚ above all‚ shareholders’ rights. Activities in favour of non-shareholder constituencies such as suppliers‚ consumers‚ employees or the Community at large can be perceived as a means of Management to increase its
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through illustrating the different potential effects of a business organization engaging in Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”). The effects that will be shown in this essay would be an increase and decrease in the company’s expenses‚ sustaining and harming the environment‚ increase and decrease in sales and customers‚ improve the lives of people inside and outside the company‚ and the practice of social irresponsibility. I will also be providing actual companies engage in CSR‚ and its effects
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Introduction: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) assumes the responsibility of the corporations towards the community and society. CSR policy functions as a built-in‚ self-regulating mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law‚ ethical standards‚ and international norms. CSR is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company ’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment‚ consumers
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN CONTEXT TO INDIA Introduction: the terminology of social responsibility What constitutes the “social responsibility” (SR) of enterprises and other organizations is difficult to define. The ISO Strategic Advisory Group on Social Responsibility (SAG) recognizes that there is no single authoritative definition of the term “corporate/organizational social responsibility‚” and does not seek to provide one. However‚ it notes that most definitions emphasize
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Company Q’s Attitude Toward Social Responsibility Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility demonstrates a bias toward the outdated shareholder model‚ rather than the stakeholder interaction model of corporate governance‚ as well as a significant lack of concern for the fundamental wellbeing of some of its primary stakeholders. Arguably‚ however‚ even the shareholders themselves may ultimately be frustrated in realizing the maximum potential return on their investment in this company
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Introduction Strategic ethics and social responsibility are two of the most important‚ yet perhaps most misunderstood concerns in the world of business today. By their very nature‚ these fields are controversial‚ and there is no universally accepted approach for solving their questions. On the other hand‚ government is encouraging organizational accountability for ethical conduct‚ and organisations are being asked to prevent and control misconduct by implementing ethics programs. By defining strategic
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Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility True Religion Apparel‚ Inc. Forbes Magazine listed True Religion Apparel‚ Inc. as #79 on its list of America’s Best Small Companies. The company was founded by Jeffery Lubell in 2002 where he started out selling his high-quality American made denim products out of a van in LA. The company now has expanded to six continents and boasts and impressing 439 million dollars (as of October 2012). I believe that True Religion Apparel‚ Inc. is one of America’s
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The impact of social performance - Unilever and its environmental responsibility Unilever is one of the world largest multinational companies‚ merged by British soapmaker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie in 1929‚ which is related with lives of over two billion people every day mainly in the area of food and beverage‚ home care and personal care. The corporate purpose of Unilever indicates that they require "the highest standard of corporate behavior towards everyone
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13‚ 2012 Top 5 Companies in Terms of Social Responsibility We live in a society that holds companies accountable for their actions in relation to the environment‚ the welfare of the less fortunate‚ and the investors that fund them. A company’s actions in terms of social responsibility are placed into three categories: profit responsibility‚ stakeholder responsibility‚ and societal responsibility. Profit responsibility refers to a company’s responsibility to maximize profits without using deceptive
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