Introduction ‘Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a long-term strategy‚ uniquely relevant to the twenty-first century‚ in which responsible social change can become a source of innovation and profits rather than added cost‘ (Vogel‚ David J‚ 2005‚ p.19). ‘Those that don’t make that effort won’t be a problem because ultimately they won’t be around.’ (L. Hunter Lovins‚ 2006‚ p.26). Obviously‚ CSR is no longer a new strategy to companies nowadays. In terms of definition‚ Carroll (1991) suggests
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Ethics and Social Responsibility: In Business Ethical behavior and social responsibility are very different‚ but are commonly confused. A standard of moral behavior‚ behavior that is accepted by society as right or wrong that is ethics. Social responsibility is about improving the quality of relations with key stakeholders. Novo Nordisk defines it as putting values into action in the perspective of human
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Corporate Social responsibility Introduction A few years ago firms only goal was to gain economic profit from their businesses. In recent times it has been discussions if economic profit are the only reason for businesses to exist (Klonoski 1991) In modern society the belief that businesses have responsibilities against the society they operate in have grown bigger‚ but there are still people and organisations who believe that gaining economic profit from their business are the only thing they
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claim that : « the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits » ? Milton Friedman was an American economist‚ statistician and writer‚ who had a massive impact on the research agenda of the economics profession. His famous words “the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Friedman‚ Milton. 1970) led to many controversial debates on whether businesses should have ethics or if profit should be their main goal. Corporate social responsibility has many definitions
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Companies have a social responsibility to perform and behave in particular ways. A company has a responsibility to ensure that any stakeholder’s needs are being met. The Toyota Corporations history and goals are as follows; “Toyota Motors is a Japanese automobile manufacturer founded in 1933. Toyota accounts for 78 percent of all the hybrid gas/electric cars sold in the United States. They are working to become the largest car-seller in the world‚ and in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007‚ for
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analyse and discuss the debates on corporate social responsibility. Take a position on these debates and justify your point of view. Critically evaluate what the implications of your position would be for managers who are concerned about the impact of their organisation’s activities upon the environment. This assessment item is designed to allow you to demonstrate your capacity to understand and evaluate debates around the topic of corporate social responsibility and the implications of these debates
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Corporate Social Responsibility This essay will be based on corporate social responsibility (CSR). It should allow the reader to understand what CSR is‚ the importance of CSR and how it would influence customer activities. Themes that would be included in this essay will be the background of corporate social responsibility‚ history and the development of corporate social responsibility. The key concepts will also be explained and the different stakeholders which will be linked to corporate social
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1. Introduction Social responsibility of business has been a subject of intense controversy and interest over the past four decades (Jamali 2008). The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the two different views of social responsibility of business among scholars and business practitioners. The first is the shareholders view of Milton Friedman and another one is the stakeholder view of Bob Dudley‚ Group Chief Executive of BP Corporation. I will outline key arguments and point out drawbacks
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Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is concerned with the relationship between the corporate sector and society‚ and focuses on particularly good corporate citizenship. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development defines Corporate Social Responsibility as the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the local community and society at large
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business can increase their profits‚ improve their customer service‚ and expand their business. I have never looked at the financial statements that are given to each shareholder. I have to present my proposals to the Vice President in the afternoon business meeting. In order for this company to get what they want‚ they must have a vision of what they are trying to achieve as a whole. In my statement‚ I am going to explain to the VP how the business can improve its customer service‚ profits‚ and expand
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