Barclays Bank: Business Law and Ethics
BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS
Assignmen ( BA 3 ) :
Teacher: David Mwaura Date of submission: 13/06/2012
Executive summary:
-Introduction… -What is Corporate social responsibility ?... -Introducing Dell … -Csr strategy of Dell… -Environmental responsibility… -Ethics and compliance… -Creating a healthy workplace… -Conclusion… -REFERENCES… BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS:
Introduction:
The definition of corporates social responsibility (CSR) previously given by the commission of Europe was: *Company’s concept of incorporating the social and environmental preoccupation in their business running and also in their interference with their stakeholders willingly *.
There is a new definition which has been released in the new strategic plan that aims for providing a new modern vision of the corporate social responsibility and also a global approach: Actions done by corporation to society.
In 2006, the first strategic plan was created with the making of European alliance for (CSR), the objective of this plan is to bring up new features for building a sustainable strategy.
Corporate social responsibility is actually considered as part of the companies’ strategy orderly to enhance their competitiveness .A good CSR plan could bring: Benefits, cost savings, human resource management, customer relationships and also innovation capacity.
The EUROPEAN COMMISSION settled 8 priority areas from 2011-2014:
→Awareness-raising and a good practice exchange: (creating a European reward in order to promote market rewarding)
→Help to multi-stakeholders initiative: (Settlement of sector-based platforms to make commitments)
→Cooperation with Member States: (Insisting on the importance of national and sub-national corporate social responsibility
Assignmen ( BA 3 ) :
Teacher: David Mwaura Date of submission: 13/06/2012
Executive summary:
-Introduction… -What is Corporate social responsibility ?... -Introducing Dell … -Csr strategy of Dell… -Environmental responsibility… -Ethics and compliance… -Creating a healthy workplace… -Conclusion… -REFERENCES… BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS:
Introduction:
The definition of corporates social responsibility (CSR) previously given by the commission of Europe was: *Company’s concept of incorporating the social and environmental preoccupation in their business running and also in their interference with their stakeholders willingly *.
There is a new definition which has been released in the new strategic plan that aims for providing a new modern vision of the corporate social responsibility and also a global approach: Actions done by corporation to society.
In 2006, the first strategic plan was created with the making of European alliance for (CSR), the objective of this plan is to bring up new features for building a sustainable strategy.
Corporate social responsibility is actually considered as part of the companies’ strategy orderly to enhance their competitiveness .A good CSR plan could bring: Benefits, cost savings, human resource management, customer relationships and also innovation capacity.
The EUROPEAN COMMISSION settled 8 priority areas from 2011-2014:
→Awareness-raising and a good practice exchange: (creating a European reward in order to promote market rewarding)
→Help to multi-stakeholders initiative: (Settlement of sector-based platforms to make commitments)
→Cooperation with Member States: (Insisting on the importance of national and sub-national corporate social responsibility
References: Class notes: -Week 5, 6 and 7. Websites: http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/116369/computers/the_history_of_dell.html http://i.dell.com/sites/content/corporate/corp-comm/en/Documents/Dell_CR_Summary_Report_FINAL.pdf (csr of dell) http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/csr-rse.nsf/eng/rs00562.html Books: *Corporate Social and Human Rights Responsibilities: Global, Legal and Management Perspectives by Karin Buhmann, Lynn Roseberry and Mette Morsing *Introduction to business law , Metropolitan university