environment (Clarke 2004). Apple Inc. is ranked 1st as the 2016 world’s most valuable brands (Forbes 2016). The corporation was established in 1976 by Stephen Wozniak‚ Ronald Wayne and Steve Jobs (Forbes 2016). It produces and markets digital devices‚ professional applications and software (Forbes 2016). In 2016‚ the company has more than half a million workers around the world (Apple 2016a). As a world leading corporation‚ Apple bears a great responsibility to be able to perform in a righteous
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1.0 Description of Initial Response Responsible business normally is known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In today’s world‚ most businesses are focusing on profitability ignoring all social responsibility they should contribute back. It is important for companies to gain trust from the community in return of CSR. Three major personal core values that I think a ‘responsible business’ should have are empower‚ professionalism and commitment. First of all‚ when a company able to empowering
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Case Analysis and Strategic Recommendations for GAP Inc.‚ Introduction The Gap was founded in 1969 by husband and wife Don and Dorris Fisher. It started in down town San Francisco as a Levis retailer who also sold records. From the beginning‚ the Fishers wanted the company to have a unique image. They wanted shopping for jeans to be a fun and easy experience as opposed to the difficult and unexciting experience that was present in the 1969 jeans industry. The Fisher’s
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The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility Dr. Karnani shows in this article from the Wall Street Journal‚ the pros and cons on whether businesses should be required to implement social welfare initiatives. For some companies‚ this idea is a win-win situation but there are other businesses that in order to promote these initiatives‚ they would have to lose profits. The idea of people helping people sounds very good but we have to be realistic‚ we are living in a capitalist country
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02/12/2013 02/12/2013 08 Fall 08 Fall HSBC Corporation Social Responsibility Research Report Introduction HSBC is one of the largest global banks with around 6900 offices in over 80 countries. HSBC Canada has its head office in Vancouver and executive office in Toronto. HSBC has a wide range of business products including commercial banking which provides both domestic and cross border financing‚ retail banking and wealth management for personal banking services‚ and global banking
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THE CASE AGAINST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY According to my point of view‚ the writer of this article makes a controversial argument against Corporate Social Responsibility. He defines Corporate Social Responsibility as the increasing popular idea. His basic argument against this idea is twofold. First he argued that if profits and public interests are aligned‚ Corporate Social Responsibility is irrelevant. But I think that Corporate Social Responsibility is not irrelevant. The fact that
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In 2005‚ Phillip (Phil) Landgraf faced several glaring problems in the financial performance of his company‚ BioPharma‚ Inc. The firm had experienced a steep decline in profits and very high costs at its plants in Germany and Japan. Landgraf‚ the company ’s president for worldwide operations‚ knew that demand for the company ’s products was stable across the globe. As a result‚ the surplus capacity in his global production network looked like a luxury he could no longer afford. Any improvement in
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three criteria’s while developing goods: Quality‚ Environmental Impact and Innovation. - During the 1980’s‚ Patagonia grew its sales from $20 million to $100 million and expanded internationally to Europe and Japan. By 2000‚ it was grossing about $200 million in net sales. Business Environment: - Patagonia’s competitors in the high end outdoor apparel industry included The North Face‚ Inc.‚ Marmot Mountain Ltd.‚ Mountain Hardware and ARCTERYX. - Patagonia business philosophy and focus on quality
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PART A The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is very modern and now applies to more and more business. As the nation population grows‚ the market also expands. The demand for companies that invest in CSR has increased the resent years from: customer; employees; suppliers; community groups’ government as well as some shareholder. Several authors argue that companies can gain enormous benefits by being social responsible. However‚ there are a large number of different views of companies
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Name: Yuchun Lu Date: Feb 23rd‚ 2014 The New York Times‚ Feb 20th‚ 2014‚ B2：Gap to Increase Minimum Hourly Pay for its Employees in America Uncontrollable Variable: Economics The article‚ Gap to Increase Minimum Hourly Pay for its Employees in America‚ discusses Gap’s movement of raising minimum hourly payment. As the debate of whether increasing minimum wage to $10.10 becomes white-hot‚ Gap’s announcement of increasing minimum wages wins president Obama’s praises and appreciations. Despite
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