Corporate Social Responsibilty Google
Corporate Social Responsibilities
• Google has been committed to philanthropy and addressing global challenges since its beginning. Areas addressed include:
– Climate change
– Education and
– Poverty relief
• Google hopes to raise awareness of the importance of corporate philanthropy, while also encouraging societal participation in the development of social responsibility (Google, 2013).
• According to Leonard & McAdam (2003), “CSR and quality are strongly linked through such principles as ethics and respect for people” (p.25)
• Google is generally recognized as the best company to work for in the world. This belief along with its strong workplace perception, allows it to maintain its high CSR ranking.
Current Programs
• Google’s philanthropic efforts and global outreach programs include the following: – Google China Social Innovation Cup for College Students
– Supporting Earthquake Relief Efforts
– PHE Summer Camp’s college students tour Google headquarters
(07/2007)
– 2007 New Great Wall Self-Empowerment Summer Camp’s leaders and trainees tour Google headquarters (08/2007)
– Partnership with JA China (02/2008)
– State-level Poverty Counties – Shaanxi Province, Chunhua County
Survey Investigation (06/2008)
– Support for Tsinghua University Charity Foundation’s activities
(07/2008)
– Support for Guizhou Province education effort (07/2008)
– Google Cultural Club hosts arts and culture charitable activities (2008)
Current Programs (cont’d)
– Innovate, develop and implement the "One Egg" project (2009)
– Googlers voluntary blood donations (03/2009)
– Tianjin Polytechnic University Deaf Students tour Google China headquarters (03/2009)
– Fund & support 2009 Mianyang City’s Junior High School track meet
(03/2009)
– Google China employees participate in 2009 GoogleServe community services(06/2009) – Sponsor bags for Kangba Philanthropy Primary School at Ganzi, Sichuan
(08/2009)
– 2009 Google "Campus Volunteer Stars"
• Google has been committed to philanthropy and addressing global challenges since its beginning. Areas addressed include:
– Climate change
– Education and
– Poverty relief
• Google hopes to raise awareness of the importance of corporate philanthropy, while also encouraging societal participation in the development of social responsibility (Google, 2013).
• According to Leonard & McAdam (2003), “CSR and quality are strongly linked through such principles as ethics and respect for people” (p.25)
• Google is generally recognized as the best company to work for in the world. This belief along with its strong workplace perception, allows it to maintain its high CSR ranking.
Current Programs
• Google’s philanthropic efforts and global outreach programs include the following: – Google China Social Innovation Cup for College Students
– Supporting Earthquake Relief Efforts
– PHE Summer Camp’s college students tour Google headquarters
(07/2007)
– 2007 New Great Wall Self-Empowerment Summer Camp’s leaders and trainees tour Google headquarters (08/2007)
– Partnership with JA China (02/2008)
– State-level Poverty Counties – Shaanxi Province, Chunhua County
Survey Investigation (06/2008)
– Support for Tsinghua University Charity Foundation’s activities
(07/2008)
– Support for Guizhou Province education effort (07/2008)
– Google Cultural Club hosts arts and culture charitable activities (2008)
Current Programs (cont’d)
– Innovate, develop and implement the "One Egg" project (2009)
– Googlers voluntary blood donations (03/2009)
– Tianjin Polytechnic University Deaf Students tour Google China headquarters (03/2009)
– Fund & support 2009 Mianyang City’s Junior High School track meet
(03/2009)
– Google China employees participate in 2009 GoogleServe community services(06/2009) – Sponsor bags for Kangba Philanthropy Primary School at Ganzi, Sichuan
(08/2009)
– 2009 Google "Campus Volunteer Stars"
References: October 19, 2013, from http://www. californialawreview.org/ articles/googling-freedom • Google. (2013). Corporate Social Responsibility â Company â Google .Google. Retrieved October 18, 2013, from http://www.google.cn/intl/en/about/company/responsibility/ Rosen, J. (2013). Keeping Google good: Remarks on privacy regulation and free speech. Retrieved October 18, 2013, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/12/10/the-companies-with-thebest-csr-reputations/2/