Business Research Report Ethics & Social Responsibility in Business Presented to: Chief Executive Officer Assessment Code: RWT1 Student Name: Valeria Herrera Student ID: 00217130 Date: May 1st 2012 Mentor Name: Evan Jackson Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 5 The Company’s Reputation 5 The Relationship with Employees‚ Investors and Customers……………...…………….………………6 Efficiency…………….……………………………………………..……………………………………7 Recommendations 8 Conclusion
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Ethical Behavior and the Social Responsibility of Organizations Table of Contents: Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….. 4 Defining Ethics …………………………………………………………………….. 5 Defining Social Responsibility …………………………………………………….. 6 Social Responsibility of Organizations to Internal Beneficiaries Social Responsibility to Employees ……………………………………………… 7 Social Irresponsibility to Employees: Wal-mart …………………………………... 8 Social Responsibility to
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The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility Oxford Handbooks Online The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility Elizabeth C. Kurucz‚ Barry A. Colbert‚ and David Wheeler The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility Edited by Andrew Crane‚ Dirk Matten‚ Abagail McWilliams‚ Jeremy Moon‚ and Donald Siegel Print Publication Date: Feb 2008 Online Publication Date: Sep 2009 Subject: Business and Management‚ Business Policy and Strategy‚ Marketing DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199211593
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plus a behavior social context. Ethical behavior conforms to individual beliefs and social norms about what’s right and good. Unethical behavior conforms to individual beliefs and social norms about what’s wrong or bad. Business ethics refers to ethical or unethical behavior by employees in the context of their jobs. Ethics are talked about frequently and addressed in the news when unethical decisions are found. Sadly‚ people do not hear about ethics when others are engaging in ethical behavior on a
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In recent times‚ there has been huge concern on the issue of ethical leadership in the corporate world. Researchers have increasingly shifted their attention towards identifying what could be driving costly unethical behaviour in organizations. Organizations leadership stresses short-term result while disregarding the long-term implications of their actions. The result has been scandals and accounting frauds. Companies such as Enron‚ WorldCom (Knights and O’Leary‚ 2005)‚ and Nortel executives (manipulating
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motive of all conscious action." Social responsibility entails one ’s actions benefiting one ’s society more than oneself. A cost benefit analysis sided towards the many rather than towards the individual. In the two books The Elements of Moral Society and Ethical Issues in Engineering by James Rachels and Deborah Johnson respectively‚ the subject of egoism and social responsibility come up. Hannaford in Johnson ’s book and James Rachels support social responsibility. Friedman and I are supporting
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Case Study: Not Just Another Outdoor Company Nau’s approach is entirely new to the traditional business approach. First‚ Nau chose the suppliers that provide more sustainable fabrics as partnership‚ and bound each supplier manufacturer and Nau itself by a code of conduct. Secondly‚ the “web-front” approach allows customers try the product at boutique but purchase online‚ which can largely reduce the area of the store. Furthermore‚ 5 percent of the sales revenue has been pledged to charitable
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Business Ethics & Social Responsibility: PriceWaterHouseCoopers PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is considered to be one of the most renowned global professional services firm in the world. With 161‚000 employees located in 154 countries‚ the company’s “core values of excellence‚ teamwork and leadership (have) help us to achieve this growth.” (PricewaterhouseCoopers) They not only focus on meeting their clients’ needs but they apply on their employees’ careers with the same intensity. The company
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ethics‚ business ethics that brings together people of the same profession. These principles deal with values relating to human conduct with respect to concepts such as being good or bad‚ decent or shameful‚ right or wrong etc. These values guide members of a group to act in a manner that is consistent with the values and standards as established. Business ethics are those virtues that business people apply when making business decisions. They are the standards expected within the business world
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Social and Economic Implications of diseases in Plants and Animals Plants (Social) There are many social implications of disease in plants. Some of which are: Loss of Productivity and reduced consumption: The diseases that affect the plants make them unable to function properly‚ which affects their growth processes. They are dangerous to use and this will negatively affect the consumers of these plants. If these disease-infected plants are consumed‚ they will harm the organisms. It may even
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