CR Leaders Corner Business‚ Finance‚ and Media That Matters: A Conversation Back in the 1990s‚ then-Harvard Business School professor J. Gregory Dees described the convergence of characteristics and principles governing non-profit and profit organizations‚ a nexus he dubbed “social entrepreneurship”. At that time‚ he was developing HBS’ Social Enterprise Initiative‚ and then went on to launch Stanford’s Center for Social Innovation and Duke’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
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Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility Abstract This article considers social responsibility to businesses to be a bind between doing what’s right for the community‚ and doing what’s right for your business. The question of this article is‚ can companies do well by doing good? The idea is that companies have a responsibility to do what’s right for the public. Most of the time doing what is right reflects profits for the company. The article talks about socially responsible business practices
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Should a business be held socially responsible? The demand for how businesses do their operations needs to change. As of right now‚ the business model suggests that we pursue profit by any entrepreneurial means and cut costs at any expense. For the most part businesses over the latter half of the twentieth century have based their idea of how to run a company off of Milton Friedman’s theories and classical neo-liberal economic thinking. I am suggesting however‚ that we take a different route for
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Socially Responsible Marketing Table of Contents Origins of Social Marketing 1 Definition of Socially Responsible Marketing: 2 Social Issues: 2 Bono’s Product (RED) Initiative: Reducing CSR to Cause-Related Marketing by Stefano Ponte‚ Lisa Ann Richey and Mike Baab 3 Social Marketing Mix 3 Product – offer made to target adopters 3 Price – costs that consumers have to bear 4 Special focus on GAP: 5 ETHICS 6 Definition 6 The Organisational Moral Development Model – Reidenbach
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Starbucks Corporation Since implementing its supplier social responsibility standards in 2006‚ Starbucks has engaged in more than 500 factory assessments and continues to work with more than 70 factories on improving their social and environmental standards. As part of its 2015 global-responsibility goals‚ Starbucks aims to volunteer one million community service hours globally. Starbucks has achieved LEED certification for 116 stores in 12 countries‚ with 69 per cent of company-owned stores
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automaker‚ made it to the Forbes’ top 10 list of the most socially responsible companies of 2013 (Forbes). For years‚ BMW focused on education‚ intercultural understanding‚ road safety‚ health‚ community relations and cultural issues; In October 2012 BMW started concentrating on the efficient use of resources and intercultural innovation and social inclusion. References Socially responsible companies (03-10-2014):
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Business Should Always Be Ethically and Socially Responsible Introduction Corporate scandals in business world have been more and more common‚ which damages the interest and profits of stakeholders‚ employers‚ community or society. The corporate scandals pull the public to focus on the ethic of managers and the firm itself. Comparing to the past‚ customers are focusing more and more on the reputation of the firms and they prefer to select the brands that are environmentally friendly and socially
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Business Code of Ethics A written set of guidelines issued by an organization to its workers and management to help them conduct their actions in accordance with its primary values and ethical standards. Both businesses and trade organizations typically have some sort of code of ethics that its employees or members are supposed to follow. Breaking the code of ethics can result in termination or dismissal from the organization. A code of ethics is important because it clearly lies out the "rules"
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A comprehensive study of responsible commerce broadens one’s perspective regarding the importance of a social paradigm within the ethics of business. By undertaking this subject‚ I was able to develop my understanding of the role of morality in business and how differing ethical theories impact upon stakeholders. Acting to benefit the interests of a majority is at the core of the consequentialist theory of utilitarianism‚ a philosophy carefully examined throughout the semester. Its merits and faults
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What would a socially responsible tobacco company look like? It could certainly not be defined as such if it did not address the harm its products cause. It would be engaged in research and development seeking to develop less harmful versions of it product that would remain acceptable to its customers. It would have a clear code of conduct about how it seeks to market it’s products and to whom it would aim to tackle corruption and smuggling. It would ensure tobacco farmers worked in good conditions
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