Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia Corporate Social Responsibility BASM 580B – Period 5 Instructor: Office: Phone: Email: Office Hours: Angela Kelleher HA 563 (604) 454-2243 Angela.Kelleher@sauder.ubc.ca Wednesdays 5:00-6:00pm‚ or by appointment Overview This course is designed to engage students in a discussion of Corporate Social Responsibility through a series of interactive learning activities. The course will begin with preparing the students to discuss and debate
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Corporate social responsibility Social accounting‚ auditing‚ and reporting For a business to take responsibility for its actions‚ that business must be fully accountable. Social accounting‚ a concept describing the communication of social and environmental effects of a company’s economic actions to particular interest groups within society and to society at large‚ is thus an important element of CSR.[16] Social accounting emphasizes the notion of corporate accountability. D. Crowther defines social
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Economics Research – June 2012 Volume 10‚ Number 6 Brand-Consumer Relationship And Corporate Social Responsibility: Myth Or Reality & Do Consumers Really Care? Elias G. Rizkallah‚ Ph.D.‚ La Sierra University‚ USA ABSTRACT Companies are claiming that they are being challenged to maintain profitability and behave in socially responsible ways. The question is how much “the social responsibility” is a real pressure. Do consumers really know what the companies‚ producing their favorite
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constitutions morality or ethics in the first place. In this case‚ Ballistico is a professor who is conducting a research and has come to some new findings. According to his professions‚ he should be honest and objective to his research and it is his responsibility publishes the results as what it originally was to enable the public have a correct understanding of what is happening. It would obey his professional standard if he did not publish the result. However‚ on the other hand‚ he was involved in a
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined as “situations where the firm goes beyond compliance and engages in ‘actions that appear to further some social good‚ beyond the interests of the firm and that which is required by law’.” (McWilliams‚ 2006) This cultural ideology includes less environmentally harmful manufacturing processes‚ recycling programs‚ products with environmentally-friendly technologies‚ employee empowerment regarding socially responsible practices‚ and active involvement
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1 - Description of current activities. Maybank are one of the two parties in Malaysia whose take part in the CDP. They had showed their carbon commitments through their participation in the CDP since 2010. Basically‚ Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a UK-based non-profit organization which involves the participation of stakeholders and companies to disclose greenhouse gas emission. Also Carbon Disclosure Project basically is a measurement and reporting on change of climate nowadays. Participation
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obligation which we need to fulfill. The fulfillment of these obligations is called our responsibility towards society. The same scenario applies for business also. What is “Corporate social responsibility” * We do know that every business operates within a society and uses the available resources of the society and depends on the society itself for their existence. This creates a responsibility for business towards a society that they must return to the society in return of what they(Business)
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Living Dangerously in Two Worlds In my paper I will be discussing the topics related to corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility (CSR‚ also called corporate responsibility‚ corporate citizenship‚ and responsible business) is a concept whereby organizations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers‚ suppliers‚ employees‚ shareholders‚ communities and other stakeholders‚ as well as the environment. This obligation
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Corporate Social Responsibility MBA 688 Jurtyne R. Youngblood December 13‚ 2014 The social responsibility of corporations. It pertains to consideration of‚ and response to‚ issues beyond the narrow economic‚ technical‚ and legal requirements of the firm to accomplish social benefits along with the traditional economic gains that the firm seeks. The corporate responsibility of firms have been put to the side by managers‚ today the issues are now first on the corporate agenda (Peng‚ p. 363)
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a method in which organisations “give back” to society. This can be done through various means such as charity donations‚ sponsorships‚ becoming partners with schools etc. CSR is something that not only benefits the organisation but also benefits the public. An example of this is Mcdonalds Restaurants putting bins on areas surrounding their restaurants. Due to people buying food from their Drive-Through service‚ costumers will
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