SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE Telus Corp. Nowadays many successful companies are making corporate social responsibility a key to business. Telus was selected to one of the Top 50 Socially Responsible Corporation in Canada that Maclean’s published in 2011. In response to the 2011 Alberta fires‚ the company provided free wireless calling‚ a stoppage on billing‚ long-distance calling cards‚ replacement cellphones and over 1‚600 comfort kits for relief workers and residents of Slave Lake (Jantzi-Sustainalytics
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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 Institutional Investment in Private Equity Author(s): Douglas Cumming and Sofia Johan Source: Journal of Business Ethics‚ Vol. 75‚ No. 4 (Nov.‚ 2007)‚ pp. 395-416 Published by: Springer Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25124003 . Accessed: 19/03/2013 12:52 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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Aaron Feuerstein-A Socially Responsible Owner The evening of December 11‚ 1995‚ was a special time for Aaron Feuerstein‚ CEO of Malden Mills. A small surprise 70th birthday party quietly was held in his honor at a local Boston restaurant. But Feuerstein’s life took a dramatic turn that evening for a different reason: A boiler at his company’s plant exploded‚ setting off a fire that injured 33employees and destroyed three of the factory’s century-old buildings. Malden Mills was a privately owned
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Joel Carter MBA 610 Responsible Corp Leadership Illegal Contracts Was this a legal contract? This contract was legal. A contract is created when two or more separate parties assume defined obligatory roles that have lawful considerations. Put more simply‚ a contract is valid only when non-prohibited actions are being considered. A contract is of course a "legal" document. This implies that the roles and actions are also legal‚ and the parties obligated can legally complete the noted tasks
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Kudler Fine Foods: Legal (Product liability) According to "Cornell University Law School" (2012)‚ "Products liability refers to the liability/responsibility of any or all parties along the chain of manufacture of any product for damage caused by that product. This includes the manufacturer of component parts (at the top of the chain)‚ an assembling manufacturer‚ the wholesaler‚ and the retail store owner (at the bottom of the chain.)” (Product Liability: An Overview). Kudler Fine Foods owner‚ Kathy
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MARTETING MANAGEMENT GROUP PROJECT REPORT THIS REPORT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF:- WITH DUE RESPECT WE THE GROUP MEMBERS SUBMIT THIS REPORT TO RESPECTED SIR SANTOSH KUMAR BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS FALL SEMESTER 2010-11 DEDICATION:- We dedicate this report to Sir. Santosh Kumar to whom we are greatly indebted. He is not just an instructor‚ a professor‚ lecturer;
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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 responsible when they buy
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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" for behaviour and provides a pre-emptive warning. Socially Responsible Practices This includes programmes
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Kudler Fine Foods’ Legal Focus John Balguma BSA 502: Business Systems II March 31‚ 2012 Valerie Torval Kudler Fine Foods’ Legal Focus When running a company‚ it is of utmost importance that all activities carried out by the company and the products they serve to the public comply to the standard regulations set by whatever industry they happen to be in. For a specialty food and grocery company like Kudler Fine Foods‚ one of the regulations they
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