Corporate Social Responsibility Leslie Jackson OMM640 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Instructor: Dr. Alan Swank October 7‚ 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility in Business Today Boatright (2009‚ pp 349) relates that Feuerstein’s pledge to continue paying his workers eventually cost them their jobs‚ and cost Feuerstein his company. Feuerstein’s commitment personifies a company’s responsibility to a community and workers. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) influences the local
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What is Corporate Social Responsibility? In an age in which environmental and social issues are top of mind for many consumers‚ businesses can no longer exist in a bubble. Today’s shoppers aren’t just looking for the best price and quality — they expect the companies they patronize to do good with their dollars and make a positive impact on the world around them. To this end‚ many organizations are now making social responsibility a top priority. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to
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Corporate Social Responsibility http://csr.cisco.com/pages/csr-programs Cisco CSR Programs Should companies feel obligated to take it upon themselves to practice good Corporate Social Responsibility for the hard working consumers and stockholders that are all aware of the global social issues that occur every day? As defined by World Buisness Council for Sustainable Development‚ "Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to contribute to economic development while
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Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Value Creation among Large Firms Lessons from the Spanish Experience Bryan W. Husted and David B. Allen Can corporate social responsibility (CSR) be a source of good and a wellspring of innovation‚ competitive advantage and value creation for the firm? Although CEOs and government leaders insist in public that CSR projects create value for the firm‚ privately they admit that they do not know if CSR pays off. To address this question and drawing on
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) what is it?????? According to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development‚ CSR is “the commitment of business to contribute to sustainable economic development……….” The primary purpose of CSR is to engage with the internal and external stakeholders. Generation of CSR: In the 1970s from Social Betterment to After 1970 to Social Responsiveness There have been three generations of development of CSR‚ they are:
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Social and environmental responsibility 1. Dominos Pizza They consider an impact on the environment‚ employees‚ the communities in which they operate and all other stakeholders in everything they do. They continued to support two corporate charities –Special Olympics Great Britain (SOGB) in the UK and Barretstown in the Republic of Ireland. In 2011 They donated £25‚000 to SOGB and €15‚000 to Barretstown in the Republic of Ireland. Domino’s is an equal opportunities employer and is committed
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SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME PRIORITY 7 ‘Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge Based Society’ Understanding and Responding to Societal Demands on Corporate Responsibility (RESPONSE) Contract no.: PL 506462 Final Report DRAFT – Comments Welcome RESPONSE RESEARCH TEAM: Maurizio Zollo‚ INSEAD‚ Academic Director‚ MC chair Valeria Berchicci‚ INSEAD Adri Tolstrup‚ CBSc Lourdes Casanova‚ INSEAD‚ MC member Katrine Goul Dueholm ‚ CBS Donal Crilly‚ INSEAD
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Definition:- [Carroll‚ 1979; 2008‚ 500]: "The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic‚ legal‚ ethical and discretionary expectations that a society has of organizations at a given point in time." EU Definition of CSR: "A concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis." The World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Corporate Social Responsibilities Tony Fernandes‚ CEO of Kuala Lumpur-based Air Asia started a low-cost airline at a time when everyone thought he would fail. He placed high emphasis on his workforce and flexible HR strategies. During the past few years‚ Air Asia has become one of the best low-cost airlines in Asia and it has also boosted its CSR efforts. Fernandes’ basic sense of CSR starts with his people: Air Asia was one of the first airlines in Asia to hire female pilots. He says that his staff
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cannot sustain yourself economically enough? Let’s face it: not all of us are rich. Even business needs profit. The term CSR or "corporate social responsibility" is often used interchangeably with corporate responsibility‚ corporate citizenship‚ social enterprise‚ sustainability‚ sustainable development‚ triple-bottom line‚ corporate ethics‚ and in some cases corporate governance. Nonprofit organizations such as charities‚ foundations‚ religious organizations etc. are one of the organizations
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