The phrase “Corporate Social Responsibility” originates with H. Bowen‚ who wrote “Social Responsibility of Businessmen” in 1953. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is broadly used to describe businesses’ integration of social and environmental issues into decisions‚ goals‚ and operations. According to World Business Council for Sustainable Development “Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving
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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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Analysis of Milton Friedman-Article Milton Friedman’s article on how the entire value of the organisation belongs to the shareholders and the organisation is nothing but a ‘mere legal fiction’ was a revolutionary idea. If it wasn’t for Milton’s stature and reputation it would have been bombarded as an insane idea and would have been forgotten on the day itself. But‚ instead it went on to become one of the guiding principles for owners of the private firms‚ other stock holders and even the executives
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1. Introduction Social responsibility of business has been a subject of intense controversy and interest over the past four decades (Jamali 2008). The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the two different views of social responsibility of business among scholars and business practitioners. The first is the shareholders view of Milton Friedman and another one is the stakeholder view of Bob Dudley‚ Group Chief Executive of BP Corporation. I will outline key arguments and point out drawbacks
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The term social responsibility means different things to different people. Generally‚ corporate social responsibility is the obligation to take action that protects and improves the welfare of society as whole as well as organizational interests. According to the concept of corporate social responsibility‚ a manager must strive to achieve both organizational and societal goals. Current perspectives regarding the fundamentals of social responsibility of businesses
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Corporate Social Responsibility This essay will be based on corporate social responsibility (CSR). It should allow the reader to understand what CSR is‚ the importance of CSR and how it would influence customer activities. Themes that would be included in this essay will be the background of corporate social responsibility‚ history and the development of corporate social responsibility. The key concepts will also be explained and the different stakeholders which will be linked to corporate social
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a very controversial topic. A question that has been debated for the past few decades is; is it corporately viable to introduce social responsibility as a proposed addition to the work ethic of business organisations. As well as‚ if adopting the framework of corporate social responsibility would yield positive improvements for those organisations. The purpose of this essay is to research the notion of CSR and uncover its true framework and outline what social
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A TOOL IN CREATING CORPORATE BRAND IMAGE IN THE TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY IN GHANA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study It is universally recognized that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an indispensable tool in the growth and profitability of businesses throughout the world. Accordingly‚ corporate managers now have the difficult task of balancing business priorities with that of CSR activities in the creation of
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increase of profits. They believe that caring about the environmental‚ social and other problems should be the responsibility of government and non-profit making organizations sponsored by governments. (Pontinen J 2013 ) A bright supporter of the narrow view is Milton Friedman who claims that the only social responsibility a business has is to maximize the profits of its owner or shareholders. Friedman feels that as long as the corporate executive carries out these desires in a way that follows the laws
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companies to Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR).[1]CSR is a self regulatory policy whereof businesses monitor and ensure it actively complies with the spirit of the law‚ethics and international rules.In the case of oil companies‚ most have failed to effectively meet its economic‚social and environmental responsibilities.Thus often discrediting the genuineness and reliability of the CSR policy most especially considering the fact that the rule of every game; is ’ ’business ’ ’ as noted by Milton Friedman:
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