...Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World In recent 0years, most companies are striving to become a benefit corporation (B-corporation). This legal form of corporation is to provide legal protection to management that want to both maximize shareholder income and pursue a social or environmental agenda (Andre, 2012). This paradigm shift is due to consumer’s awareness, global warming and globalization in the business world. All global companies have developed ethical, environmental and sustainability policies for their employees, suppliers, contractors and other stakeholders to follow. This paper will examine PharmaCare’s ethical and social responsibility around its operations, products, and obligation to stakeholders. PharmaCare, a renowned fortune 500 pharmaceutical company listed on the NASDAQ is one of the companies that have all these initiatives in place. It is considered one of the most ethical and social responsible companies in the world due to many initiatives it takes to commit to its responsibility to protect the environment and enhance the quality of life for millions around the world. The stakeholders in PharmaCare’s global operation are employee, suppliers, shareholders, government, communities, consumers, physicians, healthcare facilities, and the African nation of Colberia. PharmaCare has a legal obligation to all of these stakeholders. Below are some of the reasons...
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...but our failures too. History has transformed us into what we are and why we do the things that we do. The History of Public Health According to the “Southeast Public Health Training Center” (2012), “Leviticus is believed to be the first written health code in the world” (para. 1). The book of Leviticus was written around 1500 B.C. and dealt with such issues as personal and community responsibilities, hygiene, sexual behavior, and protection against infectious diseases (“Southeast Public Health Training Center,” 2012). I found this very interesting since here we are thousands of years later still dealing with basically the same issues. The middle ages (500 to 1500 A.D.) marked a time when sickness was thought to be a consequence of sin. Bloodletting and alchemy were prevalent during this time. The biggest mistake of this era was their failure to believe that the environment could be the culprit, thus leading to epidemics such as the bubonic plague which resurfaced in Europe during 1348. Two-thirds of the population died within two years before scientists and religious figures discovered the cause and a new public health plan was started (“Southeast Public Health Training Center,” 2012). During the period known as the Renaissance (1500-1700) people began to feel differently regarding the environment and humans. Scientists began to pay attention to symptoms and the subsequent outcomes of illnesses. According to “Southeast Public Health Training Center” (2012)...
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...and its affiliate brands., 2015) Nike’s mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete. According to Bill Bowerman, “If you have a body, you are an athlete”. Besides that, Nike’s corporate responsibility mission is to help the company to achieve profitable and sustainable growth and to protect and enhance the brand and company. Besides that, Nike’s corporation has over 700 shops around the world and it has many offices in 45 countries outside the United States. Most of the factories are located at Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Thailand and etc. Nike produces wide range of sports equipment. The first product which produces by Nike was the track running shoes. Nike was currently made shoes, jerseys, shorts and etc. Nike has recently introduced cricket shoes “Air Zoom Yorker”, designed to be 30% lighter than their competitors. In 2008, Nike introduced the Air Jordan XX3, a high-performance basketball shoe designed with the environment in mind. 2.0 Nike Corporate Responsibility Strategy 2.1 Employment Aspect In living up to societal expectation, it has been debated that Nike experiences negative publicity to abuse the workers in hazardous...
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...Ethical and Social Responsibility Issues They Face in Today's Society. Grant Manor Northwest Connecticut community College Abstract This paper explores social and ethical issues and situations two companies, Apple Incorporated and ExxonMobil, are facing today. Some issues that will be discussed are Apple Incorporated's stand on "pro-discrimination" many state legislatures are trying to pass, Apple Incorporated's ethically questionable ResearchKit™ and whether or not this new tool will be a good advancement or an unethical way to make money by selling medical records to third-parties, and lastly ExxonMobil's continuing case with the New Jersey State legislature over oil contamination from ExxonMobil's refineries. This paper will discuss these situations, what is good and bad about these situations, and some possible actions the companies could take to remedy the situations. Apple Incorporated and ExxonMobil and the Ethical and Social Responsibility Issues They Face in Today's Society. In Andrea Chang's article titled "Apple CEO Tim Cook is forging an unusual path as a social activist", Chang discusses how in a recent interview Tim Cook took stance against "pro-discrimination" state laws that allowed people in the particular state to refuse service or goods to any person because of the owner's religious beliefs. This article talks about how Cook has personal interest in these issues as he is gay, and that he considers...
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...lubricate industry and provide petrochemical building blocks that lead to thousands of consumer goods. Exxon Mobil was founded by John Rockefeller and his associates in 1870 originally named standard oil company. By 1882 Standard Oil Company was renamed Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (Jersey Standard) and the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony). Standard Oil broke up into 34 unrelated companies after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, including Jersey Standard, Socony, and Vacuum Oil. After 100 years in business the company went through yet another name change to Mobil Oil Corporation. In 1972 Jersey Standard becomes Exxon Corporation. In November 30, 1999, Exxon and Mobil join together to become Exxon Mobil Corporation. The merger increased their ability to be a more effective global competitor in the volatile economy and in an industry that is very competitive. In 2005 both Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum with joint venture partners expanded the development of the giant North Field offshore Qatar, which is the largest non associated gas field in the world. Increased global energy demands and managing the risk of green house gases are the two critical challenges for them. They address these issues by applying science and innovation to find better, safer, and cleaner...
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...“Opening up the Suburbs”: An Evaluation of Affordable Housing in New Jersey American Literary Critic, Henry Louis Gates once stated, “If Martin Luther King came back, he’d say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race”. Although Gates statement is expandable by many examples, an area particularly demonstrating this inequality among classes, is exclusionary zoning. These local laws have been seen to detain lower-income individuals from residing in certain communities by mandating specifications on lot sizes, types of housing, and the number of buildings and occupants allowed. Consequently these factors trigger an increase in community housing costs, and thus drive away lower-income individuals. In the past few decades however, states’ tolerance for exclusionary zoning have dissipated, and new zoning requirements to enforce realistic housing opportunities have been enacted. Particularly, the state of New Jersey has chosen to tackle affordable housing through the judicially enforced Mount Laurel Doctrine. Yet even under its establishment, the doctrine’s history and evolvement has proven that “opening up the suburbs” follows with the opening of controversy. Since the doctrine’s creation, courts have been confronted with hundreds of litigations from developers and municipalities stemming from Mount Laurel’s questionable creditability and changing demands. The Mount Laurel Doctrine was originally created off the court decision made in Southern Burlington County...
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...other is very informative. The Community Health Planning unit of the Ocean County Department of Health is the agency to contact knowing the division assesses current health conditions, obtains health statistics, and collects data regarding health indicators, resource for residents and community-based organizations, and identifies opportunities for improvement in health care. Identifying a community problem of childhood obesity that will adversely affect a toddler in the family that I am affiliated has heightened my interest to prevent the devastating outcomes associated with obesity (Ocean County Department of Health, 2012). Preventing lifelong disease process is a goal for the welfare of the community population. Addressing the issue of healthy food and physical activity in the daily schedule of preschool and school aged children is important. More than 40 million children under the age of five are overweight. More than 35 million children in developing countries are overweight, and eight million in developed countries. Overweight and obesity lead too many chronic disease processes. Diabetes, cancer, hypertension, stroke, cardiovascular...
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...Application # _______________ For NJDEP use only State of New Jersey LICENSED SITE REMEDIATION PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE EXAMINATION APPLICATION WITH Department of Environmental Protection Site Remediation Program FULL CREDENTIAL REVIEW Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board Date Stamp (For Department use only) 1. APPLICANT INFORMATION (All forms must be typed) Name Dr. Last Name: First Name: Maiden Name Will the NJDEP receive information about you under a different name?. If your answer is “Yes,” fill in that name below: Dr. Last Name: First Name: Maiden Name: Mailing Address Mailing Address: City: County: State: E-Mail /Internet Address: M.I.: Ms. Mrs. Mr. Yes No M.I.: Ms. Mrs. Mr. A photo is required with each application. Attach a clear, fullface passport-style photograph (2" x 2") of your head and shoulders, taken within the past six months. (Attach Photo Here) Applicants should write their full name on the back of the photo. Do not staple or clip to attach the photo. Please use double sided tape. Zip Code: Business Address Check if same as Mailing Address Business Name: Business Address: City: County: State: E-Mail /Internet Address: Business Mailing Zip Code: Please indicate the address you would like the NJDEP to use for all correspondence and billing by placing an “X” in the appropriate box: .......................................................................... Telephone Number(s): Daytime: Cellular: Please indicate the telephone number(s)...
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... b) Author : Alfredo deSouza Title : Library and information science Subtitle : An introduction Publisher : Prentice Hall Place of Publication : New Jersey Year of Publication : c2014 ISBN : 9839422480 c) Author : Paul Robbins, John Hintz, Sarah A. Moore Edition : 2 edition Title : Environment and Society Subtitle : A Critical Introduction Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell Place of publication : New Jersey Year of publication : 2014 ISBN : 978-1118451564 Online Journal a) Author : Mark J. Mendell, Terry Brennan, Lee Hathon, J. David Odom, Francis J. Offerman, Bradley H. Turk, Kenneth M. Wallingford, Richard C. Diamond, William J. Fisk Title : Causes and prevention of symptom complaints in office buildings: Distilling the experience of indoor environmental quality investigators Journal : Facilities, 2006, Vol. 24, Issue 11/12, p. 436-444 Access date : Sunday 25 August 2013 URL : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0263-2772.html Doi : 101108/02632770610701549 b) Author : Jeremy Moore, James Felton, Colby Wright and Stephen C. Henneberg Title : The influence of political orientation on financial risk taking Source : American journal of business, 2012, Vol. 25, Issue 1, p. 37-48 Database : Emeraldinsight URL : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/2500070105.html Date of Access: 25 May 2013 Doi : 09//800876987715890065 ...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Main Issues 4 3. Ethics Policy and its Development 5 3.1. Proposed Ethics Policy 5 3.2. Rationale of Ethics Policy 6 3.3. Policy Development 6 3.3.1. Virtue Ethic 7 3.3.2. Utilitarianism Ethic 7 3.3.3. Kantianism Ethic 8 3.4. Corporate Social Responsibility 8 4. Implementation, Effectiveness, and Limitations 9 4.1. Implementation of Ethics Policy 9 4.2. Effectiveness of Ethics Policy 10 4.3. Limitations of Ethics Policy 11 5. Conclusion 12 6. Reference List 14 1) Executive Summary The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1892. The company, till date, offers a wide range of products to meet different demands of customers all over the world. Coca-Cola not only produces and sells soft drink and non-carbonated beverages; they also distribute bottled waters around the world. Increasing shareholder values would be any major company’s target, likewise Coca-Cola’s, having to keep costs low but yet selling the customers their trusted quality products. Coca-Cola operates in a very competitive environment being in the beverages industry. In 1893, Coca-Cola’s greatest competitor, Pepsi-Cola, came into the market, and rivalry has been going on from then till now. Competition leads...
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...affect Florida. I will give you a little history about this subject and what lead up to the conflict between the people and the politicians. First, we will start out with a little history, we know that offshore oil drilling was only allowed in certain coastal areas. On March 30, 2010, the New Times reported that Obama decided to open offshore drilling to Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Alaska coastline for oil and natural gas. The area that was proposed was a compromise between the oil corporations and national drilling activists. The only problem with this is many residents that this effected would be upset along with environmental groups. Plus, it will...
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...Throughout the history of the United States things have constantly been changing and with new technologies being used sometimes the advancement of the country has come at the cost of neglecting environmental issues. The environmental issues would often be put on the back burner and just looked past but a young environmental president by the name of Teddy Roosevelt began to change things. During his presidency and political career Roosevelt brought many environmental issues to the spotlight make very positive change for the environment as well as sparking a new found interest for United States citizen to start making change to protect this earth that we live on. Roosevelt and the other environmentalist were the stepping stones that bring us to the many changes in conservation laws and environmental protection that took place from 1920-1955. During this time period of 1920-1955 many great acts along with environmental groups were formed allowing conservation laws and environmental protection to take enormous leaps in a positive direction. While fighting many hard battles these conservationist and preservation groups would sometimes have to take one step back in order to take two steps forward, but it is those forward steps that lead to the awareness of how important protecting the environment is and set the building blocks for National Parks, forested lands, wildlife protection and so on. In order to take a closer look at these changes we shall take a closer look at the progression...
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...Standard Oil celebrates 100 years being in business. In 1972 Jersey Standard changes its name to Exxon Corporation with the approval from Jersey Standard shareholders during a special meeting. In 1997 Mobil introduces speedpass an electronic system which activates the pumps and charges credit cards. In November 1999 Exxon and Mobil join to form Exxon Mobil Corporation. This merger is to enhance their ability to be more effective global competitors. Ethic, Legal and Social Responsibility The ethical responsibility at Exxon Mobil is to comply with all governmental laws, rules and regulations. The corporation has chosen to have the highest integrity. Exxon Mobil expects compliance with its standard of integrity throughout the corporation and they will not tolerate any employees who achieve results cost in violation of law or who deal unconscientiously. Exxon Mobil Corporation has been conducting business in a manner that would be compatible for our environment and economic needs, which they operate to protect the communities in the safety, security, and health. The commitment they have for the community has been documented in the safety, security, health, environmental and product safety policies. All of these are put through the management system. The legal issues that they had been when there was an oil spill in Alaska. It was a major one. It was the Valdez oil spills which happen on March 24, 1989. According to the news it was the lowest point in Exxon Mobil’s 125 year history...
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...demands and fluctuations in raw material prices. Advantages Disadvantages • Largest manufacturer in the world - can produce almost anything required • Manufacturers may help with design of product • Typically good quality products • Relatively low prices • Efficient machinery • Large population and therefore large work force allow the country to lead in the worlds production • Continued industrial upgrading • Language barrier • Long distance (if problems occur) • Long lead time • Cultural barriers (different national/religious holidays) • Chinese lunar new year occurs in January or February each year, and therefore factories may be shut at this time. • Time difference – small window of opportunity for direct communication • Factories having to pay higher prices for more materials and higher wage costs as the price of living increases – may impact on cost pricing • Growth of environmental protection issues India Advantages Disadvantages • Skilled workers that produce beautiful handmade and embellished garments • Low prices • Business creates jobs for local people, including women • Factories constantly improving and developing (e.g. Roverco ‘equipped with modern equipment’) • Language barrier • Long distance (if problems occur) • Long lead time • Cultural barriers (different national/religious holidays) • Time difference – small window of opportunity for direct communication Romania Advantages Disadvantages • Closer to UK than other sourcing...
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