...Introduction 2. A Young Company’s CSR Motives 3. The Potential for Backfire 4. CSR Development: The Three Phases 5. A Mature Company’s CSR Motives 6. Vice Industries CRS Initiatives 7. Other Schools of Thought 8. Conclusion 1. Introduction Scholars explain the surprising fact that companies in the United States alone spend $9 billion annually on philanthropic causes by investigating the motives behind such apparent generosity (e.g. Cone et al., 2003). The critical importance of CSR derives from the fact that CSR practices have considerable influence on a company’s reputation and “the reputation of a firm is arguably the most valuable asset” (Peloza, 2006: 69). The term “corporate social responsibility,” or CSR, can be defined broadly as a firm’s charitable contributions and social initiatives, such as “philanthropy, cause-related marketing, environmental responsibility, and humane employee treatment, among others” (Ellen et al., 2006: 148). Researchers have found that over the past 30 years CSR correlated positively with corporate financial performance (CFP) (Orlitzky et al., 2003). “At its simplest, some argue that this ‘trend’ is purely self-serving marketing or philanthropy to offset concern over organizations’ increasing profit or corporate scandals.” (Brock, 2005: 58). By examining the motives behind CSR as purported by a broad spectrum of scholars, this paper will argue that companies initially implement CSR initiatives in an effort...
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...Analytical Study of Information Technology in Banking Sector: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies Case study of selected banks operating in Kathmandu Valley Research Proposal Arika Kayastha Kathmandu College of Management BBIS 4th year, 1st Semester (2011 – 2015) A013408-11 To: Erika Gajurel Research Supervisor Kathmandu College of Management Gwarko, Lalitpur Contents Chapter I: Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Problem statement 3 1.3 Research Question 4 1.4 Research Objective 4 Chapter II: Literature review 6 Chapter III: Conceptual Framework: 8 Chapter IV: Methodology 10 4.1 Research overview 10 4.2 Data Source 10 4.3 Collection Tools 10 4.4 Data Analysis 11 References 12 Work plan 13 Chapter I: Introduction 1.1 Background The 21st century will bring about an all-embracing convergence of computing, communications, information and knowledge. The advent of high speed networks, along with the falling cost of computing power, is making applications possible that were undreamed of in the past. Voice, data, images, and video can now be transferred around the world in micro-seconds (Hassan Ghaziri, 1998). The world, today, has been characterized by technological advancements and digitization like never before. This trend has not only influenced the world of computers but also pervaded all possible facets of human life. This has radically changed the way we live, work, and think. The advances in information and communication technologies and the emergence of...
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...Abstract This paper is going to research the motivation for the core talents in hotel industry. My research will include the present situation of rotational flow of hotel’s core talent, the core talent’s feature, the motivation management’s principles and several measures and suggestions. In my view, the importance of motivation for core talents is not only to retain the top talents of hotels, but also the way to stabilize the management team. In the modern hotel industry, the brain drain becomes one of the biggest problems which hotels need to face and solve. So, in my paper, you can find the analysis of situation, the ideas from the insiders, and I will give suggestions by my own at last. Introduction With the fast development of Chinese economy, the foreign hotel giants accelerate continuously enter into the China to expand the Chinese market. At the same time, the domestic star hotels spring up and start to divert the customer source, so the competition of capture the source of customer market becomes severely. Because of the rapid development of hotel industry, the vying for hotel’s top talent is increasing. In fact, the essence for hotel industry’s competition is talent competition, and the “talents war” has become a major strategic for the hotel industry’s competition. So, the hotel’s core talents retaining and stabilize management team appear essential important. How to suit the remedy to solve the problem should be the focal point, so first...
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...A Role of Ethics and Social Responsibilities in Management. Ethics can be defined as a process of evaluating actions according to moral principal of values(A.Alhemoud). Throughout the centuries people were trying to choose between profit and moral. Perhaps, some of them obtain both, but every time it could have roused ethical issues. Those issues concern fairness, justice, rightness or wrongness; as a result it can only be resolved according to ethical standards. Setting the ethical standards for the way of doing business in corporation is primarily task of management. Corporations have to maintain the same standards as an individual person and, in addition, corporations, as organizational units, have their own social responsibilities toward customers, employees and society. However, any business should keep it's original purpose of functioning - making profit. Balancing the traditional standards of profitability and burden of social responsibilities is not an easy task. In recent years it has been a trend of setting standards of corporate ethics according to high degree of morale. To be able to keep the ethical standards management must follow the law. However, there are some complications in enforcing it. The law affects and is affected by social forces and prevailing ethical standards. "Although the law can codify societies ethical ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Alhemoud, Ali " Management Ethics is Smart Business." ...
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...Research Paper Invisible Scars Putt, Putt, Boom! The car in front of me backfires and I instinctively swerve to the right to avoid it while jumping 2 feet in my seat. This is my reality and is also the reality of so many of my brothers in arms. We served our great nation in Operation Iraqi Freedom; some of us came home, while others didn’t. For those of us who returned, our inner being had been destroyed by the sights and experiences that we were exposed to during our deployments. We are victims, suffering from wounds that can’t be seen, but by internal wounds that we struggle with on a daily basis. We will never be the same. Many veterans return from war and are unable to adapt to the life they once knew. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most widely recognized lasting effects of war in service members. PTSD is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened (Department of Veterans Affairs). Every day while patrolling roads in Iraq we had to be aware of our surroundings and not become complacent. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were one of the most common threats we were exposed to. These bombs were hidden in the ground like landmines, unable to be seen with a naked eye, and could only be detected by using metal detectors, the eye in the sky, or being ran over. On several occasions my men and I were directly hit by an IED causing shrapnel to penetrate through...
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...Eddie Joseph Strategic Audit on Ford Business 480 April 26th 2014 STRATEGIC AUDIT ON FORD MOTORS INC. Welcome to the presentation on Ford Motors Inc. This paper was written by Eddie E. Joseph. He is a student at National University currently working on his undergraduate degree. This BUS 480 course started on Tuesday, April 8th 2014 and will conclude on Sunday, May 4th 2014. As a senior working on a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Eddie looks forward to the challenges that he will face. Like the challenge presented in this strategic audit on Ford. This paper is broken up into segments, and organized in different sections within that segment’s topic. This paper will try to answer all questions about Ford in the most thorough way possible. Without further ado, let’s break down the current situation. I. Current Situation- Ford has been around for many years, spanning multiple countries. As a global heavy hitter, Ford has sustained a lucrative business practice in the motor industry, even outlasting the economic depression. When reviewing the present day stats, Ford will still prove to be one of the premier automotive companies in the United States and continue to expand around the world. A. Capital Structure- Ford has come a long way in recent years. After a difficult year...
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...Entrepreneurial Leadership Trenna Green Dr. Jean Fonkoua Business508 Contemporary Business October 28, 2013 This paper evaluates five published reported articles and the results are based on research organized from various resources including my personal analytical opinion about entrepreneurial leadership. Organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal using proactive behavior by optimizing risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunities when it presents itself, taking upon your own personal responsibility and managing change with a dynamic environment whereas the organization benefits as a whole, is one way to define entrepreneurial leadership. Based upon the readings and research I found you will see how the entrepreneurial leadership is illustrated in Five Guys’ Burger and Fries family owned business. During the 1980’s and 1990’s the Murrell family continued to stick to and perfect their simple system. Five Guys would be the go to place to get a fresh juicy burger along with fresh cut fries and all the fresh toppings of your choice, stuffed all between fresh baked hamburger buns. Murrell realized that in order to compete with the fast-food chains, Five Guys must concentrate strictly on food. The meat for the burgers---80 percent lean---is always fresh, never frozen! Burgers are made to order, with a selection of 15 free toppings including grilled mushrooms, barbecue and hot sauce, and jalapenos. The buns are toasted...
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...Entrepreneurial Leadership Trenna Green Dr. Jean Fonkoua Business508 Contemporary Business October 28, 2013 This paper evaluates five published reported articles and the results are based on research organized from various resources including my personal analytical opinion about entrepreneurial leadership. Organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal using proactive behavior by optimizing risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunities when it presents itself, taking upon your own personal responsibility and managing change with a dynamic environment whereas the organization benefits as a whole, is one way to define entrepreneurial leadership. Based upon the readings and research I found you will see how the entrepreneurial leadership is illustrated in Five Guys Burger and Fries family owned business. During the 1980’s and 1990’s the Murrell family continued to stick to and perfect their simple system. Five Guys would be the go to place to get a fresh juicy burger along with fresh cut fries and all the fresh toppings of your choice, stuffed all between fresh baked hamburger buns. Murrell realized that in order to compete with the fast-food chains, Five Guys must concentrate strictly on food. The meat for the burgers---80 percent lean---is always fresh, never frozen! Burgers are made to order, with a selection of 15 free toppings including grilled mushrooms, barbecue and hot...
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...Management Planning Paper University of Phoenix Management: Theory, Practice and Application Albert Lapierre Planning, an imperative part of any business environment, is a daily focus at Boeing Corporation. The organization faces daily challenges to produce products to fit the consumer wants for air travel, comfort, and efficiency. While Boeing deals with a constant need for innovative ideas it also deal with the challenges of its main competitor airbus whom has historically been subsidized by many of the European nations to compete with Boeing for a larger share of the market. Boeing management, through excellent planning, an ethics policy that demands large returns for shareholders, and constant work to comply with ever changing legal demands of the industry has led to the constant success of the company. "It was the jet Boeing didn't build that averted what could have become one of the worst crash landings in the company's 91-year history--and cleared Boeing to conquer the skies again."(Masters, 2007). Boeing's Management team's work hard to plan what project's will be best for customers, lead to the largest returns to shareholders, and keep a reputation of being a world leader in the aviation industry. "In October 2002, executives of the aircraft manufacturer met with a group of global airline representatives at a conference center on the Seattle...
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...Managing Behavior in the Workplace Richard C. Wiley HRD324 PB - Performance Management Southwestern College Professional Studies Table of contents abstract Page 3 introduction PAGE 4 LEADERSHIP DEFINED PAGE 5 Literature research page 6 conclusion page 7 references page 9 Abstract Managing behavior in the workplace in an appropriate manner definitely demands a lot of hard work and attention since it is not an easy job. Continuous and steady attention and care of the leaders is required in this regard as even a pinch of irresponsibility can sometimes result in blunder mistakes. That is especially important for the Army leaders who should essentially remain highly cautious and attentive at all times about those working under them as mismanagement of behavior in the Army can lead to terrible consequences for the entire Nation. This remains true in the case of all organizations also running on either small or bigger level as appropriately managed behavior of the employees holds utmost importance for both the leader and the company. It is a reality that today workplace issues happen to be more diverse, complex, and inexplicable than ever before. A large percentage of such issues are commonly found to be originating from negative workplace environment fraught with confusions, biases, discrimination, fear, and unhealthy criticism...
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...Oliveira - 12224390 1. A rotary screw conveyor is to be designed to discharge Willow wood chips from the below ground bin illustrated, at a suitable rate of X tones per hour (to be estimated by students), into the furnace. The conveyor is to be a Y m long inclined screw conveyor which elevates the material 5 m. It requires a suitable pitch screw and may be selected from one of the standard diameters given in the tables. The student may choose to use a shaft-less screw. However, the student must justify his/her choice of screw giving the full reasoning supporting their choice. The equipment is in a covered area. Preliminaries: Read the reference article “Energy from Willow” and make your estimates of X and Y based on data in the paper. From CEMC (Screw Conveyor Manual v2.2) Table B: [pic] The estimative of tons per hour follow the example from the school consumption of 300 tons per year. Considering that there are 150 working days per year, 8 hours per year, there is a consumption of 0.25 tons or 552 lbs. per hour. Due to the capacity of the conveyor decreases dramatically with the increase of angle, the chosen angle is 20 degrees. Thus Y or L=15 meters or 50 feet (approximately). According to Table B, the density W= 20lbs. per cubic feet. In volume, there is a flow of (Q) 27.6 cubic feet per hour. The chosen conveyor model is the short-pitch screw. Due to the short length it was also possible to use the shaft-less or even standard model. However...
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... regions, and ethnic groups and constituted a key element in women's separate experience of life."-Lois W. Banner. The world lives in a generation where the image that society places upon women is crucial. The image of perfection is based on the coke bottle appearance and gorgeous plastic face. Women already feel the need to gain as much power as they can due to the lack of gender equality. Body image is very hard to ignore in this barbaric and self indulgent culture. An easy solution to fulfill the empowerment thrive, is to compete in beauty pageants. Our society teaches both women, those who compete and those who do not, that being tenaciously empowered is by looking good and appealing to the eye of the human male. The purpose of this paper is to explore the objectification of women in general; with an emphasis on beauty pageants and how the media interpretation of beauty has changed the woman's body image. Finding an exact definition of beauty is highly impossible, considering beauty is said to be have seen in the eye of the beholder. Unfortunately, in this metaphoric glass fish bowl life style; media, men, art, and fashion are the foremost most important holder. As customs, traditions and American habits expand, so does the true meaning of the word beauty. According to webster dictionary, beauty is defined as the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. Since when does plastic surgery...
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...AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS Legal Environment of Business Instructor: Leslie Dunn By: Janet Hutchins American Intercontinental University Abstract This paper is concerning ethical issues faced by an employee who while working for her first corporate job right out of college has started to lose her idealism after being employed for only 4 months. She has assisted company executives here in the U.S. and in many European countries. While she has a primary boss in the U.S. offices, she has had many secondary bosses in Europe. During this short period of time, in both her departments in the U.S.A and in Europe, she has witnessed employees that come to work while under the influence of alcohol and even drinking while at work. She has seen employees on a regular basis arriving late and leaving early for work and also using company computers for personal reasons. Her department manager is so easy going and seems to be more concerned with being everyone’s friend than their boss and if he is aware of these issues, he turns a blind eye. Although she has tried to bring the subject of these issues to him, he seems unwilling to even discuss them with her. She is a hard worker and follows rules and always thought the majority of other employees would also. This paper will take a look at her options and research the differences between business and cultural ethics in the U.S and in Europe. The challenges she will face if she decides to file a complaint formally with a agency...
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...and Defense industry rankings on Forbes Most admired companies list. Among other business units of UTC are Carrier Corporation, Otis Elevator Company, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky Aircraft, UTC Fire & Security and UTC Power. Hamilton Sundstrand roots all the way back to 1905. From the early days, the company's legacy product includes machine tools for manufacturing, early aircrafts parts and a unique 10-key adding machine before calculator was available. The company provided propellers for United States and the allies in World War II with rapid production to meet the department of defense needs. The company has about 16, 400 employees located at 150 facilities in 20 countries around the world with key focus on expanding their operation in emerging nations. To maintain their comparative and absolute advantage in vast aerospace technological field the company spends nearly $1 billion a year on engineering and development. The company’s revenues reached $5.6 billion in 2009. Major facilities of the power systems design are in Rockford, IL and in San Diego, CA. Within its products for aerospace, it serves commercial, US and foreign military, regional and international airlines. There is a separate organization that serves aftermarket services which include spare parts, overhaul, repair and engineering and...
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...Electric Vehicle Conversion Literature Review Southern Illinois University Carbondale College of Engineering Senior Design Project Brocton Barras Joshua Day Matthew Griffin Andrew Phegley Nathan Smith Alex Turek 1 ORIGINALITY STATEMENT This paper conveys research pertinent to the design and construction of a unique electric vehicle in a form that is easily understood. Unique characteristics include dual, independently controlled A/C drive motors, elimination of traditional mechanical power transmission devices, and traction control software with the ability to make changes several thousand times per second. These original ideas make for an environmentally responsible vehicle with few moving parts. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Brocton Barras – Wrote a brief recap of the history of electric vehicles. Joshua Day – Responsible for originality/acknowledgments page, as well as abstract and conclusions. Matthew Griffin – Provided research for innovative control methods section of paper. Andrew Phegley – Wrote a brief description of A/C vs. D/C motors. Nathan Smith – Provided research for the construction of battery packs. Alex Turek – Responsible for introduction, section on the CAN bus, and editorial duties. ABSTRACT The objective of this project is to design and build an electric vehicle that exhibits unique qualities not found in any production vehicle in its class. The vehicle will operate in a similar capacity to the average automobile so as to maintain familiarity...
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