Eric Yarbrough Dr. Martha Troxell April 1, 2010 BLAW 235 Nike, Inc. 1. The corporation I chose for this assignment was Nike, Inc. Nike was started by two men, Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. Bowerman was the head track and field coach who actually coached Knight before starting Nike. Nike’s headquarters are located in Beaverton, Oregon and Nike is currently operating in more than 160 countries across six continents. Nike provides products such as clothing, equipment, accessories, etc. for
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No matter whether the discourse is of corporate social responsibility or of sustainability there exists a high degree of scepticism about the reality of corporate activity. Accusations of greenwashing – presenting a false picture – abound. We argue that this is a legacy of past behaviour when such an accusation could reasonably be made about many organisations. Our argument is the CSR is a developmental process and changes as organisations mature in their behaviour and attitude towards both their
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such as Nike are held to general rules regarding how they conduct their business called the Social Responsibilities of Business. The four rules that companies have to follow are to maximize profits, moral minimum, stakeholder interest, and corporate citizenship. When businesses make decisions they need to keep their shareholders in mind. That is what the first theory of social responsibility, maximize profits, entails. Shareholders hold stock in the company and should be able to with confidence
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jcc17welford.qx 5/4/05 4:43 pm Page 33 Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe, North America and Asia 2004 Survey Results Richard Welford University of Hong Kong, China This paper builds on previous work of the author in assessing policies on corporate social responsibility (CSR) based on 20 elements. The elements are based on international conventions, codes of conduct and industry best practice. In a second survey of current priorities for CSR among large listed companies
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Corporate social responsibility statements are effective ways of ensuring multi-national companies act ethically. Discuss For the past few years there has been lots of discussion about Corporate Social Responsibility. Most of the multinational companies issue every year a report on their practices. They try to get involved into communities, fight the poverty in the third world countries and donate millions of ponds every year to charities to as they say “build the better future”. But are their
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SECOND 21ST CENTURY ACADEMIC FORUM CONFERENCE AT HARVARD MARCH 8 - 10, 2015 MARTIN CONFERENCE CENTER HARVARD UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MA USA Teaching, Learning, and Research in the “Just Google It” Age CONFERENCE PROCEEDING VOL. 5, NO.1 ISSN: 2330-1236 Table of Contents Authors Paper Title Page Maryam Abdu Investigating Capital Structure Decisions and Its Effect on the Nigerian Capital Market 1 Norsuhaily Abu Bakar Rahimah Embong Ibrahim Mamat Ruzilawati Abu Bakar Idris Abd. Hamid Holistically
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Running Head: Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems 1 Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems 2 The partnership for Lebanon was formed in the fall of 2006 in response to the July of 2006 conflict inside the country. With the main purpose to help with the reconstruction of Lebanon as well as create a better future for the Lebanese people. The partnership for Lebanon vision is to help the people of Lebanon find a path for stability and long
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by the conflict, which in turn led to a sincere desire to reach out to the many distressed people. People begin to think seriously about how they could make a difference to this terrible humanitarian disaster. Microsoft is going to fulfill its corporate social responsibility, it organizes a group of professional technicians to provide technology software and hardware with which a refugees' registration system could be created and through collaboration with NGOs, with UNHCR and organizations that
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to a company’s policy of protecting consumers, employees, community and the environment in addition to its own bottom line. Many consumers are aware of the potential for long-range harm from unethical business practices and will refuse to purchase the products or services of companies that employ such practices. For this reason, many companies have emphasized the importance of corporate social responsibility. Apart from its own benefits, it is also a good
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XXXX utilitarian, ORIGINAL XXX International Publishing Management theories IJMR 2007managerial and relational Reviews of corporate social responsibility © Blackwell Journal of Ltd 2007 1460-8545 Oxford, UK ARTICLES Blackwell Publishing Ltd Utilitarian, managerial and relational theories of corporate social responsibility Davide Secchi Concepts and theories of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been examined and classified by scholars since the mid-1970s. However, owing to the evolving
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