Corporate Social Responsibility across Industries: When can who do well by doing good? Andreas G. F. Hoepnerab, Pei-Shan Yua* & John Fergusonc School of Management, University of St. Andrews, The Gateway, North Haugh, St. Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK Academic Fellow, Principles for Responsible Investment, PRI Secretariat, c/o UN Global Compact, DC2-612, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, US c Department of Accounting & Finance, University of Strathclyde, 100 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G4 0LN, UK b a This
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strengthen their ethical rules and positions. 5. Appreciate the important ways in which a nation’s business laws and regulations affect business commerce, occupations, and organizations. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT ? A friend who is an A-student has offered to write your paper, which is worth 25% of your grade, for $50. You need the course to graduate because you only have a low C average. You hate writing, do it very poorly, and know others have had good results submitting this student’s papers as their own
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2013 Citizenship & Sustainability Report Contents Dr. Dalene von Delft recovered from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Early access to a Johnson & Johnson medicine added to her treatment helped. Inspired by her experience, Dalene founded TB Proof, dedicated to raising awareness of TB among health care workers. Read more at 2013annualreport.jnj.com/stories/ New-Hope-for-MDR-TB-Patients CONTENTS CHAI R MAN’S LETTE R S UCCE SS E S & CHALLE NG E S Advancing Human Health &
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benefits of SOX and the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board). There are, however, skeptics and those that do not feel that the price being paid by these companies is worth the amount of stabilization that it has brought to the corporate table. This paper will examine the key components of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, its primary objective, the economic consequences for companies as a result of the implementation of the Act, and will also show how SOX has achieved its goals thus far.
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information on sustainability. The recognition that there are finite resources to be utilized by today’s businesses, as well as future generations, is a driving force behind incorporating additional reporting by companies on sustainability factors. This paper attempts to summarize the primary advantages and drawbacks of shifting from a strictly financial reporting philosophy to a sustainability philosophy. Keywords: Sustainability Accounting, Triple Bottom Line Reporting, TBL Introduction With the
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next-of-kin. However, there are occasions where families fiercely object to donation and MTN must reflect on what path is the most ethical to pursue; follow the wishes of the donor or concede to the objection of the family. This paper will examine the three theories of ethics: utilitarian, principle-based, and virtue and discuss which theory applies to this ethical dilemma. Introduction Midwest Organ Bank was originally founded in 1973 with the sole purpose of providing organ transplant and
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help answer the question as to how companies should morally prioritize corporate social responsibility, corporate accountability and stakeholder claims. In this paper, I also utilized the concept of corporate social responsibility as well as the triple bottom line in order to form my own model of sustainability. This model is used to analyze the case of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spills which was claimed as the responsibility of British Petroleum. I also addressed the strong relationship between
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Woolworths Analysis Strategic Marketing Management Executive Summary The following is the assignment given to us for our “Strategic Management” course. The paper discusses in depth about the company, Woolworths, which is one of the largest retail stores in Australia. The report enriches the knowledge about environmental analysis, SWOT analysis, the financial and pricing analysis, target market, segmentation and market analysis of Woolworths. After studying the company’s overall performance
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