documentary-style film about the ethical behavior of companies. It mainly focuses on American based multinational corporations. While the film has a clear and pervasive bias against corporate culture and behavior, it does raise many disturbing questions. As the views presented in the film are not necessarily outside of the mainstream, corporate entities should endeavor to understand the basis for the accusations, determine if there is any truth to them, formulate ways to change business behavior (if appropriate)
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on both conceptual and practical grounds that the Triple Bottom Line is an unhelpful addition to current discussions of corporate social responsibility. Finally, we argue that the Triple Bottom Line paradigm cannot be rescued simply by attenuating its claims: the rhetoric is badly misleading, and may in fact provide a smokescreen behind which firms can avoid truly effective social and environmental reporting and performance. Introduction The notion of “Triple Bottom Line” (3BL) accounting has become
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Organizational Profile 4 2.1 GrameenPhone Corporate Governance 4 2.2 Shareholders 4 2.3 About Telenor 4 3. Corporate Social Responsibility 5 3.1 CSR at GrameenPhone
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Introduction The history of business ethics is as old as the religious books like the Bible and the holy Quran. These religious books have talked about truthfulness, transparency and honesty among people. The prohibition of theft, self-interest at the cost of others, and malice in these religious sources have a direct application the world of business. The history of business ethics has evolved during the long course of time and is still in this phase of development. The application of business
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: BETWEEN TREND AND NECESSITY by Cecile Oger BSc. (Honours) Chemistry with Business Administration Kingston University London, UK, 1995 A thesis presented to Ryerson University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration In the program of Master of Business Administration Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009 © Cecile Oger 2009 Library and Archives Canada Bibliothèque
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The issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasing concern among individuals and society. CSR has thus become an integral part of arguably most businesses in light of topical issues. However, much skepticism towards businesses’ agendas underpinning their CSR initiatives is abounding. This may be justifiably so. Evidence suggests that CSR initiatives undertaken by both large businesses as well as small and medium enterprises (SME) are largely resultant of strategic and profit
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THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ISSUE BRIEF AND ROADMAP REPORT FOR PREPARED BY: Coro Strandberg Principal, Strandberg Consulting MAY 2009 CSR and HR Management Issue Brief and Roadmap 2 ISSUE BRIEF AND ROADMAP OBJECTIVE • To understand the foundational elements that need to be in place to foster a high performance CSR (corporate social responsibility) organization and develop a framework or roadmap for firms wishing to become a high performing
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-Ethics & Corporate sustainability are a key element/outcome to MNE activity, organisation strategy and practices. Section 1 header: Framework, main ideas & correlation ------------------------------------------------- Paragraph 1 topic & topic sentence: ------------------------------------------------- Business ethics / Business ethics is about what is considered as right behaviour in the business world. Paragraph 2 topic & topic sentence: CSR / corporate social responsibility
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encountered in the workplace, discussing ethical behaviour and values that relate to HR. It looks at relevant ethical tools, such as utilitarianism and relativism in order to examine current practices in the workplace and their links to corporate social responsibility. Learning outcomes By the end of this chapter, you should be able to: u u u u Critically explore and evaluate the ethical nature of human resource management; Identify and define current ethical and moral issues confronting HR managers;
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Rubina Mahsud Topic 3: Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Business Practices in IM context Companies can no longer ignore social responsibility and ethical behaviors. Many organizations prioritize tangible goals over other factors, especially social responsibility and ethics. However no matter internal or external stakeholders care about how their behaviors effect on society. For the corporations who look for the tangible goal without considering social responsibility and ethics in narrow
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