Carlos Brown 7/20/2014 Case Study Cisco has twelve offices in eight Middle East countries, employing more than 628 people. The company’s corporate social responsibility efforts have largely focused on education and economic development. Cisco has gained recognition for these activities including the U.S Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence in 2005 for it’s participation in the Jordan Education Initiative. Other significant examples of Cisco’s Middle East initiatives include
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I - Issue and Scope: The primary Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issue in the case is whether Nestlé should label its new product ‘Partners’ Blend’ with the Fairtrade brand or continue with its own social responsibility initiatives. United Kingdom (U.K.) is one of Nestles major markets. Therefore, it is imperative for Nestlé to be aware of the social, environmental and financial circumstances surrounding its business. Social: From the social perspective, the main circumstances that
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content at hand. In fact, Melissa did a great job of going into detail with how the survey was conducted; 100 companies were reviewed on the basis of their codes of conduct, litigation and regulatory infraction practices, investment in innovation, corporate citizenship, and the nomination from peers, consumers, and activists. These facts were not immediately available in the article, but she deemed them important enough to discuss which showed her commitment to going above and beyond to give the viewer
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2016). In the early 20th century, Ford was also the largest employer of African Americans in the auto industry, and has a long history of “supporting the African American community”, known as a company that builds communities by “creating positive social change” (Business Wire, 2016). Ford has been an integral part of Men of Courage, a national program that honors the accomplishments of African American men. In addition, Ford has established the Ford Volunteer Corps, which enlists Ford employees and
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Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Objectives 2 3. Business Environment 2 3.1. Demographic environment 2 3.2. Economic environment 2 3.3. Geographical and ecological environment 3 3.4. Legal environment 3 3.5. Technological environment 3 3.6. Social environment 3 3.7. Educational and cultural environment 3 3.8. Political environment 3 4. About Mahindra & Mahindra 4 5. Task 1. 5 6. Task 2. 6 6.1. Market Penetration 6 6.2. Market Development 7 6.3. Product development 7 7. Conclusion 7
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and Safety for Suppliers Case Abstract This case study focuses on the “Better Health and Safety for Suppliers” project and how Volkswagen AG seeks to strengthen their policy in Health Protection, Promotion and Occupational Safety by promoting social protection, improving safety and health standards and strengthening labour inspection. The project is a partnership project between Volkswagen, the International Labour Organization and the German Corporation for Technical Cooperation. The project
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will adopt the position of internationl mandatory regulation as opposed to the voluntary option. For these ends it will employ several actors such as the Global Compact in order to demonstrate the organisations who are leading the way in Corporate Social Responsibility. However, as the report will show, due to its predatory nature, financial sector requires more than voluntary organisations. The crux of the argument is that regulation needs to be international due to the interconnectedness and interdependence
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FIJI Water and Corporate Social Responsibility Prepared by Subject: FIJI Water and Corporate Social Responsibility Table of Contents * Introduction History of FIJI Water * Strengths -FIJI Water as trendy -FIJI Water as untouched * Weaknesses -Environmental issues -Taxation issues and relationship with the Fijian government -Criticism * Conclusion and recommendation -Sustainable development Introduction FIJI Water was originally founded as “Nature’s
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Ethical Audit Ethical Leadership C206 April 17th, 2015 Ethical Audit An ethical audit is important to establish the company’s current weaknesses and strengths concerning how it conducts itself in an ethical manner. An ethics audit will involve evaluating the company’s standard of ethic, it ethic climate, and how well the company’s employees follow ethical standards. One of the first things to evaluate in an ethics audit is if a company has a written code of ethics and how comprehensive
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activities giving especial attention upon the social, ecological and environmental factors aiming at the conservation of nature and natural resources. Banks can be green through bringing changes in six main spheres of banking activities (Rahman, et al. 2013). Those are Change in Investment Management, Change in Deposit Management, Change in House Keeping, Change in the Process of Recruitment and Development of Human Capital, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and Making Consciousness Among Clients
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