The aim of this essay is to collate the approach towards corporate social responsibility of two public limited companies, Apple and Samsung, which are both rivals and partners. In present, Apple is suing Samsung for patent breaches, however, at the same time Samsung is a supplier of some key components for Apple’s products. First of all, a basic definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be presented and followed by comparison of the most important CSR initiatives divided according
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and Social Responsibility SBUS6003 October 2015 – Term 5 February 2016 – Term 6 SBUS6003 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility MODULE CODE: TITLE: DATED: SBUS6003 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility 02/06/2011 LEVEL: CREDITS: 6 20 TEACHING METHODS: Lectures Workshops Independent Study JACS CODE: N200 8% 16% 76% AIM(S) • To introduce students to the particular problems and opportunities experienced in adopting or ignoring corporate social
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Course 2016 FE1 EDHEC Nice Tutorial 3 BP, Deepwater and Sustainability Reporting The Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and explosion on April 20, 2010, killed 11 men and caused one of the largest marine oil spills in history. The leak from the undersea well flowed for 87 days and polluted an estimated 68,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico waters and nearly 500 miles of coastline from Louisiana to Florida. At the moment of the accident BP was the leaseholder
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Task 1 : To me, business responsibility is often known as corporate social Responsibility (CSR), where CSR is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the local community and society at large. Being a responsible business essentially means minimizing the negative social and environmental impacts of your business and maximizing the positive ones .These impacts
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femininity represents social implications from a gender perspective. A masculine society is dominated by tough values, such as money, success, assertiveness and competition. Men and women often have significantly different roles. Countries with a masculine culture often prefer
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Title A study on Corporate Social Responsibility activities by Bangalore-based Urban Cooperative Banks – Initiatives and Opportunities. Authors Dr. PR Ramakrishnan, Faculty, Rajalakshmi School of Business, Kuthambakkam Post,Chennai 600124. Email: ramakrishnan77@yahoo.com. Phone: +91-9444298316. Prashanth Rao, Assistant Professor, Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Bangalore - 560107. Email: prashsubbarao@yahoo.com. Phone: +91-9481078821. ABSTRACT Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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New Belgium Brewing has stayed true to their core values and this has been successful for them (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). The company’s social responsibility to its environment, customers, and employees, has aided in establishing and helps to maintain a competitive advantage; thus having a solid strategic focus is crucial to sustaining the company’s competitive advantage. New Belgium has often looked for ways to protect the environment by being “environmental friendly”. The company strives to find
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CSCT stands for Canadian Society of Cardiology Technologists. The CSCT is a society that outlines specific requirements that an individual must meet in order to become a Registered Cardiology Technologist (RCT). To ensure that the individual meets these requirements, the CSCT provides students who have graduated from a CSCT approved course with a CSCT Certification Exam. Once the student has successfully completed this examination, they will then be a Registered Cardiology Technologist. Once a member
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Introduction This essay aims to express my vision and ideas about responsible leadership, a new theory of growing importance. Indeed, previous theories about leadership lost credibility after the financial crisis in 2008. To fill in the gaps of the former theories, a new concept emerges: responsible leadership. In this essay, I first introduce the concept of leadership before expressing my vision of responsible leadership. Leadership In the literature, most of the definitions have common parts
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Corporate Social Responsibility An Implementation Guide for Business Paul Hohnen, Author Jason Potts, Editor Corporate Social Responsibility An Implementation Guide for Business Paul Hohnen, Author Jason Potts, Editor ii Corporate Social Responsibility: An Implementation Guide for Business © 2007, International Institute for Sustainable Development The International Institute for Sustainable Development contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on
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