21/11/06 1:01 pm Page 25 Corporate Social Responsibility as Capability The Case of BHP Billiton Leeora D. Black Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility; and Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University Corporate social responsiveness is what companies do in order to be socially responsible. This paper presents a case study of social responsiveness at the global mining firm BHP Billiton to illustrate a model of social responsiveness capabilities. Until now, corporate
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Ethical and Socially Responsive Business Shayon Haughton Gerard Cummings 9/7/2014 Hello my name is Shayon Haughton and I am the CEO of Ruby Tuesday’s. When I first started Ruby Tuesday’s I had to create a Code of Conduct. Code of Conduct is intended to facilitate Ruby Tuesday’s Incorporated’s compliance with legal requirements and our standards of ethical business conduct for our staff members. I expect my staff members
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Running Head: ETHICAL ISSUES AND MULTI-NATIONAL ENTERPRISE Veronica Mason Theory Digest Ethical Issues and Multi-National Enterprise University of Maryland University College October 13, 2012 Ethical issues and Multi-National Enterprises Today’s global marketplace presents ethical dilemmas for multinational corporations. Research has shown that ethical decision-making process becomes particularly challenging when the ethical standards in the company’s home country are higher than those
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Sam Walton opened his first store. Although Walmart faced negative images from their stakeholders; over the years the company has increasingly demonstrated efforts to become more sustainable. For example, according to Ferrell Fraedrich in Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, Walmart is becoming a “greener company. Currently Walmart is working on four main green areas: waste improvement and recycling, natural resources, energy, and social/community impact. Walmart’s long-goal is to be
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“Corporate social responsibility is the idea that a business has a duty to serve society in general as well as the financial interests of its stakeholders.”(Pearce, 2013, p. 52) Dividing the stakeholders into two distinct groups, internal and external, despite its numerous situations a company can determine how to meet its social responsibility. There are four types of social commitment that strategic managers must consider: economic, legal, ethical, and discretionary social responsibility (Text) Maximizing
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Assignment #2: Ethical and Socially Responsive Business Makeda Outlaw BUS 100- Introduction to Business Carol Jacobs 6/14/2015 “CHEESECAKE FACTORY” Ethical matters are important in today’s business environment, and businesses do the best they can to make their code of ethics appropriate to their personnel. It is your responsibility to understand this Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics is intended to create or imply an employment contract or term employment, it also influence all executive
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responsibility The classical View * The classical View says that management’s only social responsibility is to maximize profits. * Management’s only social responsibility is to maximize profits (create a financial return) by operating the business in the best interests of the stockholders (owners of the corporation). * Expanding the firm’s resources on doing “social good” unjustifiably increases costs that lower profits to the owners and raises prices to consumers. The Socioeconomic View
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ethics Assignment 2: Ethical and Socially Responsive Business Sarie Stovall Strayer University BUS/100 August 6, 2015 The Cheesecake Factory has to some extent big code of conduct. There are only some precise ideas in the code of conduct that is of important significance to the business of Cheesecake Factory. It is very important that this code of conduct is instituted since staff members have got to be aware of the ethics and belief system of Cheesecake Factory in contrast to other organizations
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Ethical and Socially Responsive Business Chipotle is committed to the highest standards of integrity in all of our activities and compliance with both the letter and spirit of the law. We expect that you will reflect these standards in your day-to-day dealings on our behalf. This Code of Conduct is for all employees, Officers, and all members of the Board of Directors. It is a guide to ethical behavior. Chipotle has an “open door” policy with respect to any concern relating to compliance with the
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Assignment 2: Ethical and Socially Responsive Business Chipotle Mexican Grill Eric Jones Professor Albin BUS 100 6/8/2016 Chipotle is a company that is based on a family-oriented and friendly atmosphere with great food, and conversation with friends or family. Chipotle's Code of Conduct relies on Integrity, and Loyalty. Integrity seems to play a major part of the company. Integrity is a concept about being true and honest,
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