JJT2 Social Responsibility Western Governors University Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, and Public Policy (Lawrence & Weber, 2011) defines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as the way a company acts that enhances society and its inhabitants and is held accountable for its actions that affect people, their communities and their environment. Many companies now track their CSR score through the use of rating organizations
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Environmental Considerations and Recommendations Company X does not currently have any environmental initiatives. A few initiatives that would benefit the organization and be socially responsible would include going paperless, turning off the computers at night, and a telecommuting option. Each one of these can help protect the environment by reducing pollution in one manner or another. These are all small changes that could have a big impact. With a company size approaching 150 employees, we
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1 For more than 100 years, Genesis Industries (GI) has been guided by a simple belief ‐‐ do the right thing for the employees, the communities, and the customers. The Share Serve Sustain initiative is a conservation and community program that can be built on that legacy. The initiative will focus on the company's social responsibility in three critical areas: empowering communities and individuals, preserving the environment and promoting change for a sustainable future. Genesis relies on core principles to guide the
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Performance Assessments: Estimated weeks to complete Social Responsibility (JJT2) Activities at a Glance 1 4 WEEK 1 Ethics Reading Read the following chapters in Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy: chapter 4 ("Ethics and Ethical Reasoning") chapter 5 ("Organizational Ethics and the Law") After reading the assigned chapters in your e-text go to the publisher companion site to review key terms and to take the interactive quizzes for the assigned chapters
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Social Responsibility JJT2 Task 1 Business Dictionary defines Corporate Social Responsibility as, “A company’s sense of responsibility towards the community and environment (both ecological and social) in which it operates.” Corporate Social Responsibility, often denoted as simply CSR, is a valuable tool for business owners to help themselves and society as a whole. A social responsibility strategy needs to be created for Champion Chow. Champion Chow is a large manufacturer and distributor
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Social Responsibility 4/2014 JJT2 task 1 Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an organization holding itself accountable for the impact of its decisions and activities on society, the environment and, it’s own prosperity. Otherwise known as the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit (Lawrence & Weber, 2010). CSR is whatever a company does to give back to the community in which there is presence. Sometimes this involves grants, volunteerism or sponsorships
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Social Responsibility Assignment Social Responsibility JJT2 Task 1 By XXXXXXXXXXXX Business Administration (MBA IT Management) Western Governors University Introduction Social Responsibility is about the management of an Organization making sure that the community or society where they operate is taking into consideration in all management decisions especially when it comes to the environmental Management, interest and welfare of the people. Dangote Cement is the largest cement
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