Understand the organizational purposes of businesses (Unit 1, L01) Identify the purposes of different types of organization 1.1 Describe the extent to which an organization meets the objectives of different stakeholders 1.2 Explain the responsibilities of an organization and strategies employed to meet them 1.3 Understand the nature of the national environment in which business operate (Unit 1, L02) Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively 2.1 Access
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balanced its economic and social responsibilities through its various programs, such the Path to Service program and sustainability goals? Are the company’s programs examples of enlightened self-interest? Yes, Timberland has balanced their economic and social responsibilities. By remaining profitable, Timberland fulfills its economic responsibilities and through the Path to Service program and the sustainability goals project they have fulfilled their social responsibilities. Through the article we
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personal info on the officer involved in the shooting of the unarmed teenager Michael Brown if the violence on the protesters was not stopped. To answer this question someone has to taking into consideration is the reason morally acceptable, the responsibility behind the power, and if it is socially acceptable. To begin with is it morally acceptable to use the power available to possibly cause the death of another human. One would have to look at the situation that caused the threat to take place
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refers to the study of business policies and practices. Social responsibility refers to how a business performs its activities to meet its wider obligations toward the society and environment. Strategic planning in the corporate world is considered to be a very important step. Social responsibility as well as ethical values in the strategic plan process are deemed to serve as an important role. The paper will explore the role of social responsibility and ethics in the business world. The role of ethics
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addition to these tasks, the retail store manager must see to it that each individual is adequately trained to fill their job title and supervise the work that they do throughout their employment at the store. Another important duty and/or responsibility of the retail store manager deals with the money that comes into the store and goes back out as well. The retail store manager is responsible for handling the turning in of cash at the end of each sales associate’s day and is required to ensure
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paper I will state who bears most responsibility for the tragedy and what I feel the next appropriate actions should be taken. An ethics analysis will be completed on the three key players of the tragedy whom are the owners of the factory, the Bangladeshi government, and the companies that had products produced at Rana Plaza. I believe that the owners of the plaza bear the most responsibility for the tragedy at Rana Plaza. As owners, they have the responsibility to maintain, repair, and have the
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discussed in the chapter. 4. This way when they do receive an audit they are not responsible for everything. If they have something askew it will fall on the third party auditors since they approved and said everything was good. This takes responsibility off of apple and put it on the third party company. The biggest disadvantage of this is cost. It cost a lot of money for a third party to come and perform an audit. However, they find things an internal team would not find they would be well worth
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EST1 Kenji Kaul Western Governors University Abstract This paper will evaluate and explore Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility. This paper will also determine if Company Q is socially responsible or not and explanations supporting why. It will also describe actions the company can take to improve their social responsibility. Keywords: social responsibility, socially responsible Objective 310.2.1-05 – EST1 In this day and age, businesses are focusing more on being socially responsible
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for example) d. How effective is its governance? Can you suggest improvements? 4. Ethics and Social responsibility a. Is this an ethical company? Is it socially responsible? You will need to support your position. b. Has the company ever been featured in the press in a negative way that was attributable, whether correctly or incorrectly, to ethical or social responsibility issues? If so, were these allegations founded? If not, has your research uncovered any areas that could
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Running Head: CORPORATE RESPONSILITY 1 Apple’s Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Brianna Neal Bus 508 Contemporary Business Dr. Laura Jones Strayer University July 15, 2015 CORPORATE RESPONSILITY 2 Apple’s Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Apple Overview Apple Inc was founded by Steve Jobs and was originally named Apple computer because there sole purpose was to provide personal computers. They later changed there name to Apple Inc to show their innovation
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