Company Q’s decision to shut down two of its stores in an area that is high in crime is within its rights as a business without regard to social responsibility. One of the first steps in social responsibility is ensuring profits to the stakeholders. The stores has been consistently losing money in a higher crime rate area. In a higher crime rate area, losing profits is not the only concern. Besides monetary value, the stores must consider human value. Petty crime and an overall general threat
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a topic that has been discussed broadly in the past years. In the world that currently more aware in responsibility and sustainability, CSR is now at the most important stage as ever. However, there is no definite assumption of CSR. This essay will discuss the contrast between definitions and approach in CSR according to scholar and my own understanding. First,…. The first one is instrumental theory which states that CSR should be the tool to gain profit
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Community Profiles: Social Responsibilities Johnny Vega University of Phoenix ETH316 Charles Daniels 19June 2014 Community Profiles: Social Responsibilities Social responsibilities are essential for community residents, whether in rural, suburban, or urban venues.
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Is Business Sustainable? by megan51773 | studymode.com Business is an artificial person and has responsibilities. While making money is an important result of a company’s existence, many people wrongly assume this is their sole responsibility. A business can be defined as a combination of the products and services they provide, the customers they serve, and its work force. A business of one person or thousands takes on the personality of those wihin. Its culture, morals, and ethics are defined
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 48) This intrinsic value applies equally well to social responsibility in the conduct of business. 49) As I said earlier, I believe that a person will be more effective in whatever they do when they act in a manner that is closely consistent with their personal values. 50) Why? Because I believe that authenticity, - being true to your personal values, makes you more effective in anything you do. 51) I do not yet have empirical evidence for this proposition and belief. 52)
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Personal responsibility includes being responsible for your own actions and well-being. In relation to social roles each person has their own way of doing things while living their own life. The concept is similar for businesses and organizations that work to provide opportunities for others. They have a responsibility in providing products, goods, and services that are fair while serving a purpose. In either scenario, consequences are suffered when failing to do what is right. In many cases, when
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Concept Analysis of Responsibility Nina Case, RN Kaplan University Responsibility means many things to many different people. It means one thing to a nurse, something different to a business man, and again something else to a parent. Responsibility to Charles Osgood in “The Responsibility Poem” means a job (Osgood. 2012). “Somebody should have done the job. And Everybody should have, but in the end Nobody did what Anybody could have” (Osgood.2012). Corporate responsibility, according
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Deviance is defined as as a violation of social norms, in regards to sociology. But what if deviance is actually just the opposite? What if deviance is simply a social norm? Cultural deviance theory suggests that the conformity to cultural norms of lower class societies actually causes crime. Simply stated, if you are in a lower class of society, committing a crime is actually an act of conformity. In the case of these poor societies, it is more obscure to not conform to the consistent lifestyle
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Deviance not only refers to individual behavior but also to activities in a group (Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum, Carr, 2017, p. 104). An illustrative example is that of the Hare Krishna, a religious group whose beliefs and way of life are very different from most of us. The group was founded in the sixties by Sril Prabhupada, when he came from India to expand Krishna consciousness in Ney York (Kaya Laterman “In Brooklyn, a Hare Krishna Reckoning”). He directed his message particularly to young drug
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Deviance is “a behavior, trait, belief, or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative reaction.” When I was younger, it was deviant for younger girls to wear any makeup. When I was in the third and fourth grade, none of my friends wore any makeup. I’m 17 years old and barley know how to apply makeup, because my mom didn’t let me wear any until I was in the seventh grade. Even when I was allowed to wear makeup, I still didn’t wear any, except for cheer competitions. Today, there
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