ijcrb.webs.com SEPTEMBER 2012 VOL 4, NO 5 INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS The Impact of Adopting Corporate Social Responsibility on Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from Jordanian Banks Sulaiman R. Weshah Accounting Department, Amman College for finance and administration studies, Al Balqa applied university, Amman, Jordan Dr. Ahmad A. Dahiyat (Corresponding author) Accounting Department, Amman College for finance and administration studies, Al Balqa
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Media Ethics -Ethics, in Greek word Ethos, mean moral value and quality. -Conrad C. Fink defined “ethics is a system principles, morality or code of conduct. It is the values and rules of life recognized by an individual, group or culture seeking guidelines to human conduct and what is good or bad and right or wrong.” -set of principle of right conduct or code of moral conduct for people to behave -reflects society’s views of what is right or wrong 3 branch of ethics -meta-ethics ( study
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Abstract The problem to be investigated is the role of corporation in society and its ethical influence on social responsibility. There have been arguments that capitalism and corporations are responsible for economic ills of the society. It is therefore necessary to understand the role of corporation and ethical influence if any. In other to address the problem stated above it is necessary to define what capitalism and corporation are, and give background insight through meaningful literature
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and HealthSouth captured the world’s attention as never before. It soon became clear, however, that the U. S. had not cornered the market on questionable ethics. The Dutch firm Ahold and Italy’s Parmalat quickly shared center stage with scandals of their own. Domestic business ethics will continue to be a top priority. But global business ethics will demand cutting-edge thinking and practice as companies strive to expand their products, services, sales, and operations throughout the world. Regardless
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Examining the Application Business Ethics and Laws in the Tobacco Industry Abstract “Ethics is not something exterior to the economy…rather, ethics is and interior principle of the economy itself, which cannot function if it does not take account of the human values of solidarity and reciprocal responsibility.” (Pope Benedict XVI) I agree with Pope Benedict. Ethics deals with values that relate to the nature of human conduct and values associated with that conduct. In today’s business environment
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Scientific Methods Australia. The article entitled “Business ethics are set to stage a comeback” was published on the 75th page of The Australian Financial Review on the 6th February 1990. 2. Literature Review Basically, the article discussed several important issues about business ethics. One of the most prominent was the remark she made about business ethics making a comeback. The conclusion was made upon the fact that business ethics are becoming more and more popular among business practitioners
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Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Developing a Strategic Plan When considering the stakeholders needs, leadership of an organization must evaluate the best interests of the company but also take on their rightful social responsibility not only for their stakeholders but also for the good of society as well. They cannot limit themselves to specific groups but create a welcoming environment and build relationships with everyone. In a stable economy, companies may eliminate or trade
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Lesson 1 Optics vs Vision There are optics and visions in ethics. Optic is a specific way to approach things.. This can be a legal, fi nancial or marketer point of view. Vision is different ways of seeing through the optic. In other words, visions are different opinions. You can have multiple visions under one optic. Norms and values Rules can be made to try and protect a value. Its important to know whether obeying a norm leads to protecting a value. Your moral
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of them. Firefighters do not need to be reminded of their purpose to save lives and property. 4. Management should be a role model to all employees as this will set the foundation for organizational goals. Therefore a good role model motivates employees to work hard following the manager’s footsteps instilling courage and guidance as the chief leader takes responsibility of every task to be undertaken by every fire fighter within his department. 5. An organization should create recognition
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for self-help and support about a common problem. A therapist engages a group in planned counseling sessions by using a custom made programmed for them. The group’s proper existence, progress and ethics are of great importance for it is a reflection of the groups conduct in their relation. Basically, ethics give a definition of the agreed upon do’s and don’ts in the group activity .It therefore stands that, group’s discipline is a great determiner for group success or failure. Of worth importance is
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