Ethics R Rangel Mgt 498 / Strategic Management January 26, 2012 Jay Sizemore The Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Strategic Planning For most companies to be successful, companies must consider many ethical situations and many social responsibilities as critical parts, essential components of strategic plan. Ethical and social responsibility foundation must accommodate parts of the strategic process prior to decisions rather than following-profit decisions to receive the maximum
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Foundation of Ethics: Virtue and Values Evaluate Ethical Perspectives on Social Responsibility Submitted to Northcentral University DEFINING THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Depending on whom you ask, the concept of social responsibility may mean different things. However, within an organizational culture, social responsibility refers to ethical practices that benefit the greater society and simultaneously benefits the health of the organization. The concept of social responsibility
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Ethics Paper Joshua Gilmore MGT/498 10-28-2013 Dr. John Olmstead Introduction Companies and organizations have many plans and goals that are set and chased after year in and year out. The main objective in the end is profits and a company cannot stay afloat if it isn’t profitable. Every company has its ways of being profitable. Ethics plays a large role in a company’s success and could make or break a company in the long run if the company does not practice responsible ethics
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Ethics and Social Responsibility Andrea Clark MGT 498 May 15, 2012 Thomas Moore Ethics and Social Responsibility “The concept of social responsibility proposes that a private corporation has responsibilities to society that extend beyond making a profit.” (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010 p.72) Social responsibility considers the customers, employees, shareholders, communities, interests and social- environmental consequences of their business activities. A strategic approach, companies can
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led to what is currently known as “social economy” (1). The social economy phenomena created two types of corporation, first the social kind which are either non-profit or for profit and the goal of their corporations is to improve humanity as much as possible and to help sustain a clean and healthy environment even if this goal overlaps with the goal of making as much profit as possible. ‘Many commercial enterprises would consider themselves to have social objectives, but commitment to these
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Ethics and Organizational Design- A Literature Review Abstract This literature review observes the views of organizational design and business ethics as they relate to one another in business. The first portion of this paper defines organizational design and business ethics to establish their importance and also examines managerial ethics and corporate social responsibility, sources of ethical principles. The second portion pursues to explain the relationship between business ethics and
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successful and provide stakeholders with healthy financial performance. One of the key performance indicators of businesses according to Drucker (1981) is their engagement in ethical business practices or according to Friedman (1970) their social responsibility in the business arena. What is clear is the need for businesses to act in a responsible manner, including implementing actionable measures that include environmental factors, community involvement, financial stability, and corporate sponsorships
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BUSINESS ETHICS AND CSR IN THE CONTEXT OF SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 1.0 Introduction In the 21st century of business, there are number of factors apart from the financial figures that play a vital role for the success story of the business corporations. These factors include the culture adopted by the business, philosophy of the management of the company, code of ethics and standards followed by business. The presence of all of these factors in the business’s ethical guidelines has a significant
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The Role of Corporations SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility December 1, 2008 The Role of Corporations The recent financial crises on Wall Street command a need for higher ethical standard in business. The behavior displayed by corporate heads has caused society, as well as other business to doubt the ability of these corporations to do the right thing. Because of the day-to-day demand of organizational performance not much attention is made to address unethical
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Ethics and Social Responsibility “The concept of social responsibility proposes that a private corporation has responsibilities to society that extend beyond making a profit.” (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010 p.72) Social responsibility considers the customers, employees, shareholders, communities, interests and social- environmental consequences of their business activities. A strategic approach, companies can determine activities to devote to being socially responsible and choose activities which
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