Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World Patricia Ingram Professor Renee Berry Legal 500- Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance March 1, 2015 Introduction "PharmaCARE is one of the world’s most successful pharmaceutical companies, enjoying a reputation as a caring, ethical and well-run company that produces high-quality products that save millions of lives and enhance the quality of life for millions of others. The company offers free and discounted drugs
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most useful thing to do. Utilitarian social responsibility is to maximize profits. The utilitarian primary responsibility is to operate the business in the best interests of the stockholders, whose primary concerns are financial. Different utilitarian approaches to morality have emerged each with their own theory of good and community of concerning individuals. When utilitarian decides to spend the organization’s resources, they add to the cost of doing business, which have to be passed on to consumers
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others in Europe, therefore the externality would be Actors C or D in the figure. Since there are negative externalities, IBM’s actions are also under scrutiny and are viewed as unethical by society. The second conceptual area “Harmonization with the Social Matrix” can be defined with a mixture of Gundlach & Murphy’s
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Ben & Jerry’s expects more from its partners than simply earning profits Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., the Vermont-based manufacturer of super-premium ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet, was founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, by childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield with a modest $12,000 investment. Ben & Jerry's is a founding member of Business for Social Responsibility ("BSR"), an association of some 1400 or so businesses that aims to furnish
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Financial……………………………………………………………………………..………4 3. Social Responsibility…………………………………………………………………..……..6 4. Environmental Responsibility……………………………………………………….………7 5. Conclusion………………………………………..………………………………… ………8 6. References List……………………………………………………………………………..9 Sustainability Report: Qantas Airways Ltd Introduction The paper seeks to provide a corporate social responsibility report on Qantas to understand the impacts of
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Sustainability and System Change Wal-Mart’s Pioneering Strategy Frank Dixon (Published on CSRwire.com, April 18, 2006) On October 24th, 2005, Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart, gave one of the most important business speeches ever. In it, he committed the largest company in the world to making zero waste, using 100% renewable energy and selling sustainable products. The implications are huge. These goals cannot be achieved without broad systemic changes in areas including supply chain, regulatory
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study on Corporate Social Responsibility activities by Bangalore-based Urban Cooperative Banks – Initiatives and Opportunities. Authors Dr. PR Ramakrishnan, Faculty, Rajalakshmi School of Business, Kuthambakkam Post,Chennai 600124. Email: ramakrishnan77@yahoo.com. Phone: +91-9444298316. Prashanth Rao, Assistant Professor, Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Bangalore - 560107. Email: prashsubbarao@yahoo.com. Phone: +91-9481078821. ABSTRACT Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined
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Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda: 1. Introduction * What is the CSR (CSR definition)? 2. Why CSR (Importance of CSR)? 3. Approaches of CSR 4. Critics of CSR 5. Real Cases for CSR 6. Ref. 1. Introduction a. What is the CSR (CSR definition)? CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically
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including the societal culture and the legal system. The Friedman Doctrine states that the only social responsibility of business is to increase its profits as long as it stays within the rules of law. In my opinion, it describes as well an important motivation of the business — profits maximization. Obviously, the main goal of the Metai factory’s owners is to maximize their profits. Meanwhile, they don’t respect the law of the country. They are not only unethical but also illegal under
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate conscience, corporate citizenship or sustainable responsible business/ Responsible Business) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a self-regulatory mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards and international norms. With some models, a firm's implementation of CSR goes beyond compliance and engages in "actions
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