...Barbara, S. (2008) - Journal of Cleaner Production 5 2.14 Jorgensen, H, Peder, M & Margaret, J 2003 - The Word Bank Group & IFC 6 2.15 Esben, R. P & Mette, A. (2006) - Journal of Public Affairs 6 2.2 Group materials under meaningful themes and critical discussion 7 2.3 The practical and theoretical implication of the findings 9 2.4 Evidence from published cases and empirical studies 11 2.5 managerial recommendations in translating CSR in global SC into practice 12 3.0 Conclusions and suggestions for future research 14 4.0 Reference List 15 Executive Summary Integrated supply chain has becoming a significantly important role in the competitive landscape because companies are searching for strategic benefits. Apart from the advantages derived from those more coordinated supply chains, certain social obligations become a concern to business. In reality, the codes of conduct in terms of the CSR are developed by many organizations, especially the buying companies, in order to manage the business behavior of their partners with procurement and supply chain system. It makes it clear that all purchasing companies should be responsible for and pay attention to the ethical business behaviors of their suppliers. However, it is difficult to find any relevant guidance and rules about the issue in current literatures even though the management of CSR has become a significantly important problems to...
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...MSc Business Management BS7916 Principles of Responsible Management Semester One 2013- Module Handbook Module Leader : Dr Roz Sunley Room 201 Roz.Sunley@winchester.ac.uk Room 201 West Downs 01962 827339 In this module study guide you will find much of what you need in order to successfully complete the module. Further learning materials and information are available on the learning network under the module code BS7916. Module Code BS7916 Module Name: Principles of Responsible Management It is your responsibility to: * Collect a copy of the reading pack from the faculty office * Attend both lecture and seminar sessions as stated on your timetable * Arrive in time for the start of all taught sessions * Read the preparatory reading before the taught sessions each week * Undertake any directed learning that may be set * Seek help from the module tutor if you are having any problems with any aspect of the module * Hand in assignments on time Tutor contact details: Module leader: Dr Roz Sunley Roz.Sunley@winchester.ac.uk Module tutor: Dr Natalia Yakovleva Natalia.Yakovleva@winchester.ac.uk Module administrator: Karen Robbertze Karen.Robbertze@winchester.ac.uk Contents Introduction and learning outcomes 3 Weekly schedule 4-6 Assessment 7-9 Useful texts 9-11 Feedback, Harvard referencing etc 12 Study guide for each week 12 - 17 Marking criteria 18 – 20 Background...
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...everyone knows, Qantas is Australia’s largest airline, which is also one of the biggest global airlines in the world. It is committed to creating a reputation for safety, operational reliability and considerate customer service. All of these reputations have been playing a vital role in attracting increasing passengers to be loyal to Qantas. Consequently, Qantas has been becoming one of Australia’s most successful companies in aviation industry. With the rapid development of other competitors in aviation industry around the world, however, some challenges had been generated that Qantas has to overcome. Additionally, the key challenge for Qantas is about its global strategy, which is extraordinarily critical to determine the future of Qantas in the global aviation industry. To exactly and effectively understand Qantas’ global strategies, this report will be divided by five parts that could gradually make sense of the importance of global strategic management. Firstly, it will briefly introduce the history and growth of Qantas airline. Then this report will explain how Qantas’ global strategy operates. After that, it is going to analyze the nature and drivers of the company global strategies. Last but not the least, this report will analyze the challenges facing the global strategy and give some suggestions to overcome these challenges. More importantly, it emphasizes the importance of global strategic management for all companies in the world, not only for aviation industry. ...
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... ST117562 WEISI ZHAO ST118234 SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction and Background 01 Chapter 2: The UN Global Compact And Islamic Perspective 03 The UN Global Compact 03 Islam and Human Right 03 1. Islam and Equality 03 2. Islam, Life and Security 04 3. Islam and Personnel Freedom 04 4. Islam Economic Social and Cultural Freedoms 05 Islam and Labor 05 Islam-Legal and Philanthropic Activities 07 Chapter 3: Islam beyond CSR 09 The Case of Moral and Ethical Economy and Individual Accountability 09 Conclusion 11 References CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Islam is derived from the Arabic root "Salema" which mean peace, purity, submission and obedience. In the religious sense, Islam means submission to the will of God and obedience to His law. Everything and every phenomenon in the world other than man is administered totally by God-made laws, i.e. they are obedient to God and submissive to his laws, they are in the State of Islam. Man possesses the qualities of intelligence and choice, thus he is invited to submit to the good will of God and obey His law, i.e., become a Muslim. The word "Muslim" means "one who submits to the will of God," regardless of race, nationality or ethnic background. Eighty percent of Muslims are not Arabs. Muslims believe that all of God's prophets, who include Abraham...
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...IMPORTANCE OF CSR Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not going to solve the world’s problems. That said, CSR is a way for companies to benefit themselves while also benefiting society. When I define CSR to the uninitiated, I typically get three reactions. Some say, “Isn’t that a bunch of greenwashing?” Others use a non-so-nice word to describe male bovine excrement instead of greenwashing. Still others say my definition sounds like an inspiring call to action to soothe the ills of capitalism. Then there are those who say CSR is like a begrudging call to Woodstock to sing Kumbaya – something only “hippies” could dream up. So what’s a CSR professional supposed to do when faced with such a varied response? Typically, I step on top of my soapbox to declare the six business reasons why companies should embrace corporate social responsibility. Companies that “get it” are the ones that are using CSR (or sustainability as I prefer to call it) as a way to push the following business processes into the organization: 1. Innovation – I know, I know, it’s an over-used term. Just typing the word into Amazon will bring up nearly 150,000 items. But in the context of CSR, innovation is a huge benefit to a company and society. For example, I recently watched a video of a brief talk by Geoff McDonald who is the Unilever Global VP for HR, Marketing, Communications and Sustainability. Using the “lens of sustainability” as McDonald described it, Unilever was able to innovate new products...
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...Global Product Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility Perceptions: A Cross-National Study of Halo Effects Thomas J. Madden, Martin S. Roth, and William R. Dillon ABSTRACT Attribute ratings often contain a holistic or global impression of the brand, commonly referred to as “halo.” A halo response can occur when perceptions of a brand’s performance on an attribute are influenced by performance percep- tions on another attribute or by a global impression of the brand. Using cross-national survey data from consumers in Argentina, China, Spain, and the United States, the authors examine the extent to which a halo response introduces bias to product quality and corporate social responsibility perceptions of competing brands. The findings show that halo is more pervasive for product quality than for corporate social responsibility associations, varies across brands and markets, and is strongly related to brand recommendations. Examining cross-national brand performance and halo perceptions can help international marketing managers understand key perceptual similarities and differences between and across markets, which can inform strategic considerations such as whether to pursue global, panregional, or national branding, positioning, and advertising strategies. Keywords: constrained components analysis, associative network models, automatic activation theory, branding and brand management, marketing standardization/adaptation, corporate social responsibility The strategic...
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...area of oil spill spread through the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, this accident killed 11 people. (BP Global, 2010) Generally speaking, BP on the surface achieve the highest level of CSR, the discretionary responsibility which is the highest level in the pyramid of CSR. It includes economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic (discretionary) responsibilities (From bottom to the top) (Carroll, 1999, as cited by Lindgreen, et al, 2009). However, comments from the public and the US government appear to be unsatisfactory to the action taken by BP in this case. This essay will analysis the social responsibility demonstrated by BP by first looking at three journal articles from 2000 to 2010 written by Bird, Hall, Momente and Reggiani (2007); Shen and Chang (2009); and Udayasankar (2008), to further elaborate the insights in the articles and the academic theories into the application of the oil spill case in the Gulf of Mexico SECTION 2: Corporate Social Responsibility Article one Bird, Hall, Momente and Reggiani (2007) examine in their article the relationship between CSR activities and market performance. And the article explain what types of CSR activities the companies done will resulting in a better market performance. Research from the article shows that the market actually did not have a immediate response with the CSR activities (Bird, et al, 2007). In other words, CSR activities in terms of firm reputation may...
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...International business, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development This article discusses the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the sustainable development which associate with international business (IB) and the multinational enterprises (MNEs) role in these matters. The social and environmental problems caused by international business have emerged for a period, however, they only being seen as an important issue under the pressure of global problems such as climate change, poverty, human rights violation and HIV. In this situation, MNEs have to play an appropriate role using their global activities and influences as these issues exist as both a problem and an opportunity for MNEs. In the modern globalization era, the landscape of international business is no longer like a decade ago or past few decades. Therefore, MNEs will need to adjust their internationalization strategy to better suit with today’s globalization challenges. CSR is now considered something to be taken into account in MNEs in order to compete better in market. CSR activities are gradually become important as they influence the core business of the firm and determine firm’s ability to grow, earn profit and sustain in the tough environment. Some firms are actually work hard with CSR in order to get the competitive advantages in managing international operation or earning a ‘pass’ to operate business in countries with different cultures and values or different institutional...
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...Planet, People, Profit—Global Perspective Name Institutional Affiliation Planet, People, Profit—Global Perspective Multinational corporations perform business with the aim of making profits. However, such corporations are expected to be socially responsible for upholding the well-being of the society. The welfare of the society is upheld by carrying out commitments that contribute to the sustainable economic development of all members of the society (Patton, 1994). This paper looks at the best and the worst MNC in CSR by describing and contrasting them. Moreover, this paper evaluates their practices and consequences regarding their CSR. Part 1 After carrying out a survey on the best MNCs, Forbes cited Google as the overall MNC with the best reputation in CSR. Rep Trak Company, which revealed that Google has maintained this position since 2010, did this ranking in 2014 (Dill, 2014). Google uses a corporate slogan that embraces the philosophy of CSR. ‘Don't be evil' Slogan states in a few words what the company does for the society (Corporate Social Responsibility – Company – Google, n.d.). This survey that ranked Google as the top company in CSR evaluated 100 MNCs regarding the emotional and rational responses of the respondents. Google topped in the two areas. In emotional response, Google was found to be highly esteemed, admired, and trusted. In the rational responses, Google was found to be the best in leadership and performance classification. Moreover, it was found to...
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...What is CSR? Within the world of business, the main “responsibility” for corporations has historically been to make money and increase shareholder value. In other words, corporate financial responsibility has been the sole bottom line driving force. However, in the last decade, a movement defining broader corporate responsibilities– for the environment, for local communities, for working conditions, and for ethical practices–has gathered momentum and taken hold. This new driving force is known as corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR is oftentimes also described as the corporate “triple bottom line”–the totality of the corporation’s financial, social, and environmental performance in conducting its business. As the commercial sector increases its investments in corporate social responsibility in its three usual venues (the workplace, the marketplace, and the community), USAID is presented with the unique opportunity to create corporate partnerships that can help expand, enhance, and sustain its health efforts in developing countries. The following eight questions and answers provide basic facts for learning about corporate social responsibility, and how it can contribute to furthering USAID’s health objectives. While there is no universal definition of corporate social responsibility, it generally refers to transparent business practices that are based on ethical values, compliance with legal requirements, and respect for people, communities...
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...For many companies Corporate Social Responsibility policy has become a window-dressing of respectability. Discuss with reference to theory and to at least two expamples of companies Corporate Social Responsibility is known as CSR . It is now become popular from the last 10 years. What is CSR and why does it important for the business. The answer is CSR aims to ensure that companies run their business in a ethical way. This mean they need to look at economic and environmental impact and consideration of human benefits. CSR is important to the companies because the demand from labour, consumers and the Government have been increased to be more open about their activities and they can reach the acceptable standards in their business. For the labour, CSR is an important way to increase competitive advantage, protect and raise brand awareness and build trust with consumers and labour. CSR is one of the important way to improve marketing in make the brand become popular in business. The aim of the essay is going to discuss about the rise of CSR policy and an example of Starbucks coffee and Mark & Spensers with their CSR's performance. First of all, The rise of CSR includes five trends to demonstrate the theory of CSR policy. There are Transparency, Knowledge, Sustainability, Globalization and The Failure of the Public Sector. The first trend is Transparency , it deals when most of the companies have become increasingly transparent because of the modern information technology...
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...FUSION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & CSR PRACTICES BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Submitted to: Prof. I Sridhar Submitted by: Dhvani Shah (64689) FSB II TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPIC | Pg No. | Introduction | 3 | Concepts | 6 | Conceptual Discussion | 10 | Implementation of CG & CSR in corporate | 18 | CSR/CG framework | 21 | Bibliography | 30 | I. INTRODUCTION: CSR is concerned with the impacts that the activities of an organization have on the social, environmental and economic environment in which it operates. CG is concerned with the manner in which the senior management or Board of Directors direct, manage and control the organization and relate to shareholders. The concepts cannot be mutually exclusive but merge together, each offering a different yet complementary perspective on the activities of an organization, to form a robust strategic business management tool. The aim of the CSR and CG management system is to define, understand and improve the balance between entrepreneurship and ethical practice. Organizations must demonstrate this core organizational...
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...HELP1. The First Assignment Student Number : 2015034366 Name : Olivier Chhuon Buntha Please, answer the question based on what you have learned on the second lecture, [Volunteering]. (1) Write down the case of global CSR and your opinion about it. (2) Present the example of domestic CSR and your opinion about it. (3) Write down the great leaders’ social service activity. (You can choose any cases although they are not mentioned on the lecture.) - Write down more than 20 lines and 220 words with font size 10 for each question (1) Write down the case of global CSR and your opinion about it. Corporate Social Responsibility is the interest that a corporation pursue for the greater good of the community, and overall society while still concentrating on sales and production. It was first introduce in 1990 in Europe when they were problems with abuse of the working environment such as child labor, poor workplace. There are many case of global CSR one prime example of it, is when a product is sold, a part of that money goes into charity. I feel like this is a fantastic idea, as not only is the company doing this helping other people out, the one buying the product is as well. Everyone gains something, and everyone is happy. Not many people have the luxury to donate directly, this method enables almost everyone to give back in a way. We always need to look at the big picture, if everyone...
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...Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility - A Discussion of the CSR Phenomenon and CSR Communication, With Empirical Focus on NOKIA Author: Martin Lykke Jacobsen (271128) Supervisor: Dorrit Bøilerehauge June 2006 MA in International Business Communication – International Marketing, Communication & Public Relations (Cand.ling.merc. – International Informationsmedarbejder) Faculty of Language and Business Communication, English Department, Aarhus School of Business Table of Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 Purpose ........................................................................................................................... 1 Theory and Method ......................................................................................................... 2 Delimitation .................................................................................................................... 4 Structure ......................................................................................................................... 6 Corporate Social Responsibility ........................................................................................... 8 2.1 Defining CSR................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.1 Corporate Citizenship ..................
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...France: A close relationship with CSR More than a legal problem, we have a lexical one. Corporate Social Responsibility is a generic word used all over the world, but as to use carefully in France because of Social. In a country where people are proud to have the best social system, we have to understand what is related to social and how to talk about it when it is linked to mores. France has adopted many legal frameworks and many companies have joined the United Nation Global Compact that makes France, one of the largest network. Moreover, CSR is related to history in France with the Human Right constitution. Nowadays, CSR is a key issue that has to be taking into consideration in a domestic that will impact an international scale. For France, CSR is not only related to ethnic issues bus can also have a good and a bad impact in social issues, economic in France and overseas and in the environment. France is perceived as one of the leader in CSR, more than 47% of French companies have an exemplary CSR management and system while only 40% in the OCDE and 15% in the BRICS. But France has a problem with the integration of ethical issues regarding risk management, recent conviction or rules policy. (Ecovadis, 2015). This good performance is linked to a good structured in their CSR approach that covers several aspects from the global key issues that has to be covered, but also through a good communication of the diverse actions and a constant innovation in the process to improve...
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