...Assignment 1: Social Performance of Organizations Debbie Shimhue Business and Society Ms. Jacinta.M Acquay January 23, 2016 Social Performance of Organizations Apple Inc. is an American company that has been established worldwide and has produced computer software, cell phones, personal computers and consumer electronic products. Apple has fully established their popularity around the world with about 301 store locations in 10 different countries. Apple, created in January of 1977, has made it their responsible to sell a diverse range of software, services, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple’s products and services includes the world famous iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, and Apple TV; a collection of consumer as well as professional software applications, the iOS and OS X operating systems, iCloud, and a variety of accessories, services and support (Laskaris, R., 2013). In March of 2013, Apple attained a San Francisco Bay startup called WiFiSlam, which makes mapping applications for smart phones. Introduced July 19, 2013, Apple Inc. gained Locationary Inc. and Hopstop.com on July 20, 2013. Apple continues to grow and expand their reach in different areas of technology by acquiring many more companies such as AlgoTrim AB, Prime Sense Ltd., Topsy Labs Inc., Burstly Inc., Novauris Technologies Ltd, and Beats Electronics LLC (Beats) (AAPL.O, 2015). Aside from all of the advances Apple has made in their technology systems and products...
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... THURSDAY Tutorial Time: 1630-1830 Word Count 1526 Words Environment and Human Rights A research of Toyota’s social responsibility and performances Nowadays, how a business gaining profit is not only receiving and taking from the society but giving back to the community as well. By organizations participating in Go-Green activities or sponsoring charity event are example of an act of giving back to the community (Kayla Matthews 2015). Milton Friedman proclaimed that “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Milton Friedman 1970), and has wide-ranging of benefits well beyond the economic profits only. But why don’t more organizations to join and invest in CSR program because the financial benefits from it are hard to measure and they chose to become a benefit organization to satisfy the profits return to their shareholders. In the end of 2015, Toyota beaten Volkswagen and remain world’s largest automobile manufacturer (Bertel Schmitt 2015). Toyota motor corporation is a Japan-based company that mainly involved in automobile business and established in 1936 with its founder Kiichiro Toyoda (Toyota.com). Until today Toyota produce 10 million vehicles per year, 300 thousand of employees and reached a capital of 400 billion yen (Toyota.com). As a well-known organization in the world, they cannot deny their social obligation and...
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...Apple's Social Performance BUS475 Professor xxxxxxxx 02-07-2016 Apple’s Social Performance Social Performance Management (SPM), as defined by Myers (2013), is the process of effectively managing an organization so that the institution can achieve a desired social mission. SPM is a management technique that pays significant focus on the customer as the core indicator of its operations' decisions. It starts with a clear social strategy which is executed by the board, management, and employees of the institution. Corporate Social Responsibility is intertwined with Social Performance as it involves the firm utilizing its resources to respond or solve a social problem and achieve a social goal at the same time (Myers, 2013). The discussion highlights the elements of social performance and responsibility linked to Apple Inc, and shares insight on various corporate social responsibility concerns associated with the firms' past operational practices. Apple Products Over the last decade, Apple has managed to build a recognized brand in the communication industry. The electronics industry is very competitive with various companies offering diverse and innovative products and services (Myers, 2013). Apple Inc is an established American Hi-tech firm that has been in operation for over four decades with its headquarters in Cupertino California. The multinational corporation offers general hardware products, but it specializes in software and technology relied on...
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...Assignment 1: Social Performance of Organizations National Football League (NFL) Diallo Jones Dr. Antoinette Bridges BUS 475 – Business and Society Nov 2, 2014 Corporate social responsibility in professional sports first emerged from the idea that charitable endeavors and community outreach programs could help boost fan support and increase revenues. Today, many professional leagues and franchises use their social responsibility efforts as a way to improve their public relations and marketing strategies ( “Sports Philanthropy”, 2009). Increasingly, teams see social responsibility as critical in bridging the gap between athletes and fans as a result of astronomical player salaries and continued occurrences of player misconduct both on and off the field (Knecht,2007).More than ever before, sports franchises are using their athletes‟ celebrity-like status appeal to generate impact in the community, while leveraging these efforts to promote the image of their league and its teams. The recent rise in CSR activities illustrate that professional sports franchises fully realize importance of image and reputation. According to Public Relations Quarterly, there is a positive and linear relationship between reputation and organizational success (Gibson,Gonzales&Castanon, 2006). Consequently, reputation is the single most valued asset of an organization (Gibson, Gonzales&Castanon, 2006). While positive reputations are beneficial to the success of individuals and organizations...
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...2003 EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORK ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A WEB-BASED FORUM STUDY IN TAIWAN Heng-Li Yang Professor Department of Management Information Systems National Cheng-Chi University 64 Section 2, Chihnan Road, Mucha Dist., 116, Taipei, Taiwan Phone: 886-2-29387651 Fax: 886-2-29393754 yanh@mis.nccu.edu.tw Jih-Hsin Tang Phd Candidate Department of Management Information Systems National Cheng-Chi University Faculty of Management Information Systems Tak Ming College 56 Section 1, Huan-Shan Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Phone: 886-2-26585801 jefftang@mail.mis.takming.edu.tw ABSTRACT This research investigates the effects of social networks on students’ performance in online education which uses networking as an adjunct mode for enhancing traditional face-to-face education or distance education. Using data from a 40-student course on Advanced Management Information Systems (AMIS), we empirically tested how social networks (friendly, advising, and adversarial) related to students’ performance. First, advising network variables are positively related to student performance both in the class and on the forum. Adversarial variables are negatively correlated with almost all students’ performance. Second, advising and adversarial network variables are good determinants for overall academic performance; however, adversarial network variables are not influential on students’ performance on the forum. Friendship network variables are not determinants of students’ performance. Implications for...
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...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 applied university, Amman, Jordan PO BOX 45, Postal code 11831 Mohammed R. Abu Awwad Islamic International Arab Bank, Amman, Jordan Emad S. Hajjat Accounting Department, Irbid College, Al Balqa applied university, Irbid, Jordan Abstract This study aims to present a suggested framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (hereafter CSR) and to examine if there is a relationship between (CSR), bank size, the level of risk in the bank and Advertising Intensity (hereafter ADINT) on one hand and the Corporate Financial performance (hereafter CFP) on the other hand in the Jordanian banking companies.As such, this study relied on the financial reports from banking companies listed in Jordanian Stock Exchange for the year 2011 and conducted literatures and empirical studies to obtain the results. statistical techniques are used to analyze data. Throughout this study, it is concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between (CSR), bank size, the level of risk in the bank...
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...CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TEAM PERFORMANCE: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF TEAM EFFICACY AND TEAM SELF-ESTEEM Complete Summary The study analyzes the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and team performance through team efficacy and team self-esteem. Team performance is influenced by Economic, Legal, and Ethical Citizenship. The results of this study show the importance and benefits of having a good CSR within organizations to improve the overall well-being of workers and ultimately the company itself. In addition, the results indicates that Economic Citizenship influences performance through both team efficacy and team self-esteem. Nevertheless, Legal Citizenship influences performance only via team efficacy and Ethical Citizenship only via team self-esteem. Effective Economic Citizenship. All organizations have the obligation of taking care of their employees due to their position as major stakeholders. “The necessary and primary social responsibility of any business organization is economic in nature, as an organization is a basic economic unit in our society”. This essential social citizenship can be implemented through different types of benefits such as good working conditions, adequate training, educational programs, and career advancement. “Managers who focus on this social responsibility can win high return of investment from team workers through their enhanced team efficacy, team self-esteem, and consequently, team performance”. The results...
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...NETWORK EFFECT AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES Over the past year, the stock price for many social media companies did not fare well in the market. Companies like Zynga and Groupon saw their stock prices decrease over 70%, and even the best performing social media sites like Yelp and LinkedIn saw a decline in stock prices recently. This is no different for the largest social media company, Facebook, as its stock price drop almost 50% since its IPO in May ($19.21 as of 11/09/12). The optimisms on these companies’ growth potentials quickly faded away as earning reports indicated signs of slow growth one after another. Multiple factors contributed to these slow growths, and to understand them, we should first look at what drives growth. For social media companies, revenue growth is directly correlated with the user’s growth. This is because more users translate to more opportunities to sell, which in turn will attract more advertisers. Social media companies are unique in that the network effects heavily impacts the growth. As we learned in class, network effects mean that the more people using a particular product (the social media websites in this case), the higher the demand is for that product (until the stable equilibrium is reached). There are usually three equilibriums: a stable one at 0% usage, an unstable one at a low percentage usage, and another stable one at higher percentage usage. In the case of a social media site, once the usage percentage is above...
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...ゾロナル オフ ソシルサエニセズ アンドヒオメニテズ Vol. 2 No. 3 August 2013 EFFECT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG INTROVERTS AND EXTROVERTS Raj Kumari Kalra1, Preeti Manani2 Faculty of Education, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA. 2 preetimanani.1708@gmail.com ABSTRACT The present study investigated the effect of use of Social Networking sites on academic achievement among Introverts and Extroverts. The sample of the study was comprised of 150 students of class XI of C.B.S.E. English medium schools of Agra City. Selection of the sample was done by using ‘Simple Random Sampling Method’. The age range of the students was 16-18 years. The Introversion-Extroversion Inventory (2009) developed by Aziz & Gupta was used to identify the type of personality in terms of introversion and extroversion. Grades obtained in the previous class served as the indicator of academic achievement of the students. Results revealed that there was no significant difference between academic achievement of users and non users of Social Networking Sites (SNS). It was also found that even with personality differences among the students there was no significant difference found among extroverts and introvert students using and not using SNS with reference to their academic achievement. Keywords: SNS, Introversion, Extroversion and Academic Achievement INTRODUCTION Man is a social animal. He needs to interact and live in society. Personality of man...
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...Journal of Arts and Commerce Vol. 2 No. 1 January 2013 The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Academic Performance of Students in College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Oman. Saba Mehmood Faculty, Department of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Tarang Taswir Faculty, Depsartment of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Abstract The research investigates pedagogical impacts of social networking sites on undergraduate students at the College of Applied Sciences (CAS), Nizwa, Oman. Blogs, wikis, tweets, RSS feeds, discussion boards, podcasts are educational nodes in a huge network. The study tabulates the usage of these web2.0 applications and their impact on linguistic and social behaviors of young learners. The demographic segmentation constructs a framework to evaluate social tools and e-learning technologies popular amongst learners. The results of empirical evidence explore classroom and social software as paradigms that build young knowledgeable societies. It studies variables that examine the effectiveness of these social tools in knowledge sharing and general awareness of student communities. Keywords: Social networking, E-learning, Communication, Academic performance, Oman. 1. Introduction: The Oman government's decision to increase Information...
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...Chapter 1 The Problem and its Background Introduction Social networks are a popular trend today, especially among college students. This is where people can interact freely, sharing and discussing about their lives. Individuals and groups begin to engage in person-to-person conversation at these websites. They appear in many forms like blogs, microblogs, forums and many others. Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are one of the many social networks that are well-known. The potential for computer networking to facilitate newly improved forms of computer-mediated social interaction was suggested early on. Efforts to support social networks via computer-mediated communication were made in many early online services, including Usenet, ARPANET, LISTSERV, and bulletin board services (BBS). Many prototypical features of social networking sites were also present in online services such as America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, ChatNet, and The WELL. Early social networking on the World Wide Web began in the form of generalized online communities such as Theglobe.com (1995), Geocities (1994) and Tripod.com (1995). Many of these early communities focused on bringing people together to interact with each other through chat rooms, and encouraged users to share personal information and ideas via personal webpages by providing easy-to-use publishing tools and free or inexpensive webspace. Some communities - such as Classmates.com - took a different approach by simply having people link to each other...
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...Social Performance of Social Organizations: Apple Johnnie Love Dr. Laura P. Jones BUS 475 4/23/2015 Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976. The parts needed to assemble a computer were highly expensive and very elusive. To begin earning money, Wozniak built “blue boxes,” which were electronic devices that could be used to make free long distance phone calls. They sold hundreds of these devices for a price of $150.00; while Jobs would go on to obtain a summer job with Hewlett Packard (O'Grady, 2009). Making an actual computer, proved an expensive task, so Wozniak would design his computer on paper waiting for lower prices on the parts he needed (O'Grady, 2009). In 1976, the Apple I was made, it had a television set for the monitor, which was unheard of in those days because most computers had no monitor (O'Grady, 2009). Since its meager beginnings in 1976, Apple has grown into a multi-million dollar business, dominating the cellular and computer market. After the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, the company has continued its success with the cell phones and a smart watch that was released earlier this year. Several external factors can affect the success or failure of a business. Those factors include customers, the government, the economy, competition, and public opinion. Customers affect business because this is where sales come from. If the customers are not satisfied with a company’s product they will not purchase them, and this could prove...
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...Abstract This article examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) on organizational performance. The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between corporate social responsibility and organizational performance. Base on the literature reviews, the studies support that there is a positive relationship between corporate social responsibility and organizational performance in terms of financial or management. Keywords: Corporate social responsibility, organizational performance, 1.0 – Introduction The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is being discuss and debate over the decade. The discussion of CSR started since 1950s and it continued to grow in importance and significance. In spite of the seeming endless discussion about it, it has seen a lot of development in both academic and practitioner communities all over the world (Carroll and Shabana, 2010). According to Nolan et. al (2009), CSR is use to build up good rapport with the public. Corporates always use it as a strategy to save their skin from unforeseen risks and corporate scandals, brand differentiation, governmental rules and regulations, possible environmental accidents, protect eye-catching profits, and better relationship with employees based on volunteerism terms. Corporation like Gardenia, Nestle and YTL corporation always publish their CSR activities on their websites, sustainability reports and their advertising campaigns...
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...SOCIAL PERFORMANCE, PART II Briefly describe your company and then benchmark the codes of conduct used by similar companies in the industry. Critique the codes of conduct of at least three (3) similar companies in order to write codes for your company. XXX, Inc. is a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world. It was founded in 1995 and has revenue of over $700 million. It helps companies and consumers all over the world to engage in trusted communications and commerce and it is committed to the protection and preservation of the environment (McCormack, 2012, p 1). Our code of conduct is the foundation for continued success with expectations based on laws, regulations, industry, and professional codes. It establishes the high standards the company expects of all its employees and communicates to our stakeholders our commitment to responsible business (Lunday, 2012, pgs 2-3). Symantec Corporation assures the security, availability, and integrity of their customers’ information with it code of conduct. Their values are innovation, action, customer-driven and trust. The building blocks of their business success are their ethics and integrity. Symantec’s code of conduct aligns their business practices and policies with their values and provides a foundation for good governance. Their code is divided into six major areas. The first being respect in the work environment and in the community via fair employment practices, diversity and...
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...Describe the primary and secondary stakeholders, roles and relationships. Primary stakeholders are the people most affected by the outcome of a project according to Robinowitz (2013) whereas secondary stakeholders are those not directly affected by the outcome of a project but still have an interest. If the midsize business I am the CEO for is “Marla’s Gourmet Catering” then I can assess that the primary stakeholders would include the stock holders/investors, myself and the management staff, cooking and catering staff, the driving and delivery staff, and the janitorial staff, along with the customers, the suppliers, our creditors and of course the community which we serve. We impact the suppliers because we purchase from them daily. Also our creditors because they anticipate our timely and full balance payments as agreed. With this in mind, our job is to impact the community and customers well enough to generate a greater need for supplies to ensure full and proper payment of balances to creditors. Our secondary stakeholders as mention are those not directly impacted but still possessing an interest. One certain example of this would be the families of the staff. They are dependent upon the income of the employees as means of living. Their interest is among the top of my concerns. Ensuring a pleased but promising staff is a key factor to product, attitude and success. Government agencies are also taken into consideration, we need to ensure that we engage in a...
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