...Social Responsibility Assignment Social Responsibility JJT2 Task 1 By XXXXXXXXXXXX Business Administration (MBA IT Management) Western Governors University Introduction Social Responsibility is about the management of an Organization making sure that the community or society where they operate is taking into consideration in all management decisions especially when it comes to the environmental Management, interest and welfare of the people. Dangote Cement is the largest cement manufacturing Company in West Africa with footprints in Nigeria, Benin Republic and Ghana. This Company will be used as a client for this submission because of the environmental risks of cement production in all the locations where the manufacturing plants are situated and the expected social responsibility on the part of Dangote Group as a Company. The company currently has 14 million tones of both production and import into various part of West Africa. There is a plan to add 11.1 Million tonnes of cement production to reduce or eliminate completely the volume of import as part of the operations. The long term goal is to convert the present import terminal to export terminal in the nearest future. (Dangote Cement, ND) Environmental Consideration Dangote group currently has policy on Social Responsibility which they refer to as touching lives. The program is about awarding scholarships and donating monies to various causes through a foundation called Dangote Foundation. From...
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...1 For more than 100 years, Genesis Industries (GI) has been guided by a simple belief ‐‐ do the right thing for the employees, the communities, and the customers. The Share Serve Sustain initiative is a conservation and community program that can be built on that legacy. The initiative will focus on the company's social responsibility in three critical areas: empowering communities and individuals, preserving the environment and promoting change for a sustainable future. Genesis relies on core principles to guide the conduct in all corporate affairs, including how the company gathers and shares information, how the public is served and how it relates to the government on all levels. In the 21st century companies must recognize the importance of sharing their commitment to businesses and communities. Genesis Industries is dedicated to doing the best work in the areas of communications and media and plans to continue working hard for others. It’s how the business thrives, communities grow and partnerships prosper. This isn’t just “corporate responsibility” — it’s ingrained in the company’s culture and values. 2 Genesis’ social responsibility strategy for people addresses ethical leadership considerations and will be rooted in company values, which includes the commitment to helping shape a better world. Genesis Industries should embraces the idea of doing the right thing during daily activities of building the business, serving communities and interacting with others...
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...ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to test a theoretical model of relations between job design (eg: completeness, demand of responsibility, demand of cooperation, cognitive demand, and learning opportunities) and the reflexivity and learning process within natural group works in industry. The methodology used in this research are based on the detailed task analyses and questionnaires from 40 work groups at the shop-floor level in manufacturing industry in Sweden. From this research, it is found that in a group work, reflexivity and learning processes is strongly affected by job design and work routines. The four dimensions on job design which are completeness, demand of cooperation, cognitive demand and learning opportunities has positively related with reflexivity and learning process. Job design also correlates with social routines and social routines with work routines. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Sweden is a country where the group forms of working in industry is well established and has a strong tendency to emerge in order to reorganize into conventional line-production. The researchers before concluded that work in partly autonomous groups in industry leads to an increase in productivity but this does not convince managers that the investment in group-work is worthwhile. Learning in groups, and related effects such as innovation and work development requires group processes characterized by reflexivity and learning. 2.0 REVIEW OF LITERATURES 2.1 Effects of Group...
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...Journal of Public Administration and Governance ISSN 2161-7104 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1 Corporate Social Responsibility of Private Banks in Bangladesh: Expectations, Achievements and Challenges Md. Fouad Hossain Sarker Lecturer Faculty of Science & Information Technology Daffodil International University Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Tel: +88 01554336014 Received: February 27, 2012 E-mail: fouadsarker@yahoo.com Accepted: April 16, 2012 DOI: 10.5296/jpag.v2i1.1583 Abstract This paper examines people‟s understanding, expectations and assessment of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of private banks, especially Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd. (DBBL), one of the largest private banks in Bangladesh. This study has been conducted among the stakeholders and beneficiaries of the Dutch Bangla Bank Limited. Surveys have been conducted using structured questionnaires to critically examine the subjective perceptions of the meaning, reasons and various aspects of CSR tasks of DBBL in Bangladesh. It has been found out that common people either do not have clear understanding about CSR activities or are not really concerned about the social responsibilities of the corporate organizations. The expected outcome of CSR activities, as has been stated in the memorandum and commitments of the corporate houses, has yet to be achieved. This study suggests that a more comprehensive and humane involvement of the common people in the CSR activities is required, which would not...
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...| | |Curbing Social Loafing in the Retail Environment | | | | | | Introduction Verizon Wireless is one of the major cell phone companies in the United States. According to its website, it has 73,000 employees and over 1900 retail locations. Its annual revenue in 2012 was $75.9 billion.Verizon Wireless was founded in 2000 by Verizon Communications and Vodafone. This company is very successful in the retail channel. Having worked in this channel with the company for three years and being a customer of the company for eight years has given insight into how important productivity is for continued success. (http://aboutus.verizonwireless.com/company/story/) In 2000, Vodafone AirTouch and Bell Atlantic Corp. received regulatory approval to combine their U.S. wireless assets, Bell Atlantic Mobile and AirTouch Communications. This $90-billion joint venture began operations as Verizon Wireless on April 4, 2000. Verizon quickly grew as it acquired other...
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...IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Unit abstract The aim of this unit is to act as a focal point for all other units in the programme and embed the vocational nature of the qualification. In addition to the requirement for work experience and the opportunity to relate theory to practice, the unit will enable you to bring together your learning from other units. You will initially explore factors that affect learning, then plan and monitor your own personal and professional development and reflect on it. You will also gain key understanding of the health and social care sectors, including aspects of service delivery, and the fundamentals of research methodology. This unit explores the different ways in which learning can take place and how learning from individual experience can be used to enhance the quality of knowledge, skills and practice. You will initially explore your own knowledge, skills, practice, values and beliefs in relation to working in health and social care. You will then draw up a personal plan for self-development over the duration of the programme. The unit also introduces you to health and social care service provision. A minimum of 100 hours work experience is required for successful completion of this unit. Learning Outcomes On completion of this unit you should: 1. Understand the learning process 2. Be able to plan for, monitor and reflect on own development 3. Understand service provision in the health or social care sectors ...
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...IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Unit abstract The aim of this unit is to act as a focal point for all other units in the programme and embed the vocational nature of the qualification. In addition to the requirement for work experience and the opportunity to relate theory to practice, the unit will enable you to bring together your learning from other units. You will initially explore factors that affect learning, then plan and monitor your own personal and professional development and reflect on it. You will also gain key understanding of the health and social care sectors, including aspects of service delivery, and the fundamentals of research methodology. This unit explores the different ways in which learning can take place and how learning from individual experience can be used to enhance the quality of knowledge, skills and practice. You will initially explore your own knowledge, skills, practice, values and beliefs in relation to working in health and social care. You will then draw up a personal plan for self-development over the duration of the programme. The unit also introduces you to health and social care service provision. A minimum of 100 hours work experience is required for successful completion of this unit. Learning Outcomes On completion of this unit you should: 1. Understand the learning process 2. Be able to plan for, monitor and reflect on own development 3. Understand service provision in the health or social care sectors ...
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...Working In Partnership In Health And Social Care Table of Contents Introduction 1 Task 1 1 Q1: Explanation of the philosophies of working in partnership in health and social care 1 Q2: Evaluation of partnership relationship that can occur within different departments in health and social care 2 Task 2 3 Q3: Review current legislation, policies and organizations practice that is adopted in working partnership in health and social care. 3 Q4: Explanation of how difference in working practices and polices affect collaborative working 3 Task 3 5 Q5: Strategies to improve partnership working in health and social care 5 Q6: Analyze the different models of partnership that can exist in health and social care 6 Task 4 7 Q7: Analyze the potential barriers to partnership working in health and social cares services. 7 Q8: Evaluation of possible outcomes of partnership working for service user, professionals and organizations 8 Conclusion 9 References 9 Introduction When two or more individuals or organizations share ownership and responsibilities to achieve any particular goal and objective, it is called partnership (Investopedia, 2016). Partnership working has been being practiced in health care organizations since a long ago. Different health care units create an integrated network and mutually share responsibilities. This paper will be written in working partnership in health care management. In the first part philosophies and relationships of working...
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...1/21/2015 EST1 Task1 Term Papers Valeriyklimov EST1 Task1 By valeriyklimov | Studymode.com EST 1 TASK 1 Your Name Western Governors University # Student Id EST 1 Task 1 According to the current situation Company Q has a damaged attitude toward social responsibility within their company, all because of low profits being made. Due to high crime rates in certain areas the company has been closing off stores, not realizing the problem they have caused. The people that live in the prospected area where the stores where closed are now forced to travel further for groceries. This causes a problem especially for the poor, who do not have the extra money for extra expenses. I recommend the company take precautionary measures to help catch and promote others not to steal. They could do this by offering a reward, or installing cameras. This would help promote social responsibility within the company. Another very serious problem is the companies unwillingness to donate food for those in need. Especially since the company isn’t losing much or nothing at all by donating. The sudden unwillingness to donate is due to the distrust of the owners with the employees. They believe the employees will start to steal while saying they are donating it to the poor. This is yet another sign of a weak social responsibility within the company. These particular problems and fears are direct situations which concretely damages the social responsibility within the company, as well as the community...
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...Dr Tomasz Kaźmierczak University of Warsaw The social policy responsibilities and tasks of local government in Poland Introduction In Poland, local social policy consists primarily of welfare assistance, i.e. the domain covering a range of universal (categorical) social services and means-tested monetary benefits. An important part of Poland's social security system, welfare assistance is guided by the principles of personalized support and discretional decision-making. Unlike the old-age and disability pension system - a pillar of the country's social security framework - which remains centrally administered, welfare assistance is almost entirely devolved to local government. Local authorities are wholly responsible for the provision and - to a lesser extent - financing of statutory welfare benefits and services. In addition, non-governmental organizations have taken on an increasing role in social service delivery over recent years, although this varies greatly by area. Regardless of local disparities in the availability of non-governmental service providers, authorities are obligated to cooperate with them. By contrast, the presence of profit-oriented companies in social service provision remains fairly marginal. Poland's current institutional regime, including its social-policy model (i.e. the organizational structure and instruments, the division of roles between the state, for-profit and non-profit sectors and the relationships between the state...
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...Ethics and Social Responsibility Essay Nampung Panpaisal Northeastern University College of Professional Study The general purpose of project management is to advance the projects toward success, which includes ensuring they are completed on time, within budgetary constraints, of high quality, and they accommodate the assigned responsibility. To accomplish projects, laborers may capitalize on various theories and principles as guidelines. Examples of this include following project management process in an orderly fashion, starting with initiation, moving to planning, advancing to execution, following with monitoring and control, and wrapping up with closure. This also is best done by adhering to project management knowledge areas, which include management of scope, risk, time, budget and additional components that are integral to the process. The successful execution of these practices helps with the efficient advancement during each step of the project. Furthermore, completing tasks with ethical and social responsibility is another vital step of the process as project team members will be more coordinated when directing tasks. Merging efforts also aids the cooperation of team members. Different projects require the involvement of laborers with assorted skills and these workers hail from varied backgrounds and cultures, possess unique knowledge bases, and have endured an array of experiences. While these combinations can prove to be successful to projects, they also...
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...EST1 – Overview of Task Instructions I. Task 1 - Social responsibility of Company Q a. Part A - Evaluate Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility. i. Are Q’s actions (as described in the given statement) socially responsible? Why or why not? ii. Why is it important for Q to be socially responsible? b. Part B - Recommend three actions that Company Q could take to improve the company’s attitude toward social responsibility. i. Based on the information described in the given statement, what does Q need to change moving forward? c. Task Tips i. Focus on the information given to you in the task instructions. ii. Try not to over-think this task II. Task 2 – Imagine you are the ethics officer for a new business, Company X. Develop an ethics program that will be a part of the new employee handbook. a. Part A - Standards & Procedures i. This section should clearly describe specific actions, conduct, and/or behaviors that would be acceptable (or unacceptable) for your employees. 1. Example = dress code policy ii. This section must include a minimum of 4 elements to receive a passing score. b. Part B - Training i. This section should describe the type of training program that you will provide for your organization. ...
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...influence the equality of opportunity within our society which will help you to promote the equality of opportunity for service users in health and social care environments if you move to a career in this area of work. Task Overview You are a Learning Disabilities Nurse at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham and as an additional responsibility you are responsible for the promotion of Equality and Diversity on the ward in which you work. This involves updating displays and leading staff training exercises related to equality, diversity and non-discriminatory practice. Date of issue: Date of submission: Learning outcomes On completion of this unit, you should: 1. Know diversity of individuals in society. 2. Understand beliefs and practices in different religious or secular groups. 3. Understand factors that influence the equality of opportunity for individuals in society. 4. Know the role of legislation, codes of practice and charters in promoting diversity. Refer to the assignment task sheet and the criteria tick sheet to ensure that you meet the standards for pass, merit and distinction for Unit 6. There are FOUR tasks to complete for this unit. Assignment Task Sheet Task | Activities | Assessment criteria | 1 | Factors that Make People DifferentDate task set:Deadline: Imagine you are a learning disabilities nurse on a Children’s ward at the QMC. You have been asked by your manager to...
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...Journal of Intercultural Management Vol. 3, No. 2, October 2011, pp. 113–125 Adrian Pyszka Michał Piłat Cracow University of Economics Applying trompenaars typology of organizational culture to implementation of csr strategy 1. Introduction Nowadays many authors declare Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in strategic terms as it is no longer seen as the invention of some social activist but important source of competitive advantage. However various researchers still struggle to figure out what shape and utility should the tools of CSR have and what implementation model could be the best to fulfill the business objectives. The study aims to demonstrate whether Trompenaars bipolar model of organizational culture could prove useful while implementing CSR strategy and to propose some good practice in this case. 2. Theoretical framework Culture A lot has changed in world of management since 80s and many leaders tend to ask a question whether corporate culture is still important. However high interest in that area seems to be a sufficient prove that it still is. According to a recent survey by management consultancy Bain & Company, 9 of 10 senior executives believe that corporate culture is as important as strategy for business - - - - - Electronic PDF security powered by www.IndexCopernicus.com 114 Adrian Pyszka, Michał Piłat success1. Corporate culture is described as general constellation of beliefs, mores, customs, value systems and behaviors...
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...Task 1: Ethical Situations in Business Assessment Code: EST1 Student Name: Student ID: Date: Task A Peter Drucker once wrote (n.d.), “profits for a company is like oxygen for a person. If you don’t have enough of it, you’re out of the game. But if you think your life is about breathing, you’re really missing something”. What Drucker meant is it’s not all about the almighty dollar; today’s businesses are expected to participate in corporate citizenship to fulfill its responsibility to contribute financial and human resources to the community to improve the quality of life. Unfortunately, Company Q operates as if their purpose is breathing. Gross profit margins for grocery stores are very low, especially in high crime districts. In order to survive businesses must be able to sell products customers want and be able to promote their store throughout the neighborhood to differentiate themselves from the competition. Company Q attitude toward social responsibility is very poor. A decrease in customer retention has clearly affected store sales because they hesitated offering healthy related foods. Selling high margin organic food products in a poor neighbor shows a lack of common business knowledge. The lack of sensitivity Company Q has towards their customers has forced them to buy from other stores. The absence of top management driving social responsibility has allowed the store workers to become poor corporate citizens. Company Q’s lack of social responsibility...
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