Unilever Corporate and Managerial Responsibility Contents Executive summary 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Stakeholder analysis 4 3. CSR at Unilever 6 4. CSR issues – The palm oil and tea production case 9 5. Strengths and weaknesses of the current CSR policy 10 6. Conclusion 11 Executive summary In this paper, the approach of Unilever, a British-Dutch major player in the FMCG sector, towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development
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Assignment On: “Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study on FMCG Sector.” SUBMITTED TO: Sabrina Hoque Chowdhury Lecturer, UIU School of Business & Economics SUBMITTED BY: Group : A Section : NQ School of Business & Economics, UIU DATE OF SUBMISSION: 31-03-2013 United International University Group Details: NAME | ID | PERCENTAGE | Jobayda Akter | | 20% | Tumpa Datta | | 20% | Farhad Hossain | | 20% | Md. Mesbahul Islam | | 20% | Md. Naymur
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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 "members with innovative products and services that help companies be commercially successful in ways that demonstrate respect for ethical values, people, communities
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Year | CATEGORIES/ Other Awards | Winner/Merit Awardee | Awardees | Name of Project | Country | 2003 | Environmental Excellence | Winner | Nestle Philippines | Greening The Supply Chain | Philippines | | | Merit Awardee | Unilever Indonesia | The Sustainable Clean Brantas River Program | Indonesia | | | Merit Awardee | Mass Transit Railway Corporation | Sustainability Report 2001 & 2002 | Hong Kong | | Support & Improvement of Education | Winner | Tat Consultancy Services
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for the success of its operational activities. Corporate social responsibility in the past is considered as unwanted activities which are imposed on business by law and governing bodies as unnecessary burden which is against the basic principle of profit making for the business organizations. Business organizations have been considered as bodies that meet the demand of the consumers by supplying their goods and services, and have the responsibility for generating wealth and employment opportunities
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Head: MNC’S SOCIAL & CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES [MNC’s Corporate & Social Responsibilities] [Hanna Anwer] [COMSATS ISB] [Manshoor Hussain] [Report Writing Skills] Introduction Corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company's effects on the environment and impact on social welfare. The term generally applies to company efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental protection groups. (Investopedia, 2014) Unilever A lifesaving
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FREEZING OUT BEN & JERRY: CORPORATE LAW AND THE SALE OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ICON Antony Page* & Robert A. Katz**† INTRODUCTION The perfect duo. Ice cream and chunks. Business and social change. Ben and Jerry.1 Nobody wants to end up like Ben and Jerry’s, where soon after a multinational acquired it, key facets of its social mission were cut from the company.2 Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. was once the darling of proponents of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.3 It was a for-profit
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Proctor & Gamble vs. Unilever Dominic Williamson BUS. 508 Prof. Garabedian 11/3/2013 Determine how each corporate culture differs from the other. The consumer goods market has been historically dominated by Unilever and Procter & Gamble (P&G). Both companies boast of strong brands. Unilever has brands such as Dove, Axe, Vaseline, Comfort, and Lipton. P&G is equipped with brands such as Head & Shoulder, Olay, Pantene, Gillette, Crest, Oral-B, Duracell, Gain
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Analysis of Unilever Bangladesh: Introducing Unilever: 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product. From feeding your family to keeping your home clean and fresh, our brands are part of everyday life. Life partner: With 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways. Its brand portfolio has made us leaders in every field in which we work. It ranges from much-loved
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Japanese economy since 1989. Lifetime employment (shushinkoyo) the main objective of offering lifetime employment or a job for life is to provide workers with a sense of security and identity. Once recruited, lifetime employees become members of the corporate family, which will have to take care of them for their entire career. Job rotation is valued as the best means of increasing the motivation of the workers, improving their performance, and thus achieving better efficiency and productivity. Those
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