Objective 310.2.1-05 – EST1 Kenji Kaul Western Governors University Abstract This paper will evaluate and explore Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility. This paper will also determine if Company Q is socially responsible or not and explanations supporting why. It will also describe actions the company can take to improve their social responsibility. Keywords: social responsibility, socially responsible Objective 310.2.1-05 – EST1 In this day and age, businesses are focusing
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EST1: 310.2.1-05 Part A: In the given information of Company Q, they have demonstrated a lack of social responsibility and appear to have made decisions based solely economic responsibility. In order to determine if they made the proper decisions in closing the stores, we need to know what steps and actions were taken to make a profit. As a chain of stores, it is also important that they looked closely at what ramifications would result in closing the stores. These would be economic impact of
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EST1 Task 2 7/28/2014 Company X is where the employee’s matter. As a company we take pride in building long lasting relationship. With doing so we believe in fairness. Every employee is expected to act in a professional, responsible and courteous manner at all times. This includes dealings with customers, vendors, contractors and co-workers. Courtesy, respect and cooperation are vital to a successful environment. Compliance with this policy of ethics and conduct is the responsibility of every
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EST1 – 310.2.1-05 Ethical Situations in Business Social Responsibility Organizations today are culturally and ethically responsible for doing what’s right, demonstrating good judgment in their day to day business activities with employees, customers with in the community and stakeholders. Organizational goals should not be driven solely on emphasis towards profits but more so on how business decisions impact society as a whole. Located in a major Metropolitan area Company Q is part of a small
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EST1 310.2.1-05 Evaluation: Company Q is not functioning in a socially responsible way or practicing proper social ethics. The business has not established themselves as being a part of the larger community. This was evidenced in the fact that they closed down stores in high crime areas that are also highly populated areas. Instead of closing these stores if a healthy relationship with the community was developed and maintained these stores would likely have not lost money and would have instead
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Western Governors University EST1: Task 310.2.1-05 Corporate social responsibility is when a company takes responsibility for the effects the company has on society and the environment. Company Q's current attitude toward social responsibility is pretty negative. They will have to work hard to create a higher level of social responsibility, which is not only beneficial for society but for them as well. Some of the irresponsible social decisions they have made are as follows. The company
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WGU EST1 Task 1 There are many challenges that face every business whether they are large or small but one thing all businesses have in common is that they all seek profitability. However, a business’s primary goal should not only include maximizing profits, but also have positive social integrity. Being both profit-oriented and socially responsible can make beneficial impacts to the stakeholders, communities, customers and staff while also making substantial earnings. Evaluation of Social
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EST1: Ethical Situations in business Task 1 Social Responsibility Currently Company Q does not seem to have a very good social responsibility. It seems as though they are more concerned with the bottom line and how it will affect the company rather than helping the community and the residents which shop in their stores. However with that said they are also in business for a reason: to make a profit and you cannot always cater to individuals when running a business. With the closing of
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EST1 Ethical Issues in Business June 18, 2014 Task 1 Part A Companies being reported on and sued for lack of social responsibility has become a high occurrence lately. Seemingly these companies are making very open and public errors in judgment towards consumers and or the products they offer. Company Q is the worst type of social responsibility offender in my opinion due to their more subtle tactics of discrimination. On the surface a person may feel that the company’s actions are justifiable
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EST1 Task 1 (Ethical Situations in Business) Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Company Q is a small grocery store that faces multiple roadblocks that a bigger national chain does not normally face. These roadblocks may include things like brand recognition, disposable income, sales on their stock, advertising and the capability to help other stores that maybe facing poor sales. Being a smaller company they may operate with a different code of ethics and have different areas of emphasis. A large chain
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