Social Responsibility Essays

1.0.0 Introduction The IBM is establish from June 16, 1911, these technologies and their respective companies were merged by Charles Ranlett Flint to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R). The New York City-based company had 1,300 employees and offices and plants in Endicott and Binghamton, New York; Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; …

INTRODUCTION Domino’s Pizza started with just one store called “DomiNick’s” bought by brothers Tom and James Monaghan for $500 in 1960. James traded his half of the business to Tom in 1965, and as sole owner Tom renamed the business Domino’s Pizza Inc. In 1978 the 200th Domino’s store opened, …

Network: HSBC’s international network comprises around 8,000 offices in 88 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. Shareholders: With listings on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 220,000 …

I will in this essay assess the efforts of the two chosen companies, Altria’s Phillip Morris USA and Phillip Morris International, in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Before tackling this, a brief explanation of CSR and its introduction in the companies will be provided. Thereafter, I will deal with domestic issues …

Introduction “… to quote the famous economist, Maynard Keynes, who on being accused of inconsistency replied: ‘When I have new information, I change my conclusions. What do you do? Sir’” (Campbell, 1997). This Paper will examine the possible relationships, if any, that exists between the media or the Press and …

Toyota aims to be best car company in the world of cars through its concern for the environment as Kevin Butt, general manager of environmental affairs for Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, claims that they are “striving to be the cleanest automaker in the world. ” The KPMG report highlights …

Social responsibility involves a wide range of initiatives or platforms. They may take the form of charities and donations to needy institutions, sponsoring specific groups in education, health or otherwise, offering intangible or tangible expertise and designing consumer friendly products. It should be noted that firms consider social responsibility as …

Introduction Since 1980s, the corporate world has been changing and consumer and environment are becoming an important part in the operation of organizations.  This has led to the development of the concept of corporate social responsibility.  Organizations have found out they are a part of the community and rather than …

1. “Ethics has no place in business.” Discuss this statement. Frequently many people pronounce the said “business is business”, showing a slight taste of immorality, where business are purely economic and ethics has no place in business, but is very important to know that ethics is essential component of a …

Starbucks mission is to “inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.”(Starbucks) These principals are how Starbucks have been socially responsible in their overall corporate strategy. Their strategy is to have the highest quality product, respect and dignity towards their employees, …