Corporate Social Responsibility

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Company X is a plastic injection molding manufacturer located in Highland, Michigan. The company had started in 2005 and survived the hard economic times. Company X started out by first doing applique and added 6 months ago injection molding. There are two owners, and there are less than 75 employees. Every company small or large should take social responsibility.

A1. Environmental considerations and recommendations (Planet).

Just doing what is right and following the laws will make your company a good citizen, but is that really enough. A good company should go beyond just doing what is required, they should be aware of every decision they make in how it will affect the community that they are a part of.
There is a need and benefits to integrate environmental considerations into any company policy. A lot of this came from unanimously adopted policies from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Virtual Conference. It is important to integrate environmental concerns into the economic decision of a company in order to provide or more rational decision. When making that decision a company will need to remember in how their actions will affect the environment, not only locally but also globally. Having an integration system is critical because it will help in conflicting issues that might arise within a company. Also by having an integration system, gives a company more choices to the policy makers, so that better ideals can be used to be more social responsible.
There are some recommendation that Company X should utilize in helping them to be an even more social responsible. For the main office, it is recommended that they recycle things like paper, toner cartridges and move more to a pape...

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...al Quality, PA 399 of 1976, Safe Drinking Water Act

Michigan Laws Regulated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Part 54, MCL 324.5401…324.541, Safe Drinking Water Assistance

Michigan Laws Regulated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Part 115, MCL 324.11501…324.11550, Solid Waste Management

Michigan Laws Regulated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Part 328, MCL 324.32801…324.32803, Aquifer Protection

Oakland County Health Division, Sanitary Code, Article III, Section 2.2, p3, Industrial Waste

Oakland County Health Division, Sanitary Code, Article III, Section 4.3, p4, Protection of Water Supply System

Oakland County Health Division, Sanitary Code, Article III, Section 5.1,p5, Subsurface disposal general requirements.

United States Department of Labor, OSHA Plastics Industry, www.osha.gove/sltc/plastics/

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