Question: “MNCs” face particularly demanding challenges when it comes to managing their corporate social responsibilities”. Critically discuss this statement using real business to support your arguments Boatright (2006) contend that corporate social responsibility denotes the responsibility recognized by a company for acting in socially responsible manner. There is no single universally accepted definition of corporate social responsibility, it has generally come to mean business decision making linked to ethical values, legal compliance, and respect for people, community, and environment. CSR accepts a company to go further than required by law so as to treat employees fairly and with respect, operate with integrity and in an ethical manner in all its business dealings with customer, suppliers, lenders, and others, respect human rights, sustain the environment for future generations and be a responsible neighbor in the community and a good ‘corporate citizen’. Hill (2009) asserts that corporate social responsibility has become a challenge which MNCs face in emerging markets. Galbreath (2009) support the view of Hill (2009) by saying that with increase in globalization, the importance of corporate social responsibility has increased a lot. Davis (1960) assert that concept of CSR is important because businesses are based on trust and foresight. This trust with customers, communities and regulators is not simple and to be successful in long run, a company needs to think beyond what is affecting them today. Thus it is necessary to address changes to technology or the needs of customers taking into account alterations in social, environmental and governance issues (Holme 2010). This essay has made an attempt to explore the role a... ... middle of paper ... ... Consumer Behaviour’, Journal of Business Research, Vol.59, 46-53 Cavusgil, S. T., Knight G. and Rosenberger J.R. (2012), International business: the new realities. Pearson: Prentice Hall Carroll, A. B. (1979), A three-dimension conceptual model of Corporate Social Performance. Academy of Management Review, 4, 497-506 Daniels J. D. and Radebaugh L.H. (2009), International Business: Environment and Operations, Prentice Hall Davis, K. (1960), Can Business Afford To Ignore Social Responsibilities? California Management Review, 1960, pp.70-76 Griffin, R. W. and Pustay, M. W. (2007), International Business: A Managerial Perspective, Prentice Hall, London. Galbreath, J. (2009), Building corporate social responsibility into strategy, European Business Review, 21 (2), 109-127 Hill C.W. (2009), “International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace” Lakewood, WA, U.S.A.
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Corporate Social Responsibility is the obligation from corporations to utilize their resources to aid and benefit the larger society. The four components of CSR are economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic. Social Responsibility is a fundamental force in the wealth creation process. If correctly demonstrated, CSR should heighten competitiveness and boost the value of wealth creation to society. A company's CSR Initiatives directly represent who the company is and what it believes it. The m...
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An organization’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) drives them to look out for the different interests of society. Most business corporations undertake responsibility for the impact of their organizational pursuits and various activities on their customers, employees, shareholders, communities and the environment. With the high volume of general competition between different companies and organizations in varied fields, CSR has become a morally imperative commitment, more than one enforced by the law. Most organizations in the modern world willingly try to improve the general well-being of not only their employees, but also their families and the society as a whole.
Milton Friedman presents a compelling argument in “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Profits” by arguing that businesses need to focus only on increasing their profits and integrating social responsibility will only hurt them as a company. Since “only people can have responsibilities” (Friedman 52), Friedman argues that businesses as a whole do not have any type of real responsibilities because there is not a singular person for these responsibilities to fall on. Corporate executives are people as well and may feel they have social responsibilities to society but these “are the social responsibilities of individuals, not of business” (51). In terms of corporations, the businessmen are the ones that hold the responsibility of the company. Friedman argues that the only responsibility these managers hold is to those who own the corporation, the shareholders. If the individuals themselves want to contribute to social responsibility they must do it with their own money in their personal lives, but they should not use social responsibility in
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A corporations CSR should be shaped in order to fit the goals of the corporation, although every corporation’s CSR should differ, since most have different goals and different communities behind them. The CSR should be molded into fitting the corporation’s goals in order to make it easier on the corporation in giving back to the community while achieving its goals. For example, a corporation located in a desert wishes to be more efficient, by reducing water usage it is not only creating lower costs, which result in higher revenue, but also helps the community by not taking up so much water. Taking this into consideration, it is critical that the corporation goals and values are established and clear throughout the corporation, they should be developed by the board or directors and CEO, and the highest managerial level should stress their importance to the rest of the corporation. By making the goals and values at the top branch of the corporate hierarchy, it will be simpler for the corporates community to develop in order to nurture those goals and values. Therefore, a corporation can reach the “shared-value,” a value for both its shareholders and community in a simpler manner that can result benefiting the corporation in the end as well. Throughout the article many examples are given of actual corporations that have benefited and changed their CSR in order to fit their goals, therefore, providing solid proof that these methods work. Nevertheless, as acknowledged by the author’s themselves, most of the corporations taken into consideration where one’s that Harvard CSR students were employed
The classical view of CSR is a prominent ideology which business organizations are seen merely as profit-driven organizations. Simply put, businesses work for the sole purpose of making a profit. Thus, this profit motive is the sufficient and unique social identifier that separates a business organization from other institutions in society. These business organizations have a limited, yet essential role in society. Social concerns are considered important, but businesses, in the classical view, are focused solely on the economic activities and are judged accordingly. By having a limited role in society (i.e.,...
1John D. Daniels and Lee H. Radebaugh, International Business: Environment and Operations (USA: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1998), 181.
The application and research of business methods are important for conducting international business. General business research mainly encompasses the general concentrations of business and its major issues. The Journal of Business Research focuses on all of the main concepts in business and maintains an up-to-date study on different analyses. This general business research journal constitutes accounting, buying behavior, finance, international business, management, marketing, and risk and insurance (Woodside 2015). General business research is a way to focus on specific business methods, like accounting or finance, and being able to apply them on an international or global
15. Hill, Charles W.L. International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Corporate Social Responsibility is an organisation’s obligation to serve the company’s own interest and the one’s of the society. Moreover, Corporate Social Responsibility has a definition of a concept where the companies integrate social and the environmental concerns into their own business operation and also on a basis of voluntary with their interactions they have with the stakeholders. Corporate Social Resp...
Daniels, J. D., Radebaugh, L. H., and Sullivan, D. P., (2011). International Business: Environments and Operations. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
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