Amazon’s Fast Delivery

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 251-254
Author(s):  
Rickey E. Richardson ◽  
Laura Gordey ◽  
Reggie Hall ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Human Cost ◽  
Workplace Accommodations ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Ethical Perspectives

Fast delivery to customers required Amazon fulfillment center employees to meet high daily productivity quotas. In some of the centers, robots and people worked together. The efficiency of the robots and the company’s productivity standards, made it challenging for workers to avoid injury. Candace accepted a position in a center utilizing robots and was injured on the job, just like hundreds of others. Her injuries and lack of workplace accommodations prevented her from meeting productivity quotas and consequently jeopardized her job. She wondered if customers understood the human cost incurred to achieve such fast delivery and if it was ethical to subject employees to such work environments. Students are asked to analyze the situation from various ethical perspectives and offer their opinions to Candace. During their analysis they will learn about ethics, ethical standards, stakeholders, and corporate social responsibility.

CSR Practices in Steel Authority of India Limited – A Descriptive Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritika Maurya
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Healthcare Education ◽  
Private Sector Enterprise ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Development Center

Corporate Social Responsibility is the path to attain sustainable development including both social and economic interest. It is a concept where organizations serve the society by taking the responsibility for the impact of their activities on both the micro and macro environment in every aspect. For a Public Sector Enterprise, the CSR practices become more important as the expectations of society are higher than from any Private Sector Enterprise. Steel Authority of India Limited with the prestigious status of “Maharatna” upholds high ethical standards in conduct of business and endeavors to fulfill diversified initiatives and activities for sustainable development of society under Corporate Social Responsibility. Thus the present study is aimed at highlighting the extent up to what the CSR practices are followed by the Steel Authority of India Limited. Study also focuses on the initiative taken in new facets such as Medical & Healthcare, Education,Livelihood Generation, empowering underprivileged sections of the society through Integrated Development Center.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategy

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ananda Das Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
Low Tone ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Way

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate sustainability represent the way companies achieve enhanced ethical standards and a balance of economic, environmental and social imperatives addressing the concerns and expectations of their stakeholders. Corporate governance reflects the way companies address legal responsibilities, and therefore provides the foundations upon which CSR and corporate sustainability practices can be built to enhance responsible business operations. Operational uncertainties and difficulties are compounded by recent observations of ‘company anxiety’ regarding CSR communications. Over-promising or declarations of rightness and good intentions could cause the mistrust of consumers and stakeholders, creating the opposite effects from those expected. Companies are recognizing that corporate responsibility communications should be low tone and straightforward, reflected in the actual behaviour of every member of the company, which is extremely difficult to achieve before CSR is integrated into the company’s bloodstream.

A Cross-Country Comparison of the Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation in Germany and Qatar

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Anne Schmidt ◽  
Daniel Cracau ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Country Comparison ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a phenomenon of increasing interest. Today, it is practiced in most countries around the globe and studied in various fields of academia. However, the focus still lies on Western developed countries, their understanding, and implementation of CSR. This paper focuses on the comparison of the orientation towards CSR in Germany and Qatar, thereby closing a research gap by providing insights from a Middle Eastern country. Based on a survey among 265 business students in both countries, the research examines their perception of the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities of a firm. Findings suggest that, next to economic obligations, Qataris appear more willing to support philanthropic activities of a business while Germans highly value ethical standards. Moreover, females in both countries value economic responsibilities less important than males do.

scholarly journals CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONSUMER ETHICS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUNG CONSUMERS IN CROATIA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blazenka Knezevic
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Consumer Ethics ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Retail Shopping

Corporate Social Responsibility and consumer ethics are two research fields addressing similar issues, but from two different perspectives. As both rely on ethical standards of individuals involved in management or individuals involved in retail shopping, there are numerous research studies that investigate attitudes of various groups of persons regarding individual ethical values. In this paper both concepts are described and discussed. Upon analysed literature, the questionnaire is created and the survey took place on students of Business Administration and Economics in Croatia, as future managers and young consumers. The aim of the paper is to evaluate their perception towards ethical principles of business conduct described in literature in afore mentioned research fields.

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