COBCSRG QUIZ 1

social responsibility

By `_,' we mean the intelligent and objective concern for the welfare of society that restrains individual and corporate behavior from ultimately destructive activities, no matter how immediately profitable, and leads in the direction of positive contributions to human betterment, variously as the latter may be defined.

CSR

RESPONSIBILITIES that a business has to the society in which it operates.

CSR

A long-term strategy.

Aligns business strategy and operations with universal values.

Leads to a fundamental transformation of strategies, operations, relationships, corporate culture and identity.

A proactive strategic planning, not defensive communication.

Includes philanthropy - but it is much more.

Responsible

1. Reliable or trustworthy.

2. Attributing something as a cause for an event or action.

3. Attributing liability or accountability for some event or action, creating an obligation to make things right again.

accountability

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Responsibility as _: Heart of CSR

Actions for which a business can be held accountable.

To be concerned with society's interests that should restrict or bind business's behavior.

What a business should or ought to do for the sake of society, even if this comes with an economic cost

philantropic, ethical, legal, economic

Pyramid of social responsibility

economic view of CSR

Business may also CHOOSE to contribute to social Needs as a matter of philanthropy, but not as a matter of duty or social responsibility

Social Web Model of CSR

business is embedded within a web of social relationships of mutual rights and responsibilities

integrative model of CSR

part or all of the mission of the company is to serve important social goals

Economic

Social Responsibility:

Pursue Profit

Denies social responsibility beyond economic and legal ends

Roots in utilitarian tradition and neoclassical economics

Philanthropic

Narrow csr view: reputational

Reasons and Financial Ends

Free to contribute to social causes; no strict obligation to contribute

Charity work for good public relations, tax deduction, good-will

Social Web

Business as citizen of society

Business to conform to normal ethical duties and obligations

Respect human rights

Approaches:

Kantian Theory -Moral Duties

Stakeholder Theory Decision affects variety of people and groups

Integrative

Non-profit: Pursue social ends as core of their mission

For-profit: Social goals as central part of strategic mission of the organization; social entrepreneurship and sustainability

Reputation management

The practice of attending to the "image" of a firm through CSR activities

Good image for itself, it builds a type of trust bank

Negative image, may stick, regardless of what good the corporation may do.

• emotional appeal

• products and services

• financial performance

• social responsibility

• workplace environment

• vision and leadership

6 dimensions of corporate reputation

• greed - defensive

• philantrophy - charitable

• marketing - promotional

• management - strategic

• responsibility - systemic

ages and stages of CSR

Peripheral CSR

Incremental CSR

Uneconomic CSR

failures of CSR

CSR has remained largely restricted to the largest companies, and mostly confined to PR, or other departments, rather than being integrated across the business

CSR has adopted the quality management model, which results in incremental improvements that do not match the scale and urgency of the problems

CSR does not always make economic sense, as the short-term markets still reward companies that externalise their costs to society

ontological shift

CSR as affordable solutions for those who most need quality of life improvements.

Investment in self-sustaining social enterprises will be favored over cheque-book charity.

Supply Chain

Climate change

Involves the transformation of natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer

A network between a company and its suppliers

Produce and distribute a specific product to the final buyer.

Network includes

different activities

People and entities

Information and resources

_ poses a new risk to supply chains and a need to increase their resilience

science of sustainability

Use of auditing and benchmarks to provide a framework for governing sustainable supply chain operations

Clarity around the environmental impact of adjustments to supply chain agility, flexibility, and cost in the supply chain network

Driven by the current climate (in which companies recognize cost savings through green operations as being significant) as well as pushing emerging regulations and standards at both an industry and governmental level

Sustainable supply chain

Business issue affecting an organization's supply chain or logistics network in terms of environmental, risk, and waste costs

Integrating the environmentally sound choices into supply-chain management.

A sustainable supply chain seizes value creation opportunities and offers significant competitive advantages for early adopters and process innovators.

2. Learning to think sustainably

1. getting the basics right

3. The science of sustainability

tiers of sustainable supply chain

TIER _?

Companies begin to realize the need to embed sustainability into supply chain operations

Companies tend to achieve this level when they assess their impact across a local range of operations.

In terms of the supply chain, this could involve supplier management, product design, manufacturing rationalization, and distribution optimization.

Shortening supply chains can be part of a sustainable supply chain strategy.

TIER _?

• This is the base level and is the stage in which the majority of organizations are at.

• Employing measures such as switching lights and PCs off when left idle, recycling paper, and using greener forms. of travel with

• Purpose of reducing the day-to-day carbon footprint

• Employ self-service technologies such as centralized procurement and teleconferencing

TIER _?

Uses auditing and benchmarks to provide a framework for governing sustainable supply chain operations.

Clarity around the environmental impact of adjustments to supply chain agility, flexibility, and cost in the supply chain network.

Driven by the current climate (in which companies recognize cost savings through green operations as being significant) as well as pushing emerging regulations and standards at both an industry and governmental level

• direct

• global

• indirect

• collective

Approaches to encouraging sustainable practices throughout networks

direct approach

Evaluate first-tier suppliers by using sustainability performance indicators that capture their requirements for lower-tier suppliers

-Survey suppliers on their environmental, health, safety, and labor practices and on their procurement practices

-Work with major first-tier suppliers to map the firm's supply network.

indirect approach

Provide training and foster peer learning among first-tier suppliers to help them improve their procurement practices with lower-tier suppliers.

-Select high-performing suppliers to pilot new sustainability initiatives.

Reward suppliers for cascading sustainability requirements ti lower-tier suppliers.

collective approach

Commit to developing and complying with industrywide sustainability standards, and help suppliers become full members of industry organizations.

Via industry organizations, share resources with competitors and major suppliers to achieve sustainability goals.

Encourage first- and lower-tier suppliers to take advantage of sustainability training programs offered by industry organizations.

global approach

Work closely with relevant NGOs and international institutions interested in improving supply chain sustainability.

Use tools and data that those organizations provide for dealing with suppliers (contracts and scorecards).

-Recognize suppliers that excel in programs sponsored by NGOS and international institutions.

Consequentialist

Focusing on the results of an action

Utilitarian Approach

Egoistic Approach

Common Good Approach

Most common

Concerns large group of people

Weigh the different amounts of good vs bad

Ethics of self-interest

Greatest amount of good for him or herself

General will of the people

Produce the best for people as a whole

Duty-based

Non-consequentialist

Deontological ethics

Duties and obligations we have in a situation

Doing one's duties and doing the right thing

Moral duties regardless of outcome

Can be rigid in applying the notion c duty to everyone regardless of personal situation

Virtue ethics

Agent-centered

Character traits (either + or -) that motivate in certain situations

Ask what sort of person one should be

Emphasizes role models and education to behavior

Sometimes reinforce cultural norms as standard of ethical behavior

ethics of care

Agent-centered

Feminist approach

Experiences of women and other marginalized groups

Anti-consequentialist

Actions highlighting

interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as virtue

• masid danas - see experience

• suri nilay - analysis reflection

• taya kilos - commitment action

lasallian reflectio framework

• course-based

• reflection

• reciprocity

• civic education

Key elements of service learning