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Pluralism

Diffusion of power among society

Affluence

Refers to the level of wealth, disposable income and standard of living

Social problem

Gap between society's expectations of social conditions and the current social realities

Macro level

Entire corporation system

Intermediate level

Groups of corporations acting in concert in an effort to produce a desired effect

Iron law of responsibility

In the long run, those who do not use power in a manner which society considers responsible will lose it

Social contract

Reciprocal understanding between business and society

Managerial approach

Business ethics, sustainability and stakeholder management

Philanthropy

Charity

Sustainable development

A pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment

Triple bottom line

Economic social and environmental

Stake

Interest

Stakeholder

An individual or group that has has a stake in business

Power

Ability or capacity to produce an effect

Strategic approach

Stakeholders primarily as factors to be taken into consideration while making a profit for shareholders

Multifiduciary approach

Stakeholders are more than just individuals who can wield economic and legal power

Stakeholders synthesis approach

Preferred because it holds business does have moral responsibility to stakeholders

Supports stakeholders

High potential for cooperation and low threat

Marginal stakeholders

Low cooperation and threat

4 parts to CSR

Economic legal ethical and philanthropic

Non supportive stakeholders

Low cooperation and high threat

Mixed blessing stakeholders

High cooperation and threat

Stakeholder symbiosis

Recognizes that all stakeholders depend on each other for their success

Corporate governance

Refers to the method the firm is being governed, directed, administered, or controlled

Clawback provision

Allows shareholders to regain compensation from executives who fell short

Backdating

Occurs when the recipient is given the option of buying stock at yesterday's price

Spring loading

Granting stock at today's price with inside knowledge something good is going to happen

Bullet dodging

Delaying stock until right after bad news

Poison pills

Discourage hostile takeover

Golden parachute

Is a contract in which a business agrees to make payments to key officers in the event of a change in the control of the business

Economic

Required

Material information

Information that a reasonable investor might want to use

Regulation fair disclosure

Set limits on the common company practice of selective disclosure

Sarbanes oxley act aka SOX

Amends the securities laws to provide better protection to investors in public companies by improving the financial reporting

Business Judgment

Courts should not challenge board members who act in good faith

Ponzi scheme

Lures investors in with fake promises

Enterprise level

Asks the question what is the role of the organization in society

Corporate level

What business should we be

Functional level

How should a firm integrate its subfunctional activities

Sustainability report aka integrated report

Value creation

Issue

Gap between firms action and stakeholders expectations

Legal

Required

Risk management

Potential issues

Issue management

Deals with issue that occur

Crisis management

Deals with issues that escalated

Steps in issue management

Identification, analysis, ranking, formulation, implementation, evaluation

Stages of crisis

Prodromal warning stage, acute point of no return, chronic, resolution

Descriptive ethics

Concerned with describing the morality of people and business

Elements of moral judgment

Moral imagination, moral ID, evaluation, tolerance of moral disagreement, integration of managerial and moral competence and a sense of moral obligation

Golden rule

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Biometric

Eye scan finger prints etc

Ethical

Expected

Philanthropic

Desired/expected

Social intrapreneurship

Companies that did not have a specific social agenda at first but later on did

Arguments against CSR

Classical economics, business not equipped, dilutes business purpose, too much power already, global competition

Ethical test

Stages of corporate citizenship

Credibility capacity coherence commitment.