American Responsibilities Americans have many responsibilities to live up to. Most Americans do live up to these responsibilities, but some don’t. I feel that some of the important responsibilities that Americans are held to are good citizenship, the right to vote, and obligations to our veterans. Citizens have many responsibilities they have to deal with on a day to day basis. Some of these responsibilities include: obeying the laws, taking leadership roles, and volunteering. Obeying the…
that is social responsibility. However the changing of the world has denied his idea of social responsibility of a business by figure out the demand from consumer or shareholder, high pressure of the globalization to business. All of that factors has change the culture and the vision of business in the last decade. In the other hand, Milton Friedman had a forever right idea which is a business must “stays within the “rules of the game””. Although his idea of social responsibility has been denied…
Whether people pass someone on the road in need of help, see a child being picked on, or see smoke from a building, everyone assumes that someone else will take care of the situation. These assumptions may sometimes be true, but may also lead to deadly situations, such as the Kitty Genovese case. With the new information learned about the bystander effect, trainings and other preventions are taking place around the country. The bystander effect…
The bystander effect, otherwise known as bystander apathy, is a psychological occurrence of a traumatic experience. This can happen to individuals who are a part of a crowd that witnesses a disturbing event where no one responds to help. There have been many stories and cases of these kinds of scenarios. Darley, J.M., and Latane, B researched the bystander effect and published an article entitled “To Help or not to Help.” This study brought to light the reasons why individuals do not jump to…
profits as possible means that the corporations need to ignore some of their responsibilities. The impact they have on the society, environment and culture has raised concerns over the years. This begs the question of whether these corporations have any responsibility at all except the responsibility to their shareholders, to make profits. As a result many theorists took it upon themselves to rethinking the roles and responsibilities of the…
In an effort to provide a comprehensive benefits program and offer an opportunity to bring on full time frontline employees we must establish expense and bonus policies that are corporately responsible. Expense Policy effective 30 days from the documents’ acceptance. ● All expenses should be reasonable and required to support the business. ● All expenses must be submitted on a business expense report in a timely manner. ● All expenses in excess of $25 must have a receipt. ● Any expense…
Corporate responsibility is mostly about ensuring that the organization gives back to communities and sponsors that keeps the business competitive and existing. What the organization invests into the world is exactly what they will get out of it. Businesses have unique opportunities to give back to communities in a way that amplifies the intentions of their employees and company mission. Corporate social responsibility is defined as the way organizations attains a balance among its social,…
In his article, The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits, Milton Friedman argues that the only duty of a company towards society, referred to as a social responsibility, is to work towards the best interest of its owners; usually to maximize profits within the confines of the law . As a company is not an intelligent being, Friedman uses corporate executives as the primary subject of most of his arguments. As an employee of a firm’s owners, an executive is under legal…
Corporate social responsibility There has been done much research about corporate social responsibility and the effects of this for the firm. Friedman (1970) first defines CSR as follows: ‘‘CSR is to conduct the business in accordance with shareholders’ desires, which generally will be to make as much money as possible while conforming to the basic rules of society, both those embodied in law and those embodied in ethical custom.’’ If a firm is socially responsible, it takes into account all…
Social Responsibility has become popular in the past decade, however it is in consideration from long time. CSR means that organization’s moral, ethical and philanthropic responsibilities towards the society in addition to its responsibility towards investors by earning good return on their investments. According to traditional view of corporate, the primary responsibility of business is towards its owners and stock holders. However, CSR consider a broader view of the business responsibilities.…