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Distribution of responsibility, ability and competition
Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
This paper considers the distribution of responsibility for prevention of negative social or ecological effects of production and consumption. Responsibility is related to ability and ability depends on welfare. An increase in competition between Western companies depresses their profitability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636487
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Modelling the trade-off between profits and principles
Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Corporations discover that social responsibility pays off. However, sometimes doing what is ethical will prove costly to a company. The purpose of this article is to clarify this trade-off by developing an economic model that describes the choice between profits and principles. The model is used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636499
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Sourcing ethics in the textile sector: The case of C&A
Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
ethical procedures. This paper analyses how C&A as one of the largest Western apparel companies organises its sourcing ethics …, we review the opinions of external stakeholders about the sourcing ethics of C&A. Finally, we evaluate C&A’s sourcing … ethics from a theoretical perspective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619180
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Ethical Management – Competitive Advantage Relationship
Urban, Violeta; Puiu, Tatiana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper aims at emphasizing the importance of business ethics in long term competitive advantage. Ethics is the basis … understand the importance of ethics as it is the basis of a civilized nation. Business ethics is concerned with the study of … profitable, and the relationship between ethics and competitiveness is evident. The future successful firm is a socializing one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259072
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A comparative content analysis of CSR strategies oriented to environmental issues between Greek and European CSR practices
Metaxas, Theodore; Tsavdaridou, Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The scope of this research is to examine the way Greek companies contribute to the protection of the environment by investigating the CSR reports. In addition, there will be a comparative content analysis of Greek and European companies which will focus on the environmental aspect of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258821
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الوقف الاسلامى كأحد أدوات المسؤولية الاجتماعية للشركات
Elasrag, Hussein - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This research aims to shed light on the role of the Islamic Waqf as a tools of corporate social responsibility.Islamic Waqf can play an important role in activating the principle of corporate social responsibility through the following: achieving sustainable development , developing small and...
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A Mountain Biker cannot start a journey in sixth gear: An Assessment of the U.N. Global Compact’s Use of Soft Law as a Global Governance Structure for Corporate Social Responsibili...
Ghafele, Roya; Mercer, Angus - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The practical impossibility of employing hard law at an international level has meant that softer codes of conduct have stepped in to fill the void. The Global Compact is the most ambitious of these codes, created with a desire to engage business in the project of international development and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260197
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Corporate social responsibility in Islam
Elasrag, Hussein - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The aim of this study is to review the Islamic principles of CSR, and the definition of a structured social corporate responsibility (CSR), and based on this responsibility. And provide a practical through the international financial institutions that can implement CSR policies framework. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260270
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In pursuit of a sustainable supply chain: insights from Westpac Banking Corporation
Keating, Byron W.; Quazi, Ali; Kriz, Anton; Coltman, Tim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The aim of this paper is to provide clues to industry and academia on how best to approach the challenge of developing a sustainable supply chain. A case study was undertaken of the Westpac Banking Corporation—one of the world’s most socially responsible banks—to examine how they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260624
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Outsourcing and corporate social responsibility : Apple in China
Urakami, Kiyoshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Electronics industry has seen a tremendous industry shift from the developed countries to the emerging regions such as East and South Asia, particularly during the past four decades. And we can now see a huge industrial capability accumulation in Asia. This research note aims at, firstly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261103