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Leonard Kyeyune
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ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
April 14, 2007 - 07:35 AM
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I strongly belive that the only way forward to acheiving their goals as corporations will all require committement and reason for whatever work done in communities, i site situations in africa specifically in Uganda i see these modals operating some with intentions of promoting sustainable production but with lack of good will little or nothing is achieved in and these communities are deeped into suicidal farming practices as seen. I also feel that political influence is thus killing most of these corporations, why dont we come up with laws to desist members involved in these group from getting involved otherwise proffessional work is hindered, there is need to look at this as a matter of urgency, otherwise the objective of euipping communities thereby uplifting them shall never be realised.
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Babalola Damilare
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Re: ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
April 27, 2007 - 03:53 PM
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In a way it seems a sensible thing to do...afterall these corporations earn their resources from the community/society. However the reality is that they are often relunctant to contribute to community development. What i have seen/heard many big corporations tag as community development (otherwise referred to corporate social responsibility) is merely donating monies to communities with subsequent praises of their names in the media. I feel strongly that corporation involvement in CD should lend effort towards solidifying all the fabrics of the society in which they operate....i mean a situation where the community will feel their impact in the dvelopment of sane and egalitarian community system, in human and infrastructural development and policy push for sustainable community practices.
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Akshay J Sheelavantar
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Re: ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
May 2, 2007 - 02:38 AM
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At present we are seeing a revolution in the Industry standards where the corporation are trying to be "Broad minded" than being a Domestic players.
Since we are seeing that the Professional are gaining higher profit and trying to invest in community development. It is this time when all the corporates understand that..
Since, It's them being highly literate if they do not take initiative and invest atleast a percent of there PROFIT in Development of community then the Nation can't grow and inversely there Company's Brand name.
"Money is just like flowing water the much u let i go, The more it tends to look back at u."
- Akshay J Sheelavantar
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Shireen Soltani
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Re: ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
May 9, 2007 - 05:39 PM
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It is very important that corporations start taking responsibility for their actions towards the community and environment, and give back to people by becoming involved with various issues of local importance.
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Nixon
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Re: ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
May 16, 2007 - 12:23 AM
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dammyb1 makes a good point and this might be a little general knowledge but...
Most large corporations make ‘superficial’ efforts to portrait the image of prospering the community. Obviously these efforts are targeted at improving the corporations reputation rather then the community. A reputable corporation has a competitive edge in domestic and global markets.
This allows corporation(s) to use the community as an investment tactic and success depends directly to how well the corp. understands the beliefs and values of the consumers. If a corp succeeds, consumers believe what they are doing is prosperous for the community everyone wins.
consumer preferences skew toward the corporations service/products = increase demand for product/service = production increase = output increase = profit increase = income increase (for workers)
Which means even a ‘superficial’ act can positively contribute to the community/country, if the corp can alter the consumption preferences of the consumers (which is done through beliefs and values in this case). This is becoming increasingly difficult for corps to achieve because of globalization. The task of pleasing the entire globe is not an simple one, which is why some acts may seem ‘superficial’ to some. Every person has a different opinion of what is ‘prosperous’ to the community. This also means a corps objective for maximum return on this ‘investment’ depends on the beliefs and values of the majority of society.
So are the ‘superficial’ efforts the fault of the corporation? Or, are the values and beliefs of the majority of society ‘superficial’?
I’m not taking sides, just expressing ideas that would give reason to corporations decisions, but in my opinion society should take some of the blame.
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Re: ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
May 23, 2007 - 04:22 AM
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According to me, the corporation can play a good and useful role in community development toward a globa development. But, they need to be more aware of the reality of the community, to produce fairly nd with equity. The must protect the environment and figth againt climate change and global warming. They must pratice the Corporate Social Responsiility and fund project s rthat have a good impact in the community.
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Re: ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
June 11, 2007 - 01:55 AM
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1.The first duty of the corporation is to protect the environment and set right the pollutions due to them.
2.Difinition of community in the view of corporates : a.local workforce b. the consumers of their products : This could be as large as the country and hence any contribution would be insignificant .
3.To address the local problems is viable
4.Corporations are not expected to kill themselves by any governmental imposing directives , whether socially justifiable or not. They must enjoy the freedom to run their business.
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Erick Ochieng Otieno
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Re: ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
June 16, 2007 - 05:59 AM
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ntadepalli wrote:
1.The first duty of the corporation is to protect the environment and set right the pollutions due to them.
2.Difinition of community in the view of corporates : a.local workforce b. the consumers of their products : This could be as large as the country and hence any contribution would be insignificant .
3.To address the local problems is viable
4.Corporations are not expected to kill themselves by any governmental imposing directives , whether socially justifiable or not. They must enjoy the freedom to run their business.
Yeah, as part of community development practice, Environmental Sustainability and sustainable use of other resources should be the responsibility of the Corporate World
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