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Just how responsible are corporations in your community?
January 5, 2004 - 08:55 AM
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How does “Corporate Social Responsibility” (or lack thereof) affect our daily lives? What are your views on the ever-expanding role of multinational corporations around the world? Is corporate corruption a universal phenomenon, or just limited to a relatively few greedy executives? What can/must be done to alleviate such unethical practices?
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Raymond M. Kristiansen
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Re: Just how responsible are corporations in your community?
January 6, 2004 - 05:17 AM
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I posted an update on Statoil, the Norwegian Oil company late last year. The update is here:
http://updates.takingitglobal.org/read-comments?UpdateID=13104
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Re: Just how responsible are corporations in your community?
January 6, 2004 - 12:30 PM
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In Brasil a growing number of companies are publishing their Social Audits, which I believe is quite a good sign. There are about 400 companies that publish their social audits and it can get much better, but it's around quite a growth since the issue started to raise attention around 1997.
I have to look for statistics on that I have them somewhere.
"The social audit is a business statement published every year to present a set of information about the social projects, benefits and actions addressed to employees, investors, market analysts, shareholders and the community at large. It also functions as a strategic instrument to evaluate the practice of corporate social responsibility. "
(quote from www.balancosocial.org.br, brazilian organization that provides models for developing social audits, information, orientation and background.)
The growing attention for CSR is controversial. Is it that companies are good and concerned about society or is it to their advantage? ANd if is to their advantage, what's the problem? Developing their human resources, developing the communities around their environment leads to a better educated society and one that in the long run will be capable of recognize and criticize the organization's role, both economically and socially.
Those are my 2 cents. I will try to write something more ocmprehensive later.
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Voluntary Measures
January 15, 2004 - 03:04 AM
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There is a need for changing consumption and production methods, which leads us into, market-based incentives. Anne Johnson (1994:2) suggests that this methodology is preferable because “…by altering prices, these measures address environmental problems at the sources…” in addition to voluntary measures would benefit businesses ability“…to develop innovative and efficient methods for dealing with pollution…” This would give businesses and respective industries leg up in the race to the top, so to speak. Just to name a few, such measures are witnessed through emission permits, taxes and user charges for water and air pollution. I believe that the USA and Canada need to use the capacity of governing bodies such as the OECD and UNCTAD in order to assess the countries capabilities in evaluating the impacts of the environment and trade. This would better serve USA and Canada in devising and implementing effective national policies. We need to encourage voluntary actions and in the words of Ann Johnson (1994:5) action should “involve using incentives, rather than threats, to induce environmental cooperation, and allow for more efficient trading relations as well as achieving environmental goals.” Governments need not destroy our environment they need to protect it; incentive based voluntary measures are the way to go. Hopefully by instilling correct methodologies of incentive based voluntary initiatives with sound legal provisions we will move in the right direction towards attainment of sound environmental policy-making.
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Peter Eisenberg
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I agree with Toni
January 21, 2004 - 05:06 AM
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While steps need to be taken in order to hold corporations more accountable for their actions the bottom line is that we as individuals hold the key.
The main, and perhaps only, goal of most corporations is to make money, the more the better. If poor work conditions, pollution or any number of other atrocities are accepted, which to a certain extent seems to be the case, then businesses will continue these practices just as long as they contribute to their bottom line.
If however there is a negative impact on profitability, if for instance their product is boycotted by a large number of people, then there is a motivation for change.
Living in America, home of the worst of the worst, I understand how difficult it is for people to change. The media plays an enormous role in how people receive information here and unfortunately the vast majority of messages that are going out have much more to do with supporting the system than questioning it.
It would seem the key is to educate the younger generations about what the 'real' quality of life is. A tall task indeed.
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Toni
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Personal change first
January 21, 2004 - 08:41 AM
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Hi. I attended a meeting last night on Social Responsibility. I'd been invited to help an estate (6000 people) organise an event on Sustainability. As we sat down I only vaguly noticed that we were drinking from plastic disposible cups. Hardly sustainability and we were the organisers! The point is, local authorities and community groups are all happy to start ranting about how other people should change thier ways. Perhaps ALL of us would be best to change our own habits before ranting. So it is about personal change first. The rest will naturally follow. Its like trying to change what the media produces. Why don't we change ourselves and the media will follow suit. Does that make sense?
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Re: Just how responsible are corporations in your community?
January 22, 2004 - 12:10 PM
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in my coutry Nigeria, many multi-nationals have failed to carry out their social responsibilities. most times they only take part in activities that will fetch them money and at times they only make empty promises to the people.most affected are the people in the niger delta; where most of the oil deposits are and exploration has led to high pollution of their land and water. the people live in abject poverty and can't even boast of basic amenities like good water, schools, hospitals etc.
this has led to many unrests resulting in the kidnapping of many expatriate workers and also the death of many (both locals and foreigners). i think the governments of countries should make laws that will ensure that large corporations give back to their host communities part of what they make from their resources.
then even the youths should be empowered to make them self reliant so that they won't be used for violence
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Re: Just how responsible are corporations in your community?
January 23, 2004 - 10:59 AM
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The problem with multinationals in Nigeria is that they dont want to plough back to the society what they are gainig from it. It is just pure selfishness.
Nigeria is endowed with alot of resources, in afct, if we were to mandate the multinationals, to as a matter of necessity, invest back into their immediate environments in the form of employment, building shools, hospitals and community development as a whole, our place would have been a better place.
And you see, social responsibility is not an issue that can be taken with levity, because the success or failure of a nation depends on just that.
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