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Title: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: luken93 on November 12, 2010, 10:03:42 am
Everyone, contribute your real life examples!

Mine Include:

Ethics:
 - Body Shop not testing products on Animals

Social Responsibility
 - NAB giving staff days off work to complete charity work
 - Telstra giving staff Blood Donor Leave & Emergency Response Leave (for those who are involved in CFA / SES)
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: _avO on November 12, 2010, 10:06:43 am
Ethics:
-HP (hewlett-packard) enforces a non-discrimination policy (in all HR relations)

Social responsibility:
-PWC gives 30% of all sales revenue from their fair trade coffee to charity
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: jackson1234 on November 12, 2010, 10:26:38 am
Ethics -
Mcdonalds procuring its raw materials from Australia farmers (rather than outsourcing)

SR-
Mcdonalds implementing a charity house and the adoption of biodegradable burger packaging to address ecological sustainability concerns. 

Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: vce4life on November 12, 2010, 10:59:22 am
Everyone, contribute your real life examples!

Mine Include:

Ethics:
 - Body Shop not testing products on Animals


The Body Shop also get managers to sit on the boards of not-for-profit organisations as well as allow employees 2 days of paid leave per year to work on community projects, if you want to expand on that a bit.
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: burbs on November 12, 2010, 11:01:09 am
They also support indigenous Australians by purchasing products from them rather than making themselves.
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: luken93 on November 12, 2010, 11:07:20 am
Hmmm McDonalds would've been a good one for the ESM Q last year, where you had to adress a company that had both ethics and socially responsbile management
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: jackson1234 on November 12, 2010, 11:20:42 am
yeah its safe to use Mccas, because u know its acceptable for ESM
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: Stig on November 12, 2010, 11:20:55 am
so ethically responsible is like taking care of environement and stuff and social is like provding paid gym memberships to staff???
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: vce4life on November 12, 2010, 11:23:26 am
Wrong way round.
Title: Re: Brainstorming examples of Ethics & Social Responsibility
Post by: Stig on November 12, 2010, 11:25:29 am
fk...but i get the idea...not that hard to think of