1. Social and Ethical responsibilites of a business
Introduction
Study of right and wrong in business
Social responsibilities
to Everyone we are in contact with e.g stakeholders/environment
How must we be responsible to each?
Ethical business practice fair, legal, honest, morally right

2. How to encourage good behaviour
MD lead, MD employ, code of ethics
Code of ethics
A document outlining expected behaviour of a business
Stakeholders are:
Customers Community
Investors Local and global environment
Employees

3. Characteristics of an environmentally friendly firm
Aware of impact on local environment
Consider environmental factors in decisions
Invite public onto board
Necessary precautions
Open to new ideas/honest/consult others
Measure social responsibility
Strategies 3 R’s

4. How to manage social responsibility

5. Heavy fines, Goodwill lost FOR:
For and against SR
Against: Costly : wages, renewable production, audits Fix problems they’ve made, giving government too much of a role If no SR then possible Heavy fines and Goodwill lost
Heavy fines, Goodwill lost
FOR:
Planning permission easier when SR Improve staff and industrial relations Put huge profits to good use Impress customer

6. Critical environment issues
Population: 6 billion up 80m yrly
Nuclear: 443 tonnes Irish sea
Rainforests:130,000 km py extinct Wildlife
Trnsport: 500m cars co2
Water: 1.5b no safe water
Ozone toxic gases and sun rays
Oil and chemical spills
Need Green taxes on fuel

7. Env responsibilities for business
Climate change
Waste management
Pollution
Sustainable development

8. Conclusion
Social responsibilities to stakeholders in individual ways. Argument for and against being responsible. Strategies to be more socially responsible.
Environmental responsibilities to be sensitive to the environment etc. Characteristics of environmentally friendly firms.
There are critical present environmental issues food (fish etc), general resources, oil.

9. Questions Explain S.R and Ethics
Characteristics of a Env.Friendly firm
Arguments for and against S.R
Name strategies to manage S.R
What Env issues are there.