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Lesson #1: Corporate Social Responsibility What is it? How is it done?
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Where is the Line? How far does responsibility extend? Only to executive? To common shareholders? (Only return – or more?) To other stakeholders? To all the world?
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Tradeoffs Object of firm is to create value Competing interests Balance the effects
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Outside Bodies Power to enforce the agenda of a stakeholder (NGO) Stronger in some environments than in others (US vs. China) Courts and litigation “Court” of world opinion Own sense of right vs. wrong
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Stakeholder Analysis Who are the stakeholders? What are their interests? How will they be affected by a decision and its subsequent action? How can their interests be protected?
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Ethical Considerations People as ends, not means Weakest stakeholder deserves consideration Decisions based in what is “right,” not who has power.
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Take-Away Lessons Cannot operate in isolation All stakeholders (pleasant or not) must be considered Inaction is an action Consistent organizational policies
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People and governments see business as a source of prosperity, integral with society. We must do so also.
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