It has been a big debate if corporations have a responsibility to the communities that they are a part of. In Roger & Me, Michael Moore shows the effects of General Motors closing a plant of 30,000 jobs in Flint, Michigan. This documentary is a perfect example to show that corporations have a responsibility to the community they are in. Moore shows that if the corporations leaves the town in the dust then the community with suffer. Corporations have a responsibility to the community they are a part of because the community works hard for them, the corporation is the community, and the corporation can afford it. If the community works hard for the company, then the company should work hard for the community. Many people from the community work for the corporation and continue to make the corporation a better company by working hard. Therefore, the corporation should give back to the community for all of the hard work that they have done. “Companies that encourage community involvement distinguish themselves from their competitors, and see many benefits, …show more content…
Most of the workers are part of the community, therefore, the corporation is also part of the community. If there was no community, there would be no corporation. A corporation has to realize this and realize that this means they have responsibilities to the community. The community looks up to the corporation as a leader of the community because so many citizens work for them. Chuck Piazza from Saybrook University says, “Business organizations usually reside in one or more local communities and operate to varying degrees in national and global arenas. Since organizations prosper because of this system, they have a responsibility to give back and help maintain the human communities of which they are a part.” Basically he is saying that the corporation becomes a part of the community when they decide to reside
According to Mallor, Barnes, Bowers, & Langvardt (2010) “modern corporation law emerged only in the last 200 years, ancestors of the modern corporation existed in the times of Hammurabi, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire. As early as 1248 in France, privileges of incorporation were given to mercantile ventures to encourage investment for the benefit of society. In England, the corporate form was used extensively before the 16th century. In the late 18th century, general incorporation statutes emerged in the United States” (p. 1009).
Times have changed drastically for businesses since the Internet and social media have become part of our everyday lives. It’s now easier than ever for the individual to gather data and follow organizations to ensure they are performing legally, morally, and ethically. Stakeholders believe that organizations have a social obligation to operate their business in an ethically, socially, and environmentally responsible way. The term for this idea is Corporate Citizenship. Corporate Citizenship is “the extent to which businesses are socially responsible for meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim is for businesses to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the communities in which they operate, while still preserving profitability for stakeholders” (Investopedia.com, 2013). Stakeholders are expecting organizations to conduct business in a way that meets legal, ethical, economic, and philanthropic expectations that go beyond commercial relationships. Many organizations are including corporate responsibilities in their corporate mission statements and goals. They want stakeholders to see that they practice ethical behavior and are committed to their local communities in order to maintain a positive corporate image. According to CNN Money “Wal-Mart Stores Inc., had $469.2 billion in revenue last year and has reclaimed the top ranking in the Fortune 500 ranking of the largest U.S. companies by revenue”( Hathaway, 2013). Wal-Mart has over 10,800 stores and is a company that can have a tremendous impact upon the environment and their current employees and future employees. Largely due to its size and resultant influence, Wal-Mart is receiving constant pressure t...
The company should be subject to the legal community, protect community property; the company should also encourage employees to participate in community activities.
Many companies are now looking into their business practices and how it benefits society. Corporate responsibility continues to be impacted as consumer awareness to global issues grows. For example, a small locally owned grocery store located in a metropolitan area just closed the doors to two stores located in high-crime-rated areas of the city due to no financial gains. The store just added a health conscious section for consumers that requested a need for it in the store, even though the cost and marginal is higher than most options in the store. With all of that going on the owner of the store was approached by a local food bank for one day old products that can be donated to them to help the community. The owner declined to help by citing that he feels by help he is opening a chance for loss of revenues due to employees not being honest. He thinks that his employees will just say that products are being donated when they are stealing.
Roger & Me, is a documentary that was directed by Michael Moore in 1989. The purpose of this documentary was to demonstrate the negative impact the shutdown of General Motors had on the town of Flint, Michigan. According to Michael Moore, Flint was the birthplace and former home to General Motors before Roger Smith, CEO of GM, decided to save money by closing down all the factories in Flint and opening new factories in Mexico, where labor was cheaper. Therefore, laying off over 33,000 employees leading them to live in poverty and increasing the violence rate. Since the majority of the economy was supported by the jobs that GM provided for the citizens in Flint.
Roger & Me is a documentary directed and narrated by Michael Moore, a filmmaker who has his entire family worked for the General Motors, except him. By the time the documentary was recorded, General Motors eliminated more than 30,000 jobs in Flint, Michigan. Therefore, more than anyone, Moore acknowledged of the effect of globalization towards the citizens and so this documentary will present his perspective upon social event in Flint, Michigan.
As we see in all three of Michael Moore’s films Roger & Me, Pets or Meat, and The Big One, money can affect a society in horrible ways. Major corporations such as GM closed the doors on their plants and left 30,000 American’s without a job. Only to move their plant to a far off country and pay people a fraction of the hourly wages to produce more profit than the billions they were originally making (Moore 1989). Even as Michael goes to the CEO of Nike, Phil Knight, and talks about the conditions of his factories in Indonesia, nothing is done. Phil is well aware of what happens in these factories and chooses to do nothing about it.
A corporation was originally designed to allow for the forming of a group to get a single project done, after which it would be disbanded. At the end of the Civil War, the 14th amendment was passed in order to protect the rights of former slaves. At this point, corporate lawyers worked to define a corporation as a “person,” granting them the right to life, liberty and property. Ever since this distinction was made, corporations have become bigger and bigger, controlling many aspects of the economy and the lives of Americans. Corporations are not good for America because they outsource jobs, they lie and deceive, and they knowingly make and sell products that can harm people and animals, all in order to raise profits.
Corporations are businesses or organizations with the rights and duties of a single person, whom is protected under the US Constitution. Roger and Me is a movie that displays that no matter what race or ethnicity you maybe when a large corporation is a life-support for a small town anything that they do will affect the individuals who live in the particular region in either a positive or negative manner. In this case Michael Moore investigates, how Generals Motors sudden closing of factors (auto plants) has resulted in the loss of approximately 30,000 individuals out of work. Mr. Moore goes on a mission to have a sit down with the CEO of GM to get to the bottom of this predicament, and to find answers in which he fails to do so. Throughout
The responsibility of any business should be committed to developing and implement best practices into their daily business operations. It is important for businesses to be socially responsible because it protects and improves the lives of their employees and the communities they serve. TechFite’s main benefit from being socially responsible would be brand/reputation differentiation. TechFite decided to invest in a bankrupt city in promising to invest into the city and develop leadership programs would propel TechFite as the knight in shiny armor. Other companies may or may not want to continue to invest in a broken city and if TechFite can deliver its promises to Dellberg, their reputation and brand recognition would be known industry
This relates to how leaders impact organizations as a whole. Creating value for the community means, “consciously and intentionally giving back to the community” (Northouse, 2015). There are a lot of leaders who have effectively given back to the community to better their organization. In fact, a lot of non-profit organizations have done exactly that to grow. One example that comes to mind is LeBron James. He is the founded of the LeBron James Family Foundation. They actively give back to the Akron, Ohio area through programs such as Wheel for Education, Akron I Promise Network, Boys and Girls Club, and Time to Promise (The LeBron James Family Foundation, 2015). They do things such as providing scholarships for impoverished children to go to college. LeBron has been able to grow and impact his foundation through being an effective servant leader who gives back to his
The concept of corporate personhood, that corporations can be granted many of the same constitutional rights and protections as natural persons, has become increasingly controversial as the law has been reinterpreted to expand the purview of corporate personhood more than any other time in American history. To address this concern, I argue that corporations should be considered to have legal personhood less equal than to that of a human because, relative to a natural person, corporations exist and operate in an inherently and fundamentally different context that provides corporations undue political and legal influence and gives corporations the ability to limit rights and protections
“Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large”.
According to Porter, corporations and societies depend on each other to thrive successfully. Successful corporations need a healthy society, while a healthy society needs successful companies. In order to achieve progress, it is absolutely vital for society to coordinate with the corporations that operate in its community as they are far better at providing opportunities for job and wealth creation, and improving conditions than programs run by the government. However, in order to successfully achieve high levels of growth, it is important for corporations to identify and satisfy all stakeholders associated with their business activities, and engage in CSR activities that are better aligned with their overall strategy.
The main reason why community service is very important is, it brings people together.