Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to business practices involving approaches that benefit society, and it has become an increasing concern of the business world and Bombardier, a high technology manufacturer located in Canada. "Shaping the future of mobility responsibly" is Bombardier's statement regarding their approach to CSR which is described as business activities achieving a balance between economic, environmental and social responsibility and addressing expectation from stakeholders not only in Canada but also in developing countries. Firstly, Bombardier is a responsible company for the environment. I think it is suituated in the second hightest position, ethical responsibilities. Bombardier has made a great contribution …show more content…
to the Canadian economy[I wouldn't talk about taxes and GDP (well I would say they contribute in the GDP later when you talk about Caroll's pyramid but other than that it doesn't really belong in CSR...]. From the picture which was found on the Website, the company provides over $1.3 billion in tax revenue and $12.4 billion to Canada’s GDP each year. They not only obey the law regrading to the requirment of GHG, but also make contributions to building a better world. As the largest traffic operating companies, Bombardier "has level of ambition regarding Design for Environment".
The CSeries factory of Bombardier were built to meet highest environmental standards. The production facility was designed optimal for efficiency and to minimize environmental impact, The DFE is also a design for environment guidelines, which was made to develop vehicles that contribute to a sustainable society."(Design for Environment Guidelines). The picture ,which found from the official website of Bombardier, shown that every components of Bombardier's vehicles can be recycled.[Talk about where Bombardier is situated within Carrolls' pyramid (i.e. have they fulfilled the economic responsibility (so they contribute to Canada GDP) the legal (do they follow the laws for example business producing over 50,000 tones of GHG are required to reduce according to https://www.osler.com/en/resources/regulations/2015/carbon-ghg/carbon-and-greenhouse-gas-legislation-across-canad ) are they ethical so do they say they will be more responsible but their business activities are very harmful to the environment and the workers , and are they Philanthropic which means do they promote programs to be environmentally friendly or being good to their employees?) You can also talk about how Bombardier is either anti-CSR or if they recognize CSR by valuing and understands
it] As a global transportation company, Bombardie faced a plenty of challenges and successful transformed these challenges into opportunities for sustainability by its integrated social responsibility programs. The global challenges include population growth, climate change, increasing cost of energy, urbanization and oil scarcity. Beside, there is also economical risk due to the poor external risk factors such as the financial condition of the rail industries and the aerospace. In addition, it faced the risk of natural disaster, which was aggravated by climate change, such as tornadoes, ice storms, and other calamity. It may cause damage to environment, personal injuries and delays of products. Bombardier has initiated the “sustained approach to sustainability” to deal with the challenges in order to remain the position of a leader in the aerospace and rail transportation industry as well as the pioneer in sustainability. It established a comprehensive sustainability governance framework in the business, which mainly focus on addressing climate change. It identified market-based and economic measures, such as carbon offsetting, as one of the drivers for achieving its GHG reduction objectives(Bombardier GHG, 2011). It also applied the lifecycle approach to increase energy efficiency and enhance the overall environmental profile of its products in the aspect of emissions. And also, the company also require it suppliers to obey the environmental laws. From the official website of Bombardier, they not only ask their suppliers to reduce the pollution of the products, but also hope suppliers can "work toward a 'total life-cycle' view in products design."(Bombardier, Governance) The official website also gives us the details of the company's requires. Finally, Bombardier also makes efforts in helping other countries’ scientific and technological development.From the official website of Bombardier, "Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has a very diverse customer base with products or services in more than 60 countries. It has an installed base of over 100,000 vehicles worldwide."(Bombardier Transportation)For example, there are many super trains and air planes which provided by Bombardier in China. From the official website of Bombardier, there were a lot of cooperations with Chinese companies,such as China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC). (Bombardier, news[You haven't talked about any other CSR reporting methods used by Bombardier. In conclusion, Bombardier provides a more convenient life for our society. In addition, the company always abides by the production of the world’s best airlines for the purpose.
Discuss Timberland’s philosophy that CSR does not have to be an add-on but instead can work as a competitive advantage. Provide three examples of how Timberland’s commitment to corporate social responsibility has created a competitive advantage for the company.
In the Amtrak case, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a business approach that contributes to ecological development by delivering economic, social and environmental benefits for all stakeholders. CSR is a concept with many definitions and practices. The four areas of corporate social responsibly these companies must show economic, legal, ethics and philanthropic and each company has an area to cover. Economic, All the companies must maintain effectiveness, be an asset to the community they serve. (Amtrak “Sunset I. d”.)
With annual revenue of US $19.02 billion, Chevron Corporation is the 16th largest integrated oil and gas energy company in the world. Globally they account for a workforce of approximately 62,000 (Forbes 2011). In 2010, the company produced 2.763 million barrels of oil per day (Chevron 2012). Corporations as large as Chevron owe a great amount of responsibility towards the society and environment above and beyond the economic and legal obligations. The industry is strongly linked to environmental scandals and companies make various efforts to address these issues (Farache and Perks 2010, 235). The following thesis will review the Environmental performance of Chevron in terms of fulfilling social needs within society and stakeholders.
This report summarizes the results of a review of Target Corporation’s sense of social responsibility as discerned by examining three areas: ethics, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability practices. It presents an overview of Target’s historical and ongoing corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, and an evaluation of Target’s CSR efforts based on the corporation's policy, performance stated objectives, key performance measures, and select peers. The report includes recommendations for improvement as well as measures for evaluating improvement. The sources of Target’s policy and performance results are its corporate governance documents and corporate reporting.
(SNBC) was founded by Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi in 1979, but became operational in 1980. In addition, the company has been operational for 34 years now. The paper will discuss the integration of environmental sustainability and business operations of SNBC. According to studies and research, SNBC is committed to corporate social responsibility, especially the environment and community via environmentally friendly manufacturing processes leading to a good reputation, employee retention and attraction and profitability. The management is careful with the decisions and business operations they make regarding the environment since they affect their reputation and public
In this paper we will look at Bombardier’s history, its Board and how that board is structured and populated, and its interactions the Executive. We will also evaluate the make of board committees and the responsibilities of these committees. As we examine the functions and functionality of the board we will also consider the role external auditors play and Bombardier’s ethics culture and the role of the Board and CEO within that culture.
Bombardier under its promise statement “The evolution of mobility” brings the idea to create better ways to move people around the world in a more sustainable way where Bombardier desires to be a good corporate citizen (Bombardier, 2007 & Bombardier, 2017). However, Bombardier aligned its promise statement with the creation’ shareholder value where they seek not only to improve its profitability but as well as to convert its income in cash flow too (Bombardier, 2016). Thus, Bombardier developed all its strategy by determining the goals and objectivities that are connected to both their stakeholders, shareholder, and their own needs and wants in three pillars: health & safety, environment, and employees (Bombardier, 2017).
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is about how companies manage their business processes to produce a positive impact on society. Companies introduce new products in markets, usually after testing concludes that the product is safe for use or consumption. It is nearly impossible for a company to truly know all of the potential risks a brand new product may have, even after thorough testing. However, once a company receives reports that its product may be causing harm to consumers, it is their responsibility to conduct more research and tests to rule-out any possible truth in the reports. This is what a socially responsible company would do, one who is preoccupied not only with their bottom-line, but one that is also worried about its customers.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the set of regulations that an organization makes to protect and increase the society in which it functions. There are three areas of social responsiblity: Organizational stakeholders, the natural environment and general social welfare.
I chose to look into General Electric for this project because they are an energy supplier and multi-national company. Energy providers have a reputation as a money hungry companies that care about the bottom line more than people and the planet. It is easy for a person to assume that a corporation of GE’s size, money would be its only concern. What I learned was that GE has a public image problem more than a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) problem. The company has been working to make the people of the planet more Earth friendly by creating technology that has higher efficiency with fewer emissions and lower resource demands. GE has a well-established strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility. As a result of CSR the company has reaped profit benefits as well as a perceptibly better company image. It was with great expectation that I chose GE in the hopes to find an area that a global energy supplier would need improvement. I found that GE is within the top-10 of companies that demonstrate CSR. GE shares this distinguishment with other companies such as Patagonia, Nike and General Motors. Besides continuing the course they have started, GE could further add to their repertoire by providing roadmaps for other companies to follow in order to be a business with demonstrable CSR.
Many vehicle manufacturers have paid more attention on CSR to sustain their business development. Environmental management schemes, green supply chain management and labor codes of conduct are widely recognized and implemented within the industry (Martinuzzi et al., 2011). Automakers also rate it more important comparing to other factors of the company. For instance, the disclosure of the general movement of social and environmental accountability, according to the established opinion leaders in the automotive industry, is increasingly positioned at the forefront of any economy and business context (Russo-Spena et al.,
CSR is a concept where company involves in social and environmental in their business operations. This is done to achieve a balance of economic, environmental and social obligations.in simple terms giving a hand for those who are not capable of achieving with their objectives and attending to them so that they could make those objectives a reality. This could improve organizations cooperate image which would also leads to attain a high market share.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a method of integration of corporate self-regulation into a business model. A CSR is a business commitment to contribute on the environment and stakeholders which includes employees, consumers, investors, communities and others. Besides, CSR support the organisations mission and guide them to what the company stands for. According to Philip Kotler and Nancy Lee (2005), a CSR is doing the most good for your company and your cause. This statement explains that voluntary commitment of a business must be demonstrated in order to be labelled as a socially responsible both monetary and nonmonetary factors. For AirAsia, since they begin operation in 2001, they made a promise that “Now everyone can fly”. AirAsia views that corporate responsibility is means being responsible to people who is not their guest but communities
While the concept of an individual having responsibility is commonly recognized, modern views have lead to the emerging issue of corporate responsibility. Business Directory.com defines corporate social responsibility as, “A company’s sense of responsibility towards the community and environment (both ecological and social) in which it operates. Companies express this citizenship (1) through their waste and pollution reduction processes, (2) by contributing educational and social programs, and (3) by earning adequate returns on the employed resources.” But such a concept has been much disputed since at least the 1970’s.
There are now several concepts of CSR and its definition, along with the meaning across corporations. In my opinion, and according with our textbook in page 11. CSR is about a particular set of business and strategies that deal with social issues. In addition, we can clearly perceive that CSRs application along corporations has increase in the past decade due to the several local, and international regulations in order to enforce business to act responsible.