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Corporate Social Responsibility Flashcards

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Why should businesses and individuals have important citizen ship rose to fill?

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Many socio economic problems and challenges

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What is the corporate world acknowledging?

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It’s responsibility towards the society in which it operates

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What does everybody in a country have the role of playing?

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Maximising the potential of our resources

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What are individuals and businesses have the duty to contribute towards?

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Building the economy and helping people in their communities to live the best life

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What does EAP stand for?

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Economically active population

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What does an individual of the EAP contribute towards?

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Creating products and services which provide jobs and build the economy

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What jobs are aimed at helping the community?

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Teachers, social workers and medical staff

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How can individuals make a difference?

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Volunteering or helping out at churches, community centres in our treat

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Why do many businesses have corporate social responsibility departments and have specific projects?

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It counts towards their Intergrated Reporting

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What does corporate social responsibility departments do for public companies on the JSE?

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It enhances their FTSE/JSE responsible investment index series points

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What do you small businesses assist with?

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Non-government organisations and community based organisations

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What is JSE stand for?

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Johannesburg securities exchange

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What is NGO stand for?

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Nonn government organisations

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What does CBO stand for?

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Community-based organisations

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What does good corporate citizenship involved?

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Responsible action is being taken by business in terms of economic involvement, for sending legal obligations and acting in an ethical manner

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What does corporate citizenship make donations?

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Maze charitable donations and encourages employees involvement in poor communities

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Why is it not enough for them to be responsible corporate citizen?

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Focused on self interest through public relations

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Why do businesses in third world countries find themselves in a difficult position?

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Expectations from society are traditionally not responsible of the commercial centre but the government

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What rights do citizens have?

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Social rights, civil rights and political rights

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What is social right?

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Do you have access to proper infrastructure and other public services

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Why is large corporations required to take the responsibility for helping provide basic needs?

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The government cannot provide for it alone

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What does civil rights?

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The state insures the freedom Of movement and protection 

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What is political rights?

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The right to vote, to lobby and participate in political actions

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Due to large corporations not being involved in civil and political rights. What can they do?

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Insure the government is for filling its obligations to respect the rights of the citizens

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What can corporations be regarded as in right?

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Negotiators and problem-solving is on behalf of the citizens

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What does a responsible citizen require with resources?

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Act in a manner for the resources of the country by limiting pollution auntie responsible use of new technology

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What should corporations be held accountable for?

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For their actions

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What is the challenge in terms of corporate social responsibility?

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cheque-book approach of CSI to an involvement approach of giving skills, time and every day if it to make a difference

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What is the difference between CSR and CSI?

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CHR is the moral obligation to help and CSI is the actual capital, resources and labour

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Let’s do the challenges affecting the need for CSI in South Africa

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Book

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Positive impacts of CSI

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  • Job creation
  • Production of goods and services
  • Education, training
  • Nurturing social interaction - workplace
  • Promoting inclusion, acceptance diversity
    *Encourage entrepreneurship
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Who is preaching the importance of corporate social responsibility?

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Organisations on the GSE adhering to the FTSE/JSE as well as multinationals

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What leads to conflict?

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Different interest groups and the morrow or financial demands

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Why does different morrow or financial demands create conflict?

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Serving the interests of one’s party may be detrimental to the other party

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What is the organisations primary social responsibility?

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The business itself which consist of owners, employees, suppliers, consumers and competitors

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What is the broader social responsibility towards?

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Activities aimed at the At the country and the local community 

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Who are the owners?

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They have can’t you be to capital towards the business venture. They have direct interest in the financial performance. Impact value on investment

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What are the employees?

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At all levels have an interest in the financial performance which impacts their remuneration

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Who are the suppliers?

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Suppliers of raw material, capital goods and financial resources. Expect prompt payment from business.

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Why may supplies expecting prompt payment from business be a conflict with the businesses interest?

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The business is interest of delaying payment to create a better cash flow and financial Performance. If business delay is too long suppliers cannot survive 

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Who are the consumers?

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Have expectations in terms of the good quality products that will be available at a very reasonable price.

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What should a business consider when packaging products for the consumers?

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It’s a consider aspects such as environmental impact when the packaging is disposed of as well always convenient and appearance

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Who are the competitors?

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Businesses selling other brands or substitute products.

44
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Why won’t business include counterfeit goods?

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Corporate social responsibility

45
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What does businesses do in mind of the consumer?

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Spent a large amount of money developing successful products and establishing their brand

46
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What happens when a brand become successful?

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It may become the target of counterfeiting activities

47
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What does the world trade organisation define intellectual property as?

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Rights given to individuals over the creation of their minds

48
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What does the rights of intellectual trade attach themselves to you?

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Work of art, literary work or industrial business

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What does the government have an interest in?

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Businesses operating in the country

50
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What does The government use tax from businesses for? 

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To create infrastructure and an environment that stimulate more business operations

51
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Why should a business create a tax system?

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To increase national income levels to their maximum without overburdening the sector

52
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What has broader governments objectives of transformation prompted the government to address?

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Issues of social responsibility through various pieces of legislation

53
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Name the broader community

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• Ecological control and nature conservation without harming local communities
• Sponsor ship for sports activities
• Creation of infrastructure
• Upliftment of poor through training and development initiatives – improve literacy rates
• Health and safety
• AIDS and Covid prevention and treatment
• Anti-drug abuse campaigns
• Air, water and noise pollution 

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Name the arguments in favour of CSR

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• Society will encounter socio-economic problems – ultimately have detrimental affect on business
• Moral duty of business to lend a helping hand when I can
• The government were less likely in force the issue through legislation
• Promote the image of the business and gain good wall
• Making a difference three job creation and improving the general standard of living
• React more swiftly and adapt to providing assistance during lockdown 

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Name of the arguments again CSR

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• Providing goods and services to meet the needs
• Shareholders are the only real stakeholders – invested financially
• Employees are remunerated on how well business targets are met – CS our distracts from real responsibilities
• Spending money means that the business must recover it somehow which leads to higher prices and inflation
• May create expectations with the people of the community which ends in devastating results when expectations are not met
• Does not always lend it self to sustainable development in communities 

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How can businesses see if they are part of the solution instead of the problem?

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Look at specific impact they are having on community

57
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Name the two solutions

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General solutions
Specific solutions 

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What are the general solutions?

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• Manufacturing businesses – how do use raw material and impact on environment
• Businesses must assess whether supporting employees adequately – good remuneration, employment policies, cultural sensitivity
• Must analyse products and services – inferior products can harm customers, illegal activities
• How and where businesses enquire input material 

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What does the specific solutions consist of?

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Environmental, labour and ethical issues

60
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What are environmental issues?

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Global warming, carbon footprint and other threats need to be apology gender. Small contributions help save the planet

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Name small contribution that are helping the planet?

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Recycling, green energy, green buildings, reduced packaging, using recyclable materials

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What a labour issues?

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Businesses work within the confines of the labour law in the LR a and BCEA. Change sure they always up-to-date with new amendment

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What is the trade union movement?

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Management must ensure they communicate with a trade union representative – protect rights of workers

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What are ethical issues?

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Profit driving force in competitive global market. Many shortcuts on quality, working conditions, benefits, environmental consideration.

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What does ethical issues consist of? 

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Piracy and plagiarism

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What is piracy?

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Illegal copying and selling of books, information, music, movies or any other intellectual property which is residences

67
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Why do people and businesses register copyright on ideas, products or production?

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In order to benefit from selling them

68
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What are symbols used to register and is protected by law?

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Patents and trademarks

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What is plagiarism?

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Illegal use of information that does not necessarily mean the taking of registered materials

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What does plagiarism result in?

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Bad publicity and possible court cases

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Name designing external CSR programs

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• Look after the primary stakeholders and ensure business remain sustainable
• Size and profitability of business must be kept in mind before pledging to many resources
• Type of business is important
• Needs within the community 

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How do you make a difference in the long term?

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Set up structures to enable the community to stop becoming self-sufficient

73
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What are sustainable projects?

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Process is set up to ensure that the project continues

74
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What was the agenda for sustainable development adopted by?

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United nation member states

75
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What does the 2030 agenda for sustainable development to provide?

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I shared a blueprint for peace and prosperity for people on the planet

76
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How many sustainable development goals are there?

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17 goals which are an urgent call for action by all countries in global partnership

77
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What did the sustainable goals recognise?

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Ending poverty and other depravations must go hand-in-hand with strategies to improve health and education, reduce inequality and spur economic growth

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