Chapter 1: Social Responsibility Framework Flashcards
Is a legal entity created by an individual or group of shareholders who have ownership of the corporation to engage in business activities.
Corporation
Who defines a corporation as a structure established by law to allow different parties to contribute to capital, expertise, and labor.
Monks and Minow
It has been a popular form of business organization because of four appealing attributes:
- Limited liability
- transferability of ownership
- legal personality
- centralized management
Owners of corporations may protect their assets from being foreclosed or confiscated, and creditors can only recover debts incurred by the company through liquidation of remaining assets
Limited Liability
Allows a shareholder to sell his shares of stocks in the stock market freely should he/she decided to let go a part or all of his shares unless explicitly stated in the corporate by laws.
Transferability
Corporations are _______________ and are sometimes defined as “legal persons”
Legal entities
Accdg. to _____________, there is no minimum number of incorporators but shall not have more than 20.
2019 RCC
True or False
Today, a corporations is granted a perpetual corporate term
True
Is a manifestation of good corporate governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Is th responsibility of companies to act and behave ethically to satisfy their various stakeholders’ needs.
CSR
Who provided four dimensions that provide a structure or framework that characterize companies’ responsibilities
Archie Carroll (1991)
Four dimensions
- Economic
- Legal
- Ethical
- Philanthropic
The lowest layer of the pyramid suggests that companies must first profitable after they have paid their obligations to employees and suppliers and conform to consumers’ needs and demands
Economic
A corporation is created througl law and as such must abide by the rules and regulations imposed for fairness and justice.
Legal
To fulfill this responsibility, companies need to truly embrace _______________, meaning, issues that pertain to the improvement of human lives must be addressed without compromise.
Philanthropic
Who argued that sole responsibility of corporations is to generate profit for the shareholders and that it is the government’s responsibility to provide for society’s needs.
Milton friedman
Drivers of CSR
Regulation
- Markrt Behavior
- Social Activism
- Culture
- Strategy
Barriers
- Limuted Financial resources
- Profit Maximization
- Availability of human resources
Who introduce CSR
Howard Bowen 1953
Who introduce Balanced Scorecard
Kaplan and Norton (1996)