Exam III Flashcards

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What is this last exam about?

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Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR

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What is a license to operate for this class and CSR?

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Doing business in a responsible way

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What is the overall theme of BA342?

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Responsibility

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CSR language: what term is now used to describe corporate social responsibility?

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Old: CSR
New: Sustainability
Used interchangeably in most applications
Banking and Investment industry uses CSR

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What are the five major stakeholders of business?

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Community
Government
Employees
Consumers
Owners
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CSR is important to you because?

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It helps you to understand stakeholders

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Def: Responsibility

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The ability or authority to act or decide in one’s own without supervision
aka
can you do the right thing
(theme of this class)

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Def: responsible leadership

acc. to financial times

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making business decisions that takes into acct stakeholders such: as workers, clients, suppliers, the environment, the community, and future generations

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Walmart and New Orleans

A case on CSR

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Business saved the community
Disaster recovery unit to help people, operations, and the community
Donated $, sent truckloads of free supplies for people, located and helped employee’s families

Business can deploy faster than emergency services because there is already supply chains set up to move things quickly

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Overall, what are some Pros of Walmart?

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wide reach
low prices
largest company
employs 1.4M in US
Gave $1B cash and 2.2M hrs in 2012
Sustainability efforts
helped save the gulf
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Overall, what are some Cons of Walmart?

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not well trained/paid employees
dirty/disorganized stores
bad merchandizing
drives consumerism
hurts mom&pop shops
legal issues (most sued comp. in US)
bribery scandal in Mexico 2012
downtown declines
green becomes pavement
closed culture
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What makes you a good citizen?

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volunteering
nice/respectful
following the law
fair/just
golden rule
looking out for others
tolerance
honest/responsible
etc.
** Characteristics for the individual are the same as an organization **
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Corporate citizenship encompasses which three things?

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responsibility, responsiveness, and performance

chart in notes

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According to the business case for CSR, what are the 4 approaches?

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  1. defensive
  2. cost-benefit
  3. strategic
  4. innovation and learning
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According to the business case, what are the six reasons businesses take up CSR programs?

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  1. innovation
  2. cost savings
  3. brand differentiation
  4. long term thinking
  5. customer engagement
  6. employee engagement
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Walmart Case in the book

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Sam Walton’s early CSR initiatives: Buy American plan (made in the USA to combat buying foreign goods to keep prices cheap) and Environmental Awareness campaign (using environmentally friendly practices like recycled product tags)

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CSR: regulatory vs. revenue (IBM)

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used to be compliance now it adds money to the bottom line

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Only __% of companies said they were going to decrease CSR efforts according to IBM

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CSR and Duke

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Does being good = doing well

need to agree on standard metrics then users can weigh which categories are most important to them

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Hershey Food and CSR Initiatives

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project peanut butter to fight malnutrition
increase cocoa farmer productivity
decrease water usage and waste
people give time and money to help community

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What is not a direct benefit of CSR?

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increased production

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Why is Adam Smith important to BA342?

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He’s like the original prof
“A wealth of Nations”
“Theory of Moral Sentiments”
If you do business morally you will do well

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What are the 4 eras of the history of CSR?

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  1. Economic Model - 1700
  2. Legal Model - 1800
  3. Social Model - 1850
  4. Stakeholder Model 1950+
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What is the Iron Law of Responsibility?

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In the long run those who do NOT use their power in a way in which society considers responsible, they will tend to lose it

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Unilever and CSR
1st was all about shareholder value and profits in the 70s more recently said "It's all about products, but you also have to play about the rules" Unilevers most CSR centered products have performed the best ex. Dove
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Stockholders vs. Stakeholders
``` Stockholders = owners stakeholders = people with interest in the company in some other way ```
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Case New Holland and their stakeholders
Belville, PA local tractor company that had plant go out of business because it was too expensive Shut down = local economy crashed employees, families, local economy, mgmt, local business, housing, other plants, local govt, taxes
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CSR: the 4 key stakeholder groups
Employees Consumers Gov't and non-gov't Community *employee and consumers are main two
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Def: social contract
a contract between employer and employee with how they will do business ex. Toyota's no lay-off policy
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Social progression and employees
1. personnel 2. human resources 3. human capital
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iFactory and Fox Conn: pros and cons | Apple's Social Contract?
``` Pros: jobs modern facility benefits shelter/food social interaction ``` ``` Cons: long days w/ low wage unscheduled OT no privacy (living) company food/dorm low interest work suicide leave home/family ```
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Def: moral management (employees)
employees are a human resource and you should treat them with dignity
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Def: Amoral management (employees)
treat employees the way the law requires
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Def: Immoral management (employees)
employees are just factors of production so you can exploit them for personal gain
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Moral management example (employees)
alta gracia and knights apparel brand tagging clothes with messages from the makers of the garments - customers will pay premium to know that their clothes came from a socially responsible place they are given livable wages and turnover is extremely low in their plant
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Immoral management example (employees)
child labor laws UN developing global guidelines on child employment exploited in other countries
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Amoral management example (employees)
``` investment banking long hours w/ no work/life balance get paid a lot but at what price? worked to the bone suicide relationships fail drug use **Overworked and Underwhelmed article** ```
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What are the big 3 rights that employees have?
Fired w/ cause shared Due process Freedom of speech
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Example: fired for cause
Steve Jobs you can't fire people because you have differing viewpoints or you will get sued have to have a real HR problem to fire appropriately
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What is employment at will?
In the US, you sign a "deal" but can back out at any point in time as an employee, and the employer also reserves the right to fire you as long as your basic rights are not infringed upon
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The article from HR Magazine was about?
Employment at Will | pros and cons
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What are the exceptions to "At Will"? (4)
public policy - you cannot fire an employee because they refuse to commit an illegal act Implied control - employees can be held to standards set in the handbook or code of conduct that they may have not known existed Good faith principle - employers run the risk of getting sued if they do not give their employees every chance to succeed before their termination Discrimination laws - protected classes have own set of rights
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What are the 4 things to keep in mind when you are going to fire someone?
1. have you been fair? 2. have you been consistent with all? 3. was it business related? 4. do you have good documentation?
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Def: due process
right to receive an impartial review of one's complaints and to be dealt with fairly
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Def: ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution aka resolving suits without litigation those numbers don't get reported for $$ rewarded
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Due Process and Coca Cola
MLK set to boycott coca cola before he was assassinated because they treated blacks unfairly lawsuits even to this day about discrimination in coke factories
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def: freedom of speech
the right to express your opinions without censorship, restraint, or retaliation falls under responsibility
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def: whistle blower
a former or current employee who discloses improper actions by members of the organization with the goal to effect change
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Ex. Whistle Blowing
ADM and price fixing largest case in history happened in 1990 Mark Whittiker took them down (movie The Informant)
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Employee stakeholders have three expectations, what are they?
privacy safety health
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Def: privacy
right to keep personal affairs to oneself and to know about how information about you is being used
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Ex. Privacy
ruling in Europe that says you can petition google to have excessive/damaging information about you removed from their search engine still an issue, Europe more conservative than US on privacy laws, are we entitled to that info since it is online google can reject petitions
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What are some privacy laws?
``` surveillance and monitoring electronic communication privacy act background checks integrity interviews fair credit reporting act EEOC laws drug testing ADA ```
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What are the 6 job safety injury categories?
``` transportation contact with objects harmful substance exposure assaults/violent acts falls fire and explosions ```
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What is the most dangerous job in the world?
commercial fisherman
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What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration created in 1970
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What are three health initiatives in the workplace today?
family and medical leave act smoking americans with disabilities act
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Why did we watch the video The Naked Brand?
to show that the creation and communication of our products needs to be accurate and truthful
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What was the importance of Dutch Boy lead paint?
National lead brand but rebranded with a picture of a kid and advertised to children to create the illusion that it was safe but kids were actually dying from ingesting the paint they lobbied gov to allow them to regulate themselves and performed unethically today there is still lead paint out there and recalls for lead paint products; harm kids and employees
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Customer Care Measurement and Consulting numbers
45% serious issues 60-70% enraged over how the issue was managed 45% of CEOs felt they did not gain their customer's loyalty
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What is the iceberg analogy when it comes to customer complaints?
1-5% complain to management 45% complain to front-line employees 50% don't complain at all
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If we have a bad experience how many people are we going to tell versus if we had a good experience?
2 people = bad | 1 person = good
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According to the Better Business Bureau, what 3 industries have the most complaints?
1. banking 2. advertising 3. automotive
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What are the 4 basic rights of consumers according to the Consumer Magna Carta?
safety choice informed heard
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Who creates the rights for consumers?
The Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Def: moral management (consumers)
customers are equal partners so you have to give them a fair value and full information
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Def: amoral management (consumers)
letter of law and management rights | profits are not customer driven
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Def: immoral management (consumers)
customers are normally exploited | there is an intent to cheat or deceive them
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What type of management (moral, amoral, immoral) is the dutch boy paint case?
amoral - CEOs planning to use child to appeal to children immoral - their absolute decision to allows those things to happen
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Def: consumerism
a social movement seeking to augment the rights and powers of buyers in relation to sellers
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Is every stockholder a stakeholder?
yessss
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Coke and Pepsi in India
pesticides in the water and other drinks they offered indian gov doesn't have proper regulations on this sector unethical business practices now their taking too much from the water supply too tried to attack with marketing but realized they needed to take a CSR approach
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Coca Cola and CSR
``` realized marketing wasn't working in India so they implemented these measures: water conservation and knowledge rainwater harvesting refurbishing water tables giving clean water to children schools recycling scholarships employing the physically disabled rehabilitation after tsunami partnering with local schools and universities showing employees working for consumers ```
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What are some problems that consumers have with businesses?
``` overprices products poor quality misleading ads hidden fees poor service product failures ignoring complaints poor guarantees mishandled complaints dangerous products poor information unclear service help misleading labeling ```
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What are the two major consumer stakeholder focuses?
product information and the product itself (safety and quality) ex. smartphone info from online class
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Product information must be these 3 things:
clear accurate adequate
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What are the 4 major advertising issues? (what NOT to do)
ambiguous advertising concealed facts exaggeration psychological appeals
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Ex. psychological appeals
words like: healthy, protect, keep safe, look young, strong, prevent Designed to target what your weak point is or what you are sensitive about and exploit it ex. bowflex 20mins/day you can look hot ex. Sense weightloss look thin (statements not guaranteed; not clear on what you should eat or not)
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Ex. exaggeration
words like: greatest, best in class, top seller, must have puffery! ex. burger king pictures vs. reality ex. vitamin water - restore nutrition (but low nutritional value, pretty much sugar water)
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Ex. concealed facts
words like: never goes up*, rates up after two years* AIRLINES and Cellphone plans fine print syndrome: prices, taxes, fees, side effects, etc.
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Product placement, past vs. present
past was very subtle now its more upfront these days can change what the actor/actress says based on location
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FTCs stance on Product Placement
people have the right to know when they are being advertised to and by whom
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ex. ambiguous advertising
Words: deluxe, cool, effective, fast,etc. ex. "fresh cigarettes"
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Free and sale, are they real?
free but continue to charge you (cable companies) retail and sales - not really what you believe
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What did the CEO of JCPenny have to say about sales?
they initially mark up their products to protect there margins whenever a sale price is applied
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What are the big issues associated with advertising to children?
``` influences $5B in spending companies spend $15B to market to them don't understand the intent to buy recognize logos at young age dont understand advertising claims might have issues ```
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If you are advertising to children, what should it entail?
``` know children cannot discern ads don't be deceptive/unfair have objective information dont stimulate unreasonable expectations don't market inappropriately avoid social stereotypes advertising should be educational contribute to parent-child relationship ```
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What 2 groups have regulation on product information?
government and industry
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Def: Industry Regulation on product information
self discipline do it themselves pure by industry sometimes they will call in a 3rd party to regulate
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Def: Government Regulation on product information
negotiated between industry and the gov mandated to be legal costs more $$
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Professional ethics - AICPA
have laws to regulate their own industry ethics everyone must follow in their sector
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What is the point of the Better Business Bureau?
advertising code in every community in the United States Rates businesses by consumers
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What are the 2 purposes of the FTC?
Federal Trade Commission 1. maintain free and fair competition in the economy 2. protect consumers from unfair or misleading practices think Adam Smith and how people should act
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The product itself has two parts, what are they?
1. the safety of the product | 2. the quality of the product
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What is the CPSC?
Consumer Product Safety Commission help settle product issues
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Firestone/Ford case and the product itself
tread comes loose from the firestone tires and the companies go back and first blaming it on each other instead of just owning up to it eventual recalls after highway traffic safety admin is involved product safety and quality
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What are the three legal views on product quality and safety?
Contractual - should know how to use Due Care - stickers, warnings, instructions Social costs - any unknown issues ex. falls off ladder
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Def: caveat emptor
let the buyer beware
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def: caveat vendor
let the seller take care