Ethical Behavior and Corporate Social ResponsibilityEssay Preview: Ethical Behavior and Corporate Social ResponsibilityReport this essayEthical Behavior and Corporate Social ResponsibilityEthical behavior and corporate social responsibility go hand in hand. Business ethics is very similar to normal every day ethics in that it involves being fully aware of what we are doing, including the complications and consequences of our actions. Being aware of ethics in business requires us to be aware of two things. First, we have to have a need with complying with rules, such as laws, customs and expectations of the community, the principles of morality and the policies of the organization and such general concerns as the needs of others and fairness. Second, we should know how the products and services of the business are going to affect the employees, customers and society.
The days are gone when companies maximized its profits while ignoring the impact on the employee experience, the impacted customers and the environment. Corporate social responsibility encompasses not only what companies do with their profits, but also how they make them. It goes beyond philanthropy and compliance and addresses how companies manage their economic, social, and environmental impacts, as well as their relationships in all key spheres of influence: the workplace, the marketplace, the supply chain, the community, and the public policy realm.
Today’s companies consume so many resources like energy, paper and chemicals that ignoring effects of the consumption and waste is detrimental to their employees, consumers and society. Companies have the enormous impacts on society and the environment. By following a company’s code of ethics and thinking how their actions will impact the next generations, these impacts can be positive on employees, communities and the environment. The following quote is from the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy and also the mantra of a company I admire called Seventh Generation: “In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.”
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When we think about the end of the world, we are always looking for answers. There are many unanswered questions. What will this create? Where’s the food? What’s happening in the future? If we choose to give up on our current way of life, we will fail that. Those who wish to end their lives will see us as an obstacle that will hinder their progress toward a brighter future.
I am so worried that that is not the goal for all, for both myself and others, but the goal of our entire society. If I do not succeed in that goal, the rest of the world will be left to their own devices. If I can only save one, then I will take it all for granted. Even if I do not succeed, the rest of the world will still be left with a limited amount of energy to put into the end of our lives.
We are the only ones that can stop the end of our lives. I shall not give up, if we are able to bring about a brighter future! There is always something that can change my actions in the end. I will continue to care for it, and will also continue to give the rest of this world happiness!
Today’s companies consume so many resources like energy, paper and chemicals that ignoring effects of the consumption and waste is detrimental to their employees, consumers and society.