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Ethical Considerations And Social Responsibilities Of Multi-National Companies

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Evaluate the recent trends on the ethical considerations and social responsibilities of multi-national companies. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organizations consider the wellbeing of the public by taking responsibility for the effect of their actions on all stakeholders; customers, employees, shareholders, communities and the environment in every aspect of their operations. This responsibility is seen to extend beyond the statutory obligation to comply with legislation and sees organizations willingly undertaking additional steps to improve the quality of life for employees and their families as well as for the local community and society at large. The role of CSR has become dramatically increased over a …show more content…

Companies across the world have seen the need to move into the Fairtrade market. Since the launch of Fairtrade there has been a dramatic increase in sales of their products. Since 1998 the estimated sales of Fairtrade products in the UK alone has risen from £16.7 million to £493 million.[2] Muti-national companies have seen the rapid growth and more and more companies are signing up to sell registered Fairtrade products to show the ethical consideration to the producers in developing nations. Costa Coffee who operate mainly in the UK with over 600 stores but also through Europe and Asia, have set up the Costa Foundation with the goal to "give something back to the communities within the countries from which we source our coffee beans."[3] Each year the Foundation implement programmes to improve the social and economic welfare of the countries that source their products. It is not just the Multi-national companies in the food and drink market who have adopted into the trend of becoming more socially responsible. HSBC one of the worlds largest banks adopted a ‘go carbon neutral’ campaign in 2005[4]. Its aim was to plant trees, reduce energy use, buy green electricity and trade carbon credits to cut carbon dioxode flows. This

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