what historical trends have affected the social resposibilites of business? Solution Various types of historical trends have affected the social responsibilities of business in a positive way. The Principles of scientific management saw its first roots due to the historical industrial inefficiency in the business back in late 19th and 20th century. In terms of women’s role in the industry revolution, there was a marked change of attitude on the minds of the people over the years and more acceptance of the ‘Working class’ image of the women in general in the field of business. To throw more light upon this aspect, let’s go back to the days of the Industrial revolution to tap the historical trends of the same: There was a dire need to working opportunities for the women in working class families during the days of the Industrial revolution due to the economic crisis in their families. The scope of opportunities for the women revolved primarily in the area of domestic services, daily wages labor class workers or in the textile mills. However, the working environment was not very conducive for the women to work in due to unhygienic conditions prevailing at that time along with the exposure of them to the hazardous work surroundings. There was also no parity witnessed in the wages that were granted to the men and that to the women for similar jobs. Men assumed higher positions than women in the working class families. However, due to the cash crunch faced by the economically regressed families, the dependencies upon the women as well, to get into the working class families increased. Women also faced oppositions from the male fraternity from banning them from working in certain areas that the males believed women could not do justice with. However, with the advent of new and emerging technologies, women’s scope of work migrated from domestic maids or factory workers to now, clerical jobs too. Accordingly their independence in the field of work rose. The awareness among the women fraternity now started increasing with women fighting for their rights in the working system. With rapid industrialization, women stood up to voice their opinions and started demanding for equality with the status and facilities availed by the men. As a result, a healthy competition initiate in the labor class of the society with the men trying to keep pace with the women in every field which was earlier predominantly managed by men. However, due to the wages differentiation still posing as a challenge for the women who expected parity in terms of the wage structure as well, there grew a demand for the female workers in factories and other places owing to the concept of availing women laborers for cheaper wages. However, with women trying to strike balance between the household as well it was necessary for them to contribute to the earnings in the family by getting themselves employed outside the household, the lives of their children became more challenging since they had.

1. what historical trends have affected the social resposibilites of business?
Solution
Various types of historical trends have affected the social responsibilities of business in a
positive way. The Principles of scientific management saw its first roots due to the historical
industrial inefficiency in the business back in late 19th and 20th century.
In terms of women’s role in the industry revolution, there was a marked change of attitude on the
minds of the people over the years and more acceptance of the ‘Working class’ image of the
women in general in the field of business. To throw more light upon this aspect, let’s go back to
the days of the Industrial revolution to tap the historical trends of the same:
There was a dire need to working opportunities for the women in working class families during
the days of the Industrial revolution due to the economic crisis in their families. The scope of
opportunities for the women revolved primarily in the area of domestic services, daily wages
labor class workers or in the textile mills. However, the working environment was not very
conducive for the women to work in due to unhygienic conditions prevailing at that time along
with the exposure of them to the hazardous work surroundings. There was also no parity
witnessed in the wages that were granted to the men and that to the women for similar jobs. Men
assumed higher positions than women in the working class families. However, due to the cash
crunch faced by the economically regressed families, the dependencies upon the women as well,
to get into the working class families increased. Women also faced oppositions from the male
fraternity from banning them from working in certain areas that the males believed women could
not do justice with. However, with the advent of new and emerging technologies, women’s scope
of work migrated from domestic maids or factory workers to now, clerical jobs too. Accordingly
their independence in the field of work rose. The awareness among the women fraternity now
started increasing with women fighting for their rights in the working system. With rapid
industrialization, women stood up to voice their opinions and started demanding for equality
with the status and facilities availed by the men. As a result, a healthy competition initiate in the
labor class of the society with the men trying to keep pace with the women in every field which
was earlier predominantly managed by men. However, due to the wages differentiation still
posing as a challenge for the women who expected parity in terms of the wage structure as well,
there grew a demand for the female workers in factories and other places owing to the concept of
availing women laborers for cheaper wages.
However, with women trying to strike balance between the household as well it was necessary

2. for them to contribute to the earnings in the family by getting themselves employed outside the
household, the lives of their children became more challenging since they had to grow up mostly
on their own and had to take care of the younger siblings in the families too. There was hence a
rise of child mortality rate due to the low care and dietary supervision given to such children. As
a result, the women started bringing their children to their workplace. Exploitation of child labor
began to take place at this phase. Moreover, women became merely a product at the Factory
workplaces. The migrated workers, be in males or females who would settle in the Urban areas
for work, would go back home to visit their families at weekends. The males would enter into
various social vices with the women being the victims of prostitutions. This gave rise to the
brothels and whore houses in the middle of 19th century. Women were further not considered as
versatile when it came to the domestic front of their activities with the belief that the Factory
women workers have gradually forgotten their household management skills.
In a broader sense of the women’s role in Industrial revolution, men started unionizing against
women for the women were gradually getting more employment than the men owing to cheaper
wages. On the other hand, there was a change in the prevailing political scenario as well. With
women fighting for their rights in the system, there was unrest in the political set-up thereby
granting a gradual change in the whole system. There were various reforms observed in the laws
governing the marriages. Certain laws were extreme upon women like the ones dealing with
estates. Certain laws got reformed to make it more favorable to the women at their workplace as
well. Women started resorting to the print media to voice their opinions across the country. All
this factors went into influencing the change in social ideologies of the people in the society. As
a result, in the latter half of the 19th century, major movements happened in terms of the overall
political agenda initiated by women. These movements were reading the Society for Promoting
the Employment of Women, the Committee for Obtaining the Admission of Women to
University Examinationinations, and the National Union for the Education of Girls of All Classes
above the Elementary. These movements further continued to impart training to the young
women to make them ready to face the challenges of the Trade and Manufacturing sector.
Various other political changes were also the result of women initiatives in the whole system.
However, with child labor gradually rising due to the women in the families unable to leave back
their children without proper supervision, urged the Government to implement the Child labor
laws across the nation to stop the exploitation of the young souls at workplaces. With
industrialization, the status of women transformed phenomenally, with the each of the societal
members getting impacted in some way or the other. There was overall rise in the economic
independence of the women during this period.
Next, to throw some light upon the American Unionization movement:

3. Citizens now realize that there could be a balance between the the employees or the employer,
involved in the process of social responsibility in Business so as to ensure that there is no
monopoly. With the advent of Globalization, the collective negotiation power of the Unions
especially in the area of demanding more wages and salaries, has been curbed down substantially
as the Companies anyway offer better facilities and attractive packages to the potential
employees to make them contribute towards the Organizational growth. In the past, Unions were
truly regarded as the mouthpiece of the workers who were exploited by the management to a
greater extent with lack of transparency in their working standards. As a result, it was necessary
to have such Unions in place that could help to correct such unethical practices in the industry.
However, the conditions have improved and hence the Unions can peacefully negotiate the terms
of employment rather than aggressively attacking the performance of the Company. In the early
decades of the 20th century, the workers who gained the most through expansion of labor unions
were the Black workers since the racial discrimination was more prevalent in those times. As
against that, the Labor unions need not actually work in such welfare activities in today's era
since the Organizations are itself trying to eradicate any racial discrimination practice at work
places. Therefore, even in this case, the Union needs to pitch in only in cases where such
discriminations are still prevalent and where the EEOC laws are not adhered by the employers.
For example, the Americans have shown the world the attitude the tolerance by even electing its
Black president in the recent past hence it clearly shows the country is committed to eradicate
such discriminatory practices even in the Organization.
Moreover, in the recent past, the very purpose of the Unions has changed. More than demanding
of better pay packages and compensations, the unions demand for the overall well being of the
employees and to establish more ethical standards to make the Organization more accountable
towards their activities. In earlier days, there was hardly any awareness about the conformance of
Ethical norms and values in the Organization. As a result, Unions had to actively interfere in the
matter of how the businesses were run by such Organizations. However, the scenario has much
improved today. Hence the Union concerns about the same are not much visible as ethical issues
are anyway an important matter of concern to the Organizations. Therefore, yet again a situation
of the balancing act.