David sm13 ppt_10

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Publishing as Prentice Hall
Ch 10 -1
Chapter 10
Business Ethics/ Social Responsibility/
Environmental Sustainability
Strategic Management:
Concepts & Cases
13th
Edition
Fred David

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Business Ethics
Social Responsibility

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Business Ethics
 Principles of conduct within
organizations that guide decision
making and behavior

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Business Ethics
 Code of Business Ethics
 A document that provides behavioral
guidelines that cover daily activities
and decisions within the organization

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Ethics Culture
 Ethics training should include:
 A message from the CEO
 Development and discussion of codes
of ethics
 Procedures for discussing and
reporting unethical behavior

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Ethics Culture
 To align ethical and strategic decision
making:
 Incorporate ethical considerations into long-
term planning
 Incorporate ethical considerations into
performance appraisals
 Encourage whistle-blowing
 Monitor department and corporate
performance regarding ethical issues

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Bribes
 A gift bestowed to influence a recipient’s
conduct
 Illegal in many countries, acceptable in
others

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Business Ethics

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 Actions an organization takes beyond
what is legally required to protect or
enhance the well-being of living things

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Social Policy
 Concerns what responsibilities the firm has to
its employees, consumers, environmentalists,
minorities, communities, shareholders, and
other groups
 Should be considered during each stage of
strategy formulation, implementation, and
evaluation

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Social Policies on Retirement
 Worker shortages in countries around the
world are leading to changes in retirement
and immigration policies

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Business Ethics

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 The extent that an organization’s
operations and actions protect, mend,
and preserve rather than harm or
destroy the natural environment

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 Strategies of companies are scrutinized
and evaluated from a natural
environment perspective
 Employees, consumers, governments,
and society are resentful of firms that
harm rather than protect the natural
environment

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Sustainability Report
 Reveals how a firm’s operation impact
the natural environment
 These reports are not required, but are
a good business practice

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Lack of Standards Changing
 Making a claim that a product or
process is “green” is becoming more
difficult as standards are put into place

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Obama Regulations
 New “clean technology” business
start ups
 Solar
 Wind
 Biofuels
 Insulation

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Managing Environmental Affairs in
the Firm
 Managers must formulate strategies that preserve
and conserve natural resources and control pollution
 Environmental strategies could include
 Developing or acquiring green businesses
 Divesting or altering environment-damaging
businesses
 Striving to become a low-cost producer through
waste minimization and energy conservation
 Pursuing a differentiation strategy through green
product features

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Students and Environmental Training
 Companies prefer to hire graduates
with training in environmental
issues

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Reasons Why Firms Should “Be
Green”
 Consumer demand
 Public opinion
 Environmental advocacy groups
 Federal and state environmental regulations
 Lenders
 Consumers, suppliers, distributors, and
investors
 Liability suits and fines

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Be Proactive, Not Reactive
 Proactive – do more than the bare
minimum
 Reactive – changing only when
forced to by the law or consumer
pressure

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ISO 14000/14001 Certification
 International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
 A network of standards institutes of 147
countries
 Largest developer of sustainability
standards in the world
 Compliance is voluntary

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ISO 14000/14001 Certification
 ISO 14000 - a series of voluntary standards
in the environmental field
 ISO 14001 – a set of standards included
within ISO 14000
 Adopted by thousands of firms worldwide to
certify that they are conducting business in
an environmentally friendly manner
 Results in an environmental management
system (EMS)

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Electric Car Networks
 Government funding for manufacturing
 Recharging stations being installed in many
cities
 Extensive research and development within
the auto industry
 Companies are replacing gasoline powered
vehicles with hybrid electric-natural gas
vehicles

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March 2009 Copenhagen Meeting
 Scientists warned that global warming is
worse than expected
 Companies and governments encouraged to
vigorously implement strategies to cut
greenhouse gases
 Kyoto Protocal expires in 2012
 Results of March 2009 Copenhagen Meeting
are expected to replace the Kyoto Protocal

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