Good Corporate Social Responsibility Practices by Companies

This report discusses good corporate social responsibility practices by companies, including Google, Xerox, TOMS shoes, Ben & Jerry’s, and BMW. The report highlights the initiatives taken by these companies to support the environment, community, and ethical practices. The report concludes that these companies understand their responsibility towards society and have initiated different programs for the welfare of society.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Examples of the companies with good CSR practices....................................................................3
Google..........................................................................................................................................3
Xerox...........................................................................................................................................3
TOMS shoes................................................................................................................................4
Ben & Jerry’s...............................................................................................................................4
BMW...........................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The report is based on the good corporate social responsibility practices that are conducted by
every company for the welfare of society. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is a form of
corporate self-regulation combined into a business model. The examples related to the good
practice are presented in the report which might include demonstrations of environmental,
responsibility, good governance practice and ethical or community-oriented behaviors (Tai &
Chuang, 2014).

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Examples of the companies with good CSR practices
Google
The world’s most popular search engine company Google is also one of the companies who
perform the good corporate social responsibility practice. The company has made some of the
aggressive moves on the multiple fronts towards the good citizenship. Some of the examples of
company’s efforts are Google Green. Google Green is one of the corporate effort to generate the
awareness regarding the efficient use of resources and to support renewable power. Apart from
this, the company is working effectively so that they can reduce its carbon footprint and make
their products safe and better for the environment of the society (Moreno, 2015). The company
provides the facilitating green commuting to decrease the energy use at their data centers to
recycling old equipment. The company inspects the each and every part of their business with an
environmental lens.
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is one of the American global corporations that sell digital document and
print along with the document technology products in approximately more than 160 countries. A
well-known leading printing giant Xerox provides many such programs that support the
corporate social responsibility. The community involvement program encourages welfare of
society by involving the employees was introduces by company (Vertigans & Idowu, 2017).
Since the year 1974, approximately ½ million of employees participated in the program initiated
by the company. The company earmarked over $1.3 million to facilitate the 13,000 employees to
contribute to the community-focused causes in the year 2013 (Moreno, 2015). The company got

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the acknowledgment from the community but along with this the company also got the support
from their employees. Xerox Company is involved in various CSR initiatives from the Green
World Alliance to contribution in the Electronic Industry Citizen Coalition.
TOMS shoes
TOMS is one of the companies which are not well known in the market but the charity work
done by the company is impressive. The company came into the existence with the idea of giving
back. TOMS corporate social responsibility practice is towards the needs of the children that is
essential for society. After selling every pair of shoes the company donates the pair of shoes to a
child who needs it. This initiate shows the caring attitude of the company towards the kids and
now the current vision of the company is “care for kids”. The company has already donated more
than 10 million pairs of shoes to the kids. The company keeps launching new initiatives after
acknowledging the problems faced by the communities across the world (Espenson, 2014).
For instance; TOMS Eyewear helped 400,000 people to restore the eyesight by providing them
eyewear treatment. TOMS Roasting Co. offered more than 335,000 weeks of fresh and safe
water in almost 6 countries. Along with this TOMS, bag collection is providing the support to the
pregnant women for safe delivery. For this approach, the company is providing training for
skilled birth attendants and distributing birth kits containing items (Al-Bender, 2017).
Ben & Jerry’s
The company came into existence in the year 1985 by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. Since its
foundation company is focused towards the corporate social responsibility and they were also
aware of the fact of connecting the employees with the company. To accomplish the goals
associated with the CSR practice the company created “Ben & Jerry foundation". The company

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decided to give 7.5% of its pretax profits to the charitable organization across the world. Ben &
Jerry always presented its deep respect for the human being irrespective they are working for a
company or not. Due to this, the company donated approximately 2 million dollar to a different
organization with the motive that this amount will create the positive impact on the society
(Murray, 2015). Currently, the foundation awards more than $1.8 million every year to fund
community action, sustainability, social change, and some other initiatives in the home state and
around the world.
BMW
BMW is a German multinational company which currently manufactures automobiles and
motorcycles. The company established in the year 1916 and has its headquarters in Munich,
Bavaria. BMW grasps the pride of being one of the most socially responsible company’s within
the industry. The company has set the goal of helping more than one million people by the year
2020. To accomplish the goal the company has the plan to form programs like The Schools
Environmental Education Development as this program help to generate the social and
environmental issues. The key success of the CSR of BMW is the alignment and the balance of
the company between a good business model and the social causes (ArAs, 2016). The company
has already finished 100 years in the business and along with that, the company is successful in
maintaining sustainability index. Overall, the aspect of the company's operations is social
responsibility program of the company which consists of education, wellness, inter-cultural
understanding as a key tenet of an obligation to the stable economic development and social
peace.

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Conclusion
It can be concluded from the report that there are numerous companies who like to bring changes
in the society and for that, these companies take the responsibility to bring the welfare of the
society. The report reflects the details related to the examples of companies who understand their
responsibility towards the society due to which they initiate different programs for the welfare.

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