Corporate Social Responsibility: An Analysis in Business Law & Ethics

This report provides an analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its interrelation with corporate behavior, examining ethical, moral, and legal considerations within business activities. It covers key elements of CSR, including environmental efforts, philanthropy, volunteering, and ethical practices, and explores the connection between corporate behavior and CSR in fostering positive attitudes and ethical conduct. The report also references the Harvard Kennedy School M-RCBG programs and Joel Bakan's documentary, highlighting differing perspectives on the impact and implementation of CSR. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of CSR in creating ethical and moral conduct within organizations, while acknowledging varying viewpoints on its actual impact.

Business Law and
Ethics

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Corporate Social Responsibility............................................................................................3
Key elements of CSR..............................................................................................................3
Important practises through CSR.........................................................................................4
Corporate Behaviour.............................................................................................................5
Inter-relation between Corporate behaviour and CSR........................................................5
Policy of Harvard Kennedy School M-RCBG programs.....................................................5
Documentary by Joel Bakan.................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
In all the business activities there is been seen that it serves out to be an important
element that their should be a systematic approach that is needed to be managed for the growth,
positivity and production. For enhancement and general practise it is being implied that all the
nature and their validations are concerned to be an important factor. For managing the positivity
with the organisation it is being implied that the ethical, moral and the legal concerns are to be
followed so as to make an effective approach and betterment in the society (Adnan, Hay, and van
Staden, 2018). In this report their will be an analysis for all the corporate social responsibility
and along with it the interrelation with the corporate behaviour and responsibility. Further it will
also cover all the important implementation with the corporation and the policies with the
documentary of Joel Bakan.
MAIN BODY
Corporate Social Responsibility
This is a social concerning practises in the organisation which helps out to manage all the
integrating factors and this also provides the social areas and management with general course of
time. It is the international practises which focus on contributing towards the societal growth and
also in managing and engaging in all the ethical and general volunteering process. Their main
aim is to maintain the positivity in the organisation and also to fulfil the demands of these
sections which are not being able to get all the facilities by themselves. CSR is an internal policy
followed by the organisation where they impose and manage all the ethical practises and
promotes internal standards. This manages a balance between all the economic, environmental,
social and other general areas and laws. The main aim and the effect of practising the corporate
social responsibility is that it helps to maintain a positive image of the company and also
increases the values and the strength with all ethical and moral objectives (Ye, and et. al., 2020).
Key elements of CSR
The major focus of the corporate social responsibility is to maintain the protection for the
working areas and also to develop environmental management, stakeholders engagement, eco-
efficiency, managing community with employees relations,gender, human rights, standard of
labours, social equity, sourcing and many more. The main focus of all these are to maintain

growth, sales and capitals with increased profitability and productivity. This also promotes the
operational areas through which the customers loyalty is being managed and decision making
can be analysed. Their involves all the risk between the society with their workplace. corporate
social responsibility concerns to follow all (Wang and Sarkis, 2017). Therese elements so as to
effectively implements the growth and the culture and also to evaluate a positive code of conduct
in the environment.
Important practises through CSR
Their are some important practises which are led by the companies so as to manage the
general practise of CSR they are mentioned there under: Environmental efforts- Their is been seen that CSR implies all the nature and the
working in which the concerns related to environment are being created. Their is been
seen that it focus on managing all the sustainable development and all practises through
which the pollution can be removed and lowered. The organisation tends to practise all
such methods through which the protection of the global environment can be led out and
managed. Philanthropy- This includes all the charity, donations and the general help which is being
raised by the organisation through the social funds. It concerns with the management and
the general methods through which the company can implicate and perform all such fund
raising through which growth and the manage in the company can be enhanced and that
some small portion can be used group the help of individuals. Here the large organisation
manage all the brand and charity fund through which betterment of the society is
managed. Volunteering- This involves all the local and the individuals to manage all the social
cause through which they may develop the growth in the society and create a positivity
for all the social cause and their management. Their involves the youths being working
for giving a strong message in the society and also for raising the funds to help the poor. Ethical Practise- Their involves all the ethical and the moral conducts through which
business implications are managed and this also involves all the code of conducts and
their appropriate working with ethics and fair manner (Hou, 2019).

Corporate Behaviour
This is a behavioural approach through which all the ethical codes, legal rules and the
conducts are being practised in order to manage the social principles and the responsibility so as
to implicate all the conducts ion the general areas and terms. CSR is an ultimately a forgoing
process through which the perceptions and the general involvement with their maintained are
being incorporated. This recognise all the perceptions and the tendency through which the
companies try to behave ion an ethical manner with all their working employees and the
stakeholders involved in the company. Their is been seen that corporate behaviour given an
action through which ethical strategies can be raised and there is been seen all the ethical
perceptions with the involvement of law and their conducts.
Inter-relation between Corporate behaviour and CSR.
The CSR is an important social responsibility through which the effective managemnt
and the ethical conducts are managed. This involves all the positive attitudes through which the
growth and the moral and ethical areas are concerned. Their is been seen that all the ethical areas
are the main encompassing method through which legal, economic and social areas are managed.
Whereas, the corporate behaviour is related to the involvement with the stakeholders in all the
working areas. This is generally the practise through which the mutual agreements and the
working can be maintained for the growth of the company (Yamane and Kaneko, 2021). This is
managed so as to create a responsibility in all the economic and social decisions in organisation.
Both the CSR and Corporate behaviour are linked with one another as they manages all
the nature in which they focus on creating the positivity in the environment and also maintain the
growth and the economic relations through which the improvement in all the segments can be
framed. Thus, CSR provides growth and the development with ethical and morals values.
Policy of Harvard Kennedy School M-RCBG programs
In all the organisation and their working areas their can be seen that so many upliftment
and their working tends to manage the growth and the responsibilities through which
accountability can be developed. It involves all the fundamental issues as according to Harvard
Kennedy there is being seen that so many elements and the key functions are being carried out
through which the growth and the implementation of CSR is managed. Here different policies
are made like the educational policy, finance policy, technological innovations and other general
techniques are framed. Their is being seen that they had made certain programs as according to

which all the policies should corporate social responsibilities in their behaviour and their as to be
made all the advanced techniques through which betterment can be developed (Lu and et. al.,
2020).
Their main focus through all these programs is to make such effective strategies that all
the public and private sectors can be managed with environmental concerns.
Documentary by Joel Bakan
According to his documentary which is being raised by him about the corporation and
their practises of working concerns majorly about the viability and the profit and power which is
raised through different elements as Joel Bakan in University of the British Columbia provides
that there is been seen that companies usually focus on power, profit and all the pursuits of the
pathological functions. They do not manage all the positivity and CSR in their behaviour and
working. He acknowledged that CSR provides all those ingratiate ends through which the
suspecting rights of the individuals are served and the business manages less approach in the
CSR and their variable areas. His documentary emphasised on social responsibilities and other
moral issues and aspects (Chattopadhyay, Shaffer and Wang, 2020).
CONCLUSION
From this above report it can be concluded that Business law is an important element
through which the legal issues and the matters are being managed. In all the organisation it is
important to manage the corporate social responsibility so as to create a ethical, moral conducts
in their working. CSR covers important elements like philanthropy, environmental, ethical etc.
corporate behaviour and CSR uplifted a major role through which growth and their channelising
effects are being termed and managed. Furthermore, it is also concluded that according to
documentary of Joel Bakan the CSR do not have much impact on the companies as they work
according to production and practises.

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