Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Status Anxiety Case Study

This report provides a comprehensive evaluation of Status Anxiety's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. It delves into the company's approach to Human Resource Management (HRM), highlighting training programs, employee benefits, and adherence to ethical standards like the Modern Slavery Act. The report also scrutinizes Status Anxiety's Supply Chain Management (SCM), emphasizing its vertical structure, adoption of new technologies for warehouse management, and efforts to ensure ethical sourcing of materials, particularly regarding animal welfare and environmental sustainability. The analysis underscores the company's commitment to CSR through various practices, aiming to enhance employee development, foster ethical business conduct, and minimize environmental impact. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the significance of CSR for the organization's success.

BUSINESS EVALUATION / REVIEW
– CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
STATUS ANXIETY APPROACH TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.................3
STATUS ANXIETY SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT......................................................4
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the activity which the organization
conducts for the betterment of society. There are several medium through which the firm give
benefit to the society. Status Anxiety is a luxury fashion organization has been considered in
the report. It is renowned for its leather products and services. This report will focus on the
Status Anxiety human resource management and the benefits it provides to its employees. On
the other hand, emphasis is laid on the supply chain management of Mulberry. Through these
practices, the CSR activities conducted by the organization can be recognized.
STATUS ANXIETYAPPROACH TO HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Status Anxiety is the luxury organization of UK and it is famous for its leather goods.
Corporate social responsibility in form of HRM is important for every organization whether it
is small or large. The government had made compulsory for the firms to carry out some
activities for the benefit of the employees (Lindgreen and Swaen, 2010). It is advantageous
for the organization because it helps in establishing effective goodwill in the market. By
serving the society, the organization can attract large number of individuals towards them
which will help in increasing profitability of the organization.
The organization effectively carries out the corporate social responsibility by helping
the employees in raising the standard of living. In case of Status Anxiety they have the simple
approach towards the society, community, environment etc. they motivate the employees to
effectively fulfil their responsibility towards the society (Carroll and Shabana, 2010). They
have carried out the CSR activity in the form of conducting the training courses. In the
training courses, they have provided employees with leather skills and the technical skills.
Through this, it can be witnessed that it is significant for the company because through these
training sessions, they educate as well as develop the individuals who are not able to get these
types of knowledge regarding the skills (Okpara and Idowu, 2013). This way the organization
support the development of society which aid in giving employment that is beneficial for the
country. On the other hand, they have employed effective technology to enhance the
communication as well as the productivity of the organization. This is helpful for human
resource because they are being skilled by using the new technology in the organization.

According to these apprentices, it has been witnessed that the Status Anxiety has
conducted around 90 programs for enhancing the skills and capabilities of the employees.
Through these training sessions, the individuals have been working in the product
development, planning and other activities of the organization (Barnea and Rubin, 2010).
This not only benefits the employees but it is also beneficial for the organization because they
get skilled workers for their organization. Besides this, through the CSR activity, community
engagement can be achieved. Through this, the employees are providing benefit to the
organization. On the other hand, by conducting these types of activities in the organization,
the Status Anxiety takes the feedback from the workers regarding the activities (El Ghoul,
Guedhami, Kwok and Mishra, 2011). Annually the feedbacks are taken so that they can
effectively modify the initiatives which are taken by the company.
According to UK, it has made a modern slavery act 2015 in which the organization
who have the turnover of £36m and more are complied to public a report in which they are
required to mention the steps which the company has taken for reducing the slavery as well as
human trafficking (Werther and Chandler, 2010). Due to this reason, the Status Anxiety has
been vigilant in the practices which it conducts in the organization. Besides this, Status
Anxiety provides the value added benefit to the employees working in the organization. In
this, the firm provides health plans and diseases management. There are employees who are
not able to get treatment because of the financial problem. So in this case, through plan,
Status Anxiety is able to provide benefit to them (Peloza and Shang, 2011). So in this case,
the government has also made certain steps so that they can protect the situation. It has been
noticed that only government cannot help in eradicating the issues of the society. Through
conducting activities and providing different types of benefits to the employees, the
organization can help in sustainable development.
STATUS ANXIETYSUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Supply chain management is an important concept for the organization. With the
proper supply chain, the organization can help n satisfying the client as well as the customers.
Besides this, the profit of the organization is decided through the supply chain which it has
adopted for making its products available for its customers. Status Anxiety has vertical
supply chain around 110 stores (Kim, Park and Wier, 2012). In this case, in the frequent time,
the supply chain of the organization is changing effectively so that the organization can

deliver growth plans and continue their excellence in the services. It has the effective supply
chain
The organization has recently adopted new technologies for their supply chain
management. They have adopted effective supply chain so that they can render the goods
effectively to the people. Further, due to the increasing demand they organization switched to
paper based system to the technology system for the warehouse management. At the time of
Christmas, the firm has to take the efficient warehouse in which they can stores their products
(Karnani, 2010). On the other hand, they have recruited human resources so that Status
Anxiety can fulfil the internet demand of the customers. Due to the new and the efficient
warehouse, the stock of the warehouse arrives quarterly. As compare to the past situation and
warehouse, the organization was suffering from stock problem, lack of visibility etc. but now
adopting the new technology it is able to manage the stock effectively. Besides this, they
have fully automated their system which can provide convenience as they can buy the bulk of
product for their customers (Lai and et.al., 2010). They have adopted the cloud based
packages which help the Status Anxiety in reducing the products which are kept in the store.
This will help in carrying out the effective deliveries as well as improvements.
Besides this, as it is the luxury fashion brand so it uses the skin of animals for
producing its products. According to the different environmental acts, the forms are not
aggressively allowed to use the skin of animals. In that case, due to the CSR activity they
have maintained the direct supply chain with their suppliers (McWilliams and Siegel, 2011).
Through this reason, the availability of materials can be trace easily. It is important for the
organization to do so because the animals are harmed for making the products. Even the
products are tagged through CITES so the government can track the original leather through
which the product is made (Carroll and Shabana, 2010). These are some of the approaches
which are adopted by the Status Anxiety organization to protect the environment and help in
development of the society
On the other hand, Status Anxiety is the member of the responsible ecosystem
sourcing platform and they have been launching the projects in Italy, Mexico etc for tracing
the availability of the material used in manufacturing the items. Further, they have been
helping in sustainable development and focusing on the animal welfare for protecting the
species of Python and crocodilian (Kim, Park and Wier, 2012). This is one of the effective
initiatives which are taken by the Status Anxiety organization for safeguarding the
environment. The organization can conduct the program for the society in which they can
make the people aware regarding the issues prevailing in the country. Besides this, on the

basic issues, Status Anxiety can support the society and provide charities to them. Status
Anxiety has always been cautious for the supply chain and the materials which they use in the
organization. Through making the supply chain transparent they are able to fulfil the CSR
activities for the organization.
Further, Status Anxiety can further adopt different logistics as well as technology
which can help in making their supply chain management project effective. It has been
witnessed that with the help of supply chain, the organization can satisfy their customers as
well as develops their cost advantage in the market (Lai and et.al., 2010). This will further
assist in developing competitive advantage. Through this reason focus should be laid on
supply chain management.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that, there are several initiatives which are
taken by the Status Anxiety organization for the human resource management. They have
made certain training programs for enhancing the skills of the individuals. This will help the
workers in development. On the other hand, Status Anxiety has made the value added benefit
program which help to attract as well as retain the employees. Besides this, CSR activity has
been conducted by the organization through following different policies as well as rules
which are made for the employee welfare. On the other hand, they have also focused on
launching the tracing facility in the other countries. Through the supply chain management,
the firm have conducted the CSR activity effectively.

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