Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Examining Top Company Examples

This report examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the lens of several prominent companies: Microsoft, Lego, IBM, Starbucks, and Walt Disney Company. It details Microsoft's YouthSpark initiative, Lego's partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, IBM's support for education and global health, Starbucks' C.A.F.E. program, and Disney's focus on social obligation and environmental concerns, including their aid efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The report cites sources to support its overview of these companies' CSR approaches and their contributions to sustainable development and social welfare.

BUSINESS ETHICS AND
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
 Corporate social
responsibility refers to
as the corporate
method that adds to
sustainable
development by
providing economic,
environmental and
social welfares to all
the interested party.

MICROSOFT
 Microsoft is one of the reputed and well-
known companies with the headquarters in
Redmond, Washington, USA.
 CSR approach shows that Microsoft Company
stood out for its work with the investors, non-
profits, government and other organizations.
 Microsoft introduced YouthSpark in the year
2012 to create the opportunities for the
young people globally.

LEGO
 Lego is the well-known
manufacturer of plastic
construction toys and the
colourful interlocking
plastic bricks.
 The company has the
partnership with the World
Wildlife Fund to build the
change and sustainable
materials centre
initiatives.

IBM
 IBM is well-known leading American
multinational technology company with the
headquarters in Armonk, New York, US.
 The company supports a widespread series
of the efforts towards the education, disaster
relief, global health, economic development,
diversity and many more

STARBUCKS
 Starbucks is well-known leading coffee chain
who came into the existence in the year
1971.
 The company initiated C.A.F.E program under
which the company set the guidelines to
enhance the product quality, social and
economic responsibility and the management
of the environment.

WALT DISNEY COMPANY
 Disney is famous corporations in the world
who is still growing in market.
 Walt Disney Company mostly pays attentions
on areas of social obligation and
surroundings.
 In Haiti earthquake which took place in the
year 2010, the company offered aid after the
earthquake.

REFERENCES
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 Starbucks. (2018). About Us. Retrieved February 14,
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us
 Strauss, K. (2017). The 10 Companies With The Best
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