CIB100 - Samsung Electronics: Environment, Labour Policies Analysis

This report provides an analysis of Samsung Electronics' environmental and labor standard policies, emphasizing the company's sustainability efforts and commitment to ethical practices. It explores Samsung's environmental policies, including past and present initiatives, future plans, and recommendations for improvement, such as implementing six sigma methodology and enhancing supply chain management. The report also examines Samsung's labor standard policies, focusing on human rights, anti-discrimination measures, and the importance of a healthy work environment. Recommendations are provided to reduce discriminatory practices and promote gender equality within the organization. Challenges related to leadership commitment, financial investment, and potential drawbacks of networking initiatives are also discussed. The report concludes that sustainability is crucial for Samsung's competitive advantage and emphasizes the importance of eco-friendly practices and ethical labor standards for the company's long-term success.

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Executive Summary
The primary purpose of this report is to throw light on the environment policies in relation to
Samsung Electronics. The report also talks about the creation of environment friendly
technologies that can help in growth of company. The report also talks about the
discriminatory policies pertaining to Samsung Electronics. The report also talks about the
solutions that can be undertaken that can help in reducing discrimination taking place among
the employees.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Environmental Policies..............................................................................................................4
Past and Present......................................................................................................................4
Future.....................................................................................................................................5
Recommendations..................................................................................................................5
Impact of stakeholder.............................................................................................................6
Challenges..............................................................................................................................7
Labour Standard Policies...........................................................................................................7
Past and Present......................................................................................................................7
Future.....................................................................................................................................8
Recommendations..................................................................................................................8
Impact on stakeholder............................................................................................................9
Challenges..............................................................................................................................9
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Sustainability refers to process that can help in maintaining change within the
balanced environment. It helps in taking care of the fact that exploitation of the resources
along with the direction of the investment are in harmony so that it can help in meeting the
human needs along with the aspirations. Environment comprises of surroundings pertaining
to living organism that includes natural forces along with the living things. Labour standard
refers to the convention that deals with the rights and the duties of the employees. It emerges
from the value judgements that helps in protecting the rights of the workers. Samsung
Electronics has wide range pertaining to home electronics that have cutting edge technology.
The company manufactures smartphones, television, home appliances along with the tablets
(Samsung.com. 2019). This report throws light on the use of the environment friendly
technologies within Samsung Electronics that can help in protecting the environment. The
report also talks about the elimination of the discrimination that can help in the sustainability
of the company. The report also talks about the recommendations that can help in developing
Samsung Electronics.
Principle 9: Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly
technologies
Principle 6: The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and
occupation.
Environmental Policies
Past and Present
The vision of Samsung Electronics is to provide the customers with the eco-friendly
experiences that can help in paving the path for a sustainable future that can help in serving
the global community. The company wants to use the eco-friendly products along with the

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technology that can help in serving the environment. The slogan of the company, “Planet
First” helps in incorporating the determination of the company to offer protection to the
environment. Samsung Electronics was responsible for laying the foundation pertaining to
eco-management that is the underlying philosophy of the company. It was brought out in the
Samsung Environmental Declaration in the year 1992. The company has taken steps that has
helped them in moving beyond passive adherence to that of the environmental regulations.
The company has offered the customers with the eco-friendly solutions that can create a
sustainable future.
Investigation carried out by the Associated Press brought out the fact that Samsung
was keeping secret the harmful chemicals that the company was making use of. It was being
done on account of the fact that the competitors would be able to learn the trade secrets (Reid
and Nada 2015). The company was making use of carcinogenic chemicals that was harming
the workers in the factories. The chemicals were hazardous for the workers and at the same
time it was proving to be harmful for the consumers.
Future
The company has prioritised the environment- from the product planning to the final
disposal of the product. The eco-friendly process of the company that was adopted in the year
2004 helps in analysing the environmental impact of the products of the company. The
company has made the products eco-conscious by making the innovative products that can
help in their recycling at end-of-life. The Eco-Design process made the company replace the
ozone depleting substance with that of the co-conscious refrigerant (Hitt, Kai Xu and
Christina 2016). The company has made technological progress by using compressor that can
help in minimizing the aspect of energy loss.

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Recommendations
Samsung Electronics can bring about changes in the supply chain management that
can help in bringing about operational excellence for the company. Samsung Electronics can
adopt the six sigma methodology that can help in improving the internal operations of the
company (Mahadevan 2015). The company can create methodology on the basis of GE
approach that is called “DMAEV” ( define, measure, analyse, enable and verify).
The company can make use of APS system that can help in the creation of flexible production
plan. It can help in bringing success for the company.
The company can make use of the lean methodologies that can help in implementing the six
sigma model (Thome, Luiz and Annibal 2016). The company can use the value stream map
along with the thought process map that can help in the supply chain of the company.
The training of the supply chain staff can help in bringing about innovation in the supply
chain management of the organization. It can prove to be a useful component that can help in
the continuous improvement of the activities of Samsung Electronics.
Impact of stakeholder
The supply chain management solutions can help in improving the business
operations in the global arena. The six sigma management can help in the developing of the
HR framework that is well-established. It can help in the area of the project discipline and
sustain the results in the organization (Swink et al. 2017).
The six sigma methodology of Samsung Electronics can help in improving the
business capabilities of Samsung Electronics. It can help in improving the management
performance of organization. The Advanced Planning System of Samsung can help in the
modelling capabilities and the labour scheduling of Samsung Electronics (Lee and
Christopher 2017). The lean manufacturing process can help in the creation of flow with the

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help of process along with the visual design. It can help in the organization of tools along
with the workstations that can improve efficiency of Samsung Electronics. Training of that of
supply chain staff can help in equipping the workers with the knowledge that can help the
organization in making profits.
Challenges
The lack of the commitment on the part of the leadership acts as a challenge for
Samsung Electronics. The leaders should have the capability of dedicating the resources in
relation to time, talent along with the money that can act as a hindrance on the part of
Samsung Electronics (Akalin, Zhentu Huang and John 2016). The Advanced Planning
System needs the financial investment along with the time that can act as a challenge in
relation to Samsung Electronics.
Labour Standard Policies
Past and Present
Samsung Electronics respects human rights of employees and they take care of the
fact that the employees do not have to face any kind of discrimination in relation to race,
gender, age, religion along with the marital status. The company determines the conditions of
the employment in a fair manner that can help the company in the area of survival. Samsung
Electronics faced accusations of sexual discrimination within China in the event of putting up
a poster that stated that the women workers having communicable diseases should not apply
for the position (Vickers 2016). There were also accusation in relation to child labour in
Samsung Electronics that drew criticism from across the world.
The suppliers of Samsung Electronics upholds human rights of the workers by
treating them with a lot of dignity. The company takes into consideration the fact that child
labour is not used in any stage of the manufacturing of Samsung Electronics. The company

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ensures that the wage that is paid to the workers are based on the wage laws that helps the
company in complying with that of the international labour standard.
Future
Samsung Electronics takes care of the fact that they maintain a healthy environment
wherein people are treated with a lot of dignity. The company environment has mutual trust
that helps in the prevention of any case of oppression along with the exploitation. Samsung
Electronics does not tolerate any kind of discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity,
marital status, race and the religion (Sharma, Shikha and Nimarta 2018). Samsung ensures
the fact that the disciplinary actions are taken in the event of incidents of bullying or the
harassment in the organization.
Recommendations
Samsung can change the internal structure that can help the company in avoiding any
kind of discriminatory practices. The executives of the company can move away from the
traditional corporate structure that can help in the creation of an open working environment
(Triana et al. 2015). The cultural shift of the company can help in bringing down the
discriminatory practices taking place in Samsung Electronics.
Samsung Electronics can establish the networking initiatives that can help in
reduction of the barriers in the organization related to gender. There are events that can be
organized like the corporate outings along with the programs that can help in building
connections among the employees of the organizations. It can help in building a sense of
belonging among the employees of Samsung Electronics.
The sexual harassment can be reduced by emphasizing the inclusion of that of the
women. The inclusion of the women can help in bolstering gender equality in the
organization that can improve the performance of the workers.

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Impact on stakeholder
The steps taken by Samsung Electronics can help the employees in understanding
regarding the kind of the behaviour that are appropriate in the workplace. It can help in
meting out fair treatment to the employees that can help in increasing the employee
performance. It can help in utilisation of the skills along with the knowledge of the diverse
workers that can help the organization in making the profits.
Challenges
The implications of the internal structure of the company changing should be
communicated to the employees that can help in the growth of the organization.
Networking can act as a challenge in relation to Samsung Electronics as it can
increase the discrimination taking place in the organization. It has been found that the
companies can provide the better results in the event of easing up the control tactics.
Conclusion
Sustainability is indicative of the process that can help a company in surviving within
the competitive environment. It can help in meeting the needs of the future generations of the
company. Samsung Electronics wants to provide the customers with that of eco-friendly
experiences that can help in sustainability of the company. It can help in meeting the
challenges of that of global community. The company can make eco-conscious products
which can have a good effect on the environment. Samsung Electronics can make use of six
sigma methodology that can augment operations of company. Samsung Electronics can
modify internal structure that can avoid the discriminatory policies of company. The
utilisation of the skills and the knowledge of the diverse employees can help in setting the
ground for development of company.

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