Corporate social responsibility and Corporation: Difference between pages

From ACT Wiki
(Difference between pages)
Jump to navigationJump to search
imported>Doug Williamson
m (Category added 9/10/13 and spacing)
 
imported>Administrator
(CSV import)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
(CSR).
An entity formed by a group of individual people which has a separate legal identity from the individuals.
 
Frequently, but not always, corporations are established for the purposes of undertaking particular business activities.
''Corporate governance''.
 
A form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model.  
 
Ideally, CSR policy is a built-in, self-regulating mechanism where business  monitors and ensures its adherence to law, ethical standards, and international norms.
 
Business would embrace responsibility for the impact of its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. Business would also proactively promote the public interest by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality.  


In the UK more commonly known as a 'company'.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Corporate governance]]
* [[Company]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Multinational corporation/company]]


[[Category:Corporate_Strategy]]

Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012

An entity formed by a group of individual people which has a separate legal identity from the individuals. Frequently, but not always, corporations are established for the purposes of undertaking particular business activities.

In the UK more commonly known as a 'company'.

See also