Ethics and corporate Social responsibility:- Ethics is defined as what is right and what is wrong. Every business should behave ethically. The moral principles that guide the way a business behaves are business Ethics. Ethics are moral guidelines to people or to an organization which govern good behavior. So behaving ethically is doing what is morally right. Doing an ethical business may always be not profitable but it will be more beneficial to company and the people involved in company as well as the people who are getting influenced by the company.
If a company is acting ethically then it is trying to differentiate between right and wrong and then chose the right decision for everyone. It is very easy it identify any unethical behavior. The unethical practice can be:- Child Labor. Unlawfully uses of copyrighted materials. Bribery. Ethical Principal:- Deontological Teleological/utilitarian Virtues Justices Right based Fairness Now a day every organization is facing ethical issues.
Just to benefit themselves organization takes various steps and action which may have negative impacts on its takeovers which is unethical. Whether it’s Nikkei or Aids both of them had gone through some unethical issues within their organization. Every organization is now focusing on ethical business practice, as it could possibly help to create a competitive advantage to gain market shares. Ethics problem which Nikkei facing was a boycott of their products in the sass’s because they used child labor in Cambodia which was completely unethical.
In case of Aids its uses sweatshops in Indonesia, Philippines and China which was highlighted before the London 2012 Olympic Games, with allegations that included 65 hour weeks for very low pay and physical and verbal abuse of their employees. Despite this thing Aids was voted as number one ethical company in Germany where as it didn’t even make in top 15 in I-J. Since UK covers lots of its market share, Aids need to focus on improvement in I-J market.
Aids relying on subcontractors that are not monitored to its own corporate standards as a result in September of 2010 a supplier for Aids from Indonesia called OPT Ozone stopped making compensation payments to workers. A few months afterwards, the winner had fled the country and the new owner declared bankruptcy, leaving 2,800 workers without $3. 3 million of back pay. Aids needs to become a lot more transparent in their operations, and move away from the use of sweatshops in Asian countries.
It is key that in order to improve their brand image, Aids needs to move away from this practice and implement much fairer standards for the staff in their factories, and ensure it is clear for all stakeholders to see how they operate, in order to prevent any negative future reports surrounding their employment standards. Aids have an Employee Code of Conduct, which are rules around protecting their customers’ data and the Group’s Workplace Standards for their suppliers. The aids Group Code of Conduct is the cornerstone of ethical behavior for their employees in their day-to-day work.
It covers issues such as how to treat business partners, handling information, complaints and also special rules for dealing with financial matters. To make sure everyone knows about this Aids have got online training system available in 10 different languages. This training is aimed at raising warmness of ethical and social behavior as well as promoting compliance with data protection requirements and other policies. Corporate Social Responsibility:- Corporate social responsibility (CARS) refers to companies taking responsibility for steps and action which they take and their impacts on society.
In other words Corporate Social Responsibility (CARS) is the responsibility that modern business organizations have to creating a healthy and prosperous society. CARS is increasingly important to the competitiveness of enterprises. It can be benefits in terms of risk management, cost savings, access to capital, customer relationships, human resource management, and innovation capacity. Michael Hopkins’ Definition of CARS:- Corporate Social Responsibility is concerned with treating the stakeholders of a company or institution ethically or in a responsible manner. Ethically or responsible’ means treating key stakeholders in a manner deemed acceptable according to international norms. Social includes economic and environmental responsibility. Stakeholders exist both within a firm and outside. The wider aim of social accessibility is to create higher and higher standards of living, while preserving the profitability of the corporation or the integrity of the institution, for peoples both within and outside these entities. CARS is a process to achieve sustainable development in societies. Carroll, 1979; 2008, 500]: “The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic, legal, ethical and discretionary expectations that a society has of organizations at a given point in time. ” Benefits of CARS:- Increase shareholder Value Increase revenue Operational Efficiency Access to Capital Customer Attraction Brand Value and Reputation Human and Intellectual Capital Risk Profile The main purpose of CARS is to identify and improve a company’s impact on society and the environment, while driving stronger business results such as brand enhancement, market differentiation, and employee satisfaction.
Aids group are always trying to be echo and environmental friendly. They are not only focus on their products but also concern on the impacts that their production does on other stakeholders. Recently Aids have approach 4 pillars concept or ups:- People, Planet, Product and Partnership. It provides a conceptual framework that enables Aids stakeholders -? from its 50,000 employees on through to suppliers, customers and communities -? to better and more easily understand, assess and realize the multinational footwear and sportswear company’s sustainability goals.
Aids ups approach:- Recently Aids have launched waterless dying technology known as Dryer technology. This technology instead of consuming 25 litters of water necessary to dye one t-shirt, the Dryer technology uses none-instead, the dye is injected using compressed carbon dioxide. The result is a garment using not only 50 percent less chemicals and energy, but in the long run has a lower environmental impact because the CO-based dye actually lingers in the fabric longer.
Grievances in the supply chain via SMS, Recently in Aids one of the largest footwear suppliers in Indonesia agreed to a pilot program in which employees with grievances to air could communicate them by testing from their mobile phones. The grievances-by-SMS system was cost-effective to install allows workers to air concerns from anywhere and can give the factory managers a better idea of where to focus on improvement. Since the company is too big it isn’t possible to solve each and every employee’s problems, so communicating by the means of SMS was better idea to hear each and every one voice.
Aids conducts “Fair Wage Assessments” In 2012 Aids conducted a series of “Fair Wage Assessments,” qualitative case studies, management self-assessments and workers’ surveys among its suppliers’ factories. As part of the “Fair Wage Assessments,” they interviewed 1,817 workers spanning 12 factories in five countries to gather information on how workers believe they are being treated, and what they believe is a fair wage. By this survey they got positive feedbacks, employees were
