The social contract theory holds that in earliest history man lived in a “state of nature.” No government existed. Each man was only as secure as his own power and mental awareness could make him. By agreeing with one another to make a state by contract, men within a given area joined together, each surrendering […]
Hervieux & Voltan (2018) define a social problem as an issue that is considered to impact most if not all society members either indirectly or directly. Every time people come together to live in one social setting, conflicts emerge from the differences in opinions concerning political problems, poverty, religion, cultural practices, health, and other hygiene
Social psychology seeks to understand how people think, feel, relate, and influence one another. This sort of influence can be either actual, imagined, or implied, which further means that individuals are predisposed to social influence even when other people are not present. Since the concept of human behavior is a product of the interaction of
Successful completion of any project highly depends on the success of the procedures put in place to enhance project development. Some of the most important procedures that determine project success include contract management, procurement, proposal assessment, and following the right contract awarding procedure among others. In most cases, the company managing a project needs to
Introduction Corporate social responsibility can be defined as business practices that involve initiatives that are meant at benefiting society. It could involve different tactics such as engaging in greener business operations and donating a portion of an organization’s proceeds to charitable causes among other strategies (Crifo & Forget, 2015). Reinhardt, Stavins and Vietor (2008) simply
Introduction Corporate social responsibility and ethics look at actions that companies take towards embracing responsibility and encourage positive impact for the company and the society; this is realized when companies can engage with employees, communities, environment, the government, and the consumers. With ethics, the company sets various operational strategies to ensure implementation of required practices
Social constructed realities comprises of all the beliefs, norms, values and natural way of doing things that members of a given organization have come to appreciate as the accepted standards of operation. Whereas there may be no written laws or guidelines regarding such realities, they get established in an organization by virtue of continuous practice
Assignment Instructions– Ethics, corporate responsibility and sustainability Acknowledging the conceptual differences between the three concepts – ethics, CSR and sustainability and their complementariness: Review the 2016 or 2017 annual report for two ASX companies from the following list: BHP, Fortescue Metals Group, Rio Tinto Group with a view to understanding how each company integrates the
Alderson, W. (1957). Marketing behavior and executive action. Irwin: Homewood, IL, 1957. The author of Marketing behavior and executive action article, Alderson, defines the management of a supply chain as the measures and approaches that help harmonize suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and retailers to actualize specified qualities and quantities of goods, their distribution to the right
Political philosophy entails the study of fundamental questions pertaining the state, government, politics, liberty, justice and enforcement of legal code by authority. These are the accepted code of conduct applied to groups of people and discuss how society should be set and how individuals opt to act within a society. Rights such as right to