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Patagonia While most winter and outdoor clothing companies advocate environmentalism to some degree, Patagonia Is dedicated enough to the cause to let it seriously affect Its bottom line. In 1985, the company started the 1% for the Planet pledge and has consistently asked other companies to Join It In donating 1% of Its sales to help save the environment. Even more Impressive Is the fact that Patagonia, aware of the impact its business has on the environment, has frequently asked its consumers to refrain from buying its products if they don’t really need them Microsoft
Just to name a few, Google employees have access to free health care and treatment from on-site doctors, free legal advice with discounted legal services, a fully stock snack pantry and onsite cafeteria (staffed by world-class chefs, no less and a free on-site nursery. With such a stellar record of social awareness and positive employee relations, Google is easily the best example of ethics in the corporate world today. Ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility can bring significant benefits to a business.
For example, they may: attract customers to the firm’s products, thereby boosting sales and profits make employees want to stay with the business, reduce labor turnover and therefore increase productivity attract more employees wanting to work for the business, reduce recruitment costs and enable the company to get the most talented employees attract investors and keep the company’s share price high, thereby protecting the business from takeover. Unethical behavior or a lack of reporter social responsibility, by comparison, may damage a firm’s reputation and make it less appealing to stakeholders.
Profits could fall as a result. Business ethics By Mathieu-Grantor some degree, Patagonia is dedicated enough to the cause to let it seriously affect its consistently asked other companies to Join it in donating 1% of its sales to help save the environment. Even more impressive is the fact that Patagonia, aware of the shortage through its TEALS program. Through the TEALS program, Microsoft employees are encouraged to volunteer at local schools to instruct students in imputer science, in the hopes that it will inspire them to enter the technology industry.
It’s only natural that Microsoft employees would be generous people; in addition to being among the highest paid employees in America, they also enjoy a rights. Yet all this pales in comparison to Google’s status as a paragon for employee fully stock snack pantry and onsite cafeteria (staffed by world-class chefs, no less), high, thereby protecting the business from takeover. Unethical behavior or a lack of corporate social responsibility, by comparison, may damage a firm’s reputation and