By Brittany Buggs, Darren Lane, Anish Phophaliya, & Amrit Narasimhan

The History of Corporate ResponsibiliyThe point is, ladies and gentlemen, that

green, for lack of a better word, is good. Green is right. Green works. Green clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Green in all of its forms--green for life, for money, for love, knowledge--has marked the upward surge of mankind. And green, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A. --As adapted from Wall Street

The “Green” RevolutionDates back to 1904Svante Arrhenius1963: Clean Air Act1970: EPA Established2005: GE announces $1.5 billion budget for

cleaner technologies and $20 billion budget for sales of environment-friendly products; reduce GG emission by 1% every year

What Does the Term “Corporate Responsibility” Mean?

There is a big debate within companies about

whether corporate responsibility means delivering the best

quarterly result to your shareholder or whether it means reducing emissions

into the atmosphere.

What does Corporate Responsibility Include?It includes:adhering to the lawmaintaining ethical standardsfollowing international norms,incorporating public interest in corporate

decision makingBeing responsible for all the decisionshonoring other forms of life

Employee ResponsibilityEmployees can make change even if companies

don’t have policiesAn established policy of social responsibility

will help consumers, corporations, and the general public

This is especially important for Green Practices:Employees can bring about change in wasteful

industries by setting their own standardsEmployee made policies eventually can become

company policies

Taking ResponsibilityCompanies can become

socially responsible by valuing the consumer, not just the profits

Companies can reinvest profits into better technologies, especially those that are environmentally friendly

This doesn’t mean that the company should be subservient to the people, just that they should consider consumer feedback and make socially and ethically sound decisions

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