Math 12-ABM BESR-Q2-Week-4
Math 12-ABM BESR-Q2-Week-4
Math 12-ABM BESR-Q2-Week-4
OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Senior High School (ABM)
Quarter 2 / Week 4
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FOREWORD
What happened?
This section contains pre-activities that serve as the
beginning point and a pretest to determine if students are
sufficiently prepared to begin a new course of study.
What You Need to Know? (Discussion)
This section contains contents on the framework of social
responsibility that reflects the practice of sound business. The topic
intends to make the students appreciate the importance of
staffing in the business organization.
What Have I Learned? (Evaluation/Post Test)
A summary of key concepts and exercises that measures
student’s understanding on the framework of social responsibility
that reflects the practice of sound business. Students are
expected to develop their skills and apply what they have
learned, as these will influence the kind of leader they will
become in the future.
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OBJECTIVES:
K. Identify the models and framework of social
responsibility;
S. Discuss the framework of social responsibility; and
A. Formulate a framework of social responsibility that
reflects the practice of sound business.
I. WHAT HAPPENED
PRE- ACTIVITY
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2. “Corporate social responsibility is measured in terms of
businesses improving conditions for their employees,
shareholders, communities, and environment. But moral
responsibility goes further, reflecting the need for
corporations to address fundamental ethical issues such
as inclusion, dignity, and equality.” –
Klaus Schwab
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PRE-TEST:
Direction: Read the selection below. Answer what is ask and write your
answer on your notebook.
Guide questions:
1. How do large corporations can help during health crisis?
2. Suppose you are an entrepreneur. How will you redesign your social
responsibility while the country is experiencing a health crisis?
DISCUSSION
Social responsibility is an ethical framework and suggests that an
individual has an obligation to work and cooperate with other individuals and
organizations for the benefit of society at large. Social responsibility is a duty
every individual has to perform so as to maintain a balance between the
economy and the ecosystems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_responsibility#:~:text=Social%20responsibi
lity%20is%20an%20ethical,benefit%20of%20society%20at%20large.
Social responsibility is a means of achieving sustainability. Adopting key
social responsibility principles, such as accountability and transparency, can
help ensure the long-term viability and success of any organization or system.
https://asq.org/quality-resources/social-responsibility
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The phrase corporate social responsibility refers to a corporation’s
responsibilities or obligations towards society. CSR, as defined by the World
Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCD), is a continuing
commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic
development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their
families, the local community, and society at large.” (Racelis, 2017)
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Understanding the Four Levels of CSR
Economic Responsibility
The lowest level of the pyramid represents a business’s first responsibility,
which is to be profitable. Without profit, the company would not be able to
pay their workers, employees will lose their jobs even before the company
starts CSR activities. Being profitable is the only way for a company to be able
to survive long term, and benefit society. Additionally, this also means that it is
a company’s duty to produce goods and services that are needed/wanted
by the customers, at a reasonable price.
Legal Responsibility
The second level of the pyramid is the business’s legal obligation to
obey the law. This is the most important responsibility out of the four levels as
this will show how companies conduct their business in the marketplace.
Employment laws, competition with other companies, tax regulations and
health and safety of employees are some examples of the legal
responsibilities a company should adhere to. Failing to be legally responsible
can be very bad for businesses.
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Ethical Responsibility
The ethical layer of the pyramid is described as doing the right thing,
being fair in all situations and also avoiding harm. A company should not only
be obeying the law, but it should also do their business ethically. Unlike the
first two levels, this is something that a company is not obligated to do.
However, it is best for a company to be ethical as this not only shows their
stakeholders that they are moral and just, but people will feel more
comfortable purchasing goods/services from the company as well. Being
environmentally friendly, treating suppliers/employees properly are a few
examples of being ethically responsible.
Philanthropic Responsibility
At the top of the pyramid, occupying the smallest space is
philanthropy. Businesses have long been criticized for their carbon footprint,
their part in pollution, using natural resources and more. To counterbalance
these negatives, they should “give back” to the community they take from.
Even though this is the highest level of CSR, it should not be taken lightly as
many people would want to do business with companies that are giving
back to society. Philanthropic Responsibility is more than just doing what is
right, but it is something that holds true to the company’s values, to give back
to society.
According to Carroll’s pyramid, responsible business is one which
qualifies all the levels of responsibilities before taking up philanthropy. Without
fulfilling the other responsibilities, a business cannot sustain.
https://thecsrjournal.in/understanding-the-four-levels-of-csr/
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As Bacharach pointed out, “A theory is a statement of relations among
concepts within a set of boundary assumptions and constraints.” A
comparative analysis of the three conceptual models will show that the same
terminology represents different meanings and different approaches to CSR.
More specifically, the comparative analysis will demonstrate that the nature
of CSR, its underlying boundary assumptions, the methodological tools, and
the performance assessments are both the cause and the consequence of
how the relationship between its elements is understood. Analysis of the
differences in the conceptual structure across the three models (see Table 1)
may assist in clarifying ambiguity in CSR theory and research through
explicating the implicit assumptions by which each is bounded, unraveling
inconsistent findings on the social impacts of corporate behavior, and
removing impurities in managerial decision making.
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THE PYRAMID OF CSR
General Description
A leading model of CSR is Carroll's four‐part pyramid. The CSR pyramid
was framed to embrace the entire spectrum of society's expectations of
business responsibilities and define them in terms of categories. According to
the model, four kinds of social responsibilities constitute total CSR: economic
(“make profit”), legal (“obey the law”), ethical (“be ethical”), and
philanthropic (“be a good corporate citizen”).
Theoretical Assumptions
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pyramid suggests a ranking of CSR priorities based on the level of
essentiality—the most fundamental is economic responsibility, of smallest
importance is the philanthropic category, which is a sort of “icing on the
cake”; (2) the pyramid characterizes the social pressures imposed on the
business sector in decreasing order of their strength—whereas economic and
legal responsibilities are required of business and ethical practices are
expected, philanthropic contributions, albeit desired, are voluntary; (3) the
hierarchy of importance “simply suggest[s] the relative magnitude of each
responsibility”; and lastly, (4) the four categories “are ordered in the figure
only to suggest what might be termed their fundamental role in the evolution
of importance.
General Description
A pyramid framework cannot fully capture the interpenetrating nature
of the CSR domains, nor does it denote all possible tension points among
them. Such mutuality has been recognized as an integral characteristic of
CSR and of such fundamental importance that Schwartz and Carroll saw it
necessary to propose an alternative approach to CSR, one that includes the
major domains of responsibility and clearly depicts their interrelationships. The
IC model refutes the notion that CSR is nothing but a collection of contingent,
externally related topics; it holds rather that the different responsibilities are in
dynamic interplay with each other, and it is the overall corporate
responsibility to advance harmony and resolve conflicts between them.
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Theoretical Assumptions
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the concentric‐circle model offers a normative core of integration as another
solution. The IC model, in contrast, fails to provide any clear normative
guidance for managerial decision making. It leaves managers faced with
competing responsibilities with no way to make principled or purposeful
decisions.
General Description
The CON model is adapted from a notable statement issued in 1971 by
the Committee for Economic Development (CED), an American association
of influential business leaders. In this statement, CED advocated the notion
that social contracts for business firms are not only feasible but morally
necessary, and urged business to adopt a broader and more humane view
of its function in society. The original CED model consists of three concentric
circles. The inner circle represents the core responsibility of business in terms of
CSR. It includes the basic responsibilities for the efficient execution of the
economic function—products, jobs, and economic growth. The intermediate
circle, which can be viewed as the ethical circle, encompasses responsibility
to exercise the economic function with a sensitive awareness of basic ethical
norms as well as changing social values and priorities. The outer circle,
equivalent to the philanthropic circle, outlines newly emerging and still
amorphous responsibilities that business should assume in order to become
more broadly involved in actively improving the social environment.
Theoretical Assumptions
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idea embedded in the CON model is that business corporations have an
incurred obligation to work for social betterment, and this obligation acts as a
constant function throughout all phases—mainstream and peripheral—of the
company's operations.
Total CSR The CON model regards CSR as a global concept whose
parts are bound together by means of a shared intrinsic content, which can
be defined as a commitment to operate in a way that promotes the good of
society. One can argue that the notion of the “good of society” is too
abstract to serve as a benchmark for assessing CSR. However, despite, and
perhaps owing to, the many meanings of this notion, nearly all today's large
corporations have their mission codes stated in terms of commitment to the
good of society, and in most cases this general commitment is further
translated into a list of more practical goals.
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and ethical responsibilities; and the IC model treats corporate philanthropy
as either “strategic philanthropy,” subsumed under economic responsibility,
or “charity expected by society,” subsumed under ethical responsibility. The
CON model holds a broader view of corporate philanthropy that draws on
the general purpose of CSR, namely the obligation of the corporation to help
in achieving the good of the larger society. In contrast to the pyramid, where
the actions of a company in society are divorced from its operating
practices, the CON model presents an all‐encompassing view that integrates
citizenship both locally and globally with day‐to‐day business functions.
Supposed you are going to open your own business, consider the
creation of your product and target audience, follow the guided questions
below for the creation to acknowledge your social responsibility.
Name of Business:
Target Market:
Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) model:
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III. WHAT HAVE I LEARNED
POST TEST
Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer in your notebook.
A. Economic E. Pyramid
B. Legal F. Intersecting-Circle
C. Ethical G. Concentric-Circle
D. Philanthropic H. Social Responsibility
1. At the top of the pyramid, occupying the smallest space is
philanthropy.
2. Businesses have long been criticized for their carbon footprint, their part
in pollution, using natural resources and more.
3. For the business to survive on a long-term basis and benefit the society,
the first responsibility of the company is to gain profits.
4. It is the overall corporate responsibility to advance harmony and
resolve conflicts between them.
5. It is a means of achieving sustainability.
6. It is imperative for the company to obey and adhere to the laws and
regulations related to the nature of its business, competition,
employment, and health and safety among others.
7. It is important for the company to act on the grounds of ethics and
morals in society and should also go beyond the narrow requirements
of the law and order.
8. It is the responsibility of the company to give back to society. This facet
of responsibility holds an important place even though it is discretionary
in nature.
9. The CSR______ was framed to embrace the entire spectrum of society's
expectations of business responsibilities and define them in terms of
categories.
10. The lowest level of the pyramid represents a business’s first
responsibility, which is to be profitable.
11. The second level of the pyramid is the business’s legal obligation to
obey the law.
12. This represents a normative approach to CSR.
13. This adopts key social responsibility principles, such as accountability
and transparency, can help ensure the long-term viability and success
of any organization or system.
14. This is the most important responsibility out of the four levels as this will
show how companies conduct their business in the marketplace.
15. This model refutes the notion that CSR is nothing but a collection of
contingent, externally related topics.
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SYNOPSIS AND ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SYNOPSIS
This SLK (Self-Learning Kit) is ANSWER KEY
about the framework of social
responsibility that reflects the
practice of sound business. Here
you will learn the different
models and framework of social
responsibility.
Different activities and
examples are provided for you.
As you go over the discussion,
you will know the models and
framework used in varied
businesses.
Find enjoyment in learning
this SLK
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