SOCIAL COMPLIANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Social compliance refers to how a business or an organisation treat its employees, the workforce and the environment on social responsibility. It refers to a code of conduct that directs how employees should be treated in regard to wages, work hours and work conditions. To ensure that the company meets with the standards of various environmental laws, it may be necessary to conduct a compliance audit. The various codes of conduct now available are: • Workplace amenities and work environment • Communicating occupational health and safety across languages • Confined spaces • First aid in the workplace • Defined working hours • Living and fair wages The groups of stakeholders often insist for a …show more content…
Following safety rules helps prevent injuries, fires or building evacuations that hurt the profitability. • Better Public Relations When the business meet their legal obligations, they can tout these on their website and in their marketing materials. For example, placing job advertisements, include the fact that they are an equal opportunity employer. • Higher Employee Retention Many compliance issues deal with protecting employees. The more employees feel they work in a fair and safe environment, the more likely they will be able to stay in the business. PRIMARK : Best Ethical Consumer rating for supply chain management http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/companystories.aspx?CompanyId=73003&CategoryId=230 In October 2015 Ethical Consumer viewed Primark 's website for the company 's supply chain management policy. The company was rated on the basis of the information found. Primark 's website stated that it had been a member of the multi-stakeholder process, the Ethical Trade Intiatives (ETI) since 2006, and also a member of ILO 's Better Work programme since 2010. It stated that it worked with Cotton Connect, and worked with a number of other NGOs on factory safety. Primark Sustainable Cotton Programme This programme is designed to introduce sustainable farming methods by reducing the use of fertilisers, pesticides and water and improving cotton yields which increases the
4. The company has an obligation to provide a safe work environment for their employees. They need to redesign the facilities and follow US safety codes and standards to provide a safe place to work. Providing their employees a safer place to work will improve morale and boost production.
To protect employees and employers; ensuring that their needs and rights, within the work place, are covered. They make sure everyone is treated equally and fairly, avoiding the risk of discrimination, both direct and indirect. This means making sure that everyone is given the same opportunities and freedom to develop within their work regardless of their race, sex and ability.
The two main issues that will be discussed is the right to privacy, as well as search and seizure. These two areas can affect the employees, owner, and the business as a whole. The goal in a business is to make money and to protect their goods. That being said, certain aspects that an employee
If a company upholds equal rights then those who work for that company will feel they are
As an employer, you need to be aware of the processes and duties produced in these regulations and the practical implications imposed. There is also a duty to involve employees in all health and safety
Primark, an Irish clothing retailer company was set up and headquartered in Dublin in 1969. Nowadays, there are over 250 stores across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe and the United States. Moreover, Primark operates with about 700 suppliers in China, India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Eastern Europe. Primark takes corporate social responsibility for the shareholders, owners, customers, suppliers as well as employees. Corporate social responsibility is that a company not only creates profits for the shareholders, but also undertakes the social responsibility for customers, employees and environment, including complying with business ethics, rights of workers and the rules of environmental protection. In order to develop continuously, corporate social responsibility plays an significant role in a company, which drives stakeholders have reliance on the company. This essay focuses on the ways in which Primark taking its duty to society and the ways in which the company should have done better.
Health and Safety Compliance There are two main health and safety legislations, these are called health and safety at work, etc. 1994 and the management of health and safety at work regulations 1999. Health and safety refers to the right of every employee, regardless of the industry, to carry out their daily work in a safe environment. There are several laws and legislations that dictate what employers must do to facilitate this, to minimize accidents, injuries, and fatalities. Health and safety legislation, puts in place policies to ensure their staff, students etc. are working in a safe environment.
to comply with all laws and regulations in regard to pay equity and discrimination on the basis of gender, race, religion or national origin
Employers must provide a safe working environment and equipment / uniform / signs to ensure the employees are as safe as they can be. Customers are also provided with a safe store to shop in and measures are put in place to ensure everyone’s safety in kept in tact
Compliance programs are more focused on risk management. The duties include informing staff about the laws and guidelines regulating the business and monitoring adherence to these policies (Nelson, 2012). (Nelson, 2012) By monitoring compliant behavior the programs reduce the episodes of litigation, negative press, loss of support, and confidence from the public(Nelson, 2012).
Animal Farm and 1984, both by George Orwell, revealed to me how awful of a world I used to live in. Having lived for 15 years in a totalitarian regime, I had no idea something was wrong. I was crammed with shallow and heavily theoretical education; I was fed with corrupt morality, ambiguous justice, and ridiculous common sense; I was surrounded by uninspired children, unimaginative students, inept adolescents, and indifferent adults. I was like Boxer the horse from Animal Farm, working diligently with only misery in return. I was also Winston Smith from 1984, who bears burning thoughts about the rightness of what he does and what society does. When I finally moved to a democracy, I realized: someone who lives by a garbage dump never knows
Equal opportunities are very important in the modern workplace. Providing equal opportunities involves providing the same opportunities to all the employees and prospective employees regardless of their sex, age, disabilities, ethnic origins, sexual orientations etc. Equal opportunities allow the employee to have rights therefore the employer is unable to take advantage, discriminate or manipulate staff. Employers have an element of power over their employees but by having the law on the side of the employees, employers therefore need to think twice before discriminating in any form. Organisations will need to ensure that there is no unlawful or unfair discrimination. Employees are not stupid – a company that behaves badly
Social responsibility is generally regarded as a duty of an organization’s management towards the benefit and well-being of the society in which it is engaged. The organization must behave ethically considering the social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.
Would you rather die of oil wars, climate change, nuclear holocaust, or none of the above? The obvious answer would be none of the above. We live in a world today where we have become dangerously addicted to the already rare and limited fossil fuels because it is cheap. It is dangerous because the world will eventually run out and fight over these resources. It is also dangerous because these resources are very polluting and it puts everyone’s lives at risk. We could eliminate our addiction to fossil fuels so that the world would not have to worry about another war that puts valuable lives on the line. There are many ways we can contribute in improving the energy
Agriculture in the United States has changed dramatically over the centuries. Since the 1960’s large commercial farms have been leading in sales. As a direct result of their success we, as a society, have access to affordable food. However, the success of large farms has lead to many negative impacts such as increased usage of resources and decreased diversity in crop fields. This begs the question, what can be done to reduce the negative impacts of large farms. One solution growing in popularity is sustainable agriculture. The idea of sustainable agriculture is to create farms that need little to no outside help from irrigation, pesticides, or fertilizers. Sustainability can be achieved in many way through