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What Are The Ethical Ethics Of Samsung

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Nowadays, the employment of ethical principles and standards to the decision and actions of business organizations-better known as Business ethics- is a crucial issue for its strategic management; businesses are expected to have a formal code of ethics or policy that encourages corporate environmental sustainability. To do so, businesses have used different frameworks such as the eco-efficiency, natural step, triple bottom line, ecological footprint and so on, in fact, along with the TBL approach the CSR programs are the most commonly used, it is defined as the “management of stakeholder concern for responsible and irresponsible acts related to environmental, ethical and social phenomena in a way that creates corporate benefit” (Vaaland et al., 2008, p. 931), and can help business to display a more congruent and coherent identity that consequently will lead to enduring and substantial relationships with stakeholders. …show more content…

As mentioned in the case study, Samsung has won many awards within the industry; in 2009 received the first carbon footprint reduction label for a LED TV, a note PC and a memory chip product, the Galaxy SII smartphone and Galaxy Note also became the first product in their category to receive a Carbon Footprint label issued by the Carbon Trust, in 2011 received the ISO 50001 certification for some facilities in Korea, along with the ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications, in 2012 received the Eco Design awards at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), moreover, the company received the Energy Star Partner of the Year Award by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the recognition of China Europe International Business School (CEBIS) as one of the 100 green foreign companies operating in China. Now, the question is why is Samsung pursuing these recognitions and awards? How are these related to the company’s’

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