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Lawrence, Anne (2010). Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy. 13th Edition. McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions, 2010. VitalBook file. Bookshelf.

Like Goldman, many Fortune 500 corporations report that philanthropy and social responsibility programs help their business by enhancing employee satisfaction, improving

Bertrand Piccard quotes, “In the 21st century, the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more sustainability. This is a powerful message, it sums up the concepts discussed throughout the course. Additionally, the case studies such as the New Belgium Brewery, SC Johnson and The Kimberly Clarke organization have been proven to practice this philosophy. As society progresses in its efforts to provide a more sustainable future, there is a fundamental foundation of principles that must be followed to ensure success. Sustainable business development takes into account the application of business operations as it relates to the three pillars of sustainability, which is a dynamic yet integrative place to begin this journey. DesJardins, (2006) calls for a re-imagination of the future to create a vibrant sustainable model; which forms similar beliefs to Piccard. In addition, organizations are more inclined to create sustainable practices based on consumer demand and the willingness of leadership to participate in sustainability programs.

to be a more holistic approach that allows social responsonsibilty to be embedded in every decision or process of the company rather than just picking up a "ball ( cause)" and carrying it around to just enhance their brand. It would allow for the company to change the thought

Social responsibility is a great way to not only to make profit; consequently, as well as building a

Participating in the food bank program would benefit Company Q in becoming a better corporate citizen. In areas of high poverty the food bank supplies a service to those unable to afford food. The food bank must rely on donations from local individuals and businesses to be able to serve the community. Company Q could provide food to the food bank that would normally go to waste. In an indirect way this could affect the crime-rates in certain parts of the city if theft was due to unaffordable goods such as food. The lack of trust in their employees reflects poorly on Company Q. With no prior evidence that this has or was happening these assumptions towards the workforce, a stakeholder, are unfounded. Company Q can easily rectify this situation by making a simple and easy to follow standard operating procedure that would make the food bank donations transparent and resolve any discrepancies that could arise between management and employees. Following this plan would benefit the community, workforce, and make Company Q a better corporate citizen.

The session that I attended was Dolores Huerta speech, which was very interesting. Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, she is a labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with Cesar Chavez, co-founded the national Farmworkers association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers, immigrants, and women’s rights. She is truly a leader, working tirelessly to help the poor and women and children. She talks about war, genocide, Mass incarceration, and poverty. During her participation in non-violent protest she was arrested 22 times trying to make changes in society. Her main question was what can we do as people to solve things in the

It allows for social change advocacy without the potential external consequences of "conventional activism." But increasingly, we are led to believe that ‘entrepreneurs’ and ‘social enterprises’ are the avant garde of ‘change making’. Like every concept has both pros and cons, similarly even social entrepreneurship has its own demerits. On one hand it is one major factor in bringing change while on the other end it is being overused by companies who start off with the motive of being socially responsible and use this for the advantage in future ,by diverting their focus on profits. The point is, all of a sudden, social entrepreneurship was everywhere and everyone wanted to be one. The key to sustainable capitalism is reasonable profits as opposed to maximizing profits. In the current system, a segment of society is trying to maximize profits without concern for the impact on the well being of the society as a whole, while another segment of social organizations have to deal with the fall out. The system is not working. If it does good in some areas it also does bad in others. The example of Toms one for one shoe program though does charity and is a social enterprise but at its worst, it promotes a view of the world's poor as helpless, ineffective people passively waiting for trinkets from shoe-buying Americans. While the shoes themselves probably won't lead to any kind of disaster, that worldview can lead to bad policies and real, serious harm also has a small negative impact on local markets. And so I have come to feel increasingly uncomfortable with the term “social entrepreneurship” and its main actor, the “social entrepreneur”. It creates a false separation between “this is where we make money, and this is where we do good”. And that is exactly what is wrong with capitalism today. Myths of social entrepreneurship are different from what and how it really works in the

Listening to Michael Porter speak about the reason why business can be good at solving social problems, the one thing that stuck out for me in his monologue was that business profits from causing social problems. In his view, it is conventional wisdom that business is the problem and the solution is to change how business sees itself. Training, clean drinking water, protection of forests and other good things that bring good to us as a human race, they are the solution to the social problems and can be reached by understanding that when these needs are met, business creates wealth. Business creates wealth and we seek to meet the needs again. It sounds like a circle that keeps rounding and feeding one and the other.

Greyston Bakery is definitely a unique company. This company offers so much more than just brownies to its community. As I stated previously, the company gives somewhat “undesirable” employees a chance to transform from “hard-to-employ” into easy to employ. It also offers shelters to the local homeless, facilitates programs geared towards individuals’ personal growth, and offers health care programs for individuals suffering from HIV/AIDS. In addition, Greyston’s ten guiding principles focus mainly on being a model and a light in its community for other corporations to mimic. Even though it is a for-profit corporation, the company is definitely not merely profit-oriented. While all of these attributes make up a great community-oriented company, I believe more companies do not follow suit because of the expense. Offering so many programs and benefits such as housing to the homeless and child development programs can cost a company millions. In the text, it states that Greyston’s foundation

Summary Mika Ko's chapter Representing the Zainichi is about the representation of zainichi in contemporary Japanese cinema. She discusses the change in how they are being represented in contemporary Japanese cinema since the 90s. To look at this change she uses two movies in particular, namely All Under the Moon and Go. Even before the success of these two movies, Koreans popped up and were represented in Japanese movies as early as the 1930s, mainly under an 'object-subject' relationship: Korea being the object, and with Japan as the subject. Though it was later on, during the 1950s and 60s that film-makers shed light on the political and social issues zainichi face in Japan.

It may seem quite peculiar that the 2007 “Harvard Commencement Speech” was delivered by an individual who once dropped out of the university. However, once it is established that this very individual is “Harvard's most successful dropout,” as well as founder of microsoft computers; Bill Gates certainly constitutes as qualified for the deliverance of this speech. Bill Gates “Harvard Commencement Speech” encourages the new graduates that “humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries— but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.” Gates asserts this claim by following it with specific examples, such as delivering medicine to countries in poverty. In order to reduce the world’s hardships, Gates poses the question “how can we do the most good for the greatest number with the resources we have.” He addresses the graduating class of Harvard using emotional appeal to ignite compassion within the graduates, logic and reasoning to provide attainable solutions to reduce the world's inequities, and strives to establish his personal credibility in order to support the claim that the purpose of discoveries is not for personal knowledge or self improvement, but rather for the world’s betterment.

This blueprint, when properly designed, can permit an organization not only to operate more efficiently internally, but also to operate more effectively externally within society. When focused both internally and externally, such a strategic plan allows a public or non-profit entity to establish itself as a high impact organization. A high impact organization is an organization that is focused on creating extraordinary levels of social impact. It is an organization that moves beyond focusing on other organizations and entities as just competitors and instead looks upon these organizations as potential collaborators with which to develop joint policies and coordinated actions, which collectively will have a greater impact on society than will the unilateral actions of the non-profit.

After reading the first two chapters of Building Social Business, I was moved. I was inspired. Yunus opened my eyes to another side of business which in his words was selfless. And indeed it was selfless. Social business is truly selfless because it focuses on helping others and earning profit comes second. By reading this book and reflecting, I realized it is better to be part of the solution than be part of the problem. By looking at my community, at my environment, and at my experiences in life, there are problems that will need solutions and I firmly believe that having a social business is the solution. By my observation, slow public utilities, expensive medicine, and empowering marginalized sectors are problems that can be solved by putting up social businesses. By combining entrepreneurial mindset and experience, social awareness, and creativity, the ideal social business can be done. But what makes a social business truly a social business is the