R. Edward Freeman

Step 1: Summarize the major arguments of Friedman and Freeman et al. on CSR A. “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”, written by Milton Freeman (1970). Milton Friedman took a “Shareholder Approach” to social responsibility. This approach asserts that shareholders advance capital to a company’s managers, who are supposed to spend corporate funds only in ways that have been authorized by the shareholders. Friedman wrote: "There is one and only one social responsibility

The scan showed some abnormalities based on the spikes and absents of spikes in certain areas of the brain (Freeman. 2002. 97-102). Then the discussion was whether or not to use medicine to treat the possible seizures that could occur. We decided to put her on the lowest dosage possible. The first year went well with only one seizure occurring and at the year

PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATION OF AMERICA Nowadays, we are facing a major experiment in privatization. For example, private companies have entered the business of managing public schools, or religious schools. Also, they even run in prison industry. Among them is Private Prison Corporation of America, which is growing fast in prison industry in the United States. Especially, immigration detention business has brought up massive profit for Private Prison of America. Therefore, corporation is planning

Table of Contents The Powerlines Undergrounding Project, London (2012). 2 Objectives and factors effecting the project objectives 3 Planning Tools to Manage a Project 4 who are Stakeholders? 5 Evaluation of Stakeholders associated with PLUG 5 Stakeholders 6 Risk Management 7 Analysing Risk Management techniques used in PLUG 7 The Project Management Triangle 7 Skills required to effectively manage a Project 8 Essential skills in Project Management: 8 References 10   The Powerlines Undergrounding

The general idea we have in mind when we hear the term "Corporate Governance", is that it is an almost unattainable goal. The reason is the only companies that have "corporate governance" are big businesses with exorbitant capital, or, at least have shares on the stock-market. It is based on the idea that applying good organizational governance practices, is exclusive and expensive. But those who argue this idea are very far from reality. I must confess that I was one of these people. Currently all

In addition, the Rigas family harmed all the stakeholders. Stakeholders are those "groups who have a specific stake in or claim on the firm. Specifically suppliers, customers, employees, stockholders, and local community, as well as management" (Freeman 56). Adelphia Coliseum, now renamed The Coliseum, had to be renamed because of Adelphia's bankruptcy. Adelphia Coliseum was a stakeholder. This made everyone who utilized the stadium a stakeholder as well. The stakeholders were harmed because

The argument of whether or not “values”, ethics, and social responsibility should be included in the business world is a fiercely debated subject. Some are completely against including ethics within the business sphere and that in order to stay competitive, a company should do whatever it takes to survive in the dog eat dog world. The proponents of keeping ethics separate from business would claim that going for profit in perfectly competitive markets will work so that society will be served in

representation which had been around since as early on as the Renaissance. Moving away from the traditional Western rules of what was suitable when creating art- dadists and surrealists start to “undermine artistic convention” ( Freeman 1989 : 1) and in turn the cubists do to . As Freeman states in her article, they were attracted to that which appealed to people not aesthetically but rather on an intellectual level, hence why critics believed that they had become devoid of any social sense because

(private) + government spending + (exports – imports) Y = C0+c(Y-T)- I + G + NX (1) Y = f (C, I, G, NX) C = f (Y, T) , I = f (Y, r) , NX = f (Y, ԑ) (+, -) (+,-) (+, -) Where: Y = Income / output / expenditure / GDP C = Household consumption expenditure T = Taxes paid by household I = Private investment expenditure r = Real rate of interest G = Government / public spending/investment expenditure NX = Net exports (exports – imports) ԑ = real rate of exchange

Why talking about corporate governance? Good “corporate governance" is synonymous with “good business management”, that reinforcing surveillance systems, management and administration of a company, making them efficient, effective, honest, transparent and democratic. A company with high quality management will have access to financing (public or private) in better conditions and terms. Make appropriate business decisions to reach a higher level of accounting transparency, more efficiently manage