Sessions 8 & 9 - June 16 & 18, 2014
While we only had one class
in CSRGOVE this week, I still learned new knowledge about Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) in 90 minutes. The
4 models of CSR were discussed during class: Economic model, Philanthropic
model, Social web model, and Integrative model. However, of these three, the
most that stuck to me was the Social web model. The reason is because as we
discuss this particular model, I was again reminded of the phrase, “just
because something is legal does not mean it is ethical”, and the further we
discussed in this topic, I was able to form yet another phrase about law and
ethics in my head: “just because the law doesn’t say it doesn’t mean you can
ignore being ethical”.
As discussed in class, businesses have a social
responsibility to respect the rights of their employees and an ethical duty to
consumers even when not specified by the law.
For me, this is truly so as it is basic moral to give respect to the
rights of the people who surround us.
And this lesson was such a nice reminder to business students especially
now that we are already working towards our future careers where material
things such as money and fame could be blinding for some. It was good that
lessons like this remind us every now and then that while material things
provide us our wants in life, humanity still exceeds all.
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