Have you ever heard about “corporate social responsibilities”? Do you consider
“corporate social responsibilities” is required in all businesses? Actually it is a term
which defines what duties businesses should shoulder for the society. However, it always
does not have a standard because it is an eye-of-the-beholder concept. Nowadays, more
and more people concern about the responsibilities of businesses. In my opinion, to fulfill
“corporate social responsibilities”, firms must at least understand the impact of their
decisions to the society and I agree that supporting the public in any way they can is a
core “corporate social responsibility”.
To begin with, the contribution to society is an integral part of peoples’ life,
particularly for companies, in terms of they have more resources than that of in the
general public and they can gather man power easily. Use CLP Power Hong Kong
Limited as an example, this company not only earns a profit by supplying electricity to
household but also assists the society. CLP Group knows that the main purpose of a
business is to earn a profit by providing products: however, it is not equal to indifference
to the community activities. As a result the Group has set up a voluntary team to minister
to the society especially the elderly. Workers in the voluntary team use their knowledge
to help solitary elder checking and repairing electrical appliances. Apart from this, CLP
Group do research and try to develop effective environmental friendly method to generate
energy. As environmental protection is another hot topic nowadays, in order to satisfy the
demand of the city, they try to make the city green. From this, enterprises can balance the
effort on profits and contribution to the society.
Besides, companies which have “corporate social responsibility” must increase
the positive effect and decrease the negative effect in the...