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2 - CSR Models and Frameworks
2 - CSR Models and Frameworks
2 - CSR Models and Frameworks
Course Content
• Introduction - Our changing world and the evolution of CSR
• From CSR pyramids to shared value and beyond: CSR models and
frameworks
• Moving beyond shareholders: Internal and external stakeholders
• The S in CSR: Social and global issues
• Environmental sustainability: The role of business in sustainable
development
• Responsible leadership: Inspiring CSR
• CSR reporting
• Benchmarking CSR: Frameworks, standards, certifications and indices
• Business ethics: How philosophy can help us make ethical decisions in
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their missions since inception can retain the core values that they
varying cultures.
• Ben and Jerry’s, since it was founded, has had a social goal as
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• After Unilever took over the company in 2000 and it seemed that the
company may lose its commitment to the social aspect of its
business, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders of the
company heavily criticised Ben & Jerry’s for ‘selling out’.
Subsequently, in 2009, Paul Polman, the new CEO announced a
commitment of Unilever to social and environmental values, as a
result of which, employee engagement is now quite high. Ben and
Jerry’s is viewed by many stakeholders as a social icon, because of
the political stand it takes on many sensitive environmental and
social causes such as the recent Black Lives Matters movement.
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1. How did Ben & Jerry’s CSR change over the years and for
what reasons?
2. Would you say that its CSR is holistic? What do you learn
from its current mission?
3. What makes it a CSR icon? Why do you think being a
social icon makes companies more desirable for
acquisition by larger corporations?
4. What can the company still do to improve its CSR?
Provide a list of three things it could do better.
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Can you think of other companies you can place in each stage?
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Strategic CSR
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