The Politics of Social Responsibility in the Romanian Business Environment

• Author: Stefan Gheorghe
• Pages: 330-334

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Abstract:

The ethics and social

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economic activity and to difficul

diminished productivity, few de

value. Recently, the disparagem

supplementary economic costs w

Keywords:

ethics; social respons

Corporations’ activity is based

(such as: employees, consumers,

have their interests respected. W

locally or globally, these program

likely the financial success allow

the

se economic arguments, one s

social responsibilities. The social

which there can be identified fo

ethical and philanthropic. (Zygmu

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shareholders who wish a reasona

and well paid jobs, have clients

level of the social responsibilit

responsibilities which supports a

demanded

(meaning imperatively

Legal responsibility –

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correspond to the rules of a safe

society so that their fulfilment

responsibility. Recently, many

competitio

n practices, materialize

sector and the unjustified increas

economic responsibilities).

es and Perspectives

olitics of Social Responsibility in the

omanian Business Environment

Stefan Gheorghe

ati,

Faculty of Economic Sciences,

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ial responsibility have

become a delicate subject specially in

timating their impact can lead to the loss of clients, the di

ulties for acquiring new customers. The implicit consequences

development opportunities and significant decrease of the c

gement of these concepts by the local or central authoriti

s whic

h can be found in taxes and assessments paid by contribu

onsibility; economic activity; taxes

d on the contribution of large and various socio

rs, providers, local communities

- in one word

stake

When a successful company

initiates programs of

rams contribute either to the success of that particul

lows it the luxury of getting involved in “generous

e should take into account the moral arguments fav

ial responsibility of the economic agents can be reg

four types of responsibil

ities pyramidally dispos

munt,

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Firms, national and international companies h

onable revenue from their investments, have emplo

ts who solicit good quality products at affordable

ility of any corporation is defined as the foun

ts and makes

them possible. Therefore, economic

ely solicited) to all economic agents.

legal responsibility of any economic agent impli

afe eco

nomic environment which codifies the mor

ent be a mandatory condition with respect to

y important mobile companies had to abide p

lized in illegal strategies meant to ensure them the k

ease of profit (this means these companies focused

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rities may draw up

ibutors.

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-professional groups

ke holders

) which must

of social responsibility

cular company or more

ous” initiatives. Beside

favouring corporations’

regarded as a system in

osed: economic, legal,

have managers and

ployee

s who want safe

le prices etc. The first

undation of the other

ic responsibilities are

plies that the business

oral conviction of the

o a company’s social

penalties due unfair

e keeping of the market

ed excessively on their