Corporate Responsibility

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In this article, the writer notes that today, the excellence of companies is not rated purely on their competitive nature and profits made. In fact, their social responsibilities, contributions and attitudes are also considered a huge part of their image and popularity. The writer discusses that major industries, entrepreneurs and managers have the additional responsibility to oblige the needs and rights of their workers, their customers, the societies and communities they serve as well as the overall atmosphere. In this paper, the writer studies the corporate responsibility of Gap enterprises in order to understand the manner in which multi-national corporations are currently defining and managing their responsibilities with regards to human and environment right as well as the labor or workforce demands and needs. The writer concludes that Gap Inc. is one of the leading enterprises in the world that realizes its social responsibility and acts according to its obligation to the community by engaging and initiating ventures that can help in the enhancement of working environments, employee expansion, environmental awareness, efficient and satisfying labor supply chains, etc.

Outline:
Introduction
Gap Enterprises
Supply Chain Labor Environments
Employee Growth
Community Investment
Environmental Issues
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The GAP enterprises realize their responsibility and accountability to the community and also realize that their success lies in the networking that they are able to do with the community they are in and the way that the community responds to them. Hence, they have made sure that they correctly assess and evaluate all their strategies and how they affect their own commerce and the environment of the community both in the short and the long term. The GAP enterprise does well in adapting their objectives in accordance with the community i.e. in developed markets they target the strong-minded and independent youngsters while in the developing markets they target the women to help them break out of the contemporary cycle and enhance their work capacities.
"With the increase in the social responsibility of the corporations and business entities, the GAP enterprises like many other corporations now have to work hand in hand with the government if they want to make the community feel like they can trust the industry."

Sample of Sources Used:

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