Employees workers and Corporate Social Responsibility CSR The
Employees (workers) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): The Yellow Brick Road to where exactly? Can employees actively obtain voice and participation rights in CSR initiatives in South Africa? Prof Monray Marsellus Botha University of Pretoria 05 October 2019
Introduction Dorothy is a young girl who lives in a one-room house in Kansas with the care-worn Uncle Henry and Aunt Em; the joy of her life is her dog, Toto. A sudden cyclone strikes, and, by the time Dorothy catches Toto, she is unable to reach the storm cellar. They are still in the house when the cyclone carries it away for a long journey. When at last the house lands, Dorothy finds that she is in a beautiful land inhabited by very short, strangely dressed people. The Witch of the North informs her that she is in the land of the Munchkins, who are grateful to her for having killed Callout Box the Wicked Witch of the East (the house having landed on the witch), thus freeing them. The Witch of the North gives § Callout One Dorothy the silver shoes of the dead witch and advises her § Callout Two. to go to the City of Emeralds to see the Great Wizard Oz, § Callout Three. who might help her return to Kansas. The witch sends Dorothy off along the yellow brick road with a magical kiss to protect her from harm.
Symbolism Dorothy = Workers/ Employees: In search of home, self (rights/protections) WICKED WITCH (OF THE WEST, EAST): West: corporate ruling class East “…has held all the Munchkins in bondage for many years, making them slave for her night and day. ” COWARDL Y LION = Governme nt: In search of courage MUNCHKINS = ordinary citizens SCARECROW = Callout Box Labour: mercy of three uncontrollable elements: § Callout One environment, economy, and § Callout Two. government § Callout Three. In search of a way to get around all three and balance conflicting rights/agends
Symbolism YELLOW BRICK ROAD: gold monetary standard = each brick of gold leading to the Emerald City path to enlightenment and transformation SILVER (RUBY) SHOES: symbol of silver monetary reform: symbolic of power and mobility: can move you forward in life, or bring you home Callout Box EMERALD CITY: the seat of power TORNADO: § Callout One political upheaval and monetary movement § Callout Two. transformational change through § Callout Three. transport to another dimension
Corporate Responsibility Social “have ceased to be merely legal devices through which the private business transactions of individuals may be carried on. Though still much used for this purpose, the corporate form has acquired a larger significance. The corporation has, in fact, become both a method of property tenure and a means of organizing economic life. Grown to tremendous proportions, there may be said to have evolved a Callout Box ‘corporate system’ –as there was once a feudal § Callout One system –which has attracted to itself a combination of § Callout Two. attributes and powers, and has attained a degree of § Callout Three. prominence entitling it to be dealt with a major social institution”.
Corporate Responsibility Social Companies must now apply a triple context: • economic • social • environmental • = decision-making • Corporations should care more about just profit and loss as “they feel responsible to society as a whole” Callout Box § Callout One § Callout Two. § Callout Three.
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Corporate Responsibility Social • "visible only to those who know where to look" Part of society just as much as each of us, as an individual • Selfish indulgence has been replaced by a Callout Box concern for society § Callout One § Callout Two. § Callout Three.
Corporate Responsibility Social Corporations are now often expected • to deliver the good, not just the goods • to pursue values, not just value • and to help make the world a better place. Callout Box § Callout One § Callout Two. § Callout Three.
Corporate Responsibility Social Central tenant of social responsibility social contract among all the stakeholders which is an essential requirement of civil society • Social responsibility needs extend beyond members of society • Social responsibility implies concern for future and towards future members of society • Responsibility towards environment because of implications for other members of society both now and in future Callout Box § Callout One § Callout Two. § Callout Three.
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