Title: Task 6: Definition game - Part 2 (H5P)
Course: Corporate Social Responsibility online > Section: Part 2: Corporate Social Responsibility

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The next day, Defi went to school. In a business class the teacher introduced a new concept: Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR in short. Defi was concerned. "Isn't business about  economic responsibility? It is clear that the society expects business to be profitable. What is the new CSR concept then?" she thought.

The teacher asked the students to prepare a presentation showing their own understanding of the CSR concept. The task was to be done in pairs. Cathy got sick, so Defi didn't have anybody to work with.

Would you like to help her with this assignment? Yes? That is great. Let's start by going to the quiz.

Question 1

- Defi: "Hi there. Thank you for helping me in this task. I've started already to collect some materials on this topic. I think we can start one by one by checking each word, so to exactly know what we are talking about and based on this we will present the whole concept. Lets start with C. C like Corporation. Please find below three parts of the movie: "The Corporation", is a 2003 Canadian documentary film written by University of British Columbia law professor Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.

- Watch the first 3 chapters and respond the question "What is a corporation?" in just in two words.
- The Corporation (Full Movie) chapters 1 to 23 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA50FBC214A6CE87

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin8fbdGV9Y&list=PLFA50FBC214A6CE87&index=2&t=0s

Source: The Corporation, THE CORPORATION [1/23] What is a Corporation? (7:14 min)    [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin8fbdGV9Y&list=PLFA50FBC214A6CE87&index=2&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuUzmqBewg&list=PLFA50FBC214A6CE87&index=2

Source: The Corporation, THE CORPORATION [2/23] Birth (4:55 min) [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuUzmqBewg&list=PLFA50FBC214A6CE87&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkygXc9IM5U&list=PLFA50FBC214A6CE87&index=3

Source: The Corporation, THE CORPORATION [3/23] A Legal "Person" (5:47 min) [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkygXc9IM5U&list=PLFA50FBC214A6CE87&index=3

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Question 2

- Defi: I hope the previous question wasn't that difficult. The scond word we need to deal with is "Social". I still need some time to look for materials in this field, so maybe just continue with the 4 th part of "The Corporation" movie and answer the question given below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCGTD5Bn1m0

Source: The Corporation, THE CORPORATION [4/23] Externalities (2:12 min)  [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCGTD5Bn1m0

"The effect of a transaction between two individuals on a third party who has not consented to or played any role in the carrying out of thet transaction" is a definition of?

Please type your answer in one word.

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Question 3

- Defi: Thank you for your patience. I've found interesting video, that raises the social aspect of company activities. Please watch with me the TEDx speach from Alex Edmans on "The social responsibility of business".
What do you think, which group of stakeholders Edmans perceives as the core in terms of social responsibility of the business?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5KZhm19EO0

Source: TEDx Talks,  The social responsibility of business | Alex Edmans | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool (17:25 min)  [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5KZhm19EO0

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Question 4

- Defi: You know what I found out? There is no satisfactory definition for the term “responsibility” in its stand-alone form. Broadly speaking, the notion of responsibility refers to:
  - ex ante obligations one has with respect to future actions and behaviors (e.g., role, normative, and moral obligations), and
  - ex post attributions one may be subject to with respect to past actions or behaviors (e.g., role, normative, moral, causal, judged, and felt attributions).

- I've made some notes, but I totally lost the clue. Please help me to match the proper definitions with the right names of the concepts below:

Based on:
Bergsteiner H. (2013) Responsibility Concepts. In: Idowu S.O., Capaldi N., Zu L., Gupta A.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

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Question 5

- Defi: Uhh. This wasn't that easy that I supposed is will be. Anyway this is my last request to you regarding this task. I think it is fine to know and differentiate all the kinds of responsibilities, however I wanted also link it a bit with its meaning for individuals' lives and for the world in general. Look what I've found:
  - A short video on the responsibility from Responsibility Foundation and
  - Dr. Victor Frankl speech on Man's search on Meaning about World Responsibility

Responsibility video

Source: Responsibility Foundation, Responsibility Foundation - What is Responsibility? (4:05 min) [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpxZPdek5w8&t=47s

Frankl speech

Source: Responsibility Foundation, World Responsibility - Dr. Viktor Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning (3:23 min) [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBjZ8Zikp2A

Have you seen the idea for Statue of Responsibility, the  monument will serve as an international icon of responsibility. It will engage individuals, families, schools, communities, businesses and government from around the globe with programs that encourage responsibility while improving people lives for generations to come.

Please have a look at the project of Statue. What element can you recognize in it?

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Question 6

- Defi: I think we are almost ready. I've found last short film on "What Is Responsible Business? Doing Good and Doing Well", showing the idea of business responsibility:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ArVXMdkPI

Source: IESE Business School, What Is Responsible Business? Doing Good and Doing Well (2:47)   [access 13.06.2020]. Derived from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ArVXMdkPI

We can hear here about the idea of triple P - People, Planet and Profit. This is our match. We listen here to several representants of organizations that express what do they understand by responsible business.

What is the trend today? Answer just with one word.

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