Comments on: Corporate Social Responsibility part 5: The case for community business partnerships http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/corporate-social-responsibility-part-5-the-case-for-community-business-partnerships Discussion about ethical issues relating to business Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: drew http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/corporate-social-responsibility-part-5-the-case-for-community-business-partnerships#comment-2363 drew Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:34:13 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=78#comment-2363 Nancy Wow - this is a very in-depth response to my query. Thank you very much. Nancy

Wow – this is a very in-depth response to my query.

Thank you very much.

]]> By: Nancy B http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/corporate-social-responsibility-part-5-the-case-for-community-business-partnerships#comment-2321 Nancy B Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:56:20 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=78#comment-2321 Hi Andrew, Thank you for leaving a comment on my "Water for All" post. I was not aware of Coca-Cola's efforts and have found the online details to be more sketchy than I'm comfortable with. I would like to see companies like this concentrate on actual availability of clean water in addition to cleaning up their internal processing processes. I have traveled in Mexico and was horrified at the condition of barely running water just down the highway from huge bottling plants. I 'get' the benefit of air washers to water washers for bottles, but what is the end to end energy use... if the plant purifies the water in the end and it is used in the local drinking ware system... it might make a better use of energy than a dead end set of air blowers. Many of the bottling facilities are franchised... so how much influence does this really have? There has to be more than 70 bottling plants in the US alone... so 70 projects doesn't really impress me. It seems like a publicity grab to my cynical eyes. <abbr><em>Nancy Bs last blog post..<a href="http://balancework.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/water-blog-tag/" rel="nofollow">Netweaving - Water for All Blog Tag Edition</a></abbr></em> Hi Andrew,

Thank you for leaving a comment on my “Water for All” post.

I was not aware of Coca-Cola’s efforts and have found the online details to be more sketchy than I’m comfortable with.

I would like to see companies like this concentrate on actual availability of clean water in addition to cleaning up their internal processing processes. I have traveled in Mexico and was horrified at the condition of barely running water just down the highway from huge bottling plants.

I ‘get’ the benefit of air washers to water washers for bottles, but what is the end to end energy use… if the plant purifies the water in the end and it is used in the local drinking ware system… it might make a better use of energy than a dead end set of air blowers.

Many of the bottling facilities are franchised… so how much influence does this really have? There has to be more than 70 bottling plants in the US alone… so 70 projects doesn’t really impress me.

It seems like a publicity grab to my cynical eyes.

Nancy Bs last blog post..Netweaving – Water for All Blog Tag Edition

]]> By: Andrew http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/corporate-social-responsibility-part-5-the-case-for-community-business-partnerships#comment-55 Andrew Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:52:48 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=78#comment-55 Thanks Tony, Good on you for boycotting Nike and going with the more socially responsible brands. Cheers Andrew Thanks Tony,

Good on you for boycotting Nike and going with the more socially responsible brands.

Cheers

Andrew

]]> By: Tony Tovar http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/corporate-social-responsibility-part-5-the-case-for-community-business-partnerships#comment-52 Tony Tovar Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:23:29 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=78#comment-52 It is sad to see that such a great company like Nike will go to such lengths to ultimately be fake about what they "say they do." I've taken a proactive step in purchasing shoes from great companies that focus on their shoe and spend the money to create quality shoes and also aren't greedy about sharing the wealth with employees in terms of special programs they provide for their employees, etc. Some of these smaller yet successful companies that dedicate themselves to quality versus maximizing profit (Nike), are the kinds of companies I purchase shoes from! You see if anyone has done anything about the above stated circumstances it's the companies that actually are specialist in their product as oppose to specialist in selling a product. Truth of the matter is, these small companies focus on doing things right and morally, if you will, they "just do it!" unlike their bigger name brand counter parts! Respectfully, Tony Tovar Tony Tovars last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Moolahblog/~3/324639392/broker-therapy-is-your-broker-playing-you" rel="nofollow">Broker Therapy; Is your broker playing you?</a> It is sad to see that such a great company like Nike will go to such lengths to ultimately be fake about what they “say they do.” I’ve taken a proactive step in purchasing shoes from great companies that focus on their shoe and spend the money to create quality shoes and also aren’t greedy about sharing the wealth with employees in terms of special programs they provide for their employees, etc. Some of these smaller yet successful companies that dedicate themselves to quality versus maximizing profit (Nike), are the kinds of companies I purchase shoes from! You see if anyone has done anything about the above stated circumstances it’s the companies that actually are specialist in their product as oppose to specialist in selling a product. Truth of the matter is, these small companies focus on doing things right and morally, if you will, they “just do it!” unlike their bigger name brand counter parts!

Respectfully,
Tony Tovar

Tony Tovars last blog post..Broker Therapy; Is your broker playing you?

]]> By: drew http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/corporate-social-responsibility-part-5-the-case-for-community-business-partnerships#comment-48 drew Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:39:39 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=78#comment-48 Hi Brad, Maybe they should place more emphasis on participation in such projects in their marketing strategy. Perhaps the reason they don't is that they don't feel that such projects have a significant influence on consumer purchasing decisions, unlike the Superbowl ads, which capture excitement and emotion that the company hopes will translate into a positive feel about the brand. The company must feel that the main business benefits of participation in such projects fall outside the realm of consumer marketing, such as government relations in affected countries, employee relations, investor relations, or having some defenses in the case of media attacks by social or environmental groups. Cheers Andrew Hi Brad,

Maybe they should place more emphasis on participation in such projects in their marketing strategy.

Perhaps the reason they don’t is that they don’t feel that such projects have a significant influence on consumer purchasing decisions, unlike the Superbowl ads, which capture excitement and emotion that the company hopes will translate into a positive feel about the brand.

The company must feel that the main business benefits of participation in such projects fall outside the realm of consumer marketing, such as government relations in affected countries, employee relations, investor relations, or having some defenses in the case of media attacks by social or environmental groups.

Cheers

Andrew

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/corporate-social-responsibility-part-5-the-case-for-community-business-partnerships#comment-47 Brad Shorr Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:35:52 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=78#comment-47 This is a very interesting story, Andrew. I had no idea Coca Cola had projects of this magnitude going on. No doubt they are building tremendous consumer loyalty through their community activities. I wonder if they should advertise this aspect of their operations when spending big $$ on Super Bowl ads and the like. Brad Shorrs last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/blogs/put-your-blog-to-work/" rel="nofollow">Are You Putting your Blog to Work?</a> This is a very interesting story, Andrew. I had no idea Coca Cola had projects of this magnitude going on. No doubt they are building tremendous consumer loyalty through their community activities. I wonder if they should advertise this aspect of their operations when spending big $$ on Super Bowl ads and the like.

Brad Shorrs last blog post..Are You Putting your Blog to Work?

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