bs ethics ppt

7/29/2019 Bs Ethics Ppt

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HISTORY A US-based global manufacturer and retailer of outdoors wear

with a focus on footwear

Company also sells apparel such as clothes, watches, glasses and

leather goods

2007 - Timberland was named the 78th best employer in the US

on the CNN Money "One hundred best companies to work for"

list. A strong proponent of

Timberland also operates from a number of offices around the

world, including INDIA


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CORE VALUES

HUMANITY HUMILITY

INTEGRITY EXCELLENCE


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Employee Volunteering Program

Debuted on September 18, 1992 -

offered employees up to 16 hours of

paid time each year to engage in

community service In 1995, the number of paid hours

available to employees was raised to

40 hours a year

By the late 1990s, the company

formalized two annual service eventsdesigned to make it easy for

employees to serve.


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A team of passionate individuals within the company who volunteer

beyond their regular jobs for community services and CSR initiatives


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Employee Volunteer Program

Timberlandserve.com

Reporting the results of the program

Power to bring about a change

Path Of Service

Forty paid hours of community service

Service program that matches the employees interests


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90% of the Timberland employees take part in the

Path of Service

Service Sabbatical Program

An avenue for employee enrichment

Volunteerism, a key driver for positive worker attitudes


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Web Based Examples of CSR

SERVEnet.org

timberlandserve.com

salesforce.com

sas.com

shell.com

verizon.com


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Q.1 What are some of the benefits to companiesthat operate a volunteer employee program

stated in the case study ?

1. Helps in creating healthier community2. Improves corporate public image

3. Building employees teamwork skill

4. Attracting better employees

5. Improving employee morale

6. Enhancing employee training7. Enhancing employee productivity

8. Enhancing company productivity


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Q.2 How can companies encourage employees to participate in volunteer

program and avoid having employees feel that by volunteering they are

potentially derailing their chances of promotion because of the time theyll

spend out of the office?

Here are few ways to encourage employees to volunteer:

1) Offer employees paid time off for their volunteerism.

2) See if one or more of your employees can create and run avolunteer program.

3) Seek out organizations such as Habitat for Humanity that need

multiple volunteers so your employees can interact outside of the

workplace.

4) Make it fun. Encourage your employees to bring their friends and

family members


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5) Encourage top managers to lead by example andvolunteer themselves.

6) Provide your volunteers with company-logo shirtsand/or hats.

7) Create a tracking system so your employees caneasily log the hours they volunteer each month.

8) Consider implementing a volunteer-leave programthat enables one or more employees to apply tovolunteer fulltime at a nonprofit organization for anextended period while retaining their pay andbenefits.

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