tcs perspective on environmental ethics

8/8/2019 Tcs Perspective on Environmental Ethics

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TCS PERSPECTIVE ONENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS


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BUSINESS ETHICS

Businessethics- (also known as corporate

ethics) is a form of applied ethics orprofessional ethics that examines ethical

principles and moral or ethical problems that

arise in a business environment .


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HISTORICAL REVIEW

firms started highlighting their ethical stature

since the late 1980s and early 1990s, as theworld witnessed serious economic and

natural disasters because of unethical

business practices .

the idea of business ethics caught theattention of academics, media and business

firms by the end of the overt Cold War.


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Overview ofissuesin businessethics

Corporate social responsibility

Issues regarding the moral rights and dutiesbetween a company and its shareholders

Political contributions made by corporations

The misuse of corporate ethics policies asmarketing instruments


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ETHICS IN FUNCTIONAL AREAS

Ethics of finance

Ethics of HRM

Ethics of marketing

Ethics of IT

Ethics of production


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International businessethics

Comparison of business ethical traditions in

different countries Comparison of business ethical traditions

from various religious perspectives

issues arising out of international business

transactions

international commerce


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Corporateethics policies

many companies have formulated internal policies

pertaining to the ethical conduct of employees containing specific behavioural requirements

(typically called corporate ethics codes).

offer guidance on handling some of the more

common ethical problems

lead to greater ethical awareness, consistency in

application, and the avoidance of ethical disasters


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ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

global warming have been felt heavily, people are

becoming aware of the importance of the nature andtheir responsibilities towards environmental

protection.

betterment of present environmental problems.

harmonize "environmentalethics" in environmental

pollution control practices to increase environmental

awareness of the environmental decision makers

and experts.


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provide a bridge between "environmental

knowledge" and "environmentalbehaviors" of members of the target groups.

studies the ethical relationship between

human beings and the environment.


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Environmental Ethics?

continuing with an excessive consumption of

natural resources. excessive use is resulting in their depletion,

risking the life of our future generations.

The Earth Day celebration of 1970 -led to the

development of environmental ethics as a

separate field of study.


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human activities lead to environmental

pollution Environmental ethics is about including the

rights of non-human animals in our ethicaland moral values

conservation of natural resources is not onlythe need of the day but also our prime duty.


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categories ofenvironmentalethics

Libertarian Extension, the Ecologic Extension

and Conservation Ethics Libertarian Extension -civil liberty approach -

a commitment to extend equal rights to all

members of a community.

Ecologic extension-recognition of the

fundamental interdependence of all biological

entities and their essential diversity


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Conservation ethics-worth of the

environment in terms of its utility orusefulness to humans.


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TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES

believes in promoting environment

sustainability and is committed to protectingthe environment

TCS team along with Maitree organized

various activities and promotional events

across all TCS branches from 1st June to11th June 2010.


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objective of carrying out such activities was

to promote awareness about theenvironment not only among the TCSers but

also among their family members and to

encourage them to become responsible

citizens.


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REGIONAL EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Bangalore-TCS Bangalore Maitree- observing

the Eco-Week from 1st- 4th June 2010. Each day ofthe Eco-weekwasgivenaspecial

theme.

Drywaste donationwas one ofthe majorthemes

duringtheweek.

donate drywasteslike old newspapers,

magazines, old notebooks, plasticwasteswhich

would beused to help the poorand theneedy.


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1st June, 2010 -observed as No-Print Day across

all the Bangalore centres and associates were askedto say NO to deforestation by printing only when

absolutely necessary.

Energy Conservation Week by encouraging the

associates to adopt green practices at personal level

to conserve energy.

On 3rd June 2010, a special screening of the movie

The Truthabout Tigers


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On 3rd June 2010, a special screening of the

movie The Truthabout Tigers


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Chennai -World Environment Day at

Chennai started in May 2010 with the Beachcleaning campaign to sensitize the

associates about the environment.


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On 5th June 2010, on the occasion of World

Environment Day,


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Competitions like Teach Green Contest

and MakeyourownECOBook markwere organized for the Chennai associates

free vehicular Emission Check-ups have

been planned for all the Associates vehicles

in all the Centers in Chennai


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Mumbai & Ahmedabad-TCSers showed

their concern for the environment byparticipating in the clean-up drive .

Various competitions like poster

competitions, essay-writing competitions and

slogan writing competitions on variousthemes

A cyclerally was organized in Ahmedabad


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Kolkata- On 4th June 2010, Maitree-Ecology

Club inaugurated its first E-Newsletter whichcaptures all activities

BE THE CHANGE - Forthechildren of

tomorrow photography contest. This was a

small effort towards urging people to build acleaner,greenerworld for our children.


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CORPORATE INITIATIVES


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SAVEENVIRONMENT

SAVE LIFE


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