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BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT

& SOCIETY

Definitions

Relationships

Models


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What is the objective of mostbusinesses?

How do businesses meet theirobjectives?

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BUSINESS


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What is the objective of mostgovernments?

How do governments meettheir objectives?

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6Diane Evans ([email protected])

GOVERNMENT

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definition


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What is the objective of most

societies (cultures/population)? How do societies meet their

objectives?

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SOCIETY

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Business

GovernmentSociety


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Take a coloured card:

Red Society Blue Business Green Government

Step 1: get together with other people with thesame colour card

Step 2: discuss the objectives of your particularinterest group.

Step 3: feedback main points to whole class Step 4: change groups find at least one person

from each of the other groups. Step 5: discuss your objectives. Look for common

areas and possible problems.

Step 6: list main points of discussion and beready to feed back/ Step 7: outside class summarise and reflect on

your discussions and feedback. Write aparagraph on the discussion board or in a blog.

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CLASS

ACTIVITY


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OBJECTIVES OF

BUSINESS

REDUCE COSTS

INCREASE SALES

MAXIMISE

PROFIT


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Vary according to culture,religion and natural resourcesavailable

People want to have enough toeat and a supply of water

Shelter from the environmentand threats

Education and health care are apriority

Improved lifestyle is seen as

progressive therefore good Self-development

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OBJECTIVES

OF SOCIETY


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Manage resources fairly and cost-effectively

Support the population Provide a regulation framework for

business The Abu Dhabi government states its

objectives are:

to ensure that public entities resourcesand funds are managed, collected andexpended efficiently, effectively andeconomically, to ensure the accuracy ofthe financial reports and compliance ofthe public entities with the relevant

laws, rules and regulations andgovernance guidelines as outlined in thisLaw, and to promote accountability andtransparency principles at the publicentities.

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OBJECTIVES

OF

GOVERNMENT
http://www.abudhabi.ae/egovPoolPortal_WAR/appmanager/ADeGP/Citizen?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=p_citizen_homepage_hidenav&lang=en


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Market Capitalism

Dominance

Countervailing Forces Stakeholder Model

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FOUR MODELS

OF THE BGS

RELATIONSHIP


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MARKET

CAPITALISM


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DOMINANCE

MODEL


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EGYPTIAN

UPRISING

JANUARY

2012

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COUNTERVAILING

FORCES


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STAKEHOLDER


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CASE

STUDY

Business, Government & SocietyNestl case study of good practiceWinter 2011

Creating shared values

Nestl, the worlds largest food and nutrition company, has been involved inrural development in emerging countries since the 1920s. At that time, theSwiss giant built factories in South Africa and Brazil as it created new milkmarkets in countries with burgeoning farming sectors.

Today, Nestl has 443 factories around the globe, nearly a third of which are inrural areas in the developing world. With that history and breadth ofexperience, it is unsurprising that Nestl is highly skilled at making ruraldevelopment of mutual benefit to both the company and the community inwhich it operates.

In its 2010 Creating Shared Value report, released earlier this year, Nestllisted a number of facts about its 144 factories in developing, rural areas: athird have numeracy and literacy programmes, two thirds include a Nestl-builtwater treatment plant, and just over half offer formal apprenticeship training.

Nestl public affairs communications manager John Bee said: This starts fromour approach to doing business, the idea that creating shared value forshareholders and the communities that you impact or represent.

As Nestl is constantly sourcing raw materials for its products, thosecommunities are almost always near or in rural areas. As a companyspecialising in nutrition, Nestl usually focuses on programmes that improve thehealth of both the people and the livestock. In Pakistan, for example, Nestlwanted to improve the quality of its dairy supply, partly through adding iron tomilk to prevent anaemia, a major public health issue in the country. The keyproject was to improve veterinary services to the animals.

The company had to be sensitive to local culture. Many of the herders are

women, so Nestl had to train cadres of female paravets, the animalequivalent of community health workers, as it would not have been consideredappropriate to have a sudden influx of male workers.

In partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development & Co-operation, weprovided them with start-up kits that included basic medicines and gave themtraining, explains Bee. This empowered women and increased the productivityof the animals. History suggests that we build loyalty among our supplier baseby doing this (helping and training the local workforce), especially when wesource directly from them.

Source: http://www.ethicalperformance.com/bestpractice/casestudy/107[accessed 30 August2012]

The Nestle case study is

produced by Nestle.

a) Which model isillustrated?

b) Give 2 examples from thecase study informationas evidence to supportyour answer to (a).

c) If you owned shares inNestle, would you behappy about theactivities described?Explain your reasons.

d) Carry out research onNestle does thecorporation alwaysdemonstrate good

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The relationships between Business,Government and Society is co-dependent and changing

There are 4 models of BGS

relationship

Difficult to find a balance betweenright and wrong, greed andcompassion, corruption and truth.

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SUMMARY


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Society

Government Value

Idea

Ideology

Business

Profit

Social contract

Corruption

Capitalism

Populism

Stakeholder

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KEY

WORDS


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Steiner & Steiner (2009)Business, Government &Society. Publisher McGraw-Hill.

http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/strategy/presentation/busobjectives2_map.htm

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