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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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THANK YOU