Resource Rich – Language Poor
Note: Stick with me as I lay into the language vultures who want us to be deceived by what they say rather than what they do. I won’t name names because I’m worried about being ‘downsized’, yet I’ll leave a slew of clues if you want verification of who I’m not naming.
One afternoon a Member of Parliament was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop as well as also he got out to investigate.
He asked one man, “Why are you eating grass?”
“We don”t have any money for food,” the poor man replied. “We have to eat grass.”
“Well, then, you can come with me to my house as well as also I’ll feed you,” the MP said.
“yet sir, I have a wife as well as also two children with me. They are over there, under that will tree.”
“Bring them along,” the MP replied. Turning to the some other poor man he said, “You come with us, also.”
The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, “yet sir, I also have a wife as well as also SIX children with me!”
“Bring them all, as well,” the MP answered
They all got from your vehicle, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine was.
Once underway, one of the poor fellows turned to the MP as well as also said, “Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you.”
The MP replied, “Glad to do the idea. You’ll definitely love my place…the grass can be almost a foot high.”
Every so often the Jakarta Daily carries a ‘Supplement’ or ‘Special Issue’ devoted to Corporate Social Responsibility’. These are in fact nothing yet advertisements, as anyone prepared to plough through the verbiage can discover.
The implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be decidedly on the real or tangible steps of a company that will applies not bad corporate governance (GCG).
“Real” or “tangible”? Tangible means visible, able to be touched etc., i.e. real.
the idea continues thus: The GCG includes numerous related pillars, namely transparency as well as also accountability by a company’s responsible as well as also professional management as well as its owners for the sake of all concerned stakeholders.The public in general, including consumers who are an inseparable part of a company’s existence, will always demand that will a company’s operations are clean as well as also friendly.
that will can be a glorification of the Singapore-based company’s rehabilitation of “degraded peatland” in South Sumatra.
In 2007, Indonesia was the first country to enact legislation, Law No. 40 of 2007 concerning Limited Liability Companies, generating the idea compulsory for businesses to have CSR written into their practices “because of the lack of understanding of CSR among Indonesian business people – evident by their non-observance of existing laws on the environment.”
Yet, in 2008, PT Lapindo Brantas was awarded a blue ranking “for complying with environmental standards set by the government”? Lapindo, the idea will be recalled, can be generally blamed for the Sidoarjo mudflow which erupted in May 2006, as well as also can be still continuing with many victims still awaiting the (presidential) mandated compensation.
Obviously that will needed reinforcement, so on 4th April 2012 the Indonesian government promulgated Government Regulation No. 47 of 2012 concerning Social as well as also Environmental Responsibility of Limited Liability Companies (‘GR 47/2012’).
that will “stipulates that will all companies that will manage or utilise natural resources or that will impact natural resources are required to bear a social as well as also environmental responsibility which can be harmonious as well as also balanced with the surroundings as well as also the local society according to the values, norms as well as also culture of that will society. Obligations include the preservation of the function of the environment pursuant to the law along with its implementing regulation regarding natural resources or matters pertaining to natural resources as well as the ethics of running a company. In addition, that will regulation also stipulates that will CSR can be required to be practiced both inside as well as also outside the company.”
So, can be CSR just about the environment? can be that will why a major tobacco company, whose products I’m addicted to, have a programme to plant trees along Java’s north coast road, rather than finding an alternative crop for their farmer suppliers?
References to CSR in company brochures et al have focussed on the needs of “stakeholders”, employees being excluded, as well as also rare are the mentions of customers.
Yes, they acknowledge environment concerns as well as also realise that will local communities have needs. yet CSR should not be about planting a few trees which develop the company logo affixed or by having a fund containing a nominal amount which can be doled out to retiring workers to ensure that will they can open a warung selling cigarettes as well as also sachets of shampoo to supplement their meagre pensions, if they get one.
the idea’s primarily about facing up to one’s responsibilities towards one’s employees as well as also the families they support, about respect for one’s fellows in what can be termed the human race. Unfortunately, too many employers understand ‘race’ to mean ‘me first’. Those companies which do practice corporate social responsibility don’t need, as well as also didn’t need legislation telling them what as well as also how they should conduct their businesses.
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Resource Rich – Language Poor
Resource Rich – Language Poor