Ethics and Leadership Name removed for privacy Western Governors University C206 Ethical Leadership Task 2

A. The purpose of corporate social responsibility is to make sure that companies conduct business in an ethical manor. There are three reasons in which to do so, a pragmatic reason, an ethical reason, and a strategic reason. First, the pragmatic reason is simple. If a company wants to us rights and privileges that come with having legal advantages of being a corporation, then they need to be responsible and perceived as such in order to keep those rights. If they do anything that can be perceived as irresponsible, then the corporation title and its protections, can be stripped away. Next, the ethical reason to conduct business in an ethical manor...