my presentation about corporate social responsibility towards competitors

1. Corporate Social Responsibility Towards the Competition By Raymund N. Sanchez

4. - Antitrust laws

6. Intellectual Property Rights

7. Blood Diamonds

8. CSR Overview CSR policy functions as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards, and international norms.

11. Better informed & more discerning customers

12. Increasing number of competitors

13. Rapid advance in both soft & hard technology

14. Advances in scientific fields

15. In short, competition is getting stiffer & stiffer, Any kind of edge will count, which is why some companies resort to unethical practices.

17. Violation of human dignity

18. Patent/Trademark infringement

19. Socially irresponsible gimmicks

20. others When does competition become UNFAIR ?

23. Abuses of market power by a monopolist or dominant firm

24. Agreement between competitors to restrict output

26. Agreements on price initiatives, price ranges, price targets, collusion between competitors on floor prices are generally illegal under antitrust laws

29. Just Price: one in which both buyer & seller are given what is due them (price a manufacturer charges its customers for G&S is total cost of investment plus normal profit)

32. Louis Vuitton

33. Rolex

34. Rolls Royce

35. Q: Do these products ask for a “Just Price”?

37. Abusing Market Dominance Q1: Is Being Dominant bad? Q2: Why is the law punishing companies for being too good at what they do?

39. Unfair discrimination between equivalent transactions

40. Non-objective refusal to grant access to essential facilities

41. Unfair / predatory pricing

42. Engaging in practices to raise rivals costs or foreclose competitor entry

43. Unfair rebating practices & customer ties

45. Microsoft's IE was introduced in 1995 due to being incorporated into the Windows 95 OS

46. Market share diminished from Netscape who then charged Microsoft with anti competitive behavior

48. Oligopoly: Agreements between competitors Why is Oligopoly wrong? 1) It is basically a monopoly 2) No competition = no benefit to the consumer -no improved product quality -no better price -no choice

51. Agreements between competitors to restrict output

52. Collective boycotts

53. Resale price maintenance agreements

58. Grey Areas An agreement between competitors to adopt standards that require fire-resistant materials for certain products. Con: The agreement to adopt is restrictive. The manufacturers have limited their own ability to use other materials & have limited supplier choice Pro: Will benefit consumers in terms of safety Q: Is this a Cartel? Should this be illegal?

61. They provide incentives for people to produce scientific & creative works that benefit society at large

65. Intellectual Property Rights Q: By assigning exclusive rights to an idea/thing, doesn't it make IPR anti-competitive? A: Trick Question. IPR has an expiration date.

66. Intellectual Property Rights By giving IPR a termination date, it allows society to benefit from the idea/thing after the inventor has had an opportunity to earn a good/fair/reasonable reward. Note: trademarks never expire

68. Intellectual Property Rights Is piracy truly a 'Victimless' Crime? No! 1) Creators are robbed of income supposed to be for them 2) Consumers receive defective products

71. Improved technology (digital watermarks)

72. Consumer understanding

74. Multinationals & Corporate Social Responsibility by Jennifer A Zerk

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