How government influences organizations: The government attempts to shape social responsibility practices through both direct and indirect channels.
Regulation: Governments attempts to influence business by establishing laws and rules that dictate what businesses can and cannot do.
I. Direct regulation: The government most often directly influences organizations through regulation.
II. Indirect regulation: Other forms of regulation are indirect.
How organization influence government: There are four types of influence government.
I. Personal contacts:Because many corporate executives and political leaders travel in the same social circles,personal contacts and networks offer one method of influence.
II. Lobbing:The use of persons of groups to formally represent a organization or group of organizations before political bodies to influence the government.
III. Political action committee:An organization created to solicit and distribute money to political candidates.
IV. Favors:Finally,organizations sometimes rely on favors and other influence tactics to gain support.
Managing social responsibility: The demands for social responsibility placed on contemporary organizations by an increasingly sophisticated.Such as-
1. Formal organization dimension
2. Informal organization dimension
Formal organization dimension : Formal organization dimensions that can help manage social responsibility are legal compliance ethical compliance and philanthropic giving.
Informal organization dimension: In addition to these formal dimensions for managing social responsibility there are also informal ones