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Running Head: ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ethics and social responsibility
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Ethics and social responsibility
Ethics and social responsibility practices by different organization govern how the
organizations conduct themselves. Organization ethics addresses the overall approach to
ethical and moral decision making by the organization and how they carry out activities.
Besides, over the years, social responsibility has evolved to incorporate the positive relations
exercised by the organization with the society in which they operate. Both ethics and social
responsibility ensure that the organization does not only emphasize on realizing their goals
and maximizing their profits but also focuses on their role and conduct within the society and
community. The paper examines a decision made by an organization, its potential ethical
implications, effect on decision making, and its influence on corporate social responsibility.
The Dell Company chose to go private in 2013. After the privatization of the
company in undertook a long-term decision to focus its marketing strategy on serving its
customers and partners through merging with EMC (EMC Corporation, 2015). The merging
of the companies allowed them to undertake long-term decision of changing its business
strategy to a customer-focused strategy. The decision was centered on driving growth,
profitability, and liquidity through the creation of value to its customers. The decisions
highlighted acquiring customers, optimize market, focus on customer relation, and improving
customer experience. It further awarded customers the assurance that they are a prospective
partner in the formulation and execution of an Internet of Things policy through the
customer-based marketing decision.
The decision by Dell to merge with EMC to employ customer-focused business
strategy has numerous implication on ethics and soc...