Advocacy advertising involves companies placing advertisements that present their opinions on public issues, aiming to influence public opinion. Common issues include consumer rights, education, the environment, health, and taxation.
The notion that a company has responsibilities to society that go beyond its legal obligations and its duties to shareholders. CSR includes a company's impact on the environment, ethical issues, and internal policies regarding transparency and fair treatment of employees.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business model in which companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their operations and interactions with stakeholders.
Environmental Accounting (EA) is a subset of accounting that focuses on the efficient use, management, and reporting of resources used by businesses to reduce environmental impacts. EA includes identifying, measuring, and communicating the costs of a company's economic activities associated with the environment.
A comprehensive look into green reporting, an environmental accounting practice where companies quantify their environmental impacts. This is a growing area in corporate reporting, reflecting heightened concerns of investors, consumers, and stakeholders. New Zealand and the EU are at the forefront with specific legislation in place.
Social accounting issues encompass the various impacts an organization has on society, internally and externally, through initiatives such as charitable donations, education sponsorships, product safety, community involvement, environmental conservation, and the employment of disadvantaged groups.
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) accounting is an accounting framework that incorporates three dimensions of performance: social, environmental, and financial. TBL aims to evaluate a company's commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainable growth.
Triple Bottom-Line Accounting (TBL) is a method of measuring a company's social and environmental impact in addition to its economic value. This approach evaluates a company's performance through a three-pronged focus: economic profit and loss, corporate social responsibility, and environmental impact.
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