CSR AT BAE SYSTEMS

CSR at BAE Systems

BAE Systems and CSR

Introduction

BAE Systems is a leading global design, production and marketing of systems and equipment for defence and aerospace. BAE Systems plc delivers, through its wholly owned subsidiaries and equity accounted investments, a range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services (Sen, 2001, 55). The Company has five segments, Electronics, Intelligence & Support, Land and Armaments, Programmes and Support, International Businesses. In June 2009, BAE Systems completed the acquisition of Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. In October 2009, VT Group PLC completed the disposal of its 45% interest in BVT Surface Fleet Limited, the shipbuilding and naval support joint venture with the Company. In July 2010, the Company acquired Atlantic Marine Holding Company (Mellahi, 2002, 25).

The Competing Values ??Framework is a theory developed by Robert Quinn and Rohrbaugh. This framework covers the main indicators of effective organisations. Corporate Social Responsibility is an integral part of the debate on globalisation and sustainable development. The Commission considers that CSR represents an aspect of European social model and it is a way to defend the solidarity, cohesion and equal opportunities in the context of increased global competition. CSR can also respond to the aging of the population and contribute to a high quality of life in a healthy environment.

Schematically and across different sources, we can point to four major trends that will mark the future behaviour of consumers in Britain:

Increased time value: awareness towards the quality of life, given that income levels are approaching the European average, decreased spending on food at home "and emergence of meal solutions, decrease the time food preparation and affinity for the meal assembly.

Need for convenience: multiple consumer channels (at home and outside the home, a unique in Spain), moments of consumption (at any place and at any time), and leading to a steady growth of channels alternative or food service.

Competing values ??in leadership roles

Another variant of the Competing Values ??Framework deals with the leadership. Quinn debates on the utility of CVF in the context of leadership. According to him, there are eight categories of behaviour or role of leader, which are the essence of organisational effectiveness. The resulting leadership model was derived theoretically and supports the "hypothetical rather than empirical nature of the perceptual leadership.

Application

The fact is that corporations can not escape liability because its activities have three-dimensional (economic, social and environmental). The enormous political influence has made ??governments abandon their basic responsibilities, resulting in very negative effects and extended three-dimensional. The current common practice of military financing has replaced, de facto, a corporate social contract, where those who provide the money dictate the issues and the direction of government agendas. This is now a reality in many regions of the world (Hopkins, 2007, 35). The common threat is the lack of accountability due to the extreme corruption of governments, which has moved them to abandon their social ...