Obligations to Individuals
- Certain obligations to employees .
- Expect fair day’s pay for fair day’s work, and perhaps much more .
Obligations to Other Organizations
- Must be concerned with relationships involving other organizations .
- Commercial businesses are expected to compete with one another on honorable basis .
- Charities such as United Way expect support from business .
Obligations to Government
- Under auspices of government, companies have license to do business, along with patent rights, and trademarks .
- Expected to recognize need for order rather than anarchy.
- Expected to work with guidelines of governmental organizations such as Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs .
Obligations to Society in General
- Traditional view of business responsibility has been businesses should produce and distribute goods and services in return for profit .
- Businesses operate by public consent with basic purpose of satisfying needs of society .