CSR (Task4)

CSR is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company's actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere who may also be considered as stakeholders.

Ethical and social awareness are important elements of CSR. Many organisations have ethics trainings, the aim of which is to help employees make ethical decisions when the answers are unclear.

In this post I want to talk about Corporate Social Responsibility of the most Chinese companies, groups and organisations and their support of the smoking ban.

Chinese Social Responsibility and smoking.

 Since 2011, it is officially banned to smoke in medical and health institutions, but doctors can smoke, because they are bosses, and they know what they are doing.

 If you are not a doctor, but really want to smoke, make friends with a doctor, so you will be allowed to do it as well.
You will be just fine in the hospital, concidering that 60% of doctors smoke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China)

 It is also forbidden to smoke under the 'No Smoking' sign in China. But you can if you hide around the corner.

 Since 2011, it is also not allowed to smoke indoors in public places, but you can if the police don't see you.

Or if they did, you can probably take a little smoke with them too.

Neither you are allowed to smoke on the train, but it is ok if it is a long journey. You have to entertain yourself somehow after all.

 It is also officially banned to smoke in the taxis..

..but you can if you are a driver..

And even though it is banned to smoke in bars and restaurants, giving cigarettes at any social interaction, especially when setting new businesses, is a sign of respect and friendliness. And - hey- you don't want to look unfriendly or ruin somebody's business because of some stupid bans, do you?

Yang Gonghuan, deputy director of the National Center of Disease Control of China, said that progress on tobacco control is not moving quickly because the government derives large tax revenues from tobacco sales, and the industry employs a large workforce.
Yeah, government is always to blame, but I am tired now, will go to make some friends outside the halls..