Public Responsibility and Citizenship - Values and Concepts of the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria Part 9

In this issue, I will share my experience acquired fromdemonstrated by appropriate measures and target.
the conglomerate and its operating companies. ForCase Study on Public Responsibility and Citizenship
the purpose of this article, I will articulate the PublicIn most of the companies I work with, minimum
Responsibility and Citizenship which is one of theemphasis is put in placed to address these issues.
Eleven Values and Concepts in Malcolm BaldrigeMost of the time, it is reactive to problem pertaining
Criteria. As before, I will use case studies to showto it. While most companies attempted to comply to
how some of the companies implement them.the legal and regulatory requirements, non has a plan
To recap, below are the Eleven Core Values andto exceed the requirement to it advantage. At times,
Concepts of Baldrige Criteria:-compliance are done only when authority come along
Visionary Leadership | Customer-Driven Excellence |for inspection.
Organizational and Personal Learning | ValuingOn the other hand, all companies complied to the
Employees and Partners | Agility | Focus on the Futureexport environmental requirement due to the
| Managing for Innovation | Management by Fact |stringent export controls. As this has a direct impact
Public Responsibility and Citizenship | Focus on Resultsto the sales revenue, there is no incidence
and Creating Value | Systems Perspectiveorganization is ignoring the export safety, health and
I will deal with the one of the Value in bold letters inenvironmental requirements.
this article as below:-Opportunity for Improvement
Articulated Public Responsibility and CitizenshipI came across an electronic company in the United
An organization's leaders should stress responsibilitiesStates has taken one environmental issue as a
to the public, ethical behavior, and the need tostrategic issue. This company has a structure
practice good citizenship.program to reduced the energy consumption in order
Leaders should be role models for your organization into reduced its fuel usage. Not only it reduces impact
demonstrating the practice of business ethics andto the environment, it also brings about cost saving in
public health, safety, and the environment. Newterm of reduction in energy usage. It has done to an
product planning should include anticipation of adverseextent that it save the organization several million
impacts from production, distribution, transportation,dollars in terms of operation expenses.
use, and disposal of your products. Hence, anCompanies should take this example as look critically
effective planning to prevent itits operation. As most of the waste come from the
Leaders of organizations should stress to not merelyoperations, perhaps look hard enough to the
comply to the local and export law and regulatoryoperation and focus on how to reduce the waste
requirements, but they should treat these and relatedinto the waste treatment plan. By doing so, it will
requirements as opportunities for improvementcertainly reduce the waste hence reduce the material
"beyond mere compliance". All these should becost.