Not discriminating, providing health insurance, striving for zero employee workplace injuries etc. It also includes benefitting the local community instead of damaging it (environment, community involvement and development, accountability and transparency etc.) One example is the high water usage of fabs in Arizona. A socially responsible company ensures that their water usage doesn't harm the people, companies or environment around the fab.
Neither. Given the open ended nature of the question, the answer to the question was given as a common use term. Like explaining Accountability or Productivity. Companies can be compared on a common use basis no matter their internal goals.
That's certainly logical, but then such flowery sounding language is also used by some people in the US to mean quite detrimental things. Things which are not logical nor reasonable to do unless the speaker has destructive motives.
The question, therefore, wasn't an attempt at avoiding the logical or obvious so much as it was to ascertain the true intentions of the one behind the statement.
TSMC lists some at https://esg.tsmc.com/en/focus/ourFocuses.html. Reading between the lines a bit of this focus on global production, I’d guess it might include studying the area where a new fab is located to identify needs & how charitable donations could help address them. In Taiwan, they mention education for disadvantaged youth, support for arts & cultural activities, care for seniors living alone, energy effiency improvements, etc. Some of the details would be different in other locations (e.g. Chinese calligraphy & seal carving is probably not applicable to many in Arizona).
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Blastdoor - Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - link
What does "social responsibility" mean? Waffle parties for good workers?Rudde - Thursday, May 23, 2024 - link
Not discriminating, providing health insurance, striving for zero employee workplace injuries etc. It also includes benefitting the local community instead of damaging it (environment, community involvement and development, accountability and transparency etc.) One example is the high water usage of fabs in Arizona. A socially responsible company ensures that their water usage doesn't harm the people, companies or environment around the fab.ballsystemlord - Thursday, May 23, 2024 - link
Is this just your own speculation, or is there some TSMC official doc saying as much?evanh - Thursday, May 23, 2024 - link
Neither. Given the open ended nature of the question, the answer to the question was given as a common use term. Like explaining Accountability or Productivity. Companies can be compared on a common use basis no matter their internal goals.ballsystemlord - Friday, May 24, 2024 - link
That's certainly logical, but then such flowery sounding language is also used by some people in the US to mean quite detrimental things. Things which are not logical nor reasonable to do unless the speaker has destructive motives.The question, therefore, wasn't an attempt at avoiding the logical or obvious so much as it was to ascertain the true intentions of the one behind the statement.
evanh - Friday, May 24, 2024 - link
I have no idea what you've just said.ballsystemlord - Friday, May 24, 2024 - link
I said, "Based on past experiences in my life, what they appear to be saying might not be what they really mean."evanh - Friday, May 24, 2024 - link
And "Companies can be compared on a common use basis no matter their internal goals." I'm assuming by "they" you mean TSMC.Zoolook13 - Saturday, May 25, 2024 - link
There is an ISO 26000 standard since 2010 so it's quite an established term.evanh - Thursday, May 23, 2024 - link
Your first question was a good one. Your second question makes you look a dick.abr2 - Friday, May 24, 2024 - link
TSMC lists some at https://esg.tsmc.com/en/focus/ourFocuses.html. Reading between the lines a bit of this focus on global production, I’d guess it might include studying the area where a new fab is located to identify needs & how charitable donations could help address them. In Taiwan, they mention education for disadvantaged youth, support for arts & cultural activities, care for seniors living alone, energy effiency improvements, etc. Some of the details would be different in other locations (e.g. Chinese calligraphy & seal carving is probably not applicable to many in Arizona).