Professor John Camillus of the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business is currently engaged in a study in the Czech Republic which hopes to prove that ”corporate humanity and social responsibility in business is absolutely essential for the economic success of companies”.
In an interview with Czech newspaper Hospodářské noviny, he highlights Vodafone, alongside EMCO, as companies which are benchmarks for CSR in the Czech Republic.
John Camillus, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Business School
Excerpt of the Interview:
At this moment, you are in the middle of collecting data for your case study and have come into contact with many Czech companies. What is your opinion of Czech managers? Is their policy humane and socially responsible vis-à-vis customers? How would you assess their strategies towards employees?
The University of Pittsburgh has been operating in the Czech Republic for almost twenty years. It also cooperates closely with the U.S. Business School Prague. Thanks to this fact, we are able to find many excellently managed Czech companies here, which may serve as prime examples of the approach we study.
The two Czech companies we are focusing on in the first stage of the case processing are EMCO and Vodafone. These are two brilliantly managed Czech companies, which may serve as global benchmark for economically successful and human-oriented companies. Both have solid values which are incorporated in their business decisions, both are very attentive to the wellbeing of their employees and customers, both use innovative and diverse approaches in management and the managements and employees of both companies are proud to be a part thereof. This has a positive effect on the benefit their companies generate. In the case studies, we will describe in detail their philosophy, management procedures and decision-making processes.
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