Toms Shoes Essay

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Trends tend to drive the consumer market and the most recent trend, involving corporations, is corporate social responsibility (CSR). This movement had a small core of organizations trying to change the world for the better but once public opinion started to shift more and more companies got on board. One company that has embraced the core values of CSR and has emerged as a leader in the field is Toms Shoes. This company has gained public support and trust by building an organization with a motto of “buy one, give one”. Toms motto states that if you buy a pair of their shoes they will give a pair to a needy person in a third world country. “TOMS Shoes, “shoe drops” organized by the company in Argentina, Ethiopia and South Africa have distributed