Transport cost
Gsk supply coaches for Stevenage station for their workers who have to commute which have cost them a lot of the years because most of their works does not live locally and most of their staff travel by train because of the congestion that could be on the A1 at times so these b people will benefit from the free coach.
Gsk also have to pay their employee and so they give out as they take in.
The benefit of the science used
Gsk is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company with a powerful combination of skills and resources that provides a platform for delivering strong growth in today's rapidly changing healthcare environment.
Therefore the benefit of the science used is a part of there mission to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.
The ways in which the organisation and its products have impact the local community?
The organisation and its product impact the local community as the product develop are prescribe in the local community for people that are ill so that they could have a better life. There products are develop and pack so that they could be use by everyone not for only people how can afford to purchase but people who are in need of it. Local business also sells their products so that they can make money.
The environmental impact on the community
At GSK there are almost zero environmental effects on the local community this is due to their waste management programme. At Stevenage there is mostly research done so there isn’t much waste.
GlaxoSmithKline operations emit a lot of air pollutants such as:
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- Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
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These air pollutants comes from . These air pollutants also come from released in the course of manufacturing their metered dose inhalers, used in refrigeration equipment in some of their manufacturing facilities and released when patients use our metered dose inhalers.
These affect climate (global warming), deplete the ozone layer, generate smog and create acid rain. Additionally, some of these substances when released into the air can cause a variety of health impacts because of the way they react with other substances in the air. Therefore Gsk tries to avoid these problems by setting up their waste management programmes.
Gsk get rid of their waste products by recycling waste paper. They incinerated glass to burn off chemicals and then they are recycled. They also used the heavy metal containing chemicals so any heavy metal waste is sent to a specialist waste disposal company.
Gsk waste management is very good as almost all waste is incinerated on the site at 1200 degrees which prevents dioxin formation and this allows a clean exhaust of stacks.
The economic impact on the community
As GlaxoSmithKline is one of the biggest employers in a community therefore it as a very large impact in terms of local spending, housing and employment for a lot of routine jobs which they used graduates which are recruit nation-wide there fore this is a considerable impact on the transport of the local community. They have a few economical impacts on the community as most of their workers have to commute. Probably 50% of the contract staff lives locally most of the staff live about 25miles radius from Stevenage.
Routine jobs
The routine jobs at gsk are mainly done by about 200 people from Stevenage. The graduates are the scientists, researchers and more. As many of these people or not from the local community so it does not really have an impact on the community because what they earn is not use to develop the community but is used to develop some where else. However the few that are employed local have a little impact as they will spend there money in the community.
Graduates
Most of the graduates at gsk are not from the local community. As they get paid more they have a large impact, but not on the local community because they commute they go back out to spend their money so the local community does not benefit from their workers.
The socially impact on the community
Charity work
Glaxo Smith Kline's community investment programmes are focussed on the following areas: disease programmes, regional initiatives, education, employee involvement, product donations and corporate memberships. They have a small budget to support local events and charities; however their main goal is to support science education in school schemes where as gsk employee works in partnership with an organisation. They do different charities which are mainly national as they sponsored many different charities were they donate products. GSK has made a donation of £148,000 to fund a three-year programme aimed at increasing volunteering opportunities for participation in projects concerned with the conservation of the UK's natural resources. This donation will enable Earth watch to increase the number of volunteer places for its 'Discovery Projects' from 150 to 500 and increase public understanding of science-based conservation.
Work experience
Gsk provides work experience for children of age sixteen and over. This programme is support the development of young people's knowledge, understanding, technical and personal skills, with a particular focus on science. Through the programme, GSK works in partnership with schools, publishers, academia and government in order to promote and develop young people's interest and confidence in science. The main aims of GSK’s science education programme are to develop young people’s knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to make sound decisions about the science-related issues they meet in every day life, and to ensure young people are equipped and motivated to choose a career in science. They do this by supporting initiatives that give science context and enhance science teaching. This benefit to the local community as schools in the community will get a chance to be involved in these programmes and it will help the community to have more employees for gsk.
Volunteering clinical trails
They have many volunteering for clinical trails locally so this will have an impact on the local community as they get a chance to be involved in the company work. However as these people will have to be healthy to do clinical trails so it may not help many people to get involve as many people could be ill.
What are the advantage and disadvantage of the economically, socially and environmentally problem on the local community?
Advantages
- GsK have a very good waste management programme
- They develop drugs and medicines to treat the ill and they basically give people the chance to live longer and have a better life.
- The work experience is a huge advantage as the community get a chance to be involve in the business and get to know more about the science used.
- Charity for the local community is also an advantage as it benefits people from the community.
- Routine jobs for local community
- They have their own canteen for food so does no depend on the local shops.
Disadvantages
- The local community does not really benefit from the company because the money paid out by the company is not really spend in the community as most of their workers are from various different places.
- It is a big disadvantage for the local community because not many people are employed local so local businesses do not benefit much.
- The transport for people commuting is a disadvantage for the local community as they don’t get use of it as they are either not employed or live close enough.
- The local community shops does not get much benefit from the company as they have own canteen.
- The local community graduates does not benefit from the company as many of their scientist commute.