...Ethics and Sustainable development Mark&Spencer Plan A analysis Bao Quoc Nguyen Ethics and Sustainable Development Mark and Spencer Plan A with Oxfam Table of Contents MARK & SPENCER PLC ................................................................................................................... 3 COMPANY OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 3 BUSINESS DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................... 3 HISTORY .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 SWOT ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................ 4 PESTLE ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................... 5 OUTLINE SOME PROBLEM FACING RETAILERS IN UK .........................................
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...DAVID versus GOLIATH - SODA INDUSTRY Without a doubt, companies have ethical obligation to protect people through products that they make. In this age of Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility, Environmental Issues, Product Liability and other Legal Issues, Federal Government Regulations and Oversight such as Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other Health and Food Safety Organization, Corporations (Goliath) that violate “do no harm” ethic or imperative or the first rule of business conduct cannot claim they did not get the memo to produce safe and health products for consumers (David). Corporate Leaders directly and indirectly include the promise to do no harm in their corporate Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives. Peter Karoff, a Thought Leader and an...
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...guests, providing for their needs, and treating them as equals. Cultures and subcultures vary in the extent to which one is expected to show hospitality to strangers, as opposed to personal friends or members of one's in-group. Hospitality ethics is a discipline that studies this usage of hospitality. Global concepts Pakhtuns The Pakhtun people of South-Central Asia, predominant in the all provinces of Afghanistan have a strong code of hospitality. They are a people characterized by their use of an ancient set of ethics, the first principle of which is milmastiya or "hospitality". The general area of Pakhtunistan is also nicknamed The Land of Hospitality. Classical ethic'' world To the ancient Greeks, hospitality was a divine right. The host was expected to make sure the needs of his guests were seen to. The ancient Greek term xenia, or theoxenia when a god was involved, expressed this ritualized guest-friendship relation. In Greek society a person's ability to abide the laws to hospitality determined nobility and social standing. Celtic cultures Celtic societies also valued the concept of hospitality, especially in terms of protection. A host who granted a person's request for refuge was expected not only to provide food and shelter to his/her guest, but to make sure they did not come to harm...
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...aspects of the two organizations chosen by me which are McDonald and KFC. I have done some research about the definition of business ethics, the history of these both organization, evaluate and analyst the ethical and unethical business practices of one company compared to the other company within the same industry and also applied 4 relevant ethical theories to these both organizations and also how they use it. Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Definition of Business Ethics 3 1.0 Introduction 4 1.1 KFC’s History 4 1.2 McDonald’s History 5 2.0 Evaluation and Comparison of Business Practices in the Ethical Aspects between McDonalds and KFC 6 2.1 Prices 6 2.2 Food Packaging and Environmental Recycle 7 2.3 Public Relationship 8 2.4 Working Condition 9 3.0 Application of 4 Relevant Ethical Theories is Analysis which is: 10 3.1 Communitarianism 10 3.2 Justice 11 3.3 Ethics of Care 12 3.4 Rights Theory 13 Conclusion 14 List of Referencing 15 Bibliography 15 Definition of Business Ethics Business ethics is the applied ethics discipline that addresses the moral features of commercial activity. In practice, however, a dizzying array of projects is pursued under its rubric. Programs of legal compliance, empirical studies into the moral beliefs and attitudes of business people, a panoply of best-practices claims, arguments for mandatory worker participation in management, and attempts at applying...
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...Table of Content | | |Page | |Introduction | |2 | | | | | |Issues | |3 | | | | | |Methodology | |3 | | | | | |Finding |Responsible Party |4 | | |Leadership Role |5 | | |Image-Saving Tactics |7 | | ...
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...case study Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 2 Ethical Consumerism Types or Categories 2 Sainsbury’s as a case Study 4 Opinion Survey on Consumerism 4 Conclusion and Recommendations 5 Bibliography 6 Executive Summary In a ethnicity of plenty, where organisation are selling very similar products at almost the same price, and of the same quality to even the similar consumers, These consumers are free of charge to make use of other, ethical criteria in making their choice between opposite options. There are definitely different levels of ethical consumption - with some people being highly morals determined, while some are just getting on a generally satisfactory bandwagon. The reality still that there is a rising crowd of ethical consumers which need to be taking seriously. Because now it is very easy to be an ethical consumer The Internet, press, and magazines are all spreading company’s information about where and how their products and services are being generated. Blogs and customer help desk are also help customers who by one way or the other had terrible experience or who have important inside information to obtain immediate international exposure. Exposing unethical conduct and practices is a definite title for journalists, so business organisation is under more enquiry than before. Businesses like Sainsbury’s are carefully but continuously examining how well they are meeting the evolving ethical expectations of consumers; they simultaneously...
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...Course Project Part 1 GM545 Business Econcomics (Fall Session A 2010) November 9, 2010 Ethical Issues in Business Ethics is an everyday occurrence in the corporate world as well as one's personal life. Business ethics is the same as normal ethics. In both cases, ethics is knowing what is right or wrong, and/or learning what is right or wrong in the environment in which one is involved. An ethical issue may not have a concrete answer; therefore a person's decision may depend on that person's situation. This may happen because "ethics is a broad and murky area and the workplace is full of ethical dilemmas and issues" (Orinsi, 1999). Therefore, employees feeling the pressure to perform may resort to unethical decisions in order to meet the goals that they feel are unreasonable. This can happen at any level of management (Orinsi, 1999). I work in a industry full of healthful living and fitness plans, one of the most recent corporate ethical dilemas I believe is reasonable to discuss, centers around Susan G. Komen (SGK) for the Cure and chosing cause-marketing partner, Kentucy Fried Chicken (KFC). Questions have been raised by various media, including The Washington Post and The Huffington Post (one specifically about pesticides and their link to corn, chickens and cancer) to which Andrea Rader' SGK's director of commnications, responded with dollar amounts of SGK's contributions to research and education. (Stengel, 2010) In the majority of its responses to the media...
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...credibility, and avoid legal issues. Annotated Bibliography Awadh, A. M. (2013). Impact of Organizational Culture on Employee Performance. International Review of Management and Business Research, 2(1). Retrieved from www.irmbrjournal.com The article focuses on how the organization's values affect productivity, profit, and how profit and productivity affect the organization's value. Explaining how important communicating a set of ethics, understood by employees, to strengthen the organization itself. Steered toward Managers, Consultants, Directors, Trainers, HR Managers,...
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...Values are beliefs of what is right and wrong, whereas ethics are the application of those values into morally acceptable behavior. Following the many organizational scandals of the past few years, a new emphasis has been placed on managing businesses ethically. By operating ethically, businesses can earn a good reputation, gain customers, decrease employee turnover, prevent lawsuits, and avoid government intervention (Nickels, 2010). To make ethical decisions in the corporate environment managers must become aware of their own values and ethics and how they align or conflict with those of the organization they represent (Ethics Awareness Inventory). In studying the similarities and differences between Ben & Jerry’s organizational values and those of Team A, it was determined that when ethics and values align with the organization, it makes you a better employee. Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream was founded in May 1978. Since its formation, it has developed a unique three tiered mission statement focused on social, economic, and product goals. Its social mission is to continuously create new ways to improve the lives of people locally, nationally, and internationally. Economically, they operate with the goal of increasing profits for stake- holders, and expanding career opportunities for their employees. The product mission is to make, distribute, and sell natural ice cream with a commitment to eco-friendly business practices. (Ben & Jerry's Mission Statement) Since its...
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...|Name: Rebeca López Murillo |Registration: 2652492 | |Course Name: |Teacher´s Name: | |International environment and business operation |Aarón Rodriguez Delgado | |Module: |Activity: | |1 |Unethical Business | |Date: February 12, 2015 | |Bibliography: | |Blackboard Learn, Module 1, Topic 3. Ethics and social responsibility in international business , taken from: | |https://tecmilenio.blackboard.com/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_142_1&content_id=_1166_1 seen: 2/12/15 | | | |Halliburton, History of Halliburton, taken from: | |http://www.halliburton.com/en-US/about-us/history-of-halliburton-of-halliburton...
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...Global Marketing Level 6 44-6979-00L-A Module handbook 2014 to 2015 Module leader: Giovanna Battiston g.battiston@shu.ac.uk Stoddart 7241 0114 225 5260 Contents 1. | Welcome to global marketing | Page 3 | 2. | Code of conduct | Page 4 | 3. | About your module | Page 5 | 4. | Teaching and learning strategy | Page 6 | 5. | Resources for reading and research | Page 7 | 6. | Assessment | Page 8 | 7. | Lecture and seminar programme | Page 11 | 8. | Module prize | Page 37 | 9. | The SHU Marketing Student Society | Page 38 | 10. | Appendices:Task one assessment criteriaTask two assessment criteria | Page 39Page 41 | Welcome to global marketing Contact details Module leader: Giovanna Battiston g.battiston@shu.ac.uk Stoddart 7241 0114 225 5260 Your seminar tutor: Learning time: On the successful completion of this unit you will receive 20 credit points at level 6. As in all units you are expected to devote 150 hours learning time to this unit, some of which will comprise lectures and seminars. These will be important for introducing and discussing new materials and for you to gauge your level of understanding of the subject. You will need to spend several hours per week in private study getting to grips with the pre-seminar tasks and necessary post-lecture reading and the associated activities. It is expected that the remainder of the time will be spent on assessment related activities such as reading and...
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...Management 5502FDTTEF Friday 23rd November 2012 343987 . Title: Events Management 1.0 This report will look at all aspects of events management it will also investigate the scale and scope of the events industry and the impact it has on economy. Events management has many different processes which are set out in the report. It will also analyse the risk with in an event and government legislations that all event organisers have to follow to ensure the safe running of the event. Managements have to obey by ethical issues when staging an event and must sympathies with the need of not just the employees but the customers they are serving. The report will outline ethical issues that affect not just the event industry but tourism in general 2.0 Procedure 3.1 Scale and Scope 3.2 Legal and Ethical 3.0 Finding 4.3 Scale and Scope 3.1.1 Event can refer to many things such as, an observable occurrence, phenomenon or an extraordinary occurrence. It can be described as a public assembly for the purpose of celebration, education, marketing or reunion. Events can be classified on the basis of their size, type and context. Events are needed socially to mark the local and national details of people's lives (Bowdin, 1999). In the events industry today the type of events can be classification of events can be done on the basis of size or type, as follows: * The largest events are called mega-events and these are generally targeted at international markets...
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...Social Media’s Impact on Business Ethics Introduction: The discussion of ethical problems associated with social media in the workplace is a relatively new occurrence. Approximately ten years ago technology entered a new phase evolving from the internet and email to an entirely different era (Ramos-Hernadez, 2007). Suddenly people who normally worked a 9 to 5 shift leaving work to transition into their personal lives. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Flicker to name a few changed all of that (Ramos-Hernadez, 2007). People who ordinarily kept a strict barrier between the two worlds were putting all sorts of their personal information out in the open for all to see. The data for all to see included not only the intended recipients, but their employers or most important perspective employers. Horror stories immediately started to pop up all over the world. People were being fired because their boss saw vacation pictures from Cabo when you had taken time to go see your ailing grandmother. The pictures from your freshman year in college showed up on a friends account and subsequently took you out of the running for your dream job or promotion. The technology literally erased any expectation of keeping your business and personal lives separate if you chose to participate in social media circles. New Employee Categories Recent studies have been led by the Ethics Resource Center (ERC) one of the oldest non-profit organizations in the U.S. that has historically been dedicated...
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...company has expanded its operations and has expanded into New Zealand and India as well. The paper also discusses the new marketing strategies for Woolworths. We have applied strategic management concepts and models to design new marketing strategies for the company. Table Of Contents 1. Introduction……………….………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 5 2. Background……………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………… 6 3. SWOT Analysis…..…………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………. 7 4. Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning of Products………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Marketing Mix Analysis…………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………. 6. Financial/Pricing Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. CSR/Ethics…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8. Recommendation…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9. New Marketing Strategy…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10. Monitoring Control………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....
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...Citation Guide for Business (Required for COMM 1E03 and COMM 2MA3) December 2006 Innis Library McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Contents ii Part One: Introduction Citation Style ...................................................................................................................................1 Order of Elements in Paper..............................................................................................................1 Page Numbers ..................................................................................................................................1 Title Page ........................................................................................................................................2 Contents ...........................................................................................................................................2 Text / Body ......................................................................................................................................2 Appendixes ......................................................................................................................................3 Tables and Graphs in the Body........................................................................................................3 Endnotes...........................................................................................................................................4 Formatting...
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