...This article is published in a peer-reviewed section of the Utrecht Law Review Four Case Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Conflicts Affect a Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy? Cristina A. Cedillo Torres, Mercedes Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon, Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR as ‘the esponsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society’.2 This is the definition which is the most suitable for the c ontext of the article’s research question. As this article will focus on companies from the US and Japan, the authors also provide an overview of the focus on CSR from the US and Japanese perspective. In the US there is no governmental regulation regarding CSR or business best practices. Instead, according to findings from Bennett American, companies have a marked tendency to use codes of conduct.3 The American CSR perspective could be described as following a principles-based approach, with codes of conduct that prescribe values and principles which company members as a whole should aspire to follow. ...
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...This article is published in a peer-reviewed section of the Utrecht Law Review Four Case Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Conflicts Affect a Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy? Cristina A. Cedillo Torres, Mercedes Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon, Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR as ‘the esponsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society’.2 This is the definition which is the most suitable for the c ontext of the article’s research question. As this article will focus on companies from the US and Japan, the authors also provide an overview of the focus on CSR from the US and Japanese perspective. In the US there is no governmental regulation regarding CSR or business best practices. Instead, according to findings from Bennett American, companies have a marked tendency to use codes of conduct.3 The American CSR perspective could be described as following a principles-based approach, with codes of conduct that prescribe values and principles which company members as a whole should aspire to follow. ...
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...Walmart Case Study Perla L. Rodriguez MT203-02 December 22, 2014 Introduction Walmart is the world’s biggest private employer as well as the world’s largest company by revenue. Walmart has established guidelines for setting the pay for employees ranging from their CEO to the store-level employees. Those guidelines however, vary widely when determining incentives for the different employees. CEO Compensation Mike Duke is the Chief Executive Officer for Walmart Stores and is highly paid due to his many responsibilities. Duke’s pay consists of a base salary of $1.3 million, stock awards worth $13.1 million, and a cash bonus of $2.9 million. Duke’s incentive pay is determined by the overall performance of stores on a yearly basis. Hourly-employee Compensation For hourly-employees, compensation is very different from Duke’s. On average, a Walmart hourly-employee is paid $12.40 per hour. Full-time Walmart employees make an average of $25,800 annually, and while still eligible for incentive pay, the scale for them is much smaller. These employees are no longer eligible for profit sharing incentives, but are however, eligible for quarterly and annual bonuses. Impact of Incentive Pay Walmart’s approach to incentive pay does not make business sense. Walmart is choosing to overcompensate its CEO, while not doing the same for its hourly employees. Although the CEO is the one running the company and implementing new ideas, ultimately, it is the employees working at the...
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...Tony’s Wholesale Company, a fictitious business that supplies snacks to stores. The data highlight characteristics such as order date, cus- tomer, sales representative, product, quantity, and profit. The second line in Figure 1.2, for instance, shows that Roberta Cross sold 90 boxes of Ruffles to Walmart for $1,350, resulting in a profit of $450 (note that Profit = Sales − Costs). These data are useful for understanding individual sales; however, they do not provide us much insight into how Tony’s business is performing as a whole. Tony needs to answer questions that will help him manage his day-to-day operations such as: * Who are my best customers? * Who are my least-profitable customers? * What is my best-selling product? * What is my slowest-selling product? * Who is my strongest sales representative? * Who is my weakest sales representative? What Tony needs, in other words, is not data but information. Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS Order Date Customer 4-Jan Walmart 4-Jan Walmart 5-Jan Safeway 6-Jan Walmart 7-Jan 7-Eleven 7-Jan Walmart 8-Jan Kroger 9-Jan Walmart 10-Jan Target 11-Jan Walmart Sales...
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...Case Study for Information Management 資訊管理個案 E-commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods 1. Facebook, 2. Amazon vs. Walmart (Chap. 10) 1011CSIM4B10 TLMXB4B Thu 8, 9, 10 (15:10-18:00) B508 Min-Yuh Day 戴敏育 Assistant Professor 專任助理教授 Dept. of Information Management, Tamkang University 淡江大學 資訊管理學系 http://mail. tku.edu.tw/myday/ 2012-11-29 1 課程大綱 (Syllabus) 週次 日期 內容（Subject/Topics） 1 101/09/13 Introduction to Case Study for Information Management 2 101/09/20 Information Systems in Global Business: 1. UPS, 2. The National Bank of Kuwait (Chap. 1) 3 101/09/27 Global E-Business and Collaboration: NTUC Income (Chap. 2) 4 101/10/04 Information Systems, Organization, and Strategy: Soundbuzz (Chap. 3) 5 101/10/11 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies: Salesforce.com (Chap. 5) 6 101/10/18 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Lego (Chap. 6) 2 課程大綱 (Syllabus) 週次 日期 內容（Subject/Topics） 7 101/10/25 Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology: Google, Apple, and Microsoft (Chap. 7) 8 101/11/01 Securing Information System: 1. Facebook, 2. European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (Chap. 8) 9 101/11/08 Midterm Report (期中報告) 10 101/11/15 期中考試週 11 101/11/22 Enterprise Application: Border States Industries Inc. (BSE) (Chap. 9) 12 101/11/29 E-commerce: 1. Facebook, 2. Amazon vs. Walmart (Chap. 10) 3 課程大綱 (Syllabus) 週次 日期 內容（Subject/Topics） 13 101/12/06 Knowledge Management: Tata Consulting Services (Chap. 11) 14 101/12/13 Enhancing Decision Making: CompStat...
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...WALMART SUCCESS IN MEXICO, CANADA AND CHINA: GLOBAL EXPANSION, STRATEGIES, ENTRY MODES, THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES Lee Yee Mun B1000922 Help College Of Arts and Technology Bachelor of Science in Collaboration with Southern New Hampshire University, USA lemon_0611@hotmail.com Rashad Yazdanifard Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia. rashadyazdanifard@yahoo.com 1 ABSTRACT Global expansion has been gaining a lot of attention. There are many important factors to be considered in the decision-making process such as business strategies, entry modes, and threats and opportunities in the markets. Appropriate strategies will minimize the risk of failure in international markets. The right business strategies and entry modes employed will increase the firm’s chances of success and influence the future of the retailer. Key words: global expansion, business strategies, entry modes, threats, opportunities, Walmart 1. Introduction The internalization of the retail industry has been researched widely, and majority of these studies have described the motivations and scales for international expansion by retailers (Akehurst & Alexander, 1995; Williams, 1992). Many models of internalization explains the sequence of foreign expansion, showing that companies who go international will do better in foreign markets that are similar to their domestic markets. This was why Walmart chose to enter the markets of Canada and Mexico (Johanson...
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...FIN 6310 Case Studies Purchase Case Studies (4) • Harvard Case Studies (2) o Courses available at o https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/18322840 • Ivey Case Studies (2) o Register for an account at Ivey Cases https://www.iveycases.com/RegisterUser.aspx o Put the following two cases studies in your cart. Make sure Digital Download is selected which will cost $3.40 per case. o Burgundy Asset Management: The Wescast Investment Decision https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=31479 o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=48332 o Download the Wal-mart case spreadsheet for free. o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 – Spreadsheet for students https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=52705 Case Report Guidelines 1. Place case title at top of first page with team member names (maximum four members per team). 2. Answer questions in numerical order. 3. Include graphs and tables if appropriate. 4. Print out case report and hand-in at the beginning of class. Harvard Management Company (2001) Questions 1. Is HMC’s recent payout policy consistent with the goal of preserving the real (adjusted for Harvard’s expense growth) value of the endowment and its distribution into perpetuity? 2. Could payout be raised to meet recent budget pressures without changing the risk-return profile of the portfolio? 3. What value has the HMC’s policy portfolio...
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...Wal-Mart: The Future is Sustainability Summary Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is one of the top companies in the retail industry. According to Forbes (2010), in 1962 brothers Sam and Bud Walton ran handful of small 5-and-10 stores in Arkansas and Missouri and they built their first Wal-Mart discount store in 1962. Then on Halloween day 1969 Wal-Mart Corporate (n.d.) states that the company incorporated. Since those early days when the founder Sam Walton was running the company many things have changed. For instance Ferrell, Fraedrich, and Ferrell (2011) stated that due to the staunch work ethic and dedication to customer care that Sam Walton instilled in the company, the company did feel that there was a need formal ethics program (p. 315). However, as time has passed the thinking of the Wal-Mart Executives has had to change. I do not know if Wal-Mart has changed because of the lawsuits they have encountered over ethical issues, if it was driven by the desire to keep profits high, or if Wal-Mart changed the way they do business because the company really does want to right thing for all the stakeholders. From what I can see, ethics has become a very important part of Wal-Mart’s business strategy. They seem to have a formal ethics program in company these days and they even want the entire world to know about because they provide a digital copy of their 36 page Statement of Ethics document on their web site. Text Questions 1. Do you think Wal-Mart is doing enough to become more sustainable...
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...[;’p// Walmart Case Study: Half a Century of Supply Chain Management SCM 607 Dr. John Wu March 15, 2014 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 4 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY 4 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 5 KEY ISSUES 6 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 7 Economy 8 Customer Behavior 8 Technology 8 Politics & Legal Aspects 8 INTERNAL ANALYSIS 9 Company Culture 9 Operations 9 Purchasing & Suppliers 10 Inventory 10 Logistics 10 SWOT ANALYSIS 11 Strengths 11 Procurement 11 Distribution 12 Store Network 12 Information Systems 13 Weaknesses 14 Procurement 14 Store Network 14 Human Resources 14 Focusing on the Supply Chain 14 Opportunities 15 Focusing on the Supply Chain 15 New Initiatives and a Reorganization 15 Threats 16 Human Resources 16 DECISIONS 17 CONCLUSION 18 EXHIBIT 3 19 EXHIBIT 3 (continued) 20 EXHIBIT 3 (continued) 21 EXHIBIT 5 22 REFERENCES 23 Walmart Case Study: Half a Century of Supply Chain Management INTRODUCTION Walmart dominates the retailing industry in terms of its sales revenue, its customer base, and its ability to drive down costs and deliver good value to its customers. After all, the world’s largest corporation, employing 1.8 million associates worldwide, takes pride in having received numerous accolades for its ability to continuously improve efficiency in the supply chain while meeting its corporate mandate of offering customers everyday low prices. Walmart demonstrates how a physical product retailer...
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...Wal-Mart Case Study Dr. Tonya D. Moore MNGT 5650 November 24, 2013 Introduction Wal-Mart can be defined as Goliath in the biblical story of David and Goliath (only he doesn’t fall), the “strategic Corporal,” a self-licking ice-cream cone, the industry benchmark, labor exploiter, cost cutting surgeons with chain-saws, and America’s company. Wal-Mart perceptions are across the board and in essence reflect all of our societal issues and problems in one massive company. They survive and thrive on their ability to shape perceptions of their business model to consumers while exploiting their workforce. Goliath was perceived to be too big of a giant to fall or loose in battle until David succeeded. Wal-Mart is perceived that they are too big to fall by their competitors, society, and the country. They are the largest employer in the country, they own massive supply chain networks, and stores in every town across the country. However, in the case of Wal-Mart, there is no David out there to knock them down. Arguably they are no true competitors in their industry. Because of being this perceived giant, Wal-Mart is able to be a bully with vendors, associates, and competitors. Further, because of being a giant everyone is watching them. Threats and Challenges The simple answer of what threats and challenges Wal-Mart currently faces centers around their associates wages and health care. However, why do they face this challenge instead of what they are doing to...
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...Netflix case study CASE STUDY HOME ENTERTAINMENT Extended Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership Units: U7 Strategic Marketing Management U12 Strategic Planning U13 Financial Principles and Techniques April 2013 CASE STUDY HOME ENTERTAINMENT Extended Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership Units: U7 Strategic Marketing Management U12 Strategic Planning U13 Financial Principles and Techniques April 2013 Student’s Brief Scenario You are employed as a marketing consultant in the home entertainment sector. You have been asked by Netflix, Inc. to undertake a strategic audit in relation to the organisation’s: * core competencies * competitive advantage * value proposition You have also been asked to consider how Netflix, Inc. can remain competitive in the context of developments in technology, rising competition and changing consumer behaviour. Consideration should be given to the organisation’s financial position, its strategic risks and mitigating strategies to overcome these risks. Edited Extracts from Chartered Institute of Marketing (Case study: June 2011) Contents Introduction 4 Movie and TV programme licensing and distribution 5 Netflix, Inc 6 Netflix – advertising and marketing 7 Netflix’s competitors 7 Top ten movie download services 10 Data protection issues 10 The future for the industry 11 The future for Netflix 12 References 13 Home Entertainment Introduction Total...
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...Industry size Supermarkets & Grocery Stores Market Research Report | NAICS 44511 | Jan 2015 Shopping smart: Increasing premium brand sales and healthy eating trends will spur growth The Supermarkets & Grocery Stores market research report provides key industry analysis and industry statistics, measures market size, analyzes current and future industry trends and shows market share for the industry’s largest companies. IBISWorld publishes the largest collection of industry reports so you can see an industry’s supply chain, economic drivers and key buyers and markets. Market Share of Companies Kroger Publix Super Markets Inc. Safeway Industry Statistics & Market Size Revenue $584bn | Annual Growth 10-15 1.3% | Annual Growth 15-20 | | Profit | Employment 2,489,995 | Businesses 42,036 | Industry Analysis & Industry Trends The Supermarkets and Grocery Stores industry has grown over the past five years, benefiting from a strengthening domestic economy. As per capita disposable income has grown over this period, some consumers traded up to premium, organic and all-natural brands, helping lift industry revenue. Over the next five years, the industry is anticipated to grow as a result of rising discretionary income, albeit at a more conservative rate than in the previous five-year period. As health concerns intensify, more consumers will seek all-natural and organic products, which are priced at a premium... purchase to read more Industry Report...
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...GROUP ASSIGNMENT -1 Total Marks: 10 Read the following case study thoroughly and answer the questions given at the end. (Consult course syllabus for writing guidelines. Total length should not exceed five pages) C A S E 22 Submission Deadline: 16-02-2015 Wal-Mart: But We Do Give Them a 10 Percent Employee Discount "l I Tal-Mart began as a simple dream by its founder, Sam Walton: to provide low l' l' prices for customers every day. That philosophy has taken Wal-Mart in fortyfour years from one five-and-ten store in Bentonville, Arkansas, to the largest retailer in the world with estimated annual sales of close to $300 billion. In 2005 it was the largest company in the world based on revenue and slipped to number two in 2006 when Exxon/Mobil took over the number one position. Wal-Mart has more than 1.5 million employees worldwide, including 1.3 million in the United States, and generates more than 2 percent of the gross national product in the United States. On December 19, 2005, the results of a Pew Research survey showed that 81 percent of the 1,502 people who responded to the survey considered Wal-Mart a good place to shop. In addition, 69 percent of the respondents stated that they had a favorable opinion of Wal-Mart. However, 31 percent of the respondents stated that they had an unfavorable image of Wal-Mart. Furthermore, 68 percent of the respondents believed that having a Wal-Mart store in their area was good for the community, and 64 percent...
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...Associates Discipline for Violations 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 Leading with Integrity in Our Marketplace Fair Competition Intentional Dishonesty Financial Integrity Insider Trading Restrictive Trade Practices 19 19 19 20 20 21 Leading with Integrity in Our Communities 22 Anti-Corruption Anti-Money Laundering Authority to Work Environmental Responsibility Health & Safety Protecting Personal & Business Information Government Contracts & Inquiries Political Involvement International Trade Media Statements 22 23 24 25 25 26 28 28 28 29 30 30 32 33 Raising Concerns & Speaking Up Ethics Opinions Waivers What happens How to Raise a Concern Leading with Integrity in Our Workplace 10 Alcohol & Drug Abuse 10 Harassment 11 Inappropriate Conduct 11 Non-Retaliation 12 Non-Discrimination 12 Wage and Hour 13 Conflict of Interest (COI) 14 COI – Financial Investments 14 COI – Personal Relationships with Suppliers 15 COI – Gifts & Entertainment 16 COI – Personal Relationships with Other Associates 17 Walmart Assets 18 Final Disclaimer Global Ethics Contact Information Ethics Committee Contact Information Index 2 A message from our Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke, CEO Dear friends, Walmart started out with a single discount store in Northwest Arkansas and in less than 50 years grew to become the world’s largest retailer, with thousands of stores and clubs and millions of associates. Our culture of ethics and integrity has been a constant throughout that transformation...
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...Case Study: Wal-Mart Stores “Every Day Low Prices” In China Webster University INTB 5000 1 Webster University 2 Wal-Mart Stores “Every Day Low Prices” In China FACTS: First opened in Shenzhen on August 12, 1996 As of December 2007 94 stores in 51 cities Employs 43,000+ associates Serves around 5 million customers per week Transition from rural US to metro/urban in China Competitive analysis a core value of the company Shopping 1,500 items and price matching them through “Special Buy” Analysis Major pressure from the Chinese regional governments to centralize in high growth regions About-face by Chinese govt. on Shanghai is of interest Has major implications on Wal-Mart’s ability to provide infrastructure for stores Supply Chain Challenges Abound Tier 1 cities include Beijing – Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou Tier 2 cities include Chengdu, Nanjing, Chongqing, & Wuhan Tier 3 cities include Changzho, Jinhua, Mianyang Webster University 3 Wal-Mart Stores “Every Day Low Prices” In China 7,058 Units 1.9 Million Associates 23 offices sourcing from 70 countries UK 340 Units Canada 292 Units Japan 393 Units US 4,103 Units Mexico 943 Units Central America 433 Units China 86 Units Trust-Mart 101 Units India JV –Aug 2007 Puerto Rico 54 Units Brazil 297 Units Argentina 16 Units Webster University 4 Wal-Mart Stores “Every Day Low Prices” In China Webster University 5 Wal-Mart Stores “Every Day...
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