OUR VALUES
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the widespread availability of information has allowed individuals a great deal of transparency into the activities of their ideal employer. The surfacing of world issues in recent years, ranging from the effects of global warming on the environment to widespread poverty, has forged in the collective business ethos a new trend towards sustainable business practices. Additionally, with the recent decades’ emergence of women and visible minorities in the workforce, ethical questions regarding gender equality and racial discrimination have inevitably emerged into the spotlight of ethical scrutiny. This recent leaning towards transparency and sustainability has made it harder than ever for corporations to avoid the public witch hunt for ethical misconduct. Indeed, as students nearing graduation, a great uncertainty towards our future looms over us us with each day bringing a new controversy as to who to work for and who to avoid. The present paper seeks to compare Starbucks Coffee Company as a more favourable company to work under when compared to the controversial ExxonMobil on the ethical grounds of employee rights, supply chain regulations, and environment and community engagement
STARBUCKS – SUPPLY CHAIN
With an increasingly important mandate, the issue of Supply Chain Management is quickly becoming a prime question of transparency and respect for human dignity. For any corporation, both consumers and employees demand to know how their products are sourced, whether the process is sustainable, and if it gives producers their due. The alarming incidents in recent history regarding various production sites of the world has shed more light on this subject and underscores the importance sustainable thinking for companies who do not want to estrange their ever more globally-aware clientele. Since 1994,