...In a situation such as me being a manager of a store and hiring a friend of mine who I caught stealing, I would defiantly terminate my friend and let the owner of the store know what happened. I would use ethical formulism to help make my decision because it is my duty as a manger to treat all employees’ the same friend or no friend. Not only is it my duty but it is truly the only good thing to do in a situation such as this. First, I put my neck on the line for a friend and my friend returns the favor by stealing from the store and making me look bad by having friends who steal. With friends like that who needs enemies. From a utilitarianism standpoint the greatest good to the greatest number of people would to honor the owner because overtime if an employee continues to steal the business may go under hurting employees’, the owner, and the customers. Religion comes into play in this situation because many people believe that religion is necessary to live ethically. God’s will is what is good. I consider myself very religious and faithful to my religion and I have always practiced by treating others how I want to be treated. One day if I become lucky enough to own a store and my manager’s friend is stealing I would hope my manger would do the right thing. Natural law is not something that I would rely on in a situation like this one. Morals are taught at a very young age and if morals were not taught and practiced at a young age more than likely that child will...
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...Portfolio Assignment Unit 2 5. Tossing the Cookies Analyses of situation Company’s policy is to throw away each day all items which would perish. If one considers deontology and Kant’s categorical imperative (McCartney & Parent, n.d. b), it seems unethical to throw away perfectly good food as if it would be applied as a rule for society it would lead to huge wasting, for the other side taking anything is stealing and it is also unethical as it would lead to disorder and chaos. If one considers utilitarian’s perspective (McCartney & Parent, n.d. a) one could consider both from the perspective of act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism. As wasting food is not good for society it would be considered unethical to waste food, but it would be little more...
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...not show that they are socially responsible or that they care about the needs of their community. Company Q’s lack of action shows that they do not care to offer quality products to their customers or the needs of the less fortunate by donating their leftover, unsold food products. Their customers requested more organic items for years and the store did not listen until only recently. When the local food bank asked for donations of leftover goods, they refused by saying employees may steal the food instead of donate. To improve their attitude towards social responsibility, Company Q could listen to their customer’s requests and offer organic and healthy food items they desire. It seems it would make business sense to offer organic and healthy foods if they yield a high profit margin. By offering more organic and healthy foods, Company Q would demonstrate that they care about the health of the community. They could change their mission to provide quality, healthy food products to enrich the lives of their customers. Another option to improve their social attitude would be to donate food that would otherwise be thrown away. In order to ensure that employees are not stealing, they could take inventory of food daily and make an account for what is sold and what is donated. Cameras could be installed to monitor such activity and also to increase the security of the store building. They could also offer their employees one or two donated items weekly as a way to cut back on employee...
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...After difficulties and hardships, only a person’s true character remains. In Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road, the father and son balance between their earnest scavenge for food and a dying code of human ethics. Taking place in world with no resources remaining, the types of meals throughout the novel symbolizes the survivors’ changing, or persisting, values and integrity. Throughout their journey, the father and son’s shared meals offers insight into the old world’s enduring morals. When the pair share “hard and brown and shriveled” apples found in a barn, the relic from the past suggests that, perhaps, goodness still exists (121). The ancient apples, a symbol of knowledge and temptation, implies how wisdom about teaching...
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...identified are that Mc Donald’s is a fast food franchise company which takes consideration over the nutritional facts and values of the food that they provide for the consumers. Apart from that, another marketing strength that they have is that they have penetrated the fast paced market by providing delivery services. This delivery services can be obtained at any point of the day as it is a 24-hour service. Mc Donald’s also practices Corporate Social Responsibility to aid the Earth and conserve its resources as well as contributing to society. Weaknesses of Mc Donald’s are that they no doubt a fast food company and that the public are aware that this type of food is unhealthy. The freshness of the products may impose a concern as sometimes, the food that is purchased from Mc Donald’s tastes soggy. In the staff aspect, the Mc Donald’s workers are not paid very high whereby this may affect their performances. Opportunities that can be derived for Mc Donald’s is that they are a large chain company who adheres to the rules and regulations of the countries that they have penetrated in the local market. In Malaysia, there are consumer rules that food must have a minimal nutritional value to be sold to the public. Similarly in opportunities, the current time and era, consumers want to have their food delivered in a minimal amount of time, in the least possible effort and energy. Mc Donald’s has been well established which makes them the leading fast food chain in...
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...I believe in hiding under the table. As a young child, I have quite a few fond memories of Thanksgiving dinners surrounded by family and loved ones. One of my favorite traditions at these meals was sitting at the kids' table. My older cousin Courtney and I would always sit next each other, giggling to ourselves about the ridiculous plaid shirt Uncle Chris was wearing. Before dinner started I tended to sneak into the kitchen stealing whatever bits of food I could. Sometimes I wasn’t extremely sneaky and my grandma would catch me sneaking food. When it was finally time for dinner, all the cousins would rush down from the upstairs bedrooms. Usually we spent our time playing on the old shag carpet with Legos, until we were called down to the dinner table. All throughout dinner, Courtney and I would each so much food that we could barely move. The creamy mashed potatoes, juicy turkey, soft...
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...to sustain attention on food-irrelevant tasks. For instance, people who are hungry may find it difficult to engage in future planning, problem solving, and extended conversations. In all three cases, guiltiness verdicts from hungrier people may be skewed. Al-Shawaf (2016) also speculates that hunger could affect an individual’s memory for group members. He suggests that hunger may temporarily increase the accessibility of memories of those who typically share food and who are typically stingy with it. In the present study, the fictional court transcript described a person stealing food. In terms of participant hunger, whether their hunger brings these memories back may impact their guilty verdicts in the experiment. In a study by Read and van Leeuwen (1998), participants chose an advanced snack at their workplace, that is, a snack the researchers would give them a week later. When they returned a week later, the participants had a choice of an immediate snack that could differ from their originally chosen snack. The researchers found that there was an “empathy gap” between states of hunger and choices in snacks. Participants who chose a healthy snack at the beginning of the week chose an unhealthy snack at the end of the week. Preferences can change due to the transient changes in hunger and other visceral states, which is a core concept in the current study. Read and van Leeuwen (1998) propose an “intrapersonal empathy gap” that is present when food is the subject of preference...
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...September 28th, I visited a couple international markets. To be perfectly honest, I have never been in an international market before. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I wasn’t very familiar at all with any store besides your average Kroger’s or any other market or store of that nature. I decided to go ahead and go this weekend because I realized that the International Fair was going to be Saturday downtown. As much as I wanted to experience that, I was out of town that day and figured maybe the international stores would be busy to some degree. Come to find out, I literally couldn’t have been more wrong. Between the two stores I went to, I was almost the only person there. The first market I went to was just simply called the “International Food Market.” The building was on 31-W here in Bowling Green, Kentucky. I won’t lie, I didn’t expect a whole lot when it came to the structure and appearance of the building because it really wasn’t kept up well at all. As I get out of my truck and start walking towards the door, the market was locked up and I had to wait for the employee to open up the door. I thought that was very peculiar seeing how the sign said “Open” and it was the middle of the day. I was drawn back by this. That gave me the lasting impression that they don’t get very much business at all. With that being said, I tried to come in the door with an open mind. Upon entering the store for the first time, my first impression was how plain it was inside. It was just very boring...
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...Abstract Neptune Gourmet Seafood is facing a problem with oversupply for existing demand. It can either decrease supply to match demand or increase demand to match supply. I recommend the latter. I further recommend the way to increase demand is for Neptune to increase its marketing efforts in its existing markets and to penetrate other markets it currently is not in. The Competitive Environment Neptune is a 40-year-old, $820,000,000 company, specializing in quality shell and non-shell seafood in a $20 million industry. It is North America¡¦s third-largest seafood producer, but that designation is misleading, because its revenues account for only 4.1% of the total market. As such it is but one of many firms operating in the seafood processing industry, one whose market structure could be termed monopolistic competition. The industry is not limited to North American firms such as Neptune, but also includes companies from China, Peru, Chile, and Japan, competition from which has pushed Neptune to upgrade its fishing fleet and which also has helped shrink the company¡¦s margins by 10%.. Neptune markets to the high end of the market, differentiating itself from the competition by its quality, selling its high-end brand at 25-30% above the rest of the market. Their years of ex perience coupled with the company¡¦s value development pose a threat to any new firm trying to enter the market. It is the only member company of the U.S. Association of Seafood Processors and Distributors...
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...Food and Beverage Operations Management Student’s Name: Institutional Affiliation: Table of contents Table of contents 2 Food and Beverage Operations Management 3 LO 1 Food and beverage production and service systems: 3 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 The characteristics of food production and food and beverage service systems 3 1.2 Factors affecting menus and recipes for specific systems 5 1.3. Comparison of the cost and staffing implications for different systems. 6 1.4. Justification of the systems' suitability for specific food and beverage outlets 7 LO2, The financial controls employed in food and beverage operations 8 2.1 The use of financial statements in food and beverage operations. 8 2.2 Demonstration of the cost and pricing progress 9 2.3 Analyze the purchasing process 10 The demand of equipment and supplies 11 LO3 Devising menus for hospitality events 12 3.1 Compiling food and beverage menus for hospitality event 12 3.2 Justification of the selection and suitability of recipes for menus 13 LO 4 Being capable of providing food and beverage services for hospitality events. 14 4.1 Planning food and beverage service for a hospitality event having a budget 14 4.2 Implementation of the planned service standards of quality and health, safety and security 15 4.3 Evaluation of the factors determining the success of the service and recommendations for improvement...
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...MGB 4013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Group Assignment: An Analysis of Ready-meals Food Industry and Brahim’sHoldingBerhad Group TMB 1 HANAN BINTI HAMIDON 1110057 NUR FARIHIN BINTI AZNAM 1110060 SITI HAJAR BINTI ANNUAR 1110063 NUR ATIKAH BINTI ZAKARIA 1110067 SITI FARHANA BINTI YAHAYA 1110073 Lecturer: DrUmmiSalwa Ahmad Bustamam Content 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 BACKGROUND OF BRAHIM’S FOOD AND BEVERAGES DIVISION 3 3.0 STRATEGY FORMULATION 4 4.1 Vision and Mission 4 4.2.1 Vision Statement 4 4.2.2 Mission Statement 4 4.2 SWOT Matrix and SWOT Analysis 4 4.3.3 SWOT Matrix 5 4.3.4 SWOT ANALYSIS 6 4.3 TOWS Analysis 9 4.4 Five Porter Forces ...
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...THAI RESTAURANT 1 CASE STUDY REPORT Restaurant Management in The U.S. : In Case of Thai Restaurants in 2005 Parinya Maglin EDWARD S. AGENO SCHOOL OF BUSINESS GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY Date: September 17, 2005 THAI RESTAURANT 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this case study was to motivate the owners or managers of Thai restaurants to increase their definitions of Thai restaurant management and get the edge to make their restaurants a going concern and to provide some insight into many issues and some value for the management of Thai restaurants. The primary goal of the study was to increase awareness of the areas in which the owners or managers of Thai restaurants in the U.S. could be further improved. This case study utilized the qualitative research methodology. All of interviewees are owners or managers of Thai restaurant in the U.S., a total of 10 participated in the study consisting of 9 owners and 1 manager. Data for the study was collected from various evidences gathered by systematic interview, direct observation, and participant observation. Information from the data collected confirmed the need for owners or managers of Thai restaurants to increase their definitions of Thai restaurant management, get the edge to make their restaurants a going concern, and increase awareness of the further improvement. There are such an analysis and conclusion provided with some useful recommendations for the owners or managers of Thai restaurants in the...
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...packets, fake smiles from bored checkout assistants isn't there a better way to get our food? Supermarkets wield immense power over the way we grow, buy and eat our food. They are shaping our environment, our health and the way we interact socially. These changes have gone unchallenged because consumers have been sucked into superstore lifestyles, persuaded that the opportunity to select from six different brands of cut-price oven chips at three in the morning represents choice and value. What’s Wrong With SUPERMARKETS But the tide may be turning. Unease at the true cost of supermarket food is spreading among consumers, who are beginning to join forces with the farmers and workers who have always known that supermarket 'choice' is a bad deal. This booklet aims to help campaigners get to grips with the reality of supermarket domination and argues why we must start looking for alternatives. Researched and written by Lucy Michaels and the Agriculture Project at Corporate Watch What’s wrong with Supermarkets www.corporatewatch.org.uk What's Wrong with Supermarkets? Overview: Supermarkets sweep up 2 3 10 11 The supermarkets we know today started in Britain with the Cooperative Movement in the 19th century. This was a group of independent local retailers controlled by its consumer members, who sold un-adulterated foods at prices working people could afford. It was in post-war Britain that the foundations...
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...LITERATURE REVIEW The concept of food security refers to a situation in which there is access to adequate and nutritionally quality food through socially acceptable means. The concept of food security comprises of four different domains: qualitative, quantitative, psychological and social. The quantitative aspect refers to the lack of adequate food for the households. The situation leads to a person or household having to eat less than what they would prefer to consume (Taylor and Francis, 2015). The qualitative aspect of food security entails access to food of preferred nutritional value depending on the age or health requirements. The Psychological domain of food security denotes the anxiety and worry that people tend to exhibit when the food situation in the country is unpredictable. Its other facet is the concern over the absence of the preferred quality of food (Edward et al., 2013). The social aspect entails the socially approved ways people use to access for their consumption. These could include buying on credit, borrowing or even some socially unacceptable means such as stealing. Several types of researches done on the issue of food security consider it from the mothers’ perspectives. It is in conformity with their traditional roles of engaging in acquisition and management of household food reserves. The tool used in the determination of food security is the U.S Household Food Security Survey Module, HFSSM. The toll was devised in 1997. The model investigates both...
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...attempting to regain profit and sustainability versus social responsibility. This seems more apparent in that they closed stores in high crime areas because of financial loss versus evaluating the local demand and perhaps changing their business model to be a more conducive fit for the local area. They also have issue with believing that their employee base would be more inclined to deceive the company and steal its product than trust that with proper training and support, that they could as well be a contributing portion of the community. Finally they make a small attempt at trying to appeal to the community by providing a very limited amount of specialized food products at the request of the customer base, however it seems likely that this was only made viable as there is a large margin of return on the organic, healthy choice food items. This request was fulfilled after years of requests. The choice for Company Q to close up stores in high crime areas due to loss of income or profit becomes a social liability due to fact it give the appearance that the company does not concern itself about the community that they had hoped to profit from. To begin with, high crime areas are typically also low income or no income areas. Creating opportunity for individuals to earn a legitimate income as well as create a chance for community pride to develop. By focusing recruiting the workforce from the local area and offering a competitive wage and benefit package allows for individuals to make...
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