...Intro Ethics is defined by “the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation” (Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary, 1999). Ethics helps us as a society to know what is wrong and what is right in various situations. In business, ethics is a way of doing what is right over what is wrong, while still acting in a helpful manner, and in the hunt for the common good as a society. When business have high ethical beliefs or policies it raises consumer satisfaction for all investors (Weiss, 2014). While ethical practices have changed over time, it has proven to be an important ingredient for a thriving business to continue creating revenue. Ethical Violation In 1955, McDonald’s was a limited menu quick service...
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...In 1986 members of the environmental activist group, London Greenpeace (unrelated to Greenpeace International), published a leaflet entitled “What’s wrong with McDonald’s: Everything they don’t want you to know”. The publication made critical allegations of global fast-food chain McDonald’s. Distributed to the public by hand and online, the leaflet was received by a global audience.The publication made the following allegations, stating that McDonald’s: • was complicit in Third World starvation; • bought from greedy rulers and elites and practices economic imperialism; • wasted vast quantities of grain and water; • destroyed rainforests with poisons and colonial invasions; • sold unhealthy, addictive fast food; • altered its food with artificial chemistry; • exploited children with its advertising; • was responsible for torture and murder of animals; • poisoned customers with contaminated meat; • exploited its workers and banned unions; • hid its malfeasance (Wolfson, 1999, p. 21). McDonald’s deemed the publication defamatory of their reputation. Defamation is the publication of an untrue statement which reflects a person’s reputation and tends to lower him in the opinion of right-thinking members of society generally (Finch, 2007, p. 168). Initially, the multinational corporation threatened various broadcasters and five active members of London Greenpeace withlegal action if they did not withdraw the allegations. Under s.2 of The Defamation Act 1996 the publisher...
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...Executive summary The McLibel Trial is the infamous British court case between McDonald's and a former postman & a gardener from London (Helen Steel and Dave Morris). It ran for two and a half years and became the longest ever English trial. The defendants were denied legal aid and their right to a jury, so the whole trial was heard by a single Judge, Mr. Justice Bell. He delivered his verdict in June 1997. The verdict was devastating for McDonald's. The judge ruled that they 'exploit children' with their advertising, produce 'misleading' advertising, are 'culpably responsible' for cruelty to animals, are 'antipathetic' to unionization and pay their workers low wages. But Helen and Dave failed to prove all the points and so the Judge ruled that they HAD libelled McDonald's and should pay 60,000 pounds damages. They refused and McDonald's knew better than to pursue it. In March 1999 the Court of Appeal made further rulings that it was fair comment to say that McDonald's employees worldwide "do badly in terms of pay and conditions", and true that "if one eats enough McDonald's food, one's diet may well become high in fat etc., with the very real risk of heart disease." As a result of the court case, the Anti-McDonald's campaign mushroomed, the press coverage increased exponentially, this website was born and a feature length documentary was broadcast round the world. The legal controversy continued. The McLibel 2 took the British Government to the European Court of Human...
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...new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos and recorded music Over the years a lot of food chains have entered the business. 3)mcdonalds: short discription According to this Google map, there are close to 50,000 fast food chains across the United States. The most widely recognized brand in the world happens to be McDonalds, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. McDonald's operates over 31,000 restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.5 million people. To make sure their progress is kept alive, they manage to open five new restaurants every single day. An average of four out of the five are overseas. In other words, America imprints four influencing footprints a day throughout different parts of the world. Ninety-six percent of kids in school could recognize an image of Ronald McDonald, the face of McDonalds. The only recognizable figure that ranked higher was Santa Claus. To top it off, Americans spend nearly $100 billion on fast food every year. [pic] McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, shakes and desserts. In response to changing...
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...| Israelis mark anti-McDonald's dayProtesters rally across nation to mark international anti-McDonald's day; activists claim fast food chain harms environment, exploits workers and tortures animalsOrna Yefet Published: | 10.16.05, 15:54 / Israel Business | | share | Activists throughout Israel demonstrated Sunday afternoon to mark international anti-McDonald's day, by staging protests, presentations and other activities across the country. This annual demonstration, which has taken place for the past 20 years, aims to protest the fast food chain's destruction of the environment, exploitation of workers, and the torture and killing of animals, activists say. The activists say the protests will focus on the destructive influence of consumer culture and corporate control over our lives. Protest against MacDonald's (Photo: Courtesy of Indimedia Israel ) | The organization for the liberation of animals in Israel (ALI) and the coalition against McDonald's have partnered together to form a unified front to fight the for the common cause. Activities against the corporation already began Friday in Tel Aviv, where activists resorted to street theater to protest. They also presented a gallery of photos showing cruelty to animals, harm to the environment, and issues pertaining to workers' rights. Free T-shirts and vegan food were also handed out and stands were constructed to supply information and pamphlets. Later, protesters led a rally past the fast food branches in the center...
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...in the world as there are stars in the sky. They’re innumerable. However, no matter how many they are, there are those stars that shine the most. This is also the case for the brands in the world. Only a few are able to stand in the international arena. Some try to venture into the world market. However, those brand either don’t last long or they’re devoured by the competition. It is never easy to go international. The world’s top brands were started by normal people with extraordinary determination. And if you don’t have the kind of determination they do, then it’s best for you not to be too adventurous. A few of the brands that dominate the world are Nike, American Express, Samsung, Coca- Cola, Apple, Marlboro, Louis Vuitton, Toyota, Mcdonald’s, and many more. These brands didn’t become what they are overnight. As some would say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” They had to overcome hardships beyond whatever you and I can fathom but that didn’t stop them. For John Pemberton who concocted the formula we now call “Coke”, the 9 bottle per day he sold didn’t stop him from continuing his business. Today they sell 1.6 billion servings every day. Samsung started as a grocery store when Lee Byung-chul opened Samsung Sanghoe in 1938. The business grew and became successful and he moved the headquarters to Seoul in 1947. However, when the Korean War broke out, he had no other choice but to leave. So he started a sugar refinery and a woolen mill under the parent company, Samsung. Samsung...
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...McDonald’s SWOT analysis MGMT303 Professor Dean Scott May 22, 2011 Management 303 SWOT Analysis of McDonald’s Corporation Section I – Corporate History In 1940, Dick and Mac McDonald first opened McDonald's Bar-B-Que Restaurant on Fourteenth and E Street in San Bernardino, California. The type of the restaurant was more of a typical drive-in featuring a large menu and car hop service. Then the restaurant was closed for three months and was re open with only nine menu items, and the most staple item for McDonald was the 15 cents burger. Then in 1958, McDonald's sold its 100 millionth hamburger. By 1959, the 100th restaurant was open in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. With the rate of McDonald growing, today McDonald's restaurants are in 117 countries around the world. The McDonald's brand mission is to "be our customers' favorite place and way to eat”. McDonald's today's slogan is "I'm lovin' it". Section II – Strengths and Weaknesses Two major strengths of McDonald’s are its strongest International presence and the training and skill development. Two of the McDonalds weaknesses are its saturation and its food quality. Strength #1 – Strongest International Presence McDonald's is the market leader in both domestic and international markets. On March 14, 2010, McDonald was rank number 14 from the top 50 on Fortune's Most Admired List. It is also the best brand recognition in the world, the golden arches and Ronald McDonald. McDonald's...
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...McDonald’s SWOT Analysis MGMT-303 Professor Russell King DeVry University Corporate History In 1940, Dick and Mac McDonald first opened McDonald's Bar-B-Que Restaurant on Fourteenth and E Street in San Bernardino, California. The type of the restaurant was more of a typical drive-in featuring a large menu and car hop service. Then the restaurant was closed for three months and was re open with only nine menu items, and the most staple item for McDonald was the 15 cents burger. Then in 1958, McDonald's sold its 100 millionth hamburger. By 1959, the 100th restaurant was open in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. With the rate of McDonald growing, today McDonald's restaurants are in 117 countries around the world. The McDonald's brand mission is to "be our customers' favorite place and way to eat”. McDonald's today's slogan is "I'm lovin' it". Strengths and Weakness Two major strengths of McDonald’s are its strongest International presence and the training and skill development. Two of the McDonalds weaknesses are its saturation and its food quality. Strength #1 – Strongest International Presence McDonald's is the market leader in both domestic and international markets. On March 14, 2010, McDonald was rank number 14 from the top 50 on Fortune's Most Admired List. It is also the best brand recognition in the world, the golden arches and Ronald McDonald. McDonald's benefits from cost reduction through economies of scale because of it enormous size and its huge global presence...
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...What's better than burgers on the grill, or crispy bacon with breakfast? To most Americans, nothing. In fact, in 2012, Americans consumed approximately 50 billion burgers and 627 million pounds of bacon. Contrary to popular belief, all this meat is not raised on Old McDonald's farm ("Factory-Farming.com", 2010-2015). As arable land has declined over the last 100 years along with farmers as a percentage of the U.S. population, factory farms have taken their place ("How is Land in The United States Used? A Focus on Agricultural Land", n.d.). However, while factory farms produce more food optimizing economies of scale, modern technologies, and genetic engineering, factory farming more often than not incorporate abusive treatment to the animals. Factory Farming is an inhumane way of producing meat and dairy products due to its common practices of confined living conditions, wide usage of antibiotics and genetic engineering, and slaughterhouse practices. One of the most common forms of animal cruelty in factory farms is the overcrowded and confined living areas of the animals. Chickens are the most confined animal in Factory Farming with up to 120,000 birds on one farm. (Madhani, 2015). Both egg-laying hens and fryer chickens are housed in “battery cages”. Battery cages hold between five and ten hens with each hen allotted between 67 - 76 sq. inches (less than the size of a standard sheet of letter paper). Being confined to such a small area creates multiple physical and mental...
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...Organization History, including a Mission Statement if possible (10 points) According to the website About McDonald's, McDonald's is been in business since 1940. Dick and Mac McDonald open the first McDonald's as a BBQ restaurant in San Bernardino, California. "It was a typical drive-in with a large menu and car hop service." McDonald's mission statement states: "McDonald's brand mission is to be our customers' favorite place and way to eat. Our worldwide operations are aligned around a global strategy called the Plan to Win, which center on an exceptional customer experience – People, Products, Place, Price and Promotion. We are committed to continuously improving our operations and enhancing our customers' experience." (http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/our_company/mission_and_values.html) II. Organizational Strengths and Weaknesses (40 points) A. First Organizational Strength 1. According to the website Ezine Articles, McDonald's has a strong global presence and is considered as a market leader in both the domestic as well as the international markets. 2. "It is a global brand that owns 31,000 restaurants serving in 120 countries. Of these 31,000 restaurants at least14,000 restaurants are situated in the US." (http://ezinearticles.com/?McDonalds-Business-Analysis&id=687438) B. Second Organizational Strength 1. According to the website Wordpress, McDonald's uses economies of scale for reducing the cost, as its huge expansion diversifies "the overall risk involved...
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...and other commentators repeatedly to have drawn attention to its social effects and analogies in other fields, it is the sociologist George Ritzer who coined the phrase in his book "The Mcdonaldization of Society" (Ritzer, 1996). In his book, which he describes as a work in social criticism, Ritzer analyses the particular ways in which the success of the American hamburger chain has impacted upon not only economic patterns, but in particular on a multitude of facets of social life in general. Basing his analysis on Max Weber's theory of rationalisation, he draws on extensive empirical and anecdotal data to trace these influences. Mention have been made of the fact that the pattern of rationalisation which is so very patently typified by McDonald's, is by no means restricted to the domain of the fast-food market. In fact, in the modern society the first real representative of this wave is probably the supermarket, which came to the fore as a replacement for the corner store and has since itself been superseded by all sorts of hypermarkets. Also in the world of entertainment and healthcare, similar developments have taken place. As far as the first is concerned, video shop chains and Disneyland are pertinent examples, while nobody who has been to a private hospital or medical centre lately, needs to be reminded that the much idealised house doctor has been irretrievably replaced by a much more streamlined, effective, all-encompassing, but, alas, also a much more impersonal system...
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...environmental and social justice issues, produced and distributed a leaflet entitled ‘What’s Wrong With McDonald’s? – Everything They Don’t Want You To Know’ outside a McDonald’s store in the United Kingdom. It criticized almost all aspects of the corporation’s business accusing that McDonald’s: is complicit in Third World starvation; buys from greedy rulers and elites and practices economic imperialism; wastes vast quantities of grain and water; destroys rainforests with poisons and colonial invasions; sells unhealthy, addictive junk food; alters its food with artificial chemistry; exploits children with its advertising; is responsible for torture and murder of animals; poisons customers with contaminated meat; and exploits its workers and bans unions. At first, McDonald’s ignored the London Greenpeace campaign but when it grew and was taken up seriously by more and more groups around the world in 1989, they decided to take extreme measures against the group. McDonald’s hired seven private investigators to spy on the London Greenpeace to find out who was responsible for the production and distribution of the leaflet. And to be able to file a libel case they will need names of individuals. So the spies penetrated to the group to get names and addresses, took letters sent to the group, got fully involved to the group’s activities, stole documents and took photographs. In 1990, McDonald’s filed libel cases on five members of the group. The company wanted those five to...
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...Demon Freaks is the ultimate guide on how studying can go horribly wrong. Tomorrow is the start of the SAT’s and identical twin brothers Bing and Ron Slaughter need to achieve great results in order to make it into a top-ranked college and eventually pursue their respective careers or be doomed to spend the rest of their lives working for McDonald’s, the same company that their parents work for. The twins decide to study with their two friends and fellow Ephits band members; the keyboard player Kaitlyn Krimpsen and the drummer of the band Prathamesh Kimitri aka Meat. They meet up at Meat’s cabin and from that point on things go horribly wrong. The teens end up having to spend the night fighting for their lives against a medley of strange creatures and an entire Golfers Association. I give Demon Freaks a rating of 3 out of 4, I would give it a 4 but it feels as if the climactic part of the whole story was rushed. There were a lot of elements in play at the time but one move brought...
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...food industry, supply chain plays an important role in the food safety and it is also one of the parts that causes most problems. In the food supply chain, the impacts and roles of either big and small suppliers determine whether the fresh produce or meat (raw material) would go through carefully inspections before distributing to restaurants and supermarkets. Normally, once contamination crisis happens, it is hard for restaurants to regain customers’ confidence. Thus, to solve the food safety problems, what are the strategies for companies? Specially, how do Chipotle response to the contamination crisis that happened in 2015 and what actions did it take to solve the problem? Are the outbreaks in Chipotle evitable and coincidental? What’s are the wrong steps that Chipotle did that lead to the problem? Is it happened because of the ignorance or lack of management strategy in the company? Also, what are the solutions and recommendations to solve the problem of food safety in the industry? Walmart is the leader of the offline discount retailer, it has a strong IT system to manage the supply chain. Walmart has always been setting new standards to implement technology to solve the food safety problem. How does Walmart’s strategy with the Blockchain solve the food safety problems? What is the Blockchain? And how does the Blockchain help the restaurants chains specifically Chipotle to solve the food safety issue? In the past three years, there are many news regards to the food contamination...
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