‘It’s Business, Man!': Unions and ‘Socially Responsible’ Corporations Liza Featherstone ▪ Fall 1999 “How do you feel?” roared Jerry Greenfield, CEO and co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream company that has (in the public imagination, at least) long epitomized corporate social responsibility. He posed this question a few years ago to the audience at the company’s folk music festival, held annually in mansion-packed Newport, Rhode Island. “I feel good!” roared back the Teva-and tie-dye-clad
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Company Brief History Ben & Jerry’s (B&J) Ice Cream first started in 1978, where their very first scoop shop opened in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded by two friends, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who started the business out of their passion for eating. It has slowly expanded its scoop shops to other states and started distributing its ice-creams in pints. In 1988, B&J introduced its 3-part mission statement which shows their desire
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ACC501 Cost Accounting.txt Cost Accounting or Cost-Volume-Profit Accounting ACC501 - Accounting for Decision Making Module 2 - Case Abstract This paper contains a brief overview of the current primary accounting standard GAAP but also explores CostVolume-Profit analysis and Cost Accounting. In the 1980s accountants and financial managers embraced technology and became the basis for the Personal Computer’s (PC) explosive expansion. The abilities of the computer coupled with the needs of
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skills, different from those required in either startups or large public companies. Many promising growth companies stall as their business models mature and they outgrow the processes and teams responsible for their early success. Using a mix of case studies, group discussions, interactive exercises and written assignments, this course provides a general management perspective of growth companies: strategy, execution, team, and capital. You first learn different growth strategies, including market
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Part One Cause marketing and corporate social responsibility plans are two gears of contemporary production practices that assure opportunities for companies to do well fiscally by doing well in the general public. While cause-marketing and corporate social responsibility initiatives are essentially dissimilar, they can help assist a business develop or generate new advancements in the workplace, with the employees, and in the market (Charter & Ottoman, 2010). These programs can help perk up the
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Baskin-Robbins Challenges they face as a corporation Baskin-Robbins: The Challenge of Relevance Baskin-Robbins is a global chain of ice cream parlors founded by Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins in 1945, in Glendale, California. It claims to be the world’s largest ice cream franchise, [2] with more than 5,800 locations, 2,800 of which are located in the United States. Baskin-Robbins is located all over the world, selling ice cream in over 30 countries including Canada, The United Kingdom, Egypt
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A Case Study on How to Manage the Theft of Information Robert M Polstra III Kennesaw State University 2004 Westwood Rd Smyrna, GA 30080 404-641-8937 rpolstra@hotmail.com ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION This paper shows the importance that management plays in the protection of information and in the planning to handle a security breach when a theft of information happens. Recent thefts of information that have hit major companies have caused concern. These thefts were caused by companies’
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This case begins with a brief history of Tyco, followed by an explanation of Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowki’s rise to power. As Kozlowki rose to become the second-highest-paid CEO, some red flags pointed toward the impending disaster. Most notably, Kozlowski’s aggressive approach to business, his lavish lifestyle, his clashes with the former, more conservative CEO, and his ousting of those who criticized Tyco’s activities all acted as indicators of Kozlowki’s unethical behavior. This analysis also shows
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Global Branding of Unilever and Nestle | Report Analysis | ] | Global Branding of Unilever and Nestle | Report Analysis | | 1. Executive summary 4 2. Introduction 4 3. Overview of Unilever and Nestle
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