1. Discuss the challenges regarding corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in their supply chains around the world. Companies operating abroad face several challenges, such as confusion about the cross‐cultural dilemmas. Another challenge is how to behave in a host country, since the host country usually has their own expectations and agendas. Other challenges the Company may face is: abusive treatment of their employees, long work hours and no compensation for their employees
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The ethical issues that are exemplified within this case are organizational structure, international obligations, as well as trade secrets. The organization seems to have a vertical work system between all levels of management and work staff. I say organization structure due to the fact that there are disagreements between different levels of staffs’ interpretations of situations dealing with company’s future. International obligations are an issue due to the fact that the deal is involving Mexico
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the master controller shall enable us to see the captured moments on the big screen. * The humanoid thinking of the Master Controller is what we intend to achieve in order to derive the maximum value of all the devices. The devices shall in this case act as per my thoughts. UNDERSTANDING THE APPROACH Here we see the Master Controller (MC) connected to all the devices through the Li-Fi ("light fidelity" technology, that can be a complement of RF communication or a replacement in contexts
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Channel (Reliance BP sites) oversease markets: US market, Asia market Value chain: PFL doesn't sell directly to consumers. 2 What is the current life cycle position of the industry? (industry life cycle, and demonstrate why?) Maturity stage : The case mentioned that PFL has already achieved leadership in serveral markets. Besides, serveral other markets are very competitive. In addition, PFL is continuing to pursue conversion cost reduction, which is another character of maturity stage. So we conclude
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Case 2 – Research in Motion - RIM TM583 1. What were some of the challenges RIM faced to protect its Intellectual Property and how did RIM handle those challenges? There was a legal action between NTP and RIM over the intellectual property. RIM resolved the action. To protect its intellectual property, RIM agreed to pay $612.5 million to NTP Inc. to settle the fight. The dispute had threatened to end RIM's BlackBerry e-mail service to millions of users in the U.S. and has been the subject
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Case: NTT DoCoMo: Marketing i-mode In this case, I have divided my assignment into 4 parts, including answering the following questions and sharing what I learned from this case. How do i-mode develop in the US and Europe separately? How to develop FOMA in Japan? Considering the differences in demographics, Internet penetration, and wireless industry structures among Japan, the US and Europe, NTT DoCoMo should change marketing strategies in order to develop i-mode successfully in overseas
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Case 1 How FedEx Works: Enterprise Systems 1. FedEx uses many businesses processes when shipping an item. First they arrive to pick up the package, upon arrival they scan the package so they know it is now in their possession and it is able to be tracked. This is part of a manufacturing and production process, as well as a sales and marketing process. It is a manufacturing and production process because it starts the initial travel or shipping of the package to its destination. Sales and marketing
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After reviewing this case I was alerted of several things that went horribly wrong. The person having the problems, Mr. Robbins, unfortunately did not take the correct steps in setting up the new hire orientation; because of this, he has a mess on his hands. Possibly a case of taking on too much too soon, he has made a mess of his assignment. Firstly, he failed to ensure his paperwork was in order until it was almost too late, secondly he did not make sure that the meeting room was free and clear
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Case Study Question 1 What is a Case Study? “A case study is an observational method that provides a description of an individual” (Cozby & Bates, 2012). The sample size in a case study usually only consists of a single person or organization, but by design only studies one single social phenomenon. They typically use field-related research to produce qualitative data and help to prepare for future qualitative research. Question 2 What are Some Reasons for Using a Case Study Approach? Case
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How to do a Case Study There are common steps that most approaches recommend be followed in tackling a case study. Beforehand (usually a week before), you will get: 1. the case study, 2. (often) some guiding questions that will need to be answered, and 3. (sometimes) some reading assignments that have some relevance to the case subject. Your work in completing the case can be divided up into three components: 1. what you do to prepare before the class discussion, 2
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