Cross Cultural Perspectives ETH 316 Ethics and Social Responsibility March 4, 2013 Cross Cultural Perspectives Timberland Overview Originally founded in 1933 as the Abington Shoe Company, Nathan Swartz purchased and relocated to Abington Massachusetts in 1952. Swartz bought out the remaining interest in the company in 1955 and brought his sons into the business. In 1973, the Timberland brand name was introduced and the company officially changed its name to The Timberland Company. Known
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Michella Amonson ETH/316 January 16, 2014 Mr. Harralson Cross-Cultural Perspectives This paper is an overview and analysis of the ethical perspective and cultural issues that a global organization faces when interacting outside the United States. I will address and identify the cultural and ethical perspective of the global organization named Walmart. I will also analyze ethical and social responsibility issues that WalMart deals with as a result of being
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Cross-Cultural Perspective Enrique Basoco ETH/316 08/18/2014 Dawn Chisholm Cross-Culture Perspective There are many multinational organization that have started within the United States. Most of these companies have started small, and through due diligence they have prospered and grown. Walmart is one of those success stories that was founded by a man named Sam Walton. He was born in the year 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He ended up serving in the military
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Takeema L. McCaskill ETH/316 September 29, 2014 Christy Vilavanh Cross-Cultural Perspectives Known to be one of the leading international oil, gas, and energy companies, BP has a worldwide reputation of providing consumers fuel for transportation purposes, energy towards heat and light; in addition to, creating petrochemical products and lubricants to keep engines especially in large machineries moving. With headquarters based in London, England, the multinational
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Bobby Baker ETH/316 Ethics and Social Responsibility August 21, 2014 Instructor Lisa M. Sparaco “In an attempt to improve its global image, McDonald’s culture outside United States has been closely linked to the possibility of it bringing changes in dietary trends. Statistics shows that the governments and the health care advocates are feared to voice their concern over the increasing number of health
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Jillian A. Gaudio ETH/316 Professor Clark-Washington Nov. 9th, 2011 Dr. Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche founded the now multinational pharmaceutical company Roche in 1896 in Switzerland. (F. Hoffmann-La Roche, 2014) The Roche Company was founded during the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Its founders recognized that the industrial manufacturing of medicines would be a major advance in the fight against disease, and they were right. In 1898 Roche developed a cough syrup
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Chevron’s Amazon Disaster Hallie Richardson ETH/316 May 14, 2012 Professor Jeff Codner Chevron’s Amazon Disaster In 2001, Chevron bought out Texaco Oil Company; as a global corporation Chevron also took on responsibilities that Texaco had left behind. Oil drilling had taken place in Ecuador’s rainforest region for 28 years, the cost-cutting methods that Texaco used caused many indigenous areas to be contaminated by this drilling. The environmental catastrophe was dubbed the “Rainforest Chernobyl”
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives Justin P Levick ETH/316 January 4, 2013 The Nike Corporation was started in the 1960’s under the name of Blue Ribbon Sports by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman. Knight, a University of Oregon coach, was determined to make running shoes lighter and better. In 1979, the Nike brand was formed and opened its first retail store in Santa Monica, California. They continued over the next few decades to grow to one of the largest athletic
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