Social Performance of Organizations Paige Thomas Dr. Schulz Business and Society April 29, 2016 Apple Inc. is a dominant global software and hardware company known for its innovative technology and marketing strategies. Apple Inc. makes many products and services such as iPod, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, iTunes, iCloud and Apple TV. All of their products have done well and are still tremendously in high demand. Apple Inc. was founded by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak
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Steve Jobs, although no paragon of business ethics, has preached from the scripture of Matthew 16:26, “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” (Rink, 2012) This sagacious verse simply translates to question how can someone profit or be advantageous when acquiring the world if you damage or lose your character along the way. What is worth more than your soul? This wise question can help one in determining their own code of ethics by balancing what is right
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humanistic side. Although social scientists agree that modern management methods have led to greater material wealth and thus a higher standard of life, they question the price people have to pay for this greater standard of life. For example, in Foxconn, employees often suffer inhumane treatment. Because of great labor intensity, employees can hardly get any respect from managers, and always suffered the inhumane
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of working hours and attendance. Sometimes the workers receive a few hundred less than what they deserved. There are records of work stoppages even the workers have had full attendance. - In order to retain workers after the Lunar New Year, Foxconn withheld part of the overtime premium of workers in January. Workers got back the deducted money only after unremitting complaints. Forced and unpaid overtime - Some workers have to work extra time on the production line till the production
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manufacturing be launched in China, which had an ever-expending and ever- improving electronic manufacturing base. Therefore, Cisco could get the low-cost production right aways. It also planned to use contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group to produce the machine, even though Foxconn had never made such a complex product for Cisco. The case mainly talks about the some pressures and complexities of introducing a newly sophisticated technology product for a worldwide market and some considerations
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Business Analysis Part 1: Apple, Inc. Apple is a highly innovated business that entered the business world making computers back in the 1980s. They ventured out in the 2000s making non-PC devices and by the spring of 2010 had a market capitalization of $220 billion dollars. As a mutual fund manager, I have performed a SWOT analysis to determine whether or not to invest in this company. I will identify internal and external stakeholders, evaluate their needs and see how the organization measures
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This article is published in a peer-reviewed section of the Utrecht Law Review Four Case Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Conflicts Affect a Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy? Cristina A. Cedillo Torres, Mercedes Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon
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1. Marianne Barner should accept the invitation and ask for a chance to present IKEA’s view of child labor on the broadcast. Facing the crisis directly rather than escaping the problem is a smart way to solve the crisis. She should use this broadcast to transfer anti child labor message to the public for IKEA and defeat the accusing from the German media face to face. Especially after inspecting India, Nepal and Pakistan, Barner grabbed first hand information to reveal how deep this socioeconomic
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Part A Executive Summary (one Page) Part B+ Part C + Part D= Max 8 pages Part B (imp) Q. Cisco is committing to produce Viking at a single source Foxconn. Moreover, the Viking production mostly takes place within two-hour driving distance of the Hong Kong fulfillment center. “Cisco ran the risk of being overly dependent on a single supplier and whatever financial and operational constraints it had”. What are the potential risk factors in and around Hong Kong? Some risk factors are natural
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The significance and future of scientific management 1. Introduction More than a hundred years from the first publication of “ the principles of scientific management” by Frederick W. Taylor, the founder of scientific management, came into the public (Evans and Holmes, 2013). According to Hales (2013), scientific management was defined as a broader adaptation and extension of Taylor’s principles publicized by his followers. These Principles could be described into mainly three parts. Firstly, there
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