Company Q's Social Responsibility
Introduction
This essay responds to the given statement by first providing an evaluation of Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility. This is accomplished by assessing whether the actions described are socially responsible or not and by explaining the reasoning behind the assessments. The essay also provides a recommendation of three actions that Company Q could take to improve its attitude toward social responsibility. This essay does not use sources, so no citations are required or provided.
A. Evaluate Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility.
The given scenario describes three of Company Q’s actions. Based on the evaluation of their actions, Company Q’s attitude is that social responsibility is not …show more content…
If the Company Q stores consistently lost money because, for example, a competitor more efficiently met the community’s needs, then the decision to close the stores demonstrates neither social responsibility nor a lack thereof. On the other hand, if the stores lost money due to correctable management issues and their closing left unmet needs in the community, this would show a disregard for social responsibility. In any case, nothing about this action demonstrates that Company Q is socially responsible.
A.2 Company Q has started offering health-conscious and organic products.
On the surface, this appears to be a socially responsible action. A closer look reveals that the profit motive drove this action. Company Q ignored years of customer requests prior to offering healthy products. They finally began offering a few items, but only those that carried a high profit margin. Ignoring customer requests and only offering the most profitable healthy food are not socially responsible actions. With this action, Company Q demonstrates a lack of concern for the society in which they operate. Therefore, this action is not socially
This essay responds to the given statement by first providing an evaluation of Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility. This is accomplished by assessing whether the actions described are socially responsible or not and by explaining the reasoning behind the assessments. The essay also provides a recommendation of three actions that Company Q could take to improve its attitude toward social responsibility. This essay does not use sources, so no citations are required or provided.
A. Evaluate Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility.
The given scenario describes three of Company Q’s actions. Based on the evaluation of their actions, Company Q’s attitude is that social responsibility is not …show more content…
If the Company Q stores consistently lost money because, for example, a competitor more efficiently met the community’s needs, then the decision to close the stores demonstrates neither social responsibility nor a lack thereof. On the other hand, if the stores lost money due to correctable management issues and their closing left unmet needs in the community, this would show a disregard for social responsibility. In any case, nothing about this action demonstrates that Company Q is socially responsible.
A.2 Company Q has started offering health-conscious and organic products.
On the surface, this appears to be a socially responsible action. A closer look reveals that the profit motive drove this action. Company Q ignored years of customer requests prior to offering healthy products. They finally began offering a few items, but only those that carried a high profit margin. Ignoring customer requests and only offering the most profitable healthy food are not socially responsible actions. With this action, Company Q demonstrates a lack of concern for the society in which they operate. Therefore, this action is not socially