Summary: Whole Foods Market Diversity Audit Proposal
Whole Foods Market Diversity Audit Proposal
This paper will focus on the diversity within the employee ranks of Whole Foods Market. The audit will delve into the company’s background as well as focusing on the type of diversity practices that are in place at present. I will be visiting the company’s mission statement and the underlying culture concerns that have become the driving force behind why Whole Foods has made “Fortunes” top 100 best businesses to work for 13 years in a role. I will be conducting research on literature reviews, blog’s, and news articles that pertain to employee diversity at Whole Foods. The audit will consist of facts that I read while doing the background research on Whole Foods and how the company addresses and …show more content…
When the couple got booted out of their apartment for storing food products there, they decided to simply live at the store. Since it was zoned commercial, there was no shower stall. Instead, they bathed in the Hobart dishwasher, which had an attached water hose. Two years later, John and Rene partnered with Craig Weller and Mark Skiles to merge SaferWay with their Clarksville Natural Grocery, resulting in the opening of the original Whole Foods Market on September 20, 1980. At 10,500 square feet and a staff of 19, this store was quite large in comparison to the standard health food store of the time. Less than a year later, on Memorial Day in 1981, the worst flood in 70 years devastated the city of Austin. Caught in the flood waters, the store 's inventory was wiped out and most of the equipment was damaged. The losses were approximately $400,000 and Whole Foods Market had no insurance. Customers and neighbors voluntarily joined the staff to repair and clean up the damage. Creditors, vendors and investors …show more content…
(2013). Whole foods incident offers lessons in diversity, inclusion. ABQ Journal, Retrieved from www.abqjournal.com/main/209846/opinion/whole-foods-incident-offers-lessons-in-diversity-inclusion.html
Diversity Plus Magazine. (2013, Fed 4). Fortune names whole foods to "100 best companies to work for" list citing diverse employee mix. Diversity Plus Magazine, DOI: www.diversityplus.com/tops.aspx?id=Fortune-Names-Whole-Foods-to-100-Best-Companies-to-Work-For-List-Citing-Diverse-Employee-Mix-399
Hardesty, S. (2006). The whole strategy of whole foods markets. Unpublished manuscript, Extension Economis, University of California, Berkeley, Retrieved from agecon.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/shermain-hardesty/docs/the-whole-strategy-of-whole-foods.pdf
Rohman, J. (2013, March 06). [Web log message]. Retrieved from www.greatplacetowork.com/publications-and-events/blogs-and-news/1648-whole-foods
SUSE, T. (2009, Dec 17). Diversity audit. Retrieved from www.susescotland.co.uk/employers/diversity-audit/
Whole Foods Staff. (2007, June 11). Whole foods website. Retrieved from www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Woodlief, H. (2013, Jan 07). [Web log message]. Retrieved from
This paper will focus on the diversity within the employee ranks of Whole Foods Market. The audit will delve into the company’s background as well as focusing on the type of diversity practices that are in place at present. I will be visiting the company’s mission statement and the underlying culture concerns that have become the driving force behind why Whole Foods has made “Fortunes” top 100 best businesses to work for 13 years in a role. I will be conducting research on literature reviews, blog’s, and news articles that pertain to employee diversity at Whole Foods. The audit will consist of facts that I read while doing the background research on Whole Foods and how the company addresses and …show more content…
When the couple got booted out of their apartment for storing food products there, they decided to simply live at the store. Since it was zoned commercial, there was no shower stall. Instead, they bathed in the Hobart dishwasher, which had an attached water hose. Two years later, John and Rene partnered with Craig Weller and Mark Skiles to merge SaferWay with their Clarksville Natural Grocery, resulting in the opening of the original Whole Foods Market on September 20, 1980. At 10,500 square feet and a staff of 19, this store was quite large in comparison to the standard health food store of the time. Less than a year later, on Memorial Day in 1981, the worst flood in 70 years devastated the city of Austin. Caught in the flood waters, the store 's inventory was wiped out and most of the equipment was damaged. The losses were approximately $400,000 and Whole Foods Market had no insurance. Customers and neighbors voluntarily joined the staff to repair and clean up the damage. Creditors, vendors and investors …show more content…
(2013). Whole foods incident offers lessons in diversity, inclusion. ABQ Journal, Retrieved from www.abqjournal.com/main/209846/opinion/whole-foods-incident-offers-lessons-in-diversity-inclusion.html
Diversity Plus Magazine. (2013, Fed 4). Fortune names whole foods to "100 best companies to work for" list citing diverse employee mix. Diversity Plus Magazine, DOI: www.diversityplus.com/tops.aspx?id=Fortune-Names-Whole-Foods-to-100-Best-Companies-to-Work-For-List-Citing-Diverse-Employee-Mix-399
Hardesty, S. (2006). The whole strategy of whole foods markets. Unpublished manuscript, Extension Economis, University of California, Berkeley, Retrieved from agecon.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/shermain-hardesty/docs/the-whole-strategy-of-whole-foods.pdf
Rohman, J. (2013, March 06). [Web log message]. Retrieved from www.greatplacetowork.com/publications-and-events/blogs-and-news/1648-whole-foods
SUSE, T. (2009, Dec 17). Diversity audit. Retrieved from www.susescotland.co.uk/employers/diversity-audit/
Whole Foods Staff. (2007, June 11). Whole foods website. Retrieved from www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Woodlief, H. (2013, Jan 07). [Web log message]. Retrieved from