unm.edu Managing Social Responsibility and Growth at Ben & Jerry’s INTRODUCTION Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first ice cream shop on May 5‚ 1978‚ in a converted gas station in Burlington‚ Vermont‚ investing $12‚000 in secondhand equipment. Their business credentials consisted of much enthusiasm and a $5 Pennsylvania State University correspondence course in ice cream making. Driven by Cohen and Greenfield’s 1960s ideals‚ Ben & Jerry’s Homemade‚ Inc.‚ has grown to be a very successful
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Antitheatricalism in Light of Ben Jonson’s Volpone Commentary by Joel Culpepper Crossdressing in England was mostly opposed by the Fundamentalist branch of the Protestant Church known as the Puritans. The Puritan dogma‚ much like the concept of transvestism‚ was constantly challenged. Puritans found resistance in the religious authorities of the Church of England and the English government. Before 1536‚ the Roman Catholic Church was unimpeded and always won over Puritan proposals regarding legislation
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade‚ Inc.‚ produces super premium ice cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ and ice cream‚ filled with big chunks of cookies and candy. Ben & Jerry’s was founded in May 1978. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened an ice cream shop in Burlington‚ Vermont. In the beginning‚ Ben & Jerry’s store was selling 12 flavors‚ producing with an old-fashioned rock salt ice cream maker and locally made milk and cream. Currently‚ I can say in United States‚ the company is leading the market with their more than
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Ben & Jerry’s : Marketing case. Helping marginalised people‚ promoting sustainable agriculture‚ economising resources‚ and using organic products… Ben & Jerry’s‚ the American ice-cream maker‚ has‚ since its foundation in 1978‚ included many ethical values in its business practices. Part of the important Unilever group‚ Ben & Jerry’s is now a widely extended company all around the world in constant search of new innovation such as moving into Fair Trade. Indeed in 2005 Ben & Jerry’s
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Ben Carson By: Cory Kieta 6-8-09 Did you know that Dr. Ben Carson performs over five hundred operations per year? (www.answers.com)That is more than three times the amount of an average neurosurgeon. Ben Carson has showed that any black doctor can become one of the greatest neurosurgeons of our time. All that you have to do is work hard and never give up on your dream. Ben Carson was at the bottom of his class in elementary school until he found a love for reading. (www.achievement.org)
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problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.” This quote by Dr. Benjamin Carson exemplifies the trials and tribulations that he overcomes in his life. Ben Carson has pioneered many new developments in the medical world‚ but he has encountered obstacles along the way. The hindrances that Ben Carson overcomes would be his early conflicts with education‚ his battles with prejudice and racism‚ and his internal struggles with himself. “Successful people don’t have fewer
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Ben and Jerry’s Case Study What makes a company great? Is it constant financial growth year after year? Is it producing a product that is known and recognized in millions of households around the world? Or is it being socially conscience while still providing a cost effective product? With Ben and Jerry’s ice cream company‚ it’s not enough to just be financially successful; they also strive to be socially successful. Ben and Jerry’s want more from their alliances with wholesalers‚ franchisees
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I. INTRODUCTION Ben and Jerry’s is an ice cream company brought into existence in 1978 in the form of a first scoop shop at a renovated gas station in Vermont. It was found by two men names Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. Company revenues increased at a high rate from under $300‚000 in 1980 to almost $10 million in 1985 to $78 million in 1990 and to nearly $150 million in 1994. Growing with time‚ Ben and Jerry’s came up with an ongoing stream of exotic flavors‚ opening additional scoop shops
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Culture Ben and Jerry’s corporate culture is one that focuses on the environment‚ its products‚ and people. The corporate culture of “Doing Good by Doing Good” and “Peace‚ Love and Ice cream” establish the guideposts for how employees behave in the business. Ben and Jerry’s hold a deep respect for people both inside and outside the company. Ben believes that “Businesses have a responsibility to give back to the community‚” while Jerry believes that “If it’s not fun‚ why do it?” Both Ben and Jerry
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Question One: Ben & Jerry’s is founded on and dedicated to the three main parts of their mission statement: social‚ product and economic. These missions were to be fulfilled in creative new ways. When the company first started‚ the strong commitment to the community was a unique idea but it is now an increasing popular concept. Over the past decades‚ Ben & Jerry’s has continuously donated 7.5% of its pretax earnings to various social foundations and community-action groups. Also‚ they express
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