Issue Two: Starbucks vs. Ethiopia In March 2005‚ Ethiopia filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark its coffee names‚ Harar‚ Sidamo‚ and Yirgacheffe‚ which are three coffee regions in the country. The Ethiopian government had hoped that by forcing coffee buyers into licensing agreements would lead to coffee farmers gaining more control over its coffee trade and earn a bigger slice of the pie by receiving a higher percentage of earnings from the retail price
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Kellogg’s Corporate Social Responsibility Wonseob Jung Table of Contents Introduction 3 Non-discrimination Hiring 3 Promotion 3 Persons with Disabilities Act and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 4 Environmental Issues 4 Customer Relationships and Retention Practices towards the Customers 4 Supplier Relationships 5 Conclusion 5 Work Cited 6 Appendix A: Kellogg’s Diversity Recognitions 7 Appendix B: Priorities to People with Disabilities in Corporate Offices in
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Corporate Social Responsibility . Description: give a description of your business. who you are what you do where you are Who we are We are a Non-governmental organization lead by a group of students that aims to improve the quality of life in developing countries by offering communities more comfortable and durable housings. We focus on providing cost-effective‚ environmentally friendly buildings by substituting the conventional use of bricks with “bottle bricks” that includes the use
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Pollution and Profit Claire Doyle is the environmental compliance manager for a small plastics manufacturing company. She is currently faced with the decision whether or not to spend money on new technology that will reduce the level of a particular toxin in the wastewater that flows out the back of the factory and into a lake. The factory’s emission levels are already within legal limits. However‚ Claire knows that environmental regulations for this particular toxin are lagging behind scientific
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1. Introduction 1.1 Origin of the Report: Term Paper report is a practical part of academic studies. This is a reflection of academic knowledge through practical work experience. Thus this Term Paper report aims to reflect the professional view of real world working environment. The Department of Business Administration of National University offers four years BBA program majoring in different related fields. This BBA program is the building up of the theoretical knowledge about business administration
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Drawing on at least two of the key module themes of globalisation‚ technology‚ CSR and demographics‚ discuss the ‘consumer of the future’ with reference to one of the businesses showcased by guest speakers during the year. This should be in the style of a management report‚ but with academic references. The world’s economies have developed ever-closer links since 1950‚ in trade‚ investment and production. Known as globalisation‚ this process is not new‚ but its pace and scope has accelerated in
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CSR Analysis Economic: Industrial farming claims that without the factory model‚ not enough food would be produced to feed all the people in the world (beyond). “Bigger is Better” is quoted and that industrial farming is the most efficient way to produce cheap food for the world (Beyond). By keeping these animals in tight spaces the company saves space and money on the cost of taking good care of the animals toward the end of their life. Economies of scale has a huge part to play in this industry
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Introduction: In order to develop a strategic direction an organization needs to understand the environment in which it operates‚ however there are seven key environment or “ external factor “ that affect the organizations : 1. The economic environment 2. The technological environment 3. The governmental environment 4. The legal environment 5. The cultural environment 6. The natural environment 7. The internal environment In this essay‚ I will be clarifying the cultural environment aspect
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Toyota Motor Corporation Before I have chosen Toyota Motor Corporation as a company for my case study‚ I knew it would be one of the Japanese companies. I am very interested in Japan and Japanese people. To me‚ they seem like a hard working nation of a very competitive spirit‚ which constantly seeks for improvement. Every time when I would see a group of Japanese business people at airports or at any other location‚ they would often have their lap tops in their laps and would be doing something
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Issue/Problem Identification This case study shows the difficulties multinational corporations face when doing business in developing countries. Although Coke and Pepsi were prompt at addressing the accusations brought against them‚ they overlooked multiple issues when starting business in India. When starting a business in a foreign country‚ the first priority a company should have is to learn the native culture. This was Coke and Pepsi’s biggest mistake and was most likely the reason why the
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