Assignment 1: Apple Inc. - Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Amber Craggette Instructor: Dr. Jean Fonkoua BUS508- Contemporary Business 07/19/2014 Apples ethics and social responsibility In researching the Apple Company’s Social (Supplier) and ethical responsibilities I found that their initiatives are geared toward Empowering Workers‚ Labor & Human Rights‚ Health & Safety‚ Environment and Accountability. I think their approach is interesting but I feel that a large company
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Orelia Tue.‚ July 23‚ 2013 u02a1 BUS3050 Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility Internal and External Communication Securus Technologies’ internal communication is through written communication by postal mail and fax. All emails are work emails that are public record and are used to keep track of any communication‚ especially if an issue was to arise. Webinar and phone conference calls are heavily used because just about all of the Securus employees are not just in one
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Background to HRM at General Motors Corporation General Motors Corporation (NYE: GM) is the leading American automaker in the world with its operations spanning in 157 countries. The car manufacturer was established in 1908 in Michigan and today it is headquartered in Detroit‚ the United States of America. Besides the domestic industry of the United States of America‚ General Motors manufactures cars and trucks in other 30 countries around the world. Among its brand products are Cadillac
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this and agreeing with the concepts expressed on Chapter 16 our current textbook is that companies and marketers need to be ethical and socially responsible. “The Societal Marketing Concept requires that all marketers adhere to principles of social responsibility in the marketing of their goods and se4rvices that is they should endeavor to satisfy the needs and wants of their target markets in ways that preserve and enhance the well-being of consumers and society as a whole while fulfilling the objectives
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1. INTRODUCTION General Motors is a motor vehicle company in the United States that started manufacturing in 1915. The purpose of this report is to examine the decisions that were made within the company‚ in the lead up to their financial crisis in 1991. In the years preceding this downfall‚ the CEO Robert Smith made several decisions that contributed to the declining financial status of General Motors. Consequently‚ when Smith retired‚ the Black Swan Event of America’s recession left the next
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Ethics and Social Responsibilities Paper In the United States‚ it should not be about "self-interest" but rather our moral and ethical obligation not to sell items to other countries that could harm others. Therefore‚ I disagree with the statement "it is acceptable to sell products banned in the United States in other countries (i.e. where permitted by other countries due to differences in national policies)." One example of unethical behavior is a case back in 1978‚ involving a company called
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General Motors and Outsourcing From 1996 to 2006‚ the information technology budget and agenda dollars were cut by over one million dollars (Bartholomew‚ 2007). Because of this major cut back‚ General Motors was forced to outsource many technology responsibilities companies in other countries. For the majority of the transition period‚ General Motors used EDS as a single outsource vendor. While this business relationship proved to be effective for General Motors and was able to stay within the
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Some Moral Minima Page 1 Amanda Reed Some Moral Minima SOC120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility David Strand October 8‚ 2012 Some Moral Minima Page 2 I would have to say that Lenn Goodman is right about certain things being wrong. In this paper I am going to be discussing what Lenn Goodman found while at the international meeting of philosophers. The first thing that I have found that Goodman is correct about is people target a group and then blame
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY General Motors is primarily engaged in automotive production and marketing and financing and insurance operations. GM designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets vehicles worldwide‚ have its largest operating presence in North America. The core competence of General Motors is innovation. This is the driving force behind its $190 above turnover. General Motors has been utilizing innovation in service ad technology to secure itself a dominant position in the automobile industry‚ since 1908
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GM and Risk Murat Memic Analyzing various global risks that General Motors faces and the respective solutions that have been taken by GM in order to neutralize the effects of these risks. Global Corporate Finance 6313 Global Risk Term Project Dr John. R. Savarese 7/26/2012 In the fast moving business world‚ companies and firms are increasingly confronted with risk‚ risks that are complex and global. Emergence of new technology has made it possible for organizations and consumers
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