OVERVIEW OF GENERAL MILLS‚ INC. 1 3. OVERVIEW OF DIAGEO PLC AND PILLSBURY COMPANY 2 4. OVERVIEW OF GENERAL MILLS’ ACQUISITION OF PILLSBURY 3 5. GENERAL MILLS’ STRATEGIC MOTIVES FOR ACQUIRING PILLSBURY 4 6. IS THE DEAL ECONOMICALLY ATTRACTIVE? 5 6.1. VALUATION OF PILLSBURY (WITHOUT SYNERGIES) 5 6.2. VALUE OF SYNERGIES (COST SYNERGIES) 5 6.3. VALUE OF CLAWBACK 6 6.4. VALUE OF GENERAL MILLS’ STOCK PAYMENT 9 6.5. VALUE OF DEBT ASSUMED 9 7. RECOMMENDATION FOR GENERAL MILLS’ SHAREHOLDERS 10
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consideration relevant to the rightness of an act is the amount of goodness it produces’. 1 (McNaughton and Piers Rawlings pg32) from David McNaughton and Piers Rawlings essay on Deontology. Versus the Kantian and Rule Consequentialism of utilitarianism which would believe that this is morally wrong‚ despite of the lives that could be saved. Rule Consequentialism and Deontology are very similar in their beliefs. For example‚ this was said in regards to Rule Consequentialism: ’In particular
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Utilitarianism states “Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (pg. 863). What this means is that actions are right when the majority of people benefits from it. This principle is assessed based on the consequences of the action‚ rather than the action itself. Therefore‚ utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism. If the outcome comes out positive and is useful for majority of the people‚ it is considered morally
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GUIDED BY DHAVAL K. DHRANGADHARIYA Miss. DHRUTI PANDYA S.Y B.B.A LECTURER:- DHRUTI PANDYA ROLL NO: 246 BATCH: 2008-2011 C A N D I D A T E ’S S TA T E M E N T My self DHAVAL K. DHRANGADHARIYA‚ the student of S.Y. B.B.A. here by declare that the project work presented in this report is my own work and I have completed it under the guidance of Miss. DHRUTI PANDYA of “SWAMI SAHJANAND
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1. The Super Express Fund Case shows that urgency doesn’t help to explain the difference in your moral judgments. It does this by making the envelope case (non-urgent)‚ an urgent case. Even then‚ if you don’t donate the money which could have been used to save the most urgently needy child‚ no one will think of you as morally wrong. 2. We are obligated to help even those people who‚ if saved‚ would live a wretched life because if you didn’t save them‚ it could have negative impacts on other people
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1. SWOT analysis for Toyota Introduction Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats (SWOT) is a popular concept for evaluating an organisation. Conducting SWOT analysis is a common practice that organisations adopt to assess themselves and the industry within which they operate. This is very important given the different forces that exist within the environment the organisation operates. SWOT analysis offers an organisation insights into the areas that needs attention and consequently taking
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drugs and whether or not it should be legalized. To solve this moral dilemma‚ a person can simply use and apply the concepts of utilitarianism. When deciding on whether or not something is considered to be a moral problem‚ it’s extremely important to differentiate the assumptions that people have made to support their claims. The situation that is being examined is utilitarianism and how it would view the problem of drugs. First when looking at this issue‚ a person must use what utilitarianism’s use to
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CASE ONE MALDEN MILLS Case one is to be done as a group case study. It is due by June 26‚ 11:59 PM. Submit the completed case to the case assignment area in the module 2 folder. I strongly suggest your group decide on a timeline to assure the final copy is completed on time. Then as individuals you should adhere to that timeline! Per the syllabus - Case Studies - Written studies should be typed‚ double spaced‚ 12 point font. In order to not lose points‚ I would expect at least three pages
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Utilitarianism is not necessarily intended to be utilized as a "decision strategy" to choose what to do. If we can realize that a strategy will deliver extremely great results and unimportant bad results‚ then that activity is logical. Be that as it may‚ we aren’t generally great at realizing what activities will create great results and we can frequently be overconfident in our capacity to do as such. It is regularly wrong to choose something we accept will likely have great results if that conduct
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Utilitarianism is the ethical viewpoint that every decision should be based on trying to create the most amount of “good” for the most people. The “good” in this case is the utility – the positive consequence we should strive for. Utility is the foundation of utilitarianism‚ as the name suggests‚ and it keeps the welfare of people as its highest consideration. Jeremy Bentham‚ an English philosopher‚ proposed his own idea of how utilitarianism should work. He determined that utility could be measured
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