ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE The Coca-Cola Company TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Main Issues 4 3. Ethics Policy and its Development 5 3.1. Proposed Ethics Policy 5 3.2. Rationale of Ethics Policy 6 3.3. Policy Development 6 3.3.1. Virtue Ethic 7 3.3.2. Utilitarianism Ethic 7 3.3.3. Kantianism Ethic
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The Coca-Cola Company Project Analysis Paul Mburu Business Summary The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE Symbol: KO) The Coca-Cola Company‚ a beverage company‚ engages in the manufacture‚ marketing‚ and sale of nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages and still beverages. Its sparkling beverages include nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages with carbonation‚ such as carbonated energy drinks‚ and carbonated waters and flavored waters. The company’s still
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marketer of non-alcoholic beverages in the world‚ Coca-Cola has a strong brand recognition and brand portfolio. The company owns more than 400 brands‚ including sports drinks‚ teas‚ juices‚ and energy drinks. Coca-cola operates in more than 200 countries‚ with 75% of profits coming from abroad (Hoover‚ 2009). The company ranks well ahead its closest competitor Pepsi‚ with brand equity of $67 billion compared to Pepsi’s $13 billion. However‚ Coca-Cola is threatened by intense negative publicity and
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Discussion Questions: 1- Discuss the attitude and related beliefs towards Coca-Cola of intensely brand-loyal consumers (perhaps like those who were upset by the new Coke in 1985). How might their attitude and beliefs differ from those of less involved‚ less loyal consumers? What marketing implications would these differences have? Answer: For those types of consumers they have a strong positive attitude toward the Coca-Cola brand. And this can surpass what the company can imagine to even reach the
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Introduction Coca-Cola and Pepsi are the two greatest competitors in the soft drink industry. A brief introduction and history of the two companies will provide a basis for understanding how the companies have come to be where they are today and how they run their companies. The company structure of each will also be briefly explained to provide an understanding of how management style is impacted. Marketing and Advertising The marketing skills that these companies possess are the reason both Coca-Cola
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1. Coca-Cola 2. Indirect Exporting- Coke sells their product to separately owned bottling companies around the world who then bottle the product and sell it to wholesalers around their location. 3. Product-Coca-Cola uses two formulas (one with sugar‚ one with corn syrup) for all markets. The product packaging in every country incorporates the contour bottle design and the logo in some way shape or form. However‚ the bottle or can also includes the country’s native language and is the same
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roles does corporate reputation play within organizational performance and social responsibility? Develop a list of factors or characteristics that different stakeholders may use in assessing corporate reputation. Are these factors consistent across stakeholders? Why and why not? 1 2.1.1 Assessing Corporate Reputation 1 2.2 Assume you have become the CEO at Coca Cola. Outline the strategic steps you would take to remedy the concerns emanating from the company’s board of directors‚ consumers‚
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Coca-Cola Managing Resource Constraints in China Background China is a major and expanding market for Coca-Cola. Surging sales in emerging markets like China and India have been credited for Coke’s best sales growth for almost nine years with sales rising 19% from 2007 (The Times‚ 2007). According to President of Coca-Cola China‚ Doug Jackson‚ the company currently counts China as it’s fourth-largest market in terms of revenue‚ although it is expected to overtake Brazil to become its third-largest
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live on C-span‚ I know from press reports that many of the soft drinks of choice in the White House are produced by Coca-Cola. That’s a policy position I certainly endorse and appreciate. I have been looking forward to this engagement at the Press Club for quite some time. As someone who has spent the vast majority of his career traveling to markets around the world for Coca-Cola‚ I have seen‚ first-hand‚ the correlation between the strength of a nation and the strength of its press. That’s no
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FIN560 Securities Analysis Course Project: Stock Analysis- The Coca-Cola Company (KO) Company’s Summary The Coca-Cola Company manufactures‚ markets‚ and sells nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages and still beverages. Its sparkling beverages include nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages with carbonation‚ such as carbonated energy drinks‚ and carbonated waters and flavored waters. The company’s still beverages comprise nonalcoholic beverages
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