Andrew McNeil Mana 181-Spring Dr. Rehbein Book Report Let My People Go Surfing The corporate citizenship of Patagonia is one of long-standing and innovation. Since their products cater to individuals who not only enjoy‚ but love the wilderness‚ their commitment to decreasing the negative affects of their business practices and improving the world around them is a belief rather than a task or goal. Since this is the case they instinctively try and find new and better ways to fulfill
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environment and values improves the lives of their employees by continuing to offer the benefits they have been giving their employees. It enhances the lives of the women that work for the company because of the benefits that they offer parents. Patagonia offers paid maternity and paternity leave for the first five weeks. The corporation office offers full on-site daycare services and encourages parents to be at home with their sick children (Ferrell‚ O.‚ Hirt‚ G.‚ & Ferrell‚ L.‚ 2009). Having their
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then you have people that really want to work for you. The employees of Patagonia had a certain type of devotion and loyalty and that level is so hard to find within companies today. There must be a strong high moral in a company to prevent a high turnover rate by employees. But‚ the most interesting thing about Patagonia is that their employees love working there and love the people that they come in contact with. Patagonia and its owners were real down to earth
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Central Pampas is another land region in the country of Argentina. The fertile grasslands of the Central Pampas are‚ you guessed it very fertile‚ but this land region is almost treeless. The lengthy plateaus of Patagonia is another major landform in Argentina. The lengthy plateaus of Patagonia stretches to the Tierra del Fuego. Another landform of Argentina are the Andes mountains. The Andes Mountains borders Chile. Then they have a region called the northwest region. This specific region of Argentina
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Economics of Organization PATAGONIA Case * Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a broad-based movement in business that encourages companies to take responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers‚ employees‚ communities and the environment. Patagonia is a manufacturer of high quality outdoor and adventure sport clothing. Patagonia have found unambiguous ways to couple their products’ function and the brands environmental values. Their business model
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There are three primary purposes to this paper. The first is that the paper aims to describe why personal values are important. Obtaining a clear definition as to what values are varies from person to person. According to the paper values are the things that matter most to an individual (Posner‚ & Munson‚ 1979). Values are crucial to understanding behavior. Values allows a person to assess what is just and fair what they are willing to sacrifice in order to obtain something. Values are what eventually
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Patagonia While most winter and outdoor clothing companies advocate environmentalism to some degree‚ Patagonia is dedicated enough to the cause to let it seriously affect its bottom line. In 1985‚ the company started the 1% for the Planet pledge and has consistently asked other companies to join it in donating 1% of its sales to help save the environment. Even more impressive is the fact that Patagonia‚ aware of the impact its business has on the environment‚ has frequently asked its consumers
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THE CULTURAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT SOURCES & CREDITS http://www.lotustours.net/info/connect/culture/culture2.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ http://ebiz-tutorial.com/business-news/566-future-watch-cocooning-20-are-consumers-still-staying-home http://voices.yahoo.com/tyco-scandal-business-case-analysis-11330744.html http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/company.cfm?id=270 http://www.wnd.com/2006/09/37815/ http://www.roadsideamerica.com http://edition.cnn
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creating a positive climate for learning and transfer of training? Patagonia’s vision according to the case is to create a message of hope for society by creating product value that is restorative and does not harm the environment in the process. Patagonia is an example of a company that is proactive‚ with lots of passion and high integrity in its approach to society and the care of the environment which they utilize for their product development. Patagonia’s vision of creating a product with values
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organizations could profit from enhancing employee benefits and assisting in a healthy life to work balance. Flexibility is the basis for Chouinard’s work methodology. Flexibility in scheduling allows the balance between work and life. Thus‚ the Patagonia Company does not care when an employee works as long as the work is completed without impacting fellow coworkers (A Little Enlightened Self-Interest‚ 2010). A healthy life to work balance is a critical aspect to employee happiness. Thus‚ Patagonia’s
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