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‚ employees‚ business partners‚ government s and the media. What elements of social responsibility would you draw from in responding to these stakeholder issues? 3 2.3. What do you think of Coca Cola’s environmental initiatives? Are they just window dressing or does the company seem to be sincere in its efforts? 5 Appendix
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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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Marketing for a New Coca Cola Drink The Coca Cola Company requires ideas on the development of a new fizzy Coca Cola Drink. It must utilise the flavours and styles of existing Coca Cola Fizzy Drinks‚ but capture a currently untapped or unfulfilled market segment. You need to consider the current market‚ find a suitable segment and develop a marketing strategy for your idea. Market research - Identify the most appropriate sources of primary and secondary data and consider which
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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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Introduction Coca Cola markets nearly 2‚400 beverages products in over 200 geographic locations. As a result development of a superior value system is imperative to their operations. Throughout this paper we will analyze their value system by using Michael Porter’s value chain analysis model. In an attempt to paint a current picture of the non-alcoholic beverage industry we will assess the market activity by using mergers‚ acquisitions and IPO’S as our benchmarks to determine if the market is growing
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Mossa Hanna Asyut Group (A) 1- What do you feel Coca-Cola has to offer potential employees? How does this help Coca-Cola attract a quality workforce? Coca Cola does not prefer external recruitment their basic focus is on internal recruitment. They maintain a talent bank for meeting internal hiring needs they only do external hiring in case of sudden recruitments they forecast their future needs and collect the data of applicants in advance Coca-Cola has to offer potential employees because they have
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Coca-Cola India On August 20‚ 2003 Sanjiv Gupta‚ President and CEO of Coca-Cola India‚ sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks on the heels of a 75% five-year growth trajectory and 25-30%2 year-to-date growth. Many leading clubs‚ retailers‚ restaurants‚ and college campuses across the country had stopped selling Coca-Cola3 and only six weeks into his new role as CEO‚ Gupta was embroiled in a crisis
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responsibility. A companies overall success or demise mainly relies on its reputation. In Business Ethics‚ corporate reputation is defined as "one of an organization’s greatest intangible assets with tangible value"(Ferrell‚ 2011). This meaning that although sometimes a companies reputation may be unwritten‚ the value of it is obvious. There are many different factors that could be listed when discussing the characteristics stakeholders may use when determining the reputation of a company. Some factors
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introducing an unpopular line of goods or developing a service that no one really wants Example • Coca-Cola ’s introduction of New Coke in the 1980s demonstrates what happens when decisions aren ’t supported by solid research. Coke revised the formula of its traditional brand of soft drink and lost millions in sales. By performing a study and determining what people thought of the new formula‚ the company could have avoided public-relations headaches. Some basic guidelines can be followed before conducting
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Coca-Cola’s • Major Problems o Major problem now is how Coca Cola is perceived in the market o Communicate to the public real intentions to gain consumers trust o Company now stands to lose customers due to hidden ploy of increasing vending machine prices based on weather. o Company still need achieve goal of maximizing profits through vending machine sales. o Consumers may choose cold water instead of a coke to quench thirst on hot days. o Do coke products actually quench thirst in extreme
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