KIM Question (A): Describe an ethical failure by an organisation on an important business decision and its adverse downstream consequences. ETHICAL FAILURE BY SAMSUNG Samsung Electronic one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world recently found itself on the wrong side of ethical behaviour. In 2010 Samsung Electronic exceeded the $150bn mark in the annual sales for the first time in its history. This makes it one of the world’s top three companies in the electronic industry
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The Marketing Team Samsung has its marketing team which named Global Marketing Team. The team alone is breaking down into three layers: Marketing Strategy team‚ Regional Strategy team and Product Strategy team. Marketing Strategy team’s main task is to develop global marketing strategy; that is‚ to develop marketing strategy in international-wide. The core message that the company wanted to convey should be shown inside every promotional activities international-wise. Regional Strategy team’s
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founded Samsung in March 1‚ 1938. Byung-Chull Lee started the company in Taegu‚ Korea with only 30‚000 won‚ and it was originally focused on trade export‚ selling dried fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to the cities of Manchuria and Beijing. A few years later after Samsung was founded‚ the company acquired its own flour mills and confectionary machines‚ later on they got their own manufacturing and sales operations‚ and eventually evolved to become the modern corporation that is known today. Samsung has
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“Samsung” case study 1. Introduction: Samsung Electronics Company‚ henceforth called “Samsung” in this case‚ was established in 1969 to manufacture black-and-white TV sets. In 1974‚ Samsung‚ which was a producer of low-end consumer electronics‚ purchased Korea Semiconductor Company and began its semiconductor industry. Under the leadership of the chairman of Samsung Group‚ Kun He Lee‚ Samsung has risen‚ with a remarkable speed‚ to become the world’s leading memory producer‚ ranking 2nd just behind
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The Samsung Group: The Samsung Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul‚ South Korea. The Samsung Group comprises numerous international affiliated businesses‚ most of them united under the Samsung brand including Samsung Electronics‚ the world’s largest technology company by sales; Samsung Heavy Industries‚ the world’s second largest shipbuilder; Samsung Engineering was ranked 35th‚ Samsung C&T 72nd in a 2009 ranking of 225 global construction firms
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Samsung marketing strategy in china Nowadays‚ China’s communication industry is developing rapidly‚ and China has become the biggest mobile phone market all over the world. There are many international renowned mobile phone manufactures and local producers in this market and these companies are competing fiercely in China’s mobile phone industry. It is known that‚ in 1999‚ when the domestic mobile phone brands entered the mobile phone market‚ few people had expected that the domestic mobile
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Samsung brand strengths Master branding strategy Samsung has managed to avoid excessive and unrelated diversification and channeled their resources around one or two dominant businesses. Samsung was previously engaged in manufacturing lower-end consumer electronics under a handful of brand names including Wiseview‚ Tantus‚ and Yepp‚ none of which meant much to consumers. To counter this negative trait‚ Samsung’s management decided to move up the value chain in an attempt to build a stronger identity;
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Case Study Analysis Samsung Galaxy S4 Introduction Samsung‚ a giant conglomerate and member of the Fortune Global 500 list‚ started off with humble beginnings. Founded in 1936 as a small trading company in the small town of Taegu‚ Korea it began by selling‚ “dried Korean fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing.” (Samsung.com). It quickly became one of the leading companies in Korea and the world by diversifying in many different industries ranging from heavy machinery‚ petrochemicals
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Analysis of Samsung Telecommunications Strength 1. In 2007‚ Samsung Telecommunication reported growth of over 40% and became the second largest mobile device manufacturer in the world. 2. Samsung sold more than 300 million mobile devices which was a close second after Nokia with 300.6 million mobile devices sold in the first three quarter of 2011. 3. As of Q3 2012‚ Samsung is the largest manufacturer of devices running Google Android with a 46% market share. Nevertheless‚ Samsung mobile devices
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Samsung has spent a lot of expenditure to advertising expenses. For example‚ according to Samsung Company (2011) annual report‚ they spent around 56‚000‚000 in million U.S. dollars‚ 2010 and 2011. They strong promote their brand name and product from many kind of advertising effect such as television‚ outdoor‚ internet‚ magazine‚ and newspaper. Television Television media advertising is one of the powerful media strategies in business marketing. It has high frequency potential‚ high intrusion
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