objective‚ the pursuit of which motivates and enables managers to make substantially better strategic and organizational decisions than they would in pursuit of any other goal. And its accomplishment is essential to the welfare of all the company’s stakeholders‚ for it is only when wealth is created that customers will continue to enjoy a flow of new‚ better‚ and cheaper products and the world’s economies will see new jobs created and old ones improved.McTaggart‚ Kontes‚ and Mankins (1994)‚ chap. 1.
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discussing the main communication problem that BP faced. First I will discuss the causes of the problem‚ second I will talk about the symptoms. Thirdly‚ I will discuss the key stakeholder groups and the issues they are concerned about. Lastly‚ I will discuss how BP can use the communication model to deal with each stakeholder group. The main communication problem that BP was facing is that Mr. Hayward‚ the chief spokesperson‚ was not very popular among the public. This was due to the fact that he
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Improving Walmart’s Corporate Image Introduction “Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen‚ well-timed‚ sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.” -Sam Walton Like the founder of the world’s largest retail company said himself‚ Walmart has certainly appreciated everything their associates do for their business. Everything‚ including dying. While Walmart has been scrutinized in the
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Describe the organisation’s current risk management policies‚ procedures and processors and comment on the strengths and weaknesses of these arrangements? The strength of these processes and policies is that it very simple‚ to the point and covers itself in most areas. The weaknesses of the policies and process is very brief and doesn’t give any definitions on what the descriptions in the flow chart boxes mean in great detail. It would be therefore a lot of emphasis on the training in order
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value’. Doh‚ J. P. and Guay‚ T. R. (2006). ‘Corporate social responsibility‚ public policy and NGO activism in Europe and the United States: an institutional-stakeholder perspective’ Donaldson‚ L. and Davis‚ J. H. (1991). ‘Stewardship theory or agency theory: CEO governance and shareholder returns’ Donaldson‚ T. and Preston‚ L. (1995). ‘The stakeholder theory of the corporation: concepts‚ evidence‚ and implications’. Academy of Management Review‚ 20‚ 65–91. Dutta‚ P. K.‚ Lach‚ S. and Rustichini‚ A. (1995)
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“Please Accept BTS” The following essay focuses on how a new business idea called Behind the Scenes (“BTS”) can be systematically molded in order to minimize acceptance resistance from key stakeholders. The paper is inspired on the reading “Why Consumers Don’t Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption” (Courville‚ 2004). BTS consists of an application for smartphones which enables clients watching a film or TV program to identify products placed within the scenes‚ select the product from the
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that Nike have to go beyond their minimal responsibility e.g. improving working conditions - in order to maximize their shareholders’ wealth? 2. Stakeholder Theory: Stakeholder theory requires that the corporation recognizes and respect the vital interests’ of each of its surrounding stakeholders. This results in corporations proposing stakeholders’ rights and assigning related duties to recognize and respect these rights. NIKE CASE: Nike failed in recognizing and respecting the rights of employees
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between Motorola and Ericsson on the implementation of Corporate Ethics and the transformation within the corporations following the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ looking at various ethic theories‚ such as stockholder theory‚ stakeholder theory‚ and legitimacy theory. Since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ which was enacted in response to the Enron and WorldCom collapses and designed to restore confidence and maintain integrity in businesses. Companies are to disclose if they have a code
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well as‚ reaching their vision of‚ “to attract‚ retain‚ develop and deploy teams of people with energy‚ passion and skills.” When looking at the components of a mission statement‚ Standard Bank has used the components of mentioning their stakeholders/ customers - it is mentioned broadly‚ as they want to appeal to all people‚ with no emphasis on age‚ gender or race; Their market they want to achieve in‚ being financial services for South Africans and emerging markets – new potential clients
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External and Internal Analysis of Foxconn Introduction Foxconn‚ or Hon Hai Precision Industry Co‚ was founded 37 years ago in Taiwan by Terry Gou. The company initially started as a local computer component manufacturer. Over the past decades‚ Foxconn had been continuously growing to become the world’s largest electronic components manufacturers with the consolidated revenue of 59.32 billion US dollars in 2010. As the largest electronic manufactures‚ Foxconn provides electronic components to major
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