customer services‚ and affordable prices in customer deliverance. 1.1 Introduction of Company Background In 1979 McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in Singapore. The world’s highest volume of hamburger was served on October day at Liat Tower. Today McDonalds is the most popular fast food chain in Singapore with over 110 outlets‚ hiring about 7‚000 employees and serving 1.2 million customers every week. Their philosophy has been ‘one world‚ one burger’ which means burgers must be consistent in term of
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1. What are some of your initial reactions about the differences you notice between home country and host country operations of a multinational fast food chain such as the McDonalds? Cultural differences though difficult to observe and measure are very important‚ especially when doing the business in the foreign markets. Failure to comprehend these differences can lead to embracing missteps‚ strain relationships and impact the business performance. Therefore‚ It appears as if catering to the Indian
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and how they mistreated their workers. But the region is brimming with countless numbers of factories operated by lesser known firms that Foxconn may not be the worst perpetrator. Human rights group China Labor Watch is trying to raise the issue of unethical labor practices at HEG Electronics‚ a major supplier for Samsung‚ Motorola and LG. According to the group‚ HEG Electronic has started employing underage workers (under 16 years of age) to work at its factory due to the high demand of the electronic
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assignment contains analysis of three (3) You Tube video’s that relates to business ethics in the workplace. I have carefully analysed the range of moral issues and values that arose in the various business contexts. However‚ the three videos are used in my assignment were: - 1) MR ETHICAL VS MR UNETHICAL 2) Business Ethics: Resolving an Unethical Situation 3) BUSINESS ETHICS Note: - All the above mentioned topics are all you tube videos which I carefully studied‚ evaluated and gave my own
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Insurance sales is a very competitive industry. When it comes to marketing and squashing the competition‚ many companies turn to underhanded methods such as pointing out everything that the other companies do wrong. Aflac is different. Aflac is an ethical company who strives to care for its clients and employees. In fact‚ Aflac has been listed several times on the “100 Best Companies to Work for” and “Most Admired Companies” lists published by Forbes (Aflac‚ 2016). In addition‚ they have been listed
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Unethical Marketing and its Consequences By Jose Gonzalez Dr. Henry Roehrich Park University MK351 26 January 2014 Outline Purpose Statement: To provide an understanding what constitutes ethics in marketing‚ what are some of the laws and code of ethics that protect unethical practices‚ and provide some examples of unethical behavior in marketing and their consequences? I. What constitutes ethics in marketing? A. Definition of marketing ethics II. What are some of the
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Lisa Talley ACC\291 June 10‚ 2013 Eric Oechsner The Securities and Exchange Commission was created in 1934 to police the U.S. financial markets. Today‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission continues to create legislation tightening reporting standards and providing more transparency. Unfortunately‚ increasing standards often comes after a failure of the system. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is a primary example of legislation following
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Abortion “Ethical or Unethical” In my paper I will argue on why I feel that abortions are unethical and why they should not be allowed. As you are reading this paper I really hope that I don’t start to contradict myself. Let me begin by saying there are several different reasons why abortions should be prohibited. The first reason why I feel that abortions should be prohibited is because of religious laws. The bible says that “thou shall not kill”. By aborting babies we are disobeying god and
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UNETHICAL ISSUES STIRRED UP BY ALCOHOL COMPANIES The most severe and significant unethical act by Carlsberg is its marketing strategy. Over here‚ we will analyse and interpret a string of unethical marketing activities by Carlsberg. By definition‚ alcohol advertising is one-sided and presents alcohol consumption as a safe and problem-free practice‚ de-emphasizing the potential health risks and negative consequences. • Targeting the young drinkers In 2006‚ Carlsberg spent about US$2
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chain Starbucks‚ McDonalds and Burger King. On 20 July‚ 2014‚ Shanghai TV news channel and Dragon TV reported news of Shanghai Husi Food Corporate Limited (Husi) ‚ which is one of the suppliers of McDonalds in China and Hong Kong. The news is about Husi using processed expired chicken to produce chicken nuggets or fried chicken and then supplied them to McDonalds. There were 18 tons of expired materials in total. McDonalds is the biggest sufferer in this case. Although McDonalds has a routine inspection
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