Case # 4 – Zara Zara is the flagship company of Inditex‚ an international clothing retailer. Zara began its business as a small retail store in Spain founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. In the following decades Zara has grown to nearly 450 store location in 29 countries by the year 2000. Zara consistently accounts for more than 80% of Inditex’s net sales as indicated by Figure 1; linking the success of Inditex to the success of the strategies of Zara. Figure 1 Inditex Net Sales by Concept
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can’t be afraid to take advantage of change”. - Eric Schmidt This case principally discusses concerning Zara‚ the major procession of provisions of Inditex and the predicament its Information Technology (IT) section is sensing on improving its Point-of-Sale (POS) workstations. In 1975‚ Zara was originated by Amancio Ortega. During 1985‚ Inditex was shaped as an investment business atop Zara‚ erstwhile retail trading handcuffs and a system of on the inside possessed traders. Castellano who served
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Mc Donald ’s: Current Ethical Issue in Business Victor Diaz‚ India Larondos‚ Daira Serna‚ & Leonard VassellPHL/323October 28‚ 2014Professor: R. AnthonyMc Donald ’s: Current Ethical Issue in Business Raking in 1.5 billion dollars in the third quarter of last year came with ease for McDonald’s as it triumphs the 1.2 billion dollars that taxpayers are kicking out each year to help pay for public assistance CITATION Str13 \l 1033 (Strachan‚ 2013). Despite McDonald ’s global success‚ it remains a
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B usiness ethics and tourism: from m icro to macro perspectives A lf H Walle Travel and Tourism Program‚ University of Nebraska‚ West Center C226‚ Kearney‚ NE 68849‚ USA Business ethics is a complex field which the tourism industry must understand. In addition‚ t ourism is a unique industry; although general concepts of business ethics are often useful‚ t ourism transcends mainstream business and must be evaluated accordingly. By forming alliances with subdisciplines of business which parallel
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Design & Business Ethics: A Literature Review Liberty University Online Dr. Maddox May 9‚ 2014 Abstract A review of the current literature regarding business ethics was conducted analyzing scholarly peer-reviewed articles about business ethics and their relation to leadership‚ managerial decision making‚ corporate social responsibility and overall corporate structure. Increased corporate scandals and the discovery of a rise in unethical business practices have thrown the topic of business ethics
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1. With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency? We think H&M’s financial results are the most interesting one to compare with Inditex’s. H&M is the most important and largest competitor of Inditex and due to their similar background‚ both being large international European apparel brands and offers fashionable
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ZARA Fashion 1) With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency? Note that while the electronic version of Exhibit 6 automates some of the comparisons‚ you will probably want to dig further into them? The four companies shown above have very different business models. Inditex owned much of the production
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CSR Does social responsibility & morality have a role in business? Yes，I think so. Any business will have various stakeholders such as investors‚ employees and customers etc. Before investment‚ investors will consider the company’s reputation‚ which involves the aspect of CSR.And customers become increasingly care about the environmental and social effect of a business. A company that fulfills its social responsibility will gain a more sustainable future than a company who fail to do so.
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large. This in the last decade has been commonly referred to as Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR (Crane‚ A.‚ Matten‚ D.‚ Spence‚ L. 2008). As Carroll (1979‚ cited in Carroll‚ 1991) states that‚ CSR included the idea that the corporation has not only economic and legal obligations‚ but ethical and discretionary (philanthropic) responsibilities as well. However‚ the definitions of the term CSR may depend on individual perceptions of responsibility that in turn relate to the bigger picture defining
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and moral responsibilities at all‚ three different ethical theories will be applied on the discussed case in order to evaluate the ethical conflict from different viewpoints. Finally‚ a recommendation‚ based on Google’s notion of ethics‚ will be given. Google’s ethical problem in China On January 24th 2006 Google unveiled its first search engine inside China and granted to play by government rules by censoring results of political sensitive queries
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