• WestJet and WestJet Vacations announce service to 13 additional destinations, including Varadero, Holguin and Cayo Coco, Cuba. 2003 • WestJet expands service to 24 Canadian destinations, including Halifax and St. John’s. For the first time, WestJet’s network spans Canada coast to coast. • WestJet named Canada’s second-most respected corporation by Ipsos Reid. 2010 • WestJet is named to the corporate cultures hall of fame after five straight years of being selected as one of Canada’s most admired corporate cultures by Waterstone Human Capital.
Johnson Controls Social Responsibility Strategy JJT2 Social Responsibility, Task 1 February 23, 2014 Introduction Johnson Controls is a global manufacturing company with its corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company is the largest producer of private label lead acid batteries in North America, and is quickly becoming a leader in Asia and South America. Johnson Controls provides batteries for nationally recognized brands such as Duralast, Interstate Batteries, Die Hard, ProStart, and Bosch. In addition, Johnson Controls provides original equipment batteries for Ford, Acura, Honda, Diamler Chrysler, Nissan, and Toyota. With over 170,000 employees around the world, Johnson Controls is a global industrial leader serving customers in over 150 countries and is committed to corporate social responsibility (Johnson Controls, 2014).
PART KING INC. Part King Inc. finds its origin in 1996 under the ownership of Hawthorne Corporation which is itself among the prominent retail stores in Canada. PK has been growing since its origin and had a 50 number of stores in Canada in 2005. PK till now has been working and growing by virtue of its franchise system. Franchise system, though had been generating profit but it PK ought to make bigger profits and get the fame in the Canada as the most authentic and renowned auto parts store Case Summary Part King, the auto parts store had been running under the franchise system with almost 50 stores since 2005. Kevin Bachand, who had a significant experience in this field, was appointed the PK as Ontario sales manager in 2003 was asked to propose a corporate model system for the three corporate owner stores as Harthrone was also to renegotiate with its merchandise store franchisees that also had their inclusion in the PK auto stores.
Executive Summary Target Corporation is the second largest retailer in the U.S. with about 1,763 Target and Super Target stores. It operates mainly as two reportable segments: Retail and Credit Card. Retail Segment includes all of our merchandising operations, including our fully integrated online business. The credit card Segment offers credit to qualified guests through our branded proprietary credit cards, the Target Visa and Target Card, Collectively referred as RED cards. Additionally, Canadian segment is being planned to for 2013 for an entry in the Canadian retail Market.
Leader ship Biography John was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Colorado, a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and honorary doctorate degrees in humane letters from the University of San Francisco and Westminster College. John founded Room to Read in 2000, after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft from 1991 to 1999, where he led marketing and business development teams throughout Asia as the Director of Business Development for the Greater China region and as Director of Marketing for the Asia-Pacific region. As executive chairman of Room to Read, John travels extensively to spread the Room to Read story and secure funding to advance the organization’s vision of empowering millions of children and their families in the developing world through education. Under John’s leadership, Room to Read has impacted the lives of over 3 million children in nine countries throughout Asia and Africa.
Name: Zubair Rahman Khan(A00352441) STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MGMT 4489 Introduction: Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest gold mining company in the world, which was founded in the year 1983 by a Canadian business leader Peter Munk, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On May 2nd, 1983 Barrick Gold Company held its first initial public offering (IPO) and now its shares are traded by the symbol of ABX on the Toronto, New York, London, and Swiss stock exchange. Within the two years of the company’s aggressive strategic plan, Barrick Gold Corporation became the top gold producer of North America. Barrick Gold Corporation has four regional business units located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America. Barrick is currently undertaking mining and exploration projects in Papua New Guinea, the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Australia, Peru, Chile, Russia, South Africa, Colombia, Argentina and Tanzania.
Hudson's Bay Co. (Hbc) A Case Study in Ethical Sourcing 1.0 Corporate Overview & Background Hbc is Canada’s largest diversified general merchandise retailer, with over 580 retail locations and nearly 70,000 employees. Hbc has 1,600 vendors from which they currently source their private label and captive brands. Most of the vendors that manufacture Hbc merchandise are located in China. 2.0 Policy & Program Scope Hbc established the foundation for their ethical sourcing program in 1998, when they established a Code of Vendor Conduct (CVC). Their program has evolved since then into a broader Social Compliance Program (SCP), which was formalized in 2001, containing the CVC and a monitoring and remediation process, the overall goals of which are to improve factory conditions, educate buyers and share industry knowledge.
Target Corporation was incorporated in Minnesota in 1902. Reference: Part I, Item 1: Business, Form 10-K, Page 2 3. Who is the company’s independent auditor? Its independent registered public accounting firm is Ernst & Young LLP. This company is one of the established and largest accounting service firms in the world and one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoooper. Its main service are accounting and financial reporting, external audit services, fraud investigation and dispute
The first negotiator,Tim Wilder-CEO of Canada Timber, As a business owner, negotiations with other businessmen are inevitable. He wanted to establish a corporate partnership with another business. One of the most exciting times in the life of a business owner is when an opportunity arises to enter into an agreement that will take the business to another level. (http://www.startupbizhub.com/how-can-you-become-a-good-negotiator.htm) CEO are the highest ranking executive in a company whose main responsibilities include developing and implementing high-level strategies, making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company, and acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors and the corporate operations. The CEO will often have a position on the board, and in some cases is even the chair.So the selection of Tim Wilder,CEO from Canada Timber as a negotiator was a correct decision.
One of those, was the Acquiring of Banco Real by ABN AMRO S.A. The bank acquired Banco Real in 1998 and as a result the company history began initiating. After acquisition, the merged bank now named ‘ABN AMRO REAL, had over two million retail customers and employed over 17,000 employees in 1998. The bank now became one of Brazil’s most regarded and successful privately owned banks. It is also among the leading financial institutions to have chosen a unique pathway by placing corporate social responsibility at the forefront of their business operations.