Thus resulting in employees being unsatisfied with the management of the business which later could impact the businesses relationship with its stakeholder through the recession, however this strategy in the long run could result in employees not losing their jobs as BA are benchmarking their competition who significantly seceding in the recession without tarnishing its relationship with its employees. This could result in the business surviving and becoming less likely to end up like Woolworths and what happened to their employees. On the other hand, during a recession I believe BA would not damage its relationship with its stakeholders. A reason for which is customers, who can be seen as the most important stakeholder to any business would try to spend as less money as possible during a recession. So with this in mind the cost minimisation strategy employed by BA would mean that
Research competitors and industry trends to create new ideas and incentives. Compete with competitors – Price matching. With accurate information and efficient communication within the business will ensure business continuance despite possible problems. 4.0 Reports: Identify the types of reports you would be required to review regularly in order to monitor business performance, why is it important to create and use this report and who would the report be written for. 4.1: Performance Report: This report shows how well/poorly a business is doing based on a current revenue, and can identify performance areas that may need improvement.
Sarbanes-Oxley Law Stephanie Mosley ACC 340 University of Phoenix Richard Calabria 07/23/2012 To enhance the dependability and accountability in an effort to safeguard shareholders, the federal government for the United States of America established the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on July 30, 2002. The Public Company Accounting Reform and Protection Act of 2002 is also used to refer to this law. Numerous acts of corruption in the business sector continued throughout the late 1990s as well as early part of 2000 with no laws to prevent it. In response to the very public case of WorldCom and Enron fiscal scams, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (commonly called SOX) was passed to protect the public and investors from unfair practices and accounting mistakes (Rouse, 2007). In order to safeguard shareholders, the president at that time President George Bush pushed for the act to get passed by the Senate and House of Representatives.
Why are ethical behaviour and government regulations important to marketing? Ethical behaviour is used within many businesses to ensure the business provides accurate information to customers as well as other businesses to engage in fair competition. It is important for a business to have ethical behaviour in relation to the marketing side of the business so that goods produced, promoted then sold do not provide misleading information. If identified by consumers, it can have a major impact on all functions of the business as it has the potential to ruin the business’s reputation placing the business at a declining stage of the business’s life cycle. In a similar manner government regulations are also important and must be overviewed by all functions of a
Business Ethics WGU Task 2 November 28, 2013 Business Ethics I will be discussing ethical leadership and describing the importance it has within the company. I will present two organizational strategies to increase awareness for making ethical choices. I feel that these two ideas can help improve the way the company operates to increase the ethical decision making processes that the employees undertake. The first strategy I would like to see implemented would be to adopt a regulation stating that the toy company will start weighing attendance and efficiency more heavily as part of the employees merit reviews to base pay raises from. They will evaluate employee time management, punctuality, and dependability.
The strategic plan will help provide better, more targeted service to its clients and will be more specific on how the company will go about achieving company goals. The strategic plan will help Riordan’s executives understand the company’s direction by reviewing past progress and making changes to improve and grow. The strategic plan is an organizational tool that will help keep Riordan on track to meet growth and financial objectives. Need for a Strategic Plan Successful businesses are effective at identifying opportunities for growth and ensuring every manager has the same goals. For Riordan to further strengthen their strategic plan, they can develop a financial model based on their income and cost assumptions they would anticipate under the plan (Mikrut, 2010).
Article Analysis University of Phoenix ACC291 Taking a look at whether or not companies are acting ethical because they have integrity or because they have to follow the laws set forth by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is something all investors should do before they invest. Companies do not always act ethically because they want to be open and honest with their customers, employees, or investors, some do it simply because they have to in order to abide by the laws, rules, and regulations, and then just barely. While reading “Eight Years After The Fact Is SOX Working? A Look At The Brooke Corporation” one can notice several things wrong and ways that could lead to unethical practices and behaviors in accounting. For instance the company founder Robert Orr held several roles in management for the parent company as well as finance officer and other key positions that could open the door to unethical behaviors (Hazels, 2010).
The company needs to find innovative ways to ensure that they keep their employees happy and on a successful path. They need to ensure employee wages, and hours are comparable, and are able to provide for their families based on the state of the economy, because a happy employee is a productive employee. The company also needs to look at its marketing strategies so they can continue to grow and be successful in all markets around the world. Marketing is one of the most important research strategies and is the foundation to its success. With the right type of marketing research the company will be able to maintain its current customers and should be able to bring back customers that have left because of dissatisfaction, and because of the hard economic times.
The ethical perception of this organization is one of constant understanding, learning, educating of their main directive, to achieve excellence through training and educating the business leaders and to pass this education on to the next generation of leaders. They are “committed to serving as a force for integrity, good sense and wise solutions to the problems facing businesses and the capital markets today.” (Pwc Building Relationships, creating Value,
Brainstorming and group problem solving will help a business succeed. Teamwork also brings into play diversity, working in teams is being able to communicate and work with others of different backgrounds. Another business trend that is big in the workplace is ethical concerns. Treating employees fairly, showing concern of the environment, treating the community with respect and telling the truth are all ethical concerns that play a big part in business trends and are probably one of the most important