One company has even proposed finger print scanners to eliminate the need for traditional check out by combining payment account, loyalty card, and biometric identification in the same retailer maintained database. (Bold, 2004) With all of the benefits that this type of information may enable in retail shopping, it also high lights the risks involved in having this much personal data available in one place. “If access to and use of customer data are to remain viable, organizations must come up with ways to address customers' concerns about privacy. First and foremost, they need to let customers opt in to their data-sharing arrangement. This would address the "unintended use of data" problem; customers would understand exactly what was being done with their information.
First, consider whether or not the data collected will pose legal ramifications for Kudler. Are we as an organization going to implement security controls to protect the consumer’s credit information, such as, credit card numbers, customer name and billing address? Are we going to utilize the purchase cycle data to analyze the habits of our consumers to market more products? Are we going to sell any of this information to marketing companies to help us to conduct ad campaigns for Kudler Fine Foods? Second, how do we deal with the ethical challenges that come with a Frequent Shopper Program, such as, Kickbacks?
The courts ruled against Mack as by backdating his payment for the fertilizer, he was trying to reduce his tax liability. Tax evasion is breaking a civil statute and falls under statutory illegality. Hence, the courts deemed the agreements to be unenforceable (Weir, D. Jan, Pg 147). There are two impacts of this case on a certified general accountant (CGA). The first impact is skills development.
Frequent Shopper Program (By) (school) Introduction *Legal Issues*, Kudler Fine Foods faces many issues with the installation of the frequent shopper program. The first issue is that of a legal stand point is that the collection and use of customer data could compromise the customer’s individual privacy. Policies will need to be established to eliminate this risk. According to the Food Marketing Institute a written privacy policy needs to be established to provide the customers with the reassurance that their private data will be protected. (2000) This privacy policy will incorporate the following: Notice- Customers will be informed of how the data will be used.
7) The 4 factors of competitive advantage for both companies. 8) What are Wal-Mart and Safeway’s ethical considerations? 9) Competing head to head with Wal-Mart, Burd had to make a difficult decision: Should Safeway increase investment in its newly acquired underperforming chains of grocery stores in Pennsylvania, Chicago, and Texas, or should it put underperforming stores for sale, thus divesting itself of its unsuccessful acquisitions? 10) The Grocery Industry Porter’s Five Forces Wal-Mart Bargaining Power of Suppliers: Suppliers have lost power over pricing and other terms due to Wal-Mart’s size Wal-Mart is a key customer to most of its suppliers and they are totally dependent on Wal-Mart for business Wal-Mart engages in aggressive selling tactics Bargaining Power of Buyers: Wal-Mart gets some of the best terms when it comes to buying product from suppliers Wal-Mart’s customer count is so high any vendor that has product in their store is almost guaranteed to increase their business sales and profits Wal-Mart has very high customer awareness so vendors are willing to sacrifice things to get their product into the Wal-Mart stores, giving Wal-Mart the upper hand in negotiations. Threat of Entry: High Investment costs Extensive investment in information technology Extensive distribution network Threat of Substitutes: Department
Smith Consulting Incorporated has been consulted to provide insight on the system build. The main areas to address will be network security to prevent data loss or theft. This could result in the loss of privacy and possibly violate our own terms and conditions to the customers. This could lead to additional costly legal fees, loss of Kudler Fine Foods’ reputation, and a lack of confidence in the company by the affected customers. The loss of data could also lead to competing stores gaining the information for their own use that could result in further revenue
This will be important as the shopper narrows down his choices of grocery stores to shop at within the area, and without knowing what a consumer considers important when determining where to shop, it is very difficult to ensure that every component Grocery.Edu has to offer to potential new customers is being promoted. An aspect where Grocery.Edu could make sure they are the best is with the atmospherics in the store. This is the conscious deigning of space and dimensions to evoke certain effects. For instance, Hy-Vee and Wal-Mart have differences in their store layouts, the scents of the stores, and the lighting, which all play key roles in determining how long the shopper is in the store, and how much they spend. Grocery.Edu would benefit from having a well-laid out, and enjoyable atmosphere, especially since it will be completely new
The Trade Act intended for the Attorney General to give guidance concerning the branch of justice's enforcement guidelines with respect to the Act to possible exporters and small businesses that are not able to obtain specialized counsel on facts related to the foreign corrupt practices. The United States of American firms in search of doing business in foreign markets must be conversant with the
* Briefly discuss one of the major rhetorical devices used and the impact it has on the argument. The purpose on the argument is one of the most important devices used. It shows why fast food companies shouldn’t focus or target children in their ad campaigns for the fact of the matter is they are too young to know what’s good and bad. “Michael Pertshuck, the head of the FTC, argued that children need to be shielded from advertising that preys upon their immaturity.” * What type of appeal does the speaker rely on most – ethos, pathos, or logos? The speaker mainly relies on logos.
More importantly, Carr never seems to answer his own question, Is Google Making Us Stupid? Because of Carr’s indecisiveness and lengthy paragraphs that don’t seem to relate to his end argument, his writing seems to leave more questions than answers. Carr spent much of the essay speaking just on the history of technology alone; from typewriters to the printing press. However, he never seems to connect them to his back to his original question. He seems to be taking us on this technological journey, only to then point out that we should be “skeptical of his skepticism” (Carr 100).