78946123 Essay

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Work in groups of 3 students to answer the questions of the following mini case: 3. How does Starbucks links its social responsibility goals of being a good corporate citizen with its business goals of aggressive growth? Starbucks has been looking for sustainable suppliers that could face a constant increase in production but also protecting the brand through being socially responsible with the environment and the citizenship. In order to do that, the company is rewarding company suppliers that achieve this requirement. In addition, Starbucks have been guaranteed its employees with health insurance and supporting local cultural programmes. All these measures that the enterprise uses lead to an increase in demand without forgetting its social responsibility. 4. What are the risks that Starbucks takes in attempting to influence how coffee growers treat their employees and use the land where they grow coffee? The main risk they have to face is that suppliers may change its customer, Starbucks, because not everyone will accept the condition that Starbucks demands. This can lead to a shortage of raw material of coffee beans and reduce also the quality of the product harming the brand image. 5. Which strategy for managing stakeholders most closely correspond to the way Starbucks responded to the criticism it received from the “fair trade “movement? Be able to justify your choice. Regarding the strategy they are using, they have to focus on promotion of these practices in order to improve its image and change the opinion of people that had been criticising them. Concretely, the ‘fair trade´ movement said that they were not paying in a fairly way to the coffee

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