Apple Inc. Laura L Boudreau Southern New Hampshire University Laura L Boudreau Instructor: John Schroeder Social Environment of Business June 25, 2015 Apple Inc. The purpose of this research paper is to explore the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Apple Inc. (Apple). I will examine how a CSR issue impacted Apple in the short term and describe the actions Apple took to resolve the CSR issue in the long term. I will also examine the CSR impact from a stakeholder perspective. Lastly I will address Apple’s CSR approach to business and the impact Apple has on the five driving forces of CSR.
All this steps taken by Apple company it said to be process of reaching customer orientation concept. In reaching the organizations object concept, the Apple Company try to increase the profitable sales volume by setting a target for employees to reach. Besides, they also attempt to move closer to their ultimate goal by improving their qualities of their products. • The Apple Company also applied societal concept to the business. Societal concept focus on consumer needs wants and society’s expectation.
Ethical and Social Responsibilities Chapter 1 Introduction The world’s economy continues to merge and companies with suppliers outside the country may feel an obligation to release their corporate responsibility information. Many companies have tarnished their reputations when it is discovered that their suppliers run sweat shops or violate various human rights. As a global corporation, Apple has the responsibility of ensuring every supplier and partner is operating at the highest ethical standard. Problem Statement While companies in other countries are not necessarily held to the same ethical and human rights standards that the United States requires, Apple has a social responsibility to ensure that all of their suppliers are committed to ensuring a fair and safe work environment as global business partners. The problem of this
Ethics and Compliance-PepsiCo Learning Team A FIN/370 May 21, 2012 Ethics and Compliance-PepsiCo Most organizations employ the use of business plans to be successful. However, ethics and compliance should play an important role in every business to secure success. Learning Team A has chosen to evaluate PepsiCo and their commitment to ethical standards and compliance. Through the research, we have obtained PepsiCo’s annual report and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings for the last two years. Through their products and their beliefs nationwide, PepsiCo is committed to ethical behavior and compliance.
This professional development goal has resided in my soul since I came into contact with accounting at the first time. As a financial management student from a leading national financial institution – Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, I learned that accounting plays a crucial role in a company and every decision about a company’s future financial investment depends on the financial statements. From further studies, I was fascinated with accounting because of its rigorous logicality. I entered into the realm of accounting when serving as an intern in “Dalian Fangyuan Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd.” in Mar. 2011, and was employed by this firm as an Assistant Auditor since Jul.
Svetlana Tanner-Sevostyanova Capella University 09/28/2012 Unite 06 Assignment 02 Integrated Global Marketing Case Study Apple, Inc. Apple, Inc is a well know company that designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and sells variety of related software, networking, solutions, services and applications. Apple has a presence in domestic and international markets. As of September 24, 2011, the company had 357 retail stores, including 245 stores in the United States and 112 stores internationally. (http://finance.yahoo.com) In this paper we will analyze the fundamental principles of the marketing mix, assess how technology adds value to the marketing process, including understanding market decision support systems and customer relationship management (CRM) strategies, and analyze the segmentation processes of Apple, Inc. Apple, Inc. uses unified global Apple brand strategy to compete in several markets: personal computer, consumer electronics, digital music distribution, smart phone, movie and TV content distribution, applications, games, books and magazines publishing. Apple, Inc operates in a fierce competition and marketing strategies are the vital part.
Forecasting Financial Statements of Apple Inc. Natalia Andruszkiewicz International American University FIN 500: Financial Management Abstract In this paper will show the Forecasting Financial Statements of Apple Inc. we will be able to see why Forecasting Financial Statements are important for the company and investors. Key words: financial statement, forecasting statement, Apple Inc., investors. The use of historic data to focus the heading of future trends. Forecasting is utilized by organizations to decide how to allot their financial plans for a forthcoming time of time. This is regularly taking into account interest for the merchandise and administrations it offers, contrasted with the expense of creating them.
Comparison and Contrast between two Book Chapters This paper will compare and contrast the major contributions of Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., and Andrew Grove, co-founder, former CEO and currently the senior advisor for Intel. I will introduce Dell and Grove, and explain the significant contributions each made to the success of their companies, any resistance encountered, and any similarities and differences between the two; and conclude by describing the factors I think impact their success. Introduction of Professionals and Their Contributions Michael Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell Inc. His first business venture was ‘Dell Stamp’, advertised in the local trade journey (Krames, 2003, p. 58). He learned from this business venture that developing a core with the customer, and learning what the customer needs and preferences. With this knowledge, he believed that keeping the customer happy, and they would return to buy more of his products.
Starbucks Corporation – Ethics, Compliance, and Financial Performance In the world of business employees want to work for an ethical company and customers want to buy from an ethical and compliant company. Unfortunately, even with the tight rules and regulations some businesses try to slip through the cracks. Team D reviews Starbucks a very large coffee-based company who has been in business for over 40 years to assess how the company continues as an ethical and complaint company. Team D will describe the procedures in place to keep ethical behavior with the company and the procedures upon maintaining compliance with the SEC regulation. Team D obtained Starbucks annual report and SEC filings for the past two years and has compiled ratio data and analysis of current ratio, debt ratio, return on equity, and average days receivable.
We have chosen Apple and Samsung as the subjects of our team project. We have chosen these two companies because they are the two most formidable competitors in the tech industry today; in the smartphone market alone they share the majority of all the sales globally. It is a true story of David and Goliath, as big as apple may be; it is dwarfed in comparison to the magnitude of Samsung. Apple Inc. was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak back in April of 1976; at the time both were college drop outs and were in their early 20’s. Apple Inc. started working to produce and market personal computers for everyday use.