Ethical Perspectives - Cross-Cultural Perspectives Vina Baptiste ETH 316 March 4, 2013 G. Edward McCullough Ethical Perspectives - Cross-Cultural Perspectives The Global Company I chose to research as a global organization is PricewaterhouseCoopers, known in the United States as PwC. I will identify ethical perspectives in this global organization and compare the ethical perspectives across cultures that are involved in this global organization. This company delivers assistance in quality assurance, advisory services, and tax. The company consists of a network of firms that offer these services. This network thrives on helping large and small companies to reach independent strength by showing in many ways how to survive form business to cultural and ethical diversity.
One of the key decisions they made in order to make their company a success was the strategy they used to market their products. They consistently used a specific routine in order to get the highest amount of sales for their product and this strategy is known as programmed decision making. Program decision making is making the same decisions consistently in order to achieve the same outcome as previous experiences. In this case, they applied it to the marketing aspects of their company. The first marketing strategy the company used was selling their earth buddy product in roots and that turned out to be a hit, but they wanted more.
CVS Caremark is designing a global expansion strategy to target areas that are profitable and promising demographically. CVS Caremark will select United Kingdom as a country to enter and establish a solid relationship. Background of company and of country CVS Pharmacy was established over 40 years ago in 1963 in Lowell, Massachusetts by Sid Goldstein, Stanley Goldstein and Ralph Hoagland and originally sold health and beauty products. The corporation headquarters is currently in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and employs over 200,000 as of December 2012. In the last 40 years CVS has experienced tremendous growth.
We strive to reflect the highest ethical standards in our relationships with consumer, customers, and shareholders. Refreshed Fleet, Inc. is committed to supplying the client with the finest, high-quality service and to leading the industry into environmental and implement the use of cleaner construction equipment. Refreshed Fleet supports these goals with a corporate philosophy of adhering to the highest ethical conduct in all its business dealings, treatment of its employees, and social and environmental policies To be the leading nationwide innovator, developer and provider of cleaning, sanitation and maintenance products, systems, and services. As a team, we will achieve aggressive growth and fair return for our shareholders. We will accomplish this by exceeding the expectations of our customers while conserving resources and preserving the quality of the environment.
I also assist the home manager in assessing clients for suitability for admission into the home. SENIOR CARE STAFF: I carry out medication competency tests to ensure they are competent at the administration of medicines to the clients. I am there to support staff in there daily tasks and advise them on the best practices. I also attend seniors meetings every month and have held seniors meetings in the managers absence. I perform supervisions these can be used as a learning tool and are used for both good and bad practice, i mentor the staff in the areas they feel they need a little extra support and aid the best outcome.
Williams and his team have reached a consensus to address the future. This involves adding environmental and social stewardship to the company’s strategic agenda and making selective investments, which includes things such as LEED Certification, solar and geothermal energy, and year-round employment and benefits for migrant field workers, and thereby establishing a variety of sustainability best practices for the wine energy. One way for Frog’s Leap to measure its progress towards sustainability is to monitor its EMS operating expenses and compare those year to year for signs of increases or decreases. Another metric to measure sustainability would be monitoring staff health care costs, absenteeism, and
This location needs 2 to 3 bartenders Monday thru Thursday and 4 to 5 bartenders Friday thru Sunday. The bartender job is to multitask by serving food, drinks, and carryout’s to the guests. Red Lobster needs 1 alley coordinator Monday thru Thursday and 2 alley coordinators Friday thru Sunday. The alley coordinator is responsible for dressing the food and keeping the alley clean. Red Lobster needs 2 line cooks daily and 4 line cooks nightly.
For employees, Starbucks has created a partnership attitude and a “Special Blend” (Working at Starbucks, 2011) of benefits. Workdays routinely start with coffee tastings with your partners while having an open forum for any questions, issues or new idea suggestions. All efficiency ideas are presented to the management for feasibility. The corporate philosophy is that the best decisions are made in each individual store; focus groups at the corporate level are discouraged. Employees can create their own “special blend” of benefits including retirement plans, stock purchase plan, adoption assistance, a free pound of coffee each week, paid time off and bonuses.
Target offers prescription drug coverage which varies depending on the health plan the team member has, the coverage can be a 10% discount on prescriptions at the pharmacy, or a $4 copay for generic medications, or they can be a part of a mail-order program receiving discounted medications when signing up for a 90-day refill program. Target promote a team member to be a well-being captain who job is to keep team members informed on new company events related to well-being and health. Target also has a 24 hour nurse hotline for any medical questions, well-being educational resources and workshops to inform their employees, maternity support program, Team member LifeReources with counseling and support and last but not least a tobacco cessation program to help employees knock the habit of
Environmental Proposal Paper Abstract Kudler Fine Foods is a local upscale specialty food store located in the San Diego Metropolitan area. Kathy Kudler, the founder of Kudler Fine Foods, was the Vice-President of Marketing for a large defense contractor. There are three additional locations for Kudler Fine Foods in La Jolla, Del Mar, and Encinitas. Kudler Fine Foods prides itself on its mission statement: Our selections, coupled with our experienced, helpful and knowledgeable staff, merge to offer each customer a delightful and pleasing shopping outing (2010, October). In this paper, our team will make recommendations to improve the environment of our virtual organization through organizational psychology concepts.