Nowadays, the retail industry is targeting younger adults and senior citizens for hire and Wal-Mart is especially guilty for this. In reality it’s impossible to make a living working in retail and these targets are easy to manipulate. The majority of Wal-Marts goods are made outside of the U.S. and often in sweatshops. It’s displeasing and although the fine low prices are tempting, some customers will disappear because customers will feel terrible of workers treatment. Without customers, there is no business and this will hurt this large company in the long-term.
Company Q in the scenario provided has a very poor attitude towards social responsibility because though they provide some basic aspects like Economic and Legal they fall short in Ethical and Philanthropic aspects. We will examine ways that Company Q can improve those lacking aspects. The first potential improvement is in the store closing situation of the scenario where Company Q closed two stores in high crime rate areas. Company Q has the right to be profitable and if they report that these stores are losing money then they have every right to close those stores but they made no efforts in the Philanthropic aspect of social responsibility. Company Q could have made investments in the local community that would have potentially improved the community thus decreasing the crime rate.
When the requested products were finally available in the stores, the prices of the products were very high and the product variety was extremely limited. The high prices of the products made these unaffordable for a large part of the customer base. The limited variety of the requested food products gave customers very few options in healthier food choices. The decision by Company Q management to throw out day-old food products, instead of donating these to the local Food Bank again highlights the lack of social responsibility towards the community in which Company Q does business. This action demonstrates a lack of interest to aid the less fortunate in the community, as well as failing to increase their customer base.
By not mentioning other companies that use the same tactics, he puts a negative image on Nike alone instead of all American companies who choose to outsource manufacturing to foreign countries. I think it’s kind of ironic that Mr. Ballinger is doing research on ethical practices of American companies when he himself is using an unethical approach to his research. Another fact that he fails to mention is that what Nike is doing is not illegal. Unethical, yes, but due to weak policies in some of these foreign companies, it allows for American, or any other nation’s companies, to exploit these practices. Also, why doesn’t he mention anything about the retailers who sell Nike shoes?
This social responsible act is overshadowed by the company’s decision to leave the inner city areas because of alleged loss of profits. Many inner-city communities lack quality health-conscience items and rely upon corner-market stores to obtain any semblance of fruits and vegetables. If Company Q would have remained in these communities, it would have provided a nice alternative to the unhealthy options that these inner-city communities needed. It would have been a socially responsible act to engage in. B.
By reporting this issue to OSHA I am notifying someone in authority about the violation of OSHA standards and practices. I think that my whistleblowing is very morally justified as my utilitarian approach to morals and ethics dictates the greatest good for the greatest number involved. I feel that I have reached this outcome by potentially saving the lives and wellbeing of my co-workers by initiating an OSHA
There was also a lack of communication amongst FEMA and ARC, which contributed to slow response times in both instances (347). ARC has a policy in place on screening volunteers; however, they failed to follow their own procedures during Hurricane Katrina, which ultimately resulted in mismanagement of donated funds to the organization. This caused investors to question if they should remain loyal to such an unethical organization. Customer satisfaction was low and citizens started to wonder whether or not they should continue to donate to cause. The organization relies heavily on donations from both the public and private sectors, therefore the actions of the organization that occurred after these disasters could result in a decline in their bottom line.
There may be other similar businesses, but in the case of a monopoly, there is only one business or individual that can provide a specific product or service. An oligopoly is where the product or the service may be available from more than one vendor, but only a few big merchants are in control of the market. This makes it hard for new competition to try to enter the field. Industrial regulations suppress monopolies and oligopolies from price fixing. The regulations make competition a necessity which in turn keeps the prices to consumers more affordable and competitive.
Or did you just hope for the best and continue on your way? If you one of many people who had a conceal carry license you would most likely just go right it without any worries. But what happens if that store didn’t allow weapons? Criminals don’t care about that no weapon sign, nor do they care about no gun zones. The reason they are called criminals, is because they break the laws governments have enacted to keep its citizens safe.
It is clear that people do not abide by the laws regarding to alcohol consumption and that shows their lack of respect for this law so what’s stopping people from loosing respect for other laws and in consequence not following them? When laws are put in place but they are difficult or near impossible to enforce it causes a loss of respect by the members of society. Albert Einstein is correct in saying that “nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced”. In conclusion there is no point in making a law which cannot be