Why or why not? The chapter defines global corporate citizenship as committing to serving various stakeholders. I think that Apple did demonstrate good global corporate citizenship. Even though many of the tragedies could have been avoided long before the audits were performed, I think that Apple responded well after learning of the mistreatment of its indirect employees. The company understood that corporate citizenship is increasingly important for their long-term success and took action by commissioning a month-long, independent investigation of the labor conditions at its suppliers’ factories in China.
Trojan Technologies Joyce Guo is the Senior Buyer for Trojan Technologies which manufactures and sells water treatment systems world wide from their London, Ontario Canada facility. Joyce’s manager Randy Haill has tasked her with the strategic supply chain issue of Global Sourcing. In an effort to help find potential opportunities for lower costs with regards to their components or parts. Currently the majority of their parts are sourced in North America with a few sourced internationally under strategic sourcing agreements. Joyce has identified a list of parts that would be candidates for her global sourcing initiatives to China to reduce costs.
It seems as though the main problem at this time was the scarlet fever, which is known to be very contagious, has no real cure, and is sometimes fatal if not given the proper treatment. Today, it is easily treated with antibiotics and a half-hearted quarantine but, in Martha’s day, it seemed equivalent to that of plague with how many that had died. However, in 1785-1790 there was approximately 15 deaths per 1000 inhabitants and there were four births to every death, so Hallowell was actually quite a healthy place. Of course there was the matter of the storm, which was devastating, supposedly “it broke 130 pains of glass in fort western,”(36). Another important event was that of the sawmill fire, happening only days after the storm.
Case Study Report: iPremier Denial of Service Attack iPremier, a leader in on-line luxury retail sales, suffered a Denial of Service (DoS) attack in the middle of the night, crippling its website. Although the attack only lasted 75 minutes and by stroke of luck simply stopped, it had the potential to cause serious implications for the company itself, the customers, and stock holders. It is evident that this type of attack could have been circumvented and the situation brought under control in a more timely fashion. iPremier did not have the proper protocols in place to properly manage this type of attack in an efficient and effective manner. Its IT infrastructure which was outsourced to Qdata, an Internet hosting and Network Operations Center (NOC), was not up-to-date with the most reliable and trustworthy hardware and software which leads to believe the cause for the compromise and its emergency response procedures were out of date and inaccessible to point-of-contact employees ultimately leading to confusion and uncertainty in trying to rectify the situation.
Summary The letter to shareholders begins with an introduction to the troubled economic climate that Tim Hortons faced in the past financial year. Included with the opening of the letter is the company’s financial strength and how they surpassed sales targets. The CEO goes on to share company achievements in 2009 and their strategic plan going forward. Finally, Schroeder concludes his letter to shareholders with Tim Hortons’ iconic brand status in Canada and its goal to build on that foundation. In general, Schroeder has written the letter with a positive theme and has indicated a thriving outlook for Tim Hortons.
Case Study Series: What’s Working in Marketing & Selling Professional Services Crisis Averted: Proactive Sales Effort Stops Training Organization’s Revenue Loss By M. Sharon Baker Overview When Tony Jace took over in March 2009 as chief executive officer of Crisis Prevention Institute, he was looking forward to continuing the organization’s 28 consecutive years of revenue growth. But he quickly learned that the previous management team hoped to grow revenues by entering into new markets and had invested heavily to do so. And that plan was failing. The Wisconsin-based crisis training organization was facing a revenue decline of several hundred thousand dollars for the year and Jace needed to act quickly. Situation Jace knew achieving a 29th year of revenue growth in a very uncertain economic climate would be tough.
GO’s Stores, Inc. 900 Speight Ave. Waco, TX 76798 November 10, 2008 Ms. Alice Stevens 1302 Redwood Circle Waco, TX 76712 Dear Ms. Stevens: You will be pleased to know that GO’s Stores has taken great steps to resolve your recent troubles. After reading your claim about having problems with tainted gasoline two weeks ago, GO’s Stores has decided to reimburse you for your damages. Due to severe weather and an operation mishap, the gasoline at our Bellmead location was contaminated. In order to receive full reimbursement, please provide receipts from your gasoline purchase at our Bellmead location as well as receipts from the other companies that you have used to repair your vehicle. Because GO’s Stores is dedicated to providing
This act sent shockwaves through the economy as well. When the NYSE reopened the next day the Dow Jones dropped 684.81 points and there were 146,100 jobs lost in New York from the attacks (September 11 by Numbers, 2014).When you analyze the numbers it is amazing to see how devastating this attack truly was. Also, Fox news did a poll that showed that ninety-three percent of Americans believe that 9/11 is the most significant event in their lives. The true significance lies in the chain reaction following 9/11. The attacks did not just affect America for one day; it will affect the world for many years.
Relationships with key customers were at risk. Downturns were not new at Engstrom. When the plant had reached a similar crisis point years earlier, the institution of a Scanlon Plan, a company wide employee incentive program, had proven critical in building morale, increasing productivity and product quality, and leading Engstrom into a turnaround. For several subsequent years, Engstrom workers had received regular Scanlon pay bonuses. But the bonuses had stopped in 2006, and now Ron Bent must determine how to get the plant back on track.
First the selection of the title clearly tells us that what is the cartoon about and what message is he trying to convey through the selection of his dialogue throughout the cartoon. The year it was publish has also supported the cartoon because it was publish in 2009 when the recession started increasing at the high rate and it was spreading like a virus in the