Publix has increased from a single store to over 1,077 supermarkets with over 160,000 associates. They are continuously hailed as the number one supermarket for customer satisfaction and one of Fortune’s 100 and 500 best companies to work for. With continuous growth, it is important to evaluate their legal and ethical policies (“We Are Publix”, n.d.). Publix values their employees and indicate their employees are the company. Their Human Resource Representatives ensure their ethical policy is monitored by assisting in defining standards for the delivery of phenomenal customer service.
Lloyd Ransford Osei Principles at the Forefront: Chick Fil A’s Decisions and Opinions Liberty University BMAL 530 August 10, 2014 Dr. Jeremy Woo Business decisions and opinions are the essential success of how the operation of accounting and finance flows within a company. In the case of Chick Fil A their executive decisions and opinions constitute to involving a Christian background in their line of work. Chick Fil A has inherited the principles of founder, Truett Cathy, a Southern Baptist.
Furthermore, Publix began offering many exclusive products and services such as Boars Head Deli Meats, and select stores offers Starbucks Café. Today, Publix currently has over 1,100 stores in 8 states along the east coast, of the United States. For instance, the states include Alabama, The Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia to name a few. The company has also drive-thru pharmacy and grocery delivery as exclusive services as well (Publix Supermarkets, Inc., 2017). Publix Supermarkets has no ethical system.
Show-rooming has become a significant issue for Target, its internal stakeholders, and the predominance of its external stakeholders. Subsequently, Target requested suppliers manufacture products that are exclusive to Target and/or partner with Target to price match competitors, in order to aid Target in remaining competitive (Kinicki, 2013). After learning of Target’s request of its vendors, some have expressed concerns regarding the ethical dilemma created by Target. After examining the facts in the article, considering the symbiotic relationship between Target and its suppliers, and referencing the Utilitarian Approach to resolving ethical dilemmas, I believe Target’s requests of its suppliers are ethical (Kinicki, 2013). Retailers in various
¬¬-Corporate ethics comes at a price- one that either businesses have to absorb or consumers have to pay for. Too often consumers complain about big business, but then shop at Walmart because the small, family owned stores are more expensive. However, people still drink it. Not only do businesses need to be held responsible, consumers do as well. If there was not a demand, Coke would discontinue the supply.
These companies such as “Tyson” or “Foster Farms” do not control us or our state of mind. The organic foods might be on the more expensive side, but it’s healthier for you and people won’t go around saying that you are controlled by the food system. People are not forced to buy these unhealthy, gross food items these companies sell. No one is pointing a gun at their head or a knife at their throat pressuring them to purchase this stuff. They also have a free state of mind.
I believe Targets’ highest management employees are taking an individual approach to solving an ethical dilemma. According to Kinicki and Williams (2013), an individual approach “is guided by what will result in the individual’s best long-term interests, which ultimately are in everyone’s self-interest.” It is good for Target in the long term, but it may not be what is best for Targets’ suppliers. If Target's’ business model helps them gain market share and gain a competitive advantage it may be good for the suppliers in the long term, but it is uncertain. In my opinion, using the size of their market as leverage to have the suppliers solve their own problems seems wrong.
It has been a common practice for corporations to have a business model that has a pay hierarchy structure where the more a customer pays the better service and quality they receive. This is implemented in the clear majority of hotels: the nicer and larger room with premium service a more expensive. Some hotels take this a step further and have segregated floors for the highest paying customers. The debate over the morality of such practices has proven to be quite controversial. I hold the perspective that aligns with stockholder theory: this trend has been blown out of proportion and that it is ethical to stratify people based on how much they have paid.
Disney and its employees are tasked with protective the Disney brand around the world and encouraging the shipping of continuing value. The main aims of Disney’s are satisfying the financial needs of the shareholders. However, Disney goes beyond satisfying for shareholder needs and locations a strong emphasis on moral conduct that affects each households and the environment. The moral standards at Disney do not just apply to the employees, but it also on the Board of Directors. Disney’s “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Directors” governs the actions of the Disney board, holds them to high moral standards and makes them accountable for actions taken on behalf of the company.
Apple – One of the main ethical dilemmas faced by Apple is about safeguarding the privacy of their customers or complying with the government to assist them with investigations which may be for the betterment of the whole country. Apple has introduced operating systems with default full-disk encryptions since iOS 8, to protect its user’s privacy and security. However, the FBI believes that encryption is merely a marketing strategy that will attract criminals at the cost of country’s safety. Since the introduction of full-disk encryption, the user created a passcode and Apple could access any information in the phone without the passcode. They believed that they did not want the power to access content so that law enforcement could figure out a way to do it themselves instead of asking Apple to invade their customer’s privacy.
The art of Business Bluffing, as Carr would describe it is “simply as game strategy—much like bluffing in poker. ”(A. Carr) However, it could more aptly be described as lying, cheating, and bribing all in the name of achieving business objectives. An article published in 1968 entitled, “Is Business Bluffing Ethical?” Albert Carr maintained that Business Bluffing is ethical.
ETHICAL ISSUE AT WALT DISNEY The Walt Disney Company is a leading international family entertainment and media enterprise. The company is there in the field of family entertainment for more than nine decades. From their humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to the global corporation they are today, the company continues to proudly provide quality entertainment for every member of the family all around the world. They have five main business segments including studio entertainments,, interactive medias, consumer products, parks and resorts and media networks. The subsidiaries within these segments of the Disney Corporation include ESPN, Touchstone, Marvel, ABC, Pixar, numerous theme parks and resorts, and a variety of consumer product lines.
Fast food companies have demolished competition throughout the last 30 years in the restaurant industry. The practices used to eliminate competition such as using unhealthy food to make a profit have been reported unethical by Americans, but it tends to be desired by the American society. According to the American Franchise Corporation, certified by TrustArc, fast food companies generate $570 billion annually in the United States ("Fast Food Industry Analysis"). These statistics continue to rise as more and more fast food companies become ubiquitous. As a result, fast food companies get richer, while people contract life-altering health effects.
Introduction The key ethical issues that were presented in this case study were quality control, lack of customer care, responsiveness, and harming the customer. The Johnson and Johnson case may have been seen as a turning point due to many things the company did right. However, there were many ethical issues in this case which will be explored more throughout this paper.
Business ethics also referred to as corporate ethics can be considered as either a form of applied ethics or professional ethics. Its purpose is to analyse ethical principles and also moral as well as the ethical problems that might arise in a business environment. Business ethic is applicable to all parts of business conduct and also takes into consideration the conduct of individuals and the business organizations as a whole. Business ethics can be divided into normative and descriptive discipline. For the purpose of this assignment, the Nestle Company has been chosen.
