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Globalization and the Corporate Environment
Memo to Supervisor of a McDonald's style fast food chain In general, globalization, by increasing international trade and cultural exchanges has made middle-class employees as well as employers wealthier by and large. It has allowed consumers to lead more diverse lifestyles at home and abroad, and increased the exposure to ideas from abroad for our own nationals. In fact, these new and culturally diverse lifestyles of Americans today may be more reflective of their original cultures than of their immediate parent's. In other words, second-generational immigrants, once forced to abandon traditional modes of consumption, now have access to everything from corn tortillas to soy sauce at their local supermarket, Taco Bell, or Panda Express.
Re: Globalization and the Fast Food Market
Globalization has become an increasingly unpopular term amongst economic journalists, as you are no doubt aware. Even a cursory scan of recent editions of the Economist yields allegations of environmental activists around the world who allege that America corporations are acting in a rapacious fashion towards the world's national resources. Local labor activists claim that individuals in Third World countries are being exploited for mere corporate profits, and American labor denounces outsourcing as the source of the recent failure of the job market to recover. Moreover, nationalist groups stress how corporations within the convenience industry such as our own have eroded indigenous cultural methodologies of planting, irrigation, and food production. Even the French have garnered sympathy for their farmer's destruction of local McDonald's, a true 'sign of the times'!
Of course, the ethnic and traditional American fast food industry, particularly the prepared food industry has come under increasing scrutiny for encouraging unhealthy lifestyles in consumers. However, rather than ignoring these accusations, our company can use this to positive affect. Why not adopt international regional trends of healthy lifestyles and incorporate them into our current menu structure? This can be accomplished in a variety of ways, by incorporating healthy 'Asian style' cuisine of…
By "lifting all boats" and extending the concept of being "our brother's keeper" we begin, as a society, to address basic human rights worldwide. Question #2: What role should governments play in regulating commerce to ensure that the rights of people and the environment are sustained? Economist Daniel Litvin has written an article in the journal Foreign Policy ("Raising Human Rights Standards in the Private Sector") worthy of close attention.
Ethics and CSR President Barack Obama White House Dear Mr. President: First, let me congratulate you on your recent stance regarding both the U.S. Budget and your healthcare package. Indeed, both of these issues speak to the reason for my letter today. In general, I am concerned that the 21st century, while certainly improving organizational opportunities at home and abroad through technology and globalization, have not been as robust within the area of business
Management Challenges -- Five Years from Now What are the great challenges ahead for a manager in a business environment over the next five years? This paper addressed those issues, using verifiably legitimate sources. Challenges for management over the next five years The Society for Human Resource Management created a survey that was conducted 2010 and 2012, and it was published in 2013 in Forbes. HR of course is the driver for hiring,
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" The analysis cited above continues to describe the ways in which corporate "life" (in the sense of how many different individuals and entities are vital to the running of a corporation in the current climate): Businesses today must be consumer, profit, and publicly oriented. Only a few years ago, the first two would have sufficed. But, in support of our dualistic argument regarding the marketing concept, that is -- creating exchanges
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