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Tiffany

1 posts

Re: Topic 3 DQ 1

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-Cola Company has interests in the manufacturing, retailing and marketing of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Coca Cola has had a long history of workers' rights violations at its bottling plants. It is currently under two boycott calls linked to this issue at its plants in Colombia. It has also had a poor record on the environment being accused of taking water supplies from rural communities and falsifying environmental data. This behavior is unethical because it is not right to infringe on the rights of others even if they are your employees. Additionally, it is not right to disregard the impact that certain behaviors have on the environment even if you feel it does not directly affect you (Long, Wann & Brockman, 2016).I think this company engages in such unethical behaviors because of the following. Many companies fall victim to prioritizing making more money over looking out for the stakeholders. They engage in limited communication with the stakeholders, as well. Sometimes, this results in breaking some rules and blurring the line between ethical and unethical behavior. According to Cornelissen (2017), “issues management is an increasingly important specialist area of activity within corporate communication (p. 209).” Nevertheless, companies should manage ethical issues effectively by holding themselves more accountable by incorporating clear policies that address these behaviors. Having a clear policy, like a code of conduct, in place that explains the expectations for even yourself, along with engaging in proper training is a great way to counter one’s own unethical behavior (Long, Wann & Brockman, 2016).

Angelia

1 posts

Re: Topic 3 DQ 1

ASDA is a retail company that is owned by Walmart. It has monumentally failed to embed corporate responsibility into its operations and supply chains around the globe. This has led to workers' rights abuses at supplier factories. It also has resulted in accusations of discrimination by staff, and a host of other charges. These practices are unethical because they do not take into consideration the well-being of the employees (Verschoor, 2016). Additionally, they did not address their own behavior as the crisis that it was. Research supports that a crisis “requires not just decisive but also immediate action from the organization (Cornelissen, 2017; p. 218).”I think the company is behaving in these unethical manners because often large corporations engage in behavior that only prioritizes the company’s productivity. Subsequently, this puts the company’s well-being above the well-being of the employees. The problem is that when employees are undervalued, the long-term effects on the company typically are negative. Nevertheless, many companies get preoccupied with the short-term benefits. This is what leads to unsustainable productivity (Verschoor, 2016).

Joe

2 posts

Re: Topic 3 DQ 1

Unethical business practices are normal in todays world.  The exploitation of cheap labor is a way for corporations to cut costs and boost revenue.  In 2005, I was on deployment in Iraq for the year and go to meet a lot of the workers that directly supported troops overseas.  These workers worked the low skilled jobs in the mess hall, laundry, base construction, and base clean up. I got to know some of them and asked them how they got work over in Iraq, their said that KBR corporations had come to African nations and recruited as many Africans to work on the bases around Iraq and Afghanistan.  They were paid $450 a month and would get one day off a week for a twelve month contract.  KBR over the Iraq war made hundred of billions of dollars and only paid these African workers $450 dollars a month, this was a clear case of unethical exploitation of labor I have ever seen.  There is only one reason why corporations like KBR would do something so unethical "corporate profits." With this happening in a war zone there was no oversight or media looking into these types of practices and no communications with stakeholders on recruitment of labor from african countries.  Cornelissen, J. (2017). Corporate communication: A guide to theory and practice,5th ed. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Press.

 Amanda Capstone 4 postsRe: Topic 3 DQ 1

As I conducted my needs analysis on a sister chapter of the Orphan Care Network, I was not surprised by any of the results. My biggest take away was the priorities that need to be acted upon first so that everything else has the ability to fall into place. There are very specific components of launching this Network that must be addressed intentionally so that we can promote and have the content we need to support individuals. After all, the purpose of this Network is to be a common area for foster and adoptive families who need support, resources, and fellowship.

The specific components I am referring to is the support of local agencies, government representatives, lawyers and judges. These are the decision makers in the foster world, and the ones who know the system best. They can provide the best knowledge for interested families when they need to know what the next steps are and how they can fill the gaps for these children with no family. My assessment did not provide new insights on other projects that could be conducted, but did increase my excitement and desire to create a space for families who are doing the hard work that is taking in a child in need with no clear answers on what the future may hold for these little ones.

The nearest chapter of the Orphan Care Network is right over 2 hours away. They were infinitely excited that a neighbor chapter could be opening soon to support families in our own community. When you are behind a ministry like this, it really has no boundaries as you want to serve all families who are working to give foster kids a home. The only limit is time and resources, so the more chapters we are able to launch, the more families we are able to serve.

 Rekaya Capstone 1 postsRe: Topic 3 DQ 1

There were several thoughts that did surprise me when conducting my needs analysis. I was surprised at the students score when they took their initial STAR test. This is one of my needs analysis I will use to measure my students ability to read. This assessment will be taking monthly to see the students’ progress in reading skills. There were less struggling readers than I had expected with the early departure of school last year. Covid-19 came and caught everyone by surprise which permanently school earlier than expected. During this time I was sure parents did not have the resources to support students that needed to be supported during this time however, I was very pleased with the results.

What did not suspect me was the smiley face chart that was given to students. The students was given a sheet of paper with smiley face-straight face, and happy face. There were only a few students who did not enjoy reading and these were the same students who did not test so well on their STAR assessment.

Another project that I felt could have been sparked from these results is the project to motivate all students and build on social emotional feelings in the process.