PHIRI, Khumbu Daniel 636174 BUS 4090A Maina Muchara Phd Assignment 1 The Poverty Business 1. Social responsibility is the idea that a business has the responsibility to serve the society in general as well as the stockholders. An example of a company action that was legal but not socially responsible in the case of British American Tobacco Company in Malawi that founded Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing Foundation (ECLT) in October 2000. Many transnational tobacco companies indulged in child labour in order to exploit cheap labour and make as much money as possible in the process. Transnational tobacco companies are using child labour projects to enhance corporate reputations and distract public attention from how they profit…
immense success of the British American Tobacco all over the world (Kim, 2010). 4.1 A report on my chosen organization which investigates how marketing activities contribute to achievement of organizational objectives in the organization: The marketing activities done by British American Tobacco contributes vastly to its organizational goals and objectives. How it 's done is mentioned as follows: • Advertising helps the customers or markets become aware of the product. • Sufficient marketing…
Corporation Ferguson Enterprises Incorporated is a publicly traded company, which means that ownership is dispersed among the general public in many shares of stock. The ticker symbol is WOS because Wolseley, a Switzerland-based industrial distributor, acquired the company in 1982 but retained the name Ferguson. Since then, Ferguson Enterprises has grown from a local distributor to an $11 billion company. A wide assortment of marketing techniques helped in the substantial growth. Ferguson…
British American Tobacco is the 2nd biggest transnational tobacco manufacturing company based in the UK. BAT has a large market presence in countries such as Brazil, Canada and former British colonies in Asia such as Pakistan and Australia. It also holds a 42% interest in Reynolds American (NYSE:RAI), thereby having an important amount of indirect exposure to the U.S. market. According to Business Premiere, (BAT) has established a strong market position over the years with the use of Global…
INTRODUCTION The Walt Disney Company, known today simply as Disney, first open its doors in the 1930’s as a small company with larger than life aspirations. Disney began as a hand crafted animation studio, with significant successes in the cinematography department based off of fairy tales and folklore. Movies like Cinderella, Snow White, and Peter Pan (Walt Disney, 2016) brought Disney into the forefront of its industry. In addition to movies, the company created some of the most memorable…
influence on the government. When we look at elections, like the American election going on right now, we will see that there is a lot of media that has to do with the elections. Despite the fact that the elections is in the media’s spotlight, this essay will focus on whether the American elections, as all elections in developed countries, are decided by the press as well or not? The media consist of three different types: print media, broadcast media, and the Internet. Print media is literally…
Walt Disney is a prominent figure known for his contributions and influence on the American entertainment during the 20th century. He is regarded as a cultural icon and known throughout the world and within the American animation industry. The Walt Disney Company is one of the world’s leading entertainment providers and is known for bringing entertainment to families through its amusements parks, television series and especially through its numerous animated motion pictures ("Reference for…
Media is important to our world because people feel inform. However, people don’t know that they are not full inform about the world they live in. In the movie Network, that was created in 1976, it illustrates a world where TV news became enjoyment formulating a world where unrealistic and realistic are obscure. The Characters in the movie lost touch about themselves because they didn’t separate the fiction and nonfiction of their world which brought consequences, for example, Diana the only…
Walt Disney Productions is a diversified international company engaged in family entertainment and community development. The business activities of the company were divided into four segments: theme parks, films, consumer products, and real estate development. The Disney strategy was to form these segments into interlocking pieces of a portfolio, each supporting the activities of another. Theme Parks and Resorts There are 3 theme parks that operated by Walt Disney Productions in 1984, which…
for every member in an audience to connect with one aspect or the other. Whether its Mufasa’s dignified sense, Timon’s quick wit, Pumbaa’s warm-heart, or Simba’s courage, there is something in each character to connect with. The Lion King also provides an all-star cast to make it’s characters even more memorable. Almost each character is a memorable name. Simba is voiced by Matthew Broderick, who also starred in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Rowan Atkinson, more commonly known as “Mr. Bean”, voices…