- The most demotivating part about Harper’s job would be that since Jose left she now has to do extra work. Since she has to do more work, she is having a harder time balancing work/life. Then to make it worse she has to do extra work and she won’t get extra recognition or benefit from it because her boss is too busy paying attention to everyone else so it’s hard to even communicate.
- I would tell David that he needs to look into hiring someone to fill Jose’s role so the work load can be spread evenly. I would also tell him to do check ins with his employees so he knows what they need help with or for feedback on what he can do differently. Don’t overburden your employees, Harper felt like she had too much work because she had to take on Jose’s work load which made it hard for her to have time for her personal life. Create a culture of open communication because Harper also felt like she couldn’t talk to David how she spoke to Jose because she said that he was too busy with the rest of the team. Also to make it a priority to help employees feel valued, Harper told her friends that she doesn’t feel like she is being recognized for the work she is doing, David could give her shout outs or small bonuses for the extra work she does.
- The downside of losing Harper as an employee would be that for one she has been with the company for years she is experienced, two she actually liked the company so she was a loyal employee and three now he has to find someone to take on both Harper’s’ and Jose’s workloads while also making sure their workloads get done.
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The Founder
The brothers and Ray had different visions and goals. The brothers were more focused on improving their products and the quality of the food rather than the quantity being sold. On the other hand, Ray was more focused on how to make more money and faster.
2) It was the brothers’ choice to sell but they weren’t given the best deal by Ray. Ray had a lawyer and the guidance that he needed to expand the business. On the other hand, the brothers were never given credit for their ideas and improving the food which was what they mostly worked on. The contract the brothers signed gave them compensation for their work but it should have been more (ex: a percentage of the profits of the business in the future).
3) Local stores franchisees pay a royalty or fee to the company to open up. They are then allowed to use the company’s name and (in the case of McDonalds) food recipes. Franchisees can be opened by the McDonalds HeadQuarter or be independently operated. These local franchisees would then sell Mcdonald’s products in an effort to make a profit.
4) Ray made the majority of his money from real estate. He would allow people to open new McDonald’s stores (franchisees) and lease the land he originally bought to them.
5) It doesn’t really change my view on Mcdonalds’ because I understand there is always stuff going on behind closed doors for people with bad intentions to try to make more money. I think the brothers were unlucky to fell victim to selling out and not getting the credit they deserve but they should have fought for better benefits in the contract and be careful of who they trusted. Ray wanted to get rich quick but the reason people are in business in the first place is to try to generate maximum profit.
Nike
For my topic I chose to research Nike the clothing and footwear brand. I will be shedding light on their part of social responsibility and their ethical principles.
- According to nike.com, Nike is part of many different corporate responsibility and sustainability organizations which means they’re always active trying to do their part for society. Just recently in 2019 Nike realized that a main target or issue they were having was having a “diverse, engaged and healthy work environment” so they came up with strategies and plans to attack and change the problem. In order to change the problem according to Nike’s “Report Content” they came up with ways to “provide visibility to our diversity and inclusion process” which means they started to add more diversity to their team and created more opportunities for POC to gain employment.
- Nike has a main goal which is to inspire and bring change through the clothing, footwear and sports products they design. Nike believes in systematic change but they also know that they do not have control over every aspect so they try to influence others with what they do have control over (Footwear, apparel etc). On nike.com their mission statement is ” to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.” Another way Nike is also promoting change just with this statement alone because to Nike an “athlete” is any person with a body, so they are also promoting body positivity. From what has been read on their website it seems as if Nike’s social responsibilities are mainly aimed towards uplifting communities and inspiring society to become better.
- Nike donates to charities and non profit organizations as well as standing up against any form of injustice. When BLM was going on Nike made sure to let the POC know that the company stood with them and not racist ( https://news.nike.com/news/nike-commitment-to-black-community .) In conclusion to Nike being a very socially responsible company I think personally if they were to hire more POC in higher positions like for designing sneakers and clothes etc their sales and business would boom even more. They’re already for the communities so them having more people who identify with them on their team would make the company more relatable to the communities and also make their business boom because they would know more of the demand so they can supply.
https://news.nike.com/news/nike-commitment-to-black-community
