Electronic Arts (EA): Worst Company In America

This essay will analyse the strengths, limitations and challenges of ethical and socially responsible business practice. The purpose of this essay is to identify the advantages and limitations of following business ethics and act socially responsible in business operations. In order to help me analyse those further I will use the case study from food industry - McDonald’s corporation.

I will be comparing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. Social responsibility means that a company invests in communities, protects the environment, pays their taxes, provides equal treatment, provides adequate health care, etc. CSR is an act of maturity, where companies feel obligated to give back to those who assisted them in their success. A company needs both the employees and customers to be satisfied. Hence, companies feel obligated to give back to their community; a practice of appreciation and sympathy. I will begin with talking about the background of each company, followed by the employees, investors, customers, and environment.

Company Q is a corporation whose stakeholders have not placed a major emphasis on social responsibility, instead it appears that the primary focus is placed on profit. With their profits on the decline, they are shying away from opportunities to help their community. By placing a higher priority on social responsibility Company Q will have the opportunity to help the community through charitable donations, employee volunteer initiatives, and creating quality jobs for the persons who live in the community. At the same time, Company Q will can also improve their public image and potentially increase profit.

Company Q is a small local grocery store chain that has a poor attitude toward social responsibility. After reviewing the given, I feel the chain is more committed to profit than social responsibility. Most companies are in a business to make a profit, however, the difference in what is considered reasonable and what is considered ridiculous comes into play. Most people start companies because it something they are interested in and to make a living. In today’s society the line between outright social responsibility

I am tasked is to evaluate Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility and recommend three actions that Company Q could take to improve their attitude toward social responsibility. In evaluating Company Q’s attitude towards social responsibility there are a couple of examples that displays the company’s lack of social responsibility awareness. Company Q closed a couple of stores in higher-crime-rate areas with a claim that the stores are consistently losing money. The issue here is that closing these stores can create the perception that Company Q does not care about customers in these areas. In addition, after years of their customers requesting they start offering health-conscience and organic products, the company went

Company Q’s attitude towards social responsibility appears to be nonexistent, possibly through ignorance or disconcert. Either way the lack of social responsibility affects their business and community’s perception of their business. It appears that the company management has never developed and ethics program that clearly defines the corporate culture including provisions for social responsibility. Profits, or at least a lack of losses appears to be a primary motivating factor for company Q's management’s decisions. Company Q has been attempting to cut losses by closing stores that were losing money instead of finding innovative ways to

Company Q is a small grocery store chain located in a major metropolitan area. This company will be evaluated on its attitude towards social responsibility. Also, recommendations will be given in three areas indicating how the company could improve its position regarding

Discuss the four components of corporate social responsibility and how they relate to a charitable campaign such as (Product) RED. How does participation in a cause-marketing event contribute to a company's social responsibility? What role does sustainability play?

After Sega went out of business with their last console, the Sega Dreamcast, there were only two developers creating consoles which was Nintendo and Sony. Microsoft saw an opportunity to make money and they had already had some experience in the video game industry with their help at Sega.

5. Social responsibility varies with company characteristics such as size, industry, products, strategies, marketing techniques, locations, internal cultures, and external demands. GE’s line of businesses mostly consisted of 85% manufacturing in the 80’s and eventually grew into 70% services driven. Thus, GE has a greater social obligation to protect the environment because of the pollutants from its manufacturing plants then say a company such

Petrenko. A. Corporate social responsibility [Power Point Slides]. Retrieved from Lecture Notes Online Web site: https://moodle.yorku.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=39261

The overall financial health of Electronic Arts is relatively poor. The figures in this paper all come from MSN Moneycentral, for ease of comparability over the past five years. As a positive point, the company has seen its revenues increase in FY 2012, but they are still below the level of 2009, which was a high for the company. The decline in revenue during both 2010 and 2011 resulted in significant changes at the company, including multiple rounds of layoffs and office closures. The company was not profitable during the 2008-2011 period but returned to profitability during 2012. The main culprit for the lack of profitability was "unusual expense", which is basically writedowns of overvalued assets. In addition, the company's gross profit during the years of loss was not strong enough. In 2009, for example, which was a high-water mark for revenues, EA had a gross margin of 49.5%. Last year, it was 61.4%. An examination of the company's cash flow from operating activities confirms that its margin improvements have helped its finances. In FY 2009, it earned just $12 million from operations, compared with $277 million last year. Improving margins is a positive sign, but coming after several years of weak margins and net losses, EA needs to sustain this positive trend before any celebrations can be made.

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Electronic Arts, commonly known as EA, delivers video games, content and online services for internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets. In the 1990s, video game consoles gained sophisticated three-dimensional graphics. During this time consoles emerged such as Sony’s PlayStation and Nintendo’s N64. These consoles featured 3D graphics, which allowed developers to produce with more creative freedom. Over 155 million Americans currently play video games with 67% of the total usage coming from adults between the ages of 18 and 49, with four out of every five households owning a device that can be used for gaming purposes. Electronic Arts is well know for their critically acclaimed high-quality franchises such as The Sims, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS FIFA, Star Wars Battlefield, Dragon Age, Plants vs. Zombies, and many others. Electronic Arts has become the number one published video game creator on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, led by the strengths of its popular EA Sports, and Madden franchises. The biggest news for Electronic Arts was their recent release of Star Wars battlefront, the newest version of the popular video game created in 2004 based on the Star Wars Saga. Electronic Arts continues to thrive producing the most popular titles, and continuing to break ground in the video game

Corporate social responsibility has been one the key business buzz words of the 21st century. Consumers' discontent with the corporation has forced it to try and rectify its negative image by associating its name with good deeds. Social responsibility has become one of the corporation's most pressing issues, each company striving to outdo the next with its philanthropic image. People feel that the corporation has done great harm to both the environment and to society and that with all of its wealth and power, it should be leading the fight to save the Earth, to combat poverty and illness and etc. "Corporations are now expected to deliver the good, not just the goods; to pursue

Sony Corporation’s is one of the world’s largest corporations. Sony was founded in 1946 with its headquarter in Japan. It produces a variety of products, such as consumer’s devices, gaming, and communication devices. Its invention of the portable tape recorder was the break that the company needed in order to grow and enter other markets. (Corporate Info, 2015). Corporation’s main purpose is to achieve the highest profit and to satisfy the stakeholder involved (Krishnan, 2011). This encapsulated in the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this regard, it is important to examine Sony Corporation in terms of its adaptation and implementation of their social performance. Traditional business models have allowed companies to grow and expand since the focus is on the good of the businesses to the exclusion of everything else. This selfish regard for other stakeholders have taken its toll on people and the environment, hence, the call for greater responsibility and accountability from corporations, especially those that operate in many parts of the world (Seong-Tae and Lee Sang-Yoon, 2012). In line with this, this essay will examine Sony’s Social performance regarding to the environment, employment and human right issues, and the impact on company stakeholders and society. The stakeholder in this paper will be the shareholder, consumers and the employees in whom they share their business with.