Introduction FIJI Water LLC is a U.S. based company, that market its famous brand in more than a dozen countries out of its bottling plant located in the Fiji Islands. The product concept was developed in the early nineties by David Gilmour, the Canadian-born owner and founder of Fiji’s renowned Wakaya Island Resort.1 As of 2008, FIJI Water marketed its bottled mineral water in about a dozen countries in North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It was marketed as FIJI Natural Mineral Water in Europe
March 1, 2011 Introduction Relations between the Fijian government and FIJI Water have been tense since early 2008 when the new military government seemed to suddenly notice the huge exporter (accounting for 20% of Fiji’s total exports) (Dornan). Though there are a variety of disputes, I will focus on two in particular 1) The Fijian government’s belief that FIJI Water is engaging in transfer pricing. 2) The Fijian government’s repeated efforts to tax the company
Fiji Water is everywhere in pop culture, celebrities drink it such as the Obamas and are used in hotels and by chefs. It placed everywhere for everyone to see, to make people want to buy this water more and more. But we have seen through Lenzer 's article and perspective that there are certain aspects of the company, their practices, and involvement in the Fiji Islands that are were never made known to public or just false claims and statements. Fiji Water implies with their statements that they
INTRODUCTION Fiji is categorized as one of the five Pacific Island countries (PICs) with the others being Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. After attaining her independence, Fiji concentrated on her agricultural sector, specifically, sugar cane production and exportation. At the same time, the successive governments adopted an import substitution policy but later on, after the IMF intervention, she pursued an export led economic growth policy (Gani & Prasad, 2007). She started
Economy of Fiji From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, Fiji is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sectorTemplate:Https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html. Agriculture accounts for 18% of Gross Domestic Product, although it employs some 70% of the workforce as of 2001. Sugar exports and a growing
of our global economy, these corporations are generally only concerned with one thing…the bottom line. That is, maximizing profit, regardless of the social or environmental costs.” —David Suzuki Bottling of freshwater from a rare resource in the Fiji Islands, and harvesting of cocoa beans via child slave labor in West Africa, are both ethically questionable. Business practices from both commodities have little regard on damages inflicted during their production. Ethical issues, similarities, and
visit is the Fiji Islands Fiji is located in the southwest Pacific, south of the Equator. It is an archipelago that consists of 322 islands, 106 of them are inhabited and the rest are natural reserves. Viti Levu is the main Island and it consists of two main cities: Suva and Nadi. Suva, Suva is Fiji’s capital and Nadi is home of the international airport. Viti Levu is home to most of the Fijian population. The second largest island is Vanua Levu and the third largest is Taveuni. Fiji has two seasons
Purpose of Mineral Water In the past, mineral waters were used or consumed at places such as spas, baths, or wells. The name spa was used for a place where the water was consumed and washed in. The word bath was used for a place where the water was used primarily bathing, therapeutics, or recreation. While the wod well was used for a place where the water was to be consumed or dranked. Ingredients in Smart Water Smart water contains three ingredients. These ingredients are calcium chloride, magnesium
S w 909A08 FIJI WATER AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY — GREEN MAKEOVER OR “GREENWASHING”?1 James McMaster and Jan Nowak wrote this case solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage
Indo-Fijians often had to face hostile acts and behaviour of the military and the indigenous Fijians which created a chasm between the two races. The Fiji Indians felt they were the scapegoat and had the feeling of being second-class citizens and a hated ethnic group in their birth country for which their ancestors had contributed much to the growth and development. Fiji Indians were often detained arbitrarily and, marriages and funerals required police permits. Many Indo-Fijians’ homes were searched by the