Business Essentials
Business Essentials
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ISBN: 9780134138282
Author: Ronald J. Ebert, Ricky W. Griffin
Publisher: PEARSON
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Company DC is taking fair-trade cocoa to the next level. The company returns a share of their profit to the farmers present in their supply chain. The largest shareholder group of Company DC along with fair price receive dividends from the profits obtained through the sale of chocolate.

To explain: Company DC approach to social responsibility and how they balance their responsibility to stakeholders.

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While Divine Chocolate has embraced the concept of fair trade, their products are not organic. On their website, they argue that purely organic production methods could result in greater instability in production because cocoa is very disease-prone. Do you think that Divine has an ethical obligation to require farmers to become organic? Why or why not? How would you describe Divine Chocolate’s approach to social responsibility? How do they balance their responsibilities to their stakeholders?
In your opinion, which area of social responsibility is most important to you? Why? Are there areas other than those noted in this chapter that you consider important as well? Describe those areas and indicate why they are important.
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