Week 9 Case for analysis: Does this milkshake taste funny? Background: George Stein‚ a college student employed for the summer by Eastern Dairy is faced with an ethical dilemma. His co-workers don’t care about proper procedures required in ensuring that the milkshake produced during the shift is hygienic and safe for human consumption. The milkshake that is produced is usually delivered to fast-food restaurants and drive-ins. George had less than a minute to think about his choices and must
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Thomas‚ Bevon Does this Milkshake Taste Funny. George Stein a college student has lived a very sheltered and comfortable middle class life style. George’s interests are few:-hanging out with his friends‚ cars and his girlfriend. He had very little interest in attending college‚ however due to his parents’ insistence and cajoling they were able to have George attend college for one year. George was home for the summer working at Eastern Dairy‚ a local dairy manufactures that produced milk shake
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Does The Milkshake Taste Funny? George Stein‚ a college student employed for the summer by Eastern Dairy is faced with an ethical dilemma. His co-workers don’t care about proper procedures required in ensuring that the milkshake produced during the shift is hygienic and safe for human consumption. The milkshake that is produced is usually delivered to fast-food restaurants and drive-ins. George had less than a minute to think about his choices and must decide if he is going to remove the filters
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he encounters a serious ethical conundrum when his co-worker Paul at Eastern Dairy tells him to ignore a potentially hazardous and threatening sanitary problem as maggots are found in the manufacturing pipes. II. Analysis of the Issue(s) In this case‚ there are several bi-products of poor management including: lack of proper training‚ accountability and adherence to manufacturing industry standards to name a few. A company as large as Eastern dairy should have a trained‚ qualified manager
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A Case Analysis for “Does this Milkshake Taste Funny?” Assignment 3‚ Unit 1‚ Organizational Behavior Robert Kennedy College Presented by Julius Datinguinoo on 12 May 2009 I. Statement of the Problem(s) There are three major corporate problems that I can see on this situation: 1. Eastern Dairy is lacking in contemporary quality control‚ quality management‚ and quality assurance systems that would ensure compliance to quality standards like ISO 9000‚ HACCP & ISO 2200. 2.
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Does this milkshake taste funny? George was faced with a difficult decision to make. Listed below are the reasons why George might have acted unethically with the situation at hand. • Accountability is the first thing that comes to mind. George’s decision is influenced by the expectation of future cooperative action (Ben-Yoav O.‚ & Pruit D.‚ 1984). Knowing that he would have to work with his team the next day could cause him to make an unethical decision. • Trust is also a reason
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thus attract prospective customers to engage in business with the company. • This will in turn increase the market base for SPSL within the new region where it plans to establish (Kingson‚ 1996‚ p. 25). • The fact that trust will be build through close customer relationships with the sales force will increase customer satisfaction in which case it will be possible to retain the customers and gain their loyalty for this company in as far as service delivery and terms of operations are concerned
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Sample Milkshake Case In the assigned case‚ George Stein is faced with an ethical dilemma. The difficulty and complexity of this dilemma is caused and compounded by a variety of factors. A discussion of these factors‚ as well as conclusions regarding what George ended up doing‚ serve as the foundation for this case analysis. The first factor that is playing an influential role in George’s decision making is the fact that he is young. Researchers suggest that younger individuals tend to be
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“Does this Milkshake Taste Funny?” Major Issues and Players The major players in this case study are George Stein and Paul Burnham with regards to their employment at Eastern Dairy. The major issues at play relate to poor business planning‚ improper management‚ lack of ethics (decisions made by George and Paul) and social responsibility (the possible health issues of related to the contaminated products). Analysis of the Issues and Players In this case‚ there are several in
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Fruit milkshakes have a delightful and pretty mild taste‚ not too sweet but just perfect to appeal with the consumers taste buds. Our milk shakes have many varieties like banana‚ mango‚ pineapple‚ chocolate and cookies and cream milkshakes or blend them all depending on the customer’s preference. Aside from fruits as a main ingredient‚ it is also has a non-fat milk and green stevia. Our product will offer many health benefits that are
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