How To Evaluate Company Q's Attitude To Social Responsibility

Attitude towards social responsibility is key in any business. Maintaining a good attitude with the community shows a strong connection with its residents. Participating in programs supporting the community is not only ethically responsible, but can improve business relations with community members. After evaluating Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility, there have been a few errors found that should be addressed. The first situation is closing stores in high crime areas reportedly because of losing money. In many communities, high crime areas typically mean lower income residents. There could have been other options to explore to improve profitability and social awareness within the community. Closing the store projects an image of the company that could be interrupted as closing the stores due to the high crime area. There is a possibility that this store was the only one if the area that offered groceries to the local residents and now they have to travel further for their needs. This doesn’t sit well with those in the community. The second situation involved offering more organ and health conscience products. The first
Although the possibility of fraud is very real, this is projecting a horrible image to the public. Throwing away perfectly good food instead of donating it doesn’t look good to the community. The food bank serves low income families and others with needs who might not be able to afford food otherwise. The community will think that the store has an attitude that it doesn’t care about the community and will negatively affect business. The proper way to handle this situation would be to implement a plan to prevent theft while at the same time providing the food to the food bank. The community will respond positively and the company will benefit not only monetarily but gain a better social status within the