KFC in India
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1. Since its entry into India in 1995,KFC has been facing protests by cultural and economic activists and farmers. What are the reasons for these protests and do you think these reasons are justified? Exaplain…………………………………………………………………….. 5-6
2. PETA has been protesting against KFC in India since the last 1990s.
What are the reasons for PETA’s protests against KFC and how did
KFC’s management react to them? Do you agree with PETA that
KFC has been cruel toward the birds and hence it should leave India?........................ 7-9
3. What is the importance of ethics in doing business? Do you think
In the face of fierce competition, business organizations are
Justified not to support ethical values at the cost of making profits?
Why or why not? Justify your answer giving examples……………………………...10-11
4. Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………. 12
5. Appendix……………………………………………………………………………… 13
6. Reference……………………………………………………………………………....14
1. Since its entry into India in 1995,KFC has been facing protests by cultural and economic activists and farmers. What are the reasons for these protests and do you think these reasons are justified? Exaplain.
During the early 1990s, KFC set up their business at India and they were faced all kind of protests by cultural, economic activists and farmers (The Ecologist, 1995). On the year of 1995, KFC open the first outlet at Bangalore and KFC was among the first fast-food multinational to enter India. One of the case which KFC involved is the municipal food inspectors found that KFC’s “hot&spicy” seasoning contained nearly three times more mono sodium glutamate (MSG, popularly known as ajinomoto, a flavor enhancing ingredient) than allowed by the Indian Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954 (IPFAA) (Ray, Ashis, 1995). According to the IPFAA , fast food restaurants can only contain maximum 1 percent of MSG as a seasoning of the food. Therefore, the KFC’s chicken being
1. Since its entry into India in 1995,KFC has been facing protests by cultural and economic activists and farmers. What are the reasons for these protests and do you think these reasons are justified? Exaplain…………………………………………………………………….. 5-6
2. PETA has been protesting against KFC in India since the last 1990s.
What are the reasons for PETA’s protests against KFC and how did
KFC’s management react to them? Do you agree with PETA that
KFC has been cruel toward the birds and hence it should leave India?........................ 7-9
3. What is the importance of ethics in doing business? Do you think
In the face of fierce competition, business organizations are
Justified not to support ethical values at the cost of making profits?
Why or why not? Justify your answer giving examples……………………………...10-11
4. Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………. 12
5. Appendix……………………………………………………………………………… 13
6. Reference……………………………………………………………………………....14
1. Since its entry into India in 1995,KFC has been facing protests by cultural and economic activists and farmers. What are the reasons for these protests and do you think these reasons are justified? Exaplain.
During the early 1990s, KFC set up their business at India and they were faced all kind of protests by cultural, economic activists and farmers (The Ecologist, 1995). On the year of 1995, KFC open the first outlet at Bangalore and KFC was among the first fast-food multinational to enter India. One of the case which KFC involved is the municipal food inspectors found that KFC’s “hot&spicy” seasoning contained nearly three times more mono sodium glutamate (MSG, popularly known as ajinomoto, a flavor enhancing ingredient) than allowed by the Indian Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954 (IPFAA) (Ray, Ashis, 1995). According to the IPFAA , fast food restaurants can only contain maximum 1 percent of MSG as a seasoning of the food. Therefore, the KFC’s chicken being