Issue Two: Starbucks vs. Ethiopia In March 2005‚ Ethiopia filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark its coffee names‚ Harar‚ Sidamo‚ and Yirgacheffe‚ which are three coffee regions in the country. The Ethiopian government had hoped that by forcing coffee buyers into licensing agreements would lead to coffee farmers gaining more control over its coffee trade and earn a bigger slice of the pie by receiving a higher percentage of earnings from the retail price
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Timeline Chronological order of major events in the Starbucks vs. Ethiopia dispute over coffee names 2004: Starbucks filed application to register “Shirkina Sun-Dried Sidamo” trademark. Ethiopia asked Starbucks to drop its application because the country is preparing to register the names Sidamo and Harar; Starbucks refused to talk 2005 March : The Government of Ethiopia filed applications with USPTO to trademark Harrar‚ Harar‚ Sidamo and Yirgacheffe 2006*: NCA filed a letter of protest asking Ethiopia’s
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Starbucks Corporate Citizens of the World There is currently a robust and ongoing debate about whether a companies‚ especially a publicly traded companies‚ only goal should be profit. Making money for the shareholders used to be what business was about. Now‚ more and more people are starting to believe that companies should pay more attention to social and environmental concerns that effect not just the shareholders‚ but the stakeholders and even society as a whole. The practice of
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Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the notion that business companies have obligations to society beyond their economic obligations. In a way‚ CSR is the company’s way of giving back to society and a way of being aware about the condition of the society and the environment. CSR is about how companies make profit‚ not how they spend them. It does not entail that the company should donate to charities or that they should use their profit on organizations
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Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility By: Allisen Brennan September 2012 Table of Contents Non Discriminatory Hiring‚ Promotion‚ & Retention Practices 3 Accessibility 3 Environmental Issues 3 Recycling 3 Green Stores 4 Energy & Water Consumption 4 Customer Relationships 4 Community Service & Investments 4 Youth Action 5 Supplier Relationships 5 Farmer Support 5 Coffee and Tea Growing Communities 5 Non Discriminatory Hiring‚ Promotion
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REsponsibilities ] | Starbucks | Introduction Starbucks is one of the places to find the world’s best coffees. The first Starbucks opened over forty years ago‚ in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle‚ Washington. The owners’ main philosophy was to provide customers with the world’s finest and richest coffee. Over time‚ and endeavoring this ultimate philosophy‚ Starbucks expanded internationally and has more than 19000 stores around the world. The management of Starbucks has managed to improve
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benefits in Starbucks. 2.0 Rationale CSR is one of the most popular issues in companies today. It not only affects society but also the company in a positive way. Most top companies practice some sort of CSR. CSR can be practiced in a variety of ways and we will look into these different methods in this project. 2.1 Company Background Starbucks is based in Seattle‚ Washington but have grown and have outlets all over the world. Michelli (2007) documented that today‚ Starbucks has stores
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In our group opinion‚ we think that Starbuck is not doing the CSR only for marketing their company but however one of Starbuck CSR like Starbuck shared planet which focus on recycle and reducing waste‚ Energy conservation‚ Water conservation‚ Building greener store which provide benefit to both environment and community. Now I will show you what have Starbuck been successfully done on each categories that helps to preserve the environment and Starbuck Company not to be considered as a green wash
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sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line of the corporations Wal-Mart and Starbucks. By analyzing the key differences not only in their values‚ but the application of their stated values‚ they can then be judged as to the superiority of their systemic approaches to sustainability. In the case of these two companies‚ ethics are the most notable difference‚ which causes Wal-Mart to experience a myriad of dilemmas that Starbucks doesn’t. This key difference is important because “nearly any dilemma an
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Topic: Advertising to children: is it ethical? With the technology development and progress of the times‚ advertisements appearing in every corner of the commercial world‚ the topic of advertising has become a controversial discussion in the recent two decades. There are lots of arguments on “is advertisement good or not?” If let me to answer this question‚ I would probably say advertisement makes shopping convenient for people under no subconscious mind control. (Adam) That is to say it is
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