Publix Business Ethics and Guidelines
Publix business ethics and guidelines
Bria Hamlett
PHL/323
8/19/2013
Ms. Devin Adams
Publix Corporation Ethics
Ethics are of a special importance to practicing professionals. Professions such as lawyers, teachers, doctors and engineers have a bigger responsibility as to making sure there jobs are done right and ethically. Though in order to achieve this goal individuals must understand what ethics really means. Ethics is basically the rules of conduct which is recognized in respect to a particular group, culture, or class of human actions. The decision to behave ethically is a moral one.
Publix
The company I decided to do would be the Publix Corporation. The mission of Publix is to be the premier quality grocery food retailer of the world. They strive to make sure all needs of customers as well as individuals better the competition, while being sure to provide an outstanding, and superior shopping experience by ensuring customers receive superior value. The public corporation was founded in 1930 in Winter haven Florida, by the late George W. Jenkins. This supermarket happens to be the largest employee owned market in the whole United States, in which 2012 sales were a whopping 27.5 billion, with an employee count of around 160,500 and a total of 1,072 supermarkets. All approved suppliers as well play a critical role in the achievement of the Publix Corporation mission. The corporation manages to have profound relationships with all suppliers based on the supply practices. These types of relationships should be strictly professional and principled based on mutually beneficially results.
Who are we?
In GA alone there are a total of 180 Publix stores. “Publix is known for its philosophy of pleasing a customer: the Publix guarantee to never knowingly disappoint our customers is legendary in the industry.” According to, ("Superior Policies and Guidelines", 2005). The purpose of superior ethics guidelines is to make sure they are committed to conducting
Bria Hamlett
PHL/323
8/19/2013
Ms. Devin Adams
Publix Corporation Ethics
Ethics are of a special importance to practicing professionals. Professions such as lawyers, teachers, doctors and engineers have a bigger responsibility as to making sure there jobs are done right and ethically. Though in order to achieve this goal individuals must understand what ethics really means. Ethics is basically the rules of conduct which is recognized in respect to a particular group, culture, or class of human actions. The decision to behave ethically is a moral one.
Publix
The company I decided to do would be the Publix Corporation. The mission of Publix is to be the premier quality grocery food retailer of the world. They strive to make sure all needs of customers as well as individuals better the competition, while being sure to provide an outstanding, and superior shopping experience by ensuring customers receive superior value. The public corporation was founded in 1930 in Winter haven Florida, by the late George W. Jenkins. This supermarket happens to be the largest employee owned market in the whole United States, in which 2012 sales were a whopping 27.5 billion, with an employee count of around 160,500 and a total of 1,072 supermarkets. All approved suppliers as well play a critical role in the achievement of the Publix Corporation mission. The corporation manages to have profound relationships with all suppliers based on the supply practices. These types of relationships should be strictly professional and principled based on mutually beneficially results.
Who are we?
In GA alone there are a total of 180 Publix stores. “Publix is known for its philosophy of pleasing a customer: the Publix guarantee to never knowingly disappoint our customers is legendary in the industry.” According to, ("Superior Policies and Guidelines", 2005). The purpose of superior ethics guidelines is to make sure they are committed to conducting
References: Supplier Policies and Guidelines. (2005). Retrieved from http://www.publix.com/managed_pdfs/Supplier_Policies_and_Guidelines%5B1%5D10117.108435051.pdf What is Ethics in Research & Why is it Important?. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/