A1. Company Q has a very lax stance on social responsibility. They do not seem very concerned about their primary stakeholders. Company Q seems more concerned about losing money over doing the socially responsible thing. They were not concerned about how closing the 2 stores affected the employees at the locations or how far some people would have to travel to purchase groceries. They finally started carrying health-conscious and organic products after customers requested it for years but they didn’t seem to really want to since they were higher margin items. By being more concerned about employees stealing the food instead of donating it shows a total lack of faith in their employees. Once again it just shows they are more concerned about losing money.
A1A. I do not feel they are showing any social responsibility. They are more concerned with their profit margin than doing what is best for their primary stakeholders. They have essentially called their employee’s thieves. They would rather throw food away, basically throwing money away, than donate it to people in need. In my opinion, that is just heartless. However, throwing the food away does seem to go against Company Q being all about making the most money.
B. There are 3 recommendations I can suggest to improve the company’s attitude toward social responsibility. One, they can donate the food. There are many ways to make this work, along with many benefits for making it work. The advantage for donating the food is the recognition they will receive for publicly partnering with a food bank. It could possibly bring in more business because consumers like to patron places they feel are giving back to the community. More consumers in the door will result in higher a profit margin which also means more goods going out the door and less being thrown out or donated. Since Company Q also seems so concerned about the cost of the food the donation could be tax deductible. Allowing them to write off food that would...