Impact of Ethical and Corporate Social Responsibility on Starbucks Coffee House Retailers

Expansion and Franchise in Starbucks Coffee House Retailers

Questions:

1. Why do you think Starbucks has been so concerned with social responsibility in its overall corporate strategy?

2. Is Starbucks unique in being able to provide a high level of benefits to its employees?

3. Do you think Starbucks has grown rapidly because of its ethical and socially responsible activities or because it provides products and an environment customers want?

4. Discuss the concept of Institutionalisation and how it helps shape ethical conduct within an organisation discussed in the case study.

5. Discuss the importance of Ethical Leadership and Corporate Governance. What impact do they have on ensuring ethical conduct within organisations?
 

In the present world it has been observed that ethical and social responsibility becomes the prime factors in the every organisation (A Social Investing Almanac, 1991). By implementing the effective ethical and corporate social responsibility the organisation can get effective business outcomes in their process. To analyse the impact of the ethical and corporate social responsibility in this research paper the researcher has chosen Starbucks coffee house retailers in this report. It has been noticed that in the US and UK market the organisation Starbucks has pretty much brand image towards the customers for their effective business and service qualities. By providing better quality coffee in their business with cost effective way the organisation can easily attract more customer chain in their business account (Agle, 2008).

To expand the business from the various region of the world the organisation Starbucks develops over 20000 stores across 63 countries. To promote their brand more and more the organisation wants to expand their business with some franchise and joint venture with the retail chain management stores. By provide their business in the retail chain shop the customers more attracted on the various coffee, tea products and this helps the organisation to expand their business market (Trong Tuan, 2012). The global strategist of the Starbucks Mr. Schultz obtains some franchise business for enlarging their business growth in all over the world.  To expand their business in the North America the organisation Starbucks and Green Mountain collaborated with each other and set up some strategies to expand their business. It has been observed that after partnership with the Green Mountain the Starbucks did not stop their own line product launching. According to the case study it has been observed that the one major criticism of this organisation is their clustering strategy for selecting their location and the expansion of their business. After analysing the several area in their business process it can be analyse the effective strategic and ethical consideration for the organisation and how the Coffee Chain House attract more customers in their business by making corporate and social responsibilities (Bice, 2015).

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To maintain the overall corporate strategy in their business process the organisation like Starbucks created different department to enhance their performance in the corporate social responsibility. By applying the effective strategies regarding the culture, environment, employees and supplier the organisation get effective outcomes in their corporate social mission (Business ethics, n.d.). To obtain the effective mission for the corporate social responsibility the organisation like Starbucks needs to aware about the following factors like

• Environment
• Employee
• Supplier
• Customers
• Communities

Corporate Social Responsibility in Starbucks Coffee House Retailers

Environment

To maintain an effective corporate social responsibility the organisation needs to aware about the effective environmental policies and strategies. By maintain their business process with ethical manner and by marinating the eco friendly process the organisation can get effective job outcomes in their business process (Business ethics quarterly, 1991). To make their business more “Green” the organisation set up their objectives and goals according to this strategies and making their business green becomes the prime statement for the organisation in this stage. To mitigate the environmental impurity in the business process the organisation adopt some responsible policies in their act more making their employees and customers more concern about the environmental safety act and norms.

Employee

To obtain an effective work environment in the business process every management of the organisation needs to aware about the employees satisfaction and benefits (Velasquez, 1982). To meet the requirement of the employees in their business process the organisation and the management of the company needs to provide effective health and safety policies in their business for making the employees more satisfied and they feel more priority in the organisation. By offering the employees more and more training development opportunities in the business process can attract more employees to work effectively for the organisation and it makes the organisation more corporate social responsible (Corporate social responsibility, 2007).

Supplier

To sell the coffee towards the customers the organisation needs to aware about their product quality and the cost benefits. To maintain the reputation in the market place the organisation needs to know the effective and quality of the product. By building up effective relationship with the Coffee and farmer Equity Practices (CAFE) the organisation like Starbucks can effectively set up a socially responsible guideline in their business process.  

Customers

To make an effective corporate social responsibility in the business process the organisation like Starbucks needs to aware about the effective customer satisfaction. By implementing an effective marketing and strategic decision in the business process can attract more customers in their business which can gain more reputation and growth for the organisation in the competitive market place.

Communities

To make effective corporate social responsibility in the business process the organisation needs to aware about the different community people in their business (Welford, 2007). According to the market survey it has been observed that every people have different taste and different culture (Tan, 2012). To attract more customers in their business and to make effective guideline on the corporate social responsibility the organisation like Starbucks needs to aware about the community factors in their business. To make more effective community in their business process the organisation also tried to donate some handsome amount to the government for the growth and the education of the youth people. By establishing more stores within the country the organisation reduces the unemployment for the America and it develops highly social responsibility. By the help of these offerings the organisation Starbucks becomes non profit literacy group in their business process. 

Factors influencing Corporate Social Responsibility in Starbucks Coffee House Retailers

In the present market scenario it has been observed that most of the organisation tries to develop a well balance work culture and work environment in their business process. By maintain effective work culture and work environment within the organisation the management of the organisation needs to aware about the satisfaction level of the employees in their business process (Corporate Social Responsibility, 2016). To make employees satisfactory in their business the organisation like Starbucks need to adopt unique strategic management thinking for their effective business outcomes. To maintain the workers more effective in their work role the organisation promote more training and development plans for the employee to get the better outcomes in their business. By implementing and promoting more training and development program makes the individuals more skilful and it can be benefited for the organisational growth and development purpose. To make the employees more benefited in their job role the management of the organisation offers them health and safety care plans for them and their families for attract more skilful employees in their business and to retain more skilled and talented employees (Social Investing Notes, 1997).  To meet the requirement of the employees more and more the organisation Starbucks develop their plans of reward management and motivation for the employees. By hiring effective leaders in their organisation the management can control over the employees in all over the world. To meet the need of the customers in the business process effective reward management styles of the organisation is quite effective and essential for the organisation like Starbucks. By proving them monetary and nonmonetary both reward management styles get more effectual in their business and it makes the individuals more satisfied in their business and their work role. By maintain the high ethical manner in the workplace also attracts more skilful and talented employees in their business processes (De George, 1982). Within the organisation equal pay act and equality also promotes the effective business process for the leading coffee chain house. To make healthy relationship with the management and employee inter personal communication skill also much benefited for the workers in the organisation. By the help of effective communication skills in their business process the organisation can easily maintain a healthy work culture and environment within the organisation. To improve the health of the individuals in the organisation and to take a look on the personal amenities of the employees some unique concept has been adopt by the management of the Starbucks like smoking cessation, weight loss and exercise activities etc.   

To make effective and to support the sustainability in their business process the organisation needs to aware about the ethical standard of their business process and to make the business in the ethical manner the organisation has to main quality suppliers in their business process for the effective growth and reputation of the organisation.  To make the business more environmental friendly with some ethical manner the organisation Starbucks take some initiatives and created environmental Starbucks Coffee Company Affairs team in their business process.  This creation and formation of the team manage to reduce the waste in their service and products. To conserve the energy within the organisation and to recycle the product by applying effective strategic tools helps the organisation to develop an environmental mission statement for the organisation. To achieve the goals and the objectives of the organisation in the basis of the environmental guidelines the organisation shared some planet websites in their business process (Frederick, 1999). By taking some initiatives on the Green Team development the organisation can attract more customer base and stakeholders in the organisation. To make society livelier the organisation Starbucks also have some sense on the social responsibility. The organisation donated almost 20 million US dollar in the last financial year. By maintain the transparency in the business and by applying more customer service and trust makes the organisation most trustworthy for the customers and it affect the overall performance of the organisation in the positive way. By the year 2015 it has been observed that 100% of their cups will be recyclable in their business process which can be more effective more the eco friendly environment and it make the society greener (Rossouw and Van Vuuren, n.d.). To make some corporate social responsibility in the business process it is quite essential for the Starbucks. By the help of water conservation and energy conservation the organisation step up on the green conservation.  

The Institutionalisation of the organisation is a process in which the organisation embedding some conception of an organisation (Grace and Cohen, 1995). To maintain the objectives of the organisation and to maintain the values within the organisation Institutionalisation is quite essential within the organisation like Starbucks.  To maintain the ethical conduct within the organisation the management of the organisation maintains a long term relationship with the farmers in their business process. By maintain effective and healthy relationship with the farmers get effective results in their business process (Hopkins, 2003). To get some superior quality coffee in their business the organisation needs to develop better relation with the farmers and the suppliers. In the present market the customers are the prime concern for every business to make the customers satisfied every organisation adopts different tools and techniques in their business process. With the help of ethical trading and responsible growing practices the organisation like Starbucks will get effective growth in their business process.  By the help of the community involvement the Starbucks coffee chain house inspire the people to make a different in living standard. By involving the communities in their business process the organisation makes more volunteers for the communities. The organisation Starbucks believes to conduct their business ethically and to do their business in a right meaningful order. By the help of business ethics and compliance the organisation can easily achieve their objectives and goals in their business process. To implement the effective strategies in their business the organisation’s global Strategist Schultz obtain some effective strategic plans in their business process to gain more culture and effective customer supports for the Starbucks. The main role for the organisation in the ethical way of conduct is to generate more adoptability of the organisation’s work culture and to promote more job employment for the people by which the organisation can maintain their effective growth in the society and make some reputation in the domestic as well as in the international market place (Hunnicutt, 2009).   It has been observed that over 40 years business this is the best and effective time for the Starbuck in their profitable margin. The management has observed that the changing of taste and the culture makes them more profitable in their business process and due to the changing taste of the customer it can give more attraction and retention of the customers in their business. 

In the business process there are lots of significance can be observed in the ethical leadership and the corporate governance. It has been observed that in the context of ethical leadership and the corporate governance the main principle is the board of members of the organisation needs to provide an effective leadership quality in the leadership is needs to base on ethical foundation. The main responsibility of the ethical leaders is to provide an ethical foundation in their leadership styles and the board members need to promote respect towards the ethical leaders on their performance basis and they needs to present some evaluation process in formal way on an annual performance basis (Jahdi, 2014). The ethical leader of the organisation shows the provision to do work within the organisation with trust, dignity and morality in the organisation. By the help of ethical belief the individuals can perform within an organisation and they also motivate and influence other people to work accordingly. It has been observed that to make an effective business in the international and domestic market the organisation Starbuck and the organisation’s strategic head Howard Schultz develop coffee shops all over the world to spread their brand to make more customer satisfaction and profitability in their business process. To gain more customers in their business the organisation set up some strategic goals in their business like to attract and retain more customers in their account the organisation tried to expand their business in the high traffic are and high visibility location (Jones, Bowd and Tench, 2009). By the help of this strategic implementation the organisation can easily make more customers in their business and it can be quite effective for the competitive market scenario also. By applying ethical leadership styles in their business process the organisation can easily enhance their growth and increase reputation in the market place. By maintain the ethical leadership in the organisation it can be benefited for the organisation in several of factors like by the help of ethical leaders the organisation can easily manage the employee and inspire them on their moral and loyal support for the organisation. To make more employees moral and loyal in the business the organisation can provide leadership ethics in their business (Moon, 2001).  To maintain the code of conduct for the organisation is quite important for the leaders to maintain their leadership style with an ethical way by the help of better organisational culture in the business process the organisation can easily maintain effective growth in the competitive market scenario. Ethical behaviour between the employees in an organization makes sure that workers fulfil the work with truthfulness and reliability (Journal of business ethics, 1982). Workers who employ principles to direct their behaviour stick on to worker’s rules and policies while determined to meet up the aims and the goals of the organization. It has been observed that the ethical workers also meet principles for superiority in their employment, which can improve the company’s status for excellence products and service. 

Conclusion

From the overall study it can be concluded that the organisation needs to develop a well balanced ethical code in their business by which the organisation can enhance their growth and maintain an effective work culture and work environment within the workplace. By the help of this strategic implementation in their business in the last year overall revenue becomes almost 13 billion US dollar. To make some effective goals and strategy for the organisation it is quite essential for the management to understand the taste and the culture of the individuals in the different region of the world (Pearce, 1999). By understanding the taste and the culture of the customers in their business process the organisation can aware about the product and service development. From this study several strategic tools has been analysed for the Starbucks by which they can easily grab more customers in their business process and they do it in ethical way to create brand reputation.  

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