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Food, Beverage and Retail Companies
structure
Nestlé
Nestle is a Swiss originated multinational food and beverage company. Some of their products include baby foods, cereals, bottled water, chocolate, coffee and dairy. Source
Nestle is the owner of several branch companies such as Perrier, Cheerios, Fitness, Nesquik, KitKat, Smarties, Nescafé and Häagen-Dazs.
The chairman, CEO, board of directors and executive board manage the company's societal role and their "Creating Shared Value" strategy.
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Coca Cola
Coca Cola has four operating geographic sectors: Middle East and Africa, Latin America, Europe, North America and Pacific Asia.
The company's organizational structure consists of a board of directors who are elected by the shareholders. This group has final decision-making power in the running of the company. Coca Cola's seven committees include audit, compensation, directors and corporate governance, executive, finance, management development, and public issues and diversity review. The committees undertake self-evaluations and are required to report to the board of directors. The board of directors is then responsible for annual self evaluation and the evaluation of the CEO. Source
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aims and practice
Nestlé
According to Nestle, their aims and goals are to be a good life company. They believe in the “power of food to enhance lives, good food nourishes and delights the sense. It helps children grow healthy, pet thrive, parents age gracefully and everyone live life to the fullest”.
However Nestle practices child labor/slavery. The company has been accused of aiding and abetting human rights violations on their cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast. They have been said to be turning a blind eye to child labor practices.
Coca Cola
Coca Cola’s mission is to “refresh the world,inspire moments of optimism and happiness and create value and make a difference in the place that we all live in”. The company encourages short-term sales by promoting their product over competitors.
However the company has been accused of many inhuman actions since the 1900s. They have been accused of dehydrating communities in order to use the water resources to feed their own plants. They have also violated workers rights in Turkey, Columbia, Russia etc…
Nike
Nikes main mission is to do everything possible to expand human potential. They aim to complete that goal through groundbreaking sports innovations, creating sustainable products and by building a diverse team.
However Nike has been accused of many unethical practices such as forced labor, child labor, low wages to their employees, and horrific working conditions which we’re said to be unsafe. The company is working on rebuilding trust with their consumers.
effects
Nestlé
Nestles effects on power and legitimacy are that nestle is so powerful that regardless of unethical actions, their company is till promoted by nation states. The violations against the human rights can be brought up with the UN however since Nestle is such a big organization and since they have such a big influence on food around the world it is hard for them to be brought down. Nations invest a lot in nestle which is another way they could be supported.
Coca Cola
Coca Cola is one company that is breaking not only international labor laws however also labor laws in indivual countries where they have laborer. The effect of this is negative for the employees because although they are being mistreated, the government wont usually report this mistreatment. For most countries, multinational organizations are the main source of employment and therefor benefit the country too much for the nation to take legal action against the possible mistreatment.
Nike
Nikes is also a company that is known all around the world and loved by many. However as mentioned before, they are invloved in some unethical activists in relation to their employees. There unethical actions against their employees can be brought up with the UN since they violate human rights as well as the international labor law since they violate those laws. In most countries they would also violate the countries national law however there is less of a chance the coutnry itself will sue Nike because they rely on Nike for employment of their people and therefore Nike as an company has a lot of power over nation states.
case studies, examples
Nike
In 2019, Nike was accused of setting up sweatshops with unethical practices. Nike has also been under fire for using child labor, issuing unfair working hours, low pay and bad working conditions, all of which they deny. Nike reportedly ignored their commitment to Worker Rights Consortium in 2017, which restricts independent experts investigating Nike's factories.
Their environmental impact has also been widely criticized, forcing them to improve their environmental footprint. As a result, Nike uses environmentally friendly materials in their products like recycled and organic polyester and cotton. They have also claimed they aim to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2025. However, Nike does not appear to have made much progress to reduce hazardous emissions and chemicals. Nike have also shown no progress in improving the well-being of their workers, their low wages or health conditions, which deems the company as unsustainable.
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Nestlé
Nestlé has been accused of unethical promotion practices, child labor, manipulation, mislabeling and price fixing. Some organizations, such as the International Nestlé Boycott Committee are boycotting Nestlé and monitoring their actions, even though Nestlé claims to be acting within WHO regulations.
In terms of their bottled water production, Nestlé drains the aquifers it operates to make access to drinking water a necessity, and by doing this disregards environmental concerns and sustainable use. This is evident in the California drought case of 2014, with California having the worst drought in at least 1,200 years.
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