Controversy Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Starbucks is inarguably the largest coffee house in the world. The company has had a holiday-themed coffee cup since 1997. The festive cups have had different designs over the years, including snowflakes, reindeer, ornaments and more symbols associated with the Christmas season. However, in 2015, the company opted for a simpler look without the holiday symbols on the cup. The unveiling of these cups is usually a big deal even with countdowns on their website. The design of the 2015 cup in October was described as “a two-toned somber design, with a bright poppy color on top that shades ...

Impacts of Pollution on Wildlife

Introduction
Impacts of pollution on wildlife has been a controversy and a contradicting issue since it has been experienced in the world and specifically in the united States of America for a long period of time. There are environmental laws which are hard on some manufacturing and production industry in North America and this makes them to be held responsible of various wildlife cases. The environmental laws in the United States of America have enacted endangered species Act in which it is a general rule which has held several companies responsible of the reduction of Wolverines in Montana glacial ...

1. Roles and Knowledge Seeking
a. Identify the roles and responsibilities of the XYZ Rehabilitation Center and its staff
Given the stated objectives of the XYZ Rehabilitation Center, it is thus responsible for fostering the best possible form of demeanor towards all its dealings with clients and patients alike. In terms of patient care, XYZ should deliver the best services possible so that they could effectively facilitate their rehabilitation. Rehabilitation, in that sense, ultimately holds the goal of psychological stability through the application of various therapies. Thus, it is essential for ...

Abstract

The God squad group, mainly made of boys in junior and senior years, uses the 9/11 attacks as a rallying point for combination of white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, ant-Islamic, anti-immigrant, ant-gay, nee-fascist dogma mixed with a good dose of anti-abortion and fundamentalist Christian diatribe. The group catches the attention of the administration when they show up at school all wearing their uniforms and distributes the first edition of their weekly "newsletter". The” newsletter” contains highly offensive diatribes on how it is the "the duty of all true Americans to fight against the forces trying to destroy our country". The ...

On November 7, 2000 the Presidential election took place and it was a competition of candidates for presidency between republicans and democrats as Bill Clinton was vacating the position. Former Pres. George W. Bush was the Republican candidate, and the former Vice President, Al Gore, was the Democratic candidate. Due to the differences of the respective counts from exit polls, which revealed Gore was leading, to actually ballot counts, which declared Bush as the winner on the Florida state, this statutory case became a political controversy.

Background. This election was a known for its controversy as the winning candidate had received fewer ...

Negative Impact on Brand when using Athletes as Brand Ambassadors

The utilization of athletes by a brand to connect with the target market is with regards to the combination of the athlete’s skills in the sports, personality and the power to connect from an emotional standpoint.
When done right it gives the brand great leverage to operate on a profitable level in terms of sales and brand equity, however, if a controversy erupts, it affects the brands reputation, given that most brand ambassador campaigns are based around the character of the athlete.
Lance Armstrong is a classic example of an athlete’s negative activities impacting the brands reputation, ...

The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States envisages the right of the citizens to bear arms. This Amendment has attracted a lot of controversy since its inception.

The Firearms Control Regulation Act, 1975 was passed in the District of Columbia. This Act restricted the owning of handguns (by prohibiting the registration of handguns) by residents post 1975. The Act also laid down that all firearms of registered users had to kept unloaded, disassembled or secured with a trigger lock. The complainant filed the case on the grounds that the preceding stated provisions of the Act violated ...

CONTENTS
I. Introduction 3
II. The Real Reasons of GSK Corruption Controversy 5
(a) Corruption is intrinsic to the elite Chinese business circles 5
(b) The mechanisms of Internal Audit were Not Adequate 7
III. The Response of GSK to the Allegations of Corruption 8
IV. The Nature of GSK Alleged Guilt 8
V. Avoiding the Mistakes of GSK China 9
VI. Lessons Learned 10

References 12

Introduction
Doing business in China has never been an easy task. The country has extremely entangled legal framework, intense competition between the domestic and international goods producers, not to mention that this communist country ...

Plumply’nut has been well received since its release. So far, it has been successfully serving its purpose of combating the worldwide problem of malnutrition. Most notably, it has started to affect one of the less industrialized countries and considered desperately poor in the world, Nigeria. Anderson Cooper from CBS News, together with the Nobel Prize awardee relief group Doctors Without Borders, featured the region. They stated that it was the worst and most rampant site of malnutrition. Two years later, it was claimed to have the lowest malnutrition rate (CBS, 2007).

Despite this, there are still millions ...

Conflicts are a natural part of the collective human experience. Wherever there is the involvement of choices, conflicts are bound to happen. In the current competitive world, opinion and views are highly divided and hence conflicts are inevitable (Deutsch & Coleman, 2000). In our efforts to work cooperatively and collaboratively with one another, we often have differing opinions about how best to accomplish our common goals. Conflicts in the workplace are common and they occur as result of varying personalities and perspectives. Employer and employee conflicts are the most common types of conflicts in the workplace. Conflicts most of the times ...

Introduction

Nike is the world’s main supplier of the athletic shoes and attire and is multi-billion dollar corporation. The company was established in 1972 by Philip Knight and since then it is been successfully supplying the athletic shoes and other sports equipment across the globe. In the year 2009, Nike reaped a remarkable profit of US$ 19.2 billion with selling the products in over 140 countries and contracted with 700 factories in more than 40 countries across the globe. Yearly revenue of $19.2 billion (Hill, 2009). The company employs more than 750,000 – the largest in the supply chain. However, ...

Introduction

The thing that categorize among a powerful and weak company is their strategies and complying behavior with the regulations and regulatory authorities. Apart from the general operations, organizations have to consider a strong behavior with their accounting department as well. Accounting department is known as an important department with its core adherence with the productivity of a corporation, and it is usually addresses the day to day transactions of a company (Leung, Coram & Cooper, 2007).
In the current economic scenarios, there are certain restrictions and suggestions that are essential for the accounting department of a company, but still there are bulk of examples can ...

Discussion Questions:

1. What are tariffs? Why did President Obama""?s decision to impose tariffs on imports of tires from China create so much controversy? Who benefits from the tariffs? Who could lose?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines tarriff as “a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods.” Obama’s imposition creates so much controversy because the tariff on tires contradicts the provisions in the WTO. China did not specifically violate any trade law or policy. Hence, Obama’s action is taken as a political one. However, the imports of tires from China has affected the local economy ...