The Pacific Brands has four main stakeholders which include the employees, customers (community), suppliers and shareholders. The corporation has a talented team of employees working in various regions where it has business units. The employees are motivated thus enhancing efficiency in service delivery. The corporation has ensured motivation of the employees through creating a conducive working environment. Additionally, the company is unique in its production something that has been encouraged by outsourcing some of its services. This has led to the attraction of many customers for its products. Pacific Brands has also taken measures to reduce environmental pollution through proper packaging, monitoring of its environmental performance continuously and use of carpet recycling program (Weller, 2007, n.p).
Furthermore, the suppliers of the company are committed to providing quality suppliers as dictated by the corporation’s code of ethics. They act ethically with a focus on ensuring that the operations of the company are efficient. They always ensure that corporation’s factories operate smoothly. The company has made this possible by restricting the suppliers’ selection whereby they involve ethical sourcing criteria. The shareholders of the company are ever responsible for the expansion of the business through the provision of funds when the management feels it needs to invest further (Mitchell, 2016, n.p).
A governmental organization is a state-owned organization that gives services to the citizens and is funded by the government. On the other hand, a non-government organization refers to not for profit organization that is independent of government influence. Most of this organizations are established and funded through donations. They focus on giving service to the community with an aim of improving the living standards of citizens (Hasmath and Hsu, n.d, pp.37). Pacific Brands is an Australian iconic brand marketer with its headquarters in Melbourne Australia. It is neither a government nor nongovernmental organization. According to Mitchell (2016, n.p), the company is owned by Hanesbrands from the U.S. and operates in Australia, China, UK, New Zealand and Indonesia. The company is dedicated to giving its clients the best brands which inspire and makes them proud.
According to Horn (1984, pp.3), the government of Australia has contributed a lot towards the growth and development of the textile industry. Pacific Brands is one among the major textile manufacturing company operating in Australia. The company also operates offshore with units in other nations such as China, Indonesia, Cambodia, and India.
Despite the fact that the Australian government supports the textile industry, it also takes measures to foster sustainability of the industry which impacts the operations of the industry negatively. The major issues posing challenges to the textile manufacturing industry in Australia are the environmental concerns and ethical supply of the textile products. The government through the Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia has played a role in enhancing sustainability. Many companies such as Pacific Brands and Jets work hand in hand with the council in ensuring ethical clothing in Australia.
Moreover, the government of Australia impacts the operations of the textile industry through imposing tariffs for the products originating from other nations. The good news is that the tariffs rates for the products have been reducing with time since the amendment of the customs tariff in the year 2004. The amendment focused on reducing the customs duty on textile products entering the nation as reported by Parliament of Australia (2004, n.p). This is a clear indication that the Australian government is ever dedicated to offering support for textile manufacturing industries.
Pacific Brands which one of the famous textile, clothing and footwear company considers its people, community, environment and the market as its major corporate responsibility elements. In fact, corporate social responsibility remains the company’s major part of the business since it believes that it contributes much to its success. The company has taken the initiative to ensure that the every stakeholder acts with regards to vision. Pacific Brand's commitment is to ensure employees that all its possible and strains to ensure that they feel proud when executing their duties. The company has taken measures to foster conducive working environment. Employees’ health and safety remains a priority for the company something that encourages the employees to work confidently (McFadyen 1948, pp. 319).
Additionally, the environment is also another important aspect of the company’s commitment. It works towards ensuring that there is reduced environmental pollution. Besides, it has taken various measures to ensure that it adheres to environmental provisions. The company works closely with its partners to reduce waste pollution. Besides, it has also initiated other measures such as the use of energy reduction and recycling programs as reported by (Danckett, 2011, n.p).
Finally, Pacific Brands promotes its corporate social responsibility by focusing on the community. The company has invested in various programs whose aim is to promote social and economic wellbeing in which it operates and its workers live. The company supports charitable organizations such as McGrath Foundation, Salvation Army, SIDS and Kids and Breast Cancer Network Australia among many others (Donney, 2015, n.p).
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