What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Mcdonalds

Title: McDonald’s ethical claims: the strengths and weaknesses

Authors name: Tetede Daniel Temidayo

Student number: TETDC1303

Module name: Interactive learning skills for the business professional

Module code: ILSBUS

Date of submission: 28th November 2014

Word count: 1,121 ABSTRACT/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A company has its obligations to its buyers, its suppliers, its employees, its shareholders as well as the local community and society in general. This report is on McDonalds which is a food and beverage industry to examine the ethical claims based on ethical theories. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract/executive summary

Table of contents

1. Introduction……………………………………………………1

2. Discussion……………………………………………………….1

3. Conclusions……………………………………………………..4

The firm values its supply chain in such a way that it is extremely unlikely that a low quality item can get to the company’s production unit. The complication of the supply chain requires that McDonalds maintains an efficient communication with its suppliers in order to solve and avert problems at an early stage. McDonald’s dependably buys its items from suppliers who comply with the built implicit rules in this way guaranteeing quality standard adherence. McDonald’s dependably strives to advance a supply chain that is emphatically supporting the nature 's domain. Subsequently, the supply cable of the fast food titan usually has no unfriendly impact on the atmosphere. A powerless supply chain can delay the arrival of products to McDonald’s customers. A weak supply chain is a subjective component to succeed, so the speculation will need to invest a considerable measure of time attempting to beat this. A weak supply can bring problems to McDonalds because more reliance on supply chains means more risk. The next section will discuss McDonald’s claims on the nutrition and wellbeing of

The organization takes after the strict exhortation of its nourishment masters. There have been fears about obesity that McDonalds have well thought-out vital and strived to desist from delivering fast food products that can lead to obesity amongst its customers. As this worries rose, McDonalds prompted undertaking workouts by means of the fitness advancement platform that began in 1998. Exercising is a necessary action that McDonald’s feels could reduce the health effects of fast foods. Nutrition specialists as well suggest that eating fast food is not wounding to ones wellbeing as long as they do sufficient exercises. The Singapore government has been active in encouraging healthy lifestyles from healthy dynasties for people to eat vegetables and less meat, thus Singaporeans too are becoming more health conscious. McDonalds tackled this issue by providing the nutritional facts of its stock and putting more healthy food to its menu such as the chicken wrap, salad and apple dippers. The firm through its nutritionist has created customer satisfying nourishment data that allow the client 's to increase valuable knowledge in regards to the fast food items that the firm offers over all its restaurants. This helps the customers to stay on an autonomous decision in regards to which fast food item to