A Critique of “Let Chick-fil-A Fly Free” In the article, “Let Chick-fil-A Fly Free” Steve Salbu, gives his opinion about the controversial statements against same sex marriage by the president of the restaurant chain, Dan Cathy. Cathy stated that “the business is family owned and family led and very supportive of the family in the Biblical definition” and his belief that if he were to support it with his business he would anger God. Salbu as a gay man is naturally upset with the comment and feels “family’ is something that has been earned by the gay community, but stands by his belief that to “truly respect individual freedom, he must also respect Mr. Cathy’s”. Salbu speaks to the fact that politicians have taken sides and tried to “run …show more content…
He feels that it has been earned through the years of oppression and is “treasured and sacred” to the people who have obtained it. Salbu holds the opinion that it is as valid as the Biblical definition that Mr. Cathy uses in his personal and business policies. Salbu holds a valid point that family can have many meanings. Through the years there have been all types of families and it can stand to mean anyone whom you choose to include in your life. He defends his position that in order to have true freedom, the opinions of everyone must be respected even if they differ from your own. Salbu states that he was upset at the statement made by Mr. Cathy, he respects his right to his opinion and his right to operate his business as he …show more content…
Each person has the right to choice whom they call love and call family. He makes the point that if you disagree with the homosexual life style, then you have the power to make the choice not to enter into that type of relationship. Just as with the choice to support or not to support Chick-Fil-A. He contends that if you agree with the statements of Mr. Cathy, that is your right to do so and you will support his business and no one should be able to subjugate that right. While if you are on the opposite side to the debate, you have the right to not give your money to Chick-Fil-A, and that the business will be effected in that
He continues to support the main claim by showing his knowledge of married couples’ legal rights. He explains that homosexual couples that are not allowed to marry are denied tax breaks, group insurance, and pension programs (Stoddard, 1988, p. 551). These are important grounds,...
In 1946 two brothers, Ben and Truitt Cathy, opened a diner in Atlanta Georgia called the Dwarf House Grill. The Dwarf House served a variety of typical grill food that included everything from burgers to hot dogs. All of that changed in 1961 when a poultry supplier stopped buy and sold Mr. Cathy chicken breast that were too large for the trays that they typically cooked the chicken on. Truitt Cathy decided that he did not want to throw out the chicken so he breaded the chicken and put it in the pressure fryer. He realized that he could cook the chicken in the same amount of time that it took to cook a hamburger and it tasted great. He had hamburger buns and pickles in the restaurant already and this is how the first chicken sandwich was made. In 1967 the first Chick-Fil-A store was opened in Atlanta’s Greenbrier Shopping Center and in 1986 the first freestanding franchise was opened. Today there are more than one thousand seven hundred Chick-Fil-A restaurants in thirty nine states. One of the ways that Chick-Fil-A has been able to make their company a success is through their unique approach to customer service. They are able to provide excellent customer service by turning individuals into team players. Teams can be seen in the hiring process, community involvement, national sponsorship, knowing what customers want, and cooperate culture. All of these different teams lead to excellence in customer service.
The term “fast-food” is usually distinguished by food served very quickly to a customer by drive-through or carry-out. Fast-food restaurants are highly associated with low-cost and malnutrition foods with brief consumer and employee interaction, and below average cleanliness based on restaurant health inspection reports. Chick-fil-A has changed the usual perception of fast-food restaurants. Rather than burgers and potato fries, Chick-fil-A serves chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. Chick-fil-A also shows their appreciation for employee to customer relations, rather than ignoring the social aspect of serving customers when operating at a fast pace. Chick-fil-A’s menu selection, customer interaction, and clean eating
TQM is a company’s complete “culture of quality” approach which focuses on long-term success. It strives for continuous improvement, in all aspects of an organization, as a process and not as a short-term goal. TQM’s involves everyone in the organization to transform the organization into a forward-thinking entity by influencing attitudes, practices, structures, and systems of the entire organization (Business Dictionary, 2014). TQM was crafted by William Edwards Deming, a statistician who specialized in statistical process control after World War II. Deming outlined 14 points of TQM where all people of an organization can constantly search for ways to improve the process, product, and service. Deming developed the
Chicken nuggets is a popular food to many people. Many may ask who makes the best fast- food chicken nuggets ? This question is probably the most opinionated question ever ? There are many fast foods restaurants that sell chicken nuggets such as: Wendy’s , Mcdonald’s ,Burger King and Chick- fil-a.These four different restaurants all have different tastes to their nuggets. Now in my opinion ,chicken nuggets from Chick-fil-a are the best . They have great chicken and that is more flavorful. One other difference from chick-fil -a and these other fast foods restaurants is there chicken isn’t processed. The chicken is seasoned and cooked to perfection in the restaurant. According to Johnson , Chick-fil-A takes the title. The classic McNuggets are second, followed by Burger King and Wendy's.
It is interesting to see however that Chick-fil-A does support a few organizations that do not support the “traditional” definition of marriage. For this exact reason some locations do not allow Chick-fil-A to build restaurants at their location. A particular area that has been debated in the past is college campuses. For example, fairly recently a college located in California did not allow a Chick-fil-A to be built on their campus because they did not agree with the beliefs of Chick-fil-A. However, a college in New York did allow a Chick-fil-A to be built on their campus even though they also do not agree with Chick-fil-A’s marriage beliefs. It is interesting to note that Chick-fil-A has more recently moved away being involved with different locations that support traditional marriage beliefs. It will be interesting to see if this affects the company’s overall success in the future.
I believe that every company should encourage a relationship of trust, loyalty, honesty, and responsibility among staff members at all levels. It’s important that each staff member works together to achieve excellence in a business, so the code of conduct is put in place. The purpose of the code is to provide guidance and set common ethical standards for employees from the top of the food chain to the bottom of the food chain. Some of the areas that I find to be significant of importance in a business are sexual harassment, discrimination and simply being professional in a work environment.
Each organization big or small has its own values, ways of doing things and assumption that it operates in. The principles and ethics that exist in each of these companies are the baseline through which the company operates its affairs. This is what can be called as that organization’s culture. The culture in existence has an impact on the productivity, effectiveness and efficiency (Keyton, 2011). The basis of setting the most appropriate culture of a company is not only to move or increase the profitability but also to make the stakeholders happy and satisfied. One aspect of that is the employee or the human resource the firm who put their expertise in the firm and add a bit of creativity and innovativeness to move the products. Chick-Fil-A operates in a competitive industry thus it requires all the stakeholders.
Chick-fil-A is affected by numerous external forces which challenge upper management’s ability to make Chick-fil-A "America’s best quick-service restaurant". Through intense strategic planning, based upon the vision, mission and corporate values, Chick-fil-A has been able to establish a unique position in a very competitive industry. The corporate purpose of Chick-fil-A, "To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come into contact witch Chick-fil-A", their commitment to family and the community, and their sound business decisions, have made Chick-fil-A one of the most profitable and fastest growing quick-service restaurants in the nation.
Chick-fil-A recognizes that their brand promise starts the minute the customer enters the premises. When a store opens for the first time, the franchised operator doesn’t just see an opportunity to sell his food product, but rather a “chance to interact, build community, and engage with customers and the community at large. We do this in a variety of ways. First and foremost, we strive to provide 2nd Mile Service to each customer. As we work to continuously improve, we want customers to experience something unique. We want to build community and create relationships between our customers and our food, people and restaurants” [3].
In his article “Sacred Rite or Civil Right?” Howard Moody tackles the controversial issue of the definition of marriage and inclusion of same-sex marriage into that definition. The real issue that takes center stage is the not so clear separation between the church and the state. Moody, an ordained Baptist minister, shares his belief that it’s only a matter of time that civil law is once again redefined and homosexual marriage is recognized just as much as heterosexual marriage. The gay marriage debate he suggests isn’t focused on the relationship between such couples and is more about how to define such unions as a “marriage”. (353)
As my wife and I were pondering about how to meet our financial goals, we started thinking about which businesses we would love to be a part of and Chick-fil-a stood out way above any other. So I told my wife that I would look into Chick-fil-a’s franchise opportunity and I went to the website and learned some more about the company and saw that it would be a great company to be a part of. Especially after finding out the cost to startup. We don 't believe a person should go into great amount of debt to start a business. After letting my wife know what I found, we decided to start the application process online.
I conducted my experiment earlier this week while at the new Chick-fil-a for roughly forty-five minutes. It was a busy lunch rush so many customers or employees didn't bother to notice me while they enjoyed their visit. There seemed to be a common theme amongst the employees and the store as well as the customer’s interactions with each other. Each person’s life is as deep and complex as my own and their actions represented interesting results.
While the gay rights movement has been around for some time, the things that they fight for is forever changing. Currently it is fighting for the right to marry, and receive all the rights straight people get when they marry. Married privilege is like white privilege; married people have more rights then non-married people, no matter what sex a person is married to. These benefits include insurance coverage’s under a spouse policy, social security benefit inheritance, receiving pension and personal assets without taxation, visitation rights at the hospital without question and making health care decisions (LaSala, 2007). In addition to all that, there is a social benefit to being married; it represents a healthy, developed and normal relationship (LaSala, 2007). Before reading this article, I never thought about why married people are given all of these rights. I never thought about where they came from, who made them up, or why they were even made. Why are we fighting for legalizing same-sex marriage a...
Chick Fil A is an American fast food chain which specializes in chicken sandwiches. It was founded by late Truett Cathy in May 1946 and is headquartered in College Park, Georgia. It operates more than 2,200 restaurants, primarily in the United States, where one of the locations is in 3704 Call Field Rd, Wichita Falls and another operating inside Midwestern State University. An innovator from the start, Chick-fil-A was the first restaurant to pair shopping and eating by opening its first restaurant in an Atlanta-area mall.