Restaurant Business Case Study

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Individual assignment 6- Part-1 An increasing large number of firms are developing mission statements that also attempt to define the social and ethical boundaries of their strategic domain. Some firms are actively pursuing social programs they believe to be intertwined with their economic objectives, while others simply seek to manage their businesses according to the principles of sustainability – meeting humanity’s needs without harming future generations. For example, Unilever has launched a variety of programs to help developing nations wrestle with poverty, water scarcity, and the effects of climate change. The firm’s motives are at least as much economic as moral. As environmental regulations grow stricter around the world, the firm must invest in green technologies or its leadership …show more content…

Please note that no matter what business you are in, ethical matters are always there. When it comes to making money which business owners do, they have to make choices, at times, hard ones. Anyway, I will list down, what I feel are the major ethical issues faced by restaurant business (Silberman, 2015)

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Food and Dining

If they serve alcohol, they are promoting addiction to something which has known bad effects on health
If smoking is allowed they are not acting in interests of people who don’t smoke but would like to come for a meal

On contrary if they don’t allow smoking or don’t have a smoking room they are putting off people who smoke!

Shall they serve unhealthy food (sugar, fat) or they should just serve what people ask for, no matter how unhealthy it is.

Being honest about the ingredients — calling it organic, saying it's "sunrise farms spring lettuce" when it's really Sysco (even if nobody can tell the difference)

Using humane, sustainable meats, buying from purveyors that are good corporate citizens

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