Project Update 1 please just this question Write up to a 1/2 page on where you a
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Project Update 1
please just this question
Write up to a 1/2 page on where you are at on your ethics project
Attached is my project, and I am using walmart.
Please just do the half page summary..
the below is just my outline of what I will have due later.
COMPANY PROJECT BUS 285
You are to analyze a company of you chose in the Orientation assignment.
Your project must include the following sections, and at a minimum address the key topics listed.
The following sections must be included in the project:
1.Corporation and Industry Information (9 points)
Brief history of Corporation
Type of Business Corporation
Type of Industry
2.Accounting and Finance (7 points)
Number of shares of common and preferred stock
Number of shareholders
Current stock price
Dividends (Are they paid? At what price?)
Capital structure specifically outstanding long term debt-loans, commercial paper etc.
Credit Rating
Ratio analysis (2 from each category) (5 points)
Liquidity
Asset management
Financial Leverage
Profitability
Market value ratios (only compute the price/earnings ratio)
COMPARE COMPANY RATIOS TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Accounting/Financial SWOT Analysis (5 points)
Based on your findings summarize the general financial status of the company. Do you believe this company is sound financially? Would you invest in this company? (5 points)
3.Economics (6 points)
Write a summary of the general state of the U.S. economy. To support your analysis, include at a minimum the following:
General state of the U.S. economy
Current interest rates
Current inflation rate
Current unemployment rate
Current trend in consumer spending
Government intervention in the economic market
Economic SWOT analysis (5 points)
Based on your findings, how to believe the current state of the economy will affect your company? (5 points)
If your company operates globally, are there key economic indicators that might impact their market?
4.Marketing (5 points)
Product(s) the company sales
Promotion of your company’s product(s) (How is it advertised? In what mediums?)
Placement of the product(s) (Where is it sold)
Pricing strategies used for the product(s)
Demographic segments served
Competition (Who is the competition? Write a brief summary of each of the major
Competitors)
Marketing SWOT analysis (5 points)
Based on your findings, do you believe this company is effectively marketing its product? Why or why not? (5 points)
5.Management (4 points)
Write a summary of the management for your organization. To support your analysis, include at a minimum the following:
Board Members
Research the board members’ background and experience. Do they serve on other boards? Can you identify any conflicts of interest?
Company Officers
Who are they? What are their backgrounds? Do you feel they are adequately qualified?
Management structure (Centralized or Decentralized)
Leadership Approach (Trait, Behavioral, Contingency, Full-Range, other)
Number of employees
Management SWOT analysis (5 points)
Based on your findings do you believe that is company is being effectively managed? Why or why not? (5 points)
6.Legal Aspects (2 points)
General legal environment for your company
Lawsuits -past or pending for your company, its products or its employees. For example a sexual harassment filed against a company in comparison to a product safety law suit.
Based on your findings, are there legal issues that this company should address? (5 points)
7.Ethics (2 points)
Any unethical breaches
Social responsibility
Do you feel this company makes sound ethical decisions? Why or why not?
(5 points)
8.Global Aspects (2 points)
Does your company operate in the global marketplace?
What global aspects impact your company?
9.Conclusion (8 points)
Based on your findings, what do you believe is the long term prognosis for this company?
As each company is different, some sections (such as legal aspects and ethics) may naturally be longer. However at a minimum, you are to address each of the items listed.
Finally, use Microsoft Stream to create a presentation of your project. The presentation should be between 5 and 10 minutes long, once you are done recording. To complete the assignment, feel free to upload the presentation to LEO or a link to the presentation at Microsoft Stream in a document. Make sure I have permission to view your presentation on Microsoft Stream; I cannot grade what I cannot see!
Project Update 1
please just this question
Write up to a 1/2 page on where you are at on your ethics project
Explanation / Answer
Till date, I have researched about the Corporate Social Responsibility of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has always been an active participator in CSR. Every year, they launch new initiatives to contribute their part in the society.
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