BUSINESS AND SOCIETY

BUS 475

WEEK 2 RESPOND TO A PEER:

Respond to at least one of your classmates. How do you think the chosen company your classmate selected acted responsibly or how could it improve its CSR?

How I define CSR the practice with a business to establish a commitment to build a better society outside of the business.
One company that has a strong corporate social responsibility is Dawn the dish detergent. They use the campaign Dawns Help Save Wildlife. The animals include otters, ducks, and birds, Dawn uses its sensitive yet powerful detergent to help clean the animals that have been affected by oil spills so that they can survive. This allows for our animals to remain safe and preserving their life. This makes my family support the company more because we know that Dawn truly cares about the environment by using their product to help preserve our animals.

WEEK 4 DISCUSSION

“Regulatory Agencies”  Please respond to the following:

    Describe an action a regulatory agency took against a business in the past 6 months. Post a link to your source. Do you agree or disagree with the action? Explain your reasoning and support it with the materials from this week.
    Respond to at least one of your fellow classmates. Do you agree with their position? State at least one reason why or why not. Describe the effect the regulatory agency they have referenced has on the business environment.

AMERICAN HISTORY AFTER 1865

HIS 105

WEEK 2 RESPOND TO A PEER:

Part 2: Respond to a Peer

Read a post by one of your peers and respond, making sure to extend the conversation by asking questions, offering rich ideas, or sharing personal connections.

The development of monopolies instead of a competitive business market introduced new problems by the American Industrial Revolution by engaging in practices to ensure greater control of the market. Whatever it took is what they did.

One that stood out the most was John D. Rockefeller, an American business mogul ad philanthropist. He is considered one of the wealthiest Americans of all times, and the richest person in modern history. Rockefeller was smart because he knew how to create essential control of the products wholesale distribution and retail marketing. Because of his wealth he established outlets that were able to drive other competitors out of business making it able for him to set prices and demand of products in his market. This caused the great test for the government to put limits on business of how much control they would have.
Today I think Google is undoubtedly one of the largest monopolies in the world. The company controls several markets in the search and advertising. Google can be considered a monopoly because its profitability with more than 60% of its market share. Although Bing is its closest search competitor, they cannot compete because they dont have the user data Google has.
https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/google-one-largest-monopolies-world

WEEK 4 DISCUSSION

Part 1: Post a Response

Various reform groups with various causes developed in the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s; these are loosely called Progressives as they aimed to use government policies or science to improve and advance society. Also, this period was a time when the US started as a major player in international conflictsfirst in the Spanish American War and then in World War I. There were deep isolationist sentiments about such overseas entanglements, and President Wilson first has one position and then the other.
Choose and discuss (in a full paragraph or two) one of the following two topics related to the late 1800s and early 1900s.

1.    In the Progressive Era (roughly 18901920), multiple groups advocated for reforms in various aspects of government, society, and the economy. Discuss here the muckrakers and Taylors scientific management.
o    Explain briefly the approach and aim of the muckrakers and that of F. W. Taylor.
o    Compare their approaches and describe your feelings about them, and relate some modern situation that reminds you of one of these approaches and reform causes.
o    Identify the source(s) where you read about the reform cause.

2.    From the text, Wilson did not maintain his own campaign slogan (He kept us out of war).
o    Explain with some specifics why Wilson became pro-war. Describe your own feelings on that issue when you look back at it, and whether he was right to change.
o    Briefly, identify a similar international consideration todayor of the last 20 years, and what lesson might be drawn from the example in Wilsons time.
o    Identify the source(s) where you read about Wilson.

Part 2: Respond to a Peer
Read a post by one of your peers and respond, making sure to extend the conversation by asking questions, offering rich ideas, or sharing personal connections.

Reference Material
Week 4 Learn materials
Chapters 19 and 20