BUS726 Crisis Management and Responsibility Strategies Discussions

BUS 726 Crisis Management and Responsibility Strategies Discussion

Discussion 1.) Who within Whole Foods’ management team should take responsibility for responding to the investigation? (Retrospective discussion question).
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Discussion 2.) Should Whole Foods take steps to increase the company’s capacity to respond to controversies and crises? If so, what can they do? (Prospective discussion question).
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Discussion 3.) How should CFO Troy Alstead testify at the Parliament hearings? Should he continue Starbucks’ claims of an unprofitable U.K. market or admit to tax avoidance practices? Threaded format; 75-150 words

Discussion 4.) Does Starbucks have a responsibility to the community to obey the spirit of corporate tax laws or an obligation to shareholders to legally minimize tax expenses?
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Resource Inventory:

Chapter 13 – Dealing With the News Media
• Case 13.2: Whole Foods Market, Inc
• Chapter 3 – Communication Ethics Revisited
• Case 3.4: Starbucks Corporation