According to Bernard Conibert of the Windward Islands Banana Development and Export Company: ASDA employs about 165,000 people, whom they call colleagues because of their hard work and dedication to work. More than 5,000 ASDA employees have been recognized for their “money” service, which helps the company achieve the highest retention rate in retail. Most of the necessary information comes mainly from the ASDA website (asda.jobs/whyjoin/corporate_social_responsibility.html) and the news and newspapers containing relevant information about the company`s activities necessary for the analysis have been downloaded partly from the BBC News website and partly from other relevant press coverage websites which are supposed to provide an objective and independent picture of the activities of the ASDA. act as an intermediary. In the process, many documents were found on ASDA, scrutinized, and the most relevant information for the field was used, and those deemed irrelevant were discarded. Supermarket giant ASDA was fined £1,000 and costed £6,000 by the court for breaching 13 points of the EU`s Fruit and Vegetable Labelling Regulation. The company was accused of failing to indicate the country of origin of the oranges and lemons and failing to identify the variety of apples to be cooked. He had also been accused of selling damaged salads and dirty eggplant at his branch in Fareham, Hampshire. (BBC News, 2004). CSR therefore requires directors to address strategic issues concerning the objectives, purpose and operational method of the organization. The board should address broader social and environmental issues affecting the company and establish policies and objectives that monitor performance and improvement.
Wal-Mart does not appear to oppose racial and gender discrimination in its stores, which is a significant part of the many lawsuits against the company. A famous racial lawsuit involved the firing of a white woman who had a black boyfriend. The company is suspected of engaging in institutional racism. According to Bill Quinn, Wal-Mart never develops its activities in predominantly minority areas. According to Bananalink, bananas are the most valuable item that passes through supermarket checkouts, accounting for nearly 1% of all sales. Supermarkets are the only part of the supply chain that consistently profits from bananas. [19] Asda Wal-Mart has now signed an exclusive agreement with Del Monte for bananas and is successfully executing its daily low price strategy. Del Monte sources more than half of its bananas from Cameroon, where, according to Friends of the Earth, “wages, working and environmental conditions are considered terrible”. The company also owns a few plantations in northeastern Brazil, where conditions are said to be just as bad. [20] In order to objectively discuss the purpose of this report, most of the information has been drawn from ASDA`s website as well as relevant press releases in order to obtain an independent and objective picture of the company`s activities. This process allowed me to give an unbiased opinion on ASDA`s transparency in its disclosure of CSR and business ethics.
Finally, once a program has been selected, it must be carefully monitored; This must include both verification and control. Proper follow-up improves the image of the company and improves the chances of success of the program. Project feedback and monitoring ensure that the project is completed on time and on budget. A well-managed company today will make every effort to meet its obligations to society. To help them do this, some companies have written goals and guidelines in this area. Nevertheless, there are social goals and objectives in an area that is not always easy to evaluate and evaluate objectively. Just because it`s not easy doesn`t mean it`s an excuse not to try to do something constructive about it. In order to gain some semblance of control in this area and ensure that social goals are actually achieved, more and more companies have begun to use a social audit to measure, monitor and evaluate the company`s contributions to society. This can be as simple as hiring a few employees for local volunteering to support the community in an advanced study program or construction program in a specific area. If the British knew more about Wal-Mart, they would be very scared.
Wal-Mart is the most evil company we`ve ever dealt with. He has no moral compass. He travels the world looking for workers willing to accept the lowest wages and benefits. The impact this will have on Safeway and Asda in the long term is very worrying. [36] Wal-Mart has its own “code of conduct” for its international suppliers. However, it refuses to disclose the names and addresses of factories, making it very difficult to independently monitor its practices. The National Labor Committee in the United States managed to find a factory that manufactured toys for export to Wal-Mart. None of the workers they spoke to knew that the company had a code of conduct. [14] Asda is ultimately owned by Bellis Holdco Limited, a company formed by brothers Issa and TDR Capital to be Asda`s ultimate holding company.
Although the majority of Asda`s business is located in the UK, the company is registered in the tax haven of Jersey, which according to the Tax Justice Network has tax and financial systems that offer “unlimited leeway” for corporate tax abuse. With more than one million employees, Wal-Mart was the largest employer in the United States in 2000. It therefore has a strong impact on American society. Due to substandard salaries, low benefits, and lack of health insurance coverage, the company puts pressure on all sectors of society. Here we describe the main points of criticism of the company. Asda`s policies include an “ethical trade” policy in which they commit to “ensuring that the goods we sell are produced without exploitation and under acceptable working conditions.” They announce that this policy is in line with the basic code of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), to which they have been “committed” since 1998. Asda is a member[1] [2]. the EIT, an organisation whose objectives are to develop best practices and provide a general standard for business performance[3]. Nevertheless, Asda is repeatedly accused and criticized for violating these codes, for example through allegations of violations of international labour standards, which is a flagrant contradiction. People and Planet could shed light on this point when they state that a company`s membership of the EIT is not a guarantee that the conditions are acceptable to its workers. Retailers don`t need to meet minimum standards to become members – they just need to commit to working to meet those standards. Primarily through various business activities, ASDA bridges the gap between producers and consumers.
As a company, ASDA claims that guidelines for how business is conducted are based on honesty and openness, and these principles permeate all business operations and impact everything from the health of customers and employees to local communities.