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*If there is missing reference please tell me what else is needed to answer this question* Debate Statement: Corporations are carrying out the will of
*If there is missing reference please tell me what else is needed to answer this question*
Debate Statement:
- Corporations are carrying out the will of consumers and if consumers want corporations to be socially responsible, they must demand it.
*I am on the affirmative side*
I need help making a simple report referencing of my personal position of the debate topic.Using the notes I have provided I need to back up myself in the paragraph. An intro and conclusion is needed. I need help starting this and getting the main points down not the whole assignment.
- What is your personal position regarding the debate topic?
- Did it change after the debate? (no)
- 2-3 supports (you can use the links I have at the end)
- In-text citations (paraphrased and/or direct quotes) within paragraphs of your report
- Work Cited page of resource used to support your position (APA)
My notes:
Affirmative (my side) | Negative |
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Arguments:
"In today's economy, every corporation has set its strategic goals and objectives to help them attain a strategic advantage over its competitors. Efforts and studies are made to help a business grow and remain sustainable in the long run. However, customer behavior and preferences have been undeniable factor that significantly affects every business operation. For decades of study, it has been proven that consumers have a significant impact in attaining corporate goals, becoming more profitable and sustainable in the long run. According to an Austrian American management consultant Mr. Peter Drucker, he says that customer determines business procedures and how they will prosper. He claims that for a business to have a competitive edge, a business must compete with value, not the price. How customers will value the products and services of a company is all that matters the most (Ink, 2018). Another American psychologist and one of the most important contributors to the field of visual perception, Mr. James Gibson, introduced the bottom-up approach in 1972 to help every company to meet the expectations of its target market by gathering relevant ideas of customer behavior based on interviews, neurosciences studies and customers' opinions towards situations (Zhang, 2018). In addition, for the past two years, every company has put all their efforts to remain sustainable amidst of COVID-19 pandemic where major shutting down of business operation is due to unsudden fall of demand of product and service and decrease of supply of direct and indirect material while the cost continuously increases its price. Every company has strived to remain sustainable while providing and meeting the needs of its customers, for they believed that dissatisfied customers could lead to boycotts, shrinkage, and internet callouts. You see how customers can significantly impact a corporation's growth and sustainability." | Anticipated Counter Arguments:
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"Companies are greatly affected by "cancel culture" caused by boycotting. It can cause damage to reputations through generating negative media coverage that could reach millions of customers in just one ad. Let us say that there are companies who have much money that can eat the loss, but the problem is that until when can they afford to cope with their losses? It is just a short-term solution that can be made by a company who have experienced boycotting. But how about in the long run? Every business has put much effort into making sure that it can grow and remain sustainable and attain its long-term goal of success. Remember that once a company's reputation is damaged, it is hard to recover, especially when another competitor's company offers better products and services while the other company is still recovering. Most customers will no longer value a company's products and services with a damaged reputation. The worst is that a company may lose its integrity and trust from its customers. How long can a company continue to cope with its losses if it no longer generates the same income percentage as before? Companies cannot force the customer to purchase products and services that they do not need and do not have value to them. If you claim that"Consumers will ultimately buy into their game if they do not have anything else to buy."That will never happen. There are a lot of alternatives or substitute products and services offered by a competitor's company in the market. A company may claim that they are distinct from its competitor. However, a company may have no right to copy the property of another company. But they have the right to create products or services that would surpass the expectation of the customers." | |
Rebuttals:
"There are big companies that boycotts have recently destroyed. The first company was destroyed by boycotts, the fashion brand of Ivanka Trump, in July 2018. The "#GrabYourWallet" was launched by Shannon Coulter, a digital marketing expert in San Francisco, and Sue Atencio in 2016 to encourage US citizens to participate in movement campaigns against Trump's products. Nordstrom is one of the major retailers that have announced that they no longer carry Trump's brand in 2017. The boycott reportedly happened because of the disagreement with President Trump's policies which he imposed an executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries (Bourne, 2018). The controversy went viral online as "#GrabYourWallet," and the Trumps charity issued for illegal conduct where Barbara Underwood said that the charity was designed to influence the election. Another proof is Sea World, which was boycotted when the documentary "Blackfish" was released in 2013. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals announced a boycott of Sea world park that mistreated killer whales. The company was charged to pay 5 million Dollars in the "Blackfish Effect" (Zaveri, 2018). The stock market price of Sea World fell by 33% when Blackfish was released, and the company announced that they no longer feature shows with orcas. Both cases Trump brand and Sea World are evidence that shows how can boycott damage a reputation and decrease the company's profits."
"In conclusion, based on the evidence and arguments I have presented, I strongly agree that corporations are carrying out the will of consumers and if consumers want corporations to be socially responsible then they must demand it". |
References:
Bourne, L. (2018, July 26).The Story of Ivanka Trump's Fashion Brand Illustrates the Power of a Shopping Boycott. Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/the-story-of-ivanka-trump-fashion-brand-illustrates-the-power-of-a-shopping-boycott
Ink, E. (2018, July 10).Think You Know What Your Customer Wants? Think Again. Management Matters Network. https://www.managementmattersnetwork.com/competitive-strategy/articles/think-you-know-what-your-customer-wants-think
Wiginton, K. (2019, February 15).Major boycotts that changed history. Stacker. https://stacker.com/stories/2502/major-boycotts-changed-history
Zaveri, M. (2018, September 20).SeaWorld Agrees to Pay $5 Million in 'Blackfish Effect' Case. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/business/seaworld-blackfish-fine.html
Zhang, J. (2018, March 8).Who are your customers? Identify Your Customers with Top Down or Bottom-Up Approach.LinkedIn Learning. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-your-customers-identify-top-down-bottom-up-approach-jessie-zhang/
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