Year 11 Business Strategy Game

Sketchers Shoe Company

YEAR 11 BUSINESS STRATEGY GAME: CHAPTER 9 Chapter 9 Exercise: 50 words or less per question okay 1.Is your athletic footwear company's strategy ethical? Why or why not? Is there anything that your company has done or is now doing that could legitimately be considered as "shady" by your competitors? 2. In what ways, if any, is your company exercising social responsibility and good corporate citizenship? What are the elements of your company's social responsibility strategy? 3. How many dollars did your company spend on corporate social responsibility and citizenship in the most recent decision round? What percentage of your company's revenues in the most recent decision period did these expenditures represent? What percentage of pretax prots did these expenditures represent? 4. Were your company's expenditures for social responsibility and corporate citizenship above or below the industry average level of expenditure based on total dollars spent? Were your company's expenditures for social responsibility and corporate citizenship above or below the industry average expenditure per pair sold? 5. If some shareholders complained that you and your co-managers have been spending too little on social responsibility and corporate citizenship, what would you tell them? 6. If some shareholders complained that you and your co-managers have been spending too much on social responsibility and corporate citizenship, what would you tell them? 7. Is your company striving to conduct its business in an environmentally sustainable manner? What specic additional actions could your athletic footwear company take that would make an even greater contribution to environmental sustainability? STRATEGY \"I am.- \"WW