While I was browsing Monqiue’s blog I saw her Coca-Cola post, thus I decided to research about Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola seems like an ethical company that repays society. However, when I was searching the word “Coca-Cola’s ethnics”, the first suggestion popped out was “animal test”. At that moment I felt different about Monique’s post. I dug deeper as I assumed Coca-Cola was not as ethical as today’s image. In 2007 there were rumors saying Coca-Cola uses animal to test or develop its products. Apparently Coca-Cola used to use “animals like rats and chimpanzees to test taste perception and in some cases, to bolster support for promotional health claims”. Also according to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Coca-Cola “had a history of invasive animal experimentation”. It would cut open chimpanzees’ face to conduct tests.
As time passed, under the pressure from animal rights activists, it decided to “stop directly financing research that uses animals to test or develop their products.” Hence, Coca-Cola has been trying to redeem its image and give back to the environment such as working with WWF in conserving fresh water.

Resource

https://blogs.ubc.ca/moniqueharjani/2013/11/01/coca-colas-creations-of-shared-value/

When I read Zappos, the first thing that came into mind was an example used in my Organizational Behavior class. My professor showed us a video on Pike Place Fish. Pike Place Fish is a fish market located in Seattle. They are famous for their attitudes toward consumers and their interaction with them. I was amazed at their artifacts, values and beliefs. Their mission is to make everyone’s day happy and their value is to have fun while working. Their tradition is the “flying fish” which employees would start yelling out what fish is needed back and forth then one employee will throw it to another. Sometimes a consumer is picked to try and catch the fish and this “game” gives consumers a sense of pride and happiness because they are proud that they has succeeded in catching a huge fish like the employees.

A common thing I see between these two companies is that they work well as a team. The employers provide training to let employee prioritize consumers. They also create an enthusiastic and energetic environment to reduce stress, thus increased the productivity of employees. Both companies also seems like as if the employees are one big family. These are great role models for companies to follow.

Flying Fish Game

Resource

http://www.pikeplacefish.com/about/

Greece got into this crisis is related to the political system. Political parties spend lots of money as they used patronage, subsidies and government jobs to bribe voters. Then Eurozone implemented a one-size-fits-all currency and Greece could not adjust to it.

Currently Greece owes 350 billion Euros.

SWOT analysis

In conclusion,  Europe will still try and help Greece as Greece is still part of Eurozone. However, the debt Greece owes will not be paid back in the next 30 years.