Starbucks, one of North America’s biggest coffee shops has provided their employees with more relaxed dress codes, higher pay, and a free snack for every shift they work. For baristas, previously they were not allowed to show any body ink, and were required by Starbucks rules to keep them covered. However, now these rules have been lifted, as well as many other strict rules about what the baristas can wear.
Starbucks is creating a more positive and free environment for their employees. By lightening standards about how employees must dress, a form of personal expression, Starbucks is creating a more inclusive, and free work environment.
Many companies across North America have provided its employees with similar benefits, and added bonuses to work at their stores. Employee standards is very important to the business world as many customers consider how the employees are treated before purchasing their products. For example, consider when Nike was boycotted due to their treatment of foreign workers. Starbucks has made a business ethics decision to promote happier employees through greater self expression, a free snack per shift and being able to show off the ink on their bodies. Decisions like these are extremely important to a company, by creating a more positive brand name in the business world.
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