Nowadays, the innovation of the society and whole world somehow do cover our eyes to discover that there are still many people who are suffering from the starving and struggling to survive.  The social entrepreneurs are the society change agents, creators that devote to help those who need just a small amount of money to survive. In Africa,  the situation of poverty is a big deal. Though many countries donate money, products, water, etc. to Africa every year, the efficient way to help them is to empower them to be economically self-sufficient. And social entrepreneurs are putting their attention to provide the poor with “fishing” instead of just a “fish”.

They noticed that it was common to see uneducated people and the homeless on the street, and most of them were having nothing to do. However, they have desire to learn, to survive by themselves and to make their lives meaningful. So the social entrepreneurs are her to provide money to organize and educate  them. There are also many the uncompleted, simple and crude buildings needed to be constructed. Therefore, social entrepreneurs also train them to be engineers and make them earn their own lives by renovating these houses. They show how to change their lives by education and give them hope by providing funds to educate them with practical knowledge. Therefore, they can do constructions or have chance to start their own business instead of relying on the help. Social entrepreneurs also provide medical help to them and train people about knowledge in medical industry. Today, many universities offer social entrepreneurship courses to teach students how they works and how they will change the world.

Sources:

http://skollworldforum.org/about/what-is-social-entrepreneurship/

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According to Mark Graham’s blog, Starbucks’s tax issue becomes a popular topic that people would like to discuss. Starbucks as one of the most popular US coffee supplier only paid $8.6m UK tax in the past 14 years, which really “surprise” everyone. In his article, Mark points that there is no prove can suggest that Starbucks did something illegal, what they essentially do is transferring money between itself and just paying their fair share tax without cooperate tax. Starbucks have a huge impact in the coffee market, which means if they continue pay less tax on their profit, local small coffee company will have a tough time compete with this international large company.

Similar to Mark’s perspective, I would say, as a successful business company which is defined as business ethics, Starbucks can not only concerns the profit of shareholders, but also stakeholders. According to the article, though Starbucks pay less tax than other coffee brand, but the quality of its coffee is even less than other coffee brands. Starbucks do successfully run an international company and achieve the reputation from almost all over the world, even cause the monopoly within the market, in a long-term consideration, it still need to improve their products to meet the requirement of customers. Last but not least, UK government should consummate the tax policy to prevent the cutthroat competition within business industry. Situations like Starbucks company will bring damage to local coffee brands if continue using tax policy.

Sources:

Mark Graham’s blog: https://blogs.ubc.ca/markgraham/2014/09/09/starbucks-and-their-creative-tax-plan/

External sources: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-19967397

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Starbucks and their Creative Tax Plan

In Jeremy Chan’s article, he discusses the aerospace market’s current situation and analyzes two main companies which monopoly the whole market. Both two producers try to increase their dependancy due to the increasing outsources in order to get more profit. However, it dramatically increases the  pressure of supply chain producer to these companies. Under this situation, more and  more companies consider consolidate their supply chain which means merged small companies whose finance is independent.

Similar to what Jeremy Chan mentioned in his article, The key to maintain steady economic growth is operation. Wise operation can really help the plane makers to run company in a benign condition. As many factories are suffered from the stress of the supply chain, consolidation of them can be a efficient way to better meet the demand, which can make the supply chain more robust. Also, with more and more complicated planes continue being designed, plane makers are looking for some firms that provide components far more closely including sending inspectors to their factories. The attempt they seek to find the long relationship with more believable firms is to keep pace with the incredible demand from consumers and keep gain profit from the trade-off as well. And I also notice that if two largest plane makers compete under such a monopoly market, the best way for them to do business is setting a long term operation plan to figure the supply issue which can create a steady chain for company itself.

Sources:

Jeremy Chan’s blog: https://blogs.ubc.ca/jdchan/2014/10/04/the-sky-is-the-limit/

External sources: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21621851-fixing-one-supply-chain-problem-planemakers-may-be-creating-another-good-parts

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