Will Ferrell

The mission of my organization is “…will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family – centered care. Services will be provided in a manner which supports the health ministries ... to benefit the communities we serve” (Standards of Conduct, 2007, p. 2). I feel my organization is unique in that it emphasizes a “Power of One” organizational culture that is not only taught but stressed continually. The organizational…

your organization will be treated in the event criminal conduct does take place” (Frongillo, T. C., Eskow, L. R., & Simons, C.K., 2010). Further, good ethics programs help limit liability and exposure in the event of civil litigation (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011). Importantly, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines require organizations’ to develop and implement ethics programs, which is followed by education, training, and oversight (Bethel, 2015). Ethics programs are not a new concept.…

(B. Ferrell, personal communication, March 13, 2013) They are doing the most damage to the north Omaha youth by destroying their futures by bringing them into gangs. The actions they take are directly destructive to businesses and housing in North Omaha as they…

“Because customers, employees, investors and shareholders, suppliers, governments, communities, and others have a stake in or claim on some aspect of a company’s product, operations, markets, industry, and outcomes, they are known as stakeholders” (Ferrell et al., p 36). Stakeholders show how they feel about a company by buying their products if they like them or not buying their products if they do not like them. Clearly, the stakeholders that were a part of the boycott were against Ralph…

Brewing Company was founded in 1991 by Jeff Lebesch and his wife Kim Jordan. (Ferrell & Hartline, 2011) They started brewing craft beer in their basement and sharing with friends in their Colorado home. The company quickly grew and moved into a custom building in 1995. (Ferrell & Hartline, 2011) In the early days, the company’s main method of marketing was word of mouth from happy or satisfied customers. (Ferrell & Hartline, 2011) The company as of December 2013 had 456 employees.…

serves as one of the cornerstones of the company. The focus has been on the corporate social responsibility which provides NBB with a competitive advantage. It works on the different practices that are applied to the well-being of the society. (Ferrell, 2014). The social responsibility works on providing a better and serious competitive advantage where the consumers also have a desire to work on the positivity of the products, once the money is being spent by them. The image of the company is…

and bulky for delivery shipping cost increase, and will impact the philosophy of returns “no questions asked.” Functional strategy is just as important with the need to acquire the furniture, inventory control, warehouse location, and marketing (Ferrell, Hartline, 2014). My suggestion for Zappos product and distribution strategy is to start with basic, high quality furniture items and add to the product offerings as the company is able to handle the volume. This is the same concept Zappos…

‘Edgework’ is a model that explores the interplay of emotions, identity, risk, and crime (Ferrell, Hayward, & Young, 2015). This idea would imply that “people push themselves to the ‘edge’ and participate in edgework [or risk] in search of a ‘adrenaline rush’ and identity” (Ferrell, Hayward, & Young, 2015). This explains the feeling that people experience when they creep on other’s profiles for information. It’s the thrill of not getting caught and the satisfaction of finding the information…

expectations. It gives clear guidelines for individuals covering five key areas: health, safety, security, and the environment; employees; business partners; government and communities; and the company assets and financial integrity." (Thorne, Ferrell, Ferrell, 2011). BP is a great company and despite ethical struggles where great strides were made and lessons learned from their past conduct and not only to improve and promote their image but to revolutionize other industries on how to take a…

In 1958 a program was created in America to work on winning the “space race”. America was the first country to reach the moon and now it might also be the first country to reach another planet. The U.S. is working on multiple projects as of now to be able to go to Mars, but the entire program is just focusing on going to Mars now. There are no funds to go into space anymore, and if Americans want to go into space they have to send astronauts to Russia. Sending our astronauts to Russia for them…