How has Patagonia been able to promote sustainability among other businesses? Do you think it is beneficial for Patagonia to branch out into ventures other than apparel? Does Patagonia?a privately held, debt-free company? have an advantage over publi
1) Summarize “case study 13” into 4 paragraphs; and Respond to the 3 questions on page 510 (1 paragraph for each question)
1. How has Patagonia been able to promote sustainability among other businesses?
2. Do you think it is beneficial for Patagonia to branch out into ventures other than apparel?
3. Does Patagonia—a privately held, debt-free company— have an advantage over public companies with shareholders by being socially responsible?
2) Discuss Sexual Harassment as discuss in the text book and how does it differ in today's work place. (require 2 paragraphs)
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3) Discuss in detail Community Stakeholders and its responsibilities (require 5 paragraphs) (focus more from textbook)
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This case was prepared by Mark Zekoff and Sarah Sawayda for and under the direction of O.C. Ferrell and Linda Ferrell, © 2019. It was prepared for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative, ethical, or legal decision by management. All sources used for this case were obtained through publicly available material.
Introduction How can businesses make a difference in a world of decreasing resources? Patagonia, a privately held outdoor clothing company based out of Ventura, California, is working toward finding an answer to that question. Patagonia’s clothing has been developed and marketed toward a variety of outdoor sports, travel, and everyday wear. The company has integrated core beliefs and values into every product they produce and is known for their innovative designs, exceptional quality, and environmental ingenuity. Their high integrity and commitment to the environment has regularly placed Patagonia on the Ethisphere Institute’s “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list.
History of Patagonia Like many successful companies, Patagonia stems from one entrepreneur’s passion. In 1953, Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, developed a passion for rock climbing. His passion brought him West to the San Fernando Valley in California, where he became an expert at climbing and rappelling. Unfortunately, his passion was limited by a lack of appropriate climbing gear. The only available climbing gear were pitons, metal spikes that were driven into cracks or seams in rocks. These pitons were left in the rock, meaning that a long climb could require hundreds of these tools.
Recognizing a need for better, more environmentally friendly equipment, Chouinard began to make his own reusable pitons that were stronger than what was currently on the market. Word of Chouinard’s invention spread and he began selling his pitons out of the back of his car for $1.50 each. By 1965, Chouinard decided to partner with Tom Frost to create Chouinard Equipment. For nearly a decade, Chouinard and Frost made improvements on nearly every climbing tool. Soon Chouinard and his wife Malinda were selling clothing as a way to support the hardware business. By 1972, the clothing line had expanded to become a business venture. The name of the line was Patagonia and was intended to reflect the mysticism of far-off lands and adventurous places located beyond the map.
The clothing line was successful for many years. Financial hardships, coupled with Chouinard’s strong
focus on the environment, resulted in a change in the product material. The company switched to more expen- sive and durable organic cotton in 1996, a risky business move considering it increased the firm’s supply costs. The more durable the product, the fewer customers need to purchase from the company. However, the change had a net positive effect; consumers were more willing to do business with Patagonia due to their environmental con- sciousness and the fact that they could trust Patagonia’s products to last a long time.
As the change to organic cotton shows, Patagonia puts the values of integrity, accountability, and trust into practice in their business by backing their mission with action. As of late 2019, recycled materials account for 69 percent of their clothing. The company plans to hit 100 percent by 2025. Patagonia’s environmentally friendly fibers include hemp, organic cotton, recycled nylon, 100% recycled down, recycled polyester, recycled wool, Yulex, reclaimed cotton, denim made from organic cotton, sustainably source wool, and cellulose-based fibers REFIBRA lyocell and TENCEL lyocell. In addi- tion to clothing, Patagonia has also spoken out about sustainability practices in other areas. For example, the company has produced films about the environmental impacts of common business practices. One of these films, Artifishal, discusses the need for more natural salmon fishing rather than reliance on the controversial practices of fish hatcheries.
Today Patagonia is debt-free and is still willing to bend the rules. For instance, the firm—which constantly remarks that they place the environment over profits— has embarked upon a “Buy Less” campaign, among other initiatives that seem like they might discourage revenue growth. On the contrary, annual revenue has hit $1 billion in recent years.
Patagonia’s Purpose and Core Values When Patagonia was first developed, Yvon and Malinda agreed that the company would produce only products of the highest quality and manufactured in the most responsible way. They selected the following mission statement for the company: “Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire
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and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.” Patagonia strives to live out their mission statement every day. To make their mission into a reality, Patagonia has adopted four core guiding principles for their operations: quality, integrity, environmentalism, and not bound by convention.
For Patagonia, this means working with friends, hiring self-motivated, intelligent employees, and giving them flexible time to enjoy surfing, climbing, and spend- ing time with their families. Another important value involves finding ways to be responsible by restoring or reusing, which has prompted the company to open retail locations in old buildings that have been restored. After the company nearly went out of business during the 1990s, Yvon Chouinard vowed to never again stray from the core values that he had adopted to develop Patagonia. These values are strongly embedded into all company operations and activities.
Patagonia’s Leadership And Management Style Yvon Chouinard set out to create a company that was proactive in their approach to how business is conducted by embracing a progressive corporate culture. As stated, Patagonia believes that employees should be out enjoying nature or tending their children when sick. Such a culture has made the company widely popular with employees and has steered the company toward innovation and success on a global platform.
Although Yvon Chouinard owns Patagonia, he sur- rounds himself with talented leaders to help advance the company’s goals. Patagonia’s leadership is well-known for ethical conduct and for guiding the company accord- ing to their corporate mission and values. Patagonia’s CEO, Rose Marcario, is committed to Patagonia’s vision of environmentalism and is one of Business Insider’s 100 “People Transforming Business.” Originally the company’s CFO in 2008, she earned the CEO position in 2014. She has been influential in driving the company to continue pursuing their environmental and social responsibility goals.
Environmental Initiatives Over the years, Patagonia has teamed up with other corporations to develop and create initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental footprint businesses leave behind. They have pioneered revolutions in clothing technology development and manufacturing. Patagonia has also been an innovative force in creating programs that deal with the environmental crisis head-on.
1% for the Planet The organization 1% for the Planet is an alliance of businesses that donate part of their proceeds to
environmental organizations to support sustainability and the preservation of the environment. Since 1985, Patagonia has committed to donate 1 percent of their sales to environmental organizations around the world that work to conserve and restore the natural environment. Since they started to support 1% for the Planet, Patagonia has contributed $74 million in donations. In addition to 1% for the Planet, Patagonia regularly contributes additional dollars to environmental groups. For example, in 2018, following corporate tax cuts, Patagonia took the money they saved and donated $10 million to non-profit environmental organizations.
Worn Wear Initiative After years of hosting Worn Wear pop-up events where customers could bring used clothing for either repair or exchange, Patagonia launched a permanent Worn Wear store on their site in 2017. Now, customers can buy, sell, and trade Patagonia gear second-hand. Patagonia also educates their customers on how to repair their purchases. This initiative embraces the concept of extending the life of each product, allowing customers to reuse, recycle, repair, resell, or recycle to keep products out of the landfill.
Conservation Alliance The Conservation Alliance was co-founded by Patagonia in 1989. The purpose of the Conservation Alliance is to encourage businesses in the outdoor industry to contribute to environmental organizations. Throughout the years, the Conservation Alliance has grown beyond their four founders to include 180 businesses. The Conservation Alliance has donated over $10 million and Patagonia remains actively involved with the alliance, maintaining a seat of the board.
The bluesign® System Patagonia has worked with bluesign technologies in their quest to reduce resource consumption since 2000 and became the first official bluesign system partner in 2007. For those resources that cannot be reduced, bluesign helps Patagonia use more sustainable resources that will have less of a negative impact on the environ- ment. Patagonia’s goal is to have “bluesign approved fabrics” on 100 percent of their products in the future. There are now more than 400 partners of the bluesign System including brands, manufacturers, and suppliers.
Corporate Social Responsibility In addition to their many environmental initiatives sat- isfying stakeholder groups throughout the community, Patagonia also focuses on satisfying their employees. As described earlier, Patagonia believes in a work/life balance philosophy. Because of this strong relationship
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with their workforce, the company has a 4 percent turnover rate compared to the industry average of 13 percent. Patagonia averages 900 applications per job opening, providing them with the opportunity to hire the best talent. Patagonia also works with factories to ensure that their products are being produced in alignment with Patagonia’s corporate values and environmental integrity. In 1990, Patagonia developed the Contractor Relationship Assessment, a scorecard used to rate a fac- tory’s performance. In 1996, Patagonia became a found- ing member of the FLA (Fair Labor Association), which conducts audits and training on factory conditions. In 2007, the firm joined the Fair Factory Clearinghouse (FLC), which is a database that helps Patagonia collect and manage supplier data that deals with social and environmental issues. This information is shared with other firms in Patagonia’s industry and can help establish benchmarks for best practices.
Patagonia keeps a close eye on their supply chain with regular factory audits. They also score factories based on how they measure up to social responsibility and environmental goals. For their materials suppliers such as mills, Patagonia has Environmental Health and Safety requirements as well as a Raw Materials Social Responsibility program. Under this program, Patagonia’s materials suppliers must audit their factories to measure whether they are compliant with safety, social responsibility, and environmental criteria as well as areas of improvement. By raising the bar for social and environmental responsibility among their suppliers and factories, Patagonia is attempting to incorporate corpo- rate social responsibility among all of their stakeholders.
In 2019, Patagonia made a controversial decision to limit the sales of their custom vests, only selling them to companies that “prioritize the planet,” according to the company’s announcement. The vests, which have become trendy among business people often feature company logos on the chest opposite the Patagonia logo. The move, which only impacts new partners, protects the Patagonia brand from being associated with environmentally-unfriendly companies and holds other companies to a higher standard.
What the Future Holds for Patagonia Patagonia shows no signs of slowing down and neither does Yvon Chouinard. The company remains dedicated to advancing environmental awareness among businesses—even if it entails partnering with some unlikely companies. For instance, Patagonia partnered with Walmart and Adidas to form the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. Patagonia realizes that to create last- ing change, they must not only improve their sustainabil- ity operations but also assist in helping other businesses learn how to reduce their impact on the environment. By 2025, Patagonia hopes to be carbon neutral and would like to be carbon positive in the future.
Chouinard continues to see himself as an innovator rather than just an inventor. Under his influence and the influence of company leaders such as CEO Rose Marcario, Patagonia seeks to make a difference and create a revolution in how businesses view sustainability. Rather than taking from the environment, the goal for Patagonia is to educate consumers and businesses about how they can help to preserve it. Patagonia demonstrates how strong corporate values and ethical leadership can create a company that is both successful and a role model for those who desire to make a positive difference.
Questions for Discussion 1. How has Patagonia been able to promote sustainability
among other businesses? 2. Do you think it is beneficial for Patagonia to branch
out into ventures other than apparel? 3. Does Patagonia—a privately held, debt-free company—
have an advantage over public companies with shareholders by being socially responsible?
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continually decreased over the years.64 Figure 8.2 depicts the number of complaints and resolutions of pregnancy discrimination cases from 2015 through 2018.
These legal imperatives require that companies formalize employment prac- tices to ensure that no discrimination is occurring. Thus, managers must be fully aware of the types of practices that constitute discrimination and work to ensure that hiring, promotion, annual evaluation, and other procedures are fair and based on merit. The spread of HIV and AIDS has prompted multinational firms with operations in Africa to distribute educational literature and launch prevention programs. Some companies work with internal and external stakeholders and even fund medical facilities that help prevent the disease and treat HIV/AIDS patients. Another component to their initiatives involves education on fair treatment of employees with the disease. Multinational companies in Mexico, for instance, produced a written commitment to eliminate the stigma and discrimination that often surrounds HIV/AIDS in the workplace.65
To ensure that they build balanced workforces, many companies have initiated affirmative action programs, which involve efforts to recruit, hire, train, and promote qualified individuals from groups that have traditionally been discriminated against on the basis of race, sex, or other characteristics. Coca-Cola established a program to create a level foundation so that all employees have access to the same informa- tion and development opportunities.66 A key goal of these programs is to reduce any bias that may exist in hiring, evaluating, and promoting employees. A special type of discrimination, sexual harassment, is also prohibited through Title VII.
Sexual Harassment The flood of women into the workplace during the last half of the twentieth century brought new challenges and opportunities for organizations. Although harassment has probably always existed in the workplace, the presence of both genders in roughly equal numbers changed norms and expectations of behavior. When men dominated the workplace, photos of partially nude women or sexually suggestive materials may have been posted on walls or in lockers. Today, such materials could be viewed as illegal if they contribute to a work environment that is intimidating, offensive, or otherwise interfering with an employee’s work performance. The U.S. government indicates the nature of this illegal activity: unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and
Figure 8.2 Growth in Filings and Resolutions of Pregnancy Discrimination Act Complaints to the EEOC
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other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.67
Prior to 1986, sexual harassment was not a specific violation of federal law in the United States. In Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment creates a “hostile environment” that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, even in the absence of economic harm or demand for sexual favors in exchange for promotions, raises, or related work incentives.68 In other countries, sexual harassment in the workplace is considered an illegal act, although the specific conditions may vary by legal and social culture. Until recently, Mexican sexual harassment law protected public-sector employees only if their jobs were jeopardized on the basis of the exchange of sexual favors or relations. In the European Union (EU), sexual harassment legislation focuses on the liability that employers carry when they fail to create a workplace culture free of harassment and other forms of discrimination. The EU has strengthened its rules on sexual harassment, including definitions of direct and indirect harassment, the removal of an upper limit on victim compensation, and the requirement that businesses develop and make “equality reports” available to employees.69
There are two general categories of sexual harassment: quid pro quo and hostile work environment.70 Quid pro quo sexual harassment is a type of sexual extortion where there is a proposed or explicit exchange of job benefits for sexual favors. For example, telling an employee, “You will get the promotion if you spend the weekend with me in Las Vegas,” is a direct form of sexual harassment. Usually, the person making such a statement is in a position of authority over the harassed employee, and thus, the threat of job loss is real. One incident of quid pro quo harassment may create a justifiable legal claim. Hostile work environment sexual harassment is less direct than quid pro quo harassment and can involve epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping, intimidating acts, graphic materials that show hostility toward an individual or group, and other types of conduct that affect the employment situation. For example, at one automobile manufacturing plant, male employees drew inappropriate sexually explicit pictures on cars before they were painted. This was found to be sexual harassment. An email containing sexually explicit jokes that is sent out to employees could be viewed as contribut- ing to a hostile work environment. Some hostile work environment harassment is nonsexual, meaning the harassing conduct is based on gender without explicit ref- erence to sexual acts. For example, in Campbell v. Kansas State University (1991), the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas found repeated remarks about women “being intellectually inferior to men” to be part of a hostile environment. Unlike quid pro quo cases, one incident may not justify a legal claim. Instead, the courts will examine a range of acts and circumstances to determine if the work environment was intolerable and the victim’s job performance was impaired.71
From a social responsibility perspective, a key issue in both types of sexual harassment is the employing organization’s knowledge and tolerance of these types of behaviors. A number of court cases have shed more light on the issues that constitute sexual harassment and organizations’ responsibility in this regard.
In Harris v. Forklift Systems (1993), Teresa Harris claimed that her boss at Forklift Systems made suggestive sexual remarks, asked her to retrieve coins from his pants pocket, and joked that they should go to a motel to “negotiate her raise.” Courts at the state level threw out her case because she did not suffer major psychological injury. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned these decisions, though, ruling that employers can be forced to pay damages even if the worker suffered no proven psychological harm. This case brought about the “reasonable person” standard in evaluating what conduct constitutes sexual harassment. From this case, juries now evaluate the alleged conduct with respect to commonly held beliefs and expectations.72
sexual harassment unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature which, when submitted to or rejected, explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment
quid pro quo sexual harassment a type of sexual extortion where there is a proposed or explicit exchange of job benefits for sexual favors
hostile work environment sexual harassment a type of sexual harassment that involves epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping, intimidating acts, graphic materials that show hostility toward an individual or group, and other types of conduct that affect the employment situation
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Several firms have been embroiled in sexual harassment suits. For example, Sterling Jewelers, the parent company of Kay Jewelers and Jared the Galleria of Jewelry, is accused of discrimination against women for a period of over ten years. The class-action suit, which at one point involved about 70,000 women, could result in substantial punitive damages and fines.73 In another case, a jury awarded the victim $95 million in damages due to years of experiencing severe sexual harassment by a manager at the furniture rent-to-own store, Aarons Inc. The manager’s behavior encouraged other male employees to harass the victim as well, creating a hostile workplace. To make matters worse, the company neglected to respond to the victim when she left a message on their hotline.74
U.S. Supreme Court decisions on sexual harassment cases indicate that (1) employers are liable for the acts of supervisors; (2) employers are liable for sexual harassment by supervisors that culminates in a tangible employment action (loss of job, demotion, etc.); (3) employers are liable for a hostile environment created by a supervisor but may escape liability if they demonstrate that they exercised reasonable care to prevent and promptly correct any sexually harassing behavior and that the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective measures offered by the employer; and (4) claims of hostile environment sexual harassment must be severe and pervasive to be viewed as actionable by the courts.75
Much like the underlying philosophy of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSGO) that we discussed in earlier chapters, these decisions require top managers in organizations to take the detection and prevention of sexual harassment seriously. To this end, many firms have implemented programs on sexual harassment. To satisfy current legal standards and set a higher standard for social responsibility, employees, supervisors, and other close business partners should be educated on the company’s zero tolerance policy against harassment. Employees must also be educated on the policy prohibiting harassment, including the types of behaviors that constitute harassment, how offenders will be punished, and what employees should do if they experience harassment. Just like an organi- zational compliance program, employees must be assured of confidentiality and no retaliation for reporting harassment.
Training on sexual harassment should be balanced in terms of legal definitions and practical tips and tools. Although employees need to be aware of the legal issues and ramifications, they also may need assistance in learning to recognize and avoid behaviors that may constitute quid pro quo harassment, create a hostile environment, or appear to be retaliatory in nature. In fact, retaliation claims have more than doubled since the early 1990s, prompting many companies to incor- porate this element into sexual harassment training. Finally, employees should be aware that same-sex conduct may also constitute sexual harassment.76 Sexual harassment from women to their male subordinates is yet another issue. One law enforcement officer in Texas won a lawsuit against his female boss after claiming that she frequently wanted sexual favors and touched him inappropriately.77 Table 8.6 lists facts about sexual harassment that should be used in company communication and training on this workplace issue.
Whistleblowing An employee who reports individual or company wrong- doing to either internal or external sources is considered a whistleblower.78 Whistleblowers usually focus on issues or behaviors that need corrective action, although managers and other employees may not appreciate reports that expose company weaknesses, raise embarrassing questions, or otherwise detract from organizational tasks. Although not all whistleblowing activity leads to an extreme reaction, whistleblowers have been retaliated against, demoted, fired, and subject to even worse consequences as a result of their actions.79 For example, Eddie Garcia, an energy specialist work- ing for Santa Fe County in New Mexico, was accused of grand larceny and was fired from his job after pointing out improper conduct on the part of an exclusive
zero tolerance the practice of applying penalties to even minor infractions of policy
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oogle, like most organizations with operational expertise and other core competencies, can also focus on implementing social responsibility and satisfying stakeholder groups. From a social responsibility perspective,
the key challenge is how an organization assesses its stakeholders’ needs, integrates them with company strategy, reconciles differences between stakeholders’ needs, strives for better relationships with stakeholders, achieves mutual understandings with them, and finds solutions for problems. In this chapter, we explore com- munity stakeholders and how organizations deal with stakeholder needs through philanthropic initiatives. We explore the relationship with communities and the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities that must be addressed by business. We define strategic philanthropy and integrate this concept with other elements of social responsibility. Next, we trace the evolution of corporate philanthropy and distinguish the concept from cause-related marketing. We also provide examples of best practices of addressing stakeholders’ interests that meet our definition of strategic philanthropy. From there, we define social entrepreneur- ship and explain how it relates to strategic philanthropy and social responsibility. Then we consider the benefits of investing in strategic philanthropy to satisfy both stakeholders and corporate objectives. Finally, we examine the process of implementing strategic philanthropy in business. Our
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