Description
- Specify the nature, structure, and types of products or services of Apple, and identify two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Provide explanation to support the rationale.
- Suggest five (5) ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Provide support for the response.
- Specify one (1) controversial corporate social responsibility concern associated with Apple.
- Submit a reference page with at least four (4) quality references that you have used for this presentation / paper. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
If you choose the written paper, your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
- The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Analyze the relationship between business and society, and the ways in which they are part of an interactive system.
- Recommend ways stakeholders can influence the destiny of both business and society.
- Analyze the various primary and secondary stakeholder groups, their roles, and relationships.
- Compare and contrast the concepts of corporate social responsibility and citizenship.
- Analyze ways ethical challenges affect the multiple functions of business.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in business and society.
- Write clearly and concisely about business and society using proper writing mechanics.
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: SOCIAL PERFORMANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS
Social Performance of Organizations
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Nature, Structure, and Types of Apple Products
Apple Inc is a well-known organization with its roots in the United States of America. It
is among the largest taxpayers in the United States. The organization was incorporated in
1977and is known to design, manufacture and market mobile communication and media devices,
computers and music players that are portable in nature Other than that, the organization also sell
a wide range of software, networking solutions and digital content and applications for the third
party market. The company has its products and services sold in the Americas, Europe, China
and the rest of the Asia Pacific (Becchetti, Giacomo, & Pinnacchio, 2008). The products and
services are iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, applications such as iOS, OS X and
watch OS. The operating systems include iCloud and Apple Pay. Apple sells digital content
through the iTunes store, Apple store, the Mac App store, television App store, iBooks store and
Apple music. The wide range of products that the organization is sold through its numerous retail
stores, direct sales force, retailers, wholesalers and also its online store.
Apple TV connects to consumer televisions and enables them to access digital content
directly for streaming high definition video, playing music and games and viewing photos. iPod
is the Company's line of portable digital music and media players, which includes iPod touch,
iPod nano, and iPod shuffle. All iPods work with iTunes to purchase and synchronize content.
The iTunes Store, available for iOS devices, Mac and Windows personal comput...
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