Fast-food restaurants and coffee shops are banishing the straw. While it may seem like a small measure, your pessimism isn’t justified.
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Walmart is bigger than Spain, Berkshire Hathaway is bigger than Russia. It could be time to rethink international relations.
United’s CEO called the Trump policy ‘in deep conflict’ with his company’s values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
Incidents that may have been mere hiccups a few years ago can go viral in an instant today. ABC seems to have learned from the mistakes of others.
Starbucks is implementing implicit bias training for its employees in the United States and Canada. Even though we are not aware implicit biases, they lead to discriminatory behaviours.
Three studies found that customers and managers rate black employee performance lower than white employees because they’re perceived as unfriendly or rude.
At Starbucks, where the staff turnover is lower than most, anti-bias training might make a small difference. Maybe.
Starbucks is giving this training to its employees, but it’s still so new that there’s no standard format and little research yet on whether it’s effective.
High streets are being taken over in a battle between specialty cafés and the
mega chains.
By 2100, more than 50 per cent of the land now used to grow coffee will no longer be arable. Climate change is changing the game to such an extent that Canada could one day become a coffee producer.
Evidence suggests that most Americans wildly underestimate the amount of sodium in their food.
‘With great humility and respect" Starbucks has announced it is returning to its spiritual home – Italy.
The EU is thought to be losing one trillion Euros from tax avoidance, evasion and arrears. But the latest tax reform is unlikely to fix that.
A coalition of companies including Starbucks and Walmart plan to help 100,000 young people jumpstart their careers. It’s a good start, but much more needs to be done.
The tax arrangements of major brands such as Google, Apple and Amazon have prompted a fierce debate over questions of organisational ethics, social justice and international co-operation. But as a consumer…
In the UK the recent boycott of Starbucks by consumers has helped elicit a pledge from the coffee giant to pay £20 million in taxes over the next two years. In Australia, consumers would be appalled to…
Over the last few weeks, what was the juiciest development for those that cannot get enough of gossip about tech giant Apple? Was it “when will the iPad 3 debut and will it have a retina display?” Or the…
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