a. How has the commitment to Whole Foods Market’s Core Values contributed to the Company’s success?
b. Who are Whole Foods Market’s stakeholders (provide all possible) and how has each stakeholder influenced the way the business operates? (Refer back to chapter 2 – Stakeholder Map.)
c. As noted on page 499, one of the many ethical issues Whole Foods faced was veering off-course: not being true to its core values and overstating its prices.
– c1. Describe the ethical intensity of this particular ethical issue (veering off-course) of the situations mentioned in this section.
– c2. Identify the core value(s) veering off-course ethical issue is directly violating.
d. Do you believe that with Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, that the Company (Whole Foods) has continued to practice its core values to remain ethical, or do you think they have continued to deviate from its core values? Why?
