Diversity Audit

mutation AUDIT motley Audit at Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is a multinational smart set based in United States. It was founded in the year 1971 and is headquartered at Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is booked in the clientele of selling coffee, coffee beans and contrasting types of bakehouse products entirely over the world. The uplifted society in addition has a division cognize as Starbucks Entertainment division which is utilized for marketing films, music and books (Yahoo Finance, 2012). The coffeehouses look at by Starbucks are cognise for its relaxing atmosphere and the stores are mostly located in places where there is high traffic.This study entails ab protrude the mixture audit that have been conducted for Starbucks. The findings of such novelty audit, its assessment and subsequent recommendations have been presented in this study. Findings Diversity audit was conducted for Starbucks finished an online survey of the political partys website and o ther study required for the purpose of conducting the audit was mostly uncommitted over the internet. In addition, some of the employees present in few Starbucks stores were too interviewed to collect relevant facts regarding the cultural diversity prevalent in the troupe.The lynchpin findings of the diversity audit conducted at Starbucks are given be menial Starbucks operates its demarcation and stores in different parts of the world. Hence it is obvious that people from different closes of the world are a part of Starbucks. The people connected with Starbucks weed be any of its stakeholders, including its employees, suppliers, etc. As indicated in its website, it can be found that cultural diversity is given high priority and receivable take to be in the company (Starbucks, 2012a). Apart from selling coffees, Starbucks is in any case engaged in the championship of seduceing up new human connections and races.Celebration of cultures and company involvement are also p art of Starbucks activities. At Starbucks, diversity is be as the composition of three different aspects. They are a) Inclusion, b) Accessibility, and c) Equity. Inclusion direction human coursereds and their engagements in the company. Accessibility refers to removal of barriers for both kinds of people associated with the company and the ease with which people can perform their activities within the organization. Equity represents affect treatment for all told with justice and fairness being the two Copernican virtues associated with the company.The strategy of diversity being followed by the company is considered to focus on four main areas. They are partners, suppliers, customers and communities. The employees of the company are termed as partners here. The company management is involved in the activity of engaging people belong to different regions and following varied cultures. The people body of endure at Starbucks fall out from diverse family backgrounds. Starbu cks organizes different activities meant for the development of its partners or employees by educating them and engaging them in different kinds of activities.Starbucks is also committed towards giving high levels of satisfaction to its customers by catering to their unique needs. Starbucks is prompt in its service and values the preferences and tastes of its customers. Starbucks tries to build relationships with its customers through adoption of different cultures as required for the purpose. Starbucks also arranges different community development designs as well to show their concern for the community. Starbucks also creates strategic partnerships by investing in companies in the local neighborhood.It also provides different kinds of opportunities for economic development which helps to build a strong relationship between the company and the communities in which it is operating its business. As regards the suppliers of Starbucks, it conducts a program termed as supplier diversity program. This program is meant for increasing the presence of nonage groups and women as suppliers of the company (Starbucks, 2012a). The diversity effort of the company is mainly enjoin through a strategic plan formulated by them which is known as Global Diversity Strategy Plan.According to New York Times, nearly 24% of the corporate officers working at Starbucks comprises of women. Women represent around 31% of the community in Starbucks, and 13% of them are people of color. The team members of the Global Diversity team are engaged in different activities in Starbucks. Employees of Starbucks working in different parts of the world and their working environment are assessed and evaluated by the ball-shaped strategy team of Starbucks. The company also tracks the senesce made in the field of diversifying vendors and suppliers of the company. All these are done through an accountability scorecard prepared for he purpose by the global diversity team (The New York Times, n. d. ). T he diversity program run by Starbucks named as Starbucks Supplier Diversity Program is meant for encouraging diversity amongst all the suppliers of the company. The company has set criteria for the suppliers who want to be a part of this program. The two criteria being, a) More than 50% should be owned by either nonage people or women, and b) It should be certified by any of the governance public agencies like National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC), National nonage Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), etc (Starbucks, 2012b).Results of Audit The interview conducted with the Human Resource charabanc of Starbucks suggests that diversity is further at all levels and departments of the organization. The women and minorities are given preferences. at that place are certain criteria laid down by the company regarding recruitment of minorities and women as a fixed percentage of the total employees recruited by the company. The findings from the interviews carried out in St arbucks store includes the employees comprising of different cultures, working together and having a well relationship with apiece other.It has been observed that the employees of Starbucks love to share their cultural information amongst each other and want to know more about each other. People from different communities come together at Starbucks and they are wind to work as a team. The employees seem to be happy era working in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere at Starbucks. Customers are unendingly greeted with smile as they enter the Starbucks stores. Employees get rewarded for their good performance in the company. Everyone seems to encourage diversity in the company and have due respect for each other.People are found to be highly motivated to work for the company and wish to have a long term relationship with the organization. Most of them are found to be loyal to the company. Employee turnover is low and everyone likes to be a part of the Starbucks brand. People are f ound to be enjoying their work in Starbucks and do not feel any kind of compulsion being imposed on them. Assessment All the findings mentioned to a higher place suggest that diversity is encouraged in Starbucks in almost all aspects of its business operations.Special initiatives are taken by the higher officials of the company to act upon about cultural diversity in their organization. The company feels diversity to be the key towards being successful in their strategy of expansion of its business in different parts of the world. The corporate culture at Starbucks is multicultural in nature. The morale of the employees working in the company seems to be high and people coming from various cultural backgrounds are found to work together quite efficiently in the company.The working environment within the organization is also good. Everyone is found to be happy doing their work in the Starbucks stores. The customers visiting the stores are also found to be having a relaxed duration and satisfied with the services offered by the company. The company has made a coarse progress in the field of imparting cultural diversity in the company through the implementation of various types of initiatives and programs. Hence the managers of Starbucks have been successfully dealing with the diversity issues related to the company.However, it has been argued sometimes that the steps taken by Starbucks regarding cultural diversity was more of a reactive type than being a proactive one (Grodan, 2008). It implies that Starbucks developed all these diversity initiatives only after they found it necessary for running a sustainable business in different parts of the world. Recommendations As evident from the findings and assessment of the diversity audit conducted for Starbucks, it has been successful in implementing multicultural activities within the organization.It is recommended that the company should slip by giving value to diversity at all levels of its operations. This w ould help the company to maintain its competitive advantage in the market. It would also help the company to expand its business successfully in other nations of the world where it does not have presence now. Diversity in the organization would ensure that all the employees working for the company are treated equally. Hence, it would bring about a healthy competition within the organization which would in turn resultant role in increased fficiency of the employees. Apart from the employees, the company should also continue to encourage diversity for other stakeholders of the company like its suppliers and the customers. 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