Pepsico

PepsiCo, Inc., one of American largest food and beverage icon took its name in 1965, when Pepsi-Cola Company merged with Frito-Lay, Inc. As one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, their mission is to provide consumers around the world with delicious, affordable, convenient and complementary foods and beverages from wholesome breakfasts to healthy and fun daytime snacks and beverages to evening treats. The author was given the task to choose two segments of the general environment that would rank highest in the influence on the corporation and to assess how these segments affect the PepsiCo. Inc., and the industry in which it operates.

PepsiCo is a company has history, big market share and abundant assets which are other small companies do not have, so PepsiCo can use this power to do something other companies cannot do, such as continue merge and acquire organisations to expand the range of products. PepsiCo has asset to acquire and as a multinational company, it can sell the product in different countries, use the resource more efficiency.

PepsiCo is one of the largest U.S based food and beverage companies. With a strong heritage. What is now, PepsiCo was first established in the late 1800’s. What started as a small one-man operation has grown into a food and beverage megabrand, with strong competition from both sectors of the food and beverage industry. With fierce competition from companies such as Coca-Cola, Kraft foods and ConAgra, PepsiCo must continue to innovate while providing customers with quality products that are priced competitively to remain relevant.

The tour at the Pepsi distribution and bottling plant took place on March 31st, 2016. The tour started off with presentations by the Plant Director Alirio Birico and Supply Chain Planner Brian Tam. The presentation covered many interesting facts about Pepsico like the fact that it operates in 200 countries and produces 3,000 different products. 35% of Pepsico’s revenue comes from their new markets. Within Canada, Pepsico has 9,000 employees and distributes to 20,000 stores with their beverage and food sides of the company. Western Canada alone has 1350 associates. As Plant Director, Alirio is responsible for developing and communicating the vision for the future of the plant, which is comprised of many aspects like the direction of where the plant will go in the future and the goals of the plant overall. Alirio must convey strong leadership qualities over his plant and he must ensure the plant is ensuring the highest level of safety. When Alirio was asked what success looks like for him, he replied that having better cost per units is key as well as balancing environmental impacts with proper output.

Bolman and Deals four frames of organizations (1997) provide a foundation to determine how an organization functions and examine how operating within a certain frame may benefit or adversely affect an organization. In analyzing PepsiCo as an organization through Bolman and Deal?s (1997) frames of organizations the key elements of the structural and human resource frames as well as a review the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats that may affect Pepsi Co as an organization will be addressed.

PepsiCo’s success depends on mutual respect within and outside the company. It requires people who are capable of working together as part of a team or informal collaboration. PepsiCo is built on individual excellence and hence they also value teamwork in turning their goals into accomplishments.

Ethics and corporate values play a significant role in an organization and are both imperative to success. To attain a successful alignment between individual and corporate values, there needs to be a synergy between the employee and the organization he or she work for. The benefits contain significant value to both the organization and the employee. Established in 1898 as "Brad 's Drink," PepsiCo has grown substantially and is a carbonated soft drink sold in 190 countries worldwide. Ethics play an important role in PepsiCo 's mission and vision statements, which in turn, supports employees whose values are parallel.

Morals, Ethics and Law in a Code of Ethics A code of ethics that may be also called an ethical code or a code of conduct is an inherent element of the company culture. The membership in the company commits members to comply with the standards of the code of ethics and the rules and procedures used to enforce them. Thus, a well-structured and planned ethical code establishes trust and honesty, guides a decision-making process and advises employees’ commitment to the code. It might not be argued that every code of ethics is unique and reflects the spirit, values and business style of the company. Some codes are short comprising only general rules, while the other ones are large manuals covering a variety of situations.

The first company that conducted its operation in the soft drink industry was Coca-Cola. They brought a new revolution in the history of the world. Coca-Cola is the most popular and biggest-selling soft drink in history, as well as the best-known product in the world. Coca-Cola invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The name 'Coca-Cola ' was suggested by Dr. Pemberton 's bookkeeper, Frank Robinson. He kept the name Coca-Cola in the flowing script that is famous today. Coca-Cola was first sold at a soda fountain by mixing Coca-Cola syrup with carbonated soda in Jacob 's Pharmacy in Atlanta by Willis Venable. During the first year, sales of Coca-Cola averaged nine drinks a day, adding up to total

It's later CEO Paul O'Neill, empathized workplace health and safety to be one of the most important principles that all employees should abide by. Alcoa also implemented a global ethics and compliance program, and closely complied with the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In order to ensure that employees were adhering to the company's integrity approach, Alcoa appointed an ethics and compliance officer who regulated the company's a global code of conduct and continuously reported top Board on maintenance of not only its prescription with code but also on its ethics and compliance training for employees, as well as other related systems.

Pepsi CO started to invest in the Indian subcontinent in the early nineties having since that time built dozens of bottling plants, created hundreds of thousands of jobs and injected some two billion in capital.(Thom Forbes). All of these contributions are not with out controversy, though. In the recent past, 2006, It was found that Pepsi products produced in India contained dangerous levels of pesticides and other chemicals(Sean McLain). This is not what most people usually associated with soda pop. This contamination of Pepsi 's products stems from production practices implemented in India, but not in Europe or the United States(Business Week). All can agree, The shear scale of business Pepsi CO. engages, in the United States and abroad makes it an extremely powerful entity, economically and politically. Accordingly, St. Ambrose would have to agree-- Pepsi CO. production practices, while being completely legal in India, are unethical. There are those who would disagree, those like Thomas Donaldson argue that market forces should be heeded in all economic matters. Simply put, they are wrong. The United States Constitution states that all men are created equal, even though the document is often

Social. PepsiCo is an international company that employees approximately 294 thousand. The employees are provided with a supportive, safe, and empowering workplace. PepsiCo provides training and education to employees at every level. PepsiCo has a university that offers online and classroom programs for management training. These programs provide opportunities to employees for professional growth. Annually the employees go through a mandatory 360-degree feedback process that is used to build self-awareness and provide employee performance evaluations. Health survey is also used, biennial, to ensure that PepsiCo is meeting their core values in the eyes of their employees. PepsiCo also has enacted award programs to recognize the achievements of their employees. To care for the well-being of all employees, PepsiCo provides benefit programs. Employees are treated as important assets in the company.

PepsiCo is the company that will be getting investigated, based on their lobbying tactics. PepsiCo produces many products. The product that they are most recognized by is their Pepsi Cola, Mountain Dew, 7 UP, and Sierra Mist. They produce other types of beverages some of those are; Tropicana Orange juice, Lipton Ice Tea, Gatorade, Aquafina water and Brisk Ice Tea. They also are the ones producing Starbucks cold beverages, such as the iced Frappuccino’s and the double shot energy drinks. Along with beverages PepsiCo also produces many different kinds of chips including Tostitos, Lays, Cheetos, Doritos, Ruffles and Fritos. PepsiCo also produces Quaker Oats, which is surprising to many consumers since when they think of PepsiCo they tend to

PepsiCo is one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies with products being sold in over two hundred countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo began in 1965 when Pepsi-Cola merged with Frito-Lay and now distributes twenty-two brands of products that include Pepsi, Lays, Tropicana and Quaker. This paper will provide information about PepsiCo’s dedication to environmental, human and talent sustainability while increasing revenue by reducing essential production costs such as water use and packaging materials.

PepsiCo’s corporate strategy had diversified, in 2008, the company into salty and sweet snacks, soft drinks, orange juice, bottled water, and ready-to-eat drink teas and coffees, purified and functional waters, isotonic beverages, hot and ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, grain-based products, and breakfast condiments. Strategies that kept their brands at the top were tied to new product innovation, close relationships with distribution allies, international expansion, and strategic acquisitions. A new element of PepsiCo’s corporate strategy was product reformulations to make snack