Costco Wholesale Corporation Ethical Framework For...

Costco Wholesale Corporation Ethical Framework for decision-making To examine Costco Wholesale Corporation ethical framework for business decisions and identify the consequences and tradeoffs of those decisions. Costco’s ethical posture Costco Wholesale Corporation, the third largest US retailer, is a membership-only warehouse club that sells in high volume, low price products. Costco prides itself on keeping low prices for the consumer, as evidenced by the brief period they stopped selling Coca-Cola (11/09-12/09) until the manufacturer lowered their wholesale prices (Allison, 2009). In addition to their business methodology to provide low-cost quality goods, they also have a code of ethics to (1) obey the law (2) take care of our members (3) take care of our employees and (4) respect our suppliers (Costco Code of Ethics, nd). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is a long-term key factor contributing to Costco’s success. 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