Maple Leaf Shoe Case Study

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TITLE PAGE Name: Divesh Kanwar Student Number: 822-728-176 Course Section: BGMT300 – 1R Ans. 1 Britney MacPherson as the manager of the Winnipeg location of Maple Leaf Shoes is handed over three cases regarding the problems that had occurred in the facility. According to the case the problem that needs to be taken care of first is regarding Paul Bertuzzi warehouse supervisor at the Winnipeg facility. Paul on his training met two other supervisors of different locations who revealed to him a moneymaking scheme of selling the company’s latest shoe designs and production techniques to an overseas shoe manufacturer in return for part-ownership in the business. An auditor of the company discovered about scheme of two warehouse supervisors of other facilities and they were fired. Paul and an employee admitted to be aware of this scheme. This problem is very important to be solved as it is related to the company’s confidential information. The manager needs to look deeply into the problem to find out whether they actually had given any information or they just planned about this scheme. Because in case the information has been leaked the company may have to face disastrous problems as the overseas manufacturer may produce and sell the products at cheaper rates than their company, due to which they may have to plan some new ideas to solve the future problem The Problem that needs the least attention is related to Max MacSweeney a sever year old accountant of the company who has a good repute in the business community. When the company monitored the internet usage of employees, Max was found to be visiting pornographic sites after regular working hours on four different evenings with an average time of 3 hours per visit. He used... ... middle of paper ... ... incident related to misuse of inventory to the manager. He can also be charged of planning to join the scheme later due to which he didn’t reported about the fraud. Ans. 6 The Court can overrule the decision for terminating Paul as he was not involved in the scheme. Due to his honesty he even admitted to be aware of the scheme. Moreover, no fraud was found in his facility and he should be held responsible for the warehouse for which he is in charge. Furthermore, higher management should be held responsible for not keeping an eye on the activities of supervisors at different locations. Ans. 7 From my point of view I would have reported the scheme to senior management. The scheme would have proved very harmful for the whole company and the harm of the company is bad for each and every employee of the company. Many people may have lost their jobs due to this scheme.

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