Week 3 EOC: Making Money for Good

Many for profit companies donate to non profit companies but a company that surprised me the most was Amazon.com. I am a very frequent consumer of Amazon.com but I have never known that Amazon donates to charity organizations. Amazon donates .5% of ALL individual purchases to the charity of their choice.

It is surprising but at the same time not really. “Today's business ethics actually consist of a subset of major life values learned since birth. The values business people use to make decisions have been acquired through family, educational, and religious institutions”, a quote on page 37 of MKTG. We grow up and are raised to believe in certain values like giving back to the poor or helping those less fortunate than you. Amazon is a very prosperous and flourishing company making millions and donating some of their earnings to those who need it more than they do. “We support local and national nonprofits with cash and product donations, and we will continue to donate across the United States over the coming years”, a quote by Amazon.com.

“Ethical values are situation specific and time oriented. Everyone must have an ethical base that applies to conduct in the business world and in personal life. One approach to developing a personal set of ethics is to examine the consequences of a particular act. Who is helped or hurt? How long do the consequences last? What actions produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people?” A quote on page 37 of MKTG. More companies are realizing that the more they reach out to the people the more appealing the become to the eye of the consumers and gives them an overall better appearance.

“…many factors determine the nature of an ethical decision.”

Week 1 EOC: Great Customer Service

The only memory I have of great customer service is with Centurylink (also my greatest memory of my worst customer service but that is a conversation for another day). As usual I was having a problem with the router, the wifi cut out (again) and when the wifi cuts out the cable cuts out. I called customer support and they tried to troubleshoot but of course it did not work. The next day someone was sent down to fix the problem and he of course fixed it but that is not a very intriguing story.
While he was working on the router he found out whoever installed it did it wrong and we had the wrong router which was causing the wifi to be incredibly slow and unreasonably slow. He was apologetic and even gave my family the latest router, re-wired everything correctly and even tried to give us HD for an extra tv (he called his supervisor but he would not budge but we did get something else). That was probably the best customer service I have EVER received from centurylink.

Week 1 EOC: My Voice

Hello there and welcome! I would like to introduce myself, my name is Cameron Roberts, but my nickname is Koala (I will explain this later). I am a Web Designer/Developer. I may not wake up every morning instantly thinking about Websites or necessarily dream about them but I reassure you that it is my passion. Being a designer, not just a Web Designer/Developer, but also a designer in general means I can express myself through my work and possibly inspire others to strive for what they want in their life.

            One of the reasons why I chose to become a Web Designer is because the Internet is everywhere and there is no escaping it. As a business one of the best possible ways to expand yourself is through the internet and that generates a way for your customers to access your products from anywhere and everywhere.

           

            My nickname is Koala because in high school all my friends called me koala. During college I had to think of a name for my business and I got multiple, in fact, way too many names: Koalavizion, KoalaDesigns, KoalaWD, KoalaD, etc. I thought of so many names I thought to myself, “Why not Koala? Period?” So I stuck with a name and ran with Koala..