Assignment:

Read Case $16$ on Page $496$ in our course textbook: "The Hershey Company$$s Bittersweet Success"

From the reading, do you think Hershey is already doing everything it can to ethically and responsibly source its most critical raw material, cocoa beans?

Does Hershey have any alternative sourcing options available other than continuing to manage its current supply chain that includes cocoa growers in Africa?

Hershey has had numerous lawsuits filed against it over the years, and has successfully defended every one of them. Which of the following do you think is a more likely explanation, and why:

Hershey is committed to doing the best and most responsible job that they can in sourcing from a region of the world that is froth with many of the typical third$-$world challenges that every company faces in sourcing in this region, including poverty and poor working conditions

Many US and global entities frequently file weak or frivolous lawsuits against Hershey simply because they are a large, successfully company with an equally$-$sized target on their back, and the entities are hoping to eventually cash in on a mistake made by Hershey that will earn the entity a large payout