Read and complete the questions at the end of the case study. 1. Your assignment should be written in APA style format. 2. Double spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font and make sure to use headings. 3. Please answer all the questions at the end of Case Study in not less than 2 pages. 4. Separate title and reference page. One year after becoming CEO of Starbucks, Kevin Johnson faced a leadership test when two black men were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks. The men were waiting to meet a business associate, but they didnt purchase anything while they were waiting. The store manager asked them to leave, and they refused, explaining that they were there to meet someone. The manager called the police because the men refused to leave, and the police arrested them. Another patron at Starbucks on her cell phone, and it quickly went viral. In an interview after the arrest, the woman who took the video mentions that she had been sitting there for a while, and she wasnt asked to leave even though she didnt order anything. Additionally, the video shows the business associate of the black men show up during the arrest, and he asks the manager and the police what the men had done wrong. The general public and those who witnessed the arrest labeled it as discriminatory and racist. This happened on a Thursday and the following Monday, Johnson said that the manager no longer worked at the store. The arrests led to at the Philadelphia Starbucks the days following the event. In his apology and release shortly after the arrests, Johnson said, The video shot by customers is very hard to watch and the actions in it are not representative of our Starbucks and Values. Creating an environment that is both safe and welcoming for everyone is paramount for every store. Regretfully, our practices and training led to a bad outcomethe basis for the call to the Philadelphia police department was wrong. Before the incident, Starbucks had no companywide policy about asking customers to leave, and the decision was left to the discretion of each store manager. Because of this flexible policy, Starbucks had become a community huba place where anyone could sit without being
required to spend money. Johnson mentioned this community in his apology when he said Starbucks works to create an environment that is both safe and welcoming for everyone. Also in his apology, Johnson outlined the investigation he and the company would undertake. The apology detailed actionable steps Starbucks leadership would follow to learn from the situation, including meeting with community stakeholders to learn what they could have done better. Johnson took full responsibility for the actions of his employees, and he acknowledged that Starbucks customers were hurt by the arrests. Johnson acknowledged that employees needed more training, including about when to call authorities, and that the company needed to conduct a thorough analysis of the practices that lead to this incident. After issuing his apology, Johnson went to Philadelphia and met with the two men face to face to involve them in dialogue on what Starbucks needed to do differently. The week following the arrests, Starbucks announced it would temporarily to conduct unconscious bias training, which they did on May 29, 2018. A month after the arrests, Starbucks released a new which states that anyone can use Starbucks and its facilities without making a purchase; it also explains what managers should do if a customer becomes disruptive. Additionally, the policy says that Starbucks seeks to create a culture of warmth and belonging where everyone is welcome. This policy is intended to help maintain the third place environment in alignment with our mission to inspire and nurture the human spirit one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time. Ann Skeet, senior director of Leadership Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, has created a . Using this model, we can ask the overall question: Additionally, we can consider what we learn about his character through his actions and his impact. Along with character as a cornerstone for anyones practice of ethical leadership, we can look at the five additional ethical leadership practices Skeet identifies as a way to explore whether Johnsons actions are enhancing his impact as an ethical leader in his role as Starbucks CEO.