Samsung

Question 1

How many employees

Answer 1

270,000

Question 2

What is the annual revenue

Answer 2

KRW 260 trillion

Question 3

When was it founded

Answer 3

1938

Question 4

when did it enter the electronics industry

Answer 4

1969

Question 5

What are their notable products

Answer 5

FIRST: black and white televisions
1990: introduced the world to the digital TV and MP3’s

Question 6

What are the social positives

Answer 6

Samsung have made ‘10 ethical codes of Samsung securities’ that they have claimed to abide to

Question 7

what are the social negative

Answer 7

in 2019 Samsung faced charges over making misleading ethical claims and have been accused of employing children aged under 16 in China, Vietnam and south korea and enforcing abusive working hours

Question 8

What are the economic negatives

Answer 8

sansung have been through multiple corporate scandals including multiple patent-infringement suits and bribery cases. For example the son of the founder was found guilty in 1996 of bribing former president and was sentenced to two years in prison

Question 9

what are the economic positives

Answer 9

Samsung have give money to many charities, including Tec bridge girls partnership which encourages girls from low-income backgrounds to work in STEM

Question 10

What are the environmental negatives

Answer 10

in 2018 samsung was fined for deliberately slowing down phones causing people to buy new phones and increasing waste. They have also failed to meet carbon emission reduction targets

Question 11

what are the environmental positives

Answer 11

samsung have pledged to invest in and research new technologies to develop energy-efficient products, increase water reuse and develop carbon capture technology