Introduction
Chipotle is a household name when it comes to burritos and healthy “clean” eating. By 1998 chipotle had 13 stores. Publically traded for the first time in 2012, chipotle had big time investors like McDonalds that invested 50 million to help open more stores. The success of the company grew and flourished with a huge fan base and a corporately social responsible reputation. Serving clean food from organic growers with no GMO in the food made Chipotle the number one go to green restaurant. In order to be effective, a company must close the gap between the firm’s situations and its stakeholders’ expectations. In this case, the most affected stakeholders in regards to the food poisoning where chipotle customers and employees.
Responses
The main ethical issues arise from a bad management behavior towards food policies. First of all, as the company boasts to offer fresh, real and responsibly raised ingredients, they must have been concerned about purchasing foods that meet the compliant standards. In addition, if we add to the poor state of the food, the conditions in which
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The proof was in the fact that people kept getting sick. Groups conducted independent studies and found GMO. The Center for Disease Control, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and public health officials declared a food crisis in several states investigated the two Chipotle E.coli outbreaks, and according to the Center for Disease Control’s report on the investigation, “the epidemiologic evidence collected during the investigation suggested that a common meal item or ingredient served at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants was a likely source of both outbreaks” with these finding chipotle should be close temporally all over until they resolve this