McDonald's Corporation

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses McDonald's Corporation and their relationship to the obesity problem in the United States. The paper analyzes the company's corporate strategy and its goals, as well as how this has changed with changing consumer demands. The paper then discusses issues for future concern, particularly those regarding obesity levels in the US. The paper concludes with recommendations for the future.

Table of Contents:
Background of the Issue
Analysis of Corporate Strategy
Issues for Future Concern
Conclusion/Recommendations

From the Paper:

"The future concerns are a result of already debated aspects regarding the firm. It is obvious that the company will lose clients because of the obesity problem. Unless it finds ways to reduce the negative effects of its food, McDonald's should expect a decline in its revenues and also in its brand image. "In 2001 New York trial lawyer Samuel Hirsch filed a liability lawsuit against McDonald's alleging that his 5-feet, 10-inch, 272-pound client had become obese from eating at McDonald's and other fast food restaurants. The man had continued to eat at fast food restaurants despite two heart attacks. After dropping that lawsuit, Hirsch represented two obese teenagers who claimed that for several years they ate at McDonald's regularly and subsequently developed obesity-related illnesses" (Obesity and McLawsuits). This is only one of the cases addressed towards McDonald's. The future concern regards other complaints which may arise on the subject of obesity."

Sample of Sources Used:

• David Upton, McDonald's Corporation (Abridged)
• Stanford Graduate School of Business, Obesity and McLawsuits, Case p-49, 25 Jan 2005
• McDonald's website, Corporate McDonald's, http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp.html

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