Issues Faced by Amazon: Worker's Rights and Anti-Competitive Behavior

Research

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................3
Background of the company....................................................................................................................3
Issues faced by Amazon..........................................................................................................................3
Theoretical Concepts...............................................................................................................................4
Recommendations.....................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Amazon is a multinational technology company that is based in Washington and
primarily focuses on areas such as cloud computing, digital streaming, artificial intelligence and
e-commerce. The company was founded by Jeff Bezos in the year 1994 and is now a market
leader in the industry. Amazon started off as an online marketplace that sold books but later on
expanded to sell a variety of other products. The respective organization has been facing issues
regarding its Worker’s Right and an Anti-Competitive behavior (Alimudin and Sukoco, 2017).
Due to this, its overall performance has been affected. The report includes recommendations and
suggestions for Amazon to deal with these issues in an effective manner. The different
theoretical concepts that are used in the report include an explanation of the different leadership
theories as well as the organizational culture framework. The theoretical concepts will help in
analyzing the issues in depth and make suggestions accordingly.
MAIN BODY
Background of the company
The respective company, Amazon, mainly focuses on cloud computing, e-commerce,
artificial intelligence and digital streaming. Initially, the company sold books but later on
expanded to various other types of products. In simple words, Amazon is a leading online retailer
and manufacturer (Teasley, 2017). Retail is the main business of the respective company and is
among companies that have the largest share in the market. The main of the company has always
been simplifying online transactions for the customers. By offering high quality products at
affordable rates to its customers, Amazon has been able to gain their trust as well as loyalty.
Although the company now operates across different branches, it still generates a majority of its
revenue by selling products online (Amazon.com, Inc. history, profile and history video, 2021).
The company sells its products to four primary sets of customers, namely sellers, enterprises,
content creators as well as consumers (Bowers, Hall and Srinivasan, 2017). Apart from this, the
company offers different programs that enable the sellers to sell their products as well as services
on the company’s website along with their own websites.