Eat-Fresh Bakery: Governance Structure, Legal Requirements, and Ethics

This report provides an executive summary, introduction, and detailed analysis of the governance and legal requirements for Eat-Fresh Bakery. It outlines the governance structure, including the roles of the CEO, bakery manager, marketing manager, chief chef, supporting chefs, and junior employees. The report emphasizes the importance of ethics, organizational values, and policies to govern employees and leaders. It then explores the legal requirements the bakery must meet, such as labor laws, business name registration, ABN application, licenses, tax, and insurance. The paper also includes a bibliography of sources used in the report. The goal is to ensure Eat-Fresh Bakery operates smoothly and successfully while adhering to all relevant laws and regulations. The report highlights the importance of effective leadership and legal compliance for long-term business success.

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Executive Summary
Governance in any given organization plays a significant role. The Bakery might be
funded sufficiently, but without a team that governs it properly, the Bakery might not last long.
Eat-Fresh Bakery has the capacity to meet the needs of many customers, and that can be proved
by looking at the plans in place. Together with the already laid down strategies, the Bakery will
make sure that it has a team of people who have outstanding skills when it comes to governing
organizations. To make sure that the Bakery is not in conflict with the authorities, the legal
requirements will all be met. In any given area of operation, there are rules and regulations. The
rules and regulations must be followed by all parties interested in investing in the place. With
this in mind, it will be wise for the Bakery to have a legal team that will make sure that all legal
procedures are met. The paper will be looking at issues of governance and legal requirements.

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Governance and legal requirements
Introduction
Behind every successful organization, there is praise that is directed to the governance of
the company. At Eat-Fresh Bakery, effective governance will be put in place, and it is all with
the aim of making sure that leadership provided from the top level is in line with the vision of the
company. Effective Governance and observing legal requirements and considerations are two
aspects that work hand in hand. With effective governance, there will be a team of leaders who
do not violate the legal requirements. Through an effective governance and adherence to all legal
requirements, Eat-Fresh Bakery will be able to operate in a peaceful environment and make big
strides towards its vision and goals.
Governance
Governance helps in defining and separating powers. When there are numerous people
working under the same roof, there is a need to have a defined authority. Provisioning power to
some individuals and outlining what is expected of them helps in bringing order and sanity to the
workplace (Tricker, R. B., & Tricker, R. I, 2015). With that in mind, Eat-Fresh Bakery will need
to have a governance structure in place. The governance structure will indicate the leaders and
their role in ensuring that the vision of the company is realized.
Governance structure
a) The CEO
The CEO has the mandate of making sure that the managers and the organization at large are
performing in line with the vision of the company. At the same time, he is the superior authority

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in the Bakery and must make sure that ethics and organization values are respected. The CEO is
supposed to know if the company will need additional employees or not. It is the dream of the
Bakery to expand and serve many customers. As the person entrusted with the authority of
leading the company, the CEO will be expected to guide the managers on the exact measures to
take and implement for the assurance of organizational growth.
b) The Bakery Manager
The bakery manager will have an overall responsibility of making sure that all processes and
operations are smooth (Persons, 2015). The Bakery manager will act as the eye of the CEO on
the ground. When the CEO is looking for investors and learning how other organizations or
competitors are performing, the manager will be on the ground with other employees so as to
make sure that the products of the bakery are of high quality, and the employees are provided
with all that they need so as to be efficient in their operations.
c) The Marketing Manager
As stated in part A, marketing plays a significant role in any organization. Therefore, a
marketing manager is one of the team members entrusted with the governance of the company.
The marketing manager will have two distinguished responsibilities (Meiners, R. E., Ringleb, A.
H., & Edwards, F. L, 2014). First, the marketing manager will make sure that he or she identifies
the most effective marketing strategies so that he or she can know the best to put in place.
Second, the marketing manager must have information about the competing products. In
marketing, quality is an aspect that cannot be ignored (Wellens, L., & Jegers, M., 2015). For the
products of Eat-Fresh Bakery to win the hearts of the customers, the quality of the products must
be higher than that of the competing products.

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d) The Chief Chef
The operations in the kitchen will be entrusted to the chief chef. The chief chef has
knowledge that can help the Bakery beat its customers (Liu, T., Wang, Y., & Wilkinson, S,
2016). He will have the power to give directions in the kitchen and to make sure that all chefs
give their best to enable the organization to have quality products.
e) The supporting Chefs
The supporting chefs have the responsibility to give all their skills to the process of baking
the products.
f) The junior employees
The junior employees comprise of all employees under the managers. Each of them has the
responsibility of making sure that the strategies laid down are implemented without delays and
flaws.
Ethics and organizational values in governance
Having leaders to govern the Bakery is not enough; there must be policies and guidelines in
place which will make sure that all employees and leaders are governed (Larcker, D., & Tayan,
B, 2015). Policies will be the basis of ethics and organization values because they will state what
a leader, as well as an employee, is expected to do. Putting in mind that law and order is
paramount when it comes to running a business, the bakery will have a policy in place which will
focus on the following;
a) Ethical standards expected from all employees
b) The values of the Bakery

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c) Procedures which must be followed in case of a conflict
d) The responsibility or duty of the management to the employees
e) The responsibility and duty of the management to the organization
f) Separation and definition of powers
g) Expectation of the company from all stakeholders
Legal requirements
As a legit business, Eta-Fresh Bakery is aware that there are legal requirements that it must
meet. The bakery is aimed at taking its business to another level, and that is only guaranteed if
the company is not in conflict with the authorities (Filatotchev, I., & Nakajima, C, 2014). With
the help of a legal adviser, the company will comply with all legal requirements and that is to
enhance smooth operations in the bakery. Some of the legal requirements are honoring the labor
laws, registering the name of the business, applying for an Australian Business Number (ABN),
paying the operations license, filing returns for the sake of paying taxes and insuring the
business.
a) Labor laws
It is the obligation of any given company to make sure that it is familiar with the labor laws
and at the same time, it implements all of them. In line with the Labor Act, the company will
embrace and practice the labor laws to the letter. The bakery will ensure that fairness at the
workplace is taken to a higher level (Ferrell, O. C., & Fraedrich, J., 2015). To make that possible,
a policy will be drafted, and it aims to make sure that whatever employees need to be safe and
productive is provided. Overtime will be paid by the labor laws. At the same time, the shifts will
be monitored and in no way will they oppress the employees. When it comes to the freedom of

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the employees, the company will allow the employees to join employees’ union. By so doing, the
rights of employees will be granted. Eat-Fresh Bakery knows that a kitchen is a place where
good food comes from but also a place where the lives of the chefs can be affected in a negative
way (Wu, S. P. J., Straub, D. W., & Liang, T. P, 2015). According to the ministry of health, there
are health standards which must be observed by any company that deals with food. Every
requirement that is associated with a safe kitchen will be met with the aim of making the bakery
safer for all employees.
b) Business name registration
The law prohibits an organization from using the name of another existing organization
(Ebrahim, A., Battilana, J., & Mair, J., 2014). Therefore, Eat-Fresh Bakery will be registered to
ensure that the company's name is not used by any other organization. We have a dream of
expanding and being one of the most successful and popular organizations, and therefore there is
a need to protect the trademark.
c) ABN application
Australian Business Number is a requirement that every business must meet. To make sure
that the government does not restrict the bakery from operating, the process of acquiring the
business number will be initiated before the commencement of the operational processes.
d) License
Not only in Australia, but in every nation, a business must pay a license fee if it is interested
in venturing into the specific area or location. The bakery will not be an exception (Biermann,
2017). The CEO will make sure that the business permit is acquired before commencing the

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business. The reason for doing so is for the purpose of being guaranteed of the government
protection and avoiding conflicts with the authorities.
e) Tax
There are different types of tax. Therefore, it is important for the bakery to know the types of
tax that it is expected to file (Yarbrough, B. V., & Yarbrough, R. M., 2014). The Australian
Government has made it possible for business persons to know about the type of tax expected
from them. To know more about business tax and how to file it, the CEO will pay a visit to the
ministry offices.
f) Insurance
Having an insurance cover is one of the legal requirements which help an organization and
the employees in case of any tragedy. The company will look for a competitive insurance
company and insure the properties as well as other packages which need to be insured.

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