Question

Identify 20 stakeholders (SHs) in "Amazon, Instacart Grocery Delivery Workers Strike For Coronavirus Protection And Pay". Put them in a table and in one column, briefly describe each SH in terms of one or more of the SH typologies described. In another column, briefly list their stakes in terms of something the SH has to gain or lose by possible actions of these companies. And finally, in a third column, list to which part of the macro-environment this SH belongs (e.g. government, community, employee, owner/shareholder or natural environment).

Answer 1

S.NO	LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS	DESCRIPTION OF STAKEHOLDERS	STAKES IN TERMS OF GAIN OR LOSS	PART OF MACRO-ENVIRONMENT TO WHICH STAKEHOLDER BELONGS
1	Delivery agents supporting the strike	They are the ones who refuse to deliver goods for lack of proper safety measures and insufficiency of pay	Gain- More protection from the virus due to better chance of social distancing Loss- loss of pay	community
2	delivery agents who do not support the strike	they are Amazon workers who decide to continue working regardless of the decision made by others to strike	Loss- as the spread increases with each day, lack of isolation makes them more prone to the disease, lesser workforce puts more burden on them Gain- Since the are working in the interest of their company now, they may have better chances for increments, bonuses and promotions in future	community
3	families of those who go on strike	the members in the family of the strike supporters who depended on the strikers income	Gain- safety of the family memebers health and thus lowers risks to their own selves Loss- income loss leading to depletion of savings and shortages of supply	community
4	families of those who do not go on strike	the members in the families of the workers who decide to continue working without supporting the strike	Gain- income flow continues, future looks brighter since the company may reward them later in terms of better pay and promotions Loss- higher risk of disease and lesser time with the working person because the persons workload is more given that lesser employees are working now	community
5	fuel/ gas stations	the points from where the delivery agents used to get fuel for their delivery vehicles	loss- revenue loss due to fall in demand	community
6	customers	the ones who order goods online to meet their necessity	loss- shortage of supplies which may also cause the risk of the disease when they themselves have to step out of thier houses to purchse necessities	community
7	shareholders	the owners of the stakes in the company	loss- revenue loss due to lack of delivery. they may also get a bad name due to their lack of protective measures for employees	owners/ shareholders
8	prospective job applicants	people who are looking for work	gain- they will be easily and very quickly given the job since the delivery pending increases due to the people going on strike loss- inability to practice social distancing thus a greater risk of contracting the disease	community
9	warehouse staff	people working in warehouses where goods are stocked	loss- maintaining the pile up of undelivered stock	community
10	cleaning staff	people already working as cleaners	loss- higher burden of work as the demand for hygiene gets escalated to higher levels of management	community
11	product suppliers	people who supply products to the companies whose employees went on strike	loss- due to the inability to deliver at the same pace and scale the number of orders given to the suppliers would be lesser and as a result suppliers will make losses they may also have to incur additional costs to maintain and safeguard the stocks that they already procured from manufacturers but are unable to sell off	community
12	product manufacturers	those who produce the products	loss- since companies like amazon do not place enough orders due to the inability to deliver, the maufacturers will have to lessesn or even stop production and thus suffer losses	community
13	HR management staff- supervisors	those who supervise the delivery agents	loss- they will face pressure from higher management to convince delivery agents to not go on strike and parallely the strikers will pressurize supervisors to get their demands fullfilled	community
14	recruitment staff	those who employ people to fill up job openings in their companies	loss- the recruitment staff will have to work longer hours now to recruit the right people on a contractual or permanent basis to the the job which otherwise would have gotten done by the strikers.	community
15	labour union leaders	these are people who work in their capacities to safeguard the rights of various labour unions. they usually are government agents and belong to some political party	gain- they have a chance to prove good leaders by supporting the striking union members for a justified cause	government
16	government	the ruling party	loss- the government will get a bad name because of its inability to safeguard the basic rights of citizens in such testing times	government
17	medical staff	the people working in the field of medicines- doctors, nurses, suppor staff in hospitals and emergency rooms	gain- if no new delivery boys are employed, the risk of getting new patients and thus possible work load reduces slightly loss- existing workers continuing to work without safety gears plus new recruitments if any will increae the risk of the spread of Corona virus further	community
18	packing material suppliers and producers	parties or agencies providing cardboard boxes,plastic bags and taping materials	loss- since goods cannot be delivered, they reman in the warehouses and so the need for packaging material is lesser	community
19	citizens	this includes all the citizens those who are and are not customers impacted by this strike	gain-more possibility of social distancing, even lesser pollution(since lesser delivery agents on road and lesser packaging material like paper and plastic ) loss- need to step out of the house to buy necessities	community
20	shop owners	those who stops/stores which sell essential items	gain- they may see more customer footfalls or home delivery orders and thus make more profits	community