Talking of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Taking a look at recent business activities, many companies have been contributing to unethical business practices, the distribution of children’s toys containing mercury, the illegal dumping of toxic waste, and fraudulent financial reporting. These are some issues that society has encountered with harmful business activities. The award was named after a Malcolm Baldrige the 26th The focus of this study is to review the types of organizations that are the recent recipients of the award. The focal point is the four organizations that received this award for the year 2011. This will find what these companies did to receive recognition versus other companies in the same industry of competition who failed to meet the expectation. The research will show how some industries have poor business practices that are affecting society negatively and what could be done in order to change their business perspective. Secretary of Commerce. According to NIST (2011) ” Malcolm was a proponent of quality management as a key to U.S prosperity and long-term strength. In recognition of his contributions, Congress named the award in his honor”. The award is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive; it promotes performance excellence of private and public organizations