...Ireland 2012 August 2012 0 January009 8 Public perception on climate change in Northern Ireland 2012 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary 5 Introduction 6 Main findings Public opinion on the causes of climate change Concerns about climate change Climate change and lifestyle Combating climate change 11 12 15 17 Appendix A: 2012 survey questions 20 Appendix B: Detailed tables 23 Public perception on climate change in Northern Ireland 2012 3 Public perception on climate change in Northern Ireland 2012 4 Executive Summary This is the second report, in an occasional series, which summarises people’s attitudes and perceptions towards climate change in Northern Ireland. The first report was published in September 2009, and this report provides an update based on a second survey that took place in January 2012. There has been a significant decrease in those who believed that human activity alone was the main cause of climate change, falling from 22% in 2009 to 17% in 2012. In 2012, 61% of respondents believed that the main cause of climate change was a combination of human activity and natural processes; 15% felt that natural processes alone was the main cause. Only three per cent of respondents did not believe in climate change. Of those respondents who believed in climate change, 50% were concerned about the possible impacts for Northern Ireland. The level of concern about climate change has decreased since 2009, when...
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...A BASELINE SURVEY OF STREET CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH Submitted to The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics National Child-Labour Survey, 2002 –2003 Parishakhan Bhaban, 4th Floor, (Block –1) E-27/A, Agargaon, Dhaka. by Foundation for Research on Educational Planning and Development (FREPD) Sonargaon Road, Palashi Crossing, Dhaka University Campus, Dhaka. e-mail : frepd@dhaka .net, Phone : 8610556 December 7, 2003 Acknowledgement In order to combat the situation of child labour in its worst forms effectively, the size of the affected population must be known. The number of street children in Bangladesh is quite big and until recently the incidence and distribution of street children at both national and regional levels was not known. Their reality in terms of their working, living and health conditions, as well as the degree of hazardousness faced by the street children was also not known. Gathering data on the above issues is very important for planning interventions that would help to know the real situation of street children in Bangladesh. Thus the BBS and the ILO decided to conduct a Base Line Survey of Street Children with the main objective of the survey being to attempt to quantify the number of the street children population at the national level in Bangladesh. This data-collection exercise would generate benchmark data covering different aspects of the realities of Street Children in Bangladesh. BBS and ILO entrusted the FREPD with the responsibility of conducting...
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...5/4/05 4:43 pm Page 33 Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe, North America and Asia 2004 Survey Results Richard Welford University of Hong Kong, China This paper builds on previous work of the author in assessing policies on corporate social responsibility (CSR) based on 20 elements. The elements are based on international conventions, codes of conduct and industry best practice. In a second survey of current priorities for CSR among large listed companies, the paper examines the written policies of companies in 15 countries in Europe, North America and Asia. The second survey demonstrates an increased emphasis on ethics, bribery and corruption and increased policies among companies on child labour compared with the first survey. It shows that one cannot assume that Asian countries are less developed than their Western counterparts and points to a growing trend of CSR in Japan, in particular. Nevertheless, it is demonstrated that there is a link between the development of CSR and the economic development of countries and that many CSR policies are based on localised issues and cultural traditions at a country level. Supply chain aspects of CSR are growing in importance, particularly among countries with a strong trading tradition. G Corporate social responsibility G Accountability G Citizenship G Europe G North America G Asia JCC 17 Spring 2005 u Corporate Environmental Governance Programme, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental ...
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...• 4 No. 26963 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12 NOVEMBER 2004 DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY DEPARTEMENT VAN MINERALE EN ENERGIE • No. R. 1304 12 November 2004 MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT, 1996 (ACT No 29 of 1996) Under section 98 (1) (Y) of the mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No 29 of 1996), I Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister of Minerals and Energy, hereby make the regulations in the Schedule. GCUKA ERALS AND ENERGY Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za STAATSKOERANT, 12 NOVEMBER 2004 No. 26963 5 SCHEDULE CHAPTER 17 SURVEYING, MAPPING AND MINE PLANS 17(1) DEFINITIONS In this Chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise "bedded mineral deposit" means any reef, coal seam, lode, mineral bed or fissure, which occurs conformably within it's country rock and is not of a massive nature; "chart datum" means the height referencing datum as determined by the Hydrographer of the South African Navy; "competent person" means: (a) in the case of an underground mine or an opencast mine where blasting takes place, a person in possession of a Mine Surveyor's Certificate of Competency issued by the Department of Minerals and Energy; or a person in possession of at least a Level 6 qualification in mine surveying and mapping registered on the National Qualifications Framework and which qualification includes appropriate and relevant legal knowledge; (b) in the case of an opencast mine where blasting does...
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...Survey of Creative Individuals’ Space Needs and Preferences Survey of Creative Enterprises and Interested Businesses CONCORD, NH September 2011 Prepared by Sw an Research and Consultin g for — Survey of Creative Individuals, Enterprises and Businesses – Concord Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary of Survey Results – Creative Individuals’ Space Needs and Preferences . . . . . . Relocation to a Live/Work Facility: Interested Respondents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Needs and Preferences for Live and Work Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current Studio/Work Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current Living Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Studio/Work Space Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current Space Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Needs and Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 16 20 21 23 26 27 1 2 9 ...
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...development of the corporate logistics function during the next decade. This year's "hot" topics. That's the real news contained in The Ohio State University 2003 Survey of Career Patterns in Logistics, conducted by Bernard J. La Londe (Lalonde.3@osu.edu) and James L. Ginter (Ginter.1@osu.edu). Respondents (senior U.S. logistics and supply chain executives who are members of the Council of Logistics Management) to the 2003 survey again shifted to a new set of priorities from previous years. The "new" factors that will most influence the growth and development of the corporate logistics function over the next decade, in order of priority, are information integration/technology; supply chain integration; customer service/value; collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR); and logistics functional integration (see cover illustration). Only a short year ago, the preferences, in rank order, were: financial performance; supply chain management integration; global business, and information technology. "This volatility in the priority of primary casual factors is probably due to the volatility of the business climate over the past three years," La Londe, who developed and has conducted the Career Patterns Survey for more than three decades, observed. Educational preferences cited. Another interesting tidbit from the survey, originally presented at the 2003 Council of Logistics Management Annual Conference (www.clm1.org), was the curriculum respondents would pursue if they could...
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...CJC111 Jacob Parrott Assignment 2 * NCVS – The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) series, previously called the National Crime Survey (NCS), has been collecting data on personal and household victimization since 1973. An ongoing survey of a nationally representative sample of residential addresses, the NCVS is the primary source of information on the characteristics of criminal victimization and on the number and types of crimes not reported to law enforcement authorities. It provides the largest national forum for victims to describe the impact of crime and characteristics of violent offenders. Twice each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of roughly 49,000 households comprising about 100,000 persons on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The survey is administered by the U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The NCVS was designed with four primary objectives: (1) to develop detailed information about the victims and consequences of crime, (2) to estimate the number and types of crimes not reported to the police, (3) to provide uniform measures of selected types of crimes, and (4) to permit comparisons over time and types of areas. The survey categorizes crimes as "personal" or "property." Personal crimes cover rape and sexual attack, robbery, aggravated and simple assault, and purse-snatching/pocket-picking, while property crimes cover burglary...
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...Survey report September 2007 The changing HR function Contents Summary of key findings 2 Introduction 4 Restructuring the HR function 5 Benefits and challenges of HR structures 10 Roles and responsibilities of HR 15 HR skills and careers 24 Conclusions 26 Background 27 Acknowledgements 28 References 28 The changing HR function Summary of key findings • Fifty-three per cent of organisations have restructured of centres of expertise were identified, the most their HR function in the last year and 81% have done common being deeper professional knowledge. so in the last five years. By far the most common Other commonly perceived benefits are in the reason for restructuring was to enable the HR consistency of HR advice, the quality of advice function to become a more strategic contributor. given to HR partners and making the function a • Three out of ten respondents whose HR function has been restructured say that it now reflects the more strategic contributor. • In general, the most common difficulties three-legged ‘Ulrich model’ and a further 28% say encountered in restructuring the HR function are that this is partially true. However, only 18% of HR in defining new roles (42%), having insufficient functions actually had in place all three elements resources (40%), dealing with skills gaps (38%), of this model (shared...
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...the community who claim gang membership or who are at high risk for gang membership. School-level data and information from school staff are vital to rounding out the picture of gang activity in the community. This chapter provides guidance on collecting data on the following: Student characteristics and disciplinary actions School-aged youths’ perceptions of gangs and gang activity (student survey) School staff perspectives on gang activity on campus Prevalence of Gangs in Schools In the mid-1990s, 28 percent of the national sample of students reported that gangs were present in their schools (Chandler, Chapman, Rand, and Taylor, 1998). This number dropped to 17 percent in 1999 and then increased to 24 percent in 2005, almost the level reported a decade earlier (Dinkes, Cataldi, Kena et al., 2006). Thus respondents to the national survey of students reported a decrease in gang activity in the late 1990s and an increase in the opening years of this century. Impact of Gangs in Schools Where they have a substantial community presence, youth gangs are linked with serious delinquency problems in elementary and secondary schools across the United States (Chandler, Chapman, Rand, and Taylor, 1998). This study of data gathered in the School Crime Supplement to the 1995 National Crime Victim Survey documented several examples. First, there is a strong correlation between gang presence in schools and between both guns and availability of drugs in school. Second, higher percentages...
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...>cases NCRCC: Teeing Up a New Strategic Direction >Abstract NCR Country Club started out as a benefit for thousands of National Cash Register employees. By the late 1990s, those employees were aging rapidly and the core membership needed to be increased. NCRCC offers two golf courses. One is an award winning, championshiphosting course on the PGA tour. But it wasn’t attracting new members, especially younger families. This case is about a membership study done as part of a larger management initiative to evaluate several strategic directions the club might take to expand its membership. www.ncrcountryclub.com >The Scenario Used with permission of Pamela S. Schindler ©2001. NCR Country Club (NCRCC) started in 1954 as an employee benefit of the National Cash Register Co. but is now an open-membership club. This country club located in Kettering, Ohio (near Dayton), hosts two 18-hole golf courses. The NCR South course, a par 71 championship course of 6,824 yards of heavily wooded rolling countryside, the site of the 1996 PGA Championship, the 1986 U.S. Open, and the 1998 U.S. Mid-Amateur, is consistently ranked by Golf Digest as one of the top 100 courses in the United States. The prairie-links style of the North course, a 6,358-yard par 70 course, is considered challenging. In southwestern Ohio, the active golf season usually lasts from May through October. Within a 30-minute radius of NCRCC, the avid golfer will find eight other private golf and country...
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...The new competitive edge A survey conducted by Management Centre Europe shows how managers view service and the key issues affecting future profitability and growth. customer unless it has been explained to them. Communicating this message is a priority for any company. • There needs to be more systematic measurement of customer satisfaction. Not enough companies have accurate intelligence systems. THE SERVICE PRIORITY INDEX Two key points in the questionnaire have been combined in the final analysis to create a 'Service Priority Index'. It shows what importance executives in the three geographic areas place on a series of servicerelated criteria. The index is based on two factors: • How important is a particular criteria in terms of influencing a customer to buy. • How much room is their for this criteria to be improved by the respondent's organisation. A score of 100 would mean that a criteria is both very important and a criteria where there is great room for improvement, ie. a top priority for action. A score of zero would mean that it is either unimportant or there is no room for further improvement (Table 1). T he Management Centre Europe (MCE) has recently completed a survey report which is probably unique. As far as it knows, no other organisation has ever tried, let alone succeeded, to put together a detailed research project on the service ethics in the world's three most dynamic economic areas: America, Europe and Japan. The project evolved from a panEuropean...
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...training manual, which focuses on many activities to keep employees and customers safe from injuries. I will produce a training manual, which focuses on many activities to keep employees and customers safe from injuries. I am taking this opportunity to educate the employees about safety precautions at the workplace. Steps and Deliverables January 6. I will meet with Joanne (Store Manager) and discuss my plans of safety training. January 8. Draft survey tool – I will have a questionnaire (survey) for employees. The survey will include demographics, gender, and education level and about yourself section. January 10. Refine survey tool – I will be adding a learning preference section. The tool will be designed to optimize the users’ preferred learning method. January 13. Information gathering – I will use a survey to determine the employees baseline knowledge, their attitudes toward safety training, and their motivation. I will use this to identify the steps necessary to limit employee injuries. January 16. Accumulate and analyze data – I will analyze the survey data and chart the results. I will break down demographics, gender, education level, and learning preference of employees by taking an average and using percentage. January 17. Creation of safety training – I will create an equipment PowerPoint for training employees on proper use of equipment. January 18. Present preliminary findings to the employees – I will give a summary of the survey data. January 20. Creation of safety...
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...Triennial Central Bank Survey Foreign exchange and derivatives market activity in April 2010 Preliminary results Monetary and Economic Department September 2010 Queries concerning this report should be addressed to the authors listed below: Sections I + II: Karsten von Kleist tel +41 61 280 8408 tel +41 61 280 8256 tel +41 61 280 8445 tel +41 61 280 8425 e-mail: karsten.von-kleist@bis.org e-mail: carlos.mallo@bis.org e-mail: serge.grouchko@bis.org e-mail: philippe.mesny@bis.org Sections III + IV: Carlos Mallo Section III: Section IV: Serge Grouchko Philippe Mesny Copies of publications are available from: Bank for International Settlements Communications CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland E-mail: publications@bis.org Fax: +41 61 280 9100 and +41 61 280 8100 This publication is available on the BIS website (www.bis.org). © Bank for International Settlements 2010. All rights reserved. Brief excerpts may be reproduced or translated provided the source is stated. ISSN 1814-7348 (print) ISBN 92-9131-840-X (print) ISSN 1814-7356 (online) ISBN 92-9197-840-X (online) Contents Summary of the April 2010 Triennial Central Bank Survey ......................................................1 I. II. Background on the Triennial Central Bank Survey..........................................................2 Results of the triennial survey .........................................................................................3 1. Global foreign exchange market turnover ........
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...Ang Pagsusuri sa Epekto ng Teknolohiya sa Edukasyon, Kalusugan at Pang Araw-araw na Gawain ng mga Kabataang Pilipino na may Edad 13-18 taong gulang. Thesis statement: Mga maganda at di magandang epekto ng paggamit ng teknolohiya sa pamumuhay ng kabataang Pilipino. Nais naming matuklasaan kung gaano binabago ng teknolohiya ang mga kabataan at kung makakatulong ba ito o nakakasira sa kanilang paglaki at pag-uugali. SANGGUNIAN 1. Kiernan, J. T. (2011). Technology, Freedom and the Human Person: Some Teen Insights into Merton and Benedict XVI. Merton Annual, 24244-255 The article offers the author's insights on the implication of technology for human lives. Topics discussed importance of technology for enhancement of communication, risk factors associated with technology used, and the effects of technology on human behavior. Moreover, it provides the outlook of American Catholic writer Thomas Merton and Pope Benedict XVI regarding modernity. 2. Ives, E.A. (2012, October 1). iGeneration: The Social Cognitive Effects of Digital Technology on teenagers. The purpose of this study was to examine and better understand the social cognitive effects of digital technology on teenagers' brains and their socialization processes, as well as to learn best practices with regard to digital technology consumption. An extensive literature review was conducted on the social cognitive effects of digital technology on teenagers and an action research project was carried out gleaning quantitative...
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...Comparison of Research Designs Capella University Comparison of Research Designs Template The following seven tables are part of a template that will guide you through the comparison of research designs assignment. The tables include: • Descriptions of basic research designs. • Types of basic research designs. • Main characteristics. • Followed steps. • Appropriate usage. • Purpose statement and sample questions. • Associated research paradigms. This template directs you to portions of the course text, Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (Creswell, 2008). Each table includes chapter numbers and page numbers to guide you to the most relevant sections of the text book. Reference Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Descriptions of Basic Research Designs Develop an original and concise description of each research design. The appropriate sections of the Creswell text are listed to guide you; however, the end product should be your own paraphrase. Each description should be about one to three sentences in length. The first part of the chart has been completed for you as an example of how to proceed. You can leave it in the first cell and consider it to be part of your assignment...
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