...Industries Group INC and Duke Energy Corporation. A CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) report is essentially a business model formed to aid an organization's mission, as well as a guide to what the company represents for its consumers. The attributes that I believe are most important when evaluating the effectiveness in a CSR report are: a mission statement, organization, and visual aids. I believe a mission statement is an important attribute, because it states the company’s long-term purpose. In addition, organization is an important attribute, because it creates consistency and clarity within the report, so that it is easy to follow. Visual aids are an important attribute, because it graphically...
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...Gender Discrimination – Wal-Mart Employment Practices! MBA 6241 Human Resource Management in 21st Century Knowledge Situational Analysis Final Action Plan Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….…..3 Executive summary………………………………………………………………………............3 Wal-Mart’s Profile……..………………..…………………………………………..….…3 Wal-Mart’s Vision…………………………………………………………………..…….4 Wal-Mart’s Mission………………………………………………………………….……4 Human Resource Profile…………………………………………………………………..5 Economic context…………………………………………………………………………5 Political and regulatory context…………………………………………………………...6 Competitor analysis……………………………………………………………………….6 Cultural Context…………………………………………………………………………………7 Measuring organizational Culture…………………………………………………………7 Action Plan/Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………...11 Surveying members to identify organizational cultures and norms……………………11 Install executive CTC HR professional as member of Board of Directors………………13 Develop long term HR strategies and policies for growth of CTC………………………15 References……………………………………………………………………………………….18 Introduction Gender discrimination has been widely debated everywhere from the boardroom to the courtroom. In spite of the laws and regulations that exist to prohibit gender discrimination, it continues to be a common practice within many organizations. Throughout history, women have been relegated to administrative positions, such as typists, secretaries, receptionists and the like. Although...
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...Ricci v. DeStefano Jennifer Drab Baker College Abstract Ricci v. DeStefano is case based on reverse discrimination. The New Haven firefighters that brought this suit against the city did so on the belief that the city in its efforts to avoid litigation violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Reverse discrimination is a term that is used widely; however, it is very difficult to move forward with this claim in a court of law. The New Haven firefighters that brought the suit had their case heard before the Supreme Court of the United States. This was not a case that the justices took lightly; they asked many difficult questions, which looked at many different aspects of Title VII. The answer from the high court is that rejecting the test scores in fear of Title VII litigation is not grounds enough to disqualify candidates that qualified for promotion. In the end, the high court upheld the firefighters claim that the city’s rejection of the exam scores violated the rights of those that qualified based on the exam. Introduction Ricci v. DeStefano, is case of reverse discrimination within the fire department of New Haven, Connecticut. This case is an illustration that affirmative action does not always result in fairness. New Haven city officials created a very comprehensive written examination for testing those fire fighters that were looking to be promoted to captain and lieutenant (Epstein, 2009). Unfortunately, the examination showed that there was disparity...
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...potential gender issues. It should include a section on how the supervisor should or should not handle certain gender-based workplace issues. For example, can the supervisor hand out work assignments that he or she feels are better suited to different genders? Can he or she write a job requirement that only one gender can meet, such as a strength requirement?This section of the manual must, at a minimum, address the following information: * A few general facts about the U.S. population's gender mix and the gender mix found in notable segments of the workforce should be included. Make sure to include all sources of information. * The essence and applicability of the landmark Griggs v. Duke Power case dealing with stated job requirements should be addressed. * To read the Griggs v. Duke Power case, go to http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=401&invol=424 * Describe how the supervisor should state minimum job requirements when he or she requests new employees to be hired into the department. * Explain how the supervisor might communicate to his or her department (of all male employees) when a female is about to become part of the work team.Please submit your assignment.For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials. Please refer to the following multimedia course material(s): * Unit 3: Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling * Unit 3: Gender Roles * Unit 3: Presentation: Discrimination: Part 2...
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...have authored several books on the subject since then as BPR became a hot buzzword. They now both lead separate consulting practices focusing on helping companies improve their processes. Steve Stanton, co-author of the article How Process Enterprises Really Work, works with Hammer at his consulting practice. Champy, Hammer, and other proponents of Business Process Reengineering envisioned it to be a “fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvement in critical measures of performance” (Management Learning). According to Hammer, a process is “everything that transpires from the beginning – the point at which a customer or constituent requires something – to the point that a customer is satisfied with the results” (Harris 1999). A process enterprise is a business that takes the revolutionary concept of BPR and transforms their organization. In the article, How Process Enterprises Really Work, Hammer and Steve Stanton reiterate the importance of building a business around its core processes. They take a look at companies who have successfully applied BPR and became process enterprises, noted some of the obstacles these companies faced and how the obstacles were overcome, and reaffirmed the techniques for becoming a successful process enterprise. After a brief summary of the article, a discussion on why BPR is important and what is necessary to succeed at BPR will follow. To close, some criticisms of BPR, a comparison...
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...| | PYOORR CYCLES (M) SDN BHD (853600-H) TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | | | | | | | | | | 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.0 BUSINESS DESCRIPTION 2.1 Introduction Pyoorr Enterprise started its business as a dealer of various types of high performance motorcycle in January 2008. As a result of spin-off from Pyoorr Enterprise, Pyoorr Cycles (M) Sdn Bhd (PCMSB) was formed in April 2009 to take over Pyoorr Enterprise’s business and operation in a more structural manner. At this point, PCMSB has succeeded in securing exclusive dealership with KTM, a well known brand from Austria for 3 states which are Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor, entrusting PCMSB with the exclusive dealership of motorcycles, spare parts, accessories and clothing of KTM. Attain its supplies and being the exclusive dealer of KTM has made PCMSB the sole dealer in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor with one current branch in Batu Caves, Selangor. As to date, KTM sole distributor in Malaysia, that is, Motonation Manufacturer Sdn Bhd (Motonation) has positive instinct to sell 10,000 units of KTM for model 200 Duke and 690 Duke yearly via its first-time ever manufacturing plant opened in Jitra, Malaysia to support 20%-30% local demand. Exhibit 2.1 shown the recent highlight on Motonation and KTM. 2.2 Product and Services PCMSB has three (3) revenue streams – sales of motorcycles, parts and accessories, and mechanical services (workshop). Below is the description:- 2.2.1 Sales of Motorcycles ...
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...Business Law Marty Finucane Summer 2013 You Be the Judge – 2 SUBJECT: The Marley Cooling Tower Company v. Caldwell Energy & Environmental, Inc., 280 F. Supp. 2d 651 United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 2003 A. Facts From the case notes, Caldwell manufactures and installs cooling systems for power plants. There was an agreement between Caldwell and Duke/Fluor Daniel to install one of their systems in South Carolina. Part of the contract stated that Caldwell would “pay liquidated damages of $5,000 per day if the system was late”. The Marley Cooling Tower Company made a pact to ship all materials needed for the construction of this cooling unit and that it would deliver on or before April 1. According to this contract, “Neither Marley or the Purchaser shall be responsible or held liable for any special, indirect, consequential, liquidated, and/or punitive damages.” Also agreed upon was that there was not to be any changes in the contract unless a written and signed documents stated as such. The materials were delivered by Marley 2 months after the April 1st deadline agreed upon in the contract with Caldwell and as a result, Caldwell did not meet its deadline for manufacturing and installing the cooling system and was assessed damages of $135,000 by D/FD. Caldwell then tried to transfer the cost to Marley by paying the same sum less than what was charged by Marley, calling it “backcharges”. A subsequent...
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...Case Analysis Martha Stewart takes on time Summary of the case 1. Some important vocabularies in the case * Franchise- Formal permission given by a company to somebody who wants to sell its goods or service in a particular area. * Retreat- A period of time when somebody stops his/her usual activities and goes to quiet place for prayer and thought an organization event when people can do this. * PIE - A share of money, profits etc. * Stake- Money that somebody invests in a company. - An important part or share in a business plan etc. that is important to you and that you want to be successful. * Division –A large and important unit or section of an organization. * Lavish –Large in amount or impressive and usually costing a lot of money * Threaten -To say that you will cause trouble hurt somebody etc. if you don’t get what you want. * Buyout - A situation in which a person or group gains control of company by buying all or most of its shares. * Backer - A person or company that gives support to somebody, especially financial support * IPO - Initial Public Offering (the act of scaling shares in a company for the first time). 2. Background a) About Time Warner * Time Warner is a very large U.S media and entertainment company selling magazines films television programmers and internet...
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...Insight Text Guide Sue Tweg King Lear William Shakespeare contents Character map Overview About the author Synopsis Character summaries iv 1 1 2 4 Background & context Genre, structure & language Scene-by-scene analysis Characters & relationships Themes, ideas & values Different interpretations Questions & answers Sample answer References & reading 6 10 14 24 39 55 59 64 66 iv I ns i g h t T e x t G u i d e ChARACTeR mAp Edgar Legitimate son of Gloucester, disguises himself as ‘Poor Tom’. Leads Gloucester to Dover, fights and kills Edmond, becomes king. Wise fools Companions in storm Kent Truth-teller. Disguises himself as ‘Caius’. Loyal, noble servant to Lear. Offends via discourtesy to Lear Match wits Defends, speaks boldly Defends and helps Teaches patience and saves father’s life Fool Truth-teller; endures the storm. Is possibly hanged. Teaches Lear compassion Cordelia Truth-teller. Youngest daughter, loves Lear and heals him. Loses battle and is hanged in prison. Loves Loves Offers kingdom to Edgar – accepted Gloucester Believes Edmond’s lies about Edgar. Saved from suicide by Edgar after Edmond has cause his blinding by betraying him to Cornwall. Needs Foolish old fathers meet in storm Blinds King Lear Divides his kingdom, rejects Cordelia, rejected by Gonerill and Regan. Goes mad, healed after storm by Cordelia. Dies after Cordelia is hanged. Fails to show Lear how to value Cordelia King of France...
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...CASE STUDY #1 “What’s the Buzz on Smart Grids?” Reyes, Mhara Fhe P. Llano, Jeffrey D. Gabriel, Dianne Nicole G. Mendoza, Nevi D. Lipalam, John Bryan G. GROUP 3 SUMMARY: The United States is outdated and inefficient in terms of their electricity infrastructure. The grid provides no information about how the customers are using that energy, making it difficult to develop more efficient approaches to distribution. Smart grid enables information to flow back and forth between electric power providers and individual households to allow both consumers and energy companies to make more intelligent decisions regarding energy consumptions, and that’s why smart grid reduce costs, save energy and increase reliability. Information from smart grids would show utilities when to raise prices when demand is high or lower when demand lessens. If the Smart grid is implemented nationwide 5 to 15 percent in energy consumption will decrease. Smart grids is their ability to detect sources of power outages more quickly and precisely at the individual household level. In order to manage the smart grid it requires technology like network and switches for power management, sensors and monitoring devices to track the usage of energy and their distribution trends also systems linked to programmable appliances to run them when energy is least costly.SmartGridCity in Boulder, Colorado are attracting attention because of power flowing from a small number of power plants, the smart grid will...
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...Sir, As requested, I have completed the preliminary research regarding ITC's standing and options in regards to the recent Constructive Discharge allegation brought forth by former employee # 12345. I have included a summary, with details and explanation of findings following. Summary: ITC's position is a strong one with three main points in our favor to support our stance. 1. The move to change the production shifts to a rolling 4 day model is justified through increased demand. 2. The former employee took no action to address the change prior to resignation. 3. The change in required work hours is for all employees within that job classification. It is therefore recommended that ITC stand firm in their course to improve company efficiencies. Future actions may be better served by announcing possible changes of such a nature to the staff prior to implementation to allow for comment, as well as inclusion in an updated employee handbook prior to implementation. Supporting narrative and findings: At first glance, this instance bears the characteristics of a plausible charge of Constructive Discharge from the perspective of the former employee. In short, constructive discharge as a legal concept is relevant to this scenario, as the scenario itself bears several characteristics that may comprise a constructive discharge. Among these characteristics are: 1. Working conditions are unbearable. Constructive discharge occurs when an employee is forced to quit because...
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...Ethical Dilemma Presented to: Dr. Robert D. Gulbro In completion of MGT 5013 Organizational Behavior Florida Institute of Technology By: Felix Knight Wal-Mart was started by Sam Walton in 1962; the first store was in Rogers Arkansas. By the beginning of the 1970’s, Wal-Mart had grown to 1,500 employees and 44.2 million dollars in sales. The company also went public in 1970. The company’s growth continued throughout the decade, with the employee count reaching 21,000 by 1980 with $1.2 billion dollars in sales. Wal-Mart made its first acquisition, buying 16 Mohr-Value stores. In 1983, the first Sam’s Club warehouse opened followed by the first Wal-Mart Supercenter in 1988. By the end of the decade, the company had over 1,402 Wal-Mart and 123 Sam’s Club locations and $26 billion dollars in sales – an increase of 2,600% over the decade. Today, Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer, with $405 billion in sales, over 4,300 stores, and 2.1 million employees (Duke, 2010, p. 0). One hundred shares of Wal-Mart stock purchased for $1,650 when the company went public would have grown to 204,800 shares worth over $10.1 million as of July 9, 2010 for a return of 613,431% (“Dividends & stock splits”, 2010, July 9) (“Wal-Mart (WMT) stock quote” 2010, July 9). Daft (2008) stated “Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the United States” (p. 129). Wal-Mart’s 2010 annual report provides the mission statement of the organization as: “Wal-Mart...
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...Table of Contents WHAT IS CONSULTING? .................................................................................. 4 CONSULTING TRENDS AT FUQUA .................................................................................. 4 WHAT DO CONSULTANTS DELIVER? ............................................................................. 4 CHOOSING THE CONSULTING INDUSTRY AND A ROLE WITHIN IT ................ 5 WHY CONSULTING – PROS & CONS ............................................................................. 6 GAUGING THE CULTURE OF CONSULTING FIRMS........................................... 7 THE ROLE OF GEOGRAPHY .............................................................................. 8 THE MBA SUMMER INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE................................................ 9 SOME AREAS ON WHICH TO FOCUS DURING THE INTERNSHIP ................... 10 TIME MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 10 ASSESSING THE FIT ............................................................................................... 10 MENTORING ........................................................................................................ 10 CLIENT FOCUS ..................................................................................................... 10 DEFINING THE INDUSTRY............................................................................. 10 THE NATURE OF THE WORK ...................................
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...Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet April2014 greenpeace.org For more information contact: enquiries@greenpeace.org Lead Author: Gary Cook, Greenpeace Co-Authors: Tom Dowdall, Greenpeace David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Yifei Wang, Greenpeace Editor: David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Creative Direction & Design by: Arc Communications Published in April 2014 by Greenpeace Inc. 702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20001 United States greenpeace.org 2 Contents Executive Summary 5 Company Scorecard 7 Cloud Source 9 Global Energy Snapshot 13 The Cloud’s Next Stop: China 17 The Road Map to a Green Internet 19 Your Online World: Green IRL, or #dirty? 25 Green Internet Leaders and Best Practices 29 Where the Cloud Touches the Ground -- Map: Global Data Center Hot Spots -- Map: US Data Center Hot Spots -- US Regional Profiles 35 36 38 40 Appendix 1: Methodology 42 Appendix 2: Company Scores Explained 44 Appendix 3: Company Data Center Facilities and Estimates of Power Demand 64 Notes 78 03 4 © Frank van Biemen / EvoSwitch / Greenpeace Greenpeace USA Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet Executive Summary Executive Summary For the estimated 2.5 billion people around the world who are connected to the internet, it is impossible to imagine life without...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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