...Topic 2: “The solutions to economic problems are regional rather than global” The topic asks you to debate whether the problems the world faces are better dealt with regionally, or globally. It wants you to look at the strengths and weaknesses of global institutions and compare them with the strengths and weaknesses of regional ones. Examples of a regional organization are the European Union, NAFTA, ASEAN and Mercosur. Examples of global organizations are the United Nations, World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, International Labor Organization and so forth. Me thanks man what i am thinking is that i should go for both like if china is involved in emissions so it harms surrounding nations also so it need global solutions am i going in right direction http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24558&Cr=peace&Cr1=security The everyday economic activities of a society consist of number of activities linked to the production and consumption of goods and services. There is always a demand for goods and services which arise out of the human wants. Economic problem is one of the elementary economic theories in any economy. Economic problems occur as the resources are limited or scarce and our desire for goods and services to consume is greater than our ability to produce those goods and services. Thus it becomes difficult to satisfy all human wants or needs creating economic problems. Economic problems fall around the question of how...
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...Definition of 'World Trade Organization - WTO' An international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and freely as possible. History : The main building, known as the Centre William Rappard, was constructed on an estate which was gradually formed by the union of a number of plots of land between 1755 and 1893. In 1785, construction began on the Villa Rappard, the house that still stands next to the main WTO building and today houses a Montessori school. In 1921, the Swiss Confederation acquired the estate and offered it to the League of Nations, which designated the site for construction of a headquarters for the International Labour Office. Both bodies had been created in 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I. In 1923, an architectural competition was launched and the commission to design the ILO headquarters was offered to Swiss architect George Epitaux from Lausanne. His design was based on that of classical Florentine villas, with an interior courtyard, a grand entrance and a sweeping staircase off the main reception area. Construction began in 1923 and the building was in-augurated on June 6, 1926. [pic] The interior of the building was enhanced by donations from many countries, in-cluding murals in tiles and paint depicting various aspects of labour, sculpted wooden doors, elaborate fountains and exotic trees...
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...Lisa Eichholz Dr. Hilary Harris English 096-10 November 10, 2011 Beyond Borders Recently there has been a dramatic increase of refugees, estimating 11 million today which is up from the 3 million that was recorded in the mid-1970s (UNHCR.com). Founded in 1919, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is now the largest humanitarian organization. In 1965 the IFRC proclaimed the Seven Fundamental Principles of Humanitarianism. The principle of humanity, the principle of impartiality, the principle of neutrality, the principle of independence , the principle of voluntary, the principle of Unity, and lastly the principle of Universality. The film Beyond Borders follows Sarah Bauford (Angelina Jolie), Nick Callahan (Clive Owen), and a small group of aid relief volunteers working throughout a few of the world’s most volatile areas. This films greatest lesson is showing the existing needs of many people and how there are few who are there to help and trying to make a difference. This film exemplifies the most important of the principles of humanitarianism in a very complex way. In the film many of the characters exemplify the principle of humanity in both positive and negative ways. The principle states that the movements goal is to “prevent and alleviate human suffering” by promoting “understanding, friendship, cooperation, and lasting peace.” At the beginning of the film Nick Callahan storms into the aid relief international’s black...
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...changing the way institutions operate, by improving performance, programmatic focus and delivery. It reflects the way an organization applies processes and resources to undertake interventions to achieve desired results. UNESCO (1997) Result Based Management (RBM) is an approach to project/programme management based on clearly defined results, and the methodologies and tools to measure and achieve them (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, 2011). Result Based Management (RBM) supports better performance and greater accountability by applying a clear, logical framework to plan, manage and measure an intervention with a focus on the result you want to achieve. By identifying in Advance the intended result of a project/programme and how we can measure their progress, Monitoring is the routine collection and analysis of information to track progress against set plans and check Compliance to established standards (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, 2011). The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2002a:27) defines monitoring as a continuous function that uses the systematic collection of data on specified indicators to provide management and the main stakeholders of an ongoing development intervention with indications of the extent of progress and achievement of objectives and progress in the use of allocated funds. Monitoring is an important task in the life of a programme or...
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...Jaime Smith S. Scullion ENG 122 11 April 2011 International Child Labor Controversy Exploitation of children, taking advantage of children in the work place, has been referred to by researchers as the most widespread type of child abuse. Child labor is known to have first become an international issue in the 1860s and not until the 1980s, did the global movement begin. Today, more than 200 million children in the world are involved in child labor, with more than 50 percent of them working in extremely hazardous settings (International Labor Organization Video). The term child labor has many definitions depending on who you are talking to, meaning there is no concrete definition. For some, this phrase means preventing children from attending school and causing hazards to their health. Though for others, child labor simply involves any child under the age of 15 working for pay. Regardless of the definition, children could do factory work, mining, trafficking, prostitution, agriculture, or work in their parents’ business. There are many benefits of child labor whether it is for the economy, or ironically, the life of the children; however, the exploitation of these children has become such an international affair that laws or regulations need to be implemented globally in order to protect the welfare of all children. The argument, made time and time again, that children worldwide in child labor are disadvantaged in education and are susceptible to inadequate health is only...
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...WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 91-93 Route de la Capite Tel.: +41 (0) 22 869 1212 Fax: +41 (0) 22 786 2744 www.weforum.org The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. Please visit our website: www.weforum.org Which students’ profiles are you interested in? The Forum relies on a team of almost 500 people from over 50 nations in 4 offices worldwide (Geneva, New York, Beijing and Tokyo). We attract people from the world of business, consulting, NGOs, international institutions, academia, research public administration and diplomacy. International background and high level of education – Master’s degree minimum - are also required to work at the Forum. Typical positions are: - Community Manager: Develop, manage and/or retain a community of external constituents, ensuring their engagement in the Forum activities - Project Manager: Manage a Forum initiative, project, report, publication - Programme Manager: Responsible for Forum events agenda - Knowledge Manager: Capture, structure, manage and disseminate information around topics/issues important to Forum activities - Functional Manager role: Manage functional areas that support all Forum...
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...Communication Crisis Paper Frances Jones HCS/320 February 22, 2013 University of Phoenix Communication Crisis Paper A nuclear reactor that malfunctioned in The “Three Mile” Island drew concerns and attracted of media coverage in its surrounding areas and beyond. It released toxic radiation into the environment causing a crisis. The most traditional forms of spreading media can be used to get the information out for this crisis, unlike in 2005 Hurricane Katrina where, it reached for beyond Louisiana and even America because more advanced technology was used for notifying the public, which was the Internet. In this paper, the reader will learn how to communicate as a group during a major crisis, the ways to communicate, and who to contact during the disaster. As the director of a regional Emergency Management, I begin to receive authorized reports that there was a contamination of a fatal-if-consumed chemical in the public’s water supply in several cities in an area under my jurisdiction. The strategy I used to start a contingency plan that would address the situation at hand as well as my organization and the public without causing media frenzy and a state of hysteria, and e-mails for staff immediately to attend an emergency meeting. Those employees who cannot make the mandatory meeting will be given access to the meeting via video conference or webcast. I would contact one...
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...Communication and Crisis Paper HCS/320 Dr. Patricia Bird April 22, 2013 The nuclear reactor that malfunctioned, in the Three Mile Island created a release of radiation into the environment which caused a crisis. It drew a lot of media and created concerns in the local area and beyond. A traditional form of technology can be used to notify the public, television networks and local radio stations were used. Compared to the crisis that took place in 2005, Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area, immersing many parts of the city under water causing trauma to families, the strategy for communication used was the internet, which reached a greater number of the public in less time. As a director of a regional Emergency Management office if I were to start receiving official reports that the public water supplies of several towns in the area have become contaminated with a life-threatening biological agent, the strategy I would use to start a contingency plan that would address my organization and the public without creating panic would be to send an immediate email to all staff to attend an emergency, mandatory meeting. Employees who are unable to attend because of emergency situations will have access to videoconference. I would get one our communication specialist in the company to give a presentation reminding our organization’s staff of our organization’s emergency policies and procedures in the event of...
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...yP+BE*Sk f what people say is true and the future rarely turns out as we expect, all the more reason to prepare for it with a clear head. At a time when uncertainty is becoming increasingly widespread, it is essential for us to try and understand what is happening and, above all, to learn from today so that we can function better tomorrow. Eighteen months ago, the ICRC launched its Avenir project, which aims to analyse contemporary humanitarian action and to gain a fresh perspective for its future. In so doing, the ICRC committed itself to a process of change rendered necessary by the many challenges which arose from the extraordinarily turbulent period of history that started in 1989. Operational difficulties related to these upheavals and the tragedies that befell the ICRC in Burundi and Chechnya in June and December 1996, respectively, made it all the more urgent to set that process in motion. In order to define the organization’s future over the coming five to ten years the ICRC embarked on an extensive exercise, mobilizing more than 200 staff members at headquarters and in the field, the Group of International Advisers, various independent experts, and representatives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. By mandate of the Assembly, which is the ICRC’s supreme decision-making body, a steering committee was set up to oversee the first part of the exercise which, to ensure progressive consolidation, was carried out in three separate stages. The first...
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...The ICRC paved the way for the American Red Cross when Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman, authored A Memory of Solferino in 1862, in which he described what he had seen on an Italian battlefield in 1859 – over 40,000 troops either killed or wounded, left unattended. In 1863, his memoir encouraged others to create the ICRC, which adopted the iconic red cross on a white background, the reverse of the Swiss flag. Shortly thereafter during the U.S. Civil War, Clara Barton, a former school teacher and government worker from Massachusetts, entered the battlefields to help the wounded. Following the war, she went to Europe and learned from the Red Cross Movement. Once she arrived home, she assisted in persuading the U.S. government to sign the Geneva Conventions to protect war victims. This allowed Barton and a group of friends to create the American Association of the Red Cross, with the first chapter being established in Dansville, New York. Since...
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...others. Red Cross has been around for many decades and has provided relief for many situations throughout the world; the most profound being for natural and man-made disasters through out the world. The Red Cross was created in 1863 by Henry Dunant who had watched a bloody battle ensue between armies of imperial Austria and the Franco-Sardinian alliance in Solferino, Italy. As over 4000 men lay dead, wounded or dying lacking much needed medical assistance, Dunant organized local people to bind the soldiers' wounds and to feed and comfort them. He called for the creation of neutral relief societies that would tend the soldiers and the people affected by wars paving the way for the future Geneva Convention. Thus in 1863 the idea was finalized and following year, 12 governments adopted the first Geneva Convention; a milestone in the history of humanity, offering care for the wounded, and defining medical services as "neutral" on the battlefield, on and off the battle field (“History”). The after math of the First World War gave rise to a much needed movement of a united team of different Red Cross societies in Paris, France in 1919. The war had shown a need for close cooperation between Red Cross Societies. Through their humanitarian activities on behalf of prisoners of war...
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...Explain the linkages between the business case and moral case for diversity in organisations. Support your key arguments by sourcing ‘diversity statements disseminated/ publicised by Australian organisations to justify their claims for managing diversity. Diversity itself remains an unclear concept. It is contextually specific and linked to demographic and socio-political features of the population and the workforce. Diversity is a selective concept in that some, but not all physical characteristics are incorporated into Managing Diversity programs (Moore 1999). Diversity also has invisible and hidden aspects that include culture and attitudes (Moore 1999). Managing Diversity programs in general mimic or reflect legislative programs that prohibit discrimination and encourage Equal Employment Opportunities within the workplace, and hence many Managing Diversity programs support such groups as women, ethnic minorities, older workers and people with a disability. There is a tension between diversity as a factor that generates forms of exclusion and inferior material outcomes in the labour market, and diversity as a factor that can be harnessed towards improving organisational performance. While diversity is embedded in worker difference and notions of equality and justice, the broader equity goals linked to Managing Diversity are not necessarily the terms by which Managing Diversity programs are assessed within the organisation. The Moral case has often been expressed in terms...
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...Societies. Together, we act before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people. We do so with impartiality as to nationality, race, gender, religious beliefs, class and political opinions. For more information, please visit www.ifrc.org. © International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, 2013 Any part of this document may be cited, copied, translated into other languages or adapted to meet local needs without prior permission from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, provided that the source is clearly stated. Requests for commercial reproduction should be directed to the IFRC at secretariat@ifrc.org. Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance 1263500 10/2013 E 250 PrinciPles and rules for red cross and red crescent Humanitarian assistance adopted by the XXi international conference of the red cross (istanbul, 1969) – revised by the XXii, XXiii, XXiV, XXV and XXVi international conferences, tehran (1973), Bucharest (1977), manila (1981), Geneva (1986, 1995 noted)1 2 > PrinciPles and rules for red cross and red crescent Humanitarian assistance Preamble The National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (National Societies), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (International Federation2) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together constitute the International...
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...To begin with, “Daisy Miller” is a short novella where the main character Daisy miller whose real name is Annie P. Miller refuses to follow the strict and severe Europeanpropriety laws that directbehavior, especially relations between young andunmarried ladies with gentleman like Mr. Wnterbourne or Mr. Giovanelli .She becomes the topic of discussion and raises many eyebrows among the noble society of the countries she lives in. The novella is in the genre of comedy and tragedy of manners.Among all the symbols of the story the ones that impressed me a lot where the chosen locations for the actions to take place, the combinations of old and new and also the name selection of the main characterThe locations of the novel were not chosen advisedly though it is not mentioned in the novella. The author wants to bring out the argument that new is not always perceived. The author of “Daisy Miller” Henry James wants to remind us of romantic stories that happened in the locations and also the history of the old countries and buildings where the actions of the novella take place, but he does it implicitly. For example, the places where Miss Miller and her family lived in: Rome and Geneve, the coliseum where Daisy’s encounter with Mr. Winterbourne takes place. All these places contain a huge history and different love stories which are somehow thematically and secretly connected to “Daisy Miller”. I would like to mention also the name selection for the main character Daisy Miller whose real...
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...Cultures Case study Reference no 408-061-1 This case was written by Sowon Kim and Professor Susan Schneider, HEC-University of Geneva. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. The case was compiled from published sources. © 2008, HEC-University of Geneva. No part of this publication may be copied, stored, transmitted, reproduced or distributed in any form or medium whatsoever without the permission of the copyright owner. ecch the case for learning Distributed by ecch, UK and USA www.ecch.com All rights reserved Printed in UK and USA North America t +1 781 239 5884 f +1 781 239 5885 e ecchusa@ecch.com Rest of the world t +44 (0)1234 750903 f +44 (0)1234 751125 e ecch@ecch.com 408-061-1 THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: Managing Across Cultures This case was written by Sowon Kim, Ph.D. candidate, and Susan Schneider, Chaired Professor of Human Resources Management at HEC – University of Geneva. The case was made possible through the generous cooperation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The case is intended as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. © 2008 HEC – University of Geneva. All rights reserved. No part of this [publication may be copied, stored, transmitted, reproduced or distributed in any form or medium ...
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