...Save the environment Many people who use computers whether it's for their home or business are moving toward a "paperless" office. Individuals are becoming overwhelmed by scraps of paper, and unorganized file folders, we are simply looking for ways to reduce clutter. Many organizations and institutions have at least made a partial move to a paperless office. They are doing so by; using scanners instead of copying machines, sending electronic faxes instead of paper faxes, and storing information electronically instead of in filing cabinets. It would be a myth if most people believed it was possible to go completely "paperless". Technology is available now to make a paperless office a reality, but it will require a cultural change and a change in work habits to be fully realized. There are numerous obstacles and attitudes which needs to change, prior to your home office or business can go green. One major obstacle is ensuring that your files are properly backed up. In the past, we would typically make a photocopy of a document and place it in a folder so that it can be easily retrieved from a filing cabinet. Now, many businesses have developed an electronic filing system utilizing software such as Microsoft Word, or even customized programs for storing documents. Unfortunately, those files can't just be created; they are required to be backed up as well. There are numerous solutions on the market which can assist individuals and corporations to safely backup...
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...implement into the workplace that has a little impact on performance. Changes are easily ignored. Making changes successfully in a company requires specific leadership skills and management strategies which including effective communication and alignment to initiate changes and reduce resistance. The goal of this case study is to analyze problems of an accounting company, BestAccountants, PC (B-AC) when it faced a system change from 2008 to 2009 by using structural and human resource frames. 2. Background Information BestAccountants, PC (B-AC) is located in southern U.S. It is a medium sized accounting firm which engages in personal tax work and company accounting. The goal of B-AC’S Managing Partner, Ima Bigwig, was to create a “paperless office”. To achieve her goal, she instantly decided to develop some changes, which were having a new system, database, and accounting software to decrease the usage of paper and physical storage in the office. Thus she grouped a team to design a training program to teach their staff how to use the new system in order to raise productivity and access documents more...
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...few reasons Superior Rentals, Inc. should "go green.” Environmental responsibility begins with research and continues with the implementation of new methods and ideologies to promote a "green" company and a better world. The proposed methods, contained herein, are financially responsible, and relatively simple to incorporate into Superior Rentals, Inc.'s business plan. When businesses “go green,” the impact on the environment is substantial. Superior Rentals, Inc. can positively affect its local market and the world with environmentally sound practices. Alternatives and Discussion Research indicates the following alternatives for Superior Rentals, Inc., and includes discussion of the effectiveness of each alternative. Using Tablets/Going Paperless Using a tablet in place of a cash register has many benefits. Tablets have more functions than a cash register, and with their average price of less than $400.00 each, tablets are an affordable “green” alternative. Tablets enable Superior Rentals, Inc. to switch to a nearly paperless system of operations. "Rather than asking customers to fill out a paper form that you then have to type into your database, you can have a client fill out an application or...
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...article, the author talks about accounting firms going green. Some firms are doing this by going paperless. On the other hand, some firms are reluctant to go green. The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of becoming a paperless office. The author is doing this discussion because he wants to help his readers have a better understanding of how and why more and more accounting firms are deciding to go green. Going green was first seen as a way of reducing negative effects on the environment. During a recession, it is viewed as a way to stay competitive. Some examples of going green are: going paperless, using reusable water bottles, carpooling, and/or “rewarding employees for participating in green activities”. There are many advantages to going green. By doing this, the company will have better efficiency and productivity, which they can benefit from with the cost savings. The savings will favor both the employee and the firm. It will make them more competitive and profitable. Another advantage is that the quality of service will be better because of the use of technology. Customers like for their visits to be quick and easy. By using less paper, they can get everything they need in just a short amount of time, which will make them happy. By utilizing technology, the firm will be seen as technologically advanced which appeals the younger generations. Going paperless allows firms to be more up-to-date with their customers and gives them an edge over their competitors...
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...Green life project initiative taken by various banks are as follows- SBI launches green policy for paperless banking The State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday launched its "Green Banking Policy" in the Bengal circle. Aiming at paperless banking, the SBI has selected four of its branch in Kolkata and Howrah to introduce point-of-sales (POS) terminals. It will also run 50 ATMs out of 850 ATMs in Bengal by solar energy by March 31, 2011. Addressing a press conference, Suriender Kumar, chief general manager, Bengal circle, SBI, said, "We want to contribute in cleaning our environment. The plan to introduce POS terminal is to ensure paperless banking. Customers can deposit as well as withdraw cash from these terminals. We will also run more and more ATMs by solar energy to reduce our power consumption." The SBI has planned to introduce five lakh POS terminals across the country in next three to five years. The Bengal circle of the bank has also doubled its profit in the first quarter of the current fiscal compared to corresponding period of the last financial year. The retail banking business has been increased by over Rs 3500 crore in the first quarter compared to the same period of 2009-10. ICICI bank ICICI Bank's Technology Finance Group (TFG) implements programmes for multilateralagencies in areas of collaborative research and development (R&D), energy, environment and healthcare. TFG's initiatives include efforts to attract and channel private financing into cleaner technologies...
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...means you will act in a way to preserve the planet and its natural systems and resources (Wilkerson, 2009). In light of all the talks of going green many companies want to go green as well. Green jobs as explained in the Bureau of Labor Statistics website are jobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve its natural resources. Jobs in which workers' duties involve making their establishment's production processes more environmentally friendly or use fewer natural resources (BLS, 2013). Automatically the thoughts of working on a farm or planting trees in some forest come to mind I am sure but those are not the only options. Major companies that are housed in large story buildings can be a green job as well. Companies that produce energy from renewable sources use energy efficient electronics in the work area, and any reduction in greenhouse gasses can all be considered green jobs (BLS, 2013). The company itself is not the only thing that has to be green but the employees need to be as well (at least when at work). The company needs to provide the employee with the proper knowledge of the environment and how the company itself is working towards helping the planet. Whatever it is that the company is doing like aiding in the conservation of energy or pollution reduction the employee must know how the company implements these practices. The Bureau of Labor Statistics actually has surveys that they use to determine which jobs can...
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...are increasing as a result of mounting concern over global warming and the adverse effect of much business activity on the natural environment. The kinds of action taken within green HRM initiatives includes:- 1. Educating employees about climate change and other environmental issues 2. Reduce commuting - promoting and incentivizing more sustainable means of travel to work (e.g. car sharing or Ride Sharing or Car Pooling, Bicycle to work, public transport) 3. Auditing employee benefits to eliminate those that are environmentally damaging (e.g. unnecessary provision of a high powered company car). 4. Job Sharing 5. Reducing business travel - Using the internet or teleconferencing to cut down on business travel 6. Recycling 7. Going paperless - Encourage e-mailing 8. Some green HRM initiatives also make use of employee volunteering to support environmental charities and projects and to develop green initiatives at work. 9. Conducting an energy audit 10. Buying green - buying recycled, refurbished, or used products. Many companies currently have the following green programs in place: SoftChoice from Canada. SoftChoice has a public transportation policy. If you take public transportation to work they pay their employees an extra $90.00 per month. Back in June, SoftChoice had a party on World Environment Day, which used environmentally inspired foods and products. Another company, Integrated Archive Systems, Inc. out of Palo Alto...
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...continually seek ways to improve their safety measurements with products that are reliable and provide maximum protection. The questions proposed in the article “how can you take your safety program to the next level?” and “How about product solutions that not only protect the workplace, but also protect the environment and support a company’s overall sustainability program?” Well implementing green safety products is easier then thought. Majority of distribution is a wide selection of sustainable safety products that you can choose from, including safety and traffic signs, personal protective equipment, lockout/tag-out, and many others. Green safety products offer the same guarantee as their non-eco counterparts in meeting OSHA regulatory standards and maximizing workplace protection. Quality is not lessened using green materials, and they provide the same performance requirements at competitive prices. As stated in the article green safety products bring equal value to corporate safety programs but with many more advantages than that of traditional safety products. One of the biggest advantages is that green safety products protect the environment. So the impact on the environment can be significant. It just makes sense for companies to go green. Green safety products can take a safety program to the next level and satisfy many of the goals companies seek to achieve in their continuous improvement, compliance and sustainability efforts. In my opinion There is a variety of reasons...
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...number of years, the planet and its environment have strived to meet the demands of the increasing growth in populations, global warming, and altered habitats, which has produced a global impact on the sense of balance between nature and man. The struggles amongst the environment do not affect one group of individuals or living entity; the whole planets population is concerned by environmental troubles. Each living entity on the planet may affect the environment. In order for individuals to preserve the planet, assistant in resolving environmental problems, and attain sustainability of the planet as it grows, a person should know the fundamental principles of environmental science. Environmental science may be described as the study of human connections with the environment. It is the interdisciplinary subject that blends knowledge from several disciplines such as geography, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, economics, cultural anthropology, sociology (particularly demography, the study of populations), natural resource management, engineering, agriculture, law, ethics, and politics (Berg & Hager, 2009, p1.4). Science and Technology effect the Environment Science and technology affect environmental challenges and resolutions in today’s culture. Science and technology both support humanity by assisting in the advancement of new innovations for surviving, but likewise presents damaging and harmful consequences to the environment. Science and technology aided in...
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...truth is I’ve never thought in this matter before, since I am used to buy and use everything organic. The purchasing habits that my family has developed are extremely good. But is it enough? Being so narrowed in our idea of eating healthy and green labeled food, we have forgotten about many serious things. For instance, how our lifestyle affects our surroundings, why products we buy end up being a bad outcome for the planet? The answer lies in the big issue is that, as human beings, we tend to see the positive side only, the one that is convenient for us. I’ve never turned to think about how much damage was to the environment the part where we didn’t recycle. So what if me and my family have always purchased heathy and fresh organic products and produce when Macedonia and its surroundings are lands that has never implied recycling as a way in keeping the environment alive. It’s not imaginable to what extent these regions are polluted with all the amount of paper and plastic not being recycled. And the problem is not awareness. The fact that polluted air has left people walking around with masks is hint enough. The problem with these small countries is that they made politics the center of attention rather than environmental maintenance. Recycling viewed as a waste of time is really sad. If only governments took a moment to comprehend how implementing an additional recycling...
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...Most miners of the Amazon lead a very polluted way of life. They pollute the environment they live in and they pollute themselves. The, "garimpeiros" as the miners are called in Brazil are independent farmers of the gold that flows beneath the rivers of the Amazon rain-forest. Their daily routine of early mornings, long hard days, and late nights drinking and taking cocaine contribute to their way of life. Their only goal in life is to drill for the gold dust which seems to collect at the bottoms of waterfalls then use the profits for illegal self indulgences like cocaine. To extract this gold dust they must combine mercury with the dust, and because of the mercury’s chemical make-up it is able to extract the gold from the useless rock and debris. The mercury, however, isn’t the cleanest element for the environment. Many garimpeiros carelessly use the mercury then dump it into the rivers polluting the water and the food. Also, the dust from the mercury gets inhaled by the miners, contributing to their polluted way of life. All day dragas, which are boats used for mining the bottom of rivers, are pulled to locations where gold is thought to be found, moving and polluting. Then there is the common drug use among these farmers. To sum the garimpeiros’ way of life, they live a life of drinking and drugs, women and murder. So the polluted way of life is obvious, men poison the waters and the food and then ultimately themselves, with the illegal activities of the mining trade in Brazil...
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...Collapse- book is about a history topic about how societies choose to fail or survive. The main characters are historical people and unknown kings of Mayan cities or Easter Island villages. Jared Diamond tells the story of the Viking explorer Erik the Red, who discovered Greeland and Vinland (Terranova, in Canada). Another character is captain Olafsson, a norse sailor who wrote the last news about Greenland in 1410. Another main character is Christopher Columbus, who arrived at Hispaniola in 1492, but now this island is two countries, the Dominican Republic and the Haiti. Diamond studied the politics of two presidents. the dominican Rafael Trujillo, who protected the enviroment and the dictator François, Papa Doc, Duvalier, who decided on politics of deforestatation of his country, Haiti. The author considered the bad politics of another main character, king George II, who was interested in sending merinosheeps from Spain to Australia, an idea which was succesful from 1820 to 1950 but then the farmers understood their lands lost fertility. Another main character is Tokuwaga Jeayasu, a shogun of Japan in 1600, who prohibited Christianity in 1600 and protected his country againt deforestation. The book takes us to a lot of places around the globe: Mayan cities, Rwanda, Viking colonies of Vinland or Greenland, Haiti and Dominican Republic, Easter Island and Polynesian colonies in Pacific, and the Chaco villages in New Mexico (United States). The time period was from 800 AC, when...
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...global market and financial expertise and offer products and services in corporate banking, Private banking, personal banking and enterprise banking. 1.2 Research title, questions and research objectives. The proposed research title chosen for this project is “Analysis and review of organizational environment at DBS”. This project would outline the following objectives: i) Outline the influence of organizational environment on the company. ii) The role of organizational environment on company’s growth process. iii) Review the impact of change in organizational environment. 1.3 Research Rationale. Firstly, cross cultural management and managing change is becoming increasingly important in today’s world where company’s trying to expand globally are associating people, organization and countries together and this is where management across culture comes into play. The main concern for an organization is its environment as it exerts variety of pressures on organization and managers. This pressure’s would influence the organizations global strategy, organizational design, control and decision making process and organizational culture. A change in organizations environment could jeopardize and increase concerns about the company’s future. DBS is a...
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...Environmental Pollution Strategy xxxxx Sci/256 August 28, 2013 xxxxxxx The rapid growth over the past decade has been economically positive for the city of Phoenix. With the increase in manufacturing, construction and jobs. Air and water pollution as well as loss of open spaces are putting stress on the infrastructure, natural resources, and beginning to affect the environment within the city and surrounding region. To correct these negative environmental impacts I propose the following: pollution control legislation, random emission testing, encouraging carpooling initiatives, and establish green spaces. Expense Budget Of the $18 Million allotted for measures to fix the pollution issue, only $14.9 Million will is needed to correct successfully the environmental issues. Below is the breakdown of solution and cost. |Solution |Expense: | |Pollution control legislation for point sources |$4.3 Million | |Random emission testing |$3.6 Million | |Establish green spaces |$4.2 Million | |Encourage carpooling ...
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...SURVEY - “GREEN MARKETING” 1. Name of the Respondent | | 2. Gender | a. Male | b. Female | 3. Age a. 15-20 b 20-25 25-30 d. 30 and above 4. Education Level: a. Secondary Level b. Undergraduate c. Postgraduate 5. Are you aware of “green products” or Eco-friendly products? a. Yes b. No c. A little 6. How you became aware of “green products” or Eco-friendly products? a. Television b. Magazines c. Class lectures d. Newspapers e. Others________________________________ 7. If green features increase the price of the product, are you willing to pay more? a. Yes b. No c. A little 8. Do you think there is enough information about “green” features when you buy the product? a. Yes b. No 9. What is the main reason that makes you willing to pay more for the “green” products? a. Enhance a quality of life b. Environmental protection responsibility c. potential increase of product value d. getting high level of satisfaction 10. What is the main reason that makes you not willing to pay more for the “green” products? a. Cannot see the benefit of those features b. Product cost is too high, cannot afford them c. Producers only claim, actually it is not d. Government should pay for them e. Producer should pay for them f. Environmental issues are gimmick for commercial only g. I am ready to pay extra...
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