...Ecological Footprint Since the industrial revolution, human’s demand for natural resources is greater than ever. Consumption and waste are extremely high in some countries and this is negatively impacting on our natural environment. If human’s develop the world by destroying the environment, that will not be lasting and sustainable development. We need to find the way to deal with the human development and also preserve the natural resources. The definition of the ‘ecological footprint’ is a way of measuring our impact on the natural environment as a result of our resource use(WWF, n.d). The purpose of this essay is to find out the ecological footprint in different countries and how resources being used and give to my personal suggestions. This essay, will compare the ecological footprint between two countries, Japan which is developed country and China --- developing country. China consumes 15% of the global biocapacity, and is in the second place in the world but also has the largest population. In 2003, China’s ecological footprint was 1.6(China Ecological Footprint Report, 2012), under the global per capita average of ecological footprint. Carbon footprint occupies half of the whole ecological footprint. From the same year’s figure of The Ecological Footprint Countries (China Ecological Footprint Report, 2012), Japan 4.4 per capita is in the first of Asian countries. Japanese mountain accounted for 73% of total land area, in addition to agricultural land, one percent...
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...LIFE OF THE SUSTAINBILITY HERO SUBMITTED BY CHINMAYA KUMAR SWAIN EXCUTIVE MBA, BATCH: - 2015 - 16 Enrollment No: UMEF15007 SUBMITTED TO PROF. S. PEPPIN XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGENENT, XAVIER UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION Wangari Maathai was a renowned Kenyan environmentalist activist who spent the better half of her life fighting for environmental issues. Her original name was Wangari Muta. She was the first African woman environmentalist to be honoured with the prestigious Nobel Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. Also she was the first African woman to be awarded with a doctorate degree. It was her excellent academic background and great skills that earned her prestigious positions at the University of Nairobi. In 1970s, she founded the Green Belt Movement, which involved planting trees to conserve the environment. With time, the non-government organization expanded and focussed on environmental conservation and women’s rights as well. In 2006, France bestowed upon her one of its highest decorations, Legion d’honneur. SHORT BIOGRAPHY Childhood & Early Life * Wangari Maathai was born as on 1 April 1940 in the village of Ihithe in the central highlands of the colony of Kenya. * Two years later, she shifted along with her parents to a farm near Rift Valley where her father had found work. * In 1947, she returned to Ihithe, for lack of educational opportunities at the farm. * At the age...
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...COURSE SYLLABUS – Spring 2011 - DS 3520 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Course Number and Title: Operations Management - DS 3520 (3 semester hours) Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing and must have passed ECON 3610 (Statistics). This applies to all students regardless of their major in the University. Course Description (from current catalog): Management of the processes, resources, and technologies in the production of goods and services. This course will cover topics concerning the design, operation, and improvement of production systems. These are topics such as operations strategy, capacity planning, design and analysis of processes, quality management management systems, supply chain management, production planning and inventory management. It will also address important business issues and contexts such as sustainability, strategic partnerships and alliances, global competitiveness, quality and productivity, and lean production philosophy. Learning Objectives and Expected Learning Outcomes: The learning objectives and expected learning outcomes are: 1) To introduce the fundamental concepts of Operations Management; to provide factual knowledge, terminology, methods, and theories of the field required for the management of the transformation process by which inputs are converted into useful goods and services in a production system. Students will demonstrate the understanding of the key terminology and concepts of operations management...
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...BERBAGAI KELEMAHAN DAN KELEBIHAN KODE ETIK SEBAGAI PANDUAN MORAL PEKERJA MEDIA Oleh : Rekno Sulandjari Abstract Most professions – and fields with pretensions to professionalism – have a code of ethics. Indeed, one of the hallmarks of aproffessions as distinct from an occupation or a trade is that it has an ethical code, often with teeth to enforce it. Some of these codes are primarily for the benefit of practitioners in the professions. Its focus on such things as economics and control over entrance to the fields and its practise. Codes may also be public relations exercise, intended to make customers or the general public look more favorable on the professions. Finally, codes can also form a useful set of guidelines for practitioners, with the best interest of the public – the professions’s customers – at heart. Key words: occupation, trade and guidelines BAB I PENDAHULUAN Semua prtofesi-dan cabang pekerjaan yang menginginkan profesionalisme – memiliki kode etik. Beberapa kode ini utamanya memberikan keuntungan bagi individu sebagai anggota masyarakat dan beraktivitas di bidang pekerjaan tertentu juga bagi praktisi yang profesional di bidangnya, yang memberikan sebuah bentuk aturan yang gunanya memandu para praktisi yang banyak menghubungkan dengan publik. Bagi beberapa orang, aturan-aturan formal sangat diperlukan sebagai tanda bagi profesi yang diakui keberadaannya, bagi yang lain aturan-aturan bernilai membatasi hubungan yang saling menaklukkan atau...
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...Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress Professor Joseph E. STIGLITZ, Chair, Columbia University Professor Amartya SEN, Chair Adviser, Harvard University Professor Jean-Paul FITOUSSI, Coordinator of the Commission, IEP www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr Other Members Bina AGARWAL Kenneth J. ARROW Anthony B. ATKINSON François BOURGUIGNON Jean-Philippe COTIS Angus S. DEATON Kemal DERVIS Marc FLEURBAEY Nancy FOLBRE Jean GADREY Enrico GIOVANNINI Roger GUESNERIE James J. HECKMAN Geoffrey HEAL Claude HENRY Daniel KAHNEMAN Alan B. KRUEGER Andrew J. OSWALD Robert D. PUTNAM Nick STERN Cass SUNSTEIN Philippe WEIL University of Delhi StanfordUniversity Warden of Nuffield College School of Economics, Insee, Princeton University UNPD Université Paris 5 University of Massachussets Université Lille OECD Collège de France Chicago University Columbia University Sciences-Po/Columbia University Princeton University Princeton University University of Warwick Harvard University London School of Economics University of Chicago Sciences Po Rapporteurs Jean-Etienne CHAPRON General Rapporteur Didier BLANCHET Jacques LE CACHEUX Marco MIRA D’ERCOLE Pierre-Alain PIONNIER Laurence RIOUX Paul SCHREYER Xavier TIMBEAU Vincent MARCUS INSEE INSEE OFCE OCDE INSEE INSEE/CREST OCDE OFCE INSEE Table of contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. SHORT NARRATIVE ON THE CONTENT OF THE REPORT Chapter 1: Classical GDP Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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