9-700-047 REV: SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 DEBORA L. SPAR Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices Moore: Twelve year olds working in [Indonesian] factories? That’s O.K. with you? Knight: They’re not 12-year-olds working in factories... the minimum age is 14. Moore: How about 14 then? Does that bother you? Knight: No. — Phil Knight, Nike CEO, talking to Director Michael Moore in a scene from documentary film The Big One, 1997. Nike is raising the minimum age of footwear factory workers
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Dutch CFAs Micro-finance in Kenya 2.1.1 The emergence of micro-finance as an industry 2.1.2 Types of micro-finance agencies in Kenya 2.1.3 Service delivery approaches 2.1.3.1 Savings services 2.1.3.2 Loan products 2.1.4 Outreach 2.1.4.1 Banks 2.1.4.2 NGO-MFAs 2.1.4.3 Savings and Credit Co-operatives (SACCOs) 2.1.4.4 ROSCAs and ASCRAs A profile of micro-finance agencies and schemes as supported by Dutch CFAs 2.2.1 General profile 2.2.2 Specific profiles 2.2.2.1 K-REP Development Agency (KDA) 2.2.2.2
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MANAGE RISK PROJECT 1 Introduction Company overview I am a human resource manager in PANCHIO SMOOTH FOOD LTD. Panchio Food is the leading manufacturer of chocolate in Australia. The story of Panchio chocolate began on a small town in the Western Australia, where humble shepherds perfected age-old chocolate-making techniques passed down from father to son. In Australia since 1969, Panchio has acquired an enviable reputation for traditional specialty style chocolate. Now Australia’s
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Finance is the life blood of trade, commerce and industry. Now-a-days, banking sector acts as the backbone of modern business. Development of any country mainly depends upon the banking system. Every bank in India has to compulsorily concentrate on Financial Inclusion as it is one of the developing sectors of Indian Economy. It is one of the segments that have a major impact on Indian Economy. The main purpose of this study is to understand the impact of Financial Inclusion on
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Assessment 1 Develop workplace sustainability Questions What are the sustainability issues? Unsustainable activities have led to changes in our environment, or have been identified as having the potential to lead to future changes. The types of changes that are occurring or are predicted to occur form the key issues for sustainability. The following Table 1 provides a summary of the key issues. They are related to changes to the physical and cultural (being the way we live) environments
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maintain their appliances to function optimally while using as little energy as possible. This is beneficial not only for the environment, but also for one’s electric bills. Refrigerators Refrigerators are the biggest energy guzzlers of the house accounting for about one-sixth of electricity consumption. One can reduce the cost of refrigeration by investing in an appropriately-sized model (a full-sized refrigerator is superfluous for a small household), by keeping the thermostat between 34 and 38 degrees
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Corporate Governance is________. a) About ethical conduct in business b) Direct or indirect concerns in the organization c) A manufacturing system d) None of the above 2. The term corporate governance is derived from the__________. a) Greek word b) English word c) French word d) Latin word 3. The definition “Corporate Governance is the system by which business directed and controlled” is given by a) SEBI committee b) OECD committee c) Cadbury committee d) All of the above 4. Internal
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6Critical Sociology http://crs.sagepub.com Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee Crit Sociol 2008; 34; 51 DOI: 10.1177/0896920507084623 The online version of this article can be found at: http://crs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/1/51 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Critical Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://crs.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://crs.sagepub
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W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children w U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies Wo m e n ’s C o m m i s s i o n f o r R e f u g e e Wo m e n & C h i l d r e n N e w Yo r k W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children Copyright © January 2000 by Women’s Commission
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THE EC-PHILIPPINES STRATEGY PAPER 2007-2013 i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................... iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................... 7 1. COUNTRY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................ 9 1.1. Analysis of the political situation....................................
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