Running Head: Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Plan Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Plan LAW/531 September 29, 2010 Introduction Alumina, Inc. makes aluminum products and has revenues of over $4 Billion Dollars. The company is based in the United States (US) with operations in eight other countries around the world. The US accounts for 70% of Alumina’s market share. Alumina has business interests in automotive components and manufacture packaging materials
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John Rolph EST1: Ethical Situations in Business Task 2 Standards and Procedures 1.) Information Confidentiality: As an employee, you will be exposed to client-sensitive as well as company-sensitive information that is to be viewed only by those who have the authority or permission to do so. Such information to be considered “confidential” includes business contracts, financial information, internal correspondence, and any and all documentation (electronic or paper-based) that is not authorized
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application of financial management techniques in NPOs. A comparison and contrast of nonprofit and for profit organizations (FPOs) will be examined while focusing on the fundamental differences between the two. How NPOs and FPOs are affected by different laws that dictate their daily operations will be explored. Information regarding how sources of funds are generated, how the use of debt applies, how performance evaluations are conducted, and how governance mechanisms relate to these organizations will
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Ethics and Healthcare go hand in hand. Many ethical decisions are pondered over and made every day regarding patients, the appropriate treatment plans, and end of life care. The public expects that healthcare organizations always make the “right” choices in reference to challenging decisions. However there are times where patient’s families make ethical decision making by the healthcare team virtually impossible. Hospital ethical committees and even the legal system in certain situations must oversee
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There are many factors in the macro-environment that will effect the decisions of the managers of any organisation. Tax changes, new laws, trade barriers, demographic change and government policy changes are all examples of macro change. To help analyse these factors managers can categorise them using the PESTEL model. Provides an understanding of the wider business environment.Encourages the development of strategic thinking.May raise awareness of threats to a project.Can help an organisation to
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was the impact of stakeholder responsiveness on innovativeness. The second objective of this study was to explore the impact of compliance-based versus strategic-based regulation approaches on firm innovation and overall corporate social responsibility (CSR). Findings suggest that regulatory responsiveness decreases innovation when firms expend resources only on compliance. Firms adopting strategic-based approaches, such as voluntary regulatory
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MALAYSIAN CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The need for a Code was inspired in part by a desire for the private sector to initiate and lead a review and to establish reforms of standards of corporate governance at a micro level. This is based on the belief that in some aspects, self-regulation is preferable and the standards developed by those involved may be more acceptable and thus more enduring. 1.3 The Code essentially aims to set out principles and best practices on structures and processes
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Confirming Pages 3 Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has gone green. Since 2005 it has worked to plan and execute a sustainability strategy that includes using renewable energy sources, reducing its waste, and selling sustainable products. A packaging scorecard helps Walmart’s 60,000 suppliers learn about Walmart’s expectations and guides the firm in making its purchasing decisions. The company has built energy-efficient stores and retrofitted others, and it offers reusable shopping
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Bangladesh Tel: +880 2 9887567, Fax: +880 2 8813769 E-mail: progress@gtz.de,[->0] Websites: www.gtz.de[->1], www.gtz-progress.org[->2] Working Paper No – 6 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE BANGLADESH LABOR LAW 2006 AND 7 GENERAL CODES OF CONDUCT By Ameena Chowdhury Hanna Denecke Dhaka, October 21, 2007 PROGRESS (promotion of social, environmental
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