April 3, 2014 Piet Mondrian/ De Stijl The “Logical Consequences of Cubism” Piet Mondrian Landzicht Farm Under Unclouded Blue Sky (1905) -placid water—stable image -reflection of trees on a slow moving river -inhibits the illusion of death because of symmentry -charge the realistic landscape Geinrust Farm in the Mist (1906-07) Avond (Evening); Red Tree (1908) -symbolist color influences of Van Gogh -more extreme, pure colors—less and less naturalistic -starts to focus
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De Beers and the Conflict Diamonds De Beers is the most recognizable name in the diamond industry and since it was established in 1888 by Cecil Rhodes; the company have been linked to the “blood diamond” trade because for a long time they had the control of supply and demand of the diamond industry. De beers dominated the diamond market for the best part of the 20th century, but the creation of synthetic diamonds and the discovery of new diamond deposits in other countries have created new challenges
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UP TO THE unique qualities OF DIAMONDS. THE BEHAVIOUR OF OUR EMPLOYEES, THE ROBUSTNESS OF OUR COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS and our commitment to transparency maintain stakeholder confidence in our business and play a key role in upholding ‘diamond equity’. De Beers aims to meet or exceed all applicable statutory requirements, as well as international standards on ethical issues ranging from conflict diamonds to anti-corruption. We also work with our business partners to embed ethical standards throughout
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resource. Up until recently only De Beers controlled the diamond industry making the diamond industry monopolistic. (Zimnisky, 2014) However, over the last 25 years a series of events led to the dismantling of the De Beers monopoly. De Beers no longer has complete control over the diamond industry and instead it is market forces, not the De Beers monopoly, driving the diamond market. (Zimnisky, 2014) The following essay will discuss what events led to the dismantling of the De Beers monopoly, the role of
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Antitrust September 17, 2009 Tonight’s Agenda Role Call Review of Last Week, Current Events Antitrust Case Study: DeBeers Wrap Up Review of Last Week “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and division, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” -- Adam Smith “Perfectly Competitive Market” Consumers well-served. Receive goods at lowest price possible
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Modern Urban World Torrence The differences Whites and Blacks, as well as their comparisons, are portrayed through two different movies of two different eras of American history. Remember the Titans centers around an integrated high school football team in Virginia in the 1970’s. The team has to figure out how to bond together as one in order to overcome racial adversity of the south in the 1970’s. The Great Debaters takes place in Texas during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Three black
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Explication: Diamonds, Development, and Democracy Nicky Oppenheimer is the chairman of the De Beers Group in Gabrone, Botswana. She has written an article on the successes of her company and the path it can give for the remaining countries in Africa. In her article “Diamonds, Development, and Democracy”, Oppenheimer strongly believes that, “..my argument on the role natural resources can and must play in Africa’s future development.”(212). The continent of Africa has been known for it’s corruption
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Diamond Road Assignment 1. Rebel forces control areas and often through the forced labour of people, they produce stones that are known as blood diamonds. These rebels oppose the government, and use the money from the diamonds to purchase weapons and fund their military actions. Blood diamonds are also known as conflict diamonds. 2. If the natives own the land, they rent it to diamond companies, which will agree to leave everything like it was once they are done, Example: they will put
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may harm people if there is a lack of honesty or deception in the results from research. De Beers is the world’s largest diamond producer. De Beers has been charged with price-fixing and other anticompetitive conduct. Under scrutiny since World War II for refusing to provide industrial diamonds for the war effort they were forced to leave the American market. In 1994, an indictment was filed against the De Beers Diamond Company for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by fixing the price of industrial
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Intersect Investment Company (IIC) is a financial investment firm that has struggled to regain the trust of their clients as well as their constituents on Wall Street. Since the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, the financial industry has been nothing short of chaotic. Frank Jeffers is the CEO of Intersect Investment Company and is looking to implement a “customer intimacy” model that will help Intersect become successful in the future. Frank Jeffers has selected a leadership team
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