CITIZENSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNITY: THE LIMITS OF THE CSR AGENDA In his article, Newell explores the predicaments of poor communities around the globe with regard to the accountability of companies to the communities in which they invest. An approach of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) lays great emphasis on voluntarism, partnership and self-regulation techniques to tackling social and environmental problems and managing conflicts. While this approach has worked well in Europe and
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“Scholastic Triumphs at Ateneo de Manila (1872-1877)” Submitted by: Carlo G. Toriaga Submitted to: Dr. Loida C. Suarez Chapter 4- SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS AT ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-1877) Jose was sent to Manila four months after the martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za and with Doña Teodora still in prison. He studied in the Ateneo Municipal, a college under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits. Ateneo Municipal * Bitter rival of the Dominican-owned College of San Juan de Letran * Formerly
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the most important callings God has given His daughters in this life. Sheri Dew of the General Relief Society Presidency stated this about the responsibility of being a mother; “prophets have repeatedly answered this question, as did the First Presidency six decades ago when they called motherhood the highest, holiest service … assumed by mankind” (Dew, 2001). The role of a mother in today’s society is undervalued and unrecognized by many. Motherhood is all about being self-sacrificing, loving, nurturing
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THE IMPORTANT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN TODAY’S WORLD Community service is the long held tradition of working without pay in order to serve the common good. In essence, we're talking about helping others either directly or indirectly in order to make the world a little bit of a better place. Often times, community service is different from other volunteer organizations because it is focused on one local issue rather than trying to save the world or focusing on larger problems. The whole premise of
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* Performance: Institutions and processes try to serve all stakeholders and institutions produce results that meet needs while making the best use of resources. * Accountability: Decision makers in government, the private sector and civil society organizations are accountable to the public. * Fairness: All men and women have opportunities to improve and maintain their well-being and legal framework should be fair and enforced impartially, particularly the laws on human rights. Bangladesh
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known. But to achieve this, many questions must be answered, one of the most important being the question of accountability: to whom, and for what should the largest political-economic players (states, intergovernmental organizations (IGO), Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and Multinational Corporations (MNC)) be accountable, and how can they be held accountable? Accountability has the ability to enforce compliance and turn exploitation into equality, and without it, democratic global governance
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Account for the growing importance of global civil society in global environmental politics. Is this phenomenon synonymous with global environmental governance? The globalization phenomenon has altered many facets of the contemporary world. Areas of governance such as states’ policy making, the way companies do business, and how information is shared have all been affected by the increasingly globalized world. With all of these changes occurring at a rapid pace, state sovereignty has been
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What are the main advantage and disadvantages of forming an industrial cluster? The main advantages of Industrial cluster are : ● Industry clusters provide production and marketing cost savings to member firms, such as, lower labor costs from sharing a labor pool. ● Industry clusters provide enhanced opportunities for cluster firms to focus on fewer activities and to adopt new production technologies and organizations ● Industry clusters facilitate the development of links
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post-colonial aspect is very easy for me to explain. One of the questions posed by post-colonial Phil osiers is “Can oral history and tradition be preserved for future generations? I believe that it can. This can only happen if we as a capitalistic society stop being so self-involved with money and possessions. We have to realize that history repeats itself in one way or another. Each generation needs to stop and take the time to learn from parents, grandparents, and great grandparents about their lives
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The Shell Global Scenarios to 2025 The future business environment: trends, trade-offs and choices © Shell International Limited (SIL), 2005. Permission should be sought from SIL before any part of this publication is reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any other means. Agreement will normally be given, provided that the source is acknowledged. The information contained in this publication is, to the best of our knowledge, true and accurate although the forward looking
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