Social Audit: A Toolkit A Guide for Performance Improvement and Outcome Measurement CENTRE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE Knowledge Technology People Social Audit: A Toolkit No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer or a research scholar who may quote brief passages in a review in a magazine or a newspaper or for research purposes as the case may be. Copyright
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Globalization and the Information Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa1 Derrick L. Cogburn, Ph.D. University of Michigan School of Information and Global Information Infrastructure Commission – Africa Catherine Nyaki Adeya, Ph.D. United Nations University Institute for New Technologies Prepared as a working paper for the African Development Forum '99 24-28 October 1999, United Nations Conference Centre United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1
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The 'Contribution of The Catholic Church in Tamilnadu in rrhe 17th -19th Centuries to an Understanding of Christ D. JEYARAJ, S.J. With the colonial expansion of the Portuguese, Christianity came into the Tamil country. St Francis Xavier inaugurated the Catholic church in Tamilnadu. Henrique Henriques, a disciple of Xavier was· working in the fishery coast for fifty years till his death in 1600, at Punnaikayal. In the interior, Robert de Nobili, the Italian Jesuit, founded the famous Madurai Mission
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Assignment # 4 King Jewels Ethical Leadership in Practice By: Mark A. Cowan ACC 499 Strayer University Senior Capstone-Accounting Dr. Monica Pendergrass Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Hong Kong company of KingJewels. Their ethical leadership in practice will be discussed at length. The author will attempt to discuss the leadership style and how it contributed to unethical behavior, proper segregation of duties may have prevented the fraud, the company’s
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INTRODUCTION The participation of the state in enterprises in Nigeria dates back to the colonial era. The task of providing infrastructural facilities such as railway, road, bridges, water, electricity and port facilities fell on the colonial government due to the absence of indigenous companies with the required capital as well as the inability or unwillingness of foreign trading companies to embark on these capital-intensive projects(Iheme 1997).This involvement was expended and consolidated by
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INTERNATIONAL IS THE GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATION LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION. THROUGH MORE THAN 90 CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE AND AN INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT IN BERLIN, WE RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION AND WORK WITH PARTNERS IN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO TACKLE IT. www.transparency.org WE ARE A GLOBAL MOVEMENT SHARING ONE VISION A WORLD IN WHICH GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, BUSINESS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DAILY LIVES OF
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having a measure of control over when, where and how they work. “It is achieved when an individual's right to a fulfilled life inside and outside paid work is accepted and respected as the norm, to the mutual benefit of the individual, business and society.” (Community Business Official Website 2010). In this essay, the downsides of homeworking from workers’ point of view which make it less desirable to them, the reasons accounting for why not all individuals are suitable for being homeworkers as well
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1. INTRODUCTION As globalization and international trade impact societies, non-government organizations have become increasingly influential in world affairs. Now, there are about twelve thousand NGOs in all over the world operating in most countries. These organizations are not directly affiliated with any national government, but often have a significant Impact on the social, economy and political activity of the country or region involved. So, we can say that NGOs have become
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recently. Although Thai society nowadays, at least as seen in Bangkok and in some regional cities, has divided clearly into two sides, it signifies the size of the social gap that is much more narrow than in the past. So, It is one of the reasons about the real democracy that everyone is equal. Presumably, more participating and collaborating of Thai people I have seen recently, could make Thai politic gradually becoming to a real democracy which has a lively civil society, press and people politic
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A great way to pray is to look for God’s presence in your life. More than 400 years ago St. Ignatius Loyola encouraged prayer-filled mindfulness by proposing what has been called the Daily Examen. The Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and to discern his direction for us. Try this version of St. Ignatius’s prayer. 1. Become aware of God’s presence. Look back on the events of the day in the company of the Holy Spirit. The day may
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