Table of contents Executive summary 1 1. Introduction 2 2. Motivating factors for companies to publish sustainability reports 2 3. Key features of effective sustainability reports 3 3.1 General standard disclosures 3 3.2 Specific standard disclosures 3 3.3 Sector specific disclosures 4 4
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Soon after her induction, she was joined by Annemarie as nursing director, replacing the previous director Dorothy who had resigned. Rachel and Annemarie had been trying hard to deal with the financial deficit and introduced systems to improve accountability, productivity, quality and efficiency of staff and their documentation. These systems and the intended changes were not viewed positively by some of the staff and started a conflict with the management. The differences grew and resulted in the
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------------------------------------------------- EXPLORING THE PRINCIPLES FOR INCREASING INTEGRITY, OBJECTIVITY IN EXTERNAL AUDITS. Authors: Dosch, Robert J. rdosch@business.und.edu Haskins, James P. jhaskins@business.und.edu O'Keefe, Timothy P. tim.okeefe@business.und.edu Source: Information Management Journal. May/Jun2013, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p32-36. 5p. Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *RECORDS management *FINANCIAL statements *AUDITING *DATA integrity *AUDITING standards *BUSINESS
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about privacy and protection of patient health information. In 1996, the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act also known as HIPAA was passed. This was the first federal law regulating the privacy of health information. HIPAA was “designed primarily to modernize the flow of health information” (Solove, 2013). While at this time medical records were still in paper form, it was clear that health records would become digital in the future. (Solove, 2013). In the early years of HIPAA
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‘what is good for workers - their community, health, and environment is also good for the businesses. Present article focuses on the CSR with the case study of BILT (YamunaNagar Plant) as a concept and analyses the real life case study. Present paper is divided in to two parts. First part gives the insight of CSR as a concept, current trends of CSR in India and Global Standards on which CSR is implemented and Second part deal with the BILT ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. *Mrs. Shilpa
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security more effective in blocking threats either from outside or inside the company. Within my paper I will discuss that I am the Information Technology (IT) Director for a small, growing firm and my tasked would be to develop an electronic resource security policy to deploy within my organization. I will discuss the differences between the terms implementation and policy and describe the importance of their separation. Then develop an outline of a security policy which addresses areas that are
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Leadership, Trustworthiness, and Ethical Stewardship Abstract The problem to be investigated in Caldwell et al.’s (2010) paper is the relationship between leadership, perceptions of interpersonal trustworthiness, and elements of ethical stewardship. With an increasing competition amongst businesses today, the role of leadership and trust into leaders by their followers (i.e., stakeholders, employees) plays an increasing role in the successful operation of business organizations. Moreover
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Future Trends in Health Care Your Name HCS/533 10 February 2014 Professor Here Future Trends in Health Care Electronic health records have become more prevalent in the current health care system than it was 10 years ago. Electronic health records were not used to the extent it is today for patient documentation
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same as ecotourism. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Commission on Sustainable Development Seventh Session 19-30 April 1999, New York TOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: A LOCAL AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE Background Paper # 3 Prepared by the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives 2 Sustainable Tourism: A Local Authority Perspective prepared by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) A. Introduction 1. A primary
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