ENHANCING TAX REVENUES THROUGH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE INTRODUCTION Proponents of same-sex marriage have used arguments centered on equality, fairness, and microeconomic factors such as reducing taxes for couples who are married, pension inheritance, and Social Security benefits. Opponents of allowing same-sex couples to marry use religious, historical, and political arguments. There seems to be no common basis for one side to convince the other to change its collective mind. Opponents
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problems which are impeding the growth of software industry and have made recommendations for their solution. Page | 2 List of acronyms ADB – Asian Development Bank BCC - Bangladesh Computer Council EPB - Export Promotion Bureau E.U – European Union EC – European Community GOB – Government of Bangladesh ITV - Information Technology Village NRB- Non-Resident Bangladeshis SEI - Software Engineering Institute UNDP – United Nations Development Program WB - World Bank WTO – World Trade Organization
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even put your company's image at risk or risk potential failure in the formation of key business relationships that are vital to global success. Finally, a well-honed sense and appreciation of local customs, etiquette and protocol can make you stand out as a world-savvy individual in a competitive global market. The world may indeed be an oyster today for many businesses. The problem is that too many businesspeople are still, like Oscar Wilde, using the wrong fork. The Ancient Art of Protocol Etiquette
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accessible: we have ADA compliant restrooms.” “It’s too expensive to make the museum accessible to such a small minority.” “There is nothing for a blind person in an art museum.” (McGinnis 138) These are the unfortunate views of some museum professionals regarding Universal Design. Universal Design is an important concept that moves beyond ADA regulations to emphasize ethics and values in attitudes, behaviors, and institutional structures. ADA compliancy is not enough, especially in one area
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Chapter outline Ethical issues arise at a variety of stages in business and management research. This chapter is concerned with the concerns about ethics that might arise in the course of conducting research. The professional bodies concerned with the social sciences have been keen to spell out the ethical issues that can arise, and some of their statements will be reviewed in this chapter. Ethical issues cannot be ignored, in that they relate directly to the integrity of a piece of research and of the
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there is a palpable optimism in the air: Brazil believes in itself. This hasn’t always been the case. When queried on the main factor behind her country’s current optimism, Erika Palomino, arguably the best-known fashion journalist in Brazil, pointed out that a new-found “self-esteem” is as important as the positive numbers: “Because we are a former colony, for a long time we didn’t believe in ourselves and always looked abroad, thinking other countries did things better. That has changed.” Indeed,
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would cost the U.S. economy $35 billion. That is the equivalent of a $10 increase per barrel of oil.1 It is, in a word, staggering. And we may not have seen the end of it. Long before Enron’s collapse, a number of business ethicists and business professionals watched with concern as Wall Street analysts demanded increasingly strong corporate financial performance to support rising corporate stock prices. At the same time, the gargantuan compensation packages (including stock options) of the top executives
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Ethics and ethical theories: a road map for teaching ethics in business schools Joan Fontrodona (IESE Business School, Spain), Manuel Guillén (University of Valencia, Spain), and Alfredo Rodríguez-Sedano (University of Navarre, Spain) Introduction A three-dimensional framework to explain ethical theories Ethical approaches of business firms Teaching ethics experiences using this framework Discussion of the teaching experiences Conclusions References 1 2 6 9 10 12 13 Introduction This paper
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particularly among “high-performance” organizations. Although EI programs are widespread, considerable diversity exists in their breadth, depth, and form. In a study of 313 large companies with EI programs, Lawler, Albers, and Ledford (1992) found that six out of ten had only “low-level” EI programs—based on sharing of information, rewards, power, and training with employees—or programs that relied principally on financial incentives, while only 7% of companies had “high-level” programs. A more recent edition
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Foreign Remittance A Case Study on Southeast Bank Ltd, Chouhatta Branch, Sylhet An Internship Report On Foreign Remittance A case study on Southeast Bank Limited, Chouhatta Branch, Sylhet SUBM ITTED TO Department of Business Administration SUPERVISED BY Najia jahura Lecturer Department of Business Administration Leading University, Sylhet Submitted By
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