Abstract: The case portrays the evolution of the partnership between software giant Microsoft Corporation and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative was created in 1999, as a bottom-up idea, when Microsoft employees initiated to help the victims of the Kosovo crisis. The outcome was a software registration system that today helps UNHCR administer their refugee camps in a more efficient and constructive way. The case illustrates
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The company was founded in 1981 by Sir Bill Gammell, the former international Rugby player, who remains its CEO, his father James (Jimmy), his brother Pete and others. Its initial operations were in the USA and, following its listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1988, it expanded into the UK North Sea and internationally (Papua New Guinea, Spain, Vietnam, China and Australia). Cairn acquired Conoco's UK onshore acreage in 1988 and became one of the largest operators of UK onshore oil production
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violence? Is it simply an action, or is it a state? I believe that violence can be a series of actions which an individual in a violent state may take. Violence is a physical and emotional state which holds various categories of intensity and origins. Bill Buford, in his novel Among the Thugs: The Experience, and the Seduction, of Crowd Violence, describes the experience and observations made of violence, namely within the masses of football teams. The human inclination towards control and dominance
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it was just as easy to find the same files free from users who are willing to share. This process of file sharing causes billions of dollars in loss for such intellectual properties. The No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act) was introduced by President Bill Clinton in 1997. “The NET Act makes it a crime to infringe a copyright willfully for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of one
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much money is in a bundle of bills for the largest bill, and how much equaled $1,000,000.00 of the largest bill printed. So below, I will outline my research and support my result on a graph for further explanation. 1.) The largest currency circulated to the public is the $100.00 bill. (www.treasury.gov) 2.) A bundle equals 100 of $100.00 bills. (www.answers.com) 3.) It takes 10 bundles of $100.00 bills to make $1,000,000.00. 4.) The weight of a single bill is 1 gram. (www.enchantedlearning
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The management style of both Bill gates and Steve Jobs is unique because they are very good in implementing high-quality ideas, and starts to work on those ideas and converting those ideas into a successful product. Secondly, the most important thing is that they decide to take any risks without any tensions and try very hard to reach their goal. MS-DOS for Microsoft would be a good example and Lisa and the page maker are the example for apple. (Gates, Bill (1996) The management style of Steve
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| Equipment costs covered | Food concessions | Study grants | Travel concessions | Trips and visits highlights, costs, information | Uniform/clothing requirements costs/ grants, bursaries | Accrington and Rosedale | Aged 19+ and in full time education receive up to £500 allowance to include equipment and protective clothing, examination fees, travel and books etc. Higher education- up to £1,000 (learners must have applied for a maintenance loan) | Lunchtime canteen available for all students including
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you care about. Excessive television watching for children over the years has become an epidemic in regards to safety. Figure1 Television in this day and age has definitely changed for children since the 90’s in those years’ shows such as The Bill Cosby Show, Family Matters, 7th Heaven, Saved by the bell and many more shows. Now, the media has quietly added violence to what once where wholesome shows and also have geared most of their shows to violence. Figure1 is a prime example of how children
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assault weapons. Several years ago, congress passed a landmark bill, banning the sale, manufacture and, importation of semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition clips. Due to this ban, the number of crimes traced to assault weapons has decreased almost 20% from 1994 to 1996. This ban was repealed by the House of Representatives. On March 22, 1996 another big legislation in the fight against guns was the Brady bill, which demands a 5 day waiting period for all handgun purchases
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