Social Responsibility & Starbucks BAMMC – BA Thesis May, 2012 Abstract Organizations today are experiencing increased pressure from their surrounding environments to act as good social citizens while still being profitable. Acting social and ethical responsible has become an expectation rather than a differentiation strategy to obtain organizational legitimacy. Therefore, this thesis examines how the very successful global coffee company, Starbucks, communicates its CSR initiatives through its
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SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Prepared for: Professor Christopher Selvarajah Prepared by: Thanh Tuan Nguyen Student ID : 100010779 Prepared for: Professor Christopher Selvarajah Prepared by: Thanh Tuan Nguyen Student ID : 100010779 Exploring Justice, Fairness and Organizational sustainability in the international environment: The case of 2010 Gulf of Mexico Exploring Justice, Fairness and Organizational sustainability in the international
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Business Ethics DOI 10.1007/sl0551-005-4175-4 ? Springer 2006 Corporate Psychological Defences: T. Ketola An Oil Spill Case ABSTPJVCT. protect isational morality defences the Organisational self-esteem even This an oil and moral at the paper refinery psychological integrity expense analyses and of the its parent of defences the organ the of while concessions corporation imply that is taking a change place. towards a more responsible personality
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RISK MANAGEMENT – AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL ENGINEERS A Discussion Paper By: Paul R. Amyotte, P.Eng.1 & Douglas J. McCutcheon, P.Eng.2 Chemical Engineering Program Department of Process Engineering & Applied Science Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2X4 2 1 Industrial Safety & Loss Management Program Faculty of Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G6 Prepared For: The Research Committee of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers
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basis the roles corporations play in society are scrutinized by the media who constantly lookout to report on scandals, corporate misbehavior or, the positive contributions businesses have on society (Crane, 2008). Induced by this, corporations are facing increasing pressure to legitimate their practices and take account of the impact they have on society, which has led to the emergence of what Crane (2008) refers to as a ‘CSR Movement’. The concept of CSR emerged in the 1960/70’s as an American
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INTRODUCTION: Avon is a world largest leading manufacturer of beauty and home products organization. The company was as established in 1886 under the name of California Perfume Company (CPC) and then was changed to Avon Product, Inc in 1939 by the same founder David H. McConnell and remained the same to current period. Avon is a globally famous and successful in its direct selling strategy if selling door to door, the company creates more than $10 billion in annual revenue. Avon Company has
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Examination Paper Semester I: Organizational Behaviour IIBM Institute of Business Management IIBM Institute of Business Management Semester-1 Examination Paper MM.100 Organizational Behaviour Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) This section consists of Multiple Choice & Short Notes type Questions. Answer all the questions. Part One carries 1 mark each & Part two carries 5 marks each. Part one: Multiple choices: 1. It is the degree to which a person identifies with a
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A Report On HR Practices in GrameenPhone Limited [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] HR Practices in GrameenPhone Limited Prepared For M. Nazmul Amin Majumder BRAC Business School, BRAC University Prepared By Sabit Rahman Tanim ID: 12264021, Sec.-01 MBA Program [pic] BRAC University Date of Submission: 20 April 2014 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 20 April
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org/unctad/en/pressref/prdis.htm * Tel. 022-907.5733; Fax 907.0274; E.mail: nicole.winch@ unctad.org JEL classification: G280 - iii - CONTENTS Chapter Page INTRODUCTION I. II. III. GROWTH AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL BANKS IN AFRICA MORAL HAZARD, ADVERSE SELECTION AND FINANCIAL FRAGILITY THE CAUSES OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS AMONG LOCAL BANKS A. B. C. D. IV. V. VI. Insider lending Lending to high-risk borrowers Macroeconomic instability Liquidity support and prudential regulation 1 2
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Restorative Justice Empowerment* Charles Barton** *Acknowledgements Versions of this paper have previously appeared in print as detailed below. The author acknowledges and thanks the relevant Editors for their permission to re-produce the article on the VOMA Web-Page: 1. The Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000. 2. Just Peace?: Peace Making and Peace Building for the New Millennium. (Proceedings of a Conference held 24 – 28 April 2000, at Massey University
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