business should consider the social implications of their decisions. Fortune magazine annually assess America's most Admired Corporations and does so by evaluating over 300 organisations against 8 criteria, one of the eight used is "Community and Environmental Responsibility". Firms such as Merck, Rubber maid, Procter and Gamble, Wal-mart, Pepsico, Coca-cola and 3 M have received consistently high overall ratings. The presence of strong social values such as social responsibility has a powerful impact
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Your student ID _________________________________ Your Name _____________________________________ Your Signature __________________________________ THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Australian School of Business School of Marketing MARK1012: Marketing Fundamentals Final Examination Session 1, 2011 Instructions: This examination paper consists of TWO sections, Section A and Section B; (TWELVE printed pages excluding this page). Printing is double sided, so check each page carefully
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Notes for Exam 5- Geography North America Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Physical Geography * Latitude is very important –broad range * Western climates- Mountains (change the climate of the region) * Example: Sierra Nevada and Rockies * Deserts and dryness- Because the mountains are so tall they absorb the precipitation * Further west- very wet * Louisiana- very close to the equator, nothing to stop the storms -2 of the largest countries in the world include
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basic company information | christina rodriguez O N NO T EXT I LE S ONNO SERVICES: Textiles resides in Boulder, Colorado and since 1992, has been manufacturing cotton-based products for some of America’s largest companies, such as Nike, Pepsi and Speedo. However, the more they learned about problems with conventional cotton, the more reserved they became. Growing conventional cotton causes harm to people, wildlife and the environment. Since then they have moved away from conventional
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“We are one team” – H&M Executive Summary Sitting on top as the 3rd largest fast fashion producer in the world, H&M has enjoyed a spectacular 10% growth in the last five years. With its 600 million garments produced every year, H&M is a large player in the race to becoming a sustainable fashion house. After embracing sustainability at large in the last decade, H&M has made significant changes internally towards adopting and embedding sustainability into all their operations
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Definitions and Concept of Marketing According to Philip Kotler, Marketing is a social and managerial process by which certain groups or individuals get what they need or want through the exchange of goods or services (Pride & Ferrell, 2011). Johnson, Schools, & Whittington (2002) believe marketing is the implementation of activities that can help a company to the goals it has set itself, and can anticipate the wishes of consumers and develop products or services fit for the market. The Marketing
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social, financial and environmental risks and obligations. While companies have begun identifying the need to ingrain sustainability into the organisation, most business leaders still do not have a clear idea on how to go about doing so. THE CULTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY When talking about sustainability in business we mean managing the ‘triple bottom line’ such that decision making takes into account not only profits but also people and the planet along with social and environmental risks and obligations
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their aspirations. Our company is built on a foundation of principles that include responsibility to the communities we serve and where we live and work. In 2008, we launched a Corporate Citizenship Initiative, a global effort to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges we face in our business. Among the issues we are addressing are carbon impact, paper specifications and procurement, ethical conduct within our business and among our vendors, and community and charitable
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www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info E L E V E N T H E D I T I O N MARKETING MISTAKES AND SUCCESSES 3 0 T H A N N I V E R S A RY Robert F. Hartley Cleveland State University JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. www.it-ebooks.info VICE PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER EXECUTIVE EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR PRODUCTION MANAGER PRODUCTION ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE MARKETING MANAGER ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER MARKETING ASSISTANT DESIGN DIRECTOR SENIOR DESIGNER SENIOR MEDIA EDITOR George Hoffman Lise Johnson
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Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00 – 12:20 and 2:00 – 3:00 pm, or by appointment Brandeis University International Business School Course Description Marketing is the sum of the activities undertaken by a company to stimulate sales of its product or services with its customers. The marketing objective is to create, promote and distribute products or services, at a price
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