Introduction Good corporate governance (GCG) in a corporate set up leads to maximize the value of the shareholders legally, ethically and on a sustainable basis, while ensuring equity and transparency to every stakeholder - the company's customers, employees, investors, vendors-partners, the government of the land and the community (Murthy, 2006). GCG is a must for ensuring the required values to different stakeholder groups. It enhances the performance of corporations, by creating an environment
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Flayton’s; releasing a formal public relations statement to acknowledge the breach and to assure the public that the matter is being taken care of; finally handling secondary risks that may have occurred as a result of the situation i.e. blogs, social media, faulty media reports, etc. Lee
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States. Those dissenters in Boston who disrupted trade in 1773 as a protest against unfair laws and business practices could not have imagined the modernday equivalent: computer "hacktivists" (hacker + activist) leveraging exploits against digital networks to accomplish more or less the same thing. This case study explores the ways in which the general public, news media, lawmakers, and law enforcement have reacted to the more contentious hacktivist incidents that have transpired in the United States since 2009
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concerning the nursing home and its’ residents; to make arrangements for these individuals; and to acknowledge the advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication. This paper will also discuss the effects of HIPAA and other regulations on the use of these media for health care communication. There are various types of communication methods that are used in the health care organizations. Face-to-face conversations, telephone calls, letters
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of drugs would take criminals and hard drugs off the corner so that our children of the world couldn’t obtain and get hooked at such a young age. Marijuana is so embraced in the media that more and more people are accepting it as normal or acceptable. Marijuana use helps many factors including stress, depression and social pressure. Some clams state that the so-called drug is harmless and even beneficial in many ways. Some people use it to gain insight or creativity that enhances many sensual experiences
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The Friedman Doctrine states that the only social responsibility of business is to increase its profits as long as it stays within the rules of law. In my opinion, it describes as well an important motivation of the business — profits maximization. Obviously, the main goal of the Metai factory’s owners is to maximize their profits. Meanwhile, they don’t respect the law of the country. They are not only unethical but also illegal under Chinese employment law according to which workers shall not work
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Is It Worth the Risk? Social Media and Healthcare Robert Shaw NR360: Info Systems Chamberlain College of Nursing Fall 2015 Is It Worth the Risk? Social Media and Healthcare Social media has taken over the way that we interact with one another. It is leading the way in which we communicate with family, friends, coworkers and strangers. It is also the way we keep up with our favorite celebrities and gossip. Social media and the use of smartphones are becoming more prevalent in business and
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they should reexamine their stance on the issue, and see that everyone can benefit from legalization. To examine this issue thoroughly everyone should know the history of marijuana prohibition in the United States. Although most states had local laws prohibiting marijuana use and possession, it was not until 1937 that the federal government passed the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act. The act itself did not criminalize the possession or usage of marijuana but instead levied a tax of approximately one dollar
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elsewhere, assess different Marxist views of the relationship between crime and social class. Marxism is a conflict structural theory which states that there is a division of labour between two social classes, the bourgeoisie and the proletariats, because of the existence, exploitation and reproduction of capitalism. Marxists explain how superstructures in society, such as religion, politics, media, education, law etc, act as agencies of control and serve the interests of the ruling class. Unlike
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2012″. SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State recognizes the vital role of information and communications industries such as content production, telecommunications, broadcasting electronic commerce, and data processing, in the nation’s overall social and economic development. The State also recognizes the importance of providing an environment conducive to the development, acceleration, and rational application and exploitation of information and communications technology (ICT) to attain free
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