Censorship? Researchers develop 'Encore' to monitor Web access Date: July 2, 2014 Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Summary: Researchers have created a tool to monitor the accessibility of Web pages around the world that can be installed by adding a single line of code to a web page. The tool, Encore, runs when a user visits a website where the code is installed and then discreetly collects data from potentially censored sites. The researchers hope the data they collect will allow
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2. Global Reporting Initiative (Lecture 13, 11) Part A 1) Discuss in general the global reporting Initiative G4 Reporting Guidelines 2) In more detail, the social or environmental section of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 3) Name at least a few of the social or environmental performance indicators that are listed Part B: (check Barrick Gold’s responsibility report; GRI index) 1) Briefly explain how Barrick complies with the social or environmental aspects of the GRI (Report:
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To what extent do you agree with the statement that 'e-business is much more than a strategic initiative'? I find particularly interesting Johnsons and Whang’s (2002, p. 413) statement that “nothing has rocked the young field of the supply chain management like the emergence of the Internet”. It indeed rocked, by lowering costs, minimizing the response time, creating new business models, improving logistics abilities and overall improving the service offered to the customer. Gribbins et al. (n
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In recent times, with the development of Information Communication Technology (ICT), firms are incorporating internet technology in their business processes with the aim of achieving competitive advantage. This has resulted in e-business playing a major role in today’s business with investors, entrepreneurs, executives etc embracing it. E-business is explained as performing business on the internet. This therefore means that e-business does not just involve buying and selling but also serving customers
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Why important: Sustainability reporting expanded rapidly these years (1, 1) and has become the mainstream in global organisations (2, 2). Moreover, ‘in Europe, more and more individual countries make sustainability reporting mandatory’ (2,2). Especially, it legislation exists in some of the company categories for example Finland, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany (2,2. Delbard, 2008). Indeed, some of scholars also ‘introduced requirements on sustainability reports for public corporations’
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Read Instructions Validate and Print Reset INFORMATION PROTECTED CHILD ABROAD16 years of age applying outside of Canada GENERAL PASSPORT APPLICATION for Canadians under TYPE OR PRINT IN CAPITAL LETTERS using black or dark blue ink. Warning—Any false or misleading statement with respect to this application and any supporting document, including the concealment of any material fact, may result in the refusal to issue a passport, the revocation of a currently valid passport, or the refusal
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House No. 10, Pensionpara Road, Goswami Service, Guwahati -781003, Assam, India Date: 15-01-2014 Selection Committee, RWTH International Academy GmbH Templergraben 55 52062 Aachen, Germany Dear Sir/ Ma’am: I hope you will consider me as a strong applicant for the Masters programme in “Computer-Aided Conception and Production in Mechanical Engineering” with particular interest in mechanics and design with respect to Automobile Design which is scheduled in Winter 2014 which I identified on your website
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Discuss the Advantage and Disadvantage of Giving International Aid to Poor Countries Name: Institution: Discuss the Advantage and Disadvantage of Giving International Aid to Poor Countries Granting international aids to underprivileged states is the noblest international practice in contemporary globalized society. According to Chenery and Strout (2006), the core motive for international aid emanated from the human being moral
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Foreign Aid to Egypt Prior and Post the 2011 Revolution Mona El-Sholkamy Misr International University [pic] Abstract Foreign aid is one of those topics that have provided ample room for discussion and controversy over the years. The world has had more than fifty years of experience of aid giving and receiving in the post-war era. This experience has enriched our knowledge not only about aid -- a broad subject with numerous interrelated issues -- but also about the entire development
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COMPETENCY OF GERMAN WORKFORCE There are eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany in addition to several other mediocre and decent Universities. These top Universities have highly competitive students analogous to any university world-wide in the Engineering field. We would definitely look at recruiting graduates from these universities to make sure we have good-performing technical workers for our IT consulting firm. Those Universities are : RWTH Aachen, FU Berlin, HU Berlin, Uni Bremen,
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