...Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the e-Economy: A Commentary Abstract The paper addresses the concepts of business ethics and corporate social responsibility in the old vis-à-vis the new economy. The effects of globalization and its impact on the transition from the industrial to the digital era are explored. Although the behaviour of business organizations has always had a profound worldwide impact, with the decline of the nation state economic power has, for the first time, eroded political power. Simultaneously, the undergoing revolution in contemporary information and communication technologies has significantly empowered the customer. Responding to enhanced customer awareness and sensitivity to business and social responsibility issues -coupled with consumers' increasing ability to react- companies in the digital age may be expected to develop even stronger cultures of corporate social responsibility, proactively seeking to increasingly honour their moral obligations to society in the 21st century. Keywords: Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Standards, Social Accountability 8000, e-Economy. 1. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Conceptual Definitions The concepts of business ethics and social responsibility are often used interchangeably, although each has a distinct meaning. The term business ethics represents a combination of two very familiar words, namely "business" and "ethics". The word business is...
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...English 080 A death in all its own Looking at me now, can you see the hell I’ve been through? No you can’t because I know I hide my dance with hell particularly well. You would never think to expect the women you see now ever had a brush with heroin. I’m not even sure I want to tell this story; but it needs to be told. Every person lives through things differently; every person handles different situations in their own way. My story will not be the same as the next, I imagine this is the very reason I chose to tell it. Not every relationship is butterflies and rainbows. Abuse is not always physical; it can be emotional and mental as well. How many times can someone get pushed down every time they try to get back up? Before they stop trying and decide to just lay there? He hit me; sliced my tires when I tried to leave; locked me away from my daughters; pushed me into a wall when I was seven months pregnant with our son; threw me up against steps and almost broke my back. The list of things that were done to me by him can go on and on. I won’t go into it all. See he was addicted to all different types of drugs and had anger issues worse then a hurricane. He got me started into all of it. Yes I had the choice to make. When it comes to either do this or never see your children again; you do what you are told, especially when you know if you don’t the worst will happen. That “relationship” already had me feeling like there was no way...
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...Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a socialsituation or to relieve stress. A smoking habit is a physical addiction to tobacco products. Many health experts now regard habitual smoking as a psychological addiction, too,and one with serious health consequences. Nicotine - An alkaloid (a nitrogen-containing chemical) made by the tobacco plant or produced synthetically. Nicotine has powerful pharmacologic effects (including increased heart rate, heart stroke volume, and oxygen consumption by the heart muscle), as well as powerful psychodynamic effects (such as euphoria, increased alertness, and a sense of relaxation). Nicotine is also powerfully addictive. Tar is a sticky substance that forms into deposits in the lungs, causing lung cancer andrespiratory distress. Carbon monoxide limits the amount of oxygen that the red blood cells can convey throughout your body. Also, it may damage the inner walls of the arteries,which allows fat to build up in them. Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is a small part of the air we breathe. There are many sources of Carbon Monoxide such as incinerators, car exhaust and gas furnaces. Ammonia: A colorless gas with a very sharp odor. Made both by humans and by nature, ammonia dissolves easily in water and evaporates quickly. Liquid ammonia is found in many household cleaners....
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...Button, Button RICHARD MATHESON The package was lying by the front door-a cube-shaped carton sealed with tape, their name and address printed by hand: "Mr. and Mrs. Aurthur Lewis, 21 7 E. Thirty-seventh Street, New York, New York 10016." Norma picked it up, unlocked the door, and went into the apartment. It was just getting dark. After she put the lamb chops in the broiler, she sat down to open the package. Inside the carton was a push-button unit fastened to a small wooden box. A glass dome covered the button. Norma tried to lift it off, but it was locked in place. She turned the unit over and saw a folded piece of paper Scotch-taped to the bottom of the box. She pulled it off: "Mr. Steward will call on you at 8:00P.M." Norma put the button unit beside her on the couch. She reread the typed note, smiling. A few moments later, she went back into the kitchen to make the salad. The doorbell rang at eight o'clock. ''I'll get it," Norma called from the kitchen. Arthur was in the living room, reading. There was a small man in the hallway. He removed his hat as Norma opened the door. "Mrs. Lewis?" he inquired politely. "Yes?" ''I'm Mr. Steward." "Oh, yes." Norma repressed a smile. She was sure now it was a sales pitch. 103 SHORT STORY DECISIONS DECISIONS "May I come in?" asked Mr. Steward. ''I'm rather busy," Norma said, ''I'll get you your whatchamacallit, though." She started to turn. "Don't you want to know what it is?" Norma turned back. Mr. Steward's tone had...
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...FILM ANALYSIS Submitted to: Marianne Laarni Faustino Submitted by: Mikaella Cruz 9-charity I. TITLE Tuesdays with Morrie II. GENRE Philosophical Novel, Memoir, Biographical, Autobiography, Non-Fiction, Inspirational III. DURATION 89 minutes IV. CHARACTERIZATION * Morrie Schwartz - Jack Lemmon * The novel is centered on him; Morrie is Mitch’s former college professor who was diagnosed with ALS. * Mitch Albom - Hank Azaria * Morrie’s former student; he has since become a journalist and leads a very fast paced life; finds Morrie after hearing he is sick on “ABC’s Nightline” and visits him every Tuesday. * Charlotte Bonnie - Barlett * Morrie’s wife, who is also a college professor; she keeps her job as a professor even while Morrie is sick because it is what he wished for her. * Janine – Wendy Moniz * Mitch’s wife; she takes a phone call from Morrie, whom she had never met, and accompanies Mitch to his visit with Morrie. As a professional singer, she never sings upon request; however, when Morrie asked heer to sing she did without hesitation and moved him to tears. * Eva Terri - Hanauer * Morrie’s stepmother who came into his life when he was about nine years old. She provided much love to Morrie and his brother, David. She highly valued education and served as a great motivation for Morrie to work hard at his education. * Connie - Caroline Aaron...
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...not only means to cease from doing (to leave off), and to cease from being (to take away), but also not at all to do (to intermit, Ezekiel 3:11; Zechariah 11:12), and not at all to be (to fail, to be absent), thus: ubi verborum est abundantia non deest peccatum (Fl.). Michaelis suitably compares πολυλογία πολλὰ σφάλματα ἒχει by Stobus, and כל המרבה דברים מביא חטא in the tractate Aboth i. 17, wherewith Rashi explains the proverb. פּשׁע is not here, as elsewhere, e.g., Psalm 19:14, with special reference to the sin of falling away from favour, apostasy, but, like the post-biblical עברה, generally with reference to every kind of violation (פשׁע equals Arab. fsq dirumpere) of moral restraint; here, as Jansen remarks, peccatum sive mendacii, sive detractionis, sive alterius indiscretae laesionis, sive vanitatis, sive denique verbi otiosi. In 19b it is more appropriate to regard משׂכּיל as the present of the internal transitive (intelligenter agit) than to interpret it in the attributive sense (intelligens). We do not, with Bertheau, understand 19a: by many words a transgression does not cease to be what it is; the contrast 19b requires a more general condemnation of the multitude of words, and חדל not only means to cease from doing (to leave off), and to cease from being (to take away), but also not at all to do (to intermit, Ezekiel 3:11; Zechariah 11:12), and not at all to be (to fail, to be absent), thus: ubi verborum est abundantia non deest peccatum (Fl.). Michaelis suitably...
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...Ratio Analysis 1. Short term Solvency: A. Current Ratio- Formula | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Current AssetCurrent libilities | 55061434314532583510= 1.21 times | 38435128552640868554= 1.455 times | 47743111942216744401= 2.154 times | 70222138404668189426= 1.5 times | * Comment : To pay one taka of current liability the company has 1.21, 1.455, 2.154, 1.5 taka of current asset for the year 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 respectively. B. Quick Ratio- Formula | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Current Asset-InventoryCurrent libilities | 5506143431-26295572704532583510= 0.63 times | 3843512855-20987552312640868554=0.660 times | 4774311194-22070780822216744401= 1.158 times | 7022213840-25416883294668189426= 0.959 times | * Comment After deducting inventory form the current asset, to pay one taka of current liability the company has 0.63 , 0.660 , 1.158 , 0.959 taka of current asset for the year 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 respectively. C. Interval Measure - Formula | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Current AssetAverage Daily Operating Cost | 550614343117933500.68= 307.03 days | 384351285515541276.64= 247.30 days | 477431119417976132.84=265.59days | 702221384021105920.58= 332.7 days | * Comment Without any cash inflow, the company can continue operation for 307, 247, 266, 332 days for the year 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 respectively. 2. Long term solvent : A. Total debt ratio- Formula | 2008 |...
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... |6 | |Pass 5/Distinction 1 | | | | |7 | How this unit works: You will be working in a small team (chosen by your tutor) throughout the unit. You will come up with a business idea together. Each team will occasionally be partnered with another group who will be known as your ‘critical friend team’. You will exchange ideas and feedback with them. • Your group will pitch the business idea to a panel who will decide whether to accept your idea, and who will also give you some advice and guidance • You will produce a report on your target market • You will be interviewed to find out what skills you have that can help the business and how you can improve • You will write about the legal and financial aspects that will affect your business • Throughout the year you will work, in your team and individually, to produce a written business plan (a proforma will be provided) • You will attempt to run your business (or a...
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...In 1945 he decided to leave the Army to pursue a career in comedy writing, but this later changed into screenwriting and producing for television. Lear's family was Jewish his parents, Herman and Jeanette Lear, had jobs in sales. At the age of 9 his father was sentenced to a three year prison sentence for fraud. While his father was incarcerated, his role models were his grandfather and his uncle. Lear's grandfather composed regular letters to the president on the different political issues . Lear later announced that his grandfather's political participation taught him a lesson he never forgot: "that a citizen can matter." Nevertheless, Lear never imagined himself growing up to be a rich and famous celebrity. "All I wanted was to grow up to be a guy who could flip a quarter to a nephew," he once said. He served as a radio operator and gunner during World War II, flying 52 combat missions in the Mediterranean Theater and...
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...E-Mail Netiquette Typing in all caps is used in an email for shouting or yelling and it is rude. If you just use capital letters where they belong then it sounds more as if you are having a conversation, asking simple questions or simply answering a question in a polite non demanding or judgmental way. Therefore, writing in all capitals in an email or any type of letter is known to be poor netiquette or rude. One of the most evaluated way that we are looked at as people, is what we say to some one, or how we say it. When it comes to a business e-mail or letter, you need to make the impression that you are professional, and will be someone that can be a pleasure to work with. You also don’t want any one to get the wrong first impression of who you are or who you represent. One of the first things that people see in an e-mail is the subject, it indicates what the e-mail is about, so keep it short and straight to the point, but all capital letters or all lower case letters can be made out as an unprofessional impression. If you are sending an e-mail that is work related and it pertains to more than just yourself, it is respectful to attach the people over you and the people in your office or work place to the e-mail. It is not only respectful but it is also so that they can see what is being said within that conversation. That way you don’t have to keep relaying messages and they can just read the conversation themselves. For example, one of your superiors is in the e-mail...
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................................................................................. 7 Language review exercise A: complete the sentences with a gerund from the box. ............ 7 Language review exercise B: complete each sentence so that is seams the same as the sentences just before it. Use a gerund each time. ................................................................. 8 Language review exercise C: circle the correct form(s) of the verb in the text. ................... 8 Writing editing exercise A: read this short text about demanding customers. ..................... 8 In-class assignment week 3 – Team Building ............................................................................. 9 Reading exercise A: none of us is as smart as all of us. Do you agree? In what situations is it true or not true? Give...
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...All Saints Niklas Bergman 1. Founded 1994 by Stuert Trevor AllSaints Began as a whole sale menswear brand that sold merchandise exclusively to British high-end retailers such as Harvey Nicolas and Harrods. Named after All Saints road in notting Hill, London, Art, Music and design. They always did and will collaborate with British music industry. In 1997 All Saints Launched its first women swear collection, when the opend their first stand alone store. Six years later Stuart sold All Saints to Kevin Stanford and Stephan Craig By 2006 they launched their first website. in 2010 All Saints was negatively inpacted as a result of the icelandic banking collapse, the corporation “Lion Capital” saved the company. With there help, the brand has seen a 50% rise in profit since 2012. Over the past 2 years, All Saints flagships stores have opened across the U.S in New york, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston and Seattle In The next 3 years the company plans to open 30-50 more stores worldwide * AGE: 18-35 * Gender: Predominately female * Ethnicity mix: Asians, African American, European * Income levels: Middle to upper class, the average price for new seasons merchandise at is between 30-700Dollars * Originated in the UK * 2 Channels – Brick&mortar stores and online ...
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...the traditional family values were seen as less important, values such as spending time as a family or everyone eating dinner all together. However, most shows during this era still portrayed the idea of a traditional family, which is having the mother stay home to cook, clean, and take care of the children, while the father is off at work supporting the family (Frum). T.V’s popularity in the 70’s was expanding, symbolizing a movement towards equality between races and genders (Frum). With the turn of the century, shows such as “Maude,” “The Jefferson’s,” “All In The Family,” and more began airing on national television (Frum). The social movements of the time period such as equal rights for women and the civil rights movement were becoming apparent in shows like these (Dow). Other than popular shows in the 1970’s, commercial television also had a profound and wide-ranging impact on American society and culture, therefore sparking a new consumer culture. Advertisements have been mentioned as major factors contributing to increased American materialism. With more and more people watching TV, this form of entertainment seemed at an all time high. But, since some shows like “All In The Family” started airing episodes that broke down the traditional family, people at home were starting to wonder for the first time if they really want a traditional family (All In The Family Cast). Sitcom comedies from the 70’s started to aggressively incorporate the idea of feminism in their shows...
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...real dad. Gone were the distinguished, upper-class fathers with the pipes and sweaters with the leather patches on the elbow—the guys who gently sat their children down and explained to them in a calm voice that the kids had messed something up and then gently gave them moral advice on how to fix the situation. Oh, yes, those men were gone. Enter the new guy: Archie Bunker. This dad was middle-aged and middle-class, he believed in family and country, and he feared everyone who was different from him. He yelled at the top of his lungs about anything and everything, and he showed his sensitive side only in the most serious of situations. Archie and family were introduced to America in 1971 by sitcom genius Norman Lear in a show called All in the Family, an American remake of the British hit Till Death Us do Part, which ran for ten seasons in England from 1965-1975. Initially, the show didn’t do well in the ratings. America’s response to the character who would become “America’s most loveable bigot” was outrage. Many wondered how CBS could air a show whose main character used words like “jungle bunny,” “jigaboo,” “fag,” “fairy,” “Mick,” “Spick,” “dumb Polack,” and “Hebe” on a regular basis. The audience was shocked and, at first, put off by such a character. However, the show was saved from cancellation by the popularity of its summer repeats, and had finally earned a place on CBS’s fall schedule (IMDB). Still, the show was shrouded in controversy, which continues...
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