...Indian Coal Mining Controversy which is also known as Coalgate Scandal. Coal mining controversy is a political controversy highlighting the nation’s irregularities in the matter of handling national coal deposits. Another scam in a history of Indian, Coal mining controversy is major fraud in 2012, which involved Rs 1, 86, 000 Cr losses to exchequer. This is serious allegation against Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh who is in a serious scrutiny of the CAG which leads to protest against the leading political party NCP and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh asking for his resignation. Social activist Arvind Kajrewal and IAC(India against corruption) activist marched to the Prime Minister, Congress and Bhartiya Janata party's member's residence in Delhi. The...
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...In a letter to parents, Raff (2014) calls out anti-vaccine activists, “They say that vaccines aren't that effective at preventing disease. But 3 million children's lives are saved every year by vaccination, and 2 million die every year from vaccine-preventable illnesses” (Raff, 2014). Raff also addresses the fact that the MMR vaccine doesn’t cause autism, and that thimerosal doesn’t cause autism either, in fact it hasn’t been used in most vaccines since 2001. Raff encourages parents to educate themselves on the issue and to read the scientific studies that have proved that vaccines don’t cause autism. The letter also points to the fact that Wakefield’s paper that claimed a link between vaccines and autism has been withdrawn and his medical licenses revoked. Public health education campaigns have not been effective in dispelling parent’s concerns that vaccines cause...
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...154 Part 2 Google in China Google, the fast-growing Internet search engine company, was established with a clear mission in mind: to organize the world's information and make it universally acceptable and useful. Google has built a highly profitable advertising business on the back of its search engine, which is by far the most widely used in the world. Under the pay-per-click business model, advertisers pay Google every time a user of its search engine clicks on one of the paid links typically listed on the right-hand side of Google's results page. Google has long operated with the mantra "don't be evil"! When this phrase was originally f ormulated, the central message was that Google should never compromise the integrity of its search results. For e xample, Google decided not to let commercial considerations bias its ranking. This is why paid links are not included in its main search results, but listed on the right hand side of the results page. The mantra "don't be evil," however, has become more than that at Google; it has become a central organizing principle of the company and an ethical touchstone by which managers judge all of its strategic decisions. Google's mission and m antra raised hopes among human rights activists that the search engine would be an unstoppable tool for c ircumventing government censorship, d emocratizing i nformation and a llowing people in heavily censored societies to gain access to information t hat t heir governments...
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...Running Head: THE BRAZILIAN MILK FRAUD SCANDAL 1 The Brazilian Milk Fraud Scandal Involving the Italian Food Conglomerate Parmalat. A Brief Case Study on a Transnational Corporation In Your Home Country Gabriel Ferreira International Public Relations – PUR6608 class University of Florida THE BRAZILIAN MILK FRAUD SCANDAL 2 The Brazilian Dairy Market background. Over the last decade, the Brazilian dairy market has been one of the most fast growing dairy markets in the world. In the early 90s, the Brazilian agro-industrial milk sector suffered three very important changes: it starting being an open economic market for international competitors; at the time inflation was decreasing; and so milk prices drop significantly. All of these changes would not have been possible without the implementation of the Real Plan in 1994 (the new Brazilian coin plan until today) that strengthened investments in the country, especially in the milk-producing sector. These investments also lead to an increase in population number and to changes in alimentary habits (Nahmias, 2008). By becoming such a lucrative sector, the milk and dairy product sector in Brazil became the target for food adulteration processes. Its high-value role in feeding specific groups inside the population, such as children’s, women and elders, and regarding the expensive undergoing steps to achieve a final product that could be sold in the market, was some of the key aspects that attracted...
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...1. Comment on three unethical practices that china has been accused, do you think that these practices were necessary for china’s economic survival? China has been accused of various unethical practices in a host of industries. Overall, Chinese business ethics are built on the basis of "guanxi," a fundamental principle and practice underlying the whole of the Chinese social fabric. Guanxi places relationships and the moral obligations flowing from those relationships above other considerations, including written law. It not only is accepted in China, it is regarded as a moral obligation that people who have known each other for an extended period of time and have collaborated and helped each other are obligated to continue this relationship. Guanxi defines both how business is done in China at all levels and how the Chinese view ethics. Corruption and Bribery – In Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index 2011, China is ranked 75th out of 185 countries. This has been a consistent score since 2008. The TI Global Corruption Barometer 2010/2011 found that 46% of the 1,000 Chinese respondents felt that the level of corruption in the Country had increased and just over a third considered the Government’s actions ineffective in combating corruption. When respondents were asked “To what extent do you perceive the following institutions in this country to be affected by corruption?”, business was seen as the most corrupt institution, closely followed by political...
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...common features of the most ubiquitous porn online and the study found that 90 per cent of scenes on top-rated porn sites contained acts of aggression.” (Yafee et al., 1982). The statistics of local Kingston and Winnipeg shows that crime related to sex assaults and rapes comes second after the highest ratios of the homicides in Canada (Enrile, 2013). The gender related violence is transmitted through pornography, which, subsequently, affects the subconscious minds of viewers; like Morgan, many anti-porn activists assert that porn causes—or contributes to—what they call “a culture of rape.” (How Much of Porn Depicts Violence Against Women, 2016). The effect of pornographic violence against dominant groups (gay, children, women) is long lasting because their depiction in pornography, reflects their stereotypical image in the society as commodities- which can be bought and sold by suppressing them sexually (Cole, 1989). For example, “The Highway of Tears and the disappearances of the indigenous women have become a political scandal in British Columbia,” (Levin, 2016) and the murder mysteries are still unresolved because of the anonymities of victimizers. In relation to the previous argument, in the study of psychologists, it is find by interviewing sex offenders that their source of sex-crime is fueled from the greater exposure and availability to the online violent-pornographic materials. (Yafee et al., 1982). Consequently, the most of the crime rates in Canadian society are originated...
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...and later Yale University before moving into the corporate sphere, eventually settling at PepsiCo in 1994. When she was named CEO in October of last year, India's water again became a focus of her life. This time Nooyi was cast as part of the problem. Villagers charged that PepsiCo—which has named India as a top strategic priority—consumes excessive groundwater in their parched communities. Even worse was the repeated claim that the snack and beverage company, along with rival Coca-Cola Co. (KO ), were allowing pesticide residue from groundwater to get into locally made soda. The charges, first leveled in 2003, emerged again two months before Nooyi took over the top job. Pepsi's soda sales, which fell by double digits in India when the scandal first broke, took another big hit last...
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...Literature Review of CSR. Presented by:- Corporate social responsibility is not a new concept. However, what is new is the shift in focus from making profits to meeting societal challenges. Giving a universal definition of corporate social responsibility is bit difficult as there is no common definition as such. However, there are few common threads that connect all the perspectives of CSR with each other; the dedication to serve the society being most important of them. Most ideal definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been given by world business council for Sustained Development which says, “Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large” .Thus, the meaning of CSR is twofold. On one hand, it exhibits the ethical behavior that an organization exhibits towards its internal and external stakeholders (customers as well as employees). On the other hand, it denotes the responsibility of an organization towards the environment and society in which it operates. CSR is also referred to as: • ‘corporate’ or ‘business responsibility’ • ‘corporate’ or ‘business citizenship’ • ‘community relations’ • ‘social responsibility’. History of CSR “The phrase Corporate Social Responsibility was coined in 1953 with the publication...
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...Republican Kelly Ayotte at a particularly tense town hall, Ayotte’s disapproval rating in the state had jumped from 35 to 46 percent—half the respondents said her “no” vote made them less likely to support her. In Pennsylvania, which has the second-highest concentration of NRA members in the country, the bill’s Republican co-sponsor, Pat Toomey, saw his approval reach a record high. One of the country’s best-known gun-rights advocates, Robert Levy, said the NRA’s “stonewalling of the background-check proposal was a mistake, both politically and substantively.” In the Senate, the backlash had an e ect. Some Republicans who had opposed the bill, such as Johnny Isakson of Georgia and Je Flake of Arizona, signaled they might be open to changing their minds. Majority Leader Harry Reid, once a dependable NRA ally, spoke about taking the rare step of bringing the bill back for another vote. Senator Joe Manchin, the bill’s...
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...Food Made Visible It might sound odd to say this about something people deal with at least three times a day, but food in America has been more or less invisible, politically speaking, until very recently. At least until the early 1970s, when a bout of food price inflation and the appearance of books critical of industrial agriculture (by Wendell Berry, Francis Moore Lappé, and Barry Commoner, among others) threatened to propel the subject to the top of the national agenda, Americans have not had to think very hard about where their food comes from, or what it is doing to the planet, their bodies, and their society. Most people count this a blessing. Americans spend a smaller percentage of their income on food than any people in history—slightly less than 10 percent—and a smaller amount of their time preparing it: a mere thirty-one minutes a day on average, including clean-up. The supermarkets brim with produce summoned from every corner of the globe, a steady stream of novel food products (17,000 new ones each year) crowds the middle aisles, and in the freezer case you can find “home meal replacements” in every conceivable ethnic stripe, demanding nothing more of the eater than opening the package and waiting for the microwave to chirp. Considered in the long sweep of human history, in which getting food dominated not just daily life but economic and political life as well, having to worry about food as little as we do, or did, seems almost a kind of dream. The...
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...According to Ang (2014), Integrated Marketing Communications is defined as a research-based, audience-focused, communication planning process that aims to execute a brand communication program over time and this is achieved by coordinating different communication disciplines and integrating the creative content across different media. The aim is to achieve short-term financial gain and long-term brand equity. Since IMC is all about using different Media vehicles, the most effective one is Television; such as Reality television shows which has many benefits and contributions especially when it comes to creating a successful brand. There are two reality television shows that has been analysed from the first part of this assignment and they are: Keeping up with the Kardashians and My Kitchen Rules, which I will then discuss how it relates to branding. Brand equity is important to create and maintain as it is an intangible asset of added value as well as goodwill that will then result from the favourable image, impressions of differentiation and the strength of consumer attachment to brand name, company name or trademark. The stronger the equity the better it positions the company as well as its brand which is only often reinforced through advertising or even sponsoring. For example, Breville appliances command good quality kitchen appliances and represents higher price than the other brands as it is being used by the contestants of My Kitchen Rules. In other words, it is the value...
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...In a country with its fundamentals based on liberty and equality, America always has struggled with those very concepts. Throughout history, Americans have been challenged to make decisions that have oppressed and freed certain groups of people. The political fight for same-sex marriages is a perfect example of this notion. This relation between spouses has created a major controversy that is creating history in our nation. A series of protests, acts and political scandal has opened America to discuss a topic that had been in “the closet” for a long time. This discussion asks questions that have caused a visceral reaction in society. Same sex marriage opens the door to a new unnatural purpose that could detrimentally influence the fragile generations to come. Tradition is a strong component in the institution of marriage. The ideal American dream usually involves the perfect fairy-tale wedding with the gorgeous white wedding dress for the bride, the matching bridesmaids, the well-arranged bouquet and, the numerous rituals that compose this well thought-out event. Usually it requires a spectacular amount of planning, devotion and dollars to make the important day memorable. Family and friends come together to rejoice in the vows that will bond the two lovers into a lifetime journey of love, commitment and fidelity. Both persons in the relation is expected to have a role in this institution. According to Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee, “In the idealized form of the...
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...The below are the requirements for term paper. 1)Title 2)Object 3)Review(2 articles) 4)Analysis 5)conclusion 6)Source(References) http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/globespotting/archives/2009/01/satyam_scandal.html The terror attacks on Mumbai were just a tremor for the country’s tech industry compared to the shocks coming from the Satyam scandal. Earlier today, Ramalinga Raju, Satyam’s founder and longtime chairman, admitted in a letter to the board that he had been cooking the books for years to make up for revenue and profit shortfalls. Read the details in this report by my BW colleague, Manjeet Kripalani. In his letter, Raju wrote that the cover-up finally got the best of him: “It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten.” This admission will have a crippling impact on Satyam. Its chances of getting new business are nil. Don’t expect its current customers to abandon the company overnight. That’s not easy in a tech services business where the operations of the client and service provider are so interwoven. On the other hand, it’s possible that the company may collapse financially, in which case clients will have no choice but to flee. Which brings us to a bigger shock: This betrayal of trust could have a major impact on the entire Indian tech services industry. The industry has spent 20 years building up credibility with Western clients, but this disaster will make many US and European clients rethink their reliance on Indian outsourcing...
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...meaningful relationships with these groups to ensure that they experience longevity and increased productivity. In order to obtain consumer preference over other companies, businesses must establish and maintain certain motives and incentives for their decision making. This will ensure two very important factors needed to maintain valuable business practices, positive brand image, and brand/consumer trust. Brand Image and Brand Identity When building a prosperous business, in the private or public sector, great focus must be dedicated to the brand’s image, equity, or value it holds. Brand image can simply be described as an impression; it is the consumers’ perception of a brand’s complete persona. Positive qualities, shortcomings, scandals, poor or effective decision making, direct or indirect customer interactions all make up key factors that affect brand image and reputation. When a consumer makes a purchase from a business, whether product or service, they are not only purchasing the object or the service, but also the image that goes along with that business. For example, when consumers choose to buy the iPhone, they could have chosen a less...
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...A HISTORY OF BUSINESS ETHICS The history of “business ethics” depends on how one defines it. Although the term is used in several senses and varies somewhat for different countries, its current use originated in the United States and became widespread in the 1970s. The history of business ethics in the United States can be viewed as the intersection of three intertwined strands. Each of these in turn can be divided into at least two related branches. The first strand, which I shall call the ethics-in-business strand, is the long tradition of applying ethical norms to business, just as it has been applied to other areas of social and personal life. This strand can be divided further into the secular and the religious branches. The second strand is the development of an academic field, which has been called business ethics. It also has two main branches, one being the philosophical business-ethics branch, which is normative and critical, and the other the social-scientific branch, which is primarily descriptive and empirical. The third strand is the adoption of ethics or at least the trappings of ethics in businesses. This again subdivides into the integration of ethics into business and business practices on the one hand and the commitment to corporate social responsibility on the other. Business ethics was introduced into Europe and Japan in the 1980s although the term did not translate easily, and the development in each country varied from that in the United States because...
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