...IBC If you would like to receive a printed version, please email your details to CRS@olamnet.com Olam AR 2014_IFC 250914_TH_NEW OK.indd 1 Olam A/R_Final cover Size: 662.5(W)x297(H)mm-ISO39L Olam International Limited Olam International Limited 9 Temasek Boulevard 9 Temasek Boulevard #11-02 Suntec Tower Two #11-02 Suntec Tower Two Singapore 038989 Singapore 038989 Telephone (65) 6339 4100 Telephone (65) 6339 4100 Facsimile (65) 6339 9755 Facsimile (65) 6339 9755 olamgroup.com olamgroup.com Transcending Boundaries Annual Report 2014 Annual Report 2014 olamgroup.com In an effort to reduce our printed material, we have produced this year’s Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report on CD. Olam International Limited | Annual Report 2014 Connectivity in the Landscape DC PMS8400c NCL U315188 GP1B 01.10.2014 175# MY C K 2 U 14-023 01/10/2014 21:12 Our Vision To be a differentiated, leading, global agri-business. Our Governing Objective Maximising intrinsic shareholder value over time for our continuing shareholders, in an ethical, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable manner. Olam AR 2014_IFC 250914_TH_NEW OK.indd 2 Olam A/R_Final cover Size: 662.5(W)x297(H)mm-ISO39L Front Cover This year’s cover design celebrates Olam’s 25 years of growth. Our name means ‘transcending boundaries’ and this has inspired our journey since our inception in 1989 in Nigeria. DC ...
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...As I write this, it is Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish year 5778. For the next ten days, Jews will be contemplative, looking inward critically, hoping to improve ourselves. Jews believe in Tikkun Olam, which translates loosely to “repairing the world;” we believe Jews have an obligation outside of ourselves, to the planet and other people. As Rabbi reminded us, there are millions suffering across the globe and whatever we can do, we must do, to help. However, this idea is not only a religious one. During the turbulent 1960s, my family worked for civil rights, assisting the Fair Housing Council of Los Angeles in desegregating our white neighborhood. Moreover, after the Watts riots in 1965, my parents volunteered for, and my sisters and I attended, a literacy pre-school program there called Head Start. This program was free for any child, but largely minority populated; my parents believed representation of whites was also necessary. These examples of engaging and connecting with others are fundamentally...
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...work, at the end of the day, I was told I was being let go. The company was eliminating my position. I definitely knew this was not the case. I was working in a man’s world in the corporate office and was the first one pregnant, besides how could a company eliminates the position that scheduled the work load for the machinery that made the product for their customers. I did not rest there. I did decide to take the matter to a lawyer. We did proceed with court case and I did win the case. I was able to sit at home my whole pregnancy, fully covered by medical insurance and not only collecting a very nice severance package but also unemployment. The judge felt I was a victim of pregnancy discrimination. Olam Americas Inc. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged Olam Americas Inc. with denying a job seeker an executive assistant position because of her pregnancy. The EEOC claims that a female applicant was...
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...Q: Rashi explains they were arguing over 2 worlds. Don’t be misconstrued, it wasn’t that Y wanted the next world and E wanted this world, that’s not an argument, nor is it a compromise, it is an agreement. A: The conflict begins with E wanting to switch olam hazeh and olam haba. Shabbat – Ikar vs Tefel * Esav asks his father ‘Do we take maaser off salt or wheat’ i.e maser of tafel products. Esav wanted to elevate tafel, physicality. * The entire purpose of the tefel (secondary, subservient) is to aid the ikar, without the tefel, the ikar couldn’t work. The left hand aids the right, if your interest is in the left then both the right and left fail. To accentuate this point, there is a minimum amount you can carry on Shabbat, you can carry it in a kli as heavy as you want as the purpose of the kli is the ikar, and so it becomes one with the ikar, in perfect harmony, the tefel is elevated to become part of you, the reverse is that the ikar is degraded to tafel, when your focus is on the tefel, you fail on both the tefel and ikar. * 2 dimensions: Orange and orange peel, car and destination, body and soul, right and left hand, salt and food, straw (tafel to food) and wheat (shell to wheat). * Torah (spiritual) and mitzvah (tzavta [Aramaic] – together - sevet [Hebrew] – crew, a group of individuals that work together) when you do an action in this world, you connect it to the source, the next world. To do a mitzva when you are commanded is better than spontaneously...
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...Religion | Origin of All Things | Nature of God | View of Human Nature | View of Good and Evil | View of “Salvation” | View of After Life | Practices and Rituals | Celebrations and Festivals | Week 2 Hinduism and Jainism | Ohm – an inert void of being and non being. From this void a desire was born to create beings. | God perceived in three ways. Brahman (residing everywhere) Antaryami (residing within) and Bhagavan (residing outside, beyond) | Karma – the moral law in which the cycle of birth-death-rebirth (reincarnation) takes place, giving opportunities to escape the limitations of life and death. | Doesn't recognize “sin” , views good and evil from the principle of karma. | Moksha – when an enlightened person is freed from the reincarnation cycle and comes into a state of completeness. | Doesn't punish or reward the souls, but reminds them of the true purpose of their existance before returning to earth to continue living. | Many practices center on fulfilling the duties associated with social position: brahmacharga (learning), grastha (worldy pursuits) vanaprastha (focus on spirithood) and sanngasu (contemplation) | Montly celbrations include: Saravati Puja, Maha Shiva Ratri, Holi, Rama Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, RathaYatra, Raksha Bandhana, Janmashtami, Ganesha Chaturthi, Durga Puja, Dussehra, Diwali | Week 3 Buddhism | Doesn't believe in a beginning, says the origin of all things is inconceivable...
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...Leadership is common term used by various groups. With that being said to define leadership is quite simple, but at the same time complex. Merriam-Webster defines leadership as a position as a leader of a group, organization, etc. It is also explains during the time when a person holds the position of leader, or the power or ability to lead other people (Webster). These few words give us a very vague since of what leadership actually consists of. Particularly when looking at a leaders ability to lead people. The first question that could be asked is by what means is this accomplished? One of the things I will attempt to explore is some of the numerous dimensions of leadership, while analyzing different leaders and cultures and organizations that have been on the receiving end of this leadership. The various questions concerning leadership are as intriguing, as the various answers that surround them. This also allows to explore the topics, of what is a good leader? Are leaders born or made? Though there are various answers to these questions, but few would argue that leadership is the integral part to the success of an organization. When you look at a plant seed, you don’t know how big a plant or tree will become. It requires water and other things for its potential to be revealed. A growth mindset is like your intellectual water that pushes you to your potential. A fixed mindset is like a seed without water if you are not careful, it can artificially and prematurely...
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...ETH/316 August 24, 2015 Professor Ross A community is made up of different culture, races, and religion, within a community there are different shared values, but everyone must abide by a general agreement that makes up the communities values. A community is mostly mirrored by the Deontology Theory; which constitutes laws, or customs, and natural moral duties. That however, does not restrict the individuals within the community to have their own ethical believes. According to Boylan, “Community membership is both a great enabler of personal liberty and a hindrance one personal liberty. One cannot have the one without the other,” (Boylan, 2009). The focus of this paper is to create a general profile of a community chosen by the team. The community chosen is the Passaic Park community located in Passaic NJ. The type of people living in this community is orthodox Jews; the females are mostly stay at home moms, while the men work mostly in corporate America, and business owners. They donate a lot of money within their own community to build their own schools, a place of worship, and to politicians that will favor their way of life. The members of the community interact at place of worship, at different Jewish festivals such as Rosh Hashanah, and many different other gatherings. They buy their grocery from their own community members that own business in that community, because it has to be kosher, and are afraid of buying from outsiders who might not be selling the right...
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...* Characteristics of Judaism beliefs, ethics, rituals and ceremonies and sacred texts have impact in many ways on adherents and provides source of purpose and identity for individuals. * Gives meaning and guidance contemporary situations therefore is considered dynamic, living religion. * Judaism is monotheistic faith, mean Jews believe only One God. * God is beyond our ability to comprehend, but God is nevertheless present in our everyday lives. * The covenant is agreement Jewish people have with God. * Jews believe one God, no other participated work creation God only being to whom they offer praise. * Terms of covenant are summed in Ten Commandments reveal adherents must have respectful, obedient relationship with God live harmoniously and respectfully with others. * In return God will never abandon his Chosen people and will provide salvation. * Jewish adherents ethical beliefs are derived from the 613 mitzvoth * Orthodox Jews believe given Moses on Mt. Sinai taught to Israelites as travelled desert promise land. * Other variants believe they may have also been delivered to other divinely inspired people over time. * 248 positive 365 negative commandments have been discussed and interpreted throughout centuries by divinely inspired philosophers and rabbis so they can provide guidance in every aspect of everyday life. * many sacred writings in Judaism, all teach Judaism's adherents how to live ethical and moral...
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...World View Chart Writing Assignment Tranel Hill-Barrett Strayer University Rel 212: World Religions Prepared for: Dr. Darryl Claybon September 7, 2014 I would first like to start off by saying that this class has opened my eyes to a lot as far as different religions are concerns, I love learning of the history and origin of the varies religions. For my final paper, I have decided to focus on the category of "view of the afterlife". The reason I selected this category is due to the fact that they are all almost closely related. We are all here to live our lives, although we may worship different Gods, or practice different religions, I feel as though we all have the same questions at the end of the day. What will happen to me once I past? What will happen to my earthly body? After several weeks of reaches I expanded my knowledge of such world religions. Within my finding, I discovered that almost all the religions believe in some form or heaven and hell or that the soul of a person continues to live in some shape or form. For example within Hinduism and Jainism, moksha, is the ultimate salvation. The individual is absorbed into the ocean. To me this is kind of a form of being cremated and released into the ocean. I know that I have heard of some people wanting this to be done to them so that they may be one with the earth. Next we have Buddhism within this religion the view on the afterlife is that one is reincarnated to a different body. I...
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...Professor Jurecki Theology 150 April 12, 2015 World Religion Paper For my world religion paper, I have decided to write it on the religion of Judaism. To begin, I will cover the components of their religion such as: their core belief systems, who they consider their deity, how they worship their deity, and how they live their lives. I will conclude my paper by reflecting on what I have learned and how that may impact my life and what changes I may make in the future because of it. I intend to learn about this previously foreign religion to me to develop a better understanding of this major religion. This knowledge can help me better understand how millions of people live their lives to make sure I am as respectful as possible and hopefully learn something new when approached with an open mind. This paper is a learning process for me and I will try to stay as unbiased as possible when searching for references. Judaism is the eleventh most popular religion in the world with over fourteen million followers. This religion dates back over four-thousand years ago to the year 2000 B.C.E. This religion is practiced in over fifty counties and is even increasing in popularity. In 2014 there were half of a million more Jewish people in the world than the previous year which continues the exponential expansion of this religion. Judaism is a very intricate religion with interesting beliefs, morals, and traditions with global impacts and conflicts around the world. Judaism is strictly...
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...Cross Cultural Management By- Piyansh Gupta 09MBI103 MBA (Integrated) 4th year VIT University Vellore, India Report on lack of awareness of different cultures and its implications The whole world has become a global village with the advent of scientific development. Even though it might seem a good opportunity for the business and for several other areas as well, a lot of contradictory issues still rise up every now and then. There have been regular clashes in different countries regarding the values, ideas, beliefs, traditions, acceptance, getting along and getting used to new things. Some are not ready to change, some are not even willing to adjust with the change while there are some who try everything in their hand to suppress the change or torment people related to the transformation. Globalization is bringing different nations closer but are we ready to respect all of the cultures equally and not be ethnocentric? Are we ready to open our arms and welcome other traditions and cultures in every aspect when we come across them? Or are we ready to support the other religion just enough...
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...Intro The characteristics of Judaism such as the beliefs, ethics, rituals and ceremonies and sacred texts do have a major impact in many ways on the adherents and it provides a source of purpose and identity for individuals. It gives meaning and guidance in contemporary situations and therefore it is considered a dynamic, living religion. Beliefs Judaism is a monotheistic faith, meaning that Jews believe there is only One God. Often this God is beyond our ability to comprehend, but God is nevertheless present in our everyday lives. The covenant is an agreement the Jewish people have with their God. Jews believe that there is only one God, no other being participated in the work of creation and God is the only being to whom they offer praise. The terms of the covenant are summed up in the Ten Commandments that reveal adherents must have a respectful, obedient relationship with God and live harmoniously and respectfully with others. In return God will never abandon his Chosen people and God will provide salvation. Ethnics Jewish adherents ethical beliefs are derived from the 613 mitzvoth that Orthodox Jews believe were given to Moses on Mt. Sinai and taught to the Israelites as they travelled the desert to the Promised Land. Other variants believe they may have also been delivered to other divinely inspired people over time. The 248 positive and 365 negative commandments have been discussed and interpreted throughout the centuries by divinely inspired philosophers and...
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...Hell Debate __________________ A Paper Presented to Liberty University __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Theology 350 __________________ by Tirsa Woodson July 3, 2015 The Hell Debate The debate over the nature of hell is one that can bring out the best and the worst in biblical exegesis. Everyone nowadays is concerned about the enemy (Satan) and delete hell existence. The beginning signs that Jesus is coming soon, frightens the human race. We were taught when God returns, it will be judgment day. John reveals this judgement will take pace during the last days, when God will conquer all who have and would defy him and to rescue the righteous. Judgment meant the outcome of an individual, will they go to heaven with God or to hell with the devil. There are many misconceptions about Hell, rather the lost will burn forever or annihilated. Hell is real. Universalism believes everyone will eventually be saved, while Christian believe we all will be judged for the deeds we have done. First, the Annihilationist believe that the unrighteous will not suffer eternal torment, but that they will, after being justly punished according to their deeds, be annihilated and cease to exist. Also they believe that hell is eternal in consequence, not duration the wicked shall be no more (Boyd & Eddy). Secondly the classical view states that the wicked will be cast into hell that supports the traditional...
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...Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, before Judaism was born, there were pagan religions. Judaism was created by Abraham whereas every other contemporary of Abraham understood that there were days and nights, stars and sky, the ocean and the land, and they also believed that each were an individual entity. Abraham and God a covenant and God chose the Jewish people to be His people. Abraham was the first to establish Judaism as "religion of the deed, not the religion of the creed. I decided to do this interview on is Judaism. I have always been interested in this religion and was ready to learn more about Judaism and Jewish people beliefs. The temple that where I visit is called Temple B'Nai Israel, spoke to the rabbi of the temple. The religion was maintained despite severe persecutions in many nations. Judaism practices for over six thousand years. According to Simani, the Torah, which is the five books of Moses, in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This day stated is the Shabbat. It is observed as the day of rest because God rested from creation”. As an example of how the traditions are founded and practiced many events that are continued are stories from both the oral and written Torah. The written Torah is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Each book has extensive histories of the Jewish people and is the documentation of this history. The first book is also known as the Breshit. This book describes the creation, Adam...
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...Religion | Cosmogony - Origin of the Universe | Nature of God | View of Human Nature | View of Good and Evil | View of “Salvation” | View of After Life | Practices and Rituals | Celebrations and Festivals | Week 2Hinduism and Jainism | | | | | | | | | Week 3Buddhism | | | | | | | | | Week 4Daoism andConfucianism | | | | | | | | | Week 5Shinto | | | | | | | | | Week 6Judaism | Judaism hasno single founder and no central leader or group making theological decisions, is the diverse tradition associated with the Jewish people, who may be defined either as a religious group on as an ethnic group. Judaism traces its history back to the creation of mankind. The Jewish sense of history begins with the stories recounted in the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh. Biblical history begins with the creation of the world by as supreme deity, or God. Jewish history does not end where the Tanakh end, about the second century BCE. After the holy center of Judaism, the Temple of Jerusalem, was captured and destroyed by the Romans in 70CE, Jewish history is that of a dispersed people, finding unity in their teachings and traditional practices which where codified in the great compendium of Jewish law and lore, the Talmud. Although knowledge of the early history of the Children of Israel is based largely on the narratives of the Tanakh, scholars are uncertain of the historical accuracy of the accounts, Jews hold the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses” that appear at...
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