...American volunteers began flooding to Europe as soon as Wilson crafted his statement of neutrality, which encouraged impartial thoughts and actions, to speak to the millions of new immigrants arriving from Allied and Central Powers. However, this allowed Americans interested in volunteering for specific parts of the war. Well-off, white Americans traveled to Europe between 1914 and 1917 to help civilians and assist soldiers. They formed organizations like the Committee for Relief in Belgium to aid citizens in German-occupied areas. Ivy League men seemed especially interested in joining the volunteer forces as ambulance drivers, beginning a trend that would carry on until Ernest Hemingway volunteered for ARC’s ambulance division in 1918. Another militant,...
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...Financial Services Management Student’s Name: School Name: Introduction The financial services sector comprises an important part of the UK economy. Some of the major industries in the financial services sector include banking, investment and insurance industries. These industries are further segmented into investment and commercial banks, broking firms and building societies. A further inclusion involves independent financial advisors and insurance and re-insurance companies (Kalle, 2009). The financial and professional services industry in the UK is the largest in Europe. The industry employs more that one million professionals. Its approximate contribution to the UK gross domestic product (GDP) is about 12% (Raby, n.d). However, in recent times, the industry has been ravaged by economic downturns. Consequently, pay and job cuts have increased (Kalle, 2009). This report lays focus on the financial services organizations in the UK. A particular interest is expressed towards banks with Barclays PLC being the subject of the study. Barclays Bank was founded in 1690 by John Freame. It was not until 1896 that David Barclay made Barclays a limited company. This was named Barclay & Co. which was recently renamed to Barclays Bank PLC (Ackrill and Hannah, 2001). Barclays PLC has many subsidiaries all over the world. It operates in over 60 countries and employs more than 113,000 people. Collectively, these are referred as the Barclays Group. Barclay group has a large market capitalization...
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...CULTURE IN EUROPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUTH An essential condition for the participation of young Europeans in society is their access to culture. That can reinforce awareness of sharing a common cultural heritage and promote active citizenship open to the world. I really think that the only way they can express their creative energy and contribute to their personal development and their feeling of belonging to a community is this involvement in cultural activities. Access to cultural life is about proving opportunities, options, resources, spaces for creation and funding. This is strongly connected with education, youth, employment, cultural and media policies. So i think access of young people to culture is better promoted if young people’s perspectives are included in the cultural policies. Cultural expression is one of the eight key competencies defined in the Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on key competencies for lifelong learning. Key competences for lifelong learning are a combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes particularly necessary for personal fulfillment and development, social inclusion, active citizenship and employment. We are told, “Although most people regard culture as an important part of an individual's personal life, it does not seem to make up such a big part of their lives in practice.” In the case of Europe we are told that “problems arise when young people feel alien in the society they are living in”...
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...7 Sep 2004 AR AR231-PS56-14.tex P1: IKH AR231-PS56-14.sgm LaTeX2e(2002/01/18) AR REVIEWS IN ADVANCE10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070141 V I E W A N I N C E S R E 22:24 D V A Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2005. 56:14.1–14.28 doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070141 Copyright c 2005 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved First published online as a Review in Advance on September 10, 2004 PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: Multilevel Perspectives Louis A. Penner Karmanos Cancer Institute/Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 40202, and Research Center for Group Dynamics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; email: pennerl@karmanos.org John F. Dovidio Psychology Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York 13346; email: John.Dovidio@UConn.edu Jane A. Piliavin Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; email: jpiliavi@ssc.wisc.edu David A. Schroeder University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701; email: dave@uark.edu Key Words altruism, cooperation, helping ■ Abstract Current research on prosocial behavior covers a broad and diverse range of phenomena. We argue that this large research literature can be best organized and understood from a multilevel perspective. We identify three levels of analysis of prosocial behavior: (a) the “meso” level—the study of helper-recipient dyads in the context of a specific situation; (b) the micro level—the...
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...Timberland Leadership in Corporate Social Responsibility I. Introduction a. Timberland History i. Function 1. Providing gear for hiking and mountaineering enthusiasts. 2. Footwear (outdoor) 3. Casualwear & apparel (outdoor) ii. American Company – Heavily invested in all parts of American society and economy. 4. Boots are Locally Made (NH) 5. – 6. – iii. Global Company – Also a global brand with many sites around the world 7. Department and Rugged athletic shops in Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Middle East. 8. Recognized Brand Globally for outdoor gear b. Thesis iv. Timberlands reach is worldwide and they have taken advantage of their leadership position in becoming one of the most prominent corporations from both financial and social standpoints. Becoming, a local and world leader in the global green initiative, most recently dubbed as the earthkeeper campaign. II. Body I c. History of Corporate Social Responsibility v. Understanding the impact and importance of social responsibility in its beginning 9. Aware of Employees standing and how it can help a. Former CEO and father of Current CEO Jeff Swartz inspiring story and lesson regarding employee welfare. 10. Aware of Community Health and Help b. Jeff Swartz teams up with City...
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...Conscription And how it will affect you Is one of your family members in the war? My brother is, he joined from the very beginning and has spent the past 3 years risking his life for the good of Britain. Never the less we need more troops on the front but no more men are volunteering, yet there are still many strong, able men here in Canada. Do these men truly believe that they can continue their everyday life while our brothers, fathers and sons are in Europe risking their lives every day for the greater good of Britain? But now the cowards can be forced to go to war to help our brothers, fathers and sons because of conscription! I hear you asking “What is conscription?”, “Who will it affect the most?” and “Why should I vote for conscription?” All good questions which I am going to answer. Conscription is forcing men over the age of 18 to enlist in the Canadian armed forces. Prime Minister Borden said that no less than 50 000 men will be conscripted. He said that it would be more likely for 100 000 men to be conscripted. We need these reinforcements on the front to maintain Canada’s army. Canadians have 500 000 men enlisted in the army but if we need 100 000 more men to win the war then I say we need conscription. But I hear you saying, “You can force a man to go to war but you can’t make him fight” ladies and gentleman I can assure you that if a man’s life is in danger and he has a gun to defend himself with he will use it. As for who it will affect most I believe...
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...tuition, which has also increased as the years go by. Students must then find the time amidst all of their activities to apply for financial aid if needed, as well as scholarships. Because of all of these pressures, students have resorted to taking a gap year. A gap year is when a student takes a year off between high school and college. It occurs consecutively over the course of 12-months, give or take, depending on the student, in which they take a break from any formal education in order to “explore their interests and develop a purpose for their future”(The Princeton Review). The term “gap year” is an uncommon term here in the United States because it originated in Europe, but more specifically in the United Kingdom during the 1970’s. Students are able to look further into their interests by volunteering and traveling to different countries. There are many companies that help students find places to volunteer at, where to live while they volunteer, and provide other necessary resources. Not All Types Of Delay Are Equal: Postsecondary Delay In The U.s. And Taking A Gap Year by Nina DePena Hoe, claims that the people who participate the most, in terms of taking a gap year, are “predominantly white, disability-free, females from middle-class backgrounds who have attended private schools” (DePena Hoe 89). All in all, that doesn’t mean that males or people of other nationalities aren’t participating in terms of taking a gap year because it is undoubtedly attracting more people...
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...The impacts of an aging population on a country An aging population is where the population of a country is of a high elderly dependence. There are three main ways to split the ways they are sorted and these are Social, the ways in which the elderly population affect the people around them, political, the ways in which the elderly population affect the politics of a country, and finally, economic, the ways in which the elderly population affect the wealth of the country. Social impacts can be negative or advantageous, an advantage would be the fact that in a study on volunteering 35% of people aged 75 or over regularly give up their free time to help others. This is beneficial as it helps many people, this also links to the fact that they look after grandchildren and other elderly relatives such as husbands/wives or sisters and brothers. However, a disadvantage would be that they are also dependent on their family for support; this can put pressure on the families. A recent study showed that 600,000 disabled older people in England receive care from adult children; this number is expected to rise by 90% to 1.3 million in 2041. Elderly populations tend to group up, for example in Eastbourne where the majority of the population is elderly. This means services provided there will be less suitable for younger adults, which causes them to move away, further increasing the ratio of young-old people. Political impacts are mostly positive however, for example, crime rates are expected...
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...States has established a Trafficking Victims Protection Act that deals from children being sold as sex slaves, child soldiers, forced child labor and others. The CNN Freedom Project has being raising awareness of human trafficking. The secretary of State Hillary Clinton even spoke on the issue of slavery. The Secretary of State advised that it is a crime and it could not be tolerated to treat any culture, community or country with slavery of any sort. Not For Sale is a nonprofit group comprised of individuals that raise awareness and aid for victims that have experienced such an atrocity. A musician, Noel Thomas, started an organization called Redeem the Shadows, which fights human trafficking internationally. While conducting a tour in Europe, he learned that children as young as five years old were being sold as sex slaves. After that experience, Thomas became part of...
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...The European Societies and Governments Over the Course of World War I From 1914 until 1918, World War I, with its center in Europe, was fought. All the major powers in the world were represented, fighting against each other in 2 types of alliances: the Allies (led by Russia, France, Italy and United Kingdom) and the Central Powers (led by Germany and Austria-Hungary.) 70 million professional and unprofessional soldiers fought, with an approximated loss of 10 million people. This war caused huge upheavals in the European society, and I will now look into three different aspects that can be seen as a step in the direction of the modern Europe, that we have seen after World War II and continuously until today. Once World War I started, a lot of men, many of them with passion for their own countries, left to defend their fatherlands. As the men went to the trenches, the women that were left at home had to start working or volunteering to keep the wheels spinning. What typically had to be done were jobs such as making uniforms for the soldiers, and working in hospitals that took care of hurt soldiers. According to the reading Four Weeks in the Trenches, Kreisler’s wife volunteered her services as a Red Cross nurse (Kreisler, page 11.) It was not completely revolutionary that the women were working, but now the job they did really got appreciated. It paid off after the war, and in countries such as Great Britain, Germany, the United States and the Soviet Union, the women...
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...Clara Barton Clara Barton was a self-taught nurse, teacher, humanitarian, writer, philanthropist, lobbyist, and the founder of the American Red Cross. Barton’s nick-name was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” for her volunteering efforts during the Civil War. Barton was a strong, tough, and compassionate woman, and if not for those characteristics, she may have not had set such a huge impact to those who were fighting in battle (Anderson 4). Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on December 25, on Christmas day of 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts, and was the youngest of five children. Her parents’ names were Sarah Stone Barton and Stephen Barton. Barton was educated in public schools and began teaching at the age of fifteen. In 1850, she attended...
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...World war 1 was a deadly and horrifying war that was fought in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. This blood thirsty war went for a long four years which stretched from 1914-1918 and cost many lives in our nation and world. Over 17 million people died and 20 million were wounded. Because of this huge amount of casualties, conscription was a very big debate all over the world, especially in Australia. During world war 1, Australians were divided by the call for conscription to a large extent. This was because all Australians had different reasons and opinions for and against conscription, this led to many arguments within Australia. Propaganda was a widely used way to persuade people to vote for or against conscription and resulted in many debates in Australia....
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...Having known Napoleon from youth, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne had a rare and close relationship with him and if there’s an opinion he makes clears it’s that the future ruler of France rose to power from a combination of luck and opportunity that he clearly understood was his only chance at prominence. What isn’t as clear is what spurred him to forgo the decision to maintain a peaceful republic and the reasoning behind Napoleon’s war across Europe recognizes the strategist he really was rather than how is...
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...are good clues as to how much this multinational firm cares about sustainability. The company, headquartered in Stratham, New Hampshire, started out manufacturing shoes and boots and later expanded into apparel and accessories. Today, Timberland sells through its own network of stores as well as through thousands of department and specialty stores worldwide. It also operates e-business websites in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and France. The firm was so profitable that it was acquired by VF Corporation, owner of brands North Face and Wrangler, for $2.3 billion. The acquisition was the largest in the corporation's history. � xymmus/Shutterstock.com Timberland's $1.5 billion in revenue comes from sales in North America, Europe, and Asia. To stay on top of fastchanging trends in the world of fashion, Timberland maintains an international design center in London. It seeks to develop high-quality outdoor products to improve the lives of its customers and communities, as well as to inspire them to make a difference in the world. As a result, the company's long-term strategy for success combines a comprehensive social responsibility agenda with careful planning for the ever-changing marketing environment. Four Pillars of Social Responsibility Timberland's social responsibility agenda rests on the four �pillars� of energy, products, workplaces, and service. Each pillar is associated with specific short- and long-term targets that Timberland has established with the...
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...Rich Summative Task HUNGER IN AFRICA Christine Mande HEOR-02 Mr.Dragan January 18th 2013 Hunger is one of the most common problems in the world. It is such a dangerous thing. It kills more people in a year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Many countries struggle with famine and they don’t have much help either. Countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Sudan are some of the countries that suffer from hunger more than others do. In Africa there are 60% of people who go to bed hungry and mainly half of those 60% barely ever eat. Still out of those 60%, only 37% get to drink clean water and the rest doesn’t. Almost more than a million of people die of hunger in Africa. It has already become a serious problem. You might ask yourself “Why are the people in Africa starving?” Well the reason why they starve is because the continent’s population is grows by 3.5% every year and therefore the food dies down by 2.5% also every year that goes by and on top of that, the people have difficulties growing crops because 47% of the whole entire continent of Africa is way to dry for rain fed crops. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Chad and Ethiopia are some of the top countries that are severely stricken by hunger. Those countries all have the same problems. Not enough water and food. Not enough money for irrigation, too much heat and not enough rain for crops to grow and too many people are unemployed. There is also...
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