[pic] McDonald's and the Environmental Defense Fund: a case study of a green alliance Sharon Livesey Originally published in…The Journal of Business Communication • January 1999 In 1987, the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, which had convened to address the global ecological crisis, produced Our Common Future (the Brundtland Report). This watershed event established the conceptual underpinnings for environmental politics and debate in the 1990s by reframing
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Understanding Green Building Construction in Singapore Abstract: Given the pressing environmental issues that is plaguing the world in the 21st century coupled with the global changing of the climate each day, Green Building Construction is starting to be more recognized among counties. Most countries around the world are looking more towards sustainable development in the long term. Such is the case of Singapore as it established various schemes and initiatives to address the environmental degradation
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task/specific and the general. The chapter also discusses the forces behind the process of globalization and the challenges that today’s open trade environment present to managers. The chapter then closes with a discussion of national culture, its impact upon organizations, and a model to be used to compare various national cultures. Learning Objectives 1. Explain why the ability to perceive, interpret, and respond appropriately to the organizational environment is crucial for managerial
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RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY REPORT 2010 1 2 UMW HOLDINGS BERHAD CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY REPORT 2010 3 CONTENT 02 04 - 05 06 - 07 08 09 - 11 12 - 14 15 - 18 19 - 21 22 - 23 24 - 26 27 - 31 32 RATIONALE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT UMW STRUCTURE OUR ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT AWARDS RECEIVED WORKPLACE MARKETPLACE ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE DATA PROFILE DISCLOSURE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS REPORT UMW’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report supplements our other publications, including the Group
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BUS383 Managing Global Business Essay 1 Executive Summary: Using Lenovo as an international business, discuss the impact & role of culture in its business activities in different economies such as the United States & China in terms of political, economic, social & ethical factors. 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary:..............................................................................................................................2 Introduction...................
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469–490 www.elsevier.com/locate/poetic Experiencing unemployment: The roles of social and cultural capital in mediating economic crisis ´ Virgılio Borges Pereira ˆ Departamento de Sociologia, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Via Panoramica, ´ s/numero 4150-564 Porto, Portugal Available online 24 October 2011 Abstract The paper offers an engagement with economic issues, via an exploration of the recent crisis in Northern Portugal, to discuss the roles of social capital and cultural
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Good grades don’t necessarily mean good teachers: It’s often the best teachers who expect the most from your kid. Instead of mindlessly bad-mouthing the teacher in front of other parents or, most of all, your kids, take the time to find out what’s going on. Having taught high school, for a millisecond, I can relate to most of Clark’s advice. Most, that is, but certainly not all of it. The article does come off, in places, as if the teacher is always right. But I do believe there is an us-against-them
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Discuss the role of leadership and how it can impact organizational performance Leadership is commonly defined as “establishing a clear vision, communicating the vision with others and resolving the conflicts between various individuals who are responsible for completing the company’s vision” (Kelly, 2009). The most effective leaders are those who can competently organize the cooperation and assistance of all members of the company to accomplish goals and objectives. The constantly changing wants
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Walmart and Sustainability. That pairing of terms elicits strong reactions, usually falling into roughly three camps: The "oxymoron" camp, who believe Walmart's business model of overdriven underpaid factory workers pumping out cheap goods into thousand-mile supply chains that feed a consumption-based society inherently and unavoidably conflicts with sustainability. The "salvation" camp, who welcome Walmart using its market muscle as a "bully pulpit" to push sustainability advances from the top
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Singapore Port. In order to lower the operating cost and get higher productivity, this partnership must be solidly drawn. At Deliver process, this report shows the importance of the transport productivity in getting higher performance and stimulate the economic growth. Last but not least in this
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