This document discusses the ethical dilemmas that businesses face regarding environmental protection and profitability. It uses a hypothetical scenario of an investor considering three oil refineries to invest in. The most profitable refinery, owned by Joe, also has the worst pollution problems and questionable ethics. Terry's refinery has the best environmental reputation but lacks business practicality. Karen's refinery seems to strike a balance. The document examines how the current economic system can reward companies that pollute the most by allowing them to offer the lowest costs. It aims to propose alternative systems that incentivize companies to compete for the best environmental performance.
E Book Intl Bus 7th Wild & Wild Pearson.pdfssuser4484ea
This document is the table of contents for the textbook "International Business: The Challenges of Globalization, 7th Edition" by John J. Wild and Kenneth L. Wild. The textbook is divided into 5 parts covering the global business environment, national business environments, international trade and investment, the international financial system, and international business management. The table of contents provides a brief overview of the chapters in each part and lists the section headings, exhibits, and cases within each chapter to help readers navigate the content of the textbook.
Assignment #1 social work interest paper (competencies 1, 3, 4, 5,ssuserf9c51d
This document outlines an assignment for a social work interest paper. It provides instructions for students to write a minimum 5-page paper on a topic relevant to their social work interests. The paper must include: a brief overview of the topic including definition, demographics, and scope; analysis of micro-level and macro-level factors; discussion of a relevant intervention; and discussion of how the topic relates to social justice and values. Students must incorporate at least 4 scholarly sources and be formatted according to APA style. The assignment will help students apply research and demonstrate professional presentation skills.
1. The document outlines steps that companies can take to integrate sustainability into their business strategies and operations, including building a business case, committing senior resources, setting baselines and goals, addressing organizational resistance through collaboration and innovation, and fully integrating sustainability into the company's culture and processes.
2. It provides examples of sustainability goals and strategies from companies like Unilever and Dow Chemical that create value for both business and society.
3. The document concludes by discussing emerging views that the purpose of business needs to change to bring more value to society through approaches like shared value creation.
Day 2 sustainability is a_journey_not_a_destination[1]Mary Rose
This document discusses sustainability in the outdoor industry. It provides an overview of the sustainability journey, from early environmental protection efforts to current international initiatives. It defines sustainability using the three pillars of economy, environment and equity. Various tools for measuring sustainability impacts are presented. The challenges currently facing the outdoor industry, such as rising manufacturing costs and "push" production systems, are examined. The importance of sustainability for business profitability and the need for education are emphasized. Developing a holistic understanding of sustainability that closes the gap between perceptions and reality is presented as an ongoing challenge.
This document discusses frameworks for developing sustainable global supply chains. It identifies motivations for addressing social and environmental issues in supply chains such as customer demands, compliance with regulations, reducing costs, gaining competitive advantage, and moral obligations. Key levers for influencing supply chain sustainability are a company's purpose, policies, people, relationships with peers/partners, public policy environment, and power within the supply chain. The document recommends establishing a code of conduct, obtaining third-party certifications, selectively choosing suppliers, and monitoring suppliers as baseline practices for building a sustainable supply chain.
In this presentation, given to 30 Next Gen members of AFBN, I spoke about the need (and opportunity) for Next Generation leaders to retool themselves and their family businesses.
Canadian Oil Sands: The lesser of several evilsWayne Dunn
The overall industry social license for the Canadian Oil Sands sector is under attack internationally and domestically. This piece explores that challenge and the role that government action and inaction has played in it.
To keep updated on postings and events go to www.csrtraininginstitute.com and sign up for the newsletter. If interested the CSR Knowledge Centre http://bit.ly/CSRknowledge contains a series of short, pragmatic articles on CSR Strategy, Management and related areas.
This document discusses the ethical dilemmas that businesses face regarding environmental protection and profitability. It uses a hypothetical scenario of an investor considering three oil refineries to invest in. The most profitable refinery, owned by Joe, also has the worst pollution problems and questionable ethics. Terry's refinery has the best environmental reputation but lacks business practicality. Karen's refinery seems to strike a balance. The document examines how the current economic system can reward companies that pollute the most by allowing them to offer the lowest costs. It aims to propose alternative systems that incentivize companies to compete for the best environmental performance.
E Book Intl Bus 7th Wild & Wild Pearson.pdfssuser4484ea
This document is the table of contents for the textbook "International Business: The Challenges of Globalization, 7th Edition" by John J. Wild and Kenneth L. Wild. The textbook is divided into 5 parts covering the global business environment, national business environments, international trade and investment, the international financial system, and international business management. The table of contents provides a brief overview of the chapters in each part and lists the section headings, exhibits, and cases within each chapter to help readers navigate the content of the textbook.
Assignment #1 social work interest paper (competencies 1, 3, 4, 5,ssuserf9c51d
This document outlines an assignment for a social work interest paper. It provides instructions for students to write a minimum 5-page paper on a topic relevant to their social work interests. The paper must include: a brief overview of the topic including definition, demographics, and scope; analysis of micro-level and macro-level factors; discussion of a relevant intervention; and discussion of how the topic relates to social justice and values. Students must incorporate at least 4 scholarly sources and be formatted according to APA style. The assignment will help students apply research and demonstrate professional presentation skills.
1. The document outlines steps that companies can take to integrate sustainability into their business strategies and operations, including building a business case, committing senior resources, setting baselines and goals, addressing organizational resistance through collaboration and innovation, and fully integrating sustainability into the company's culture and processes.
2. It provides examples of sustainability goals and strategies from companies like Unilever and Dow Chemical that create value for both business and society.
3. The document concludes by discussing emerging views that the purpose of business needs to change to bring more value to society through approaches like shared value creation.
Day 2 sustainability is a_journey_not_a_destination[1]Mary Rose
This document discusses sustainability in the outdoor industry. It provides an overview of the sustainability journey, from early environmental protection efforts to current international initiatives. It defines sustainability using the three pillars of economy, environment and equity. Various tools for measuring sustainability impacts are presented. The challenges currently facing the outdoor industry, such as rising manufacturing costs and "push" production systems, are examined. The importance of sustainability for business profitability and the need for education are emphasized. Developing a holistic understanding of sustainability that closes the gap between perceptions and reality is presented as an ongoing challenge.
This document discusses frameworks for developing sustainable global supply chains. It identifies motivations for addressing social and environmental issues in supply chains such as customer demands, compliance with regulations, reducing costs, gaining competitive advantage, and moral obligations. Key levers for influencing supply chain sustainability are a company's purpose, policies, people, relationships with peers/partners, public policy environment, and power within the supply chain. The document recommends establishing a code of conduct, obtaining third-party certifications, selectively choosing suppliers, and monitoring suppliers as baseline practices for building a sustainable supply chain.
In this presentation, given to 30 Next Gen members of AFBN, I spoke about the need (and opportunity) for Next Generation leaders to retool themselves and their family businesses.
Canadian Oil Sands: The lesser of several evilsWayne Dunn
The overall industry social license for the Canadian Oil Sands sector is under attack internationally and domestically. This piece explores that challenge and the role that government action and inaction has played in it.
To keep updated on postings and events go to www.csrtraininginstitute.com and sign up for the newsletter. If interested the CSR Knowledge Centre http://bit.ly/CSRknowledge contains a series of short, pragmatic articles on CSR Strategy, Management and related areas.
Sustainability – as a conceptual framework for the organization of priorities and allocation of resources – provides a unique platform for reducing costs, identifying and managing risk, enhancing brand, and driving innovation. No other business priority offers as rich a set of benefits over time - benefits that create, enhance and preserve lasting value for all stakeholders.
The document discusses the impact of globalization on corporate social responsibility (CSR). It notes that while globalization allows for the spread of CSR practices internationally, it also creates challenges for CSR due to factors like differing cultural and legal standards between countries. The document examines specific examples of how globalization has both positively and negatively influenced CSR policies and outcomes for companies and stakeholders.
David Cooperrider Sustainability For Profit And Value Through Appreciative In...dlc6
The document discusses business opportunities in sustainability and positive change. It provides examples of companies like Fairmount Minerals that have used Appreciative Inquiry to bring together stakeholders to jointly design sustainable initiatives, creating new business value. Walmart's packaging sustainability efforts are highlighted as preventing millions of pounds of waste while saving money. The potential for organizations to catalyze positive change through strengths-based approaches like Appreciative Inquiry is discussed.
This chapter discusses globalization and ethics in a global context. It will examine globalization, its benefits and disadvantages, and the UN Global Compact principles on human rights, labor, and the environment. The chapter will also analyze the global corporate social responsibility of an engineering company and issues like working with NGOs and across cultures. Two case studies on the Brent Spar incident and dealing with bribery in different cultures are provided.
Dow Chemicals is a global leader in chemistry with annual sales of $58 billion and 46,000 employees worldwide. It provides innovative products and services across multiple industries including agriculture, transportation, construction, healthcare, and more. Dow has a long history dating back to 1897 and is committed to sustainability and social responsibility goals like providing safe drinking water to over 11 million people by 2015.
This document provides a summary of a study that analyzes and compares the corporate social responsibility strategies of the four largest oil and gas companies: BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total. The study examines which social and environmental issues the companies identify as priorities in their reporting and strategies. Many issues are addressed by multiple or all companies, likely due to regulatory requirements and collaborative industry initiatives. The strategies show similarities, possibly because their approaches are influenced by stakeholders, regulations, and each other. The document provides an overview of the issues addressed and some key differences in the companies' approaches.
Chapter 2 Assignment The Economic Problem Scarcity & Choice.docxwalterl4
Chapter 2 Assignment: The Economic Problem: Scarcity & Choice20 Points
Chips or Salsa?
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to draw a simple production possibilities curve given data on the quantity of one input (labor) and the amount of labor required to produce each of two outputs (bags of chips and cases of salsa). You should also be able to identify the opportunity cost of one good in terms of the other as the slope of the Production Possibilities Frontier. You will explain your analysis of the figures to explain why it’s not possible to produce combinations of the two goods outside the PPF.
Chips or Salsa?
Suppose a nation has a total of 12 units of labor, which can be used to produce either chips or salsa.
One bag of chips takes 2 units of labor to produce and one case of salsa takes 6 units of labor to produce.
· Explain why scarcity exists in this economy. Use the data as evidence of your reasoning.
· What is the maximum quantity of chip bags that can be produced?
· What is the maximum quantity of salsa cases than can be produced?
· Draw the nation’s production possibility frontier.
· What is the opportunity cost of bags of chips in this nation?
· Explain why the nation can’t produce both 4 bags of chips and 3 cases of salsa.
· Explain why the nation shouldn’t produce both 2 bag of chips and 1 cases of salsa.
Chapter 2 Assignment Rubric
Criteria
Not Evident
Developing
Proficient
Distinguished
Points
Explain why scarcity exists in this economy, and use data to justify
2
Calculate maximum number of chip bags that can be produced
1
Calculate maximum number of salsa cases than can be produced
1
Draw the nation’s production possibility curve
3
Describe the opportunity cost of a case of salsa in this nation
4
Explain why the nation can’t produce both 4 bags of chips and 3 cases of salsa
4
Explain why the nation shouldn’t produce both 2 bag of chips and 1 cases of salsa
4
Articulation of response (citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas.)
1
Total:
20
ITS 832 CHAPTER 16
ANALYSIS OF FIVE POLICY CASES IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY POLICY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
DR. JORDON SHAW
OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• Theoretical grounds of policy implementation
• Approaches to policy implementation
• Five case studies
• Lessons learned
• Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
• Population and burning fossil fuels
• Factors of high pollution
• Environmental policy is high priority
• Most nations initiated projects to improve climate
• Focus
• Sustainable energy management
• Renewable energy sources
• Five case studies on climate change and energy use
• Comparative investigation
• What approaches are used?
• How can implications be measured?
• How easily can approaches be applied to other domains?
THEORETICAL GROUNDS OF POLICY
IMPLEMENTATION
• Policy implementation
• Turning theory into .
professional ethics chapter 5- global issues, business and environmental ethi...05AkshithaaMP
Global issues are problems that affect the entire planet and potentially all people living on it, such as climate change. Globalization integrates countries through commerce, technology transfer, and cultural exchange. Multinational corporations operate in multiple countries and can benefit both host and home economies but also cause social and environmental problems. Business ethics principles for multinational corporations include respecting human rights and cultures in host countries and providing fair compensation. Environmental ethics concerns the moral issues around protecting the environment from harm caused by industry, technology, and human activities like waste disposal. Major global environmental issues include plastic waste, e-waste, pollution from industrial waste, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and acid rain.
The document discusses advances in appreciative inquiry theory and positive institutions. It describes how appreciative inquiry involves shifting perspectives to see problems as opportunities and everything as a miracle. Positive institutions are defined as organizations that elevate, connect, and magnify human strengths. Examples are provided of how appreciative inquiry was used in large-scale collaborations with hundreds of organizations to design sustainable value networks and initiatives.
Environment, Innovation, and Business StrategiesIan Miles
The document discusses various topics related to clean technology and environmental management strategies. It describes different levels of "clean" technology adoption by industries from reactive approaches to proactively seeking new clean technology directions. It also discusses the concepts of technological trajectories, regimes and revolutions in relation to clean technology. Finally, it outlines some key components of environmental management programs within companies including structure, mechanisms for monitoring performance, guidelines and tools.
Barbra Batshalom, the Executive Director of NEXUS, will share information about the newest green product initiatives in the industry. She will present the results of months of conversations, surveys, events and research with manufacturers, thought leaders and specifiers to identify the barriers to green products. Barbra will share the latest activities behind these efforts and her vision for the future that the Green Product Association is part of.
This document discusses several environmental challenges facing the planet, including global warming, changes in weather patterns, overfishing of oceans, coral reef degradation, declining bee populations, diseases emerging from animal agriculture, and threats to amphibians and bats. The key points made are that the scientific consensus is that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are driving global warming, both droughts and floods are predicted to increase as weather patterns shift, over half of popular fish species are overfished, coral reefs provide habitat for many species but over half are degraded, honeybee populations have been declining by a third each winter, fungi and diseases are killing many frog and bat species.
Greening Your Job Search Powerpoint 4 29 10kambrad3
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The document provides an overview of ethical trade in Denmark based on reporting from members of the Danish Ethical Trading Initiative (DIEH) for the year 2015. It finds that DIEH members, including companies, trade unions, NGOs and others, are increasingly prioritizing and systematically addressing ethical trade challenges in their global supply chains. However, key challenges remain regarding working conditions and human rights in certain high-risk geographical areas and industry sectors. The report also highlights cases of efforts to improve responsible production of cocoa in Ghana and garments in Bangladesh.
The document discusses the steps involved in requesting and receiving a custom paper writing service through the website HelpWriting.net. It outlines 5 steps: 1) Creating an account and providing contact details. 2) Completing an order form with instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Reviewing bids from writers and selecting one. 4) Receiving the paper and authorizing payment if satisfied. 5) Having the option to request revisions until needs are fully met.
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Willard Transitioning to Green Thought Leader Webinar, April 2011Linda Morris Kelley
The document discusses building support for sustainability initiatives within businesses. It outlines how sustainability has become a strategic priority for CEOs due to risks like climate change and expectations from stakeholders. Integrating sustainability can provide rewards like cost savings, revenue growth, and improved reputation. The document advocates an approach where sustainability is viewed as an enabling strategy rather than just another goal.
How to use “Green” Business methods to create (More) Profits (for All)Douglas Lezameta Risco
What’s a “Green” or Sustainable Business?
The “Doux Commerce” Principle: no transparency, no business deal - it’s in your best self-interest to act in a transparent way.
Adam Smith explaining the Dutch superior trading skills.
Smith postulated that Reputation is extremely important in Business.
Jane Jacobs, a top American anthropologist (1992) stated on Humans: either we steal, or we trade to make a living (51-53).
How to change the world - Wind of Change at Major Corporationsimpact100EFG
This document summarizes the sustainability efforts of several major corporations, including Walmart, Nike, Disney, Coca-Cola, Accenture, and Interface Carpet. It describes how each company identified key sustainability challenges and implemented ambitious goals and innovative solutions to make their operations and supply chains more environmentally friendly. For example, Walmart set a goal of using 100% renewable energy and eliminating waste from its stores, while Nike and Interface Carpet redesigned their products to be fully recyclable and reuse materials.
NEW YORK STATE It is important to identify and develop vario.docxmayank272369
NEW YORK STATE
It is important to identify and develop various strategies to motivate and engage students in science. Review the resources in this week’s topic materials to guide you on how to structure your video.
For this assignment, you will create a video using any video recording device and develop a 2-3 minute Lope Talk video similar to a Ted Talk, in which you will describe ways to engage and motivate students through the instruction of science. This would be presented as a professional development to fellow science teachers. Select a grade level or grade level strand (K-3, 4-5, or 6-8) as you prepare for this video.
Your video should include:
Strategies to engage students through active inquiry within science instruction.
Explanation of engagement strategies to support collaboration and interaction.
Methods to capture and hold the interest of the students.
Two examples of how to incorporate technology.
When creating your video presentation, consider the following:
Design visual elements to emphasize major points
Prepare a presentation outline and a brief script
Design slides for major points
Practice and rehearse
Record your presentation
Add effects and edit as necessary
.
Next, offer your perspective on transparency. In Chapter 3 of th.docxmayank272369
Next, offer your perspective on transparency. In Chapter 3 of their book
Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace
, Reina and Reina suggest that although one might "assume that they are obligated to share only what they need to complete specific tasks or projects" (p.45), this couldn't be further from the truth.
Considering the statement above, discuss why leaders might provide information about their activities and decision making, even when employees may not be directly affected? Do you support this notion? Explain why or why not.
both give and get the information you need to do your job, take responsibility for and learn from your mistakes, and talk through issues and concerns with an eye toward deep understanding and effective resolutions. Trust of Communication helps you create workplace relationships infused with positive energy, a sense of community, and shared purpose.You earn Trust of Communication by practicing six primary behaviors: share information, tell the truth, admit mistakes, give and receive constructive feedback, maintain confidentiality, and speak with good purpose.Behaviors that Contribute to Trust of Communication You need Trust of Communication to develop open, honest inter-actions that will support you and your colleagues in doing your best work. You want trustworthy communication, right? Cultivat-ing it begins with you. Let’s explore how to get it by practicing the six Trust of Communication behaviors.Share Information Do the people you work with willingly provide information to others? Or is information shared on a “need to know” basis? Do you assume you’re obligated to share only what others need to complete specific tasks or projects? Do your bosses or colleagues take this approach with you? Answering these questions requires honesty, both with yourself and with others.Think about how fast the world is moving and how this speed highlights the importance of fluid information flow. You know firsthand how vital information is to you. You can’t be effective without it. You and others need timely information to tie your efforts to your organization’s purpose and strategy.
MLA (Modern Language Assoc.)
Reina, Dennis, and Michelle Reina. Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace : Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization. Vol. 3rd ed, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015.
APA (American Psychological Assoc.)
Reina, D., & Reina, M. (2015). Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace : Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization: Vol. 3rd ed. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
.
Sustainability – as a conceptual framework for the organization of priorities and allocation of resources – provides a unique platform for reducing costs, identifying and managing risk, enhancing brand, and driving innovation. No other business priority offers as rich a set of benefits over time - benefits that create, enhance and preserve lasting value for all stakeholders.
The document discusses the impact of globalization on corporate social responsibility (CSR). It notes that while globalization allows for the spread of CSR practices internationally, it also creates challenges for CSR due to factors like differing cultural and legal standards between countries. The document examines specific examples of how globalization has both positively and negatively influenced CSR policies and outcomes for companies and stakeholders.
David Cooperrider Sustainability For Profit And Value Through Appreciative In...dlc6
The document discusses business opportunities in sustainability and positive change. It provides examples of companies like Fairmount Minerals that have used Appreciative Inquiry to bring together stakeholders to jointly design sustainable initiatives, creating new business value. Walmart's packaging sustainability efforts are highlighted as preventing millions of pounds of waste while saving money. The potential for organizations to catalyze positive change through strengths-based approaches like Appreciative Inquiry is discussed.
This chapter discusses globalization and ethics in a global context. It will examine globalization, its benefits and disadvantages, and the UN Global Compact principles on human rights, labor, and the environment. The chapter will also analyze the global corporate social responsibility of an engineering company and issues like working with NGOs and across cultures. Two case studies on the Brent Spar incident and dealing with bribery in different cultures are provided.
Dow Chemicals is a global leader in chemistry with annual sales of $58 billion and 46,000 employees worldwide. It provides innovative products and services across multiple industries including agriculture, transportation, construction, healthcare, and more. Dow has a long history dating back to 1897 and is committed to sustainability and social responsibility goals like providing safe drinking water to over 11 million people by 2015.
This document provides a summary of a study that analyzes and compares the corporate social responsibility strategies of the four largest oil and gas companies: BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total. The study examines which social and environmental issues the companies identify as priorities in their reporting and strategies. Many issues are addressed by multiple or all companies, likely due to regulatory requirements and collaborative industry initiatives. The strategies show similarities, possibly because their approaches are influenced by stakeholders, regulations, and each other. The document provides an overview of the issues addressed and some key differences in the companies' approaches.
Chapter 2 Assignment The Economic Problem Scarcity & Choice.docxwalterl4
Chapter 2 Assignment: The Economic Problem: Scarcity & Choice20 Points
Chips or Salsa?
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to draw a simple production possibilities curve given data on the quantity of one input (labor) and the amount of labor required to produce each of two outputs (bags of chips and cases of salsa). You should also be able to identify the opportunity cost of one good in terms of the other as the slope of the Production Possibilities Frontier. You will explain your analysis of the figures to explain why it’s not possible to produce combinations of the two goods outside the PPF.
Chips or Salsa?
Suppose a nation has a total of 12 units of labor, which can be used to produce either chips or salsa.
One bag of chips takes 2 units of labor to produce and one case of salsa takes 6 units of labor to produce.
· Explain why scarcity exists in this economy. Use the data as evidence of your reasoning.
· What is the maximum quantity of chip bags that can be produced?
· What is the maximum quantity of salsa cases than can be produced?
· Draw the nation’s production possibility frontier.
· What is the opportunity cost of bags of chips in this nation?
· Explain why the nation can’t produce both 4 bags of chips and 3 cases of salsa.
· Explain why the nation shouldn’t produce both 2 bag of chips and 1 cases of salsa.
Chapter 2 Assignment Rubric
Criteria
Not Evident
Developing
Proficient
Distinguished
Points
Explain why scarcity exists in this economy, and use data to justify
2
Calculate maximum number of chip bags that can be produced
1
Calculate maximum number of salsa cases than can be produced
1
Draw the nation’s production possibility curve
3
Describe the opportunity cost of a case of salsa in this nation
4
Explain why the nation can’t produce both 4 bags of chips and 3 cases of salsa
4
Explain why the nation shouldn’t produce both 2 bag of chips and 1 cases of salsa
4
Articulation of response (citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas.)
1
Total:
20
ITS 832 CHAPTER 16
ANALYSIS OF FIVE POLICY CASES IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY POLICY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
DR. JORDON SHAW
OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• Theoretical grounds of policy implementation
• Approaches to policy implementation
• Five case studies
• Lessons learned
• Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
• Population and burning fossil fuels
• Factors of high pollution
• Environmental policy is high priority
• Most nations initiated projects to improve climate
• Focus
• Sustainable energy management
• Renewable energy sources
• Five case studies on climate change and energy use
• Comparative investigation
• What approaches are used?
• How can implications be measured?
• How easily can approaches be applied to other domains?
THEORETICAL GROUNDS OF POLICY
IMPLEMENTATION
• Policy implementation
• Turning theory into .
professional ethics chapter 5- global issues, business and environmental ethi...05AkshithaaMP
Global issues are problems that affect the entire planet and potentially all people living on it, such as climate change. Globalization integrates countries through commerce, technology transfer, and cultural exchange. Multinational corporations operate in multiple countries and can benefit both host and home economies but also cause social and environmental problems. Business ethics principles for multinational corporations include respecting human rights and cultures in host countries and providing fair compensation. Environmental ethics concerns the moral issues around protecting the environment from harm caused by industry, technology, and human activities like waste disposal. Major global environmental issues include plastic waste, e-waste, pollution from industrial waste, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and acid rain.
The document discusses advances in appreciative inquiry theory and positive institutions. It describes how appreciative inquiry involves shifting perspectives to see problems as opportunities and everything as a miracle. Positive institutions are defined as organizations that elevate, connect, and magnify human strengths. Examples are provided of how appreciative inquiry was used in large-scale collaborations with hundreds of organizations to design sustainable value networks and initiatives.
Environment, Innovation, and Business StrategiesIan Miles
The document discusses various topics related to clean technology and environmental management strategies. It describes different levels of "clean" technology adoption by industries from reactive approaches to proactively seeking new clean technology directions. It also discusses the concepts of technological trajectories, regimes and revolutions in relation to clean technology. Finally, it outlines some key components of environmental management programs within companies including structure, mechanisms for monitoring performance, guidelines and tools.
Barbra Batshalom, the Executive Director of NEXUS, will share information about the newest green product initiatives in the industry. She will present the results of months of conversations, surveys, events and research with manufacturers, thought leaders and specifiers to identify the barriers to green products. Barbra will share the latest activities behind these efforts and her vision for the future that the Green Product Association is part of.
This document discusses several environmental challenges facing the planet, including global warming, changes in weather patterns, overfishing of oceans, coral reef degradation, declining bee populations, diseases emerging from animal agriculture, and threats to amphibians and bats. The key points made are that the scientific consensus is that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are driving global warming, both droughts and floods are predicted to increase as weather patterns shift, over half of popular fish species are overfished, coral reefs provide habitat for many species but over half are degraded, honeybee populations have been declining by a third each winter, fungi and diseases are killing many frog and bat species.
Greening Your Job Search Powerpoint 4 29 10kambrad3
This document outlines 8 steps for finding a green dream job, including: 1) immersing yourself in learning about the green economy through sectors like smart grid, renewables, and green building; 2) identifying your green niche; 3) researching and targeting green companies; 4) developing a green network; 5) finding green jobs and conducting a target-gap analysis; 6) preparing marketing documents like a resume and cover letter; 7) taking action through networking, interviewing, and following up; and 8) nurturing your network. The document provides details and examples for each step.
The document provides an overview of ethical trade in Denmark based on reporting from members of the Danish Ethical Trading Initiative (DIEH) for the year 2015. It finds that DIEH members, including companies, trade unions, NGOs and others, are increasingly prioritizing and systematically addressing ethical trade challenges in their global supply chains. However, key challenges remain regarding working conditions and human rights in certain high-risk geographical areas and industry sectors. The report also highlights cases of efforts to improve responsible production of cocoa in Ghana and garments in Bangladesh.
The document discusses the steps involved in requesting and receiving a custom paper writing service through the website HelpWriting.net. It outlines 5 steps: 1) Creating an account and providing contact details. 2) Completing an order form with instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Reviewing bids from writers and selecting one. 4) Receiving the paper and authorizing payment if satisfied. 5) Having the option to request revisions until needs are fully met.
Should College Be Free Persuasive Essay 2 VouKaren Oliver
The document provides instructions for requesting writing assistance from HelpWriting.net. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account with a password and email. 2) Complete an order form with instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Review bids from writers and select one. 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment. 5) Request revisions until satisfied. The document emphasizes that original, high-quality content is guaranteed or a full refund will be provided.
Willard Transitioning to Green Thought Leader Webinar, April 2011Linda Morris Kelley
The document discusses building support for sustainability initiatives within businesses. It outlines how sustainability has become a strategic priority for CEOs due to risks like climate change and expectations from stakeholders. Integrating sustainability can provide rewards like cost savings, revenue growth, and improved reputation. The document advocates an approach where sustainability is viewed as an enabling strategy rather than just another goal.
How to use “Green” Business methods to create (More) Profits (for All)Douglas Lezameta Risco
What’s a “Green” or Sustainable Business?
The “Doux Commerce” Principle: no transparency, no business deal - it’s in your best self-interest to act in a transparent way.
Adam Smith explaining the Dutch superior trading skills.
Smith postulated that Reputation is extremely important in Business.
Jane Jacobs, a top American anthropologist (1992) stated on Humans: either we steal, or we trade to make a living (51-53).
How to change the world - Wind of Change at Major Corporationsimpact100EFG
This document summarizes the sustainability efforts of several major corporations, including Walmart, Nike, Disney, Coca-Cola, Accenture, and Interface Carpet. It describes how each company identified key sustainability challenges and implemented ambitious goals and innovative solutions to make their operations and supply chains more environmentally friendly. For example, Walmart set a goal of using 100% renewable energy and eliminating waste from its stores, while Nike and Interface Carpet redesigned their products to be fully recyclable and reuse materials.
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NEW YORK STATE
It is important to identify and develop various strategies to motivate and engage students in science. Review the resources in this week’s topic materials to guide you on how to structure your video.
For this assignment, you will create a video using any video recording device and develop a 2-3 minute Lope Talk video similar to a Ted Talk, in which you will describe ways to engage and motivate students through the instruction of science. This would be presented as a professional development to fellow science teachers. Select a grade level or grade level strand (K-3, 4-5, or 6-8) as you prepare for this video.
Your video should include:
Strategies to engage students through active inquiry within science instruction.
Explanation of engagement strategies to support collaboration and interaction.
Methods to capture and hold the interest of the students.
Two examples of how to incorporate technology.
When creating your video presentation, consider the following:
Design visual elements to emphasize major points
Prepare a presentation outline and a brief script
Design slides for major points
Practice and rehearse
Record your presentation
Add effects and edit as necessary
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Next, offer your perspective on transparency. In Chapter 3 of th.docxmayank272369
Next, offer your perspective on transparency. In Chapter 3 of their book
Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace
, Reina and Reina suggest that although one might "assume that they are obligated to share only what they need to complete specific tasks or projects" (p.45), this couldn't be further from the truth.
Considering the statement above, discuss why leaders might provide information about their activities and decision making, even when employees may not be directly affected? Do you support this notion? Explain why or why not.
both give and get the information you need to do your job, take responsibility for and learn from your mistakes, and talk through issues and concerns with an eye toward deep understanding and effective resolutions. Trust of Communication helps you create workplace relationships infused with positive energy, a sense of community, and shared purpose.You earn Trust of Communication by practicing six primary behaviors: share information, tell the truth, admit mistakes, give and receive constructive feedback, maintain confidentiality, and speak with good purpose.Behaviors that Contribute to Trust of Communication You need Trust of Communication to develop open, honest inter-actions that will support you and your colleagues in doing your best work. You want trustworthy communication, right? Cultivat-ing it begins with you. Let’s explore how to get it by practicing the six Trust of Communication behaviors.Share Information Do the people you work with willingly provide information to others? Or is information shared on a “need to know” basis? Do you assume you’re obligated to share only what others need to complete specific tasks or projects? Do your bosses or colleagues take this approach with you? Answering these questions requires honesty, both with yourself and with others.Think about how fast the world is moving and how this speed highlights the importance of fluid information flow. You know firsthand how vital information is to you. You can’t be effective without it. You and others need timely information to tie your efforts to your organization’s purpose and strategy.
MLA (Modern Language Assoc.)
Reina, Dennis, and Michelle Reina. Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace : Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization. Vol. 3rd ed, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015.
APA (American Psychological Assoc.)
Reina, D., & Reina, M. (2015). Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace : Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization: Vol. 3rd ed. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
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New research suggests that the m ost effective executives .docxmayank272369
New research suggests
that the m ost effective executives
use a collection o f distinct leadership styles -
each in the right measure, at just the right time.
Such flexibility is tough to put into action, but it pays
off in performance. And better yet,
it can be learned.
by Daniel Golem an
A sk a n y g r o u p of businesspeople
f —I the question "What do effective
X X leaders do?" and y o u 'll h ear a
sweep of answers. Leaders set strategy;
they motivate; they create a mission; they build a
culture. Then ask "What should leaders do?" If the
group is seasoned, you'll likely hear one response:
the leader's singular job is to get results.
But how? The mystery of what leaders can and
ought to do in order to spark the best performance
from their people is age-old. In recent years, that
mystery has spawned an entire cottage industry:
literally thousands of "leadership experts" have
made careers of testing and coaching executives, all
in pursuit of creating businesspeople who can turn
bold objectives-be they strategic, financial, organi
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Still, effective leadership eludes many people and
organizations. One reason is that until recently, vir
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McBer, which draws on a random sample of 3,871
executives selected from a database of more than
20,000 executives worldwide, takes much of the
mystery out of effective leadership. The research
found six distinct leadership styles, each springing
from different components of em otional in telli
gence. The styles, taken individually, appear to have
a direct and unique impact on the working atmo
sphere of a company, division, or team, and in turn,
on its financial performance. And perhaps most
important, the research indicates that leaders with
the best results do not rely on only one leadership
style,- they use most of them in a given week -seam
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NewFCFF2StageTwo-Stage FCFF Discount ModelThis model is designed t.docxmayank272369
NewFCFF2StageTwo-Stage FCFF Discount ModelThis model is designed to value a firm, with two stages of growth, an initialperiod of higher growth and a subsequent period of stable growth.For a richer version of this model, try the fcffginzu.xls spreadsheet.Assumptions1. The firm is expected to grow at a higher growth rate in the first period.2. The growth rate will drop at the end of the first period to the stable growth rate.The user has to define the following inputs:1. Length of high growth period2. Expected growth rate in earnings during the high growth period.3. Capital Spending, Depreciation and Working Capital needs during the high growth period.4. Expected growth rate in earnings during the stable growth period.5. Inputs for the cost of capital. (Cost of equity, Cost of debt, Weights on debt and equity)Inputs to the modelCurrent EBIT =$5,186.00Current Interest Expense =$118.00Current Capital Spending$2,152.00Current Depreciation & Amort'n =$1,228.00Tax Rate on Income =28.49%Current Revenues =$16,701.00Current Non-cash Working Capital =$3,755.00Chg. Working Capital =$499.00Last yearCash and Marketable Securities$500.00Value of equity options issued by firm =$1,500.00Book Value of Debt =$1,479.00$1,315.00Book Value of Equity =$12,941.00$12,156.00Weights on Debt and EquityIs the firm publicly traded ?Yes( Yes or No)If yes, enter the market price per share =$125.50(in currency)& Number of shares outstanding =993.57(in #)& Market Value of Debt =$1,822.00( in currency)If no, do you want to use the book value debt ratio ?No(Yes or No)If no, enter the debt to capital ratio to be used =(in percent)Enter length of extraordinary growth period =5(in years)Do you want to change the debt ratio in the stable growth period?NoIf yes, enter the debt ratio for the stable growth period =Costs of ComponentsDo you want to enter cost of equity directly?No(Yes or No)If yes, enter the cost of equity =(in percent)If no, enter the inputs to the cost of equityBeta of the stock =0.8Riskfree rate=5.30%(in percent)Risk Premium=5.50%(in percent)Enter the cost of debt for cost of capital calculation5.50%( in percent)Earnings InputsDo you want to use the historical growth rate?No(Yes or No)If yes, enter EBIT from five years ago =$800.00(in currency)Do you have an outside estimate of growth ?Yes(Yes or No)If yes, enter the estimated growth:12.50%(in percent)Do you want to calculate the growth rate from fundamentals?Yes(Yes or No)The following will be the inputs to the fundamental growth formulation:ROC =27.53%Reinv. Rate =38.37%Do you want to change any of these inputs for the high growth period?No(Yes or No)If yes, specify the values for these inputs (Please enter all variables)ROC =10.00%Reinv. Rate =100.00%Specify weights to be assigned to each of these growth rates:Historical Growth Rate =0.00%(in percent)Outside Prediction of Growth =0.00%(in percent)Fundamental Estimate of Growth =100.00%(in percent)Enter growth rate in stable growth period?6.00%(in percent)BetaW.
Negotiation StylesWe negotiate multiple times every day in e.docxmayank272369
Negotiation Styles
We negotiate multiple times every day in encounters with others. Negotiation occurs when two or more parties have conflicting goals or interests.
Reflect on the past week and identify an instance where you negotiated with someone—at home, at work, or anytime you had contact with another person. For
the first paragraph
of your initial post, describe the negotiation event, including the participants, the key issues, and the outcome.
For
the second part
of your initial post, evaluate the following starter bullet points, using research on course concepts to inform your analysis:
Negotiators tend to have consistent styles. How would you assess your style in the negotiation? How would you assess the style of the other party? How might your style have been different had you been negotiating the same issue with a different person?
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Neurological SystemThe nervous system is a collection of nerves .docxmayank272369
Neurological System
The nervous system is a collection of nerves and specialized cells forming a spectacular network of connections which transmit signals between different parts of the body. It controls the activities of all body organs and tissues. Structurally, it is organized into two parts: the central nervous system, comprising the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system, which connects the central nervous system to other parts of the body.
The aging process is associated with many biological, physiological, environmental, psychological, behavioral, and physical processes. These changes often result in several complex health conditions dubbed geriatric syndromes. Most cells have a short life span and are easily regenerated and replaced by new cells in the human body. On the other hand, nerve cells are generated in vivo, have a longer life span, and are usually not replaced when they die or are destroyed.
Several changes occur in the central nervous system. Firstly, nerve cells and supporting neuroglia are gradually lost with age. On the other hand, the remaining cells function less efficiently, and there is an increased concentration of harmful materials such as free radicals and iron in the remaining brain tissue (Knight & Nigam, 2017). Secondly, there is a decrease in brain mass leading to decreased function of affected areas such as the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and motor cortex, manifesting as impairments in higher functions, memory loss, and gait. Thirdly, the ventricles increase in size and due to the loss of cells lining the ventricles. Fourthly, there is a decrease in cerebral blood flow and diminished integrity of the blood-brain barrier over time. There is also a decline in the production of neurotransmitters. Lastly, age-related changes to the vertebrae and intervertebral discs may increase pressure on the spinal cord and its branching nerve roots. This can slow down nerve impulses' conduction along motor neurons, contributing to reduced muscular strength (Manini et al., 2013).
There is a slowed nerve conduction in the peripheral nervous system attributed to decreased axonal length, loss of mitochondria, and degeneration of peripheral neurons' myelin sheath. This may result in decreased sensation, slower reflexes, and clumsiness. On top of that, damaged neurons are not repaired efficiently in older adults, and some are not repaired at all.
The decrease in brain function with aging may impair mental function seen in neurodegenerative conditions such as delirium and dementia. Delirium is defined as an acute confusional state characterized by an acute decline in attention-focus, perception, cognition, and consciousness. In contrast, dementia is an acquired global impairment of intellect, memory, and personality but without impaired consciousness.
The two conditions are similar in that they exhibit similarities in their presentation: impaired memory and judgment, confusion, disorientation, and varia.
Neuroleadership is an emerging trend in the field of management..docxmayank272369
Neuroleadership is an emerging trend in the field of management. As we look at the importance of global leadership in our ever-changing business environment, we find a connection between our way of thinking and our leadership and decision-making style. Below are several articles related to this topic.
Please choose 2-3 articles from below to read on the subject and then evaluate and discuss the rise of neuroleadership in the human resource and organizational development disciplines.
Articles:
David Rock. (2013).
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(10), 84-85
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Dr. David Rock presented on the brain science behind performance at PeopleFluent global user conference WISDOM 2015. (2015, Mar 10).
Business Wire.
Dr. David Rock presents 'the brain science behind performance' at PeopleFluent WISDOM 2015. (2015). Professional Services Close - Up.
Fox, A. (2011). Leading with the brain.
HRMagazine, 56
(6), 52-53
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In an interview, David Rock, founder of the NeuroLeadership Institute, talked about how scientists' growing understanding of the brain illuminates techniques for leadership and decision-making. Rock said mindfulness is the ability to be meta-cognitive or to think about your thinking. Labeling is the ability to put words on your mental state -- for instance, to articulate when you are feeling anxious. All involve an area of the brain that is central for self-regulation -- the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Researchers are discovering that self-regulation -- regulating emotion, regulating your thoughts, regulating your attention -- is essential in leadership. The optimal leader is adaptive. Leaders have to know when to be dogmatic in their beliefs and when to be collaborative, when to get granular and when to be big-picture-focused. To be adaptive, you must have an integrated brain. A big part of the creative process is using your non-conscious brain, because the problems being tackled are simply too big for conscious processing resources.
Hogan, T. (2010). Neuroscience provides tools to navigate the new business reality.
People and Strategy, 33
(4), 8-9
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The four domains of NeuroLeadership; problem solving, emotion regulation, collaborating and facilitating change provide an interesting lens through which to examine the field of global leadership development. Leaders today face greater challenges than ever before as they work across multiple geographies, functions, product lines and national cultures. Neuorscience provides a useful framework for understanding how leaders gain insights while learning to work in new ways across traditional boundaries in a borderless world. Leaders, therefore, need to be able to see and process information in new ways, making connections between phenomena that have never been linked before in their minds. This is systems thinking, and it is the hallmark of resourceful and innovative leaders throughout history
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Kiefer, T. (2010). Neuroleadership-more than another leadership framework.
People and Strategy, 33
(4), 1.
Network security A firewall is a network security device tha.docxmayank272369
Network security
A firewall is a network security device that screens approaching and active network traffic and chooses whether to permit or block explicit traffic dependent on a defined set of security rules. Firewalls have been the first line of protection in network security for more than 25 years. They set up a boundary among verified and controlled inner networks that can be trusted and untrusted outside networks, for example, the Internet. A firewall can be hardware, software, or both.
There are several types of firewalls such as:
Proxy firewall; An early sort of firewall gadget, a proxy firewall serves as the gateway from one system then onto the next for a particular application. Proxy servers can give extra usefulness, for example, content storing and security by keeping direct connections from outside the system.
Stateful inspection firewall; Presently thought of as a "customary" firewall, a stateful inspection firewall permits or blocks traffic dependent on the state, port, and protocol. It screens all activity from the opening of a connection until it is shut.
Unified threat management (UTM) firewall; An UTM device normally join, in an inexactly coupled way, the elements of a stateful inspection firewall with intrusion prevention and antivirus.
Next-generation firewall (NGFW); Firewalls have developed past straightforward packet sifting and stateful inspection. Most organizations are conveying next-generation firewalls to block modern dangers, for example progressed malware and application-layer attacks.
threat-focused NGFW; These firewalls incorporate every one of the capacities of a conventional NGFW and furthermore give propelled threat detection and remediation.
In its relevance to the network security, firewall plays the following roles:
Gives defense against outside dangers by declining unapproved connections to the router from potential attackers, for example, hackers.
It additionally shields the network infrastructure from inside. In other words, it blocks active connections from the router. It mitigates the spread of viruses, keyloggers, or malware that have sneaked past the router and on the network. Such malicious software may transmit confidential information back to the hacker, for example, passwords. Just a firewall can keep them from doing such by hindering their connection.
References
William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, Aviel D. Rubin (2003). "Google Books Link". Firewalls and Internet Security: repelling the wily hacker
o 500-700 word, double spaced, written in APA format, showing sources and a bibliography
o Prepare a 15 presentation on your final topic
project
Policy:
Describing the technology for defeating DDOS attacks would be a great presentation.
o 500-700 word, double spaced, written in APA format, showing sources and a bibliography
o Prepare a 15 presentation on your final topic
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Network Forensics Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to.docxmayank272369
"Network Forensics"
Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research and select at least one article involving a cybercrime case, within the last year, in which forensics was utilized. Summarize the article you researched and specify how forensic analysis was used to analyze the crime. Provide the link to the article.
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Negotiation Process in the International ArenaNegotiation is.docxmayank272369
Negotiation Process in the International Arena
Negotiation is a common practice for leaders of international businesses. International negotiation includes consideration of cultural similarities and differences, conflict resolution perspectives, power or status views, and decision-making styles. Using the United States and two other countries, research negotiation practices of all three countries.
Assess the cultural similarities and differences between the countries, including how negotiations might be affected.
Explain how negotiators would be selected for each country and any issues differences in selection criteria might cause for negotiations.
Propose strategies for conducting a negotiation between the countries.
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Needs to be 150 word min. Perform a scholarly search (using Pu.docxmayank272369
Populations that have been found to have a high incidence of voice disorders include teachers. One study examined the prevalence of voice disorders in teachers, with a sample of 100 primary school teachers who completed questionnaires and underwent laryngeal examinations. This study provided useful data on the rates of voice problems in teachers with a moderate sample size and methodology.
Needing assistance with powerpoint presentation for Sociology in the.docxmayank272369
The student needs help summarizing a sociology presentation on digital world topics and attached the instructions and rubric. They are on a tight deadline and will submit additional requests for this class. The student asks that any questions be asked first to avoid confusion over the scope of work and only paying for requested papers.
Need to write essay on 1000 words about Guns and Crimes , in context.docxmayank272369
Need to write essay on 1000 words about Guns and Crimes , in context of Texas. Subject is texas government.
Step 1
: Identify the issue and how both the US government and the Texas government have been currently addressing it (historical perspective).
Step 2
: Gather a minimum of three scholarly research articles and additional news/current events relevant to the topic.
Step 3
: Prepare a formal policy report that is
a minimum of 1000 words (excluding cited text),
which includes a discussion of the following:
A statement of the current policy
Reasons for initiating changes
Policy options to be considered
Pros and cons of each option
Recommended course of action
Reasoning for selecting that course of action
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Need Research Paper related to the course Related topic in the.docxmayank272369
Need Research Paper related to the course
Related topic in the field of Information Technology, e−Participation, Policy−Making in a Complex World, Organizational Decision−Making, ICT for Policy−Making, Challenges to Policy−Making, etc.
Course: Information Technology in a Global Economy
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Need it in about 12 hours. There are 3 docx file each one of.docxmayank272369
Need it in about
12 hours
. There are
3 docx file
each one of them has a question and the reading material. The response for each question should be around
400 words(+- 50 words)
. You can use the internet article as well, just need to include the reference at the end.
I have posted the due date as 10/17/2019 since the website doesn't allow me for today.
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Need plagiarism very important Select one type of cryptography o.docxmayank272369
Need plagiarism very important
Select one type of cryptography or encryption and explain it in detail. Include the benefits as well as the limitations of this type of encryption. Your summary should be 2-3 paragraphs in length and uploaded as a TEXT DOCUMENT. Click the link above to submit your work. There is an EXAMPLE attached to show you the format requirements.
Be sure ti include your reference citation.
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Need the below with in 24 hours.Provide 2 references,500 words.docxmayank272369
Need the below with in 24 hours.Provide 2 references,500 words
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) long established operations currently used across the globe but not problem free operations. (Fennelly, 2017). The environmental design approach to security recognizes the space’s designated which often related to CPTED solution process. Effective physical security designing process must focus on internal and external use facility space to prevent crime. CPTED’s objectives falls on designing and implement effective use of space, implement toughening approach on crime prevention. Facility hardening is a standard measure that must fully implemented to deny access to a crime target through physical and artificial barrier techniques such as locks, alarms, fences, and gates to protect the facility, access control and surveillance system to make environments sterile, unsightly, and unfriendly.
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Provide comprehensive narrative to confirm advantages and disadvantages of CPTED on residents of urban community.
References
Fennelly, Lawrence J. (2017). Effective Physical Security: “Introduction to
Vulnerability Assessment”. (pp. 23-53). Cambridge: MA
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Need it within 12-14 hours of time.One paragraph with 300 words .docxmayank272369
Need it within 12-14 hours of time.
One paragraph with 300 words and other with 200 words.
Vulnerability: categorized
as weakness, helplessness and defenselessness.
Assessment:
classified
as inclusive wide range of approaches on assessment mechanism to measure skill acquisition and compliance with acceptable standards and procedures.
Preamble
Vulnerability assessment (VA)
is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing vulnerabilities, broad range of assessing measurable mechanisms, risk management, active planning, facility infrastructure, data and alarm communication systems. In addition, VA in this modern era must include collective assessment instrument relative to disaster management, threats on vulnerable innocent community and facility infrastructure. It is worth noting that Vulnerability Assessment (VA) is entrenched with standard requirements set forth by regulatory agency to assess and monitor facility performance.
Scenario
You have been designated as a Lead Regulatory Administrator to assess the Millennium Healthcare Enterprise’s (MHE) facility that have been attacked and agonized by the lost vital assets, eroded public confidence and damaged facility, but MHE is still determined to improve protection of asset and renovation of the damaged facility and continue as a functional organization.
Dialogue
Identify Millennium Healthcare Enterprise (MHE) weakness; if any.
Apparently, MHE is so concerned about the public trust, Why?
Identify the scope of offensive and defensive plan against future threat.
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Need it to be 300 words. Two paragraphs only. What would you co.docxmayank272369
Need it to be 300 words. Two paragraphs only.
What would you consider to be defining traits and behaviors of a successful leader?
Epicurus Commentary
Chapter 4 Materials
Section 1:
Epicurus begins his exposition of hedonism with a particular cosmology—that is, with a comprehensive and rational account of the ultimate nature of the cosmos, or universe. The cosmology we speak of is called atomism, which comes from the ancient Greek word atomos, meaning “uncuttable” or “indivisible.” According to atomism, the universe (and everything in it) is composed of an infinite number of atoms combining and separating in the infinite void. Atoms are the most basic building blocks of reality. They are eternal—they are neither created nor can they ever be destroyed. Thus it makes no sense to ask “where did the atoms come from?” or “why does anything exist at all?” Atoms do not come from anywhere, since they have always existed and always will exist.
Epicurus believes that atomism is the most common-sense approach to understanding reality. The fact that there are only material things, or bodies, is confirmed by the experience of all men. It impossible, he says, to even conceive of anything besides bodies and the empty space (void) through which those bodies move. Now it is true that many people believe in incorporeal (i.e., non-bodily) souls, not to mention angels and gods. But Epicurus finds this belief rather silly, since our senses do not allow us to perceive anything that is not a body. In fact, even when we try to imagine angels and gods, we invest them with a human shape or form, as if they were some kind of spiritual body, which is a contradiction in terms (because to be a real, existing being, it must have the power of acting and being acted upon, and only corporeal beings are capable of this). No, says Epicurus, the only real beings are material things. (From this observation he makes the logical deduction that if you divide bodies into halves you will at some point reach a body that is so simple that it can no longer be divided into anything smaller—this is the atom.) Everything else (immaterial gods, souls, angels, demons, spirits, etc.) is the product of our vivid imaginations. The sooner we realize this, the better off we will all be.
There are two types of bodies: compounds, which are clusters of two or more atoms, and then the actual atoms out of which those compounds are formed. As we pointed out already, the atoms are indestructible. The constellations of atoms, or compounds, on the other hand, are not indestructible: at some point they will cease to exist as particular compounds. Let us use you as an example: You, as a human being, are a highly complex bundle of perhaps trillions of atoms arranged in a particular configuration. But you have not always been such as you are now. At some point you did not exist: the atoms that now make up your body existed somewhere else in nature (perhaps in the plants and animals your parents used for fo.
Need it for tomorrow morning!!!!For your synthesis essay, yo.docxmayank272369
Need it for tomorrow morning!!!!
For your synthesis essay, you will develop an original thesis in response to a question, while also engaging with two assigned readings to use as textual evidence or counter-evidence.
This is the same format expected in the Final Exam.
Please choose
two
of the following readings:
· “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” by Malcolm Gladwell
· “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicolas Carr
· “Our Vanishing Night” by Verlyn Klinkenborg
· “The Loser Edit” by Colson Whitehead
Choose
one
of the following questions to respond to:
1. Is there a relationship between technology, society,
and/or
identity? If so, what is it? How does it influence our lives? Choose
two
essays and explain.
2. How is our technology – in any aspect – hurting society? Or, how is it helping society? Choose
two
essays and explain.
3 pages long
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Main Java[All of the Base Concepts}.docxadhitya5119
This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
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LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
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Contents
Preface vi
PART ONE Basic Principles 1
1 Ethics and Business 3
Introduction 4
1.1 The Nature of Business Ethics 8
1.2 Ethical Issues in Business 27
ON THE EDGE: A Traditional Business 35
1.3 Moral Reasoning 37
ON THE EDGE: WorldCom’s Whistleblower 42
1.4 Moral Responsibility and Blame 56
ON THE EDGE: Gun Manufacturers and Responsibility 63
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 64
Slavery in the Chocolate Industry 64
Aaron Beam and the HealthSouth Fraud 68
8. 2 Ethical Principles in Business 73
Introduction 74
2.1 Utilitarianism: Weighing Social Costs and Benefits 76
ON THE EDGE: Should Companies Dump Their Wastes
In Poor Countries? 80
2.2 Rights and Duties 90
ON THE EDGE: Working for Eli Lilly & Company 92
2.3 Justice and Fairness 105
ON THE EDGE: ExxonMobil, Amerada Hess, and Marathon
Oil
in Equatorial Guinea 113
2.4 The Ethics of Care 119
2.5 Integrating Utility, Rights, Justice, and Caring 124
2.6 An Alternative to Moral Principles: Virtue Ethics 126
2.7 Unconscious Moral Decisions 135
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 143
Traidos Bank and Roche’s Drug Trials in China 143
Unocal in Burma 145
PART TWO The Market and Business 149
3 The Business System: Government, Markets,
and International Trade 151
Introduction 152
3.1 Free Markets and Rights: John Locke 157
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9. iv CONTENTS
3.2 Free Markets and Utility: Adam Smith 164
ON THE EDGE: Commodification or How Free Should Free
Markets Be? 166
3.3 Free Trade and Utility: David Ricardo 172
3.4 Marx and Justice: Criticizing Markets and Free Trade
176
ON THE EDGE: Marx’s Children 178
ON THE EDGE: Napster’s Lost Revolution 182
3.5 Conclusion: The Mixed Economy, the New Property,
and the End of Marxism 185
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 190
The GM Bailout 190
Accolade versus Sega 194
4 Ethics in the Marketplace 197
Introduction 198
4.1 Perfect Competition 200
4.2 Monopoly Competition 209
ON THE EDGE: Drug Company Monopolies and Profits
212
4.3 Oligopolistic Competition 215
ON THE EDGE: Fixing the Computer Memory Market 218
4.4 Oligopolies and Public Policy 225
ON THE EDGE: Oracle and Peoplesoft 229
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 230
Intel’s “Rebates” and Other Ways It “Helped” Customers
10. 230
Archer Daniels Midland and the Friendly Competitors 235
PART THREE Business and Its External Exchanges:
Ecology and Consumers 241
5 Ethics and the Environment 243
Introduction 244
5.1 The Dimensions of Pollution and Resource Depletion
246
ON THE EDGE: Ford’s Toxic Wastes 250
5.2 The Ethics of Pollution Control 263
ON THE EDGE: The Auto Companies in China 264
5.3 The Ethics of Conserving Depletable Resources 283
ON THE EDGE: Exporting Poison 286
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 293
The Ok Tedi Copper Mine 293
Gas or Grouse? 297
6 The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing 303
Introduction 304
6.1 Markets and Consumer Protection 306
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6.2 The Contract View of Business Firm’s Duties to
Consumers 308
6.3 The Due Care Theory 314
ON THE EDGE: The Tobacco Companies and Product Safety
11. 316
6.4 The Social Costs View of the Manufacturer’s Duties
319
ON THE EDGE: Selling Personalized Genetics 320
6.5 Advertising Ethics 322
ON THE EDGE: Advertising Death to Kids? 324
6.6 Consumer Privacy 330
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 335
Becton Dickinson and Needle Sticks 335
Reducing Debts at Credit
Solution
s of America 339
PART FOUR Ethics and Employees 345
7 The Ethics of Job Discrimination 347
Introduction 348
7.1 Job Discrimination: Its Nature 350
ON THE EDGE: Helping Patients at Plainfield Healthcare
Center 355
7.2 Discrimination: Its Extent 356
7.3 Discrimination: Utility, Rights, and Justice 367
12. ON THE EDGE: Driving for Old Dominion 372
ON THE EDGE: Peter Oiler and Winn-Dixie Stores 376
7.4 Affirmative Action 378
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 389
Should Kroger Pay Now for What a Ralphs’ Employee Did
in the Past 389
Wal-Mart ’s Women 392
8 Ethics and the Employee 399
Introduction 400
8.1 The Rational Organization 401
ON THE EDGE: HP’s Secrets and Oracle’s New Hire 410
ON THE EDGE: Insider Trading or What Are Friends For?
414
8.2 The Political Organization 421
ON THE EDGE: Sergeant Quon’s Text Messages 425
8.3 The Caring Organization 446
CASES FOR DISCUSSION 450
13. Death at Massey Energy Company 450
Who Should Pay? 456
Notes 458
Photo Credits 485
Text Credits 485
Index 488
Preface
Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases continues to be one of
the most widely used textbooks on business ethics, and
remains popular among students because of its accessi-
ble style and lucid explanations of complex theories and
concepts. Providing clear explanations of ideas without
oversimplifying them into caricatures of themselves is
a major challenge for texts in this field (as any instruc-
tor knows who has examined several texts on business
ethics). Instructors who have used previous editions of
this textbook have said that it does an outstanding job
of meeting this challenge, while also providing an ex-
cellent balance of ethical theory and managerial prac-
tice. But the world does not stand still. Not only have
14. our technologies, organizational forms, and managerial
practices changed over the last few years, but our un-
derstanding of ethical reasoning has developed and new
moral issues have continued to challenge business. So it
was necessary to revise the text and to provide fresh and
updated treatments of these and other enduring ethical
issues in business. To facilitate the study of these issues,
this edition incorporates a number of valuable and ex-
citing pedagogical devices including:
■ Six new and seven updated end-of-chapter cases
■ Twelve completely new “On the Edge” short
cases and six updated short cases in the body of
the chapters
■ Eight newly illustrated short cases
■ Eight ABC News video clips posted online on the
book’s companion website, www.mythinkinglab.
com to accompany eight of the end-of-chapter
cases.
■ New graphs and charts, new pictures, and
other visual materials
15. ■ Study questions at the beginning of each
chapter
■ Definitions of key terms in the margins and in
the glossary
■ Summaries in the margins of all the basic ideas
discussed in the text
■ New discussions of: moral reasoning, cor-
porate social responsibility, impediments to
moral behavior, the influence of unconscious
processes on moral behavior, globalization,
technology, predatory pricing, the fraud tri-
angle, sustainability, the value of work, recent
business scandals, and much more.
■ Up-to-date statistics and data in all chapters.
■ End-of-chapter web resources
Although this new edition updates the contents of its
predecessor, it retains both the basic organization and
the conceptual framework of previous versions.
16. The primary aims of the text remain the same as in
earlier editions. They are: (1) to introduce the reader to
the ethical concepts that are relevant to resolving moral
issues in business; (2) to impart the reasoning and ana-
lytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business
decisions; (3) to identify the moral issues involved in
the management of specific problem areas in business;
(4) to provide an understanding of the social, techno-
logical, and natural environments within which moral
issues in business arise; and (5) to supply case studies of
actual moral dilemmas faced by businesses and business
people.
The text is organized into four parts each contain-
ing two chapters. Part One provides an introduction
to basic ethical theory. A fundamental perspective de-
veloped here is the view that ethical behavior is the
best long-term business strategy for a company. By
this I do not mean that ethical behavior is never costly.
Nor do I mean that ethical behavior is always rewarded
or that unethical behavior is always punished. It is ob-
vious, in fact, that unethical behavior sometimes pays
off, and that ethical behavior can impose serious losses
on a company. When I argue that ethical behavior is
17. the best long-range business strategy, I mean merely
that over the long run, and for the most part, ethi-
cal behavior can give a company important competi-
tive advantages over companies that are not ethical.
I present this idea and argue for it in Chapter 1, where
I also indicate how we come to accept ethical stan-
dards and how such standards can be incorporated into
our moral reasoning processes. Chapter 2 critically
discusses four kinds of moral principles: utilitarian
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principles, principles based on moral rights, principles
of justice, and the principles of an ethic of care. These
four kinds of moral principles, it is argued, provide a
framework for resolving most of the kinds of ethical
dilemmas and issues that arise in business. In addition,
Chapter 2 discusses virtue theory as an alternative to
a principles-based approach and discusses automatic
moral decision-making and casuistry.
18. Having defined the nature and significance of ethi-
cal standards and having identified four basic criteria
for resolving moral issues in business, I then bring the
resulting theory to bear on specific moral issues. Thus,
Part Two examines the ethics of markets and prices;
Part Three discusses environmental and consumer is-
sues; and Part Four looks at employee issues. I assume
in each part that in order to apply a moral theory to the
real world we must have some information (and theory)
about what that world is really like. Consequently, each
chapter in these last three parts devotes several pages to
laying out the empirical information and theory that the
decision-maker must have if he or she is to apply moral-
ity to reality. The chapter on market ethics, for exam-
ple, provides a neoclassical analysis of market structure;
the chapter on discrimination presents several statistical
and institutional indicators of discrimination; the chap-
ter on the individual in the organization relies on three
models of organizations.
Each chapter of the text contains two kinds of ma-
terials. The main text of the chapter sets out the con-
ceptual materials needed to understand and address
some particular type of moral issue. In addition, each
chapter includes short cases in the main body of the
19. chapter, and longer cases at the end of the chapter, that
describe real business situations in which these moral
issues are raised. I have provided these discussion cases
on the pedagogical assumption that a person’s ability to
reason about moral matters will improve if the person
attempts to think through some concrete moral prob-
lems and allows himself or herself to be challenged by
others who resolve the issue on the basis of different
moral standards. These kinds of challenges, when they
arise in dialogue and discussion with others, force us to
confront the adequacy of our moral norms and motivate
us to search for more adequate principles when our own
are shown to be inadequate. Some of the rationale for
these pedagogical assumptions is discussed in Chapter 1
in the section on moral development and moral reason-
ing. I hope that I have provided sufficient materials to
allow the reader to develop, in discussion and dialogue
with others, a set of ethical norms that they can accept
as adequate.
New to this Edition
Although dozens of large and small revisions have been
made in all the chapters of this edition, the follow-
ing changes from the previous edition’s text should be
20. noted by previous users of this text.
Chapter 1 includes new discussions of corporate
social responsibility, integrative social contracts the-
ory, the link between emotions and moral reasoning,
and impediments to moral behavior. A new “On the
Edge” short case has been added entitled “A Tra-
ditional Business,” and an older one entitled “Was
National Semiconductor Morally Responsible?”
has been removed and, like all other deleted cases,
was archived on the Companion Website. The end-
of-chapter case “Aaron Beam and the HealthSouth
Fraud” is added, and “Enron’s Fall” was removed and
archived.
Chapter 2 has an expanded discussion of the mis-
takes people can make when approaching utilitarian
theory for the first time; a new discussion of the claim
that context, not character, determines moral behavior;
a new section on the influence of unconscious mental
processes on moral behavior; and a new discussion of the
relation between conscious moral reasoning on the one
hand, and unconscious moral decision-making, moral
intuition, and cultural influences on the other hand.
The “On the Edge” short case, “Conflict Diamonds”
21. was dropped and a new one added titled “Should Com-
panies Dump Their Wastes in Poor Countries?” The
end-of-chapter case “Publius” was removed and ar-
chived, and a new case added named “Traidos Bank and
Roche’s Drug Trials in China.”
Chapter 3 has a revised introduction and an
expanded discussion of “alienation” in Marx. New “On
the Edge” short cases include: “Commodification or How
Free should Free Markets Be?” and “Marx’s Children,”
while “Brian’s Franchise” was removed and archived.
The older end-of-chapter case “Glaxo- SmithKline,
Bristol-Myers Squibb, and AIDS in Africa” was replaced
with the new case “The GM Bailout.”
Chapter 4 has a revised introduction, a new discus-
sion of predatory pricing, and a new section on “Incen-
tives, Opportunities, and Rationalization.” The new
end-of-chapter case “Intel’s ‘Rebates’ and Other Ways
It ‘Helped’ Customers” replaces the older “Playing
Monopoly: Microsoft.”
The introduction to Chapter 5 has been revised,
and its discussions of pollution and resource deple-
tion have been revised and completely updated with
22. new charts and graphs. A new section on sustainability
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was added. The new “On the Edge” short case, “Ford’s
Toxic Wastes” replaced “The Aroma of Tacoma,” and
the short case, “The Auto Companies in China” was ex-
tensively revised and updated. Both of the two end-of-
chapter cases were revised and updated.
The introduction to Chapter 6 has been revised.
The new short case “Selling Personalized Genetics”
was added, and the other two cases on the tobacco
industry were revised. At the end of the chapter, the
case “Reducing Debts at Credit