Introduction In the 1990 ’s‚ mainly due to global warming and its effects like the "ozone layer"‚ the world has spread the idea of the Green Movement and people started to question organisations ’ practices and their environmental‚ social and economic impacts. With this in mind‚ companies started to pay more attention to business sustainability in order to improve the company ’s reputation. The Triple Bottom Line (TBL) concept is a methodology that focuses on the 3 P ’s: People‚ Planet and Profit
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The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth‚ that runs from the north to the south pole and demarcates one calendar day from the next. It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean‚ roughly following the 180° longitude but it deviates to pass around some territories and island groups. The International Date line is on the opposite side of the Earth to the Prime Meridian. The Prime Meridian helps to define Universal Time and is the meridian from which
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Analyzing Waiting Lines Most people find waiting lines irritating – waiting is idle and nonproductive time. From a service system perspective‚ however‚ a line represents a demand for service. Think of a restaurant on a Friday night. As a customer it is an irritation to have to wait 40 plus minutes for a table‚ but from the restaurant’s perspective‚ if there is not a line‚ then that means there are empty tables. Idle services are not good. So management must balance waiting time with the
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Analysis of Pat Mora ’s "La Migra" Pat Mora ’s "La Migra" is a poem presenting two speakers‚ one female and one male‚ who are playing the game "La Migra" which means "border patrol agents". Mora creates a snapshot of the dangers of living near the Mexican border through the narrators ’ "game". The poem is written with childish language‚ but includes ambiguity of whether the players are children approaching a disturbingly mature theme or whether they ’re adults trying to minimize the stress of
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flourished ‚ patriotism increased and class struggle was stopped. 5. What happened in the first three years of the war? e. The war was practically stationary there was no progress occurring. 6. Why did the countries not tell their citizens about the casualties? f. Because the casualties were in the extremes and they did not want to scare their citizens to back out of the war. 7. What was the first action that caused Wilson to rethink isolationism? g. The Germans threatening
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the amount of dissolved oxygen present and the number of fish observed in the body of water the sample was taken from; finally‚ answer the questions below. Table 2: Water quality vs. fish population Dissolved Oxygen (ppm) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Number of Fish Observed 0 1 3 10 12 13 15 10 12 13 1. Based on the information in Table 2‚ what patterns do you observe? Based on the information in Table 2‚ the patterns that I observe is that wherever there are fish‚ there
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Detailed Summary: The poet recalls very vividly (clearly) the night when his mother was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours of incessant rain had forced the scorpion to seek refuge in the poet’s house (rain water must have flooded its hiding place in the open) It sought refuge under a bag of rice and stung the poet’s mother when she went into that room. The viciously wicked creature poured its poison into her in a flash of its devilish tail and ventured out into the rain. On hearing of the unfortunate
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Deming 14 points 1. Create constancy of purpose towards improvement (Volkswagen – brings loyalty to the brand‚ brings consumer satisfaction – consistent trust that Beatle will be here forever‚ not changing the design‚ people can expect the same design of the brand) 2. Adopt the new philosophy. (Kaizen – continue is never ending. Agree that bring everyday a new thing to your job‚ constant improvement) 3. Cease dependence on inspection. (Make it right‚ do not depend on inspection. Companies
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Description of Case This case is about a clinical department manager who has successfully brought a failing department to a department that is very efficient. The manager has used her skills to help improve satisfaction among the patients‚ families‚ nurses‚ and physician satisfaction. She has also found ways to increase patient volume and finances. This manager made such an impact that she was promoted to administrator of one of the hospitals suites. When she arrives at her new job she realizes
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Unit 14 Vocabulary 1. I hate to bicker with you over the cost of a few gallons of gasoline‚ but I have to because I don’t have a dime to spare. 2. The report was not an impartial assessment of the problems we face; it was an intemperate polemic. 3. Although the premier enjoyed all the --- of high office‚ in practice he was merely a figurehead who wielded very little power. 4. Does “artistic freedom” justify the making of a movie that is deliberately vulgar and licentious in the hope of cashing
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