(Honey 1999: 51) a concept referred to "ecotourism lite." Acott and La Trobe (1998) refer to the same phenomenon as "shallow ecotourism." They provide a conceptual framework for measuring whether an ecotourism venture is a sincere attempt at sustainability and conservation or if it is simply an exploited term. Ecotourists and their impacts are measured on a continuum ranging from shallow ecotourism to deep ecotourism. Shallow ecotourism differs little from conventional tourism except in its marketing
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of women employees in its new Valpre plant in South Africa 3. Objectives: 3.1. Short Range 3.1.1. Set programs and implementation schedules for empowerment of women employees in the new plant in South Africa. 3.2. Long-range plan: sustainability of the product utilizing women as employee 4. Areas of considerations: 4.1. Acceptability of women employee 4.2. Social responsibility:: 4.2.1. Women employees 4.2.2. Environment friendly packaging 4.3. Empowerment of women employees
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ the BP oil disaster‚ or the Macondo blowout) is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher that resulted from the April 20‚ 2010‚ explosion of Deepwater Horizon‚ which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed 11 men
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Alberta Tar Sands Sustainability Report Introduction Tar sands are a combination of clay‚ sand‚ water‚ and bitumen. As a type of unconventional petroleum deposit‚ tar sands are found in many places worldwide‚ the largest deposits are found in Alberta‚ Canada. The Alberta tar sand deposits contain more than 70.8% of the world ’s reserves of natural bitumen which representing 40% of the world’s combined extra-heavy crude oil and crude bitumen reserves. It is the only bitumen deposits that are economically
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meet short-term debt requirements‚ BP was more able to meet their short term debt obligations in 2005 than 2004. From 2001 to 2003 the current ratios were 1.0767‚ 0.9733‚ and 0.9600 respectively. In 2001‚ 2002‚ and 2004‚ BP ’s current liabilities were greater than current assets‚ indicating that BP may have faced some difficulty in meeting short-term debt obligations during these years. In 2003 and 2005 the current ratios were greater than 1‚ representing that BP ’s current assets were greater then
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Hilton Hotels: Building Sustainability with a greener world. STREAM 1 - GROUP 4 Date: - 29.11.2010 Executive Summary The report examines sustainability in hotel industry‚ as how important it has become‚ for a firm or organisation to become environmentally sustainable in today’s world. After global warming‚ everyone has become more cautious about environment‚ more organisations have realised responsibility towards environment. Since‚ hotel industry and tourism industry are inter-linked
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BP/Amoco Merger Case Group 1 Keshavaraja Alive Stephen Felkins Therese Jackson Andrea Marrical Eric Weiss Executive Summary Prior to the merger between BP and Amoco in 1998‚ both companies had very similar operating characteristics and performance. Both companies engaged primarily in the same three businesses and experienced close to the same percentages of revenue and percentages of operating income for each of those businesses. A key difference however waswere that
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Sustainability Reporting in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector: An application of New Institutional Theory Abstract This paper explores sustainability reporting in the Australian Commonwealth public sector through the focus on departments with a primary responsibility for social and environmental issues. The research moves beyond existing theorisation for social and environmental reporting and adopts new institutional theory in order to assess the extent to which coercive‚ mimetic and
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The key publics that BP should take into account are as follows: Environmental Groups Consumers Investors Media Government/Regulatory Authorities The diagram below (Figure 1.1) is a representation of some of the multifaceted relationships between BP and its publics/stakeholders. It is clear that the assortment of communication channels used to reach key publics is somewhat diverse. Whilst consumers and investors are perhaps most likely to be the primary focus‚ these two groups are highly influenced
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Introduction Definition: The American Dream - MONEY‚ POWER‚ LUXURY The American Dream depends on the philosophy that everybody‚ regardless of what his Origins are‚ can be fruitful through his own effort and by developing his qualities. The old American Dream was about the longing of an area‚ where life ought to be better‚ More full and wealthier for each man. The old American Dream was in the minds of the early settlers‚ who fled from Europe to America. They left Europe‚ because of the monarchy
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