CASE STUDY Not just another outdoor company We opened the chapter with the story about an outdoor company‚ and we end it with a story about another outdoor company. The company we’re discussing this time‚ based in Portland‚ Oregon‚ was the brainchild of a small group of executives who left big times jpbs at Patagonia‚ Nike‚ and Adidas. These individuals shared a belief that ‘ in addition to generating a profit‚ companies have an equal responsibilities to create positive social and environmental
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THEFACTS GAMBLING IN AUSTRALIA * For most people‚ gambling is a form of entertainment that is enjoyed responsibly. * Many Australians gamble in some form at least once a year‚ whether it’s an occasional flutter at the races‚ buying a lottery ticket‚ playing the pokies or a night out at the casino. * In 2009‚ 70 per cent of Australians participated in some form of gambling. * Australians spent more than $19 billion on gambling in 2008-09; around $12 billion of which was spent playing
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SOCIAL INEQUALITY BASED ON CASTE Contents 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Definitions 4.1 Social inequalities 4.2 Caste 5. Why inequalities 6. Global caste discrimination 7. Case Study –Caste discrimination in India Context 7.1 Definition & Background 7.2 Caste discrimination in practice 7.3. India’s legal framework 7.3.1 The Indian Constitution 7.3.2 The Indian Penal Code 7.4 Implementation issues 7.5 International commitments
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CONTRIBUTION OF MEDHA PATKAR TO THE INDIAN SOCIETY Medha Patkar was born on December 1‚ 1954 in Bombay to socially active parents. Her father Vasant Khanolkar was a well known freedom fighter and trade unionist while her mother‚ Indu Khanolkar‚ runs a women’s organization‚ Swadhar. Coming from such a family background‚ she grew up to be highly motivated‚ exceptionally brave and unafraid to speak out for social causes. Her ideological orientation to values of equity‚ justice and democratic socialism
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Effect of Systems on Business Identify five different IT systems that have affected business in the past few years. For each system‚ briefly note the following: · A name for the system · The area of business it affects · What changes the system brought to the business world · What business processes changed because of the system · Likely future effect of the system Four current technology trends that offer valuable business opportunities are social‚ mobile‚ cloud‚ and data analytics. These ITs are
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The removal of American Indian tribes from lands east of the Mississippi River to what is now the state of Oklahoma is one of the tragic episodes in American history. Early treaties signed by American agents and representatives of Indian tribes guaranteed peace and the integrity of Indian territories‚ primarily to assure that the lucrative fur trade would continue without interruption. American settlers’ hunger for Indian land‚ however‚ led to violent conflict in many cases‚ and succeeding treaties
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predicament and inability to adjust to the life he lives . This leads to inner suffering and hating of society where he lives ‚ because he is not treated as a human being. “A predicament is a situation lived and felt from the inside. It is something you seek to ameliorate or rise above” William E. Connolly. Some people may be forced to use violence‚ others may prefer alienation from society. Both of them represent a human predicament . Violence begets destruction of the community and alienation
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Shawn Ellis The Postitive Effects of Technology on Society. In the last twenty years the computer has changed the way we work‚ live‚ and communicate. This incredible form of technology is a major part in our society today. Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have made communicating with our peers more convenient than ever before. Websites like YouTube have made people overnight celebrities and the Internet as a whole has made our society run more efficiently. Overall I believe
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EXPERIMENT #1: Representing Systems and Models: The Tea Lab HOMEWORK QUESTIONS: 1) An open system exchanges matter and energy with its surroundings. A closed system exchanges energy but no matter with its environment. An isolated system exchanges neither matter nor energy with its environment. Isolated systems do not exist naturally though it is possible to think of the entire universe. The tea system is an open system because it exchanges energy (heat) with its air/surroundings. 2)
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Bullying is something that affects kids and adults all throughout their lives. Bullying can have many mental effects‚ suicidal thoughts‚ and increased uses of substances. Bullying doesn’t only affect the kids who are getting tormented‚ the individuals who are imperious to others also have side effects as well. Overall‚ bullying is something that should never occur in today’s society and it is an abhorrent act. Contributing facts to being bullied can include a previous diagnosis of depression‚
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