and services and sell to markets. With globalization‚ instant communications‚ the power of social media enabling everyone to become "citizen" consumers‚ and expansive social and environmental challenges‚ commitments to sustainability‚ purpose‚ citizenship‚ or whatever we call it are here to stay. The types of social/environmental engagement that companies and brands engage with fill a spectrum of actions. These range from short-term‚ marketing-driven‚ socially related promotions to long-term shared-value
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Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Public Administration: The Power of Leadership and the Cost of Organizational Politics Eran Vigoda-Gadot‚ Itai Beeri University of Haifa ABSTRACT Using a well-grounded theory of organizational citizenship behavior‚ this study attempts to extend the meaning of the good soldier syndrome beyond its common boundaries of the business sector. We follow Bettencourt’s (2004) conceptualization and model of changeoriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
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Cultural Diversity: Religious and Ethnic Groups Paper Jehovah’s Witnesses and Hispanics: More in Common Than You Think… Today’s Jehovah’s Witness‚ formed at the end of the 19th century near Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania. Formerly known as the International Bible Students‚ they are an internationally recognized religious group‚ comprised of approximately 19 million active members‚ across 239 nations. This unique assemblage of individuals have since firmly implanted their footprint in American and
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Jacob Spady Argument of Definition Proposal 02/01/13 What is Patriotism? - Argument of Definition Proposal Some people define patriotism as supporting ones country no matter what. However‚ I believe patriotism is questioning the government and exercising our freedom of speech. The significance of patriotism is that patriotism is the duty of any United States citizen and the ways that American citizens define patriotism has much to do with their actions and other things they do to be a “patriot”
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The issue of immigration has become a major concern of many american citizens today. Some are for immigration‚ and others against it. though many have their opinions‚ I’d like to share a true story of an immigrant family‚ who lived in fear and turmoil and made it safely to the US‚ to live their own American Dream. This is the story of how my family immigrated to the United States... My Grandparents left Mexico in 1975‚ coming to America for a better life and a more peaceful environment in
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When most people think about immigration to the United States‚ they think of the U.S. as being the "land of opportunity‚" where they will be able to make all of their dreams come true. For some people‚ immigration made their lives richer and more fulfilled. This however‚ was not always the case. A place that is supposed to be a "Golden Land" (Marcus 116) did not always welcome people with open arms. Even after people became legal citizens of the United States‚ often times the natural born Americans
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“It makes no difference whether a Japanese is theoretically a citizen. He is still Japanese. Giving him a scrap of paper won’t change him... A Jap is a Jap.” General John L. DeWitt‚ the commander of the Western Defense Command‚ changed the lives of approximately 120‚000 people‚ all of them Japanese. Even if a Japanese was considered a citizen of the United States‚ it was overlooked‚ and only their ethnicity or heritage mattered. I find that upsetting for it seems like the United States just wanted
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THE EFFECTS OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION‚ ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR‚ AND TURNOVER ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: A UNIT-LEVEL‚ LONGITUDINAL STUDY DANIEL J. KOYS Department of Management DePaul University This week’s reading covered regression and inferences about differences. Regression is a statistical measure that attempts to determine the strength of the relationship between one dependent variable and a series of other changing variables. This information helps determine what factors
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(Giddens)‚ cause the corrosion of citizenship. In contemporary society‚ aka modernity‚ ssociologists argue that citizenship s eroding. There are a number of reasons for this deterioration; this essay will focus on economic and technical change‚ social identity‚ and public and private spheres whilst drawing on Beck and his individualisation theory‚ Giddens’ and the deficit of trust and Bauman’s and his consumerism debate. Marshall’s (1950) theory of citizenship has been discussed and criticised
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PLURALISM‚ CITIZENSHIP AND ETHNIC CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE BENUE VALLEY NIGERIA:TOWARDS A CIVILIZATION OF PEACE AND TOLERANCE. By Department of Rel. and Philosophy Benue State University‚ Makurdi. Nigeria. alloyihuah@yahoo.com ABSTRACT One of the most complex features of the Nigerian nation is its ethnic composition. Like very other African nation Nigeria labour under triple cultural heritage; euro-Christian tradition‚ arabico-islamic culture and the indigenous Nigeria thought system. These
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