four days‚ before moving half of the rats to a new location and injecting them with a larger amount of ethanol. The rats that stayed in the same location remained relatively healthy‚ while nearly two-thirds of the rats in the new location died of alcohol poisoning. A similar experiment involving rats and morphine showed that the body can overcompensate for the expected effects of a drug when presented with a smaller dose. Rats were given relatively large doses of morphine for several days‚ and when
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Alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Alcohol plays a major role in society today. It is constantly being . ...... in our minds through advertisements‚ whether its commercials or billboards‚ holidays‚ or even just at the popular social scene. Alcohol is consumed for many purposes‚ such as celebrations‚ to increase romance‚ out of boredom‚ or a way to relax. Alcohol is a drug that is depended upon by the majority of our society. Nonetheless‚ alcohol has very damaging effects‚ not only
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PETRON CORPORATION Submitted by: Dianne C. Buenaventura MBA 652- Corporate Social Responsibility Submitted to: Dr. Emelyn Quintos- Libunao PETRON CORPORATION The largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines. Supplying nearly 40% of the country’s oil requirements‚ our world-class products and quality services fuel the lives of millions of Filipinos. BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Petron Corporation (Petron)
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HOW DOES FAIRFAX MEDIA DEFINE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)? Fairfax has commenced a process of stakeholder engagement to help determine what matters most to them in terms of its sustainability performance and corporate social responsibilities. This process has included engagement with their people‚ their shareholders‚ financial analysts and their audiences. Fairfax identified four areas of focus for Fairfax’s corporate social responsibilities: 1.Editorial integrity: Fairfax’s longstanding
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Introduction: With the rapid development of cross-border industry and increasing number of international trades‚ the corporate social responsibility requirements of a multinational enterprise has reached a height that had never been before. And the acceleration of global warming raised people’s awareness of the necessities of the environment in certain degree. However‚ the lessons the managers learnt from those incidents that damaged or polluted the environment happened in the past‚ was not able
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A socially responsible corporation would try its best to satisfy all needs and make opportunity accessible for all levels of the people. The corporation will greatly benefit from the local community. Question 2 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) defines as a business’s concern for society’s welfare and aims at the long-term sustainable growth. The way I see it‚ these two selected items from “Customers and Communities” checklist place more attentions on general public’s well-beings and care
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Corporate social responsibility is considering the impact of the company’s actions on society. There are 4 components of CSR such as economic‚ legal‚ ethical and philanthropic responsibilities. For IKEA‚ they are using more philanthropic responsibilities in their organization which is being a good corporate citizen and providing programs to support community – education‚ human services/health and culture. There are millions of refugee children without a safe place to call home. There are millions
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corporate social responsibility was influenced by its founder philosophy of fair treatment to employee and contribution to the community. Cadbury started the action with beverage‚ as tea and coffee business promoting tea and coca as alternative to alcohol for workers. When Bourneville factory was established in 1879‚ they believed that profitable business required healthy communities. The family had a Quaker background and social benefit was a value they upheld. The motivating approach of Cadbury was
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What is CSR? To what extent is there a business case for CSR? In recent years‚ increasing number of customers and businessmen start to concern about the ethical issues in businesses. Although the main purpose of business is to make profits‚ the social influence of it also appears to be focused by a large proportion of customers and businessmen. Corporate social responsibility (CSR)‚ which is closely connected with this concentration‚ was put forward in 1953 with the meaning of interacting social
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same thing to everybody.” (Votaw‚ 1972‚ p.25) and from my understanding of the concept‚ CSR to me is “The voluntary business activities within the boundary of law that contributes to the wider community for a more sustainable environment”. Since everyone has a unique interpretation of CSR‚ the range of relevant CSR practices across businesses has been quite diverse as there is no such thing as features of CSR (Marcel van Marrewijk‚ 2003). Rising environmental and social concerns in recent years have
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