Executive Summary No organization could be further from the image of the "tree hugger" than the world ’s largest chemical producer‚ Dow Chemical Company. Yet for all of industry ’s superficial acknowledgement of the need for environmental responsibility‚ no other organization has so completely focused on balancing financial‚ social and environmental results. Dow has incorporated a highly successful e-commerce strategy‚ not only for the benefits it can yield in business results‚ but also as part
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Dow Corning Silicone Breast Implants Albert Tapia Dr. Robert Vega BUAD 5304 Ethics July 5th 2015 Dow Corning Dow Corning Corporation was a start up venture between Dow Chemical Company and Corning Inc. in 1943. The goal of Dow Corning Corporation was to create and market a new material‚ silicone. The joint venture proved successful‚ with nearly 10‚000 employees and revenues upwards of $2 billion‚ it accomplished this goal with the collaboration of Dow Chemical and Corning‚ both interested in increasing
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2013 Argentina floods 2013 Argentina floods Duration 2 April 2013–3 April 2013 Fatalities 99+ Areas affected Greater Buenos Aires Greater La Plata From 2–3 April 2013‚ the northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province‚Argentina‚ experienced several flash floods that claimed the lives of at least 100 people. Greater La Plata was hardest hit with 89 reported deaths‚ and Greater Buenos Aires reported 10 deaths. The flooding was the result of extremely heavy rainfall and is said to be the
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Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using TiO2 nanoparticles Nupur Mittal Chemical Engineering‚ IIT (BHU) Varanasi. Abstract: The aim of this research is to reduce the pollution caused by methylene blue dye in waste water coming from textile industries. For this purpose‚ TiO2 nanoparticles are made as they show good photocatalytic activity in degradation of dyes into harmless products. Synthesis is done using titanium butoxide and 2-propanol. The particles formed were a little larger
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OTIS LE#1 (October 31‚ 2012) • Dow Jones industrial average with the largest market cap is Exxon (XOM). • Dow Jones Industrial average with the smallest market cap is Alcoa Inc. (AA). • The company with the highest P/E ratio is AT&T (T). Initially our process of choosing stocks fell into two high-level categories; a look-back and a look forward approach. Many of our stocks (AAPL‚ ORCL‚ IBM) were picked after much research into “the numbers.” Members of our group that looked at historical
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Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals‚ Inc. ~ 509 U.S. 579‚ 113 S.Ct. 2786 CRM 344: Scientific Writing and Courtroom Testimony Professor Gardner Saint Leo University April 25‚ 2013 Abstract Daubert and other minors‚ suffered limb reduction birth defects; they claim the defects were caused when their mothers ingested drugs manufactured by the Defendant‚ Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals‚ Inc. (Defendant)‚ while they were pregnant. When the United States
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management and has become a benchmark of how to handle a crisis. The Dow Corning silicone breast implant crisis has become a benchmark of how not to handle a crisis. There are a number of valuable lessons learned from this particular crisis. Both crises dealt with public health and safety issues‚ but both were handled very differently. Because of this‚ Dow Corning’s reputation and image suffered considerably. As a result‚ Dow Corning is still suffering today from a crisis that began in the late
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nation of Argentina‚ the environmental factors and characteristics affecting the marketing mix‚ and its overall potential to become a foreign market for Australia. | Introduction Entering the international market is a challenging activity. Its inhabitants not only speak differently‚ but have different lifestyles and do business differently (Kautz‚ 2004‚ p. vii). However‚ if this market is approached in a methodical way‚ the resulting sales can be very rewarding. Part of the G20‚ Argentina is a popular
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MARKETING DEGREE 2ND. COURSE MICROECONOMICS SET OF EXERCISES N.1 LESSON 1 1. Write a glossary with five words you consider the most important ones to explain what Economics is. 2. Assume you are solving five exercises of Microeconomics. In this task you need to expend half an hour for each of them. Every exercise is worth two points‚ and it is needed 6 points over 10 to pass this evaluation. Your available time is five hours to do whatever you want to do. In this period you have also
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Ethics of Penn Square and Dow Corning Ethics of Penn Square Bank and the Dow Corning Bankruptcy Penn Square Bank: What were the ethical pressures on the firm concerning documentation‚ credit extension‚ and revenue recognition that lead to the final collapse? What should have been done to reduce or offset these pressures? Penn Square Bank was a small commercial bank in Oklahoma City which made high-risk financial loans during the late 1970s in the oil boom. The bank ultimately collapsed
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