The ethical case study is about National Kidney Foundation Singapore (NKF) and its scandal‚ which resulted in some negative effects on the public trust towards Singaporean charity organizations. One of the most important ethical issues which need to be analyzed is the NKF’s management of the raised money. NKF is well-known and is considered as one of the largest charity in Singapore. For example‚ in 2002‚ NKF received S$67.5 million accounting for nearly 18 percent of total donations that year.
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consistently suggested to the City of Toronto that the southern section of Dundas street needed to be redeveloped to reduce slums and use it for public housing programs. It was not until November 1949‚ that the Federal Government had become embroiled under the National Housing Act. In 1950 the Province of Ontario became directly involved as a participating partner in the provision of public housing. Until August 1953‚ a request was made by the Board of Control of the City of Toronto to have a meeting
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National Semiconductor Case Study HBS Background National Semiconductor (NSC)‚ based in Santa Clara‚ California‚ manufactures integrated circuits in analog and mixed signal chips. NSC established the India Design Center (IDC) in Bangalore in 1995 to capitalize on the availability of a low cost and highly specialized labor force. 2002 has not been a good year for NSC‚ resulting in a net loss of $122 million. The IDC has gradually become NSC’s fastest growing overseas design house and is the
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Running head: Circuit City The Fall of Circuit City Abstract People costs are by far one of the largest expenses an employer carries. Organizations are always looking for ways to maximize their return on this investment and sometimes this results in making major changes to the current workforce. This paper examines the Circuit City case study found in the text‚ Compensation by Milkovich‚ Newman‚ and Gerhart (2011). Evaluation of the Facts: Circuit City Understanding Circuit City’s
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Journal of International Development: Vol. 4‚ No. 6‚ 567-581 (1992) THE APPROPRIATE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PETER B. R.HAZELL* Agriculture and Rural Development Department‚ The World Bank Abstract: Multiple-risk crop insurance programmes have proven expensive to governments but have not lived up to their expectations. Many agricultural risks cannot be insured on a financially sound basis‚ but there is scope for increased insurance of farm assets‚ of the
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With cities worldwide facing daunting environmental challenges on a global scale‚ a multidisciplinary team at Arup (an independent firm of designers‚ planners‚ engineers‚ consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services) seeks to create a model for how cities can develop carbon neutrally called Dongtan Eco-City. Dongtan is a plan for a new eco-city on the island of Chongming in Shanghai‚ China. The name of the city literally translates as "East Beach". Dongtan
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plant to work 9 extra hours to eliminate the backlog. The cost benefit of adding the additional drying unit and advancing the shift start time are higher than the cost benefit of other options considered. THE COMPANY The Receiving Plant I (RPI) of National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) processes both wet and dry cranberries in a highly mechanized process involving 400 workers during peak season. The processed berries are sold in bulk and bags. PROBLEM STATEMENT NCC is currently wrestling with both
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How has the evolution of cities so far been similar in the eastern and western context? Introduction Cities can be described as composite‚ adaptive systems with multiple instruments that shape the course of their development. They comprise of businesses and households that interact with each other and are always influenced by the historical shape‚ form and culture of the environment in which they function. Cities over a period of time have become important nodes of the global economic system and
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1) Explain how each of the following limits the powers of the national executive. • Federalism • Checks and balances Federalism is a system where the governmental authority is divided between national and state government. As a result‚ federalism is always limiting the power of the national executive. Check and balances is another system where the governmental authority is divided between the three branches; the executive‚ the legislative‚ and the judicial. Every branch has the power to limit
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The major trends of the cranberry industry and the problems facing RP#1 There are several major trends that we can observe in the cranberry industry for the period of 1945-1979 (See Table 1 in the Appendix). First‚ there is a steady production increase in each of the five-year periods: from 615‚000 barrels in 1945-1949 to 1‚546‚120 barrels 30 years later. The production growth was caused by the increasing mechanisation of cranberry industry. For example‚ water harvesting could result in a yield
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