Are fast-food establishments making Americans fat?. Journal of Controversial Medical Claims 10.4 (Nov 2003): p1(10). (7875 words) Show details Full Text : COPYRIGHT 2003 Aspen Publishers‚ Inc. Address correspondence to: Todd G. Buchholz U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 1615 H Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20062-2000 Phone 202-463-5724; Fax: 202-463-5302 www.LegalReformNow.com Americans have gained weight over the course of the last century. This increase stems from a variety of
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Monsanto Harvest With Fear Company Background Monsanto positions itself as a relatively new agricultural company having formed in 2002‚ and focused on supporting local farmers around the world. They also promote themselves as a guardian of the environment with a mission “to produce more food while conserving more” (Monsanto.com). Today’s Monsanto conglomerate also promotes itself as the “New Merchants‚” a leading research company in the field of agriculture-crop production‚ as well as a
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Bio 120: Adaptation & Biodiversity Exam Study Notes (Lectures 12-23) - LECTURE 12: INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 1. 2. 3. 4. Evolution How it is studied Facts supporting Evolution Biodiversity & adaptation Levels of biological organization: Molecules Æ Cells Æ Organisms Æ Populations Æ Communities Æ Ecosystems Types of questions in evolutionary biology: - Scope: small questions can help towards solving a big question; large questions require multiple lines of evidence
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SOCIAL Groups and SOCIAL Organizations “No man is an island‚” said John Donne. A person is a sociable being‚ born into a group‚ and living in a social group. Even the so-called loners or the monks of the Middle Ages associated and participated with their fellow monks. Social groups are essential to a person’s existence. One is born into a family‚ is raised up in a family‚ plays in the neighborhood‚ goes to school‚ worship with others‚ and joins work groups and other associations
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------------------------------------------------- GM crops: Promise and reality The introduction of the first transgenic plant 30 years ago heralded the start of a second green revolution‚ providing food to the starving‚ profits to farmers and environmental benefits to boot. Many GM crops fulfilled the promise. But their success has been mired in controversy with many questioning their safety‚ their profitability and their green credentials. A polarized debate has left little room for consensus
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Business in Society: Managing the Sustainable Company 1. TEACHING FACULTY Professor Gilbert Lenssen PhD MBA is President of the ABIS the global Academy of Business in Society with offices in New York‚ Brussels and Shanghai. ABIS is an association of 80 Business Schools and 30 Companies worldwide engaged in research‚ education and management development in Corporate Responsibility‚ Business Ethics‚ Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development. Professor
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This page intentionally left blank International Management Culture‚ Strategy‚ and Behavior Eighth Edition Fred Luthans University of Nebraska–Lincoln Jonathan P. Doh Villanova University INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT: CULTURE‚ STRATEGY‚ AND BEHAVIOR‚ EIGHTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill‚ a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 1221 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York‚ NY 10020. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2009‚
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McKinsey Global Institute May 2013 Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life‚ business‚ and the global economy The McKinsey Global Institute The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)‚ the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company‚ was established in 1990 to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy. Our goal is to provide leaders in the commercial‚ public‚ and social sectors with the facts and insights on which to base management and policy
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PENGUIN BOOKS FAST FOOD NATION ‘What makes Fast Food Nation different is that it is not the predictable anti-meat‚ anti-fat‚ anti-additives‚ anti-non-dairy creamer‚ anti-have-any-fun rant against McDonald’s… it is meticulously researched and powerfully argued’ Observer ‘Schlosser could do for the fast food industry what Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did for producers of pesticides’ The Times ‘Eric Schlosser may be the Upton Sinclair for this age of mad cow disease… [He has] a flair for dazzling
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