Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is concerned with the relationship between the corporate sector and society‚ and focuses on particularly good corporate citizenship. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development defines Corporate Social Responsibility as the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the local community and society at large
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There are a lot of biases when it comes down to who’s fault it was and what really sealed the deal and ultimately caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the same time when it is asked ‘Why did the soviet union collapse?’ the answer is always ‘there were many factors’. Well what does that mean? That is not very specific at all. Some say it had to do with the numbers of different cultures combined into one union and others may argue that the economy was too stagnant and that no one could have
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Weekly Case-studies for Small Group Seminars Semester 1‚ 2012 Week 2 case study Deciding what legislation means Case-study: The toxic waste Late in the afternoon on 1 December 2009 Alex Demetriou‚ who owns a waste removal business‚ collects a truckload of contaminated soil from excavations at a building site in Melbourne. He drives the full truck back to his company’s yard in Werribee. He leaves it parked there overnight‚ intending
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GROUP 2 PRESENTATION NAMES Elisha Masakadza (Syndicate Leader) Frank Munyanduki Kingsley Zimbudzana M Jeremiah M Chivasa Mbairo Dhliwayo Simba Mwaingeni LABOUR CASE BACKGROUND * International Org (Eastern Parts) had fired employees 12mnth ago. * Case has been in the Labour Courts for 6 months * The Org lost the case because of failure to follow the proper labour procedures. * NEC gave 2 options a. Re-instate and backdate salaries 12 mnths since dismissal
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Financial Management Assignment (10 Sep‚ 2012) ------------------------------------------------- Ch. 5: 1 (a-e)‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 10‚ 11‚ 12‚ 15 ------------------------------------------------- FM1 Takumi KAWAI‚ Pham NGUYEN‚ Yang CHEN‚ Bi CHAO #1 a. What is the payback period on each of the following projects? Payback period: A 3 years‚ B 2 years‚ C 3years b. Given that you wish to use the payback rule with a cutoff period of two years‚ which projects would you accept? “B” Only B meetsthe
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Consider a project to produce solar water heaters. It requires a $10 million investment and offers a level after-tax cash flow of $1.75 million per year for 10 years. The opportunity cost of capital is 12 percent‚ which reflects the project’s business risk. Suppose the project is financed with $5 million of debt and $5 million of equity. The interest rate is 8 percent and the marginal tax rate is 35 percent. The debt will be paid off in equal annual installments
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“EXPLORE UNSEEN WORLD” 1.0 Purpose of the project The purpose of this project is to appeal a consideration and permission from Yang Berusaha Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Amy Azhar Bin Haji Mohd Harif‚ the Director of the Department of Student Affairs and Alumni to implement a project entitled “EXPLORE UNSEEN WORLD” which is held by the Comittee of Leadership and Student Development of TM’s Student Residential Hall. 2.0 Project Background The project is held by the comittee of Block A together with
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QUESTION 1: 1. If the first deposit is at 36 years and the last expected deposit is at 65 years‚ then annual deposits will be made for 30 years. Expected annual withdrawals are $90‚000 for 15 years from the retirement fund with a bank that offers compound interest of 8% annually. Calculation Present value (PV) =? Future value (FV) = (90‚000*15) = $1‚350‚000 Periodic payment amount (PMT) =? Interest rate per period (Rate) = 8% or 0.08 Number of payment periods (Nper) = 30 Using the Excel
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Introduction Brand can be defined as a name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol or design‚ or a combination of them intended to identify a company or its goods and services and to differentiate them from those of other competitors. The objectives that a good brand will achieve include delivers the message clearly and differentiate yourself from your competitor. Brands provide multiple sensory stimuli to enhance customer recognition. For example‚ a brand can be visually recognizable from its packaging‚ logo‚ shape
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There is nothing like optimum capital structure for a firm. The Optimal Capital structure is that Capital Structure at which the weighted Average cost of capital (Ko) is Minimum. It is that combination of Equity and Debt at which the total cost of capital is mini-mum. Trade-off theory argues that there ’s an optimal amount of debt of each firm. At this level of debt‚ firms can take the most advantage of debts. Debts can be tax shield so that they can save money for firms to reinvest in
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