Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect Firms’ Performance?1 Laura Poddi2 Sergio Vergalli3 July 28‚ 2008 Abstract In the last two decades in the OECD countries there have been a raising development of firms certified as Social Responsible (CSR is the acronym of Corporate Social Responsibility). This kind of certification is assigned by private companies that guarantee that the behaviour of a certain firms environmentally and sociologically correct. Some papers (among others Preston
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Music has the unique ability to affect the listeners’ mood. When an athlete is pumping himself up for a game‚ a mathematician is trying to solve an equation‚ what does he do? He listens to music. When a man is romancing a woman‚ or a heartbroken girl is trying to calm herself after a breakup‚ music is used to set the tone. A director can convey a defined emotion in a scene with the right score. The music in a mass helps people stay reverent and focused. In all these cases‚ music plays a critical
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How the plantation affect biodiversity? The positive impacts to biodiversity of plantation Trees used in plantations may have more conservation value than existing vegetation such as pasture‚ also it may improve downstream water quality and provide habitat for aquatic biota. Moreover‚ it will sequester carbon and hence contribute to mitigating or reducing climate change. The plantation may lead to reduced pressure on the harvest of rainforests elsewhere. Most importantly‚ Biopact (2008) explained
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JOCELYN T. BALAGUSA BSED-Supplemental How Values Affect A Person Values are set of beliefs to which a person refers to in times of crisis. That is when the person is confronted with the hardest decision to make. Say for instance‚ while I was taking a walk along the downtown area of Tacloban City‚ I saw an old woman carrying a pocket full of cash. Maybe she just came from selling her copra from a nearby buying shop. From her disheveled look‚ she was a real rural folk. I was so amused with
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people; it’s good to spread news and ads for products. Negative ways it affects people is that a lot of people sit on the couch and snack all evening. People stop caring about homework‚ exercising‚ and quality time with family. TV gives a lot of people an excuse to make unwise decisions. Television sometimes teaches children things that they should not yet know about. All in all it truly depends on yourself‚ weather you can control how you use technology in your everyday life. It is not that TV is harmful
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Media affects everyone’s life that comes into contact with it. There are many disadvantages and advantages to media and advertising. This essay will talk about the advantages and disadvantages evolving around the media. A few advantages that this essay will talk about is that media can target a global audience as they can reach out to us and that it can be used for educational purposes to help people learn all around the world. A few disadvantages are that it can be manipulated very easily and that
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definitions of motivation: Baron (1991) stated “motivation is the internal process that activate‚ guide and maintain behaviour (especially goal-directed behaviour).” This definition assumes all behaviour is a consequence of motivation which ignored how and why it is instigated. So‚ Kanfer (1998) declared that “motivation is only about the ‘free will’ element of behaviour and defines it as ‘the psychological mechanisms governing the direction‚ intensity‚ and persistence of action not due solely to
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Smoking and drinking does not just affect you‚ it affects your whole family. Everyone in my family either drinks‚ smoked weed‚ or smokes tobacco. My dad‚ uncle‚ and mom used to smoke weed‚ my mom and dad both stopped smoking weed because they just got tired of the weed. My uncle did not quit until he was caught with it on his person‚ ever since then he will not let any of his nieces or his daughters do anything dealing with drugs. he is also a raging alcoholic‚ a couple of years ago he went to the
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Waves effect our everyday life in many ways. Waves are very interesting ways to travel‚ and we don’t mean surfing! Many things we use every day involve waves. Lights and sounds are examples of everyday uses that travel by wave. On the spectrum of light there are waves listed which are X-Rays‚ UV-Rays‚ and Infrared. Some of these are harmful to life‚ and some of these are helpful to life‚ where mostly they all serve both of these purposes. Another type of wave‚ though not on the spectrum because it
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How Facebook profiles predict job success If you think just keeping your Facebook page free of drunken photos will help you land a job‚ think again. A recent study has shown that Facebook posts give clues to how people will perform at work. Employers screened their Facebook profiles and came up with a “Facebook personality score” based on the “Big 5” personality traits. Conscientiousness: This is someone who appears to be well organized and hard-working‚ and that’s reflected in the way they
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