2.5.2 Effect of Board Independence on C.S.R. Board independence refers to a corporate board with majority of outside directors. It is believed that board dominated by outside or independence directors are more vigilant in monitoring behaviour and decision making of the company (Finegold et al.‚ 2007). The reason is that shareholders` interest could be well protected by outside directors than the inside directors. Outside directors bring in more skills and knowledge to the company which increases
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Pasricha was born in September 17‚ 1979. He is an author and speaker characterized by his advocacy of positivity and simple pleasures. He is best known for his book‚ The Book of Awesome‚ which is a New York Times best seller and been a best seller from 2010 to 2014. He is also an established speaker and his TED talk‚ The 3 A’s of Awesome‚ is ranked as the "9th Most Inspiring" TED talk with over 2 million views to date. The book and TED talk are based on Pasricha’s popular blog‚ 1000 Awesome Things
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The Forever changing Events of the 1950’s -1990’s Throughout the last fifty years there are many events that significantly shaped who we are today and changed America’s future greatly. Throughout these decades the American experience has greatly varied. There were several wars such as the Cold War‚ Vietnam War‚ and the Gulf War all which took its own toll on the American people and their economy. The civil rights movement‚ protest‚ and demonstrations throughout the decades
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work-life balance and organizational effectiveness. However‚ not many researchers have attempted to capture or review best practices in implementing work-life balance programs. This paper is a humble essay to explore if there are indeed any best practices in implementing work-life balance –a catchphrase which most of the companies love to swear by –and whether a holistic model for efficient work-life balance program can evolve from what the companies at the top are following on the ground. The authors
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Photoelectric Effect: Determining Planck’s Constant Friday‚ Section 006 TA: Yilikal Ayino John Greavu with Daniel Erickson & Kevin Haar January 31‚ 2014 PreLab Up until the eighteenth century‚ particle theories of light dominated physics‚ primarily due to the work of Isaac Newton. Thomas Young’s 1805 famous double-slit experiment‚ which showed that light mimics a wave‚ extinguished some of these early views. However‚ in 1887‚ Heinrich Hertz – who is‚ coincidentally‚ perhaps better known for definitively
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1. What type of capital structure should a firm choose and why? In your answer‚ be sure to include capital structure fallacies and their effects on a firm’s decision. Capital structure is the relative proportions of debt‚ equity‚ and other securities that a firm has outstanding. When a firm need to raise funds from investors they must choose which type of security to issue. There are typically two different types: financing through equity alone‚ or financing through a combination of debt and
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Note: the following case is copyrighted and may be copied and used only by current users and owners of the textbook‚ BUSINESS ETHICS: CONCEPTS AND CASES by Manuel Velasquez. The Kaiser Aluminum plant in Gramercy‚ Louisiana‚ opened in 1958. From the beginning‚ the Kaiser Gramercy plant had relatively few black workers. By 1965‚ although 39 percent of the local work force was black‚ Kaiser had hired only 4.7 percent blacks. In 1970‚ a federal review of Kaiser employment practices at the Gramercy plant
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Working Toward Change The 72-year-old fight made by women lasting from 1848-1920 would over time result in the establishment of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declaring women’s suffrage and subconsciously empowered women that additional doors of opportunity would then too be opened. However prior to reaching the “golden” destination‚ women had a grueling journey filled with bountiful obstacles (such as laws‚ expectations‚ and stereotypes) that had to be overcome to reach
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Mechanistic Organization Structures The mechanistic view of an organization began with the industrial revolution. The view is a reflection of society’s radical change from a rural agricultural base to one more impersonally based on centralized urban industry employing great numbers of people. The first changes began in the late 1600’s and early 1700’s with rudimentary machines replacing manual labor or accomplishing things not previously possible because of size‚ weight‚ or sheer numbers
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Hardships during the early and mid-1920’s were rare. People went out to casinos‚ went out to dance‚ and even went out to eat and drink. Yes‚ the 1920’s‚ which later had become known as the ’roaring’ 20’s‚ was a time of celebration. But it was not until 1929 when things did not go as planned for most Americans. Many people faced hardship‚ and the ones who just came into the country‚ trying to live the ’American Dream’‚ worked hard to escape the lives of abject poverty‚ but it was not enough
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