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    COURSE: BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DESCRIPTION CODE: MAS 262 PROJECT: IDENTIFICATION OF PHILANTHROPIC COMPANIES AND THE EFFECT PHILANTHROPIC ACTS HAVE ON THE COMPANIES Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment‚ consumers‚ employees‚ communities‚ stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere who may also be considered

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    Natural Disasters The government has come under fire quite a few times following natural disasters. Their main responsibility in response to these disasters is to provide the tools citizens in the affected area need to recover as quickly as possible. The first and most important response is to food and water needs of the displaced. The communication of the distribution location has proven to be difficult to find out immediately after the destruction takes place. Also‚ extended shelter seems

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    is an American nonfiction book written by Dave Eggers which focuses on Adbulrahman Zeitoun and his family. Zeitoun moved from Jableh‚ Syria to New Orleans‚ married Kathy and they have four children. The book shifts focus from the family when Hurricane Katrina hits and primarily focuses on Zeitoun’s struggles after surviving the storm. Eggers writes about this tragic true story in order to expose and bring awareness to some controversial issues including the destructive powers of pride‚ prejudices

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    to a major hurricane like Hurricane Katrina that devastated much of Louisiana in 2005. During Hurricane Katrina many of the things when wrong because emergency leaders were because‚ emergency managers were not prepared for the after mass of the hurricane. It is important for a city to have a structured Emergency Operations Plan in place in the event of a major hurricane. This will help make emergency operations run smooth and emergency managers make important decisions. Hurricanes are measured

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    Many natural disasters happen on a daily occurrence such as the hurricane that killed 2‚500 people or the tsunami that took the lives of 280‚000. In both “Super Disasters” by Jacqueline Adams and The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger the authors wrote about natural disasters however they do this in very different ways‚ like in how they vary their writing techniques. For example‚ “Super Disasters” is more of an informational article whereas The Perfect Storm starts off as a personal anecdote. So

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    experienced setbacks during the hurricane and had to work with a reduced budget. In addition‚ Gwyn had some concerns over Dana’s citizenship because her passport appeared to be questionable. Dana had been slowing providing the documents since the flood destroyed the original documents. Then Dana stated that if not rehired she would go to a competitor and expected the company to pay severance of two weeks’ wages for the time she was out of work during the hurricane. Another issue is the hiring of

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    Communication between the people of New Orleans and the city government was a reason why there was so many casualties. During any natural disaster‚ winds can harm any communication systems‚ especially a storm like Hurricane Katrina. Most of modern day communication tools rely on obstacles that are built on land‚ such as radio antennas and cellphone towers. Katrina’s fast winds knocked down a 400 foot antenna that was built to last through winds that would blow up to 150 mile-per-hour. Weakening communication

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    needs of the people who are victims of these disasters. The reason behind this is because the basic idea of a socialist system is a system in which the people come together for the good of the whole‚ not just the one. When a natural disaster like a hurricane or an earthquake occur‚ criticism of how the situation could have been handled better always comes up‚ and the suggestion that the best approach for effective relief efforts is that of socialist system. When the devastating earthquake struck Haiti

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    Walmart Supply Chain Controversy August 29‚ 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana coast and Wal-Mart was one of the main sources of aid of this disaster. Their efforts included personally helping their associates with the disaster relief‚ setting up and re-opening he affected stores as soon as possible‚ and even worked hand in hand with government relief agencies. Their trucks were the first to arrive with emergency relief supplies. This was a great act that helped Wal-Mart in the short and long

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    brands‚ tour companies‚ hotels * Forms of entertainment * Competitiveness of the corporation | WEAKNESSES * Safety and security * Environmental safety practices * Overtime pay issue | OPPORTUNITIES * Population * Economy | THREATS * Hurricanes * Lawsuits against the corporation * Competitors | Carnival Corporation & plc was a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world. Owning of cruise brands‚ tour companies‚ hotels would result to the increase

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