CSR Gap Analysis of the GAP Gap Inc prefaces their 2004/5 CSR report with the question: what is a company’s role in society? Their answer is that a company ‘only realizes its full potential when it embraces its role as a global citizen’. This raises two interesting points; the first is that the answer to the question ‘what is a company’s role in society?’ will be conditioned by normative assumptions about business/government relations in a firm’s country of incorporation. David Detomasi
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One of the theories that was stated in the article titled “Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight” was “Amelia was seen on Saipan Island being held captive by the Japanese.” Another theory that was stated in the article “Amelia Earhart’s last flight” was“Amelia was secretly working for the US government to get into Japan to receive government information.” The original theory
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Sunita Williams From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Sunita Williams NASA Astronaut Nationality American Status Retired Born September 19‚ 1965 (age 48) Euclid‚ Ohio‚ U.S. Other occupation Test pilot Rank Captain‚ USN Time in space 321 days 17 hours 15 minutes Selection 1998 NASA Group Total EVAs 7 Total EVA time 50 hours and 40 minutes Missions STS-116‚ Expedition 14‚ Expedition 15‚ STS-117‚ Soyuz TMA-05M‚Expedition 32‚ Expedition 33 Mission insignia Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams née Pandya [1] (born
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Long ago‚ on the island of Saipan‚ lived a poor family. In this family was a teenage boy named Andrew. Andrew’s family was really poor and farming was the only thing that kept them alive. Andrew’s parents didn’t have any jobs and they also didn’t have any family on the island with them. Life was really hard for them but they did the best that they could. On their little farm were many different vegetables and animals. They had chickens‚ pigs‚ cows‚ ducks‚ but all these things weren’t enough
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Were the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary to save allied lives and to end Japan’s threat to world peace? Did the resulting loss of life cost more than a deadly invasion of the Japanese mainland? In August 1945‚ the first dropping of atomic bombs in civilian areas of Japan killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Immediately following those bombings‚ Japan surrendered to the United States. The following essay summarizes the defense of the atomic bomb and its use‚ the arguments
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The attack on Pearl Harbor taught Americans that‚ we were not invincible from foreign attacks. The event occurred on December 7th‚ 1941. Japan wanted to come up with a plan that would truly cripple the elite fighting force stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Battleships had become very popular and a major fighting force in fleets. Japanese tactics were practiced on an island called Kyushu‚ having a similar layout to Pearl. The Japanese practiced bombing and flying undetected‚ because they were
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Hideki Tojo The moment he felt the ring of the thick rough rope slip through his head‚ he knew the time was here. The awful stench he could smell from the brown sack‚ which covers his face from the world. His senses heightened‚ he could hear movement around him‚ feet shuffling‚ deep breathing‚ and most of all‚ the sound of the man standing behind him‚ breathing on his neck like the predator that he is‚ the man who would kick the stool he stands on. The stool that’s so wobbly he could feel it
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coded message. Because the Marines did not want to allow the Japanese to be able to crack their codes by seeing or hearing repeated words‚ any of 17 designated different Navajo words would stand for one letter. As an example‚ the coded way to say Saipan could have been the Navajo words for: sea – animal – island – pot – ant - nest. In addition‚ frequently used military terms had designated Navajo words for them so that a code talker would not have to spell these out. There were 450 of these words
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Shahnaz Hussain - A Successful Indian Woman Entrepreneur Abstract : The case discusses the growth of the Shahnaz Husain Group‚ one of the largest producers of ayurvedic and herbal products in the world. It begins with a personal profile of Shahnaz Husain and her idea of producing and marketing ayurvedic products as a substitute for chemical cosmetics‚ which‚ she believes‚ do more harm than good. It then traces the growth of her brand from a niche product in the Indian market to a brand retailed
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For centuries the Japanese have been known for developing fierce warriors known as the samurai. So what is a samurai? According to Merriam-Webster.com a samurai is “A military retainer of a Japanese Daimyo practicing the code of conduct of Bushido.” The Bushido Code is an honor code developed by the samurai class in the Japanese military and is comprised of eight virtues which are Rectitude or Justice‚ Courage‚ Benevolence or Mercy‚ Politeness or Respect‚ Honesty‚ Honor‚ Loyalty‚ and Character and
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