ethical issues using a consequentialist and a deontological perspective. Using a consequentialist perspective‚ I can understand to a certain degree why Sears implemented their new productivity incentive plans in all of their auto centers. This approach focuses on the results‚ or consequences‚ of the action or decision. Upper management’s primary goal was to increase profits as much as possible after years of declining sales and profits. In order to achieve this result‚ they decided to develop more
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2009 ANNUAL REPORT Sears Canada Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 5 6 7 9 52 53 54 55 Financial Highlights/Common Share Market Information Letter to Our Shareholders Letter from the Chief Financial Officer Eleven Year Summary Quarterly Summary Management’s Discussion and Analysis Management’s Responsibility for Financial Statements Auditors’ Report Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income / Consolidated Statements of Retained Earnings
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NIGERIA’S 521 LANGUAGES AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS In this present time‚ and in the face of different ethnic tensions plaguing our nation‚ many Nigerians are asking themselves an important question: what is the value of our many languages? They want to know how it can put food on the table of the average Nigerian. When I posted on The Green Heritage Facebook page‚ last year‚ that Nigeria has the third highest number of languages in the world (after Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
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Sears Vs. Walmart Financial Performance Comparison Profit Margin Profit Margin‚ Sears Co. | | 1997 | | 1996 | | 1995 | Net income | 1‚188 | -6.53% | 1‚271 | -29.43% | 1‚801 | Total revenues | 36‚371 | 7.76% | 33‚751 | 8.41% | 31‚133 | Profit Margin | 3.27% | | 3.77% | | 5.78% | This Profit Margin ratio is acceptable‚ though not high. The result means that for each dollar of sales at Sears Co.‚ the company earns only 3.27 cents in 1997‚ compared to 3.77 cents and 5.78 cents in 1996 and 1995 respectively
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Matrix (External Factor Evaluation). Retrieved from http://www.maxi-pedia.com/EFE matrix external. Mourdoukoutas‚ P. (2012‚ February 2). Will Sears Survive Another Strategic Mistake?. Forbes Magazine‚ Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2012/02/25/ will-sears-survive-another-strategic-mistake. Sears Holdings. (2012‚ May 17). Sears Holdings Reports First Quarter 2012 Results. Retrieved from http://www.searsholdings.com/invest.
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presented on the Analysis for ROE with regards to Sears of 51.4% for 1996 and of 22% for 1997 are deceiving. Even though they are shown above the ones from Wal-Mart of 35.7 % for 1997 and 19.8 % for 1998 this doesn’t mean they have a healthier financial and more stable company than Wal-Mart. When we take apart the ROE number into its parts we can see a really high leverage from Sears. Wal-Mart with just a few points below the ROE from Sears when analyzed seems more solid and stable. Lets remember
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Thesis: the encounter between the Sears Catalog and the american consumer had an economic impact on urban expansion because the catalog provided houses for people to move West‚ affected the general stores‚ and changed the lives of farmers. The Sears Catalog was the biggest catalog of its time that allowed anyone to buy anything. The company was founded over 100 years ago in 1886. It was over 100 pages‚ the options were endless. The Sears Catalog ended up selling over 11 million dollars of products
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skyscraper architecture "http://www.coshe.com/search/" The architectural design of the 20th century skyscrapers has been redefined due to the advancement of our modern technology. Benny Louie Humanity 450 Dr. Maureen Schmid 17 May 1999 The architectural design of the 20th century skyscrapers has been redefined due to the advancement of our modern technology. In our modern society‚ the architectural design of skyscrapers is changing the downtown landscape of metropolitan areas. Due to the change of
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hunger‚ unemployment‚ slow economic growth‚ infant and maternal mortalities among others. The recent world’s attention focused on reducing income gap between the world’s richest and the world’s poorest nation is enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This is necessitated by the uneven distribution of global resources where the world richest 1% controls as much wealth as the poorest 57% of the population (Chua‚ 2003) Today 60% of the world 6.4 billion population live in abject poverty (Sampson
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Long-term goals I have two long-term goals in mind for the next 5-10 years: (a) register to practice social work in South Africa‚ and (b) organize support groups for women there. When I left South Africa in 2002 to study in the United States‚ my interest was always to advance my education and experience in different social work programs which could benefit the communities of South Africa in the end. My ultimate goal is to go back to South Africa and work in collaboration with communities and social
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