Briefly outline what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is and how the initiatives on reporting CSR have developed over the past few decades. Explain what the Global Reporting Initiative is. Social responsibility has been a term used in business since the 1700’s with to focus then being child labour and increasing working conditions. It was only during the 1970’s when social responsibility gathered pace and a definition was given “The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic
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The first chapter in Retellings by M.B. Clarke and A.G. Clarke discussed many versions of stories. I read different styles of Cinderella. By reading different examples of story is beneficial because the audience can see how the tone varies from story to story. Whenever a story is retold‚ there are always connections from both stories even if they seem completely different at first. The biography of Margaret Atwood along with a few poems of hers‚ helped me discover her flow of writing. The poem that
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. A toy puck and a hockey stick cost $1.10 in total. The stick costs $1 more than the puck. How much does the puck cost? a) 10 cents b) 5 cents c) 15 cents d) Cannot be determined 2. In a lake‚ there is a patch of lily pads. Every day‚ the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake‚ how long would it take for the patch to cover half of it? a) 47 days b) 24 days c) 13 days d) Cannot be determined 3. Bob is in a bar‚ looking at Susan
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盈富基金 Tracker Fund of Hong Kong 股份代號 : 2800 網 址 : www.trahk.com.hk Stock Code : 2800 Website : www.trahk.com.hk 二零一二年年報 Annual Report 2012 二零一二年一月一日至二零一二年十二月三十一日 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2012 Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Annual Report 2012 Contents Statement of Responsibilities of the Manager and the Trustee 2 Report of the Trustee to the Unitholders 3 Independent Auditor’s Report 4 Statement of Net Assets 6 Statement of Comprehensive
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Marketing Strategies Help Overcome the Existing Global Crisis? A case study of Indian Industry Abstract The global financial system literally went into a cardiac arrest after the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed and a meltdown was barely avoided through very aggressive policy responses. Unfortunately‚ the worst is ahead. The entire global economy will contract in a severe and protracted U-shaped global recession that began sometime back. The recession in the US markets and the global meltdown
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Global Competitiveness: Role of Supply chain Management Business today is in a global environment. This environment forces companies‚ regardless of location or primary market base‚ to consider the rest of the world in their competitive strategy analysis. Firms cannot isolate themselves from or ignore external factors such as economic trends‚ competitive situations or technology innovation in other countries‚ if some of their competitors are competing or are located in those countries. Companies
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Issues and Challenges in Development of India India as a Nation faces most of the issues this modern world has faced. It has the issues of the developed nations like the USA and other European countries and at the same time problems faced by the developing and underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asian continent. At the same time with a diverse population in diverse geographical setting with large number of social and religious issues‚ India faces issues of its own with unique kind of attention
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FEATURE ARTICLE Do You Need a New Product-Development Strategy? Aligning Process With Context There is no one-size-fits-all product-development process; designing new products for different business contexts requires different new-product development processes. Alan MacCormack‚ William Crandall‚ Paul Henderson‚ and Peter Toft OVERVIEW: Many firms rely on a single new-product development process for all projects. But designing new products for different business contexts requires that a firm
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Communications in Business 100 Critical Essay Volkswagen AG Volkswagen AG: Large market share‚ even larger Corporate Social Responsibility. Volkswagen leads the European continent‚ as it’s most predominant car manufacturer. Volkswagen AG is the holding company for VW group that comprises of Automotive and Financial Services. VW also owns a garage full of luxury carmakers like AUDI‚ Lamborghini‚ Bentley‚ and Bugatti. Other brands include SEAT and Škoda and in 2009 VW acquired a 49.9% stake
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communication have turned the world into a global village. They have helped man in conquering time and space; nations of the world have come much closer to one another as a result of these wonderful achievements. Now the people of the world feel far more close to one another than in the past‚ however‚ separated by vast distances. These scientific and technological developments have almost revolutionised the life. Let us have a look at what kind of global village it is. What similarities and dissimilarities
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