Is social media helping or hurting society? The use of social media has been pervasive these couple of years. It has been recorded that from July 2011 to 2012‚ time spent on social media has increased from 88.4 billion minutes to 121.1 billion minutes‚ which is almost a 40 percent increase. Social media is websites which people use to interact with friends‚ family‚ schoolmates‚ business associates and others. Social media refers to anything from YouTube and Instant Messaging to websites like Facebook
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Introduction of Tourism As we know‚ tourism is a complex phenomenon‚ one that is extremely difficult to describe succinctly. The new millennium has witnessed the continued growth of interest in how people spend their spare time‚ especially their leisure time and non-work time. Some commentators have gone as far as to suggest that it is leisure time-how we use it and its meaning to individuals and families-that defines our lives‚ as a focus for non work activity. This reflects a growing
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dealt with good governance in Vietnam: 1. What goals did the EU pursue in its good governance agenda in Vietnam during the period 2000 - 2013? 2. To what extent do these goals reflect the EU’s exercise of normative power? As a matter of fact‚ there are a number of official documents reflecting the EU’s commitment to promote good governance in Vietnam. In the “EC – Vietnam Country Strategy Paper 2002 – 2006”‚ the EU asserted its willingness to support Vietnam in building good governance‚ which encompasses
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BACKGROUND Governance is the process by which a board of directors‚ through management‚ guides an institution in fulfilling its corporate mission and protects the intuitions assets over time. (principles and practices of microfinance governance‚ by Rachel Rock Maria Otero Sonia Saltzman). However‚ the success of and strength of a financial cooperative in some parts of the world shows that governance issues can be transcendence when basic principles are followed. Therefore is corporate governance the cause
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HUMANITIES AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: REFLECTIONS FROM IGBO POETRY. A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 2012 FACULTY OF ARTS CONFERENCE ON THE THEME ‘HUMANITIES AND GOOD GOVERNANCE’. BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NKECHINYERE NWOKOYE (NEE OKEDIADI) DEPARTMENT OF IGBO‚ AFRICAN & ASIAN STUDIES NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY‚ AWKA nkyemeka@yahoo.com 08033833639 MAY 4TH- 6TH‚ 2012 HUMANITIES AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: REFLECTIONS FROM IGBO POETRY. Abstract Literature is a mirror of a society
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Beyond the Moral Panic: The Good Governance Option to Youth Socio-Economic Empowerment in Nigeria By Toyin Abe Department of Political Science University of Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State‚ Nigeria Email: toyinabe777@yahoo.com Phone: +234-803-860-9848 Abstract The protracted economic crisis that plaque Nigeria since the early 1980s has impacted negatively on the well-being of youth in the country. The situation is further
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Ethics and Governance Module 1 – Accounting and Society Part A: Accounting as a practice 1.04 Roles of accounting 1.04 Accounting as a technical practice 1.04 Traditional Public perception Accounting as a social practice 1.04 Broadening of Accounting Role Measuring performance of Individual Decision making tool Accounting and effective governance 1.06 Case Ex 1.1 – National Library of New Zealand 1.06 Demonstration of accounting Changes Part
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Social studies is defined by the Board of Director of the National Council for the social studies as‚ the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program‚ social studies provides coordinated‚ systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology‚ archeology‚ economics‚ geography‚ history‚ law‚ philosophy‚ political science‚ psychology‚ religion‚ and sociology‚ as well as appropriate content from the humanities‚ mathematics‚ and
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MURERIWA ON A CALL FOR GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN ZIMBABWE. ADV ISIAH MURERIWA LLB (UP) LLM (UP) (Advocate of the High Court of South Africa) The legal realty is that in Zimbabwe‚ as in many other economies‚ those who own companies (shareholders) are different from those who are involved in the day-to-day operations of the companies (managers and directors). This position thus put the managers and directors in a fiduciary relationship vis-a vis the actual owners of companies and
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Enterprise Governance Enterprise Governance involves both corporate governance and the business managements inside an organization. There are huge challenges and opportunities under enterprise governance that it actually links with the performance of good corporate governance that move the business forward. Enterprise governance considers the big picture that guides good management to align with good strategic goals‚ more about achievement at the end. Same as corporate governance‚ enterprise governance
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