Links Between International Business and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Unilever in Indonesia Principal Author: Jason Clay Principal Author: Jason Cla An Oxfam GB‚ Novib‚ Unilever‚ and Unilever Indonesia joint research project First published by Oxfam GB‚ Novib Oxfam Netherlands‚ and Unilever in 2005 © Oxfam GB‚ Novib Oxfam Netherlands‚ and Unilever 2005 ISBN 0 85598 566 6 All rights reserved. This publication is copyright‚ but may be reproduced by any method without fee for advocacy
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Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations working in approximately 90 countries worldwide to find solutions to poverty§ and related injustice§ around the world.[1] In all Oxfam’s actions‚ the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. Oxfam works directly with communities and seeks to influence the powerful‚ to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Each organization
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undertake more research into child poverty and to end the different levels of benefits for refugees and Danish citizens (Red Barnet 2003). Secondly‚ in January 2008‚ I was working for Muslim Aid when it agreed to organise a joint sponsored walk for Oxfam and Muslim Aid supporters during Ramadan in aid of the global food crisis. It was made quite clear that the reason they were interested in work with Muslim Aid was that they needed to create a greater diversity in their support base in order for their
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Assignment “ The centrality of marketing in creating growth and shareholder value suggests a new role for marketing both as a discipline and function… the concept of marketing that will make it more effective in tomorrow’s boardroom is one of contributing to the creation of shareholder value. It can be defined as follows: Marketing is the management process that seeks to maximize returns to shareholders by developing relationships with valued customers and creating a competitive advantage. Doyle
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the low-paid jobs to have a more fair salary. This paper will first discuss about the stakeholders that will be affected by the increase of the wage rates namely the workers earning the SMW rates‚ the employees earning above the minimum wage‚ the firms‚ the government and the society as a whole. All of the effects of this social policy‚ both positive and negative that will be implied to these stakeholders will be discussed. Then‚ the effects of this social policy will be compared with R. Titmuss’
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benefits. However‚ all our initiatives would definitely provide benefits to our staff and the wider community in Hong Kong. | Ranking | CLP Score | Maximum Score | CLP Score Percentage | CSR Strategy & Reporting | 2nd | 18 | 18 | 100% | Stakeholder Engagement | 16th | 19 | 21 | 90% | Workplace Quality | 10th | 21 | 32 | 66% | Environmental Performance | 1st | 25 | 35 | 71% | Supply Chain | 6th | 13 | 17 | 76% | Community Investment | 4th | 8 | 12 | 67% | Overall Score |
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TITLE: TOPIC 2 Nike workers claim military paid to intimidate them Nike is a well-known worldwide company specialized in sports equipment‚ athletic shoes and apparel. It has become a pop culture icon which has over 60 % of market share(Nike‚ 2010) Nike‚established in 1964 by the Knight and Bowerman(The Nike Information Source 2010).The leading company which claimed to be practicing Fair trade is blamed for mistreatment of their employees in Indonesia. So such behavior is inacceptable and
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Q&A * > Society * > Philanthropy What is the Purpose of Oxfam? Answer The purpose of Oxfam is to provide aid to overcome poverty and injustice among people around the world. The organisation conducts fundraising‚ promotes education‚ runs fair-trade shops that sell donated items and generally helps smaller organisations to fight for justice and equality. 1 Additional Answer Oxfam is a charitable organisation based in the UK that raises funds through various methods
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Introduction: The Salvation Army is an integral part of Christian church‚ the movement founded by William booth and his wife Catherine in 1865 in London‚ England has now spread across the globe in 124 countries and provides services is in more than 175 languages as of 1st January 2011. Its International headquarter is based in London. Its objects are ‘the advancement of the Christian religion of education‚ the relief of poverty‚ and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community
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Type of business‚ purpose and ownership (P1) To run a business smoothly or effectively all business have aims or purpose‚ this could be survivor‚ to grow‚ to become a market leader. A business also aims to provide exception service or to create a reputation as the best on market. Types of business To understand how business works and what they set out to achieve‚ it’s necessary to have an understanding of the main types of business sectors which exists within a business organisation. There are
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