Oxfam Discussion Papers A safe and just space for humanity CAN WE LIVE WITHIN THE DOUGHNUT? Kate Raworth Oxfam Humanity’s challenge in the 21st century is to eradicate poverty and achieve prosperity for all within the means of the planet’s limited natural resources. In the run-up to Rio+20‚ this discussion paper presents a visual framework – shaped like a doughnut – which brings planetary boundaries together with social boundaries‚ creating a safe and just space between the two‚ in
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Unit1: Business environment P3: Describe how two businesses are organized I have selected Selfridges and Oxfam to describe how their business is organized Organizations like Oxfam and Selfridges need to be organized into structures that will enable them to meet their purpose – to provide famine relief‚ to bring exclusive products for shoppers. For example Oxfam will have a section concerned with media and public relations‚ another with managing its shops and other concerned with organizing
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off to the charity. An example of this is Oxfam‚ they will sell their products to the public and with all the surplus is sent off to the project they are currently on. The sales concept: Businesses need to know how to sell their products/ services. If they don’t know how to the business is likely to fail but if a business knows how to sell its goods/ sieves then it is likely to be successful. A type of sales technique is hard selling nor Tesco or Oxfam hard sell but businesses such as Anglian‚
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J Bus Ethics (2014) 123:11–22 DOI 10.1007/s10551-013-1796-x Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Value Chains: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going? Peter Lund-Thomsen • Adam Lindgreen Received: 28 June 2013 / Accepted: 2 July 2013 / Published online: 10 July 2013 Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Abstract We outline the drivers‚ main features‚ and conceptual underpinnings of the compliance paradigm. We then use a similar structure to investigate the drivers‚ main features
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CASE STUDY 1 1. In 2004‚ Toys R Us sued Amazon.com for violating terms of the agreement between the companies; specifically‚ Toys R Us objected to Amazon.com’s permitting Amazon Marketplace retailers to sell toys (Note: when the lawsuit was filed‚ Amazon Marketplace was called “zShops”). Amazon.com responded by filing a countersuit. After more than two years of litigation‚ a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled that the agreement had been violated by both parties. The judge ordered that
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In Pakistan: Oxfam International Head office in Pakistan : House no.201‚ Street No.10‚ E-7‚ Islamabad. Phone No. : 051-2653341‚ 051-2653491 Working on: Community welfare‚ Social and Economic Development‚ ‚ Education‚ Natural disasters‚ Democracy‚ Human rights‚ Climate change‚ Livelihoods‚ Health‚ HIV/AIDS‚ Gender equality‚ Poverty ‚ Injustice. Etc. The Oxfam International Secretariat leads‚ facilitates‚ and supports collaboration between the Oxfam affiliates to increase Oxfam International’s
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farmers gaining more control over its coffee trade and earn a bigger slice of the pie by receiving a higher percentage of earnings from the retail price of coffee. It is estimated that Ethiopian farmers could earn up to USD 88 million extra per year. Oxfam America had accused Starbucks of prompting the National Coffee Association of USA (NCA) to oppose the trademark application which eventually influenced the decision of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reject the Ethiopian government’s application
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in 143 countries‚ while Oxfam works in 80. However‚ Red Cross is a larger organisation compared to Oxfam‚ and they have a larger influence to more countries than both Oxfam and The Society‚ operating in around 190 countries; they are a non-religious affiliated organisation‚ and‚ therefore‚ have a greater impact on poverty. Furthermore‚ The Society is a Catholic-based charity‚ so it may discourage people of other denominations of Christianity to donate to them. Also‚ Oxfam and The Society have similar
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maximise profits. Non profit companies would be charity and sometimes government run organisations. Any money earned must be retained by the organization‚ and used for its own expenses‚ operations‚ and programs. An example of a non profit sector would be Oxfam because they use the money invested in their organisation to help people suffering poverty poor housing in third world countries globally and to invest also using the money to use on their expenses programs etc. Their aims are to improve
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Task Definitions Team Sport Karting Oxfam Brief background/history of each organisation Indoor go karting organisation with 13 tracks across the uk. They run many different events from birthday parties to team building racing. Was founded in 1990‚ with the first track being formed in Guildford. The original name of the organisation was Go-Karting for fun. This organisation is a charity that wants to beat poverty‚ they believe in putting the people first. They opened the charity to receive money
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