J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone How has J.K. Rowling taken the elements of the traditional school story and adapted them so as to create a work of popular modern appeal? The typical school story is “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” by Thomas Hughes‚ which was published in 1857. The novel is set in a real life boarding school‚ Rugby‚ and the headmaster is a real historical figure‚ Dr. Thomas Arnold‚ who is famous for introducing the concept of “muscular Christianity”. The hero
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Introduction For many decades‚ corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been viewed as a waste of resources – money‚ labor‚ time‚ etc. – which conflicts with the firm’s responsibility to make profits in order to compensate its shareholders (Friedman‚ 1970; Henderson‚ 2001; Jensen‚ 2002; Levitt‚ 1958; Sundaram & Inkpen‚ 2004). On the contrary‚ especially during the last years‚ many supporters of CSR came up with the argument that CSR provides a company with a series of specific benefits that very
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CSR REPORT 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sustainability reporting has become a commonplace for businesses that want to communicate with and engage their stakeholders. It not only helps organisation to set goals and measure performance‚ it also helps organisation to manage change in order to make their operations more sustainable. A “good” sustainability report delivers value‚ whether internal or external‚ to the business and its stakeholders. Too often‚ sustainability reports read like they were
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Porters 5 forces Threat of New Entry: Obesity is a big problem in the United States which is becoming a government and healthcare issue. Weight Watchers has played a role in the development of a new national awareness of healthful eating‚ lifestyles changes‚ and weight control. Weight Watchers International had experienced it biggest threat mostly because of new competition and changes in technology. When the over the counter weightless drug launched it had a drastic effect on their market. Switching
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Porter’s Five Forces Model Porter’s five forces use for; to develop a wide and detailed analysis of competitive position (especially on industry level)‚ while the determining and creating new strategies‚ planning‚ making investments or disinvestments for current or a brand new business or organization. (Businessballs‚ Michael Porter’s Five Forces Competition Theory Model‚ 2009). Porter’s five forces determined as; “Supplier Power; Differentiations of inputs‚ supplier concentration‚ importance
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This busy scene begins with a moment of light comedy‚ which serves to heighten the suspense. The porter of Macbeth’s castle‚ drunk from the previous night’s revels‚ complains that his job is worse than that of the porter of hell. In a private game with the audience‚ he engages in a piece of stand-up comedy in which he imagines himself as that beleaguered servant‚ opening and closing the gate on the demand. The first two examples he uses (that of a farmer and an equivocator) have specific religious
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In our group opinion‚ we think that Starbuck is not doing the CSR only for marketing their company but however one of Starbuck CSR like Starbuck shared planet which focus on recycle and reducing waste‚ Energy conservation‚ Water conservation‚ Building greener store which provide benefit to both environment and community. Now I will show you what have Starbuck been successfully done on each categories that helps to preserve the environment and Starbuck Company not to be considered as a green wash
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“Technology creates opportunities for people and organizations to realize their full potential” is the thought driving Microsoft’s corporate citizenship program. With the enduring commitment to serve needs of communities worldwide Microsoft is playing the role of a responsible global citizen. Going far beyond its products and services it has collaborated with business partners‚ governments and non profit organizations around the globe to fulfil its commitment. It delivers new technology to people
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PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT Corporate Social Responsibility CASE STUDY: THE ADIDAS GROUP. SUPPLIER TRAINING PROGRAMMES 1. Provide the STO. ADIDAS Group is so well-known in the world that there is a huge pressure from stakeholders to ensure that all employees and their companies have the same ethics and working conditions‚ properly licensed and operating. To meet the demands of stakeholders‚ they want to educate the workers that are not from Germany to work as the Germans people works so that the
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Jollibee Corporation They started as an ice cream parlor in the year 1978 in Cubao. Manage and owned by Tan family. In the year 2013 they are celebrating their 35 years in the business. They offered services such as customer service‚ customer relation‚ food safety‚ and cleanliness. The Jollibee Corporation has almost 700-800 stores in the country and 2600 worldwide. Timeline: 1978-Jollibee Foods Corporation and the humbugger born 1979-Jollibee spaghetti is introduced 1980-Jollibee chickenjoy
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