Youth work began in the late 1700’s with Sunday school/ragged schools. Then in 1844 George William founded the YMCA. Williams was a drapery worker in London. He was concerned about the welfare of his fellow workers so he started a prayer and bible study group which soon grew and attracted men from across London. 1844 to 1849 saw the YMCA address others concerns of the young men working in cities. Public lecture and education classes were developed and reading and refreshments areas help the young
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requires a great deal of information transparency. People need to share their opinions and facts with others quite directly‚ without intervention from executives or fear of reprisal for saying what they believe. Employees get to know directly what customers think; suppliers will learn very directly what their customers think of them as supply chain partners; and even managers presumably will learn more directly from their employees how well they are doing. In short‚ as on Facebook‚ nearly everyone
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Environmental Ethics Issue on Oil Spills Environmental Ethics Issue on Oil Spills The environmental ethics issue that I chose to examine in this paper is the petroleum industry and its long history of oil spills which damage the ocean’s ecology‚ runes beaches‚ kills animals‚ and threatens the fishing and shrimping industries. Even though the United States and many other countries depend on the oil carried by ships or drilled for on off shore drilling rigs‚ the damage done by this industry
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COCA-COLA CRISIS IN BELGIUM‚ 1999. Introduction The assignment given was to choose a case with an organization or person that suffered a PR crisis‚ and didn’t manage it correctly from a PR perspective‚ such as miss-communications with stakeholders‚ media etc. I chose to write about the crisis that happened in Belgium in 1999. I will analyze the steps the company took towards to solve the issue‚ explain what they did wrong‚ and give my own opinion on how they could’ve handled it better. I will
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prosperous future. At first thought by Lincoln to be subpar and ineffective in achieving its point‚ the Gettysburg Address would come to be known as one of the greatest and most iconic speeches of the American Civil War. Biography Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809 and grew up in the small town of Hodgenville on the Kentuckian Frontier. As a boy‚ he was not unfamiliar with the hard work of the log cabin life and was known to have a deep sense of humor and a gregarious nature (Abraham Lincoln -
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Walmart Walmart is the largest American company‚ a true retail giant. It is a staple to everyday life in American communities across the country. Whether in your home town or traveling out of town one can most often find a Walmart. Each week‚ more than 245 million customers in nearly 11‚000 stores in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With net sales of $482.2 billion annually‚ Walmart employs 2.2 million employees worldwide. As consumers we relate to the bright yellow smiley
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human health; however‚ the rise in population on the planet causes an interaction between nature and humans which in the end results in environmental issues increasing on a global scale. Population is determined by the relationship of two factors. One being birth rate and the other is death rate. If the number of deaths is less than the number of births then the population is growing larger. In John Laffin’s novel The Hunger to Come data is present showing that the population will continue
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The work of managers in new organizational contexts The Authors Judith Ann Chapman‚ University of Western Sydney‚ Richmond‚ Australia Abstract Focuses on the work of managers in new forms of organisations which are flexible‚ horizontally integrated‚ and decentralised. Although much has been written about managers‚ including their roles‚ functions‚ and skills‚ the organisational context is changing‚ and new perspectives are needed. A process perspective is a way of understanding the work of managers
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The Gettysburg Address: Why‚ how and what happened? On November 19 of 1863‚ during the Civil War of the United States‚ a speech was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery‚ a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address that the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since
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Down One Stream: Environmental Justice and Consumer Resistance In the 1980s‚ an issue emerged which exposed the correlation between racism‚ poverty‚ and environmental threats in the United States. This issue known as environmental injustice suggests that ethnic minorities and the poor communities are targets for toxic industries. The consistent lack of governmental representation and lack of political clout caused these targeted communities to take leadership in the environmental justice movement
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