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Corporate Social Responsibility
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), though known for quite some time, has gained prominence in the recent times, particularly in the last decade of the 20th century. Perhaps the importance of the phrase has grown with the rise in importance or growing clout of the multi-national corporations. Till recently the burden of social responsibility was considered to be on the governments more so in the wake of existence of Marxist and socialist ideology
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Addressing Cultural and Gender Differences
One of the main ethical issues that companies face is one of social responsibility. By changing my company to one that is socially responsible would allow it to be viewed in a more positive light. Some efforts we could take would include volunteering time and making donations to local and national charitable organizations, such as The March of Dimes, Juvenile Diabetes Relief Fund, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Each year, each of
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Corporate Reputation: The Definitional Landscape
Corporate Reputation Review Volume 9 Number 1 Corporate Reputation: The Definitional Landscape Michael L. Barnett College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, USA John M. Jermier College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, USA Barbara A. Lafferty College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, USA ABSTRACT While interest in the concept of corporate reputation has gained momentum in the last few years, a precise and commonly agreed upon definition is still lacking.
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Altria Corporation
Altria Corporation 1. What is your impression of the world wide operation of the company? The impression I got from the Altria Corporation is they are a company that utilizes the Conglomerate Diversification Growth Strategy. With conglomerate diversification the company will diversify into an industry that is not related to the industry they are currently in. Usually strategic managers that adopt this strategy are more concerned with financial concerns of cash flow or risk reduction.
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American Cultural Imperialism: Fact or Myth?
American Cultural Imperialism: Fact or Myth? The phenomenon known as globalization has brought sweeping changes to the world. Forces associated with globalization like the spread of capitalism, advancements in communications and information technology, and expansion of the media have contributed to these changes. The main trademark of globalization has been an increasing flow of exchange in trade and culture. With this lowering of barriers, some people have begun to talk of a global culture. Others
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Ethical Characteristics of Innovation and Change Within Corporate Leadership
Ethical Characteristics of Innovation and Change Within Corporate Leadership Ethics has been defined as overall standards and norms of individuals that direct the behavior of groups, organizations, and individual participants (Bottoroff, 2007). As it relates to the organization, the concept of ethics must be rooted in the basic culture of the firm. As such, leadership plays an integral role in the ethical behavior of employees and of how the firm itself conducts business. According to
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Preserving the Starbucks Counter Culture
Preserving the Starbucks Counter Culture Starbucks' competitive wages and generous benefits have made frontline recruiting as smooth as a latte. But with explosive worldwide growth, the Seattle coffee giant faces a tremendous challenge: Can it find enough quality employees to keep customers coming back for more? By Gretchen Weber seven mornings a week, Starbucks CEO-designate Jim Donald makes eight important phone calls. As president of Starbucks North America, he contacts five of the 550 Starbucks
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Nike and Corporate Responsibility
Executive Summary Ð'- Nike Inc. Peretti Vs. Nike: In January 2001, Peretti choose the word Ð''Sweatshop' to be printed in his Nikes. Nike rejected order citing the company's rules. In retort, Peretti order a pair of shoes with a Ð''colour snapshot of 10-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes". With the email exchange between Nike and Peretti being forwarded all over the world, it led to a huge PR Nightmare for the organization. All through
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Fin U301 - Corporate Finance
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FIN U301 - CORPORATE FINANCE Fall 2007 Syllabus Course Description: Develops the skills to make and implement financial policy decisions in a global economy. Specific objectives include developing an understanding of financial analysis; company valuation; capital markets; cost of capital; capital asset pricing and risk measurement; short- and long-term financial policies; working capital management; multinational financial management; and special topics including lease financing, debt refunding, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy and restructuring. Offers
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Organisational Culture and Ways of Managing It Effectively
Organisational culture has been widely researched over the years because of the important benefits that arise from a strong culture in aiding organisations to succeed and grow. Understanding how to Ð''build, maintain or modify an organisation's culture' (McAleese, D & Hargie, O. 2004 p.155) is essential to achieving a competitive advantage as organisations can have a direct influence on attitudes and behaviours of the employees within an organisation. (Robbins, Millett, Cacioppe & Waters-Marsh, 2001) Definitions
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Hofstede's Cultural Model
Introduction: Due to rapid technology advancement, we now live in a 'small world' with a global marketplace. Foreign ideals and culture are easily spread and adapted by indigenous people in all corners of the globe via radio, television and now especially, computers software and the Internet. This whole dilemma has been termed as "Globalisation". The concept of globalization refers to increasing global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political ad ecological
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Loctite Corporation
Executive Summary This case analysis is to recommend the initiation of a marketing plan for the Bond-A-Matic 2000 (BAM) in 1979. The objective of the plan will be to support the capture of 35% market share for SuperBonder by increasing the Loctite brand awareness, educating non-current users of the advantages of CA adhesives (SuperBond) and the advantages of dispensing equipment. The plan will utilize direct mail and media that will be reinforced by future SuperBonder
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Biopure Corporation - Blood Sustitute Decision
BIOPURE CORPORATION - BLOOD SUSTITUTE DECISION By: Rob Campbell, John Nicolaus, Satya Rao and Jim Zinski Introduction: We have reviewed the available information regarding the blood substitute market opportunities facing Biopure. Based on this review, an analysis of the data, the likelihood of competition, the willingness of each customer to pay for blood substitutes, the current high-profile product failures, and the desire (by the stakeholders of Biopure) to take the company public (IPO), we recommend
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Weymouth Steel Corporation
WEYMOUTH STEEL CORPORATION Case Overview: Weymouth Steel Corporation in September, 1990 is having a critical time in finding out the ways to communicate the bad and good news to its salaried employees. An erroneous selection of time and communication channel selection may demoralize the workforce completely resulting in a disaster for the company. The good news is that the company management has decided to increase the salary and benefits of almost all the salaried employees
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Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas
Running head: Cultural Challenges Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Introduction Steve Kafka, an American of Czech origin and a franchisor for Chicago Style Pizza, has decided to expand his business into the Czech Republic. He knows this will be a risky decision; when he became a franchisor, he had to overcome a great deal of difficulties. Steve anticipates he will face some of these difficulties again at the
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Corporate Compliance: Committee of Sponsoring Organization (coso)
RUNNING HEAD: Corporate Compliance: Committee of Sponsoring Organization Corporate Compliance: Committee of Sponsoring Organization (COSO) MBA/560 Enterprise Risk University of Phoenix Abstract Internal controls in any organization were executives are constantly keeping a close look on the accuracy and effectiveness of these controls to help improving them. According to the Committee of Sponsoring Organization, the implementation of internal controls helps guide companies in reaching towards their profitability goals. These are accomplishment of their mission statement,
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Report on Culture for Ntcs
Report on Culture for NTCS (Nip & Tuck cosmetic Surgery) By Savraj Gata - Aura Executive Summary This report depicts the services NTCS (Nip & Tuck cosmetic Surgery) provide within the cosmetic alteration and augmentation market and an analysis of the services provided using the BOSTON matrix. A spider diagram is displayed to show the firms initial ideas along with an evaluation of the culture within NTCS. Word count: 50 Contents Page Introduction Page
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Corporate Overview of Coca-Cola
CORPORATE OVERVIEW The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886, when an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John Pemberton, invented the first Coca Cola formula, a combination of lime, cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of a Brazilian shrub in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. Coca-Cola was initially sold in Atlanta's largest pharmacy, Jacob's Pharmacy as a patent medicine allegedly curing myriad diseases including morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headaches and impotence for five cents a
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Cultural Context in View from a Bridge by Arthur Miller
Examine how cultural context is established in two of the texts on your comparative course When examining the topic of cultural context, one must become immersed in the world of the texts under discussion. The historical and geographical setting of a work creates a world that the characters can credibly inhabit. They are influenced and shaped by the customs, moral values and social structures of that society. The cultural environment created offers the reader a
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Country Analysis of Brazil (cultural Circumstances)
. Introduction Brazil is both the largest and most populous country in South America. It is the 5th largest country worldwide in terms of both area (more than 8.5 Mio. km2 ) and habitants (appr. 190 million). The largest city is Sao Paulo which is simultaneously the country's capital; official language is Portuguese. According to the WorldBank classification for countries, Brazil - with a GDP of 1,5 bn. US $ in 2005 and a per
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Target Corporation Case Study
Target Corporation Internal Equity and External Competitiveness Paper Team C - Tabiatha Harrison, Emilio Galvan, Kenneth Mosely, Lisa Moten, Torie Santos and Ruben Zuniga University of Phoenix HRM 424 - Compensation Robert Muliero October 29, 2007 Target Corporations Internal Equity and External Competitiveness Paper Introduction (Kenneth) The Target Corporation prides itself in having an organizational culture where everyone is valued and rewarded for their efforts, determination, motivation, and hard-work. In that the employees are
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The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas
Running head: THE CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF DOING BUSINESS OVERSEAS The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Steve Kafka, an American of Czech origin is considering opening a Chicago Style pizza franchise in the Czech Republic. He understand that their will be many difficulties for him to overcome if he is to be successful at doing business overseas. For 45 years, Communism dictated the rules of the Czech Republic.
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Spartech Corporation: A Financial Ratio Analysis
Spartech Corporation is a leading producer of extruded thermoplastic sheet and rollstock, polymeric compounds, and custom engineered plastic products. Their annual production capacity amounts to more than 1.7 billion pounds produced in manufacturing facilities located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. The company's financial ratios for 2004, 2005, and 2006 were analyzed and indicates that the company is not without problems. The current ratio for the company has been on a steady decline
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Cultural Interview
Interview with Maria Mexican culture is colorful and rich, enriched with pride and heritage. Family values and strong moral constitution have sustained the culture for hundreds of years. I have had the pleasure to interact and consort with the Mexican culture most of my life in the business that I'm in. Dedication and hard work are the stables that bound the stigma of the Mexican culture. Being that I truly honor the culture I have
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Briefly Outline the Main Features Of, and Rationale For, Uk Competition Policy. Is It Possible to Have an Effective Policy When There Are So Many Large Multi-National Corporations Operating Across the Global Economy?
Summative Assignment March '07 Microeconomics for Business Briefly outline the main features of, and rationale for, UK Competition Policy. Is it possible to have an effective policy when there are so many large multi-national corporations operating across the global economy? UK Competition Policy can be broadly defined as "a means by which governments hope to improve the competitive environment in which firms operate, in order to enhance the overall performance of the economy."(Lees and Lam,
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