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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Business and Society"”.
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A Study of the Nature of the Cpa Firm and Its Implications for Members, Business and Society
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Equal Employment Opportunity in the Construction Industry
… phase of management of human resources in business and society. In today's society, it is apparent, that as unemployment rates decrease production technology coincidental with the management of human resources, as well as the relationship of business and society, will have to become more …
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder management: exploring the relationship
Whilst the relationship between business and society is extremely complex, CSR and stakeholder management are the prevailing concepts within the literature which most adequately captures this. Yet, despite the significant amount of interest generated, numerous issues have not yet been …
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Grounding the theory of virtue.
Business plays a powerful role in contemporary society, but this increasing role has been accompanied by a growing concern regarding the social and moral impact of enterprising endeavour. One of the greatest challenges of our time is the need to channel entrepreneurial energies in ways that …
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Crisis Management in the Delivery of Women's Reproductive Health Care: Responding to Social Activism
This research extends work done in business and society by employing institutional theory to examine organizational responses to social activism. This work examines how womens' reproductive healthcare facilities have responded to anti-abortion activism. Institutional theory, coupled with the crisis …
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Computer Evaluation, Selection and Procurement
… computer. The full impact of the computer on business and society will not be known until far into the future. A striking example of the increasing influence of the computer in business today is provided in a study by McKinsey and Company, Incorporated. In a series of statistics comparing 1963 …
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Reforming Industrial Design Education in Mainland China for Sustainability
… principle will result in long term environmental and economic loss for both business and society. This research studies the current Industrial Design educational system in Mainland China and proposes a new educational framework to engage sustainability as a design objective. This study adopts the …
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An empirical study of employee gender and absenteeism
Absenteeism is a costly and pervasive problem to business and society. Differences in levels of absenteeism between men and women have been found in both national data and in individual studies; however, it is unclear why gender influences absenteeism rates. Differential effects from gender on the …
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Salient professionals, a silent profession: the rise, prominence, and marginalization of lawyers in Korea under Japan’s rule 1906-1945
… became prestigious ones in local politics, business, and society in colonial Korea, but the practicing lawyers remained largely inactive and silent as a collective for most of the colonial period. Although lawyers were appointed for lawsuits at the highest court level and rewarded with both …
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Exploring Moral Courage When Resolving Economic and Social Tensions in Social Enterprises: A Mixed Methods Study
… a system that was constructed through economic and philosophical thinking by Adam Smith. As the noted father of capitalism, Smith envisioned a model in which morality could be achieved through an economic-based design. Today, social enterprises embrace the frictions of making decisions between …
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Sustaining a culture of innovation delivery in society. A practice-led study of the role of design thinking frameworks
… delves into the mechanisms driving the adoption and cultivation of innovation across various sectors, particularly within design, education, and business realms. It investigates the social dynamics surrounding knowledge dissemination and the societal reception of innovative practices. Drawing …
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The Design Dimensions of the Just Organization: An Empirical Test of the Relation Between Organization Design and Corporate Social Performance
… performance (CSP) is a critical issue in the business and society field, little research has been conducted. This study is an empirical test of the general model of the just organization presented by Stephens and colleagues (1991; Stephens, et al., 1997). The theoretical development describes …
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An investigation of network management
… information networks are so integral to everyday business and society that even short period of downtime can adversely affect many thousands of users. Because of the inherently heterogeneous nature of network devices and protocols, these networks are typically administered using a range of …
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Corporate responsibility reporting in the foodservice sector in the UK: a critical realist perspective
… sector contributes £4.25bn to the UK economy and operates in a complex environment with specific challenges to those undertaking CR reporting and yet to date this not been the focus of academic enquiry. In addressing the aims of the thesis the social construction of CR reporting in the UK …
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Socially Responsible and Small: A Quantitative Study of Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Organizations in the United States
… imperative supported by governments, industry, and citizens alike. In 2000, the United Nations launched the Global Compact to encourage businesses to adopt socially responsible policies. In tandem, businesses became increasingly attentive to their social practices with the vast majority of …
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Process, purpose and profit: organising the creation of shared value in an emerging economy
… a process pertaining to how firms adopt, define and practice mutually beneficial value creation. As evidenced in the literature, formal firms typically begin a process of creating shared value as a strategic input. While insights from this research evidence how informal firms create shared value …
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Physical distribution in South Africa : a review and a system design for hanging textile merchandise
… examined in the early 1900s. It was developed and refined especially during World II under the name of 'Logistics', and began to be adopted in the field of business from the 1950s. From the 1960s onwards, national bodies have been established, both in the U.S. and the U.K., and works and …
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An Investigation of Readiness Assessments For E-government Information System and Cloud Computing Using Saudi Arabia as a Case Study
… are considered as one of the modern, growing, and important applications delivered over the Internet. These applications, enabling citizens to interact with government, have emerged in recent years, and are likely to have a positive impact on citizens, government, business and society. It is …
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Morale: definitions, dimensions and measurement
Morale is a commonly used term both in business and society but the concept of morale is relatively poorly defined and understood. In a recent paper Liefooghe et al. (2004) expressed surprise that ‘…when reviewing the literature, no strong theory to explain morale as such is in evidence, nor are …
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Misaligned needs: A study of CSR from an NGO and corporate perspective
… Responsibility (CSR) has been highlighted by business and society alike as essential. However, there is a growing concern surrounding the misalignment of funded and failed projects between business and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Literature indicates that often projects are …
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