International Conference on Technology and Business Management March 28-30‚ 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact of CSR Practices in the United Arab Emirates Zainab Qasim Pushkala Muralidharan zainab.qasim@gmail.com pushkala@bitsdubai.com BITS Pilani‚ Dubai Campus‚ Dubai Ganesan Ramaswamy gramaswamy@ksu.edu.sa King Saud University‚ Riyadh 1. Introduction In the last twenty years‚ a vast number of changes have taken place in relationships maintained by a company with the state and
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Information Technology and Moral Values Information technology is now ubiquitous in the lives of people across the globe. These technologies take many forms such as personal computers‚ smart phones‚ the internet‚ web and mobile phone applications‚ digital assistants‚ and cloud computing. In fact the list is growing constantly and new forms of these technologies are working their way into every aspect of daily life. In some cases‚ such as can be seen in massive multiplayer online games (see section
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matter of weeks. A major breakthrough is the wireless telephone system which comes in either fixed wireless telephone lines or the Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM). Communication without doubt is a major driver of any economy. Emerging trends in socio-economic growth shows a high premium being placed on information and communication technology (ICT) by homes‚ organizations‚ and nations. Nigeria is not left out in this race for rapid development as the nation’s economy has been subjected
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What are the beliefs and values of Buddhism? Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama who is known as the Buddha‚ meaning the enlightened one. Buddhism originated in northern India and is the fourth largest religion of the world. However‚ Buddhism is more a philosophy or way of life other than a religion because unlike so many other religious traditions‚ Buddhism is founded on the teaching of a human being and not a god. Philosophy means love of wisdom and the Buddhist’s believe
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BX2062: Operations Management Singapore Campus‚ Study Period 52‚ 2011 Case study Assignment Lecturer-in-charge: Aung Kyaw Oo Students’ Names: Li Ting (12530089) Liu Ting (12529934) Zeng Ying (12516660) Ma Wenqian (12530023) Wang Xiaodan ( 12528918) Table of Contents I. Background to UPS …………………………..………………………………….….……. 3. II. Recent history and evolution of logistics ……………………………….…….. 4. a. Include information on significant milestones in logistics maturity
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The early 1980s and 1990s saw the emergence of New Public Management (NPM) theory of running public organizations. This concept originated from the UK and USA during the times of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Regan. It has since been implemented in other OECD countries like Canada and New Zealand. In Australia NPM was introduced by the Hawke-Keating Governments (1983-96) and extended by the Howard Government (1996-2007). The governments of the time‚ increasingly under political pressure to cut down
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Case Study Analysis #1 What is OUR Business? MSTM 6023: Strategic Planning Submitted by Mary McCarthy Jan 31‚ 2015 CASE OVERVIEW “What is OUR Business” is a management case by Peter Drucker (Drucker‚ 2009). The case closes with the Bill Callahan‚ founder of Callahan Associates‚ posing the title question to the company’s Executive Committee as they are unable to reach consensus on what direction to take to grow the existing business. Callahan Associates is a retail conglomerate consisting
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What is Modern Technology Provide to Us? “Technology begins with human nature‚” this is a slogan what I believe. There is one question always appear in my mind‚ what does modern technology bring us? Since development of modern technology‚ more and more inventions appear. Modern technology was designed to meet human needs‚ and for convenience. It cannot be denied that modern technology makes our life more convenient; however‚ modern technologies still bring greater inconvenience than convenience
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American Values There are many values of American culture; three common ones that come to mind are freedom of religion‚ education‚ and family. The freedom to choose what religion you believe in or the career you want. Also to be able to choose what college you want to attend or what major you want to select. To be able to have the freedom to choose what religion you believe in is something society doesn’t think of every day. A lot of countries don’t have that value; to choose their religion like
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Emergency Service Day Are all Public Holidays still relevant? Australia has several public holidays and some exclude groups in our society. The purpose of this letter is to suggest the replacement of the Ekka Public Holiday with the Emergency Service Day. The Ekka is definitely a public holiday in Queensland that not everybody attend‚ enjoy or favour anymore. One of the many reasons is definitely affordability. All the fees add up and make is nearly impossible for families to attend. There are
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