democratically authorized. Assigning duties other than serving the owners to a non-democratically selected manager would result in abandoning parts of freedom and democratic achievements. Freeman: Management serving only the interest of stockholders is already significantly restricted by laws and economic logic. Freeman argues that the owners’ claim on a company is worth the same as employees’‚ suppliers’‚ customers’ and the local community’s claims. All stakeholders maintain a reciprocal relationship
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The film "About a boy" by the Weitz-Brothers is about a boy who has got social problems in school and at home and a man who gets involved in the life of the boy and finally helps him and at the same time himself to get along better in life. Will‚ Hugh Grant‚ has got nothing serious to do in his life. He lives of the money the song of his father makes. His life seems to be based on getting to know women. To get his aim he starts to invent children only to get more sympathy from the single mothers
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Quotations Suggestions Explorers‚ or boys messing about? Either way‚ taxpayer gets rescue bill Title ridicules ’explorers’ and makes them seem immature through the use of ’boys’ Helicopter duo plucked from life-raft after Antarctic crash Use of ’plucked’ makes the explorers seem useless and helpless. Aims to embarrass them and make the reader scoff at how humorous it sounds for someone to be plucked from a crash Their last expedition ended in farce when the Russians threatened to send in military
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About a boy By About a boy is written by Nick Hornby and published by “Penguin Books” in 1998. Setting: The novel is set in 1993 and 1994. The action takes mainly place in London‚ but also a bit in Cambridge and Royston Characters: Will is a 36 years old. Will lives alone in his flat in London. His day consist of watching TV‚ reading in magazines‚ listening to music‚ shopping and meeting new women. He is single and has never been in a real relationship. He is rich‚ because his father wrote
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About a boy‚ a man and a duck. We all need to feel valuable. We also need friends to support us through hard times. Everybody will do the necessary to survive‚ which you can see in this text. In the text “About a Boy‚ a Man and a Duck” we get to see a man who will do whatever it takes to survive. The story is set in Great Britain in the Midlands. The Midlands is an area in the central England. The Midlands was a very important location for the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries
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[pic] About a boy is story about Marcus a boy who lives in London. This is a story that tells you how he copes with his life when living with his mother only because she and his father had divorced. Also‚ the story also tells how Marcus tries to find a guy who’s rich and wants him to marry his mother so that they can live happily without having to worry about money until he finds Will‚ a 36 year-old guy who acts and behaves the opposite of Marcus as well as does thing that seems to be for
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About a Boy is clearly a text about growing up. Discuss the ways in which Marcus and Will help each other grow up‚ and relate your discussion to some defining realisation you’ve had in your own life about aspects of growing up (the end of innocence‚ need for conformity/individuality‚ social pressure to conform‚ bullying‚ self-discovery‚ dealing with parents). Use examples from the text and form your own personal experience of life to support your response. About a boy is a novel which follows the
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Explorers‚ or boys messing about? Either way‚ taxpayer gets rescue bill Helicopter duo plucked from life-raft after Antarctic crash Their last expedition ended in farce when the Russians threatened to send in military planes to intercept them as they tried to cross into Siberia via the icebound Bering Strait. Yesterday a new adventure undertaken by British explorers Steve Brooks and Quentin Smith almost led to tragedy when their helicopter plunged into the sea off Antarctica. The men were plucked
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About A Boy chapter summaries 1. Marcus intro- relationship with mum/splitting up with Roger. 2. Will intro- How cool Will thinks he is/visits John and Christine/not fit to be a godparent. 3. Marcus- fears and insecurities/bullied at school/singing in class. 4. Will- meeting Angie/begins his interest in single mothers. 5. Marcus- mum’s (Fiona) depression/isolated at school- other misfits don’t like negative attention Marcus brings. 6. Will- SPAT/the hunt for single‚ attractive mums/pretending
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the field of business ethics. There are two approaches to answering such questions. The first one is Milton Friedman’s shareholder theory of management and the second one is Edwards Freeman’s “Stakeholder” theory of management‚ two different views about the purpose and aims of a business. Milton Friedman’s shareholder theory of management says that the purpose of a business is to make money for the owner or the stockholders of the business. Friedman says that there is only one social responsibility
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