The Philadelphia’s Healthy Corner Store initiative was started in response to the obesity crisis. This initiative was designed to highlight bad food choices‚ and to make healthier choices with nutritious food by partnering with grocery/corner stores. Over 600 corner stores committed to promoting/selling healthy products‚ i.e. fruits/vegetables. This initiative targeted minority neighborhoods suffering from highest poverty rates which is directly linked to higher obesity rates‚ health issues (type
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Leiningen versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson (1893-1954) Word Count: 8881 UNLESS they alter their course and there’s no reason why they should‚ they’ll reach your plantation in two days at the latest." Leiningen sucked placidly at a cigar about the size of a corncob and for a few seconds gazed without answering at the agitated District Commissioner. Then he took the cigar from his lips‚ and leaned slightly forward. With his bristling grey hair‚ bulky nose‚ and lucid eyes‚ he had the look
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CSR became a norm as per few countries’ corporate governance codes. Many other countries are also contemplating inclusion of CSR initiatives as a standard corporate governance practice. It has become a competitive necessity rather than a nicety‚ which it used to be. Companies saw the benefit. Shareholders supported the initiatives. Stakeholders appreciated the initiatives. However‚ as Adam Smith observed‚ "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher‚ the brewer‚ or the baker‚ that we expect our dinner
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report on their CSR activities (KPMG‚ 2011). The main focus of this paper is to critically discuss corporate social responsibility initiatives of multinational corporations operating in global arena and to build around the idea that in order to stay competitive and at the same time remain as ‘responsible entity’ in the eyes of stakeholders MNCs ought to implement CSR initiatives as an integral part of their business strategies in the context of opportunities and challenges emerging markets imply. The
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Duke Saves Initiative. Duke Saves Initiative is an incentive program that is offered to our customers that allows them to make more energy efficient choices and receive rewards and bonuses for making better choices. Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company that currently services over 7 million electric customers and 500‚000 gas customers in the Carolinas‚ the Midwest‚ Florida‚ Ohio and Kentucky. With over 150 years of experience in the industry Duke Saves Initiative is a way
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who worshipped the bible; in their society sin was not taken lightly. It was something necessary for punishment. But along with sin comes guilt‚ and whichever way it presents itself is without a doubt obliterating. Throughout the 1850s novel of The Scarlet Letter the author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ encouraged the theme of sin as well as Public guilt vs. Private guilt. One of Hawthorne’s foremost purposes of the Scarlet Letter was to illustrate the difference between publicly shaming an individual and
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The Great Lake Restoration Initiative (GLRI)‚ started in 2010‚ is an attempt toward the restoration of Great Lakes ecosystem that was devastated in the previous century. Using the resources grated by federal government‚ Great Lakes Restoration Initiative supplemented Environmental Protection Agency “to improve water quality…restore native habitat…and control invasive species” (“The Great Lakes…”). Currently‚ the GLRI program is in its second 5-year-phase‚ planned for implementation in fiscal year
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#1 A guilt ad‚ according to Jack Solomon‚ is the manifestation of the American consumer’s weakness to general social stigma. Solomon illustrates this with examples of advertisements that reveal the American consumer’s “need” to stave off social rejection‚ to insure their own health‚ and to be competitive. Via guilt-trip tactics‚ advertisers manipulate the American consumer with guilt ads to make them think they need the advertised product so they can conform to the status quo. These guilt ads essentially
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Guilt is considered as ‘’a painful emotion experienced when one believes one’s actions or thoughts have violated a moral or personal standard‚’’ whereas‚ ‘’Forgiveness is to give up resentment against someone for an offense or fault’’ (TheFreeDictionary.com‚ 2017). In Scott Anderson’s novel‚ Triage (1998)‚ explores many themes throughout the three main characters including guilt and forgiveness. Mark Walsh‚ a war photojournalist‚ recalls the emotional and physical trauma that he experienced during
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IMPERFECT HEROES Odysseus and Moses represent the standard hero‚ which is one scarred with imperfections—a hero that commits crimes‚ lies‚ deceives‚ is in some sense immoral. Moses as an adolescent murdered an Egyptian who was pestering a Hebrew man (Exodus‚ 45) whereas‚ Odysseus betrays his faithful wife by having affairs with several women‚ such as Calypso and Circe. Odysseus’s crave for adventure and Moses’ violence show that both Hebrew culture and Greek culture are accepting of a tarnished
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