Seasonal Affective Disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder‚ or SAD‚ is a common problem of people living in northern United States. People who are affected by this disorder commonly suffer from depression‚ lethargy‚ inability to concentrate‚ overeating and weight gain. People from the north tend to suffer more from this disorder because of the shortened days. It appears‚ that due to the deficiency of sunlight some people suffer from these symptoms. The shortened days have a hormonal effect on
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------------------------------------------------- American Library Association From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia American Library Association | ALA Logo | Abbreviation | ALA | Formation | 1876 | Type | Non-profit NGO | Purpose/focus | "To provide leadership for the development‚ promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all."[1] | Headquarters | Chicago‚
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Seasonality of the Restaurant Industry: Friend or Foe? The restaurant industry can be a fickle friend. Business trends directly with the economy and is linked with a dizzying amount of other factors‚ enough to make any manager go crazy. Yet at the same time the industry is lucrative and therefore enticing. The industry has been a contributing factor in the slow recovery from economic recession and is showing growth in sales (Stensson‚ 2011). Specifically‚ the fast food industry if projected
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Discuss and illustrate the classifications of ethical issues discussed in the text. According to the textbook‚ Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases‚ an ethical issue is “a problem‚ situation‚ or opportunity that requires an individual‚ group‚ or organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong‚ ethical or unethical” (Ferrell 65). There are fifteen basic classifications of ethical issues in business that can be broken down into three categories bases
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BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL UNIT GUIDE : Full Time Students CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ISSUES ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/14 1. UNIT OVERVIEW This unit is intended to be multi-disciplinary. That is‚ it seeks to engage students in five broad subject areas of BU’s Business School – economics‚ finance‚ marketing‚ management and human resource management. In consequence students are both expected and required to be willing to learn in
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Employee Behavior From large corporations to small businesses‚ individuals involved in all types of business often face ethical issues stemming from employee behavior. For example‚ whether an employee can spend work time checking personal email accounts‚ how a manager deals with claims of harassment and to what extent a manager can "groom" a certain employee for a promotion are all examples of ethical issues regarding employee behavior. There are legal consequences for some unethical employee behavior
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Ethical Issues The issue of ethical behavior is one of the top challenges facing organizations today. A good definition of ethics includes the thought of doing what is morally acceptable or what is “good” and “right” as opposed to doing what is “bad” or “wrong” (Sims‚ 1992). But why are these issues a concern for organizations? What can they do to promote ethical behavior from their employees? Organizations should be concerned with ethical behavior for many reasons. Even though ethical decisions
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act To be successful‚ companies must conduct business internationally. There have been many cases of corrupt business practices‚ such as bribing foreign officials and money laundering. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) was created to address these issues. The following discusses risk management and the board of directors‚ managing compliance risk‚ anti-corruption trends‚ and how supplier codes can help handle third-party risks. Risk management and the Board
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Module Title Issues in Global Business and Strategic Concepts Module Code 6IM 501 Module Level 6 Credit value 40 Total Number 400 of Learning Hours Key Words Implementation of Global strategy‚ strategy and the organisation‚ strategic development‚ globalisation‚ international business and the environment‚ internationalisation. Module Description There has been a fundamental shift
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SUBDOMAIN 310.2 - ETHICS Competency 310.2.1: Ethical Issues in Business Company Q has recently closed two of their stores in areas that are considered high crime areas. This company was claiming they were losing money. Failing to listen to customer request for more natural and organic products has forced them to shop in areas outside of their community. Company Q also needs to work with the local food banks with donating day old products. With all of these situations at hand and with the question
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