seemingly stupendous process with such salient features also bears another side – Hydraulic fracturing gives off numerous environmental risks such as contamination of ground water and surface air that can easily effect the public health. Facing all the advantages and disadvantages‚ one cannot truly determine the propriety of fracking if one does not fully understand the environmental‚ economic‚ legal‚ and political aspects of fracking. First Body Paragraph (Environmental) Water quality The country ’s
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CSR AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Corporate social responsibility (hereinafter CSR) has become one of the central issues on the agenda of organizations today‚ but is still a long way from being a centre stage on corporate strategy (Smith‚ 2003; Stewart‚ 2006). One of the key problems is the lack of understanding about the impact CSR has on competitiveness (Porter and Kramer‚ 2006). There are many studies trying to analyze the relationship between CSR and financial performance (Chand and Fraser
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The advantages of a mixed economy are many. Depending on the ratio of capitalistic elements to socialist or mercantile elements‚ there are many freedoms in a mixed economy. People may go into business for themselves‚ decide what they will produce or sell‚ and set their own prices. Business owners and merchants pay taxes‚ but they reap the benefits of those taxes through social programs‚ roads and other infrastructure elements‚ and other government services. The mixed economy is helpful in increasing
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Advantages of a nuclear family are: 1.) Stability. A child raised by the same two parents during their maturing years is more likely to have emotional bonding and relationship stability. Children raised by a single parent will likely have a sense of loss for the missing parent and lack the advantage of duel insights‚ emotional support and examples that come from having both a mother and a father. 2.) Legacy. A nuclear family of a husband and wife provides a life long consistancy of purpose
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In this essay I aim to describe two theories (Equity Theory and Social exchange theory) of relationships and to consider how they might influence the therapist engaged in couples counseling‚ noting their similarities and differences. Equity theory is a theory about fairness. Its application to close relationships has been primarily advanced by Elaine Hatfield (previously known as Elaine Walster) and her colleagues in the book Equity: Theory and Research (Walster‚ Walster‚ and Berscheid 1978). The
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Advantage and Disadvantage of AEC 1 Business of Tourism in Thai will grow: Because Thai is the center of the AEC according on geographic then Thailand will be the main hub for travelling though other country 2Economic Growth: more opportunity for each country because of the bigger size of market and free flow of labor and capital 3 Free Trade Area a common external preferential tariff scheme to promote the free flow of goods within ASEAN.[44] The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is an agreement
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Middle Class Advantages: The middle class has access to good healthcare. Health insurance is expensive‚ and even healthcare. Also the middle can afford everything they need. Since the middle class often has children‚ they are allowed a family bundle. Also they have enough money that they can afford bills‚ and what they need. Children born in the middle class has more social mobility‚ the ability to move up a class like to upper-middle class. When their children go to college‚ they get a job‚ and
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ADVANTAGES OF VERBAL COMMUNICATION ARE; No use of technology to interact that would waste natural resources. It is the fastest way of interaction with each other. It is less expensive to interact with people. It is easier to understand a conversation than some other multimedia means of communication. During verbal communication you can utilize nonverbal cues such as tone‚ body language‚ inflection. You can have long conversations. And does not require lots of repetitions. Because it is clear
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Dell’s Competitive Advantage Focusing on cost leadership has allowed Dell to sustain a competitive advantage in the PC market for the last few years. The primary method Dell uses in order to realize and sustain their competitive advantage is a distinctive‚ direct to consumer business model. The model is known as Dell Direct‚ this refers to their relations with their customers as being "direct." This model helps Dell focus on the price for performance‚ customization‚ service and support. Additionally
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become more productive‚ competitive thereby raising quality of goods‚ services and the worlds living standard. Secondly‚ several companies from the more developed countries have already ventured to establish foreign operations or branches to take advantage of the low cost of labor in the poorer countries. This kind of business activity will provide more influx of cash or investment funds into the less developed countries. However‚ one cannot deny the negative effects which havederived from globalization
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