Evaluation of new technologies, products, and processes, is the key to providing a company with the knowledge it needs to remain sustainable (Ferrell, Thorne, & Ferrell, 2016). Although sustainability is not social responsibility, it is a part of it. Assessing how these changes affect the environment, their competition, and humanity in general assists a company in determining their strategic plans. in order to remain on the cutting edge in a global marketplace, a company must continually seek cost savings, new products, and value - added services if they are to remain a viable entity. Doing so through the use of new technology is the likely method that provides the biggest bang for the buck (Kawakami, Durmuşoğlu, & Barczak, 2011). In fact, as technology itself develops, …show more content…
However, assessing the technology is an important step in its use. Consequently, one of the important factors to address during an assessment is legal compliance (Ferrell, Thorne, & Ferrell, 2016). In order to be socially responsible, other matters to consider are determining if executives are mindful of all regulations, including federal, state, and local, with inclusion of a process that keeps an eye on changes to those rules. This is incredibly important with a global company, such as Anglo American that operates in many countries, where each has its own laws. Many large companies have a person in charge of these concerns. Add to that, an evaluation of the training programs for staff, as well as a system for employees to inform the proper person of concerns about new technology is critical. Additionally, the use of technology brings privacy concerns. These assessments should include the positive aspects of the use of
The topics that are big right now in the field of information technology are social media platforms and data privacy. These are two topics that I would like to explore further in the field and get a much better grasp of what they mean in the future and how they will impact us. Social media is a major focal point because it represents a pivot from the past and is a turning point on how businesses will market and attract customers in the future. It is a stepping-stone, as the last step was customers going to the website. Before the website it was television adds the customers were gravitating towards.
The board and the executive director both have several responsibilities, such as recruiting, supervising, evaluating, leading the organization, policy based governance system, and to protect the organizations assets. Ensuring that both parties are implementing their job, could benefit the organization in many ways. For example, the board is responsible for hiring the general manager. Their job is to hire the best qualified CEO, and as a result the manager will ensure that the organizations mission will be fulfilled. Board members/ executive directors use the internal control system to control an organization.
Obesity means that human body has an excess amount of fat, caused by environmental and genetic factors. A Body Mass Index is a measuring tool for obesity, the body mass index of an obese person is 30 or more. Also, there is another tool to measure obesity which is the waist circumference, women waist circumference of 35 inches or more is considered obese, and for men 40 inches or more is considered obese. There are many diseases are considered consequences of obesity such as heart diseases, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, obstructive sleep apnea, high cholesterol, some cancers, and gallbladder diseases. There are many factors contributed to obesity.
Understanding each of the earlier introduced marketing communication channels is the key to use them effectively. Therefore, they will be analysed by identifying the benefits and challenges. 4.1 An Evaluation of Digital Marketing Strategies focusing on Awareness Creation 4.1.1 Website It is important to understand that the website is the hub of a company in the digital market.
This section aims to provide an understanding of the trends and techniques that should be kept in mind while scheduling a launch or relaunch of a product. It looks into both sides of the argument: whether or not a relaunch is necessary. It also seeks to highlight the growing importance of social media in the marketing strategies of a product launch. In her article “10 Tactics for launching a product using social media,” Joan Schneider talks about how the “new launch landscape” means that everyone is on a level playing field.
Advancements in technology have been a leading contributor in shaping the world to what it is today, enabling us with many new techniques at which we can communicate. These technological improvements such as cell phones, tablets, laptops, and social networking sites have come to life at our fingertips, enriching our communities with new advances and new approaches for communication. It has demolished the barrier among us, allowing us to communicate with anyone in the world more directly and quickly. Technology is rapidly augmenting unity amidst communities, ultimately making people aware of events occurring around them. These communities consist of people who care about each other’s well-being, and these individuals lend a helping hand when
Arthur Tansley, in 1935, was the first ecologist to use the term “ecosystem” in a scientific publication (Cleveland 2014). In the publication, Tansley defined an ecosystem as “The whole system… including not only the organism-complex, but also the whole complex of physical factors forming what we call the environment” (Ellis 2014). Today, scientists have defined an ecosystem as “a system which is formed when a community of organisms interacts with the environment” (Ecosystem.org). Ecosystems are communities where organisms interact with each other and the environment where energy is transferred between them and other processes (Ecosystem.org). Ecosystems consist of living organisms including humans, dead organic matter, and the abiotic environment
Since past decades oil and gas have played a fundamental role in supporting our lives. They supply more than 60 percent of our nation’s energy in terms of fuel, shelter and it generates electricity that powers our daily lives. The technology to extract these resources is a key to survive and these technologies are changing over time in oil and gas industry. New technologies are making the operations to be easier and accessible to those regions which are located beyond the control. Nowadays, natural gas and oil industry is maintained and developed by innovation and technology.
Before I can begin to reflect on the issues relating to human rights and subsequent violations, it is important that I begin to recognize what the concept of human rights signifies for other scholars, for victims as well as my own interpretation. Human rights and affiliated practices are inherent and universal due to our belonging to a particular species. However, it is also important to realize that they are dependent on the political, economic and cultural context in which they are practiced, promoted and protected (Dembour, 2010: 7). Human rights have said to emerge out of extreme conflict, rooted in the World War I and World War II, because human rights development created a new language of faith (Guinn, 2016: 759). As such, human rights
As of June 2015, 63% of people today get their news on Twitter and 59% use Twitter to keep up with a news event as it happens live, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. It is no secret that social media has been and will continue to change the way people consume their news and entertainment, but how is it affecting the world of traditional journalism? There are three large components of how it is changing journalism; it allows for news and new information to spread quickly, it allows for more audience participation, interaction, and conversation and lastly it raises the standards of ethics for defined journalists. Twitter, being the most prominent news breaking form of social media has changed the game in skills of releasing information fast.
In 1978 the Bulletin Board System was introduced offering a computer server software that allowed users to connect and share information marking what many believe was the beginning of social media. Nearly forty-years later social media has come a long way, much to the credit of Facebook which launched in 2004 and now has 1.86 billion active users. Social media has changed the average person’s day to day life in one way or another. The average person spends one-hour and forty-minutes a day scrolling through their different social media feeds. Even those who avoid using any social media platform find themselves affected.
The essay aim to introspect deeply on the special need groups of physically challenged, their available leisure options. Various limitations and difficulties that hinder the disabled from perusing the desired leisure activities has been critically analysed. Available research materials have been to maximum use to come up with feasible ways to tackle the discussed limitations. Relevant theories of psychology and leisure has been incorporated and applied to bring in more clarity. (Recreationtherapycom, 2016)
Visual arts have been practiced by all human beings since thousands of years ago. Although there is only a limited amount of evidence and creative pieces from that long ago, it is clear that art has progressed and evolved in a significant way. It first originated from crude symbolic drawings of the stone age art era, then evolved past the bronze, iron, medieval, and renaissance art period, and finally to the art that we know of today, modern and contemporary art, which features more abstract pieces. Out of all these, the one that stands out to me the most and has the greatest influence in the style and method that I create my art pieces today, would be the modern era.
GLOBALIZATION, TECHNOLOGY AND LAW Globalization and Technology Globalization has completely transformed the way in which the world and its people interact. Earlier there were several roadblocks in the ability to communicate and interact with the people worldwide. But now, the world is becoming more and more globalized in all spheres: Business, financial, social, economical, etc. Over the years, a lot of technological advancements have come into picture including the changes in the field of Information Technology, having a significant impact on the global landscape.
The level of democracy can be measured in any given state by observing several democratic factors present in that state. In order to be considered democratic, the state must portray some of the qualities of democracy. A quality required is associational autonomy which measures the amount of freedom and protection the general public receives by the government. This paper will measure the level of democracy in terms of its associational autonomy portrayed in the North African state of Tunisia, a state building up to a democratic political system. In this essay, I will argue that the quality of associational autonomy in Tunisia meets the requirement of democracy by twenty percent.