Environmental Pollution at Hindustan Lever’s Kodaikanal Plant In mid-2004‚ Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) executives looked back at the events of the past three years at their mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. After mercury leakage from the plant had been reported in March 2001‚ heavy expenditure had been incurred in environmental risk assessment‚ waste disposal and health monitoring. The expenditure had exceeded the total profits generated by the plant
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Research paper ‘Adopting the RTI Act as a mechanism to fight corruption to promote effective aid delivery in India’ Preeti Kannan SID: 309302196 1 Contents 1. Introduction 2. India’s interaction with aid and corruption 2.1 India and aid 2.2 Corruption in aid in India 3. Good governance and aid effectiveness: How important is tackling corruption for aid to be effective in recipient countries? 3.1 Aid effectiveness: The endless debate 3.2 The relationship between good governance
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HABIB BANK LIMITED PAKISTAN Introduction Habib Bank Limited (commonly referred to as "HBL") (Arabic: حَبيب بينك) is the largest bank in Pakistan and a thoroughly established banking chain throughout the world. An extensive network of 1425 branches in Pakistan and 55 international branches makes it one of the largest banks in Pakistan today. Habib Bank Plaza located in Karachi‚ Sindh is the formal headquarters of the bank. The bank has a network outside Pakistan including USA‚ UK‚ Middle East
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Handbook on good practices Since the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) was set up in 2007‚ one of its major priorities has been the promotion of diversity in and through sport. To this end‚ the Council of Europe has developed a pan-European programme involving a variety of stakeholders from public authorities and the world of sport. All have an important role to play in reversing the discriminatory trends currently observed in sport and in promoting sport as a means of fostering
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Introduction Some definitions of globalization focus solely on cross-border trade-for example‚ globalization as the absence of borders and barriers to trade between nations (Ohmae‚ 1995). The International Monetary Fund describes globalization as "the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through the increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods and services and of international capital flows‚ and also through the more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology"
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Perspective Kwasi Dartey-Baah (Corresponding Author) Department of Organisation & Human Resource Management‚ University of Ghana Business School P.O. Box LG78‚ Legon‚ Accra-Ghana‚ West Africa Telephone: 00233209621292 Email: kdartey-baah@ug.edu.gh George Kofi Amoako Department of Marketing‚ Central Business School P.O. Box 2305‚ Tema‚ Ghana‚ West Africa Telephone: 00233202620174 Email: gkamoako@central.edu.gh Abstract This paper critically examines Frederick Herzberg’s two-factor theory and assesses its
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Legal and Institutional Framework Introduction The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992 recognized the entitlement of human beings to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature . The threshold of the Rio Declaration was the recognition of right to development and more importantly sustainable development. With the adoption of Rio‚ the global community committed to integrate environmental issues into mainstream
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Political Geography of War: Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts Philippe Le Billion Summary: Throughout the 1990s‚ many armed groups have relied on revenues from natural resources such as oil‚ timber‚ or gems to substitute for dwindling Cold War sponsorship. Resources not only financed‚ but in some cases motivated conflicts‚ and shaped strategies of power based on the commercialization of armed conflict and the territoriality of sovereignty around valuable resource areas and trading networks
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Corporate Social Responsibility An Implementation Guide for Business Paul Hohnen‚ Author Jason Potts‚ Editor Corporate Social Responsibility An Implementation Guide for Business Paul Hohnen‚ Author Jason Potts‚ Editor ii Corporate Social Responsibility: An Implementation Guide for Business © 2007‚ International Institute for Sustainable Development The International Institute for Sustainable Development contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on
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Eliminating Barriers to Cross-Cultural Communication through Curricular Interventions By David Dankwa-Apawu (Lecturer) Ghana Institute of Journalism P.O. Box GP 667 Accra‚ Ghana +233208704133 +233302228336 dvdankwa@yahoo.co.uk 1 ABSTRACT With the world fast becoming a global village‚ communicating across cultures has become an inevitable reality. On one hand‚ cross-cultural communication or intercultural communication presents a fine opportunity to foster global peace and prosperity
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