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Sustainable design and certification standards in the UK cosmetics industry

The topic of sustainability and its affect on industry is a relatively new concept. However, it is becoming important for several reasons. First, governments around the globe are beginning to toughen environmental laws.

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Privacy protection in pervasive computing: RFID tracking case study

Commenting on the rubric of privacy protection in sections 3.1 and 3.2, we now have a brief understanding that the paradigm of integrating and maintaining privacy remains quite challenging in a pervasive computing environment.

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Plastic pollution in oceans and its long-term environmental impact

Plastic pollution in the oceans and on dry land is a terrible plague that needs to be addressed through responsible environmental management. This is not a new concept, as plastic has been an eyesore and an ecological miscreant for many years.

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Branding strategies and trusted advisor status in global markets

Assessing the Influence of branding on consumer purchase behavior is begins with an analysis of how the accumulated effects of marketing strategies contribute to the permanency of branding and their accumulative effects on consumers.

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Employee empowerment as manipulation and organizational power dynamics

One of the catch phrases of contemporary work systems is employee empowerment. (Weissberg, 1999, p. 1-2) Employee empowerment is defined as a concept by which employees and the groups in which they work feel that they have a voice and influence in decisions that are made by those above them.

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Shareholder theory and the purpose of modern corporations

One of the most discussed matters in nowadays global economic environment refers to the purpose for which a corporation, or a smaller sized company, is created.

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Dialectical and transcendental phenomenology: approaches to experience

Currently many of these theories are still studied, discussed in a vigorous manner and espoused by many as the panacea of life itself. Differences seem to be along the lines of either the analytic viewpoints or the personal experience viewpoint.

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Balancing corporate compliance costs and market protection

The rise in corporate governance and its associated disclosure requirements and costs are forcing unnecessarily higher costs and demands on businesses, draining their ability to be globally competitive, the accumulated costs and time requirements imposed on corporations to be in compliance with a…

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Transformational leadership as superior to trait and behavioral approaches

How much more successful are current views about what makes a good leader? The researcher proves that transformational leadership is the best model of leadership if one's goals include success, because it empowers subordinates and followers so that objectives and goals are more often met.

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Executive compensation at Home Depot and Lowe's compared

Across the world, executive compensation is undergoing extreme instability. Lower market positions and a slew of corporate scams have resulted in apprehension among the shareholders over every type of executive compensation, inclusive of cash, stock and other added benefits.

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