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Long-term corporate strategy versus short-term shareholder wealth maximization

What other goals might a firm have, and are they congruent with the goal of maximizing share price?

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Ethical issues in outsourcing manufacturing to developing nations

Examples are the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They can fine, sanction, force to close or even prosecute individuals, businesses or any private or public organizations, which violate federal regulations.

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Ford Pinto's defective gas tank and manufacturer responsibility

Could a rational customer have chosen to save $11 and risk the more dangerous gas tank? Would that have been similar to making air bags optional? What if Ford had told potential customers about its decision?

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Information technology workplace policies and employee privacy concerns

It is futile to state that we live in the era of technology -- this phenomenon is obvious and incontestable at all levels of the every day life.

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Child labor policies in Rwanda, India, Nepal, and China

Even in today's seemingly progressive world, there exists the abomination of child labor practices all over the world. In countries both struggling to develop and those with rising economies, there are immense child labor problems which put a dark blight on the practice of global capitalism.

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Market analysis and challenges facing Arik Airlines in Lagos

In a July 17th 2009 report published by 'The Guardian' in the 'Travels' section it is stated that "Nigerian airlines are bleeding, bleeding as a result of frittering away flight rights to foreign airlines and others under suspicious circumstances...The future looks bleak.

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Eric Abrahamson and Joanna Barsh on radical management remedies

Points that I agreed and disagreed on will be noted. Conclusions that can be drawn from these videos will be discussed, along with any other topics that struck accord with the topic of the future of leadership and management.

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Penrose's theory of firm growth and classical organizational management theories

Pitelis, Christos. (2009, March 14). Edith Penrose's the Theory of the Growth of the Firm fifty years later. Available at SSRN Working Paper series October 20, 2009: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1477885

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Ethical barriers in international marketing across cultures

economy may indeed seem borderless, borders do exist: what ethical boundaries have arisen in the New World Order of marketing, voluntarily imposed by individual organizations and nation states, and involuntarily imposed by circumstances?

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Nike's corporate social responsibility failures and supply chain accountability

Nike failed to attain a level of shared ownership regarding Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and programs with human rights critics and activists by immediately absolving themselves of responsibility for all activities of their suppliers.

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