E-Waste Management Practices in the United States
¶ … World War II, researchers have introduced an enormous array of electrical devices and, increasingly, electronics of all types including personal computers, televisions, videocassette recorders, cellular telephones…
Wal-Mart Strategic Analysis: Industry, Competition & Marketing
In completing an analysis of the Big Box Retailing industry of which Wal-Mart is the most dominant participate, the key factors of the industry's growth potential, industry profitability, degrees of risk in the…
HOS Rules: Ethics and Social Responsibility in Trucking
On July 1, 2013, a new trucking hours of service rule will take effect in the United States that will have important implications for over-the-road trucking companies and their professional drivers. To gain some fresh insights into these implications, the purpose of this paper was to use the three value system comprised of law, morality, and social responsibility in the application of different ethical principles in the analysis of the response by Swift Transportation and Werner Enterprise to the new hours of service rule. To this end, the paper presents a review of the relevant peer-reviewed, scholarly, governmental and organizational literature in these areas, followed by a summary of the research, important findings, personal opinions and recommendations in the paper's conclusion.