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Introduction Value creation is one of the many objectives that any firm wants to achieve. Performance measurement should be used as a tool of sustainability assessment by firms. According to Figge, Hahn, Schaltegger and Wagner (2002, 270), sustainability reporting is a process of a company understanding its impact on the people, the planet and the profit. They further suggest that when a company discloses its economic, environmental, and social performance, it can easily access its impact on the community. This report seeks to identify the importance of sustainability reporting for the firms in Australia. There are rules that require the firms whether they are in public or in private sector to give their reporting according to GRI guidelines. Adopting Sustainability Reporting Figge et al. (2002, p. 271) point out that in Australia, the federal government through the treasury has given funds to St James Ethic center in order to expand responsible business practice (RBP). Companies in Australia to enhance their brand reputation among the users also do sustainability reporting. Lack of company’s sustainability report is a global problem. Therefore, all businesses regardless of their sizes should be at the first line to solve these problems. In conjunction to this, Australian government has released GRI reporting framework that has a global applicable standard suitable to meet the needs of different stakeholders. According to Dwyer and Owen (2005, p. 212), the reporting process for GRI makes organization understand its impact on the economy, environment, and social life of the stakeholders. Any type of the company can apply the processes across the globe. For a good sustainability report, an organization should consider its purpose and experience. Cch (2009, p. 68) claims that it should also consider the interest and expectations of the stakeholders or the customers. Therefore, the reporting organization should include the measures that they have used to satisfy the needs of its stakeholders. This is known as the stakeholders’ inclusiveness. Figge et al. (2002, p. 274) agree that the report should also meet the completeness aspect that is the provision of sufficient material to help he stakeholders to assess the performance of the reporting organization. As noted by Dwyer and Owen (2005, p. 215), there are steps that accompany must follow to implement sustainability reporting process. The first step is to prepare, which is aimed to promote internal discussion by the management persons to identify the impacts of the organization on the stakeholders. The second step is connecting, which is how the stakeholder’s aspect should be included in the report. Definition is the third step; this is to identify what matters most in the report (Dwyer and Owen 2005, p. 2
Customer analysis The target market for this product are individuals who are actively involved in sports. Athletes need this product because it improves visual memory retention. The vapor strobe glasses give a strobe-like experience, which enables them to carry out their practice effectively. In addition, the target market includes police in Anaheim, individuals involved in bowling, and those participating in an airsoft gun. As such, the segmentation profile of the product will be defined by the physical activities of an individual (Doyle 35). However, the product will be available for other individuals who are not actively involved in sports. Therefore, the packaging of the product will be made in a way that attracts young people as well who are actively involved in sports. Since it will be necessary to obtain customers’ feedback regarding the product, special feedback coupons will be attached to the product. This will create a room for customers to provide their feedback and place such coupons at collection points. Competitive market analysis Nike vapor strobe glasses have one major competitor in the market, which is the Jawbone Company that manufactures strobe eyewear. However, Jawbone will not exhibit stiff competition for this new product since it comes with a new design and brand. This will ensure that the product enjoys its market without any form of competition from Jawbone Company (Doyle 67). The marketing strategy and positioning of Jawbone Company are focused on athletes and their training institutes. Nike vapor strobe glasses will overcome such a strategy by extending the general market of the product. This will include targeting schools and individuals who have the desire to obtain a better vision. Jawbone Company’s main advantage is that it has already created a market for its products. This indicates that Nike vapor strobe glasses may face tough competition since it is a newly introduced product in the market. Nevertheless, Jawbone Company has a weakness – its target market which is quite rigid. As such, the company is not in a position to market its products to many customers. Consequently, the earnings of the company and sales output are low. With the introduction of Nike vapor strobe glasses marketing strategy, it is expected that Jawbone Company will react by focusing on developing a counter-strategy. However, such a strategy will not have any impact on the Nike vapor strobe glasses strategy because its strategy will be exclusive and will not be disclosed to any external parties. Nevertheless, Jawbone Company’s strategy will be discovered by conducting market research. In this market research, participants will be asked questions about places where they buy their eyewear and about the marketer of the products. These will contribute to a better understanding of the marketing strategy of Jawbone Company. External market environment The economic environment is favorable. This indicates that the product will be marketed effectively. However, there ar
While the core issue of feminist studies is a gender difference, the representatives of feminism have had difficulty conceptualizing differences and finding ways of talking about it. One of the most successful strategies to meet the challenge of speaking about the difference is considering it not only from one side. Rather than emphasizing what things one of the opposing parties lacks, feminists have chosen to talk about the benefits owned by the other party. The current paper discusses three views on the difference presented by Abby Ferber, Peggy McIntosh, and Maxine Baca Zinn, and Bonnie Thornton Dill. In each of the analyzed articles, feminist authors dwell on the problem of explaining differences and the challenges emerging from such discussions. All of the authors agree that it is impossible to consider the only gender when conceptualizing difference. Ferber, McIntosh, and Zinn and Dill emphasize the racial divergences between women as a crucial aspect of feminism. In her article, McIntosh draws attention to the fact that while men admit women’s state of being disadvantaged, it is not easy for them to acknowledge their own privilege (29). The refusal to speak about the benefits men obtain due to women’s disadvantages defends men’s prerogative from being “fully recognized, acknowledged, lessened, or ended” (McIntosh 29). Further, McIntosh mentions that similarly to the male privilege over females, there is a prerogative of whites over blacks (29-30). This difference is also rather significant to acknowledge since, as McIntosh assumes, whites are “carefully taught not to recognize white privilege” (30). Thus, the scholar remarks that it is necessary for feminists not only to defend their rights as those being deprived and diminished by men but also to reach equity in the feminist world where women of all races fight for the common goals. McIntosh mentions that, to a great extent, the refusal to realize privilege is “unconscious” (30). However, it is the duty of feminists as of those trying to reach fairness and justice to draw attention to the problem of difference at all levels and not only at the level of gender. Ferber also admits the difficulties feminists meet when talking about differences (48-49). She argues that the issues of gender and age are “inextricably linked” (Ferber 48). Ferber analyzes the white supremacist movement and notes that while its representatives paid due respect to the problem of races, they failed to dedicate sufficient efforts to considering the problem of gender (49). The author remarks that only a few scholars pay attention to feminist analysis of the white supremacist movement and explore “the intersections of race and gender in depictions of white men and women, black men and women, and Jewish men and women in contemporary white supremacist discourse” (Ferber 49). Ferber argues that since gender and race are “social constructs,” they are not built in isolation but are closely related to other identity classes (50). Whereas white feminists consider it sufficient to regard the differences between genders and base conclusions on these divergences, feminists of color disapprove of such an appr
New South Wales labor laws mandates employers to look into their employees’ health, safety, and welfare at work; The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 is the principal statutory act that employers must work within in maintain the expected standards (Work Cover NSW). In part 2, section 8, division the acts gives employer the duty to ensure that their staffs working condition and to some extent their social welfare like health. According to the act, employers are expected to ensure that work stations do not offer any workplace risks; the work place environment should be favorable for living by human beings. Among the issues that the act proposes should be looked into is proper sanitation, veneration, safety exists, fire extinguishers among other parameters to make life bearable. The act advises employers to not only work with local bodies to maintain the set standards but should consider the opinions and standpoints of their employees when setting safety measures. The act is of the opinion that a number of work place injuries can be avoided if employees abide to set regulations and work with their employees in that effect (Storey, 2004). The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 is founded on international labor laws that require that employees should be protected from unhealthy and unsafe working environments; in Section 8 of Part 2, division 2, the act extends the requirement to other people within the premises of an employer. According to the division, in the case that an organization has some other people apart from normal employees then employers are mandated to ensure that they are protected against any workplace related injury (Creighton and Rozen, 2007). In Section 9 of Part 2 referred to as “Duties of self-employed persons”, employers are given the mandate to enact such appropriate measures that will protect any third person to be injured, health wise or otherwise by the conduct of his or her employees. The part protect the society in general as well those people who are working closely with an organization; to make the definition clear, the act refers to visitors, students and contractors as other people within working environment who are not employees, they are categorized under the title non-employees. When the non-employees visit a NSWFB workplace, the act requires that they need to be given safety rules, identification budges or other such gadgets, any protective gear, or any such equipments that can be used to reduce their chances of getting injured. Non members despite having the gears and being well trained on how to remain save the act requires that in NSWFB workplace, they should be guided strictly and rules of restrictions within the company adhered to (Hofmann and Tetrick, 2003). Section 10 and 11, mandates controller of working premises to ensure that machinery and any other properly that is under their control has been well vetted for safety; other than vetting the safety, they should ensure that they give such safety information that can assist in prevention of accidents or injuries. The section separate the mandate given to controller of dwe
Introduction Driving while drunk is collectively known as impaired driving where one drives when under alcohol or any other drug influence. In some countries such as Canada, drinking and driving is an offence and one could be jailed for although cancelling of driving licenses and fines are the most used punishments for such offences. Driving while one is intoxicated or drunk poses great danger to drivers since they are more likely to get vehicle accidents which may involve injuries or even deaths to themselves and their passengers (if there are any). Many countries especially the UK have set different blood alcohol concentration for drivers to help prevent road accidents. Drinking and driving Driving while drunk has been, for many years, under discussions as the number of vehicle accidents are increasing every day in our roads. Drugs affect one’s ability to react to normal and small things that happen instantly especially when driving. The concentration of alcohol in a driver’s blood is directly proportional to the driver’s ability to judge distances as well react appropriately to sudden happenings in the road. For instance, the number of deaths of single vehicle drivers registering high blood alcohol content is hundreds times more than those of the same drivers but with a zero blood alcohol content. What makes the matter worse is the fact that some people drink to the extent of getting blurred vision but still they go on and drive. This situation is worsened more when a blurred driver is driving at night especially in areas where there are no street lights. To many people, drugs that affect one’s ability to drive safely are only the illegal drugs such as marijuana and bhang. However, these include many of the prescription drugs and the over the counter drugs as long as the drug changes one’s mood or ability to see properly. Ignorance such side effects from the prescription drugs have contributed to a certain percentage of road accidents especially drugs that cause drowsiness. It is therefore up to the driver to plan not to drive if after all he is planning on drinking. Enquiring from doctors about the side effects associated with prescription medications is also a good move in combating the problem. Some of these drugs, when combined with alcohol, have more drastic effects than either of them could by themselves (Hanson, 2009, p. 1). Similar to many other social problems in the society t
This part of the paper will discuss two group-related incidents. The first incident occurred last Sunday during the group meeting for our Youth Empowerment Movement (YEM). YEM is a multicultural all inclusive Christian youth group that focuses on helping youths cope with challenges, initiating development activities in their community, identification and promotion of youth talents, and promotion of social integration in our communities. During that meeting, Jose and Santos arrived in the meeting very late. In addressing them our chairman said that “you two Hispanics it quite clear that you are always late for meetings, I think it’s your culture that encourages this lazy behaviour and due to your laziness I demand written explanation to this effect and an apology to the other members.” Coincidentally, the two were the only members of Hispanics origin in our group and were the only people who were late that day. The second incidence occurred in our advanced calculus lecture when the lecturer was handing back our continuous assessment results. During that time, the lecturer, while referring to smith, said that “you Japanese it seems that you and your people you do not perform well in my classes.” These statements were discriminatory since referring to people by their race/ethnicity can be quite discriminating especially in situation where these people are perceived as minority. In addition, these statements were very discriminatory due to the fact of associating any people’s race/ethnicity with laziness or non-performing aspects, hence a bias incident. Further, the remarks can fuel racial divisions or misunderstandings within the group, since it can be interpreted as racial bias of given people to the others, thus, members of the group may start taking sides. I agree with the statement that, “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world.” This is because, normally, a good idea or intention comes from one person or a small group that then spreads and works for it, which eventually helps other people and the world at large. For example, the International Red Cross Movement was founded from the idea of a young Swiss businessman, Jean Henry Dunant, who after witnessing condition of wounded soldiers in 1859 during the battle of Franco-Austrian, organized for relief services with the help of the local community immediately (Indian Red Cross, 2008). From this event, Henry wrote a book Memory of Solferino, which he used it to influence like-minded people around the world who during the Geneva Convention of 1864 founded the International Red Cross that serves the world in times of difficulties such as hunger, war and diseases (Indian Red Cross, 2008). Noble idea of few committed citizens has led to revolution or creation of countries that have significantly transformed the world in many ways. For example, the Founding Fathers of the United States of America were a small group of political leaders and statesmen, who took part in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence in July 4, 1776 and establishing the United States Constitution (Founding Fathers, 2010)
Pros and Cons of Psychometric Testing According to Harrison (2016), thirty-nine percent of American companies conduct personality tests when hiring new employees (para. 1). Despite that in Australia the rate is lower, personality testing is becoming widely popular. In the employee selection process, many types of psychometric tests are used. However, when selecting a candidate for the position of an HR Manager, employees are likely to use personality tests, numerical, verbal, and abstract reasoning tests (Institute of Psychometric Testing, n.d., para. 2). Despite the fact that such tests can be effective, there are some disadvantages that may show that psychometric tests should be subjected to more scrutiny than they currently are. For example, as mentioned by Spillane (2012), psychometric tests do not examine the actual performance of a professional; instead, they measure aspects of one’s personality (para. 2). Such tests are unable to measure inner experiences, which leads to dishonesty on the part of the respondent. On the other hand, psychometric tests give employers a rough idea about the potential employee and offer some objective data. Such tests are useful for measuring one’s intelligence, critical reasoning, and personality profile (Page, n.d., para. 4), which are vital for an employer to make a decision in a hiring process. Cases of Ms. Stevens and Mr. Hwang do not call for psychometric tests. Given their broad experience in managing, it is evident that both of them can bring value to the company. I will advise conducting a series of separate interviews to get more knowledge about how they communicate and what innovative solutions to the company’s HR problems they can offer. Instead of passing psychometric tests, Ms. Stevens and Mr. Hwang should be asked practical questions about the nature of the business so that the employer’s decision will be based on valuable knowledge and skills rather than on psychometric data.
Introduction With the recent economic crisis across many countries in the world, one can easily give up an idea of starting a new business. Starting a business like a fast food restaurant can especially seem less appealing due to the high level of competition that already exists in this particular food restaurant market. However, as it has been proven again by the new and expanding Vapiano food restaurant, innovation is the most critical aspect that is required to grow and expand a business. The designers of the Vapiano restaurant concept have targeted and appealed to a particular segment of customers who have in turn continued to flood her steps in increasing numbers (Lam et al. 2011). Here, we will look at the range of unique services and technology that have been employed by Vapiano restaurant to attract customers. History and Concept Vapiano restaurant was established in 2002 in Hamburg (Germany) by a man named Mark Korzilius (Kilian 2011). Mark wanted to introduce a concept whereby customers could order and enjoy fast foods with an Italian taste within an atmosphere that they could be part of (Kilian 2011). Here, the main menu that would be availed to customers includes pizzas, salads, and pastas. Apart from unique menus, Vapiano intended to provide unique services that would attract customers to visit her restaurants. Usually, meals are prepared in an open environment where customers can see. Besides, the design of the restaurants has been done with a focus on creating a modern atmosphere (Bowen 1986). Thus, the entire Vapiano package is intended to lure customers with her new, affordable, and casual eating experience within a modern environment (Lam et al. 2011). About two thirds of the customers that have been visiting Vapiano restaurants are women (Fama 2005). Vapiano has mostly targeted affluent individuals with high incomes; the majority of these customers are aged between twenty five to forty five years. Most of Vapiano customers live in highly populated urban centres across Europe and the United States. Importantly, Vapiano has introduced an attractive technology experience through its payment method (Fama 2005). Here, customers use a chip card to charge and pay for services. With the mentioned unique services, Vapiano has been able to offer high value services to her customers (Head 2008). Having initially started in Germany, Vapiano restaurant has expanded to Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. With the help of other investors, Mark Korzilius design