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Modern business strategies are considering the effects of internal processes on stakeholders as a strategy to create and maintain health business relationships. Business stakeholders include shareholders, customers, governments, and internal customers; their needs and expectations are paramount when developing business processes (Weiss, 2008). Heathrow airport is a London based international airport that connects over180 destinations in more than 90 countries; it offers departure services, arrival services and inter-fright connection services, the airport is managed by BAA. Stakeholder theory is management tool that looks into how ethical businesses are conducted in a certain industry or company; the theory advocates for mutual benefit of an organization and stakeholders through the impact that business processes have on social, economic and environmental attributes of life (Sassower,1988). This report analyzes how travelers, as stakeholders, are affected by Heathrow airport; it will use stakeholder’s theory for the analysis. Heathrow airport Heathrow airport is operated by BAA, according to 2010, airports review, the airport was ranked as the fourth busiest airport in the world and the busiest in United Kingdom in terms of passage and cargo volume. On average, the airports received 67 million passengers, with 11% traveling to UK destinations, 46% are long-haul and the rest are in short-haul international travelling (Heathrow airport Official Website, 2011). Discussion BAA is committed to understand and look into all spheres of customers that use the airports, they have facilities that enable the old, the disabled and other passengers to have a pleasant environment or stay in the airport. The airports policies respect Disability Discrimination Act (DDA); it has enacted appropriate measures to ensure that its services are continually improved to meet the needs of such people with special needs. The information is contained in it accessibility report and the management aims at improving the approach further. When a customer is in the airport, there are some guiding posts and signs that are aimed at guiding the customer to the destination; this happens at the time of departure and when arriving. The airport management has adopted the spirit of freelance organizational culture that ensures that every employee within the compound can be trusted to guide a passenger effectively. The company has five terminals each named effectively to direct a customer effectively. Under the stakeholders theory a firm addresses investors, employees, suppliers, and customers needs, the airport in recognition of the theory has enacted environmental conservational measures that facilitate good cooperation with stakeholders. As far as travelers are concerned, in the efforts of offering adequate and reliable information for decision making, the company has 24hou online chatting and checking system which travelers can use; incase there is a change in-flight schedules, then
Africans in America is a history that is traced back to the 16th century. Many of the African American people in America are descendants of the people from Central and West Africa who had been enslaved by white farmers in America. The black people were forcibly taken as slaves and put to work in the farms and homes of the white people. They were treated as inferior human beings. However many revolutions that occurred years later would liberate the black people from slavery. The first people who advocated for slavery were the Spanish who took black people from their colonies to work on their farms. The white men from Britain would follow suit and publicize the free labor they had found. This led to a growth in slave trade (Davidson Stevens 34). With an increase in the demand for slaves many began being shipped to North America. This occurred between the 1600s and 1700 when there was a great demand. The slaves provided labor in the farms, mines and houses. Many people supported slavery while a few were against it. The slaves were denied all the rights of a human being and would be treated as property. In the 1600s there was formation of companies that traded slaves (Davidson Stevens 34). The companies formed captured slaves in Africa. These slaves were bought by the settlers. There was an increase in the demand for free labor among the settlers in North America which led to an increase in the demand for slaves. The slaves were also forced to remain in slavery by the laws that had been created in America. Slavery was most common in Virginia and the colonies in the south. This is attributed to the fact that Virginia was the first place to receive slaves. The first black slaves were brought to Virginia and the south thus making these places a stronghold for getting slaves. Another factor that contributed to slavery in the south is the way the laws were created such that slaves would become free. This would only occur if a slave completed their contract or if they converted to Christianity. These favorable laws would attract more slaves to the south. The second major factor for growth of slavery in the south is the increase in the plantations in the south. This increase in plantations and mines required more labor thus an increase in the number of slaves demanded (John Franklin & Alfred Moss 122). The increase in the number of
Introduction The idea of sacrifice is not new; still, people are always eager to offer new ideas, approaches, and assumptions about its importance, necessity, or role in society and in life if a particular individual. This theme is usually manifested in a variety of literary works in order to prove that sacrifice may have many faces: some of them can be justified and understood, and some of them cannot. The current paper focuses on the two Asian works, the authors of which succeed in discussing the theme of sacrifice and its characteristics from a variety of perspectives. Richard Kim created “The Martyred” as a powerful reflection on the Korean War between 1950 and 1953, the role and impact of the Christian faith, the development of human conscience, and the meaning of truth. In his turn, Ch’ŏngjun Yi “Your Paradise” introduces another type of understanding of sacrifice and its urgency for a community and particular individuals. These two works help to comprehend how to sacrifice may be accepted by society and accomplished by individuals. Yi’s “Your Paradise” and Kim’s “The Martyred” disclose the theme of sacrifice in a variety of ways and explain how it is possible to misunderstand the role of violence embedded in sacrifice, use sacrifice as one of the possible means of atonement, introduce sacrificial victims as innocent people and martyrdom as an explanation of human weakness, confuse self-transcendence with self-interest pursuit, and combine sacrifice with a political community due to its binding power and the ability to gather people with different living positions. Sacrifice Concept in Kim’s “The Martyred” and Yi’s “Your Paradise” Sacrifice is a complex issue that consists of a number of political, ethical, and religious dimensions. People like to talk about sacrifice and its impact on their lives. Still, they can hardly understand its true essence and meaning for the others. In “The Martyred,” Kim tells about the North Korean Christian ministers and the way of how they were shot to death by the communists and become the twelve martyred for the society they lived in. In addition, the two survived ministers faced certain challenges while explaining their survival and possible improvements they could import after the accident, and one Captain Lee tried to seek the truth, neglecting sacrifices, religious ambitions, and political orders. Yi’s “Your Paradise” is another story about sacrifice and its place in a particular society. In the context of this story, each individual should be ready for a kind of personal sacrifice for the sake of the whole community. The reader has to clear up whether it is justified to ask one person to neglect personal principles in order to gain the required portion of satisfaction for society. Director Cho made an attempt to create a paradise for the lepers that led to the necessity for different people to sacrifice some things, memories, people, etc. Violence and Sacrifice Sacrifices during wars is not a new thing: some people are forced to change something in their lives, and some people want to sacrifice in order to
Introduction In justification of the case for Global Ventures PLC business idea on production and processing of Cocoa, the company has focused on Ghana as the country of choice for the business idea. Currently, Ghana is the second leading African country in the world cocoa production after Ivory Coast with an 11% market share in cocoa production (“2011 Investment Climate Statement”). Many large companies, which produce cocoa such as Nestle and Cadbury, focus on Ghana as the country of choice. Though traditionally the country was involved in farming cocoa and then exporting it as beans. In the recent past, it has strived for increasing its earnings from the export by setting up facilities for processing the cocoa beans. While Ivory Coast is the leading world producer of cocoa, the preference for Ghana over Ivory Coast was due to the constant political instability associated with Ivory Coast. Justification As stated in part 2, lack of corruption was key to choosing the country of choice for setting up the new business. While no case can be made for an African cocoa producing country that is free of corruption, there is clearly a case to make on the level of corruption in Ghana being minimal as compared to other African countries involved in cocoa production and manufacture such as Ivory Coast or Nigeria. Therefore, it is important to investigate the situation on the ground while establishing the base for conducting such a business. One significant milestone occurred when Ghana achieved success in fighting corruption, which resulted in the establishment of the Serious Crime Office in 1999; thereafter, it has been involved in investigating corruption. In addition, though the country has not signed a treaty for its commitment with OECD Countries for fighting bribery, the law on procurement laws of 2004 helped in conformance with the World Trade Organization principles. Professional marketers; Marketing was clearly a key ingredient of success of any company In Ghana, The Cocoa Marketing Company is owned by the Government and responsible for marketing and selling a significant portion of cocoa in Ghana. This was a justification for the establishment of the company in Ghana due to the availability of professional marketers. As such, this ensured marketing for the company not only at the national boundaries, but also at a global level. In addition, the company was impressed by the efforts by the chartered institute of marketing, Ghana (CIMG) (“2011 Investment Climate Statement”). Having a strong base in the country since 1991, and having been certified by Board on National accrediting, the company has help in nurturing strong base in Ghana. Genuine Reforms The ability to uphold genuine reforms is one of the most outstanding characteristics of Ghana as a cou
Abstract Mexico has had a lot of improvement in its education system recently. In line with this noble course, many government policies have been formulated to ensure equity in the provision of education. This will help to ensure the girl child have similar exposures to the educational services as the boys. Since the 1990s, various assessments programs have been carried out to establish the current status and for the government to implement new methods in addressing this issue. Authorities in the education sector and educational experts are of the view that such assessments will have significant improvements to the education system as a whole (Post, para.4). This will be in line with the government’s policy of educating citizens to become professionals who are in high demand for the 21st-century job market. With this objective in mind, all the activities occurring in Mexican schools are assessed beginnings with the institutions offering educational services, the curriculum implemented in schools, the process of awarding accreditation to the learners, and finally on the students themselves. However, despite all these efforts towards the improvement of the educational sector, many disparities still exist concerning women in education. In the world over and especially in developing nations, there exist gender inequalities in access to education. Women are discriminated against due to various reasons which predispose them to such discriminations. The first issue is labor forces in Mexico. The rate of women in the job market is low as compared to that of men (Stromquist 50). These social and family roles have subject women to discrimination in the education sector. As a result, they only get low-paying jobs in the informal sector of the economy. This research paper will focus on the unequal opportunities that exist in women’s education and the associated reasons. These reasons involve; the economic status, the social and family structure in Mexico, the traditional representation of women, and the government’s policies on women’s education. Introduction Mexico’s educational development has its beginning in colonial times and marks the political development that has occurred in the country. The developments in the education sector have had a great influence on other developments that have taken place in the country. During the colonial times, Spain which colonized Mexico used education as a tool to express their domination over the Mexicans. The Catholic clergy had the authority over the education system in those times and they created numerous educational institutions. There were major educational advances that necessitated a university to cater for higher education. After authorization from the Spanish monarchy, the University of Mexico began its operations in 1951 after which it later changed its name to Royal University (Barriga 17). After independence, there was a struggle between the political groups to take over the educational system with the Liber
Holding the fact that oligopoly is the market that is dominated by a limited number of players (sellers and suppliers) who determine the amount or the rate of profit they expect irrespective of the economic situation. It is important for the government to regulate their operations in order to shield the common citizen’s interests. In the oligopoly market structure, there is a possibility that the stakeholders might agree to fix a price of their goods and services without reflecting the customer’s economic interests. In other words, oligopoly market structure is controlled by few corporate institutions hence limiting a chance for others to enter the market (Robert, 2011). The basic factors to determine who is to join and not to join the market are determined by the few players with an intention to avoid fair competition or allow natural price setting in the market where market forces dictate the prices of goods and services. In this case few companies in the oligopoly market structure strive to retain power of determining the prices of goods and services regardless of other factors in the market. With this kind of a market structure, there is a possibility that citizens are subjects to extortion by the few companies. In addition, other interested players are denied or shortchanged their constitutional rights to do business anywhere and in any area of interests. It is therefore the role of the government to regulate these trends in the market (Robert, 2011). The Government is therefore mandated by the citizens to control the pricing structures of such markets formations. By controlling the pricing structure, the government will ensure that the citizens are free from exploitation and their social interests are considered when fixing prices. If the few companies are let to operate freely without government hand in price and operational control, then there is a possibility that they will control the market, as well as exploiting the locals. Considering the fact that some of the services are basic, the government should be interested in making sure that some of these services are available to all. If government fails to control the operations of these companies, the country’s economy will be dented, hence putting at risk the economic growth projected and the job creation in the industry. If this happens, it is possible for the country to witness social unrest hence making the country ungovernable. To avoid this, basic service providers, such as telephone service companies, should be regulated well to avoid inconveniences in the market place. considering the fact that the government promotes entrepreneurship, it is therefore important for the government to regulate the industry whereby it is expected to provide a platform where fair competition is enhanced. In oligopoly market structure, price competition is not one of the elements and th
Leading positive change among nurses is a task that has been bestowed on leaders in the same field because of the manner in which they can align different goals and unlock the potential of all employees within an organization (Motacki & Burke, 2011). The first thing here is to lead by example so that employees can be able to emulate positive behaviors that are exhibited by managers as far as leading change is concerned. Communication is a powerful tool that will have to be applied in this process and as a result of this; leading positive change will mean that effective communication strategies are put in place. Listening to patients and employees will also create an opportunity where their concerns can be understood properly so as to factor them in the change process and provide an easy way for them to lead change from their end. Evaluations must also be done to ensure that the process will lead to the desired change. Reference Motacki, K., & Burke, K. (2011). Nursing delegation and management of patient care (1st ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323053068.
Introduction Racism is perception that traits and capabilities can be linked to people from a particular race. This can also be used to depict a situation where people from one racial affiliation are seen to be more important than others are. Prejudice and segregation have for a long time been used as potent weapons promoting apprehension or disgust of other people in times of civil unrest, and even during financial depressions. In America, the issue of racism is a thorny issue for many people. To some people, uttering a racial sentiment against someone should be categorized as free speech that most Americans believe in. on the other hand, some other people point out that uttering such kind of words can bring about serious ramifications. In America, race is seen as a dominant idea and a persevering conception, coined by the society. Race is also seen as having fostered inequity and segregation for many years, as well as determined how we associate with other people. Although the U.S. has taken key and important steps to ensure that all people are treated equally regardless of their race, it is still sad to notice that there are many instances of racist utterances in our country. (Snyder, 2010) The saddest thing is that these utterances are being carried out from the most unlikely quarter- the media. Over the last one year, I have noted numerous messages carried out by the American media that had explicit messages about race. These were carried out through magazines, sitcoms, advertisements, movies, among others. Although the messages could have been unintentional, they nonetheless contained racial elements in them. (Shah, 2010) One form of media that has been used to convey racial messages has been sitcoms. For a long time, sitcoms have been used to entertain the whole family regardless of age. Despite sitcoms making us laugh, they have a knack for portraying ideas in a racial manner. The worst thing is that this is done by showing black people to be lesser than their white counterparts. One sitcom that has elements of racism is Lopez Tonight. The sitcom by George Lopez that premiered on TBS on November 9, 2009 contains nothing but racial insinuations all through. Lopez’s creation that the people who came out for the opening night were like “a rainbow of people” who had a common goal of bringing change into late night TV is catchy but cynical. A rainbow as we know it is supposed to have colors that are both appealing and equal to the viewer. (Casares, 2009) Immediately after the opening remarks, Lopez follows up by claiming that no matter how long one is married, their spouses will always be ‘black in bed’. As though this is not bad enough, he aggravates the matter further by
Doping is defined as the infringement of the World Anti Doping Agency regulations. 1 It is said that most sportsmen and women have been using steroids and even stars like former American sprinter Marion Jones pleaded guilty of using these drugs. Some stars who do not use steroids claim that those who use them break the rules in the sporting industry. They create unfair advantage. These athletes are putting their lives and health at risk and they are encouraging youngsters to do the same in a bid to be stars. It would be wrong to think that it is good to let players use steroids. This does not portray a sensible message to the American youth who look up to these sports figures as their role models or icons. Steroids are harmful to the health as they cause bodily harm; probably not early enough but during the late stages of life, one tends to feel the effects of these drugs. An example is Arnold Schwarzenegger who had a heart operation at his later age and this was as an effect of the steroids he took when he was in the sporting industry as a professional body builder. Steroids are also said to be a major cause of a wide range of emotions; the most common being depression which has led to many users of these steroids committing suicide. Steroids when used correctly are not bad or harmful to the health. The only problem is that they are highly addictive. Thinking that one can use these drugs to enhance performance is in itself a shallow decision and lack of self-discipline. Clearly, this shows that the person does not believe in himself or herself. All forms of sports need to be regulated and it is the respective governing bodies’ responsibility to decide what should be regulated and the substances that should be used as well as those that should not be used at all in the sporting fraternity. Some people argue that performance enhancement drugs and steroids will forever be around be