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Calculating Consequences: The Utilitarian Approach to Ethics
Authors: Velasquez, Manuel; Andre, Claire; Shanks, Thomas; Meyer, Michael
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Publication Year: 1989
Utilitarianism offers a relatively straightforward method for deciding the morally right course of action for any particular situation we may find ourselves in.
A Closer Look at Business Education: Employee Ownership
Author: Goldbach, Justin F.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2008
This Closer Look scans the current landscape of employee ownership teaching in graduate business programs, and shares the perspectives of a leading academic and veteran practitioner about the salient lessons of this model of business.
A Closer Look at Business Education: Ethical Globalization
Author: Goldbach, Justin F.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2008
There is no doubt that companies operating across borders face complex challenges as they strive to conduct business in ways that are ethical and meet increasingly high standards imposed by all constituencies. Finding the most responsible pathway for action requires careful judgement and attentiveness to diverse points of view.
The Local Costs and Benefits of Wal-Mart
Authors: Irwin, Elena G.; Clark, Jill
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Ohio State University, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Publication Year: 2006
So begins a recent report about the wide-ranging influence of Wal-Mart, from global business to local communities to inflation rates and national wages...
Productivity of Growing Global Energy Demand
Author: McKinsey Global Institute, The
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The McKinsey Global Institute
Publication Year: 2006
To date, the global debate about energy has focused too narrowly on curbing demand. Instead, the best way to meet the challenge of growing global energy demand may be to focus on energy productivity, which reconciles both demand abatement and energy-efficiency.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting – Guidance for Small Companies, Volume I Executive Summary
Author: Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Publication Year: 2006
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in 1992 issued Internal Control- Integrated Framework to help businesses and other entities assess and enhance their internal control systems...
Analyzing the Impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Local Food Store Sales
Authors: Artz, Georgeanne M.; Stone, Kenneth E.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Journal Articles
Source: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Publication Year: 2006
The greatest competitive pressures from the expansion of Supercenters occur to existing grocery stores. Nearly 500 of these stores are located in counties with an urban population of fewer than 20,000 people. These are primarily rural trade centers in which retail trade is akin to a zero-sum game. Unless population or incomes are growing substantially, there is a relatively fixed amount of money to be spent in the retail sector...
A Closer Look at Applied Sustainability Centers
Authors: Roberts, Alex; Johnson, Jennifer; Bunch, Rick
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2008
This report discusses the rise of academic centers with a focus on applied sustainability, primarily in environmental subjects, and examines a number of those centers in detail.
Consumer Benefits from Increased Competition in Shopping Outlets: Measuring the Effect of Wal-Mart
Authors: Hausman, Jerry A.; Leibtag, Ephraim
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: centre for microdata methods and practice
Publication Year: 2006
In this paper we consider consumer benefits from increased competition in a differentiated product setting: the spread of nontraditional retail outlets...
Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change – Synthesis Section
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change serves as a "how to" guide for corporate decision makers as they navigate rapidly-changing global markets...
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