Essays on Social Obligations

Abstract

This paper is about the strategic management and strategic competitiveness of an organization. Apple Incorporation is an American-based multinational corporation, which is mainly involved in designing, development, and selling computer software, consumer electronics, online technological and user-based services. Apple Inc. is currently the largest information technology company across the globe and second largest phone manufacturer in the world. It relishes a superior brand loyalty and as per 2014, it was the most valuable brand with an approximate valuation of US $ 118.9 billion. The paper discusses how globalization drastically influences the business style, capabilities, proficiencies, expertise, and overall business performance ...

Personal Conflict

Personal Conflict Our life is impossible without conflicts. They may surround us everywhere – at work, at home and even at our souls. However, once I analyze the conflict and try to see it “from outside”, I can see that a conflict is a positive moment: it is actually a chance to change something in your life, it is an opportunity to announce what you wanted to say long ago, it is a kind of inner renaissance. So in the paper below I will try to analyze some of personal conflicts in my life to find a rational step-by-step solution. ...

Japan: Location, Geography and Climate

Geography Japan is bordered on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, by the Philippine Sea and the East China Sea on the south, and by the Sea of Japan / East Sea on the west (p. 1). Its coastline expands through 29,751 kilometers (18,487 miles) (p. 1). Japan's area can be compared to California or Germany. Its northernmost islands are located on similar geographical latitude as Milan or Portland, while her southernmost islands are on a common latitude as the Bahamas. More than half of the country is mountainous and covered by forests. Japan is ...

Introduction

Capital, depending on the area in which it operates, and the price is more or less serious transformations that are a prerequisite for its effective action in this area, can act in three main guises : economic capital, which is immediately and directly convertible into money and institutionalized in the form of property rights, cultural capital, which under certain conditions, be converted into economic capital and may be institutionalized in the form of educational qualifications; social capital formed social obligations (bonds), which under certain conditions, be converted into economic capital and may be institutionalized, for example, in the form of ...

Importance of Sound Ethical Decision Making in Organizations

Business ethics is a form of professional principles that examine ethical values and moral problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all areas of business conduct and is important to the behavior of individuals and the whole organizations (Ferrell 9). Making ethical business decisions is a key to achieving long-term success for any business, although the decision makers may, achieve weaker short-term financial results. Knowledge of how to make ethical business decisions can help one to set the standard throughout the organization, consequently, helping the company to garner positive name in the marketplace while acquiring a loyal customer base (Griseri ...

Some people actually have multiple personalities as a result of a disorder, while others, for various reasons, create another personality. Bunbury, is an example of such a personality that Algernon Moncrieff, one of the main characters in Oscar Wilde’s play, The Importance of being Earnest, creates as a means of getting away from real life. Of course, Algernon is not the only one with another identity or personality, Jack Worthing, the protagonist of the play, actually living as the persona of ‘Earnest’ when he resides in London. Algernon actually comes up with a name for this act of creating an alter ego to ...