Essays on Trust

Three Certainties are Essential to Justify the Validity of an Express Trust. However, Surrounding case law has detrimentally affected their Efficacy.'

Introduction

Regarding to law, it is said that trust gives one of the strongest obligations on the trustee and therefore as an impact, no one should take the responsibilities of trust lightly. According to the la of equity, there is a requirement that the three involved formalities and certainties must be completed before the constitution of an express trust. The three certainties in trust could be well described as a set of conditions which exemplify the trust if fulfilled. These three ...

Introduction

Online trust between consumers and companies is becoming an integral component of online business and marketing. If a company wants a lasting online presence, then its marketing strategy must include ensuring to build customer rapport, trust, and loyalty. One of the vital benefits of internet marketing is its ability to reach a wider audience due to the quality of the information dissemination method. Because of its wide reach, it is able to traverse geographic and national boundaries at a cheaper cost. By improving its web marketing strategy, a company increases its sales and achieves a competitive advantage over similar businesses that do not employ the ...

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Background 4 Discussions 5 1. Orientation and reorientation 9 2. Dynamic Group Settings 10

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Introduction Communication is generally considered as one of the most important parts of every organizational or institutional process. When a particular task cannot be completed by only one person, then there is no other choice but to delegate that particular task to more than one person, perhaps two, three, or even more, depending on the difficulty and the volume of workload involved in completing such task. Whenever there are more than one people involved in a particular task, the list ...

Question 1

Highlighted herein are the different sources of finance available to the Greens’ family for the funding of their £120,000 dream home in Seychelles. Both the advantages and disadvantages of these sources are considered and a conclusion arrived at on how best the dream home can be funded. The available sources of finance are: i. Family house valued at £450,000 ii. Buy- to- let flat worth £150,000 iii. The house in Sheffield valued at £130,000 iv. The flats in the Seychelles worth £120,000 v. Family assets valued at £1.1m vi. ...

Three questions I might ask.

- Whether trust can diminish the impact bad news has on a company - The most critical corporate reputation factors. - The impact of trust on the profit margin of the business.

Question one.

Concerning whether trust can diminish the impact bad news has on accompany, I expect Edelman to say yes. This is because when customers have complete trust in a given company, then the impact of bad news is not likely to affect the company because a smaller percentage might agree with such news.

Question 2

Concerning question two about the most critical corporate reputation factors, I expect Edelman to mention quality. ...

Question 1

Trust is a significant for organizations, teamwork and efficient negotiations. Despite this, trust violations have been very common in my working life. Trust violations are incidents that decrease the core values in and trusting intentions toward a person. Violation of trust happened when a coworker exploited the trust I had on her by neglecting to fulfill expectations. We had planned to work together on a project that could lead us to a promotion, but she did not participate in the project, yet demanded the evaluation based on this project. She violated the trust I had by exploiting dependencies. Similarly, I experienced a violation of trust ...

Introduction

Leadership is a process, through which a person can socially influence his subordinates, by aiding and supporting them, and ultimately accomplishing the common task. It involves a clear vision, which needs to be shared with others, specially its method, knowledge and information, so that the others follow it willingly and realise the vision, which is sometimes to achieve the company’s goal altogether. In a simple meaning a leader can be a person who guides and directs people and whom people trust and follow, or sometime it is achieving a common goal, through collectively organising people. A leader is a person who is beside during the time ...

Legal and Ethical Issue

Retirement income in the United States (US) fundamentally comes from Social Security. More than a third of the elderly beneficiaries of Social Security rely almost entirely on it for their income (more than 90%), making up the total of two-thirds of them whose reliance on it accounts for more than half their income (Brossoie, 2010; NASI, 2014; Poterba, 2014). Having kept around 22 million Americans out of poverty, Social Security remains an integral program favorably viewed by many (Poterba, 2014). In fact, findings from a study gauging public opinion from different generations conducted by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ...

Introduction

Leadership is a process, through which a person can socially influence his subordinates, by aiding and supporting them, and ultimately accomplishing the common task. It involves a clear vision, which needs to be shared with others, specially its method, knowledge and information, so that the others follow it willingly and realise the vision, which is sometimes to achieve the company’s goal altogether. In a simple meaning a leader can be a person who guides and directs people and whom people trust and follow, or sometime it is achieving a common goal, through collectively organising people. A leader is a person who is beside during the time ...

The basic nature of the Psalms rests in the expression of unconditional trust and love in God (Futato and Howard, 2007). It is the need for humanity to express this in order attains wisdom that rests at the heart of this Psalm. From beginning to end, the core lesson is the vital need to let go of the mortal and temporal world and trust in the Lord. This element of purity is exemplified in the Psalm 62 written in the unmistakable tenor of hope and confidence. Argued to be written as a song of praise unto God, the sense of ...

Modern technology, especially the internet, has made monetary transactions easier for consumers. When it comes to business- to-consumer (B2C) transactions over the internet, trust becomes the key factor. The success of this business model rests in the foundation of trust. Therefore strong trust management is essential to the viability of this industry domain.

Trust is the foremost factor when it comes to business and services. Especially when it comes to Business-to-Consumer services also known as B2C. Today there are numerous websites that have a lot to offer to consumers worldwide. The foremost factor that surfaces when it concerns such services is ...

Introduction

In today’s world, children are now the sole responsibility of the families without the support of public in the rapid economic development. Policy makers have assumed that government assistance for caring a child has shown minimal response especially female family members that can continue to provide care for their children. In the past, primary caregivers were the mothers for their children whereas fathers were the family breadwinners. When mothers have had to leave their homes for continuing their job, alternative children grandmother used to take care of them. There are many misconceptions about being a single parent because they often ...

Introduction

The National Trust is a legal registered charity with over four million members. It is an organization known to welcome over nineteen million visitors to its special places and properties, which are open to each individual who is interested. However, there are observable internal and external issues which affect the operation of the National Trust.

The National Trust has achieved in making people within the community achieve a certain level of financial stability. There are business opportunities within the National Trust of which members can easily benefit from. The major shortfall that arises is that the Trust relies on other organizations ...

- Does the organization that you chose in the Db above have any Charitable lead trusts or charitable remainder trusts?

A charitable lead trust is where a trust will donate to a charity a given amount in order to lower taxes on the trusts’ beneficiaries and then donate further after a specified amount of time. The American Diabetes Association has a Charitable Lead Trust from the Trust of Abby R. Mauze between the amount of $250,000 and $499,999. A Charitable remainder Trust is similar but first dispenses th trust to its beneficiaries and then after a specified amount of time donates the remainder of the trust to a charity. While the American Diabetes Association encourages Charitable Remainder Trusts they have not received any recently.

- Define and outline these two trusts.

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The separation of duties within Kudler Fine Foods is important as it limits the amount of power any one individual holds (Gregg, Nam, Northcutt & Pokladnik, 2013). It also enables the management of conflicts of interest and the appearance of conflicts of interests, as well as prevents fraud. It requires that for certain sets of transaction, no single person will be able to perform all the transactions within the set (Ferraiolo & Kuhn, n.d.). As an example, fraud can be prevented in the handling of money by having one sales person take the order while another sales person marks ...

Anti-trust law aims at ensuring fair competition in business. The law proceeds from the position that the presence of free trade enables businesses to thrive, and benefits the consumers and the economy. In its quest, the anti-trust law has had far reaching effects on business practices and their organization especially in the United States. To this end, the law has evolved measures to proscribe monopolization and restraints of trade by businesses among other practices.

Reason for creating the law

The Sherman Anti-trust Act was the first piece of legislation to be enacted by the United States Congress to proscribe trusts and other non-competitive practices. ...

Launching e-Commerce to Add Value for Customers

OIM Consulting Consultant Name 1. PART 1 Launching e-Commerce to Add Value for Customers 1.0 Introduction England is the home of Phab a retailer of mobile phones, tablets and accessories. The company is owned by Ogonwe, who is also the founder of the company. Retail sales were begun in a stall at the mall and since those humble beginnings the business never stopped growing. Ogonwe recently purchase Networkz, a Norwegian business in the same business sector as Phab. The new merger offers great opportunities and new challenges. The changes Ogonwe initiated and new ideas also offer risks. ...

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Introduction

Downsizing is a characteristic of modern life of organizations that involves the reduction of the organization’s financial, human, physical and information assets (Cooper, Pandey and Quick, 51). In most cases, organizations employ downsizing as a strategy for transformation that is intended to introduce changes in the organizational designs, work process and corporate cultures and values. The process of downsizing is often referred to as organizational restructuring. Among the stakeholders that are affected by downsizing are the employees, especially when the organization resorts to employee downsizing that results in the reduction of the number of ...

There are many types of Love and many people have written and done research about it. John Lee has come up with six types of Love: Eros, Mania, Ludus, Storge, Agape and Pragma. There are some relationships that show more than one type of love at the same time, while there are other relationships that start with one type of love and develop into another. The type of love I have chosen to develop further is ‘storge’. It is a companionate love, where trust, friendship and respect are the main characteristics. It develops from friendship, based on similarities and ...

Educational Institution

NARRATIVE ESSAY 2 Abstract A time that I overcame a great obstacle in my life was when I sprained my ankle in the summer of 2011. It happened while I was playing basketball at one of the most important games of the season. I sprained my ankle while playing the second last game of the regular season which is the game before the most important game. My team and I had a great chance of winning the game, and ultimately a perfect opportunity of winning the championship.

NARRATIVE ESSAY 3

Spraining my ankle in the summer of 2011 was devastating for me and ...

Introduction: The Social Security Act has established a number of programs aimed at providing the material needs of families and individuals. It also aims to protect disabled persons and the aged against expenditures from illnesses that can drain their savings. The human services values of Social Security is to keep families bonded together, and allow the children to grow up healthy and financially secure (Organizational History, 2014). This paper outlines the history of the Social Security policies in the US, their effectiveness, the cost of Social Security services programs and SSA funding. This paper also explains about the future of ...

Key considerations behind establishing trust relationships between the two domains

Trust between domains refers to the relationship between domains that enables a domain controller in one domain to authenticate the users in another domain (Gibson, 2001). All domain trust relationships have two domains: the trusted domain and the trusting domain. The types of trust include Forest, Realm, External, and Shortcut (Gibson, 2001). For the purposes of this paper on Quality Corporation (Quality.ad) and Crescent Inc. (Crescent.ad), these considerations regard the Forest Type domains. There are several considerations in the establishment of trust relationships between domains. The first is the characterization of the trust into one of these four categories; ...

Introduction

Organizational effectiveness is a significant element pursued by various corporate bodies in an attempt to ensure smooth operational procedures and workforce utility. Unity is an important aspect of organizational effectiveness and individual performance, as a single ingredient for success cannot guarantee positive yields. This paper addresses the significant role played by psychology in organizational effectiveness. Psychology has a number of components which act as subsequent factors that when combined affect the overall delivery of organizational effectiveness. These include factors like workforce personal selection and recruitment, training, performance management and the enhancement and maintenance of motivation and culture within an organization. Leadership and ...

Question one

Elizabeth, Georgina and Sarah are partners in a successful restaurant business conducted in Brisbane. They have a partnership agreement which authorises each partner to enter into a contract, on behalf the partnership, up to a maximum value of $1 000. Eddie, a local timber merchant, approaches Georgina and offers to sell various timber products worth $25 000 the partnership. Eddie is not aware of the partnership agreement. To expedite the conclusion of the transaction, Eddie offers Georgina a substantial commission on all purchases made by the partnership. Georgina signs a contract for the purchase of the timber and is forthwith paid a commission of $2 000. She ...

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WHY IS TRUST SO IMPORTANT IN THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY?

Advertising can basically be described as one aspect of communication that is used to persuade the audience to act in a certain way with respect to commodities or even ideas. The most common use of advertisement is to make consumers purchase a particular product or service from a company organization. However such communications that contain a political or ideological message are still common in advertising. Advertisement is normally done via the media such as radio, television, newspapers, and the internet. With the emergence of new media, text messages are also used to advertise products, services, politicians or even text ...

Alesina, Alberto. Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.: MIT Press, 1997. Print.

This book was written by one of the most experienced persons on the field of political influence on businesses. Alesina Alberto is a renowned Italian political economist who has authored several books and articles on the relationship between business and politics. He is a professor of Political Economy at Harvard University and as such speaks authoritatively on the subject. The book addresses the relationship between economic/business cycles and the political cycles. It examines how the timing of elections, electoral laws, the nature of competition between political parties and its influence on employment, the ideological orientation of governments, inflation, monetary policies, inflation ...

Introduction

My Moroccan heritage has always meant so much to me. Thanks to my family’s heritage I have been grown to know the rich tapestry that is our past. From colorful, sometimes helpful proverbs, to authentic Moroccan recipes, I am proud to claim this part of my heritage. The values of the Moroccan culture have been instilled in me; I am proud of all that I am and all that my people have become. However, sometimes my heritage and the lessons or cultural values that are taught within it appear to inhibit on certain aspects of life. I have ...

Overview of new Cutting edge methodologies

The process of reinvention of government is a very hectic process that requires a government to be fully focused in its service delivery. The new cutting edge methodologies have been employed by the government to help improve its service delivery. These methodologies help the government from being accountable to achieve better results in their operations. These methodologies helps in making employees achieve better results in their work stations. This helps to ensure that good citizens are not trapped in bad systems instead these systems are improved to ensure they are good for use. The government is able to tend to its ...

PART TWO: Reflective prompts

QUESTION ONE: Values refer to the virtues that are held dearly by the individuals. They act as the foundation of one’s character. In most cases, values are virtues that are drawn from our societies to help us be morally accepted. However, it is not easy to define virtues for their relativity in terms of circumstances, perceptions of individuals and backgrounds. Despite this ambiguity, it is still widely accepted that what is good is good to very many people. It cannot be hidden There are several values in life that people ascribe to. To me, I just ...

Introduction

The First United Bank and Trust is a financial institution based in Maryland, U.S.A. that is known not only because of the quality and integrity of its banking services but also because of its commitment to customer service responsibilities, which it efficiently and effectively performs using social media strategies. This financial institution owns and maintains its own website with a lot of rich, dynamic, and interactive features that its clients need. The First United Bank and Trust also maintains a strong line of communication with its clients via the social networking platforms Facebook and LinkedIn, which are two of the biggest possible sites ...

The leadership all over the globe is the influence of the person to accomplish their objectives. This memorandum is written to discuss the factors of the effectiveness of leadership. Further, this memo discusses how different country’s cultures effects the leadership principles.

Concept Of Leadership

Leadership requires a number of abilities and willpower in a person to accomplish its desired goals. A good leader is required to have a habit of conducting a continuous process of self-study, training, and gaining experiences. It is the ability of a person through which it could gather workers in to theta. A person is not a leader since birth ...

Application of Erikson’s Post-Freudian Theory

Application of Erikson’s Post-Freudian Theory

Introduction

Erik Erikson’s’ views make significant contributions to the field of psychology; this is particularly in the understanding of personality development and related factors. An understanding of his own study of personal development creates an understanding of development of his psychology (Fleming, 2004). Most of Erikson’s psychology work became evident in the post-Freudian era. It was between the 1930s and 1950s; being one of Freud’s students, most of his work exhibit the influence of Freudian views and theories; this was mainly in the field of personality development. However, dissimilar from Freud’ ...

Descartes’ skepticism and confusions about self-believe, truth and knowledge are expressed in his First Meditation. He is confused by the nature of his sensory beliefs because most of the times they tend to mislead him. His distrust for his senses does not mean that he distrusts all of them. He only happens to distrust some of them when the conditions for trusting such senses are poor. He will trust his senses when the conditions are such that they are favorable and conducive to be trusted. The other thing that makes Descartes skeptic about life and self-belief is in ...

Recent findings indicate that many Americans have increasingly become distrustful of their government. In fact, only a quarter of all citizens have anything positive to say about the government (Volgy 27). The president’s office is usually held in high esteem but currently, it is facing increasing criticism, and this has been the trend for the last few decades. For instance, President Dwight D. Eisenhower who was an American darling when he first ascended to power found his approval ratings dwindle five years into his presidency. Things were even worse for President Clinton whose honeymoon with the American public ended ...

Introduction

I am extremely interested in organizational behavior – as a prospective future leader of an organization, it is immensely important that I learn exactly how organizations behave and interact if I am to make full use of each employee’s specific traits and skills. An organization is a powerful collective of unique minds and special attributes, and it is the responsibility of a leader to harness those energies in a powerful, productive and ethical way. One way in which a leader can be most effective is to facilitate trustworthiness between individuals, as well as promote ethical stewardship in leadership behavior. I am also very interested ...

Abstract

South England is going through a transformative time due to the severe housing shortage that it faces. Southern England is facing such a severe shortage of housing that it will need to create nearly two million residential homes before the year 2016, indicating that there is a serious need for quick action on the part of developers. However, there is also a need for sustainable housing to be created in South England, as global climate change and other environmental problems loom large on the horizon. Determining the ways to maximize sustainable housing solutions while still providing fast, cost-effective housing options that fit the ...

INTRODUCTION

The aim of this study is to identify the ethical issues in the workplace. In order to do so, the study has taken all the factors associated with ethics within an organization into consideration. This signifies that the study tends to inform its readers regarding the importance and benefits of the workplace ethics along with the consequences of inappropriate workplace ethical standards. Personnel being the greatest strength in corporate world are in constant need of safe and well-protected working environment. As the organizations’ reliance on personnel is increasing day by day, the study has taken the concentration of workplace/personnel ...

Background

This conflict relates to a publishing company which needs my expertise to solve it in their sales team as an ex sales manager has left organization, now workers in sales departments are unwilling to perform to sustain levels. Organization is facing challenges due to advances in technology and exponentially growth in internet users as now users can find more e-books than ever before. In such critical times this organization is unable to bear any conflict among staff members, managers and workforce, while sales department is already facing threat from less market capitalization, this makes it more critical for company. ...

- The rational-economic model assumes that decisions are made considering all possible alternatives to the problems before selecting the optimal solution for the decision maker. The administrative model says that humans are imperfect and that limits the making of optimal, rational-economic decisions. Tell me about a decision you have made. How did you gather information about alternatives and make the decision? Which model did you follow? Explain. Decision made was on moving a business to a more profitable location in terms of customer numbers. The information about alternatives was gathered through verifying the cause of the problem that is a limited number ...

Financial Management

Financial management comprises of the set of activities including planning, organizing, controlling and directing the enterprise’s financial activities like utilization of funds and procurement. The Sydney Opera House is an Australian cultural icon and a heritage asset. It is crucial to Australian tourism infrastructure and by extension to its national income. This is because over 8.2 million domestic and foreign tourists. For example, according to (Opera House Trust., 2012), in 2011-2012, over 1,808 performances were held in the Opera house, attracting more than 1.3 million people. The Trust obtains 85% of operational funding from commercial as well as ...

The law of property act of 1925 is among the Acts that were designed as part of the integrated legislative program initiated by Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead between the year 1921 and 1925 (Beale Jr. 1907). This piece of legislation primarily concerns itself with the transfer of property. In law, the word property is synonymous with the word land. There are many reasons that explain why land is the most fundamental kind of property in society. The provisions relating to the law of property are principally concerned with the transactions on matters of land, most prominently leases and deeds. ...

Genesis - Schultz’s leadership model

Great leaders usually have certain characteristics that make them special. For any organization to be successful, then they should have great leaders with special characteristics. This research will evaluate the leadership of Howard Schultz whom I believe is a leader who possesses the characteristics of a good leader.

According to leadership theories, a good leader takes care of the other employees’ needs. They should help the other employees to work through activities such as delegation (Michael, 1). In addition, the leaders should allow employees to give their ideas that can assist the organization. Howard Schultz reports that good leadership involves observation of ...

The Oltz v. St. Peter’s Community Hospital The Oltz v. St. Peter’s Community Hospital Anti-trust laws or statutes are of fundamental importance to the health sector, as they influence existing health care entities in several ways. Influence is significant in factors such as how the health care entities grow and expand, especially regarding their relations with medical providers and suppliers and in their own individual or group interaction. Anti-trust statutes, as found under the United States anti-trust law, pertain to a collection of both state and federal government laws that are crucial in regulating the overall ...

1. The most important idea that I learned in Part Three is the central importance of the leader’s actual actions upon the behavior of all those working with him or her. It reinforces for me the absolute requirement for trust within business relationships and the role of honesty and responsibility to building the required trust. I appreciated the enumeration of the six values of leaders that are “caring” – honesty, consideration, responsibility, persistence, excellence, and commitment. However, rather than the emotion-laden term of “caring” I would prefer the use of trust-worthy. For it is trust that forms the bedrock ...

Authors Affiliation

Introduction Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a management technique which aims at protecting the safety, health and welfare of the working class people. The first session of the ILO (Indian Labour Organization) and the WHO (World Health Organization) held in the year 1990, laid the outlines for OSH management stating that it aims at promoting and maintaining the highest degree of social, mental and physical well-being of the employees in all occupations. It also aims at the prevention of employees leaving their workplace due to health concerns. The main aim of the OSH is the smoothening of the ...

Introduction

In part 1 of The Ascent of Money, Harvard University’s Professor Niall Ferguson explains how the concepts of money and banking came into existence. He explains this in the context of the 2008 global financial meltdown. This part of the documentary lays the groundwork that will enable the narrator explain how the effect of bankruptcy of a few institutions could impact so heavily and widely on the financial system. The existence of banks in the financial system as a link between lenders and borrowers is critical to the survival of the concept of money. Yet the strength of the financial ...

Introduction

National Trust is a non-governmental organization that engages in activities of preserving special places. It has a membership of over 4 million members and welcomes an average of 19 million visitors annually to view its properties and the special places. It has a record of over 350000 houses, 250000 hectares of lands that include gardens, coastlines, natural reserves, island, pubs villages and goldmines. (The Times 100) National trust is managed by a small group of trustees; therefore it is independent form government influence. To stick to its objective and mission to serve the society, the organization obtains its funds from donors, membership ...

Analysis of team development

Introduction When I joined this college, and particularly this course, I was not curious about how to effectively meet my performance goals. During the start of the summer, the manner in which this course would evolve confused me because of the high demand for group work. The class I am associated with has shown high performance throughout the course. The many groups I have been involved in during my classes have encouraged me increase my confidence in passing exams, and changed the attitude and experience in class. In order to know the effective of team development and management, ...

Introduction

In the field of nursing, nurses have a responsibility of providing treatment and care to their patients; this provision ensures easy coping with ailments and wellbeing. In order to carry out their responsibilities effectively, nurses must interact with their patients in an appropriate manner. The nurse-client relationship is an interactive process in terms of feelings, thoughts, and actions. According to Peplau’s outline of Interpersonal Relations theory, such relationships are crucial in nursing practice. Whether the client is an individual, group, family or community, this relationship benefits them in a variety of aspects (College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia, 4). ...

Introduction

The psychological theory of development advanced by Erik Erikson is one of the best-known theories of personality. Erickson believes that personality develops through a series of eight stages showing development. His theory shows impacts of social experiences across the whole lifespan of an individual. The main elements behind his theory are the identity of an individual’s ego. Similar to Sigmund Freud, but unlike Piaget, Erickson believe that development of personality develops in a series of stages that are predetermined. At each stage, the theory describes the conflicts that shape the turning points of lifespan. This paper will discuss Erickson’s ...

Introduction

The use of the term social commerce can be traced to the year 2005 and has risen to become one of the most commonly articulated typesof e-commerce. Companies are currently ripping millions of shillings from social commerce. In 2008, for instance, Dell reported that it had experienced more than one billion worth of sale through the use of tweeter commerce (conventionally called T-commerce). Successful social commerce sites are known to have two main characteristics; be able to integrate social media and buying capability and also to fully utilise major advancement in technology. This is what gives social commerce an ...

Estate planning is a very effective way of planning for how one’s assets should be used or distributed in the event of his or her death or while still alive. It helps in ensuring the security of one’s property, good living at retirement, loyal distribution of one’s property and it also saves one the burden of being taxed. Such property is best distributed using the most preferred document; wills and trusts. Trusts can be classified into revocable and irrevocable trusts. A revocable trust is also called a living trust or an inter vivo. It is a written legal ...

Abstract

The relationship between leadership, trustworthiness and ethical stewardship is examined in Caldwell et al.'s (2010) "Leadership, Trustworthiness and Ethical Stewardship." The authors posit that ethical stewardship leads to trustworthiness, which is an important facet of leadership in organizations and businesses. In this essay, these three primary facets are reviewed and examined, the individual relationships weighed against other research on the topic. A subjective view of these facets is also included, considering the mediating lens as a potential drawback to the theory that behaving in an ethical and trustworthy way will lead to the perception of an effective leader by employees ...

Public trust always plays a major role in ensuring government transparency. The public have mixed opinions on the issue of political trust over the years – some are supportive, but some are cynics. Public cynicism creates a synergy in the realm of politics. Thus, there is a need for maintaining social capital to ensure positive general public opinion. More importantly, quantitative analysis specifically explains the issues of mistrust in their respective government using statistical research methods. The quantitative study by Donovan, Denemark, and Hoover (2004) addresses how Americans and its foreign counterparts trust their respective governments. In researching the topic, they approached ...

The anti-trust laws against Microsoft by the US and the European Union because of its dominance in the market. Given that Microsoft is a monopoly and due to this fact, the company can hold process above that marginal cost in order to get more profits. Microsoft, which is owned by Bill Gates, is one of the most valuable companies because it reaps a lot of profit from its sales. It is crucial to note that that the anti-trust laws were invented by the government to control major industries in the market. Given that a large market share demonstrates more power in terms ...

Question 1

The recession presents a situation in which firms have to re-strategize their marketing mix to ensure that they remain competitive in the ever dynamic market segments. In the case of SPSL its marketing mix has focused primarily on the product and the price. The Blair brothers have concentrated onensuring that the products they provide are of high quality and secondly that the prices of their services are towards the premium price in the market. Resultantly, the company SPSL has given itself a competitive edge over other plumbing companies in the South London region. With effect, the company owes much of its ...

What is Miller’s management approach?

I would assess Bill Miller as an intellectual investor who has been successful for continual fourteen years with his long-term vision and success concerns. He was clearly a Fundamental analysis advocate. One key pattern in his strategy was the purchase of stocks having a high intrinsic value with low prices. Though there were some allegations regarding the market skills of Bill Miller and his investment instincts, it was proved that the mantra of management that Miller followed was based on his investment knowledge, market skills and slightly luck. We can trace certain elements in the management approach used by Miller ...

When I was a child, I used to ask my mum: "What is happiness?" My mother always told me: "You will find out some day." When I gave a lollipop to a six year old girl, her satisfied smile told me that this was happiness. We supported my friend through a difficult time for her, and she was happy. It will be right to say that happiness is a feeling found deep inside in our heart. Happiness is not a result, but the way to result. People always seek for something global to be happy about, instead of looking for something positive in every day ...

Integrity

Introduction Warren Buffet, who is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, stated "In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first one, the other two will kill you" (Anderson 2012). Indeed, integrity is that special virtue of one's character that makes a person trustworthy to others. Integrity is the very foundation of principles and values that form the core of a person. Integrity means adherence to moral and ethical principles and the path of honesty. Integrity is extremely valuable and has become a rarity in the present ...

Ethics in Financial Environment The Financial environment is constantly growing. With increasing technology and various means to commit a fraud, ethics are extremely important. The employees as well as the business owners are required to be aware of the ethics and also follow it religiously. For any business to survive or to overcome any hindrance, ethics are of great help. The financial environment consists of various activities involving different institutions as well as people. The employees as well as senior members are tempted to commit a fraud and manipulate the accounts of the organization. There are various reasons which require ethics ...