People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Quelques chiffres: 60 % des expériences sur les animaux sont réalisées à des fins militaires; 30 % des expériences se font pour tester des produits ménagers, des cosmétiques ou de nouveaux médicaments; 10 % seulement sont destinées à la recherche de remèdes contre des maladies mortelles. La vivisection est une pratique vieille de 150 ans et qui consiste à tester des produits comme les médicaments ou les produits cosmétiques sur des animaux mais aussi des expériences comportementales. Ces

UNIVERSITY PRESS Coping with Aging Z This page intentionally left blank Coping with Aging Z Richard S. Lazarus and Bernice N. Lazarus 1 2006 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile

“The case against CSR: Healthier foods, energy conservation and more fuel-efficient vehicles didn’t become common until they became profitable … The only sure way to influence corporate decision-making is to impose an unacceptable cost – regulatory mandates, taxes, punitive fines, public embarrassment – on socially unacceptable behaviour. Pleas for CSR will be truly embraced only by those executives who are smart enough to see that doing the right thing is a by-product of their pursuit of profit

UNIT 1 The importance of being earnest At the turn of the century artists, writers and playwrights were highly critical of Victorian achievements and beliefs. They mocked and challenged middle-class values, such as convention, respectability and the very notion of art, a classic example is Oscar Wilde´s play. Wilde followed the Art for Art´s Sake doctrine: pursue fleeting beauty and pleasure as ends in themselves. Polished, impressionistic images that appealed to the senses and also a desire

L’Oréal Number one for many decades in the highly competitive cosmetic industry, L’Oréal which in a way manages to be everywhere and that everybody knows, is able to keep in the shadow the ingredients of its success. How this small familial French company managed to attain this leadership? What are the key elements of its strategy? We will discover that thanks to what some called their “Ninja mentality”, very focused, very strategic, no wasted efforts, and a to strong and unique managerial and

Journal of Business Ethics (2008) 82:851–864 DOI 10.1007/s10551-007-9597-8 Ó Springer 2007 A Virtue-Ethics Analysis of Supply Chain Matthew J. Drake John Teepen Schlachter Collaboration ABSTRACT. Technological advancements in information systems over the past few decades have enabled firms to work with the major suppliers and customers in their supply chain in order to improve the performance of the entire channel. Tremendous benefits for all parties can be realized by sharing information

inspired an estimated 2 billion people to lead a more energyefficient lifestyle. The asimpleswitch.com website is part of our campaign to encourage people to take simple steps to fight climate change, such as changing a light bulb. Visitors can make their personal “simple switch” pledge and calculate the resulting energy and cost savings. Philips Green Products Philips Green Products offer customers, users and society a significant environmental improvement in one or more of the Philips Green Focal Areas

Diversity Common Heritage Plural Identities Published in 2002 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy - 75700 Paris Coordination and revision: Michèle Garzon Graphic design, composition and printing: Jed Graphic & Multimédia © UNESCO 2002 • CULTURAL DIVERSITY • 2 Preface I n these troubled times with the world in search of its bearings, and wayward minds using the terms “culture” and “civilization” in an attempt to turn human beings

The Leadership Quarterly 20 (2009) 855–875 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The Leadership Quarterly j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / l e a q u a The bright and dark sides of leader traits: A review and theoretical extension of the leader trait paradigm Timothy A. Judge a,⁎, Ronald F. Piccolo b, Tomek Kosalka c a b c University of Florida, United States Rollins College, United States University of Central Florida, United States

Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving more than 58 million customers daily.[4] In addition to its signature restaurant chain, McDonald’s Corporation held a minority interest in Pret A Manger until 2008, was a major investor in the Chipotle Mexican Grill until 2006,[5] and owned the restaurant chain Boston Market until 2007.[6] A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The corporation's revenues