NAME DEGREE

Marion Launay BA (Hons) International Business Management Walter Fraser Packaging and environment: reduce the contamination APRIL 2009 City Campus

SUPERVISOR TITLE

DATE CAMPUS

STUDENT N° 08023423 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the BA (HONS) INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Of Northumbria University

DECLARATION

I declare the following: (1) that the material contained in this dissertation is the end result of my own work and that due acknowledgement has been given in the bibliography and references to ALL sources be they printed, electronic or personal. (2) the word count of this dissertation is (3) that unless this dissertation has been confirmed as confidential, I agree to an entire electronic copy or sections of the dissertation to being placed on Blackboard, if deemed appropriate, to allow future students the opportunity to see examples of past dissertations. I understand that if displayed on Blackboard it would be made available for no longer than five years and those students would be able to print off copies or download. The authorship would remain anonymous. (4) I agree to my dissertation being submitted to a plagiarism detection service, where it will be stored in a database and compared against work submitted from this or any other School or from other institutions using the service. In the event of the service detecting a high degree of similarity between content within the service this will be reported back to my supervisor and second marker, who may decide to undertake further investigation which may ultimately lead to disciplinary actions, should instances of plagiarism be detected. (5) I have read the University Policy Statement on Ethics in Research and Consultancy and I declare that the ethical issues have been considered and taken into account in this research. Signed: Date:

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STUDENT NAME DEGREE DISSERTATION SUPERVISOR DISSERTATION TITLE

Marion Launay BA (Hons)