Socially responsible investing

May 3, 2011 May 3, 2011 Western Union in 2008: Send Me The Money! Western Union in 2008: Send Me The Money! Current Situation Summary Western Union was founded in 1851 and started its history as a telegraph and wire services company. In 2006, Western Union discontinued its telegraph service and focused exclusively on money transfers (Pearce & Robinson, 2011). Jorge Ochoa, Vice President of Finance and Raul Duany, Director of Corporate Communication joined The Western Union Company

In the Fast Food Industry research task, I did an extensive comparative study on McDonalds and Burger King. Paying special attention to Marketing and Social Responsibility areas, I then came to a conclusion of which Fast Food franchise is more successful and made recommendations for the “unsuccessful” company on how they can improve on their current business model. Burger King was found in 1953 and named InstaBurger King. Its Head office is based in America, Florida and is a chain of hamburger fast

with the global financial crisis in 2008 and in an environmental sense with the threat of climate change have aided in bringing to the fore a need for businesses and the corporate world to manage themselves and the services they offer in a more responsible and sustainable way. In particular reference to the financial sector this has attempted to be achieved through global financial sustainability agreements such as the Equator Principles. By entering into global agreements careful monitoring and reporting

Buddhism was an incredibly intriguing religion to me due to the emphasis placed on the reality that surrounds us, it’s a rational religion based on peace, self-understanding and the ultimate goal of nirvana. Buddhist followers live their life with three main goals; morality, meditation and enlightenment. Ultimately the core teachings of Buddhism are The Noble Eightfold Path and The Four Noble Truths. It is their lives journey to understand, live kindly and find their inner-peace. In a world so full

displaying their CSR activities and consumers are made to understand that the organisation is indeed very socially conscious and the top management makes sure that employees are part of the promotional campaigns. But when dug deeper it is seen that the real change is far to be implemented and still there is no training or cultural change visible at the everyday operational level, while, some really socially conscious organisations which have transcended beyond the objectives of profitability and market share

Financial Analysis and Research of Mutual Fund GCEQX The purpose analyses is based on the Green Century Funds. In this mutual fund involves with the environment and has organized with other companies to help the environment. How to support the environment stablility. This will be the reason the investors would use the funds to help society and will be on climate change. The overview of this paper us the GCEQX has a long-term total return, which involves in stocks. The fund uses the environmental

Organizations have disparate marketing strategies when selecting choices that affect stakeholders. Each approach touches the consumer and the Earth; it defines if the business is socially accountable for humanity. When the ethical philosophy a company follows is for universal individual rights regardless of the outcome, it is moral idealism. In contrast, when only considering the greater good for the greatest number and appraising cost and the benefit of the choice it is utilitarianism. “If the benefits

Jessica Lillquist Honest Tea Case Study 2/4/15 Financial Analysis of Honest Tea Through Honest Tea’s three years of business, their business shows some positive signs of a promising company. Since Honest Tea is a start-up company, it is understandable that their net income is in the negatives since their expenses will outweigh their sales, but as the three years have gone on, their net income has improved, and even increased by 74% from 1999 to 2000 from -$882,359 to -$228,879, which shows a positive

However, as their market position declined in market there was an increased need to focus on costs. One way to do this was a long and slow process of layoffs which obliterated employee trust. In the end they realized that their old belief that a socially responsible employer guaranteed jobs for life was no longer

SBI ensured that every HNI customer they attracted was not just someone wealthy, but also socially responsible. This was the unique feature for this branch. Employee Selection: Employees were selected on the basis of their location, keenness, past track records and their ability to perform. This ensured deliverable, exclusive and round the clock banking