The factors which determine a company's behavior and its ability to adapt to changing societal expectations. £/LIST£
Multinational Corporations and the Impact of Public Advocacy on
Corporate Strategy: Nestlé and the Infant Formula Controversy presents a microcosm of business society conflicts being played out in all parts of the world. This scholarly book will be of great interest to academics in the areas of management, business ethics, social conflict, and international regulation. It will also appeal to a broad corporate and government audience and to anyone interested in contemporary world affairs and the increasing globalization of socio-economic conflicts.
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- Magnificent!! A Masterpiece!!!
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Politicians - Owned and Operated by Corporate America
Jack E. Lohman
Manufacturer: Colgate Press
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ASIN: 0976890631 |
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Why campaign reform is crucial to the US economy and national security.
Customer Reviews:
Magnificent!! A Masterpiece!!!.......2007-05-10
Jack Lohman shines a brilliant spotlight on the corruption and greed that has permeated our democracy, and exposes how corporate money influences the decisions of our elected officials in government. It's no secret that most of our politicians are under the control of corporate interests, and you'll find many well-documented examples on key issues exposed in this book. Only true campaign finance reform can save our political system from the corruption, which has infiltrated every aspect of our government. Mr. Lohman goes on to show how for only 15 taxpayer dollars per year, we could fully fund the election process. Also, by enacting a more fairly balanced election system such as IRV (Instant Runoff Voting), we could elect more majority-chosen candidates.
If you care about this nation, whether you're a politician, a soldier, a concerned citizen, or even a Rush Limbaugh sycophant, I urge you to read this book. The system is broken and it needs to be fixed. Too many jobs lost to oversea manufacturers, too many foreclosures on middle class homes, and too many neglected cities, in this cycle of corporate welfare generated by campaign contributions.
It's time to take our country back, and Mr. Lohman shows us a good number of ways we can do it.
Joining the fight in Texas.......2007-01-13
Politicians - Owned and Operated by Corporate America is aptly titled. An honest book. The most refreshing thing that sets this book apart is the common sense solutions Jack Lohman offers. Obviously written from the viewpoint of a true patriot with insider knowledge. Covering a vast array of topics this is a handy reference on how to restore our government to the people. If you are reading this review you too must be concerned for the future of our country. I highly recommend this book. If it were a speaking engagement, the fee for one chapter would be a bundle and worth every penny.
Know Who Works Against You.......2006-11-13
A concise and fact filled book with references that details the way Corporate America has co-opted our democratic system through campaign financing, lobbyists and money. The author not only shows who and how but offers ways to fix the system and return America to its democratic roots.
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The Best-Kept Secret: Women Corporate Lobbyists, Policy, and Power in the United States
Denise Benoit
Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
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ASIN: 0813540666 |
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From lobbyists such as Jack Abramoff, to corporate executives, like Enron's Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, recent scandals dealing with politics and government have focused only on men at the top. But do these high-profile men accurately represent the gendered make up of corporate-government in the United States?
In this first in-depth look at the changing face of corporate lobbying, Denise Benoit shows how women who have historically worked mostly in policy areas relating to "women's issues" such as welfare, family, and health have become increasingly influential as corporate lobbyists, specializing in what used to be considered "masculine" policy, such as taxes and defense. Benoit finds that this new crop of female lobbyists mobilize both masculinity and femininity in ways that create and maintain trusting, open, and strong relations with those in government, and at the same time help corporations to save and earn billions of dollars.
While the media focuses on the dubious behaviors of men at the top of business and government, this book shows that female corporate lobbyists are indeed one of the best kept secrets in Washington.
Book Description
This digital document is an article from Multinational Monitor, published by Essential Information, Inc. on April 1, 1998. The length of the article is 882 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: The National Consumers League considers itself as the premier consumer advocacy group in the US. Its projects and activities are sponsored and supported by large corporations and industrial organizations. Although its projects and conferences are sponsored by major corporations, the group refuses to divulge the specific amount given by the business organizations. The doubts expressed about the group's financial support results in suspicions on its genuine concern for consumer right advocacy.
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Title: Corporate consumer group. (activities of the National Consumers League)
Author: Russell Mokhiber
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Multinational Monitor (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1998
Publisher: Essential Information, Inc.
Volume: v19
Issue: n4
Page: p6(1)
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This digital document is an article from St. Louis Journalism Review, published by SJR St. Louis Journalism Review on July 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1393 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: Corporations have widened their political domain and further strengthened their political power with the advent of issues advertising. The corporate world found out that advocacy advertising pays off because it can elicit and influence public opinion, which can shape social policies and bring about reforms. Classic examples of highly successful issues advertising include 'Harry and Louise,' which defeated the health care plan of the Clinton administration. Paid advocacy is sure to play an important role in the coming federal elections.
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Title: Corporate money dominates issues advertising. (reprinted with permission by Capital Eye)
Author: Dan Bischoff
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St. Louis Journalism Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1996
Publisher: SJR St. Louis Journalism Review
Volume: v26
Issue: n188
Page: p11(2)
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This digital document is an article from Social Work, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 5761 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the author: KEY WORDS: advocacy; African Americans; employment; social policy; social work
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Title: Forrester Blanchard Washington and his advocacy for African Americans in the new deal.
Author: Frederica H. Barrow
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Social Work (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 52
Issue: 3
Page: 201(8)
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This digital document is an article from Argumentation and Advocacy, published by American Forensic Association on June 22, 1995. The length of the article is 1945 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: The democratic nature of academic debate may be undermined by the way information has become increasingly available from corporate-sponsored databases. These databases were created primarily to serve business and legal entities, and their content threatens to limit the diversity of opinions since they typically provide texts only from mainstream publications. Thus, they would primarily serve corporate interests and limit the accessibility of other viewpoints.
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Title: The ideological effects of corporate database centered research: a response to Harris. (Argumentation and Advocacy, this issue, p. 41)
Author: Robert E. Tucker
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Argumentation and Advocacy (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1995
Publisher: American Forensic Association
Volume: v32
Issue: n1
Page: p46(4)
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When you start a new job, you learn how things are done in the company, and you learn how they are complained about too. Unpopular Culture considers why people complain about their work culture and what impact those complaints have on their organizations. John Weeks based his study on long-term observations of the British Armstrong Bank in the United Kingdom. Not one person at this organization, he found, from the CEO down to the junior clerks, had anything good to say about its corporate culture. And yet, despite all the griping—and despite high-profile efforts at culture change—the way things were done never seemed fundamentally to alter. The organization was restructured, jobs redefined, and processes redesigned, but the complaining remained the same.
As Weeks demonstrates, this is because the everyday standards of behavior that regulate complaints curtail their effectiveness. Embarrass someone by complaining in a way that is too public or too pointed, and you will find your social standing diminished. Complain too loudly or too long, and your coworkers might see you as contrary. On the other hand, complain too little and you may be seen as too stiff or just too strange to be trusted. The rituals of complaint, Weeks shows, have powerful social functions.
Customer Reviews:
Company Culture: This is the way we do things here.......2004-02-24
As a student, the author was assigned to study a British retail bank on the understanding that when he was finished he would help the bank understand why morale there was so low. He was afraid it was going to be a boring assignment. Not a bit of it.
Hoping to get an in-depth understanding of the source of the problem, he asked to be sent to the worst department, a back-office Securities Centre where people complained non-stop. They complained about the bureaucracy, the procedures, the head office, the branches, the IT department, the staff shortages, the computer system, the pay, the bonuses, and the furniture. They complained about the way people always complained. They rolled their eyes at the union representative and at the "Rah Rah" videos sent from head office.
They sat gloomily while management explained why that quarter's huge profit was actually bad news that would mean that the hiring freeze would continue, if it didn't actually lead to layoffs. The bank's officers couldn't understand why the staff were always so negative.
The employees seemed to have taken a shine to the amiable young American and freely confided their opinions about everybody and everything. In fact, they seem to have been a rather jolly group. They understood exactly how far they could go and what the rules and rituals of complaint were. They managed to complain ceaselessly, while ensuring that nobody ever felt complained about. They were kind and self-deprecating and often quite content with their jobs.
In "Unpopular Culture", John Weeks examines the role of culture in an organization: how local cultures (such as that at the Securities Centre) relate to corporate culture. In particular, he observes how deliberate attempts to change the culture usually fail, while actual changes to the environment can have a profound effect.
Despite the slightly frivolous art work on the cover of the book, this is a thoughtful ethnography. I first heard of it when Dr Weeks was interviewed on the BBC Radio "Thinking Aloud" program that is, as of this review, still available on the web and well worth listening to.
Book Description
The complete do-it-yourself Living Trust Kit with an easily prepared Declaration of Trust, plus all of the required Property Transfer Deeds and Assignments, Pour-Over Wills and Affidavits. Includes completed examples of each form.
Customer Reviews:
Living Trust Kit.......2007-01-22
The kit arrived in exellent condition and in the time stated by the seller.
Book Description
Did you know that the government may be able to take nearly half of the assets you leave your
family?
Did you know that your family could have to wait to access the funds you saved for them?
A Living Trust can do so much more than a will to ensure that money is not lost or wasted, to keep your family out of court and to keep creditors away. Let The Complete Living Trust Kit teach you all the advantages a Living Trust offers.
A Living Trust is inexpensive to create, easy to maintain and:
limits creditor claims
ensures privacy
prevents unintended disinheritance
minimizes emotional stress on family
directs timely distribution of assets
avoids probate and ancillary probate administration
permits flexibility
is difficult to contest
maintains continuation of business
controls assets during incapacity
provides a guardianship alternative
allows for continuity of asset management and income flow
Book Description
The complete do-it-yourself A-B Living Trust Kit with an easily prepared Declaration of an A-B Living Trust for a husband and wife that includes a Q-Tip Provisional Trust. Included also are Property Transfer Forms, a Pour-Over Last Will & Testament, Trust Admendment Forms, Affidavit of Successor Trustee, Medical Certification and a Trust Activity Log. Includes completed examples of each form.
Customer Reviews:
Inadequate.......2001-08-10
This book is woefully inadequate even for someone who already has a good idea what a living trust is about. The author presents forms with filled-in lines as examples that leave no options and there is almost no text to explain the essense of the forms so that one can tailor the entries. Even with another book at hand explaining the purpose of a trust and what it has to say, the forms in this book leave one without guidance for personalizing the trust. There may be some who feel these forms meet their needs but then one is left to wonder if they really know what they're doing. The author gives his phone no. and encourages users of his book to call him with questions but when I did, one response was something like, "Well, that's a lawyerly question". When I asked how to phrase something other than the 3 options given for the declaration of trust he offers, he said that all he offers is what is in the book.
In all, I find this book limited, narrow and lacking sufficient backup for writing one's own living trust.
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The Living Trust Kit
Karen Ann Rolcik
Manufacturer: Sphinx Publishing
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Make Your Own Living Trust (Book & CD-ROM)
ASIN: 1572484497 |
Book Description
Did you know that the government may be able to take nearly half of the assets you leave your family?
Did you know that your family could have to wait to access the funds you saved for them?
A Living Trust can do so much more than a will to ensure that money is not lost or wasted, to keep your family out of court and to keep creditors away. Let The Living Trust Kit teach you all the advantages aLiving Trust offers.
A Living Trust is inexpensive to create, easy to maintain and: limits creditor claims ensures privacy prevents unintended disinheritance minimizes emotional stress on family directs timely distribution of assets avoids probate and ancillary probate administration permits flexibility is difficult to contest maintains continuation of business controls assets during incapacity provides a guardianship alternative allows for continuity of asset management and income flow
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Colorado Living Will Kit (Bradford Legal Series)
Karen Brady
Manufacturer: Bradford Publishing Company
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ASIN: 1883726727 |
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This kit provides the tools needed to create your own living will ("advance directives")--those documents that name someone to act on your behalf, state your wishes about medical or surgical treatment if you become terminally ill or incapacitated, and give your instructions about CPR and organ donations. These important directives allow you to have some control in determining future medical treatment and will give your family the comfort of knowing and honoring your wishes. CD-ROM includes PDF forms.
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How to Plan Your "Total" Estate With a Will & Living Will, Without the Lawyer's Fees: The American Will Kit
Benji O. Anosike
Manufacturer: Do-It-Yourself Legal Publishers
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Previous edition is excellent.......2001-08-26
I am now reading the 1995 edition: the information is excellent and clear. The author is a bit wordy, nevertheless. Readers may want to start with Appendix C ("Look, Chances are you may not have an estate tax problem in the first place"), then Chapter 2 ("The primary estate planning why you should have arevoable living trust: to avoid probate") to get a better idea of which other sections of the book will be most useful.
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Living Trust Kit
Arnold Goldstein
Manufacturer: Made E-Z Products
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ASIN: 1563826542 |
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Tens of millions of Americans have prepared living trusts as the ideal way to avoid the high cost and lengthy delay of probate. A living trust provides more protection than a last will and testament, ensures immediate transfer of your assets to your named beneficiaries, and allows you full control of your property during your lifetime.
In just a few moments you can prepare you own Living Trust and save hundreds of dollars in legal fees.
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The New GE: How Jack Welch Revived an American Institution
Robert Slater
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The GE Way Fieldbook: Jack Welch's Battle Plan for Corporate Revolution
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Through rare and exclusive interviews with Jack Welch and dozens of GE insiders, internationally renowned Time Magazine reporter Robert Slater gives readers an inside look into General Electric and the bold leader responsible for GE's magic.
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good book.......1999-08-15
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