Business ethics and corporate social responsibility have gained more attention in recent years. However, the consumers ’perspective on ethics is still a little researched area. Ethical consumerism is the intentional purchase of products and services that the customer considers to be made ethically. This may mean with minimal harm to or exploitation of humans, animals and/or the natural environm...

The recent meeting of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the World Diabetes Congress 2011, took place in Dubai in December 2011. The fact that Dubai was chosen as the venue for this international congress became controversial because it was perceived by some prospective attendees that it might limit participation based on nationality or religion as a result of strict entry laws and/or...

Advance Online Article published December 16, 2022 The Arctic Council, formed in 1996, is a unique organization, with legitimacy that extends across the entirety of Circumpolar World, representing diverse mosaic states and Indigenous Peoples united their efforts to protect fragile ecosystems, environments, communities. Council has nurtured an impressive enduring consensus among its ecosystem as...

Abstract In 2015, the Economist Intelligent Unit based in UK had released Democratic Index covering report of 167 countries among others are Indonesia and Thailand. has 7, 75 total score while Thailand 5, 09 have categorized two into flawed democratic countries. They measured democracy from following categories namely electoral process pluralism, functioning government, political participation,...

This article is devoted to the research on phenomenon of absenteeism and its influence electoral process. The aim present types absenteeism, causes occurrence ways overcoming absenteeism. It necessary mention becoming into subject study by sociologists, politicians, later lawyers. According Article 4 Constitutional law RA "Electoral Code": "Elections shall be held basis principles free voluntar...

Purpose: The research objective was to critically analyze the prevalence of any kind mental health problem among healthcare workers (HCWs) and investigate factors affecting HCWs how they impact their health. Design/methodology/approach: data collected using a structured questionnaire from care working in leading hospitals Muscat region Oman. questionnaires were sent more than 300 out which only...

BACKGROUND The outbreak of the pandemic flu, Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu) in early 2009, provided a major challenge to health services around the world. Previous pandemics have led to stockpiling of goods, the victimisation of particular population groups, and the cancellation of travel and the boycotting of particular foods (e.g. pork). We examined initial behavioural and attitudinal responses...

Roberts et al., in “Building A “GenBank” of the Published Literature” (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/291/5512/2318a), argue compellingly for the following three pleas to publishers and authors: It is imperative to free the refereed literature online. To achieve this goal, the following should be done: (i) Established journal publishers should give away their journal contents online...

A ban — requiring a two-thirds majority — would take effect 90 days later, ending the annual summer bluefi n hunt. " Banning international trade in the imperilled Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefi n tuna is the only possible course of action — this is our last chance to save this over-exploited species, " said Heike Vesper, fi sheries offi cer at WWF Germany. " It's fantastic the UK is taking s...

Please share your stories about how Open Access to this chapter benefits you. INTRODUCTION transregional strategy since the 1980s'. 5 Pertinent to This essay examines Zhang Yimous recent film, current developments in the Chinese film industry, Riding Alonefor Thousands of Miles (hereafter Riding the transnational perspective can serve as a fresh and Alone). Compared to Zhang's previous father-s...