Essays on Social science Case Study

nder the stipulations of Nike's code of ethics and conduct, it is an obvious point that monitoring can never solve serious social and ethical problems.... nvestors can have their say on such critical issues if they can communicate to the management of a company that they will only invest in companies that demonstrate corporate social responsibility. ... (2004) Implementing codes of conduct: How businesses manage social performance in global supply chains. ...

As such, in the context of political science, the main theme that fuels the discussion over the expansion of these unilateral powers is examined not through the unilateral actions but through the relative paucity displayed by each institution.... This paper "The Feud between Congress and the President" tells that politicians, pundits, and scholars have raised the flag over the unilateral powers given to each institution as stipulated in the constitution....

In the current times, corporate social responsibility and business ethics have drawn a lot of public and media consideration due to the noticeable significance business sector (Arjoon 2005, p.... In the current times, corporate social responsibility and business ethics have drawn a lot of public and media consideration due to the noticeable significance business sector (Arjoon 2005, p.... social responsibility and business ethics have proved to be a challenge to many businesses especially due to increasingly competition based on profit (Arjoon 2005, p....

After escaping from Top East Emergency Shelter he was never readmitted and the Department of social Services instructed the police to take Saunders to a foster home in Attleboro.... Neither police nor the Department of social Services informed the woman at foster home that he young man had serious psychological problems.... Sociological factors Perry (2011b) pointed out that experts of social sciences, crime and mental health try to understand why some children become abusive, rapist and murderers....

science and research.... om/en/info/conservation/science-and-research/. ... The paper focuses on theme park industry with the primary objective to discuss recent activities of SeaWorld and consequences of the same on the financial position of the firm.... The paper discusses the business of the parent company and its subsidiary SeaWorld....

This case study "International Business of Mountain Equipment" looks into the various elements the co-op used to increase the value of the product for the final customer.... It looks at the strategy of the co-op and the innovative management techniques it used to implement its strategy.... .... ... ...

In the paper "Tactics to Reconstruct the Completed Buildings due to Shifting of Project Layout by the Government Agency", the project at hand was multiple projects made up of 5 individual and separate buildings found at different locations, and all of which were surrounded by external road works....

According to Manktelow, hypothetico-deductive method is a model generalized in science where science is stated to involve hypothesis and theory formulation from where specific occurrences may be deduced and eventually also explained or predicted.... The hypothetico-deductive model is based on the basic idea that instead of accumulating facts, all hypotheses are essential in science research as the root to propose generalization and the empirical testing (Manktelow, 2010)....

Sustainable tourism embraces and enhances economic, social and environmental outcomes and is at the core of the South Australia core tourism strategy (Kangaroo Island, 2011).... he tourism industry in Kangaroo Island draws expertise and contribution from a wide range of stakeholders in order to facilitate an integrated approach to achieve the economic, environmental and social goals for tourism development and sustainability.... In essence, KINRMB main objective is to ensure the sustainable management of environmental, economic, and social benefits of the island....

This theory breaks down basic human needs and wants into five classifications: physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, self-esteem stage, and self-actualization (Schyns, Meindl, 2005).... social needs are the concerns and desires of belonging and formation meaningful relationships with others.... Clayton also affirmed that need to attain excellent social networks (relatedness needs) is a critical motivational aspect.... Fifteen has been described as becoming a serious global brand of social entrepreneurship (Mullins & Christy, 2013)....

The paper "Medication Errors in the Emergency Department" is a good example of a case study on nursing.... The study focusses on the issue of medication errors in Oman hospitals with a specific emphasis on the nurses' perception of the various causes of medication errors.... Since the study aims at understanding the various nursing experiences....

RP also provides training to its workers in the areas of alcohol prevention so that they are equipped with the social and psychological skills necessary to assist what are considered to be at risk groups.... What Conner is essentially offering is that politics, the struggle between gaining control and authority, creates an environment where people have their own social and professional agendas and work, alongside with company policy, to advance their agendas which creates ambiguity and conflict....

ASOS also recognises that this youth group is drawn to social networking sites, brought on by the rise of PC ownership both in the UK and abroad and the lure of social connection for this market group.... Therefore, the business uses this online forum to create social buzz at the marketing level, as both guerrilla-style promotion and for positive public relations.... This low-cost marketing effort is a strategic tool to ensure that ASOS is reaching its desired youth audience and can post innovative graphics and videos, at lower cost than television or radio advertising, and actually reach their intended 16-34 year old buyers without having to filter out other demographics, such as the 50-65 group who use social networking sites much less....

he platforms that are used to market the products of Adidas are print media, social media (e.... ustainability in business is about managing the financial, environmental and social obligations, risks and opportunities.... o gain a wider customer base, the company must share its efforts related to its environmental, social and financial areas with its customers. ...

Utilizing social media The enterprise deems its clients are internet savvy; hence, it has immensely utilized the current technology in reaching its large clientele globally.... This is via social networks as well as other applications whose core purpose encompasses informing its clients always about their emergent services and products (Quagliariello, 2010).... Venturing in social media (FaceBook, Twitter etc) is evident with the just concluded promotion whose intention encompassed augmenting their clientele by granting 500 tickets for the winners to enjoy free services in their nearest Hilton enterprises in a period of five days....

The author of the present case study "Carles Martin in Uganda" highlights that culture is the beliefs, values, practices, customs or social behaviour of a particular society.... The cultural and social meaning regarding communication in the same community is easily understood as they are intended.... harles Martin in Uganda Charles Martin in Uganda QUESTION Culture is the beliefs, values, practices, customs or social behavior of a particular society....

He was interested in studying Physics but found computers more interesting and therefore, graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering and Computer science.... The paper "Mission of Amazon " discusses that Amazon is an American company that deals in a wide range of products electronically....

This paper "Brand Management – Adidas" comprises an evaluation of Adidas in the context of its brand development strategies.... The paper focuses on the company profile of Adidas and its brand positioning in the context of Customer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE) model.... .... ... ... Researchers have accentuated on finding out how the brand personality is connected to the qualities of human beings....

orporate citizenship and social responsibility are also aspects that can be studied in the Enron case.... The absolute lack of social responsibility shown by the Enron management is just shocking.... The management acted with absolutely no sense of social responsibility or corporate citizenship.... The social responsibility is a paradigm if ethics of conduct and dictates the role of the management to the staff and the rest of society corporate citizenship mainly involves corporations working in good faith....

commercial credit loans, Inc was a case preceded over by a Californian court.... The complainants in this case were Lee Tillman and Shirley Richardson.... Both complainants were unable to clear their loans with CitiFinancial Services, Inc causing the company to sell their.... ... ... Contractual unconscionability is the tendency of a contract to be extremely favorable to the side or person with superior bargaining abilities....

This paper 'Activity-Based Costing Implementation for Insurance Company" focuses on the fact that in particular in the insurance industry, which was at least partially responsible for its genesis, Activity Based Costing (ABC) is highly effective as more than a tool used for accounting for costs.... ...

There are diverse reasons that attribute to the depressing sales and profit in the Café Bijoux under the management of both Julie Sanders and Mary Carter.... One of the chief reasons that try to explain the depressing sales and profits of the Café Bijoux is the poor advertising and promotion of the restaurant....

social welfare is somewhat neglected in this country.... The paper 'Drive Mark & Spencer in South Korea - Drivers for Divestment' is a cogent example of the marketing case study.... South Korea has very well-organized private sectors.... The country also has a very innovative, capable, dedicated, and fairly educated workforce....

Many knew very little about the military science.... The paper "Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs Invasion" describes that J.... F.... Kennedy's bag of policies was actually a mixture of failure and success.... His foreign policies were not as stable as the domestic ones, a fact that led to his occasional unprecedented downfalls such as the Cuban invasion....

GROUPON CASE STUDYIntroductionContemporary market environments are increasingly competitive and unstable owing to the changing social, legal, political, environmental, economic, financial, technological, and global forces that are accompanied by increased access to information and changing consumer needs and expectations as indicated by Douglas et al....

The bank should venture into the sunrise areas like education, health, tourism and computer science.... om/science/article/pii/S0378426602003916, Retrieved on June 08, 2014 ... om/science/article/pii/S0378426699000564, Retrieved on June 07, 2014...

The author states that culture is a social aspect that requires analysis from an inclusive point of view as it touches and embeds on many other spheres within the society.... PESTLE model starting with the social values of the culture, its norms, and traditions among others that will enable the strategists to understand and predict the consumer attitude.... PESTLE involves considering 'Political, Economic, social, Technological' as well as the 'legal and environmental' frameworks of an issue (Tesar, 2008)....

Current day marketing is indeed a science if not an art in the real sense of the word.... The paper 'A Marketing Concept' presents marketing which is selling a product before it has actually entered the market.... By market, we mean those sets of people or target audiences who will be catered to this product so that they could satisfy one or more of their respective needs....

he Group operated in an environment between oligopoly and perfect competition that was influenced by the national and international economies; technology; government and politics; the natural environment; demographic structure; and the social structure (Grant, 2004).... The paper "The Building Manager – Leighton Holdings" studies the Leighton Holdings with the objectives of analyzing engineers' roles as managers; understanding the process of organizational planning; and evaluating the characteristics of management control including operations and financial control....

This paper "The Impact of Information Technologies on Business Process" sheds some light on a popular argument that indicates whether Information technology & Information systems have a positive or negative impact on business process reengineering projects.... ... ... ... While making a value judgment on this matter, we will try to make a clear concept regarding IT, IS, Reengineering process & will also find that all of those are closely connected to improve product performance or the TQM process....

Toyota has taken its social responsibility seriously.... From the paper "Toyota Company Marketing Analysis" it is clear that Toyota should strive to ensure that such an occurrence does not happen again and that it delivers vehicles of topmost quality to consumers to reclaim back confidence that may have been lost in it and maintain its brand superiority....

The paper "Big Brother Bart" aims at discussing one such case of Bart a systems analyst.... It discusses, in brief, an overview of the case, following which a few theories have been chosen and applied to the case.... The case here is of Bart a systems analyst working for a medium-sized investment company....

The paper "The Use of Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters" states that The duty to care is the core principle of the nursing process, programs that can enhance the process, therefore, are necessary for the process of proving healthcare.... ... ... ... The information is presented in a simple well-structured manner, which transitions from one section to another leading to the conclusions made....

This case study "Clinical Health Nutrition" gives a dietary assessment of a 48 years old woman who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis which has become an integral part of clinical evaluation and nursing assessment.... One of the reasons for concern is significant weight loss in a short period of time....

A pricing approach that considers the brain science of costs and not just the money making concerns; the cost is utilized to say something in regards to the item.... The author of this case study "Payless Shoe Source Paying Less for Fashion" focuses on the low-price shoe market.... According to the text, the case charts Payless Shoes recent repositioning from selling low fashion, low price shoes into a company that embraces fashion forwardness....

The study "Perspectives of Tilapia Lake in Al-Ain" focuses on the critical analysis of the recreational perspectives of Tilapia Lake in Al-Ain, the UAE.... The Tilapia Lake in Al-Ain lies in the eastern region of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the southern part of Dubai and the eastern part of Abu Dhabi.... ...

Besides deriving profits from ventures, shareholders are generally interested in courses that focus on social betterment (Zu, 2009, 148; Salama, 2013).... Indeed, the investments that have been seen to have positive implications on the society often have higher shareholder inclusion intention than one that does not contribute positively towards social development (Wild et al.... The involvement of the CBQ in the empowerment of SMEs is literally an example of its social responsibility, which is a positive business objective, which I would like to associate with....

The economic and social effects of crime include: it creates fear in people, loss of valuables and jobs, due to the result of crime in the community, the property ladder and house prices decrease because no one wants to live in a high crime rate area, loss of profits by businesses, increase in tax rates so as to mitigate the cost of crime and the general lack of trust among community members (Weisburd et.... Analysis of macro-environment includes exploring macro-economic, social, government, legal, technological and international factors that may influence the environment (Edwards & Hughes, 2009)....

PEST is a mnemonic that stands for Political, Economic, social and Technological.... "PEST Analysis of Apple Company" paper states the company should strive to bring down the cost of the value chain process by eliminating any intermediary supply chain companies.... The company can also implement cost-efficient strategies such as outsourcing their resources....

The paper 'The Los Angeles School iPad Scandal' is a breathtaking example of a case study on Social science.... The paper 'The Los Angeles School iPad Scandal' is a breathtaking example of a case study on Social science.... The Los Angeles Unified School District's rollout of iPads to every student in 2013 was one of the most ambitious technologies rollout projects....

The study "Leadership as Preserving a Sound Working Environment" demonstrated that leadership does not only mean achieving organizational goals and objectives but maintaining a healthy working environment, good management practices, personal and interpersonal skills, and self-awareness.... ... ... ...

The paper "Financial Statement Analysis - Ardent Leisure " is a perfect example of a finance and accounting case study.... There are various Australian key tourism drivers that point towards the direction of the tourism future.... Recent research according to Tourism Research Australia shows that the demographic profile of visitors coming to Australia has changed in the past 50 years....

Unlike other social media platforms that prohibit sharing of sensitive information, Facebook has no such policy.... As a result, one of the most popular news published about the company and the social interaction platform pertained to unethical practices in data mining and illegal data sharing with unauthorized third parties.... This is a critical aspect of the platform in promoting social interaction.... Unlike other social media platforms that prohibit sharing of sensitive information, Facebook has no such policy....

Autistic persons with depression often show an increase in social withdrawal.... It responds to physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and extends necessary to support in bereavement.... Although, this patient is not able to understand, increasing physical and/or mental decline imposed by illness would further aggravate his social isolation.... Nursing care, when planning a palliative form must include the basic nursing care and care that involves a detailed social understanding of the body (Clark et al....

The project seeks to analyse the case for ABC, Inc.... which has been undertaking the recruitment activities.... It is seen that a number of problems crop up during initializing the process of recruitment.... The purpose is to propose suitable solutions to the problems faced by the company at present by making a thorough analysis of the same....

Organisational Culture: Life or Death Rueben Choi Webster University Organisational Culture: Life or Death The essay seeks to critically analyse the given case study entitled, “Organisational culture: Life or death.... ?? The analysis of this paper is divided into two categories and the first part will focus on the values that appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in hospitals to treat heart attack patients....

The occurrence had physical, social and economic effects on the residents of the affected area.... Physical injury and death of the beloved ones affected the social and relationship life of people as well as their social activities.... In the paper "Tsunami Emergency Management Systems", various tsunami emergency management systems will be discussed together with the actions which governments and the local communities can take to best prepare to handle the occurrences of such threats (Eddie & Allan, 2009)....

n advocacy is an action taken by an individual or a group to enforce or influence a public policy or the allocation of a particular resource in a political, economic or social system.... It ensures that the aged receive oral hygiene, proper toileting and dressing, catheter, colostomy care and other medical services from trained nursing staffs as well as shopping and social outings.... The union trains tenant on consumer laws, negotiation skills, tenancy as well as educates the community on Aboriginal social housing systems....

The paper "Rendered Imperfect" discusses that the courts usually exhaust all means for the two parties to reach a private agreement or agree to an out-of-court settlement, especially when there is no public interest involved.... None of the parties has engaged in willful and gross negligence.... ...

According to the theory, everyone has the potential to be criminal and delinquent and it is only social controls as opposed to moral values that result in the maintenance of law and order.... According social control theory in criminology the process of socialization as well as social learning builds control and largely reduces the tendency of an individual engaging in behavior that is general recognized as antisocial (Pratt, 2009).... social control theory holds that people's values, norms, commitments, beliefs and relationship dissuade them from breaking the law....