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Why Business Ethics.pdf
Everyone agrees that business managers must understand finance and marketing. But is it necessary for them to study ethics?
Influenza Report 2006.pdf
Taken from Preface: Thirty years ago, infectious diseases were seemingly on the decline.
Tuberculosis was defeated, small pox was about to be eradicated, sexually transmissible diseases could easily be treated, and other scourges of mankind, such as malaria, were expected to disappear one day. Some experts hilariously announced that we would soon be able to close the book of infectious diseases once and for all. Of course, that was before the beginning of the AIDS pandemic in 1981, and before the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, as well as many other viruses capable of causing severe disease in humans.
Human memory is permeable and porous. A quick look at medical history would have sufficed to understand that infectious diseases have accompanied humans ever since they opted for a sedentary lifestyle. While we are today better prepared to prevent and fight off infectious diseases, we are nonetheless condemned to coexist with them. In a world with an increasing potential for the rapid spread of pathogens – overcrowded cities, high mobility – the role of efficient infectious disease task forces can therefore not be overestimated.
Rising Tide, Ebbing Fortune - Technology and Change.pdf
Taken from Chapter 3: One of the most significant problems facing industries, in developed (service/knowledge-oriented) countries, is that they are subject to intense pressure from “service organizations” and “service people” that tend to provide end-products which are little more than an overhead to the core industrial sector. Overheads are a part of any business but, in the past, the objective was always to minimize these overheads and the demarcation line between overheads and services was considerably clearer.
Business Ethics - A Manual for Managing a Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economics.pdf
Purpose of This manual (taken from foreword page xi): This manual is intended to aid enterprises in designing and implementing a business ethics program that meets emerging global standards of responsible business conduct. Owners and managers can explore the substantial body of global standards, procedures, and expectations described here. They can adopt or adapt them on a sector-by-sector and enterprise-by-enterprise basis, taking into account their particular circumstances, such as applicable laws and regulations, the size of the enterprise, and the enterprise’s purpose.
Guidance on Storing Pesticides for Farmers and Other Professional Users.pdf
This information sheet provides guidance to professional users of pesticides on suitable standards for storage. By following it, professional users will help to ensure that they meet their duties under relevant legislation.

