Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact, Strategy, and Stakeholder Engagement

Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a critical aspect of modern business. It encompasses how companies manage their business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society.

Key Factors Driving CSR Importance

  • Poor business behavior towards customers.
  • Treating employees unfairly.
  • Ignoring the environmental consequences of organizational actions.
  • Significant impact on reputation.

Core Principles of CSR

  • Giving back to society what society
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Strategic Human Resource Planning and Talent Acquisition

Key Elements of Human Resource Planning

HR planning is the process of forecasting employment needs. The process involves:

  • Assessing current employment levels
  • Predicting future needs
  • Planning for internal movement
  • Predicting external hiring needs

Even for externally oriented companies, it is more convenient to look internally before seeking external candidates.

Characteristics of Organizations That Attract Recruits

The four general characteristics that attract applicants to organizations are:

  1. Familiarity

    Organizations

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Defects of Legal Transactions in Brazilian Civil Law

Dolo (Fraud/Deceit)

Dolo: Occurs when a person uses trickery to gain an advantage over another. It involves a deceptive factor, implying an intent to do something. This deception is not a spontaneous error. For example, buying a necklace whose salesman said it was gold, and then you find that it is not.

Main Fraud (Dolo Principal)

This is a situation where deception exists, and the mistake is caused or induced by one of the parties or even a third party (as Brazilian law admits fraud caused by third

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Chilean Pension System: Benefits and Professional Implications

Pensions Under Decree Law No. 3500

The system includes the following pensions:

  • Normal Old-Age Pension
  • Early Old-Age Pension
  • Disability Pension
  • Survivor’s Pension

Normal Old-Age Pension

The Normal Old-Age Pension entitles individuals to receive a monthly amount of money after reaching the minimum retirement age (65 years for males or 60 years for females), provided they are enrolled in one of the pension schemes.

Early Old-Age Pension Explained

The Early Old-Age Pension is a benefit allowing members to retire

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Mastering ‘Que’ in Spanish Grammar: Functions & Errors

The Spanish word “que” is highly versatile, serving numerous grammatical functions. This document details its various uses, from pronouns and conjunctions to adjectives and adverbs, along with common errors to avoid.

1. Relative & Interrogative Pronouns

Relative Pronoun

A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause and always maintains its corresponding syntactic function within the clause (not merely as a link). For example: “The Indonesian restaurant that I mentioned.” (= which…). You can

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Lexicon Fundamentals: Word Origins, Formation, and Meaning

Understanding the Lexicon

The lexicon of a language is constantly evolving, influenced by historical events, cultural exchanges, and the inherent need for new expressions. This document explores various aspects of lexical development and semantic concepts.

Word Origins and Influences

Heritage Words (Patrimonial Words)

These are words that have been part of the language since its origins, evolving naturally from Latin after its imposition on the Iberian Peninsula. Examples: Nocte > noite > night;

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Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest Analyzed

King Lear

This places the play just after the writing of Timon of Athens and before that of Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. King Lear was first printed in 1608.

Influences

Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (second edition 1587) tells of the King of Ancient Britain’s unwise division of his kingdom between his three daughters. Holinshed himself drew on Historia Regum Britanniae, written by the twelfth-century historian, Geoffrey of Monmouth.

In 1605, an anonymous play

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Entrepreneurship Essentials: Concepts, Strategies, and Business Setup

What is Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching, and running a new business, which often initially is a small business. The people who create these businesses are called **entrepreneurs**. It involves identifying a need or opportunity and then marshalling resources (financial, human, intellectual) to bring a new venture to life. Entrepreneurship is characterized by innovation, risk-taking, and a strong drive to succeed. It’s not just about starting a business; it’

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Understanding Accounting: Principles, Processes, and Standards

What is Accounting?

Accounting is a financial information system used for decision-making in businesses and organizations. It studies and reports on the economic and financial structure of organizations, as well as their economic performance, by recording, classifying, and summarizing all relevant economic transactions in monetary terms. According to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), accounting is the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transactions

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Spanish Novelists: Baroja, Unamuno, Azorín, Valle-Inclán

Pío Baroja’s Novelistic Vision

Pío Baroja, a prominent novelist before the Spanish Civil War, championed a novel open to all possibilities and proclaimed absolute freedom for the writer’s design. For Baroja, the novel is a genre that accommodates everything from philosophical reflection and criticism to adventure and humor. All these elements are reflected in his novels, though he has a particular preference for characters often involved in adventure.

Characteristics of Baroja’s Novels

  • His misfit
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