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Seemingly UnAWARE
Recently, there was a spate of drama happening in one of Singapore's long standing NGO, AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research). Apparently, a suddenly formed coalition comprising newly joined members managed to catch the old guards unaware - resulting in these new guards garnering a majority seat in the executive committee ( Read more... ) -
Credit Crunch and Government Bail-out
In an interesting twist of events, the market failures from the current credit crunch is increasingly surfacing in the European economies. Couple of weeks ago, the news reported of Iceland government indicating a possibility of the economy going bust - an entire country going bankrupt ( Read more... ) -
Eggwash
We had an interesting class today ... was about the value of eggs - in what typifies: Basic egg and Organic, Free range egg ( Read more... ) -
Sustainbility - is it a matter of ability?
In writing my last paper on CR policy of NIke, I realised that in many ways, companies tend to be forced into taking responsible actions. In Nike's controversial 'Sweatshop' incident, it took Nike 10 years to finally get pressured by stakeholders to move (potentially as they realised they are losing financial value with slipping sales). What ( Read more... ) -
Greenwashing: Do not be Duped
Greenwash (a portmanteau of green and whitewash) is a term that is used to describe the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.[1] The term Green sheen has similarly been used to describe organizations which attempt to appear that they are adopting ( Read more... ) -
Humans: Just another animal
Had an interesting conversation with my classmate yesterday - after one week of intensive CSR, which raised the awareness of the subject for my class, we were discussing about what we learnt ( Read more... ) -
A change in character?
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Feelings: losing a bestest fren
Do you have a bestest fren - someone u could proudly tell others (and more so yourself) that he/she is the friend that you treasure most and can rely on most ( Read more... )
