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Motivations Of One Small Business Community To Implement Environmental Sustainability As A Business Practice, Ruth C. Hughes, Marleen Troy

Journal of Environmental Sustainability

Small businesses in the Central Business District of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania were surveyed to determine their familiarity with and attitudes towards environmental sustainability, including obstacles and motivators for implementation as well as current business practices. While publications on similar topics existed for small businesses in other countries, there appeared to be little recent published research for small business communities in the United States. The research used a combination of online surveys and interviews with business owners and managers to gather data, as well as an extensive literature review for the basis of the analysis. Research results from the local survey …

Leadership, Takeysha L. Cheney

Leadership Hour at Otterbein University

As Director of Community Engagement for Molina Healthcare of Ohio, Cheney leads the development of strategic partnerships, major events and sponsorships to retain and grow its membership.

Cheney has received the Business First of Columbus 40 Under Forty Award; the Smart Business Magazine Breakthrough Business Leader Award; the Women Presidents’ Organization Women Empowering Women Award; the National Council of Negro Women Columbus Chapter Community Leadership Award; and was recognized by Women for Economic & Leadership Development (WELD) as a Woman You Should Know honoree.

2017-July-18-2017-18 Season, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2017-July-18-Dr. Mick Whitelaw Conducts Fossil Casting Session At Roan Mountain State Park, Department Of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Dr. Mick Whitelaw conducts fossil casting session at Roan Mountain State Park

Roan Mountain is the scene of naturalist rallies throughout the seasons, but for children, the Xtreme Roan Adventures Kid's Naturalist Rally is the best. The rally is scheduled for Friday evening, July 28, and all day Saturday, July 29, and included a Spider Hunt, Moth Party, Salamander Adventure, Wet Rocks Geology, Animal Tracking, Fossil Casting with Dr. Mick Whitelaw from ETSU’s Department of Geosciences, and much more! The rally is designed for children of all ages. The participants have ranged from 12 months old to 17 years old. …

2012, May - San Luis Obispo County Master Water Report, Volume Iii Of Iii

San Luis Obispo Public Works Water Reports

A compilation of current and future water resource management activities with in San Luis Obispo County that are organized by Water Planning Areas. The report explores how the activities interrelate, analyzes current and future supplies and demands, and identifies future water management strategies and ways to optimize existing strategies

2016 - San Luis Obispo County Annual Crop Report

San Luis Obispo Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in San Luis Obispo County, California.

2015 - San Luis Obispo County Annual Crop Report

San Luis Obispo Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to drought impact and agriculture in San Luis Obispo County, California.

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting Highlights July 17-20, 2017, Denver, Co, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Auditing Standards Board (Asb), July 17-20, 2017, Meeting Agenda, Denver, Colorado, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

2017-July-14-33rd Annual Tennessee Business Taxes Seminar, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2017-July-14-Serving Our Veterans, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Using Reflective Practice To Support Management Student Learning: Three Brief Assignments, Anne H. Reilly

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Reflective practice supports critical thinking and assessment skills through analyzing one’s own life experiences, and the role of reflection in learning has been long recognized. However, drawbacks of many reflective practice assignments are their broad scope and lengthy written requirements. I propose that the reflection process is robust enough to support management student learning through short written tasks as well. Three examples of brief reflective assignments are presented suitable for management educators teaching undergraduate, graduate, or non-credit learners: (1) writing an organizational story, (2) a reflection about learning from adversity, and (3) a goal-oriented personal change. Learning outcomes and student …

The Effects Of Loneliness On Consumers’ Digital Engagement With Social Media Ads, Yu Qin

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Social media has become an integral part of consumers’ lives and a popular platform for interactive marketing communication. In an age boasting of unprecedented digital connectivity, loneliness (defined as perceived social isolation) has, paradoxically, becoming widespread, affecting consumers’ preferences for products and brands in the marketplace. The present research extends the feelings-as-information theory and develops a conceptual framework in which loneliness modifies people’s cognitive processing style and induces concrete thinking in the context of evaluating social media messages. Using a mixed methods research approach, I first take a close look through the lens of a qualitative study at what it …

Proposed Interpretation: Long Association Of Senior Personnel With An Attest Client, July 14, 2017, Comments Are Requested By September 15, 2017; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2017, July 14, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

Comment Letters On Proposed Interpretation: Long Association Of Senior Personnel With An Attest Client, July 14, 2017, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

School Of Education Holds First Joint St. Charles-Belleville Study Abroad Trip, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Exploring Careers In Nyc, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Sixteen students, along with two faculty members, traveledto New York City earlier this summer for three days of career exploration visits with finance firms. The ten visits included large firms such as Goldman Sachs, KPMG, and Bloomberg as well as S&P, Time Inc, and JetBlue. The students also took part in an event that brought together alumni in the area. Grant Brinkerhoff, a sophomore Finance student, stated that “this was such an amazing experience to learn more about the different jobs in the financial field. It was an eye-opening experience seeing the different aspects of finance and corporations that I …

Distributive Justice And Donative Intent, Alexander Boni-Saenz

All Faculty Scholarship

The inheritance system is beset by formalism. Probate courts reject wills on technicalities and refuse to correct obvious drafting mistakes by testators. These doctrines lead to donative errors, or outcomes that are not in line with the decedent’s donative intent. While scholars and reformers have critiqued the intent-defeating effects of formalism in the past, none have examined the resulting distribution of donative errors and connected it to broader social and economic inequalities. Drawing on egalitarian theories of distributive justice, this Article develops a novel critique of formalism in the inheritance law context. The central normative claim is that formalistic wills …

Business Communication For Success - Gvsu Edition, Unnamed Author, Mark Schaub, Jenniffer Eckert, Anessa Fehsenfeld, Rhonda R. Hoffman, Adam Krusniak, Tami Mccoy, Rachel Jean Norman, Julian Toscano

Open Textbooks

About the GVSU Edition

This text is an adaption of Business Communication for Success, an open textbook produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing in 2015.

Chapters 9, 18, and 20 of Business Communication for Success: GVSU Edition were revised and rewritten by student authors in 2017, as part of a course in the Writing Department at Grand Valley State University. All other chapters retain the content and formatting of previous editions.

Note about the 2015 edition:

The edition produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing was itself adapted from a work …

Win-Win Corporations By Shashank Shah, Elizabeth F.R. Gingerich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

Booksmart: Hundreds Of Real-World Lessons For Success And Happiness By Frank Sonnenberg, M. Ganesh Sai, M. Ramakrishna Sayee

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

Beyond Bathsheba: Managing Ethical Climates Through Pragmatic Ethics, Joseph E. Long

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This paper explores the puzzling nature of leader behavior in order to understand the conditions that encourage unethical decision-making. Building on the extant literature of pragmatic ethics, I explore how leaders can increase the quality of ethical decision-making within their organizations by understanding the incentives of rational choice. I have developed a rational choice-based ethical decision-making model to understand the incentives behind ethical leader behavior and find that ethical behavior is likely to be rational as long as audience costs remain higher than the savings benefits incurred by unethical behavior. I conclude with analysis of how the ethical rational model …

The Power Of The Covenant Idea For Leadership, Reform, And Ethical Behavior, Kahlib J. Fischer

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

The study of leadership is awash with numerous concepts, many of which overlap. To the student and the scholar, finding a starting point and integrative theme for leadership ideas which extend from interpersonal to organizational contexts can be dizzying. This paper proposes the idea of covenant as a unifying metaphor for these valuable and often overlapping leadership ideas. The covenantal approach has had a tremendous impact on the history of Western legal and perhaps, more importantly, social and cultural thought and therefore might offer us a realistic and practical approach to effective leadership. In particular, we will see that a …

The Courage To Lead Of Gandhi, Emilio Iodice

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

When Leadership Leads To Loathing: The Effect Of Culturally (In)Congruent Leadership On Employee Contempt And Voluntary Work Behaviors, Berit Sund, Rune Lines

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This article suggests that contempt ― a proclivity towards loathing others ― as an emotional response, can arise as a consequence of culturally incongruent leadership, i.e. leader behaviors and actions that do not comply with follower-held, culturally derived expectations and values. Outcomes of contempt were also studied by hypothesizing that contempt, when experienced in response to a situation of culturally incongruent leadership, can cause followers to reduce their display of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) while engaging in deviant behaviors. The model was tested in a sample of 348 follower-level employees using structural equation modeling. Empirical results largely support theoretical hypotheses. …

Discerning The Servant’S Path: Applying Pre-Committal Questioning To Greenleaf’S Servant Leadership, Henry J. Davis

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Robert K. Greenleaf’s servant leadership has become an attractive approach for morally-motivated leaders. However, paradoxes found in servant leadership have the potential to create confusion among those individuals interested in its practice. To assist prospective leaders in deciding upon whether to follow the concepts of servant leadership, an exhaustive literature review was conducted by the researcher to find and code definitions from servant leadership-related writings. The results from the initial coding phase were the following themes: Personal Growth, Development, and Empowerment of Employees; Spiritual, Affirmational, and Ethically-Minded Approach toward Employees; Steward Dedicated to Service of Community and Placing Others First; …

An Examination Of Demographics, Personal Values, And Philosophical Orientations Of College Students From Multiple University Campuses, Mary Kovach

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

The purpose of this study is to identify what current students value today and to determine whether there is a link between personal values and student demographics. A brief demographic survey of fourteen questions was developed and distributed, along with a twenty-question survey which is used determine participant’s values, or philosophical orientation (McKee, Boyatzis, & Johnston, 2008). There were two hundred and forty-two subjects who volunteered over a two-week time period for this research project. Analysis was completed comparing various demographics (such as age, gender, nationality, first generation students) to determine if certain demographics strongly correlated with a particular philosophical …

Understanding Kindness – A Moral Duty Of Human Resource Leaders, Cam Caldwell

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

The role of leaders in the modern organization has evolved as scholars and practitioners have recognized that a key element to long-term profitability is the creation of high trust and high commitment work systems that treat employees as valued partners (Kim & Wright, 2011; Block, 2013; Beer, 2009; Caldwell & Floyd, 2014). Effective leaders create aligned organizational cultures with systems, processes, practices, and programs reinforcing the organization’s espoused values in achieving its mission (Schein, 2010). Human resource professionals (HRPs) play a critical leadership role in ensuring that human resource management (HRM) cultural elements are properly integrated, communicated effectively to employees, …

Transformational Leadership: Building An Effective Culture To Manage Organisational Knowledge, Mostafa Sayyadi Ghasabeh, Michael J. Provitera

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This paper reviews the current literature of management to indicate how transformational leaders contribute to organisational knowledge by building an effective culture. The paper is based on a review of leadership theories, organisational knowledge, organisational culture and the integration of concepts from the knowledge-based view of the firm. This review also indicates that to develop organisational knowledge transformational leaders act as change agents who influence organisational culture which can in turn mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and organisational knowledge.

Engineering Leadership Programs In Colleges And Universities: A Focus On Morality, Russ Carfagno

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Engineering programs at the college and university level have increased their focus on engineering leadership programs over the last decade. The education has focused primarily on skill-based subjects such as organizing, effective communication, and team-building. There is evidence that supports the ability to improve leadership ability by including material related to moral disengagement and moral identity in any leadership development program. This paper describes what is being done today and evidence to support changes in current programs.