Background information for Tobacco Stocks Divestment 1 1.1 Responsible Investment Framework The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation (Guardians) have made considerable progress during the year in the development of their responsible investment framework. The Guardians approved their revised Responsible Investment Policy‚ Standards and Procedures‚ to encompass both the Guardians ethical investment and voting requirements‚ with regards to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (Fund). The Responsible
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Tobacco and the Economy: Farms‚ Jobs‚ and Communities‚ By H.Frederick Public health policies intended to reduce many forms of the bad effect of smoking-related illness which impact on a large number of businesses‚ workers‚ and cluster that related in tobacco industry. Recently‚increases in Federal and state tax‚limitation on smoking in public places‚increases in price arise from legal settlements‚and lower exports have impacted the tobacco industry.But most of affected are beyond the farm gate
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Is Tobacco additive? In this article CEO’s of major tobacco companies went on record in front of congress to testify as to is nicotine addictive. They all answered no. they where all operating under an assumption nicotine isn’t addictive‚ In fact long-term tobacco use has a deadly effect on smokers as well as nonsmokers. Second hand smoke can cause childhood asthma. In adults that used tobacco long-term brain effects caused by nicotine exposure resulted in addiction. Nicotine’s pharmaceutical properties
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SMOKING TOBACCO Should smoking tobacco be legal or illegal? This is not a new problem‚ but people still argue about it in many years. Everyone knows the consequences of smoking‚ but the rate of smoking people is still increasing‚ especially in the developing countries. Following an analysis‚ there are more than 443 thousand people died every year in the US. This number in worldwide is more terrible‚ 5 million people. Yes‚ 5 million of 1.35 billion people are smoking in the world. It means in every
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Tobacco advertising 1 Tobacco advertising Tobacco advertising is the advertising of tobacco products or use (typically cigarette smoking) by the tobacco industry through a variety of media including sponsorship‚ particularly of sporting events. It is now one of the most highly regulated forms of marketing. Some or all forms of tobacco advertising are banned in many countries. History The first known advertisement in the USA was for the snuff and tobacco products of P. Lorillard and
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The Ethics of Selling a Deadly Product: An Examination of the Tobacco Industry in America Introduction When you see “Oreo cookies‚” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? How about “Jell-O” or “Cool Whip?” Odds are it’s nothing more then they all are delicious - or that they are all pure sugar and really not part of a “healthy diet.” Either way‚ by purchasing any of these products you are‚ in fact‚ indirectly funding
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Tobacco Composting: An Alternative to Burning or Landfill Composting is the purposeful biodegradation of organic matter‚ such as yard‚ food and agro-industrial waste. The decomposition is performed by micro-organisms‚ mostly bacteria‚ but also yeasts and fungi. A biodegradable material is capable of being completely broken down under the action of microorganisms into carbon dioxide‚ water and biomass. A compostable material biodegrades substantially under specific composting conditions.
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TCE asserts that transactions have distinct characteristics that explain how firm’s boundaries are drawn and when determine whether “market or hierarchy” will have the lower transaction costs in various circumstances. Asset specificity‚ uncertainty and frequency are the three variables of TCE that are used to characterise transactions. Williamson (1979) suggested four main forms of asset specificity‚ namely site specificity‚ physical asset specificity‚ dedicated assets and human asset specificity
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on the shelves. People know the damage tobacco does to the body‚ and yet they still continue to smoke‚ chew‚ and sniff it. Cigarettes and tobacco products needs to be criminalized. Smoking is the number one cause of cancer in the United States. About 50 million people smoke cigarettes in the United States. Cigarettes are made up of dried tobacco leaves and other things to make up for the flavor. Scientists have found up to 3‚000 compounds in tobacco and cigarette smoke. With the total 3‚000
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STUDENT HAND-OUT WORKSHEET ON INDUSTRY STRUCTURE This worksheet was developed to apply Porter’s Five Forces analysis to an industry. For each of the factors listed below‚ place an “X” in the appropriate column (Yes‚ No or Moderate). Once you have completed the analysis of the five forces‚ compute the number of factors for each category‚ and write down the number for the overall analysis. 1. Threat of entrants: |+ factors (favorable to industry)
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