Abstract
This paper on "Truth, Trust and the Bottom Line" presents a critique on the book written by Diane Tray and William J. Morin. This paper basically outlines the seven steps and the message highlighted by the authors in their book. This paper also highlights various quotes to support its claim.

From the Paper
"The authors of the book also go on to explain how trust can be built by following seven steps. The book is ideal for leaders, managers, CEOs and directors who want to learn and improve how to coach and attain feedback. The book primarily outlines a seven step process that explains to the readers, effective ways of deputizing themselves in order to capacitate and retain their employees while accentuating bottom line results while enjoying themselves in the process. The authors have written the book in a manner that captures the heart and mind of its readers, thus resulting in a positively fomenting and reviving undergoing."

Tags:steps, highlight

Abstract
The paper explains the concept behind the 3PL framework and uses this triad-based model to evaluate the ethicacy of organizations using personal information for purposes they were entirely unintended for when initially shared. The paper assesses the implications of the 3BL model and also explores the pervasiveness of using social networking-based content. The paper reaches the conclusion that companies must seek to stay in alignment with the intended uses of content on social networking sites and thus alleviate potential lapses in ethical judgment. This paper contains figures.

Outline:
Introduction
Defining the 3PL Model in the Context of Social Networking
Evaluating Interprocess Roles in the 3PL Model and Implications for Social Networking
Proposal for 3BL Framework Alignment with Social Networking

From the Paper
"The economic responsibility areas or as they are often called in the context of the 3BL Model, the economic variables, provide the basis for monetizing the ethicacy of decisions over time (Norman, McDonald, 2004). As has often been discussed in research using the 3BL Model to ascertain the levels of financial contribution adhering to ethical guidelines provides (Stephenson, 2008), theorists have been able to define a causal link of ethicacy to profitability over the long-term as the 3BL Model, in aggregate, significantly reduces risk (Rowe, 2006). In the context then of risk mitigation as it relates to the more judicious and ethically sound use of social networks and the mass of content on them, the economic responsibility area (economic variables) provide one of three benchmarks that define the ethicacy of using social networking content. Economic responsibility within the 3BL model includes the processes companies use to define their unique value propositions (or their differentiation), how efficiency is measured, marketing standards, definitions of competitiveness and the use of marketing metrics, and the measurements used for supply chain performance and pricing. Equally important are the measures of corruption and bribery and their financial implications on any organization (Rowe, 2006). How all these economic responsibility factors define the boundaries of social networking applications' use and the data within them can be defined through a wide spectrum of ethical models, yet the most appropriate given the broadcast nature of every social networking application is utilitarianism."

Tags:utilitarianism, corruption, bribery, trust, transparency

Abstract
This paper is a review of an article that appeared in the Fall 1999 issue of "Marketing Management." The article, called "Customer Delight and the Bottom Line," details the different ways that a company can keep their customers satisfied with their product and service. The article also gives the reader some suggestions that can be adopted by individual businesses to help them keep a competitive edge and maintain their customer base. According to the authors of this article, CUPID (Customer Understanding Processes in Design), is the key to helping the customer stay involved in the development process.

From the Paper
"Management experts have defined the concept of delighting the customers as an attempt to exceed the expectations of the customers and to bring a pleasant surprise to the customers by satisfying even those needs, which are not supposed to be served by that particular service or product. The article further discusses the various models used by the organizations to evaluate their products and services in terms of customer needs. Such models help the organizations in developing their products or services according to the expectations of the customer. In addition to this, the article also recommends several approaches to delight the customers."

Tags:competitition, satisfaction, level, design, needs, cupid, concept, understanding, attributes

Abstract
In this article, the writer considers whether an intranet or extranet is the next logical step for FYC. The writer includes considerations of other companies that have used these technologies and concludes that FYC should proceed with an intranet.

From the Paper
"FYC is a furniture company that is moving slowly into the twenty-first century as far as technology is concerned. It has only recently enabled its customers to place orders on the Internet previously they used the Internet as a catalog and placed the order via phone. Internally there is a broad spectrum of eagerness to embrace new technology as well as abroad spectrum of technology available. Some departments continue to use manual paper methodology while other managers use Excel spreadsheets."

Tags:For Your Comfort, FYC, intranet, extranet

Abstract
This paper discusses how different companies take different stands when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR). It also looks at how some emphasize management responsibilities towards stakeholders, others argue that companies should actively contribute to social goals, and yet others reject a social responsibility of business beyond legal compliance. In particular, the paper examines the question of whether ethics should have a role in organizational management through a case study of the Mattel Toy Company who outsource their production to China, a country with a shaky record on its human rights and environmental policies.

Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review
Overview: Case study
Description of the Aspects of the Case under Investigation
Interview
Comparison and Conclusion

From the Paper
"Nike had been much-criticized in the media for its unethical practices towards the developing world's employees that manufactured its expensive (some might say overpriced) sneakers. However, it has made considerable and notable efforts to reform its operations. However, why did this box style reduction draw such little press? The problem, Neef says, is that ethical actions, particularly in the realm of operations management are not very 'sexy,' "Reorganizing a distribution hub so that a company's delivery trucks drive fewer miles, initiating a waste water recycling policy, or creating better transportation and storage techniques for hazardous materials in developing countries are not stories that sell papers - or make marketable studies for consultancy white papers" (Neef 2009). Environmental sustainability requires smaller, systematic actions, rather than sweeping gestures. Still, "in short, given the size and output of developed-world companies, improving sloppy logistics and supply chain practices in western multinationals alone could greatly improve the health and safety of workers globally, and vastly reduce the current level of damage to the environment. "

Tags:Nike, human, rights, environmental, policies, fair, labor

Abstract
This paper is an examination of how job satisfaction, or lack thereof, can determine a company's success or failure in the marketplace. The paper discusses why job satisfaction is important and gives several examples of the havoc that a dissatisfied employee can cause, including the extreme cases where they resort to violence and cause physical harm to the other employees. The author discusses different ways that can improve job satisfaction including the improvement of benefits, salaries, the building of trust between managers and their employees, job flexibility, self-sufficiency and the transmission of positive feedback from supervisor to their employees. This paper poses several ways to improve the atmosphere including by making positive physical changes to the work environment and the institution of programs that encourage employee involvement.

From the Paper
"Other factors suggested that an employee's sense of control over their situation had an effect on job satisfaction. The more employees felt that they were in control of their circumstances, the more they were likely to experience job satisfaction (Spector & O'Connell, 1994). Rotter (1954) defined persons with an external locus of control as feeling that they have no control over their own circumstances, instead attributing their success or failure to some outside force such as luck or divine intervention. These people consequently tend to take less responsibility for their actions than people with an internal locus of control do. Those who have an internal locus of control feel that that they do have an effect on the outcome of their situation. Individuals with an internal locus of control orientation appear more highly motivated, have better job performance, have higher job satisfaction levels, and have lower turn over rates than individuals with an external locus of control."

Tags:employee, cohesiveness, conditions, supervisors, flexibility

Abstract
This paper presents a detailed look at motivation in the business world from a management standpoint. The writer uses several examples to illustrate the ways to motivate employees and how it benefits the company to do so.

From the Paper
It is heard on the news daily. We see it in newspaper headlines and the layoffs are letting us know loud and clear. The economy is in a downswing. We will survive the temporary shift in direction we have before. But during these times it is especially important to know how to motivate employees to give their best effort to the job. Motivated employees mean better productivity and that translates to a better bottom line. This in turn gives the company more stable footing which of course helps provide the employees with job security. One of the most vital functions a manager faces is the task of motivating employees. There are many methods that can accomplish this as well as many things that can hinder it. Motivating employees is a continual process in which each manager has a duty to participate.

Tags:satisfaction, confidence, motivate, support, job, tasks, work

Abstract
This paper covers the subject of bank mergers and acquisitions mainly focusing on European and American banks. The paper offers an in-depth look at both the financial and organizational sides of how a merger or acquisition effects the bottom line for both finances and employees. The paper covers a review of the literature in order to analyzes these topics.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Mergers and Acquisition: A Review of the Literature 1980-2005
Background to the Study
Data Analysis
Conclusion

From the Paper
"(3) Assessing employee opinion on the M&A and discussing issues of effective leadership and measuring of employee production and morale after the M&A are important to weighing the benefit of the M&A. For an organization facing an M&A, they can look at past M&As to assess strengths and weaknesses. This will allow that bank to adjust the strategy and aid in handling problems that will arise. This will be done through looking at surveys of employee and their reactions to M&As. Such statistics will include ratios looking at how their morale survived the M&A and also how many employees stayed or quit."

Tags:financial, acquisitions, M&A

Abstract
This paper begins by explaining how activity-based management (ABM) works and the techniques used to implement this form of management. The paper also explains that the purpose of ABM is to improve business processes, provide strategic product cost data and promote continuous improvement efforts. The paper concludes that ABM is helpful in significantly improving the bottom line profits and returns of a company and that, while it may take some patience to put the ABM program into place, it is well worth the effort.

From the Paper
"However, ABM is a management tool, not an accounting system. It is a tool for looking at how and why a company uses resources. ABM uses ABC, a method of calculating costs. The ABM view is that costs are incurred because of the company's activities, and these activities exist because they support either other activities or the company's products and services."

Tags:tool, accounting, resources, calculating, costs, products, services, consume, overhead

Abstract
This paper discusses sustainability and resource management in terms of the triple bottom line, an approach which accounts for economic prosperity, environmental quality, and social justice. It looks at how although these are not elements normally thought of as part of the business mandate, they must be if business is to achieve the sustainability required in a world that shows diminishing resources and the need to control for and eliminate environmental damage.

From the Paper
"The triple bottom line approach to resource management emerges from the effort to maintain a sustainability agenda, which in turn involves the effort to harmonize "the traditional financial bottom line with emerging thinking about the environmental bottom line" (Elkington 2). The triple bottom line accounts for economic prosperity, environmental quality, and social justice. These are not elements normally thought of as part of the business mandate, but they must be if business is to achieve the sustainability required in a world that shows diminishing resources and the need to control for and eliminate environmental damage. The triple bottom line is described as a challenge and one that cannot be refused unless the global economy wants to be destroyed. In addition, meeting this challenge for the multinational or transitional company involves bringing pressure on vendors, suppliers, and partners to do the same thing. "

Tags:business, resources, sustainability