International Organization for Standardization

conflicts, Dunkin’ Brands continue to develop a holistic approach to sourcing that successfully balances cost with sustainability because their business utilizes a global supply chain and they partner only with a trusted third-party certification organizations to ensure their ingredients and materials are made and sourced sustainable around the world. In fact, Dunkin’ Donuts’ espresso beverages have been made with a 100 percent Fair Trade Certified coffee since they were first introduced in…

Through their life-saving vaccines, the research-based vaccine companies represented by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) make a major contribution toward this vision. In December of 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the Bill and Melinda…

Introduction Controlling and improving quality has become an important business strategy for many organizations, manufacturers, distributors, transportation companies, financial services organizations, health care providers, and government agencies. Quality is a competitive advantage. A business that can delight customers by improving and controlling quality can dominate its competitors. 1.1 Definition of Quality Control Quality control (QC) is a procedure or set of procedures intended to…

highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, in uniting the efforts and abilities of various organizations in order to provide ambulance services in the Emirate of Dubai. In addition, his Highness’s vision of standardization of services delivery and improvement was aimed to make Dubai an international centre of leadership. Aligned with the Dubai strategic plan, law No.13 of 2006 was issued which resulted in the Consolidated Centre of…

April’s ethical dilemma With regard to this week’s case study, April has two ethical dilemmas. The first ethical dilemma that April had to face, was a conflict of loyalty. This conflict occurred when April received many accolades for the successful presentation. At that time, she should have identified Jordan’s contribution to the project so they could at least share in the glory. The other ethical dilemma had to do with the issues of honesty and integrity. April was torn by this dilemma because…

Power, in the international arena, is used to protect a nation’s interests by influencing potential competitors or partners. The most important instrument of power available to a nation-state is military power. The role of the armed forces is to protect and defend the country from the threats and enemies. Armed forces’ missions and tasks are written or derived from the Constitution and can slightly differ from country to country. For example, in the Preamble to the Constitution of the United…

The Walt Disney Company leads international entertainment and media enterprise by five business sections: media networks, park and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. Paternalistic leadership style is practiced inside the Disney organization in other departments, such as park and resorts. (Businessholic) It permits the workers to become a part of the team and permits…

Multinational Corporation is a corporation with facilities and other assets in at least one country other than its home country. The control over its foreign subsidiaries is vital to the success of multinational corporations since control enables protection and efficient utilization if the resources provided to the multinational firm. (Yanni Yan 2005) There are two levels of control; one is strategic control and the other is operational control. Strategic control focuses on the course of…

The constructivist turn in IR marks a shift from the material determinants of international politics to ideational factors, such as beliefs, ideas, and norms. The two dominant theoretical schools in IR, neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism (NLI), share several key assumptions regarding the anarchic nature of the international system, states are self-interested, rational actors, driven by material interests in power/survival (neorealists) or security (NLI). In addition, neorealism and NLI…

The importance of efficiency and the information age only increased emphasis on efficiency and standardization. Most importantly the main invention that made everything more efficient was the steam engine, which allowed for machines with moving parts to be moved without manpower needing to be used. This paved the way for the modern engine, we have today…