This qualitative study examined the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Financial Performance (FP) of tobacco companies in Malawi. Despite inconsistent findings in previous research, CSR has become an important tool for firms to demonstrate their commitment to social responsibility, particularly in industries such as tobacco that have negative impacts on the environment and social well-being. The Instrumental Stakeholder Theory served as the theoretical basis for this study. The study developed the CSR/FP Link Conceptual Model to qualitatively test the link between CSR and FP for nine tobacco firms in Malawi. The researcher applied…
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This study was undertaken to establish the challenges faced by distance education students and what institutions of higher learning have put in place to ameliorate the challenges. It was undertaken in Kabwe urban District, covering three institutions: Nkrumah University, Zambian Open University and Mulungushi University simple random sampling technique was used to select the three institutions and respondents. This study used a descriptive research method, employing the use of a questionnaire and interview guide to collect data. Thematic data analysis was the predominant method employed in the study. Findings indicate that many factors in the home, school and circumstantial environments…
Travailler et étudier pour un doctorat en ligne Un doctorat en ligne n’est pas à prendre à la légère. Si vous avez obtenu un master ou une licence en ligne ou sur un campus, vous connaissez certainement les délais serrés pour les travaux et les examens. Comment faire pour suivre quatre ou cinq modules de huit ou douze semaines qui durent un mois et un examen de doctorat, tout en trouvant le temps de terminer votre thèse ? Bien que je travaille comme comptable à plein temps et que je sois mère de trois adolescents, je continue à suivre mon…
Findings from the field of experimental linguistics have shown that a native speaker may judge a variant that is part of her grammar as unacceptable, but still use it productively in spontaneous speech. The process of eliciting acceptability judgments from speakers of non-standard languages is sometimes clouded by factors akin to prescriptive notions of grammatical correctness. It has been argued that standardization enhances the ability to make clear-cut judgments, while non-standardization may result to grammatical hybridity, often manifested in the form of functionally equivalent variants in the repertoire of a single speaker. Recognizing the importance of working with corpora of…
This article examines the development of object clitic placement by children acquiring Cypriot Greek. Greek-speaking Cyprus is sociolinguistically characterized by diglossia between two varieties of Greek, the local Cypriot Greek and the official Standard Modern Greek. Arguably as a result of this situation, clitics may be placed postverbally (enclisis) or preverbally (proclisis) in the same syntactic environment; while the former is a property of Cypriot Greek and the latter is typically considered an effect of the standard language. The following issues are investigated here: (a) how such bilectal speakers distinguish between the two Greek varieties with respect to clitic placement;…
This article houses findings of a study that uncovered the provision of early childhood education (ECE) in government schools with a bias towards learners with special education needs. It focused on challenges faced by teachers in providing educational services to children with special education needs at the early childhood education level in the targeted government schools. The rationale of the study was to solicit trends-in-practice among ECE teachers through their stories, thus partly help other teachers who shall read findings of this study tap into their engagements with ECE learners; and partly nurture children’s development in a right way in…
This paper describes the organization of farmers’ markets that the state government initiated in most of the towns and cities in Tamil Nadu, South India in 1999. Drawing on research conducted in three districts, it examines these markets’ impact on the most vulnerable stakeholder groups: on the production side, small and marginal farmers, with special attention to farming women; among traders, vegetable headload vendors; and on the consumption side, the residents of low-income neighbourhoods. With the increasing popularity of farmers’ markets in other Indian states and in many other parts of the world, important lessons can be learnt from this…
This study was undertaken to establish the challenges faced by distance education students and what institutions of higher learning have put in place to ameliorate the challenges. It was undertaken in Kabwe urban District, covering three institutions: Nkrumah University, Zambian Open University and Mulungushi University simple random sampling technique was used to select the three institutions and respondents. This study used a descriptive research method, employing the use of a questionnaire and interview guide to collect data. Thematic data analysis was the predominant method employed in the study. Findings indicate that many factors in the home, school and circumstantial environments…
The Covid-19 pandemic struck the world in 2019 and caught humanity unprepared. Globally the pandemic brought normal life processes to a halt and caused much disruption to the lives of millions. Across the globe many lost jobs and livelihoods whilst the work environment had to eventually go on, a new way of doing things had to be introduced and adopted. This study seeks to show how establishments and entities have turned to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to reintroduce the world to a world of work where the environment or work interaction has virtual aspects to it nested in ICT…
Quels sont les principaux avantages ? Flexibilité : Vous pouvez étudier quand cela convient à votre emploi du temps professionnel et familial, où que vous vous trouviez. Le soir et le week-end, depuis chez vous, pendant votre pause déjeuner, dans le train pour aller au travail, après avoir préparé le dîner pour la famille, ou pendant un vol pour un voyage d’affaires. Tout ce dont vous avez besoin est un appareil numérique connecté à l’internet. Vous pouvez utiliser n’importe quel appareil, d’un PC ou d’un ordinateur portable à…