voluntary standards
Stakeholder involvement in the selection of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-focussed voluntary standards within the food / agri-business industry
... sustainability standards within an evolving corporate environment (Haack and Schoenborn, 2012; Christensen, ...implement voluntary standards without this decision emerging from its own internal ...
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THE QUEEN S NURSING INSTITUTE SCOTLAND. The QNI/QNIS Voluntary Standards for District Nurse Education and Practice
... “voluntary standards” was agreed in order to differentiate the QNI/QNIS standards from regulatory or mandatory standards, such as those set by the ...QNI/QNIS standards are voluntarily ...
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Environmental non-governmental certification: adoption, compliance of voluntary standards and their effects for the enterprises
... More than 70 % of the companies said they have never used any other en- vironmental certification type before. Adoption of the FSC, MSC or Oeko-Tex standard was their very first certification. This contrasts with the ...
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Patenting and voluntary standards: tensions between the domains of proprietary assets and "public goods" in the innovation of network technologies
... The lasting legacy of the GSM case is that the IPR conflict went from being a theo- retic possibility to becoming a factor that could fundamentally shape technologi- cal development in this field. As market stakes rise, ...
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Does the Voluntary Standards for Excellence Program Improve Reporting Qualities & Financial Ratios of Nonprofit Organizations?
... ethical standards in a number of different ...universal standards or indicators in the nonprofit sector for how an organization should be managed or how to measure ...
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By Wayne Shannon Marketing Manager
... ISO 50001 provides voluntary standards for industrial plants, governmental agencies, commercial and institutional facilities interested in using energy management systems to improve [r] ...
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CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION. Measures Needed to Assess Agencies Promotion of the Cybersecurity Framework
... of voluntary standards and procedures for critical infrastructure, we reviewed and analyzed the actions taken by NIST to develop its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure ...
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Industry Self-Regulation of Consumer Data Privacy and Security, 32 J. Marshall J. Info. Tech. & Privacy L. 15 (2015)
... industry-led standards for consumer data privacy and security effect online ...adopt voluntary standards, and whether there is a difference in outcomes between trade association memberships (like the ...
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Evaluating the Governance of Sustainability Reporting: Assessing Mandatory and Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Policies and Practices Around the World
... 2011). Voluntary reports were environmentally focused in the beginning, and by the mid 1990’s, took on a triple bottom line/sustainability ...2011). Voluntary reporting was seen as an advantageous way to be ...
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Effectiveness and legitimacy of forest carbon standards in the OTC voluntary carbon market
... the voluntary over-the-counter (OTC) carbon market has reached a significant market ...regulated, voluntary standards have been created to secure the social and environmental integrity of the traded ...
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Contested accountability: civil society and the international fair trade association
... regulates voluntary standards and certification mechanisms for organizations of Southern Fair Trade producers and Northern Fair Trade sellers, has the potential to play a unique global governance role ...
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Empirical accounting research
... of interest differ in the studies, different measures for listing status are used. For exam- ple, El-Gazzar, Finn and Jacob (1999) and Ashbaugh (2001) draw on the number of foreign stock exchange listings, while Cuijpers ...
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Earnings Management under German GAAP versus IFRS.
... accounting standards depend on the penalties assessed for ...quality standards might be a necessary con- dition for high quality information but not a sufficient ...
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Wexford Waterford foster care services, 29 January 2018 – 1 February 2018
... At the time of the inspection, one fostering team was presenting scaled down assessment reports to the foster care committee. These assessments were carried out in some cases, on relatives of carers who were due to stay ...
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Voluntary Certification Program Standards
... ■ (32) All caregivers and other persons counted in child/staff ratios shall have training in basic first aid as follows: (a) Prior to opening a child care facility, at least one (1) ca[r] ...
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The European Sports Charter
... 1. Appropriate structures for the proper co-ordination of the development and promotion of sport, both between the various public administrations and agencies concerned by sports questions, and between the public and ...
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US Voluntary Disclosure
... On June 18, 2014, the IRS announced a new ‘offshore’ voluntary disclosure initiative (the ‘2014 OVDI’) aimed at non- compliant US taxpayers with unreported offshore (i.e., non-US) bank accounts and assets. The ...
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Voluntary Life Insurance
... Your employer has chosen Standard Insurance Company to provide group Voluntary Life coverage to eligible employees. The Standard has earned a solid reputation for its quality products, superior customer service, ...
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Voluntary Administration Guidelines
... Guidelines for each of the Voluntary products which Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York offers are included with this letter. We believe you will find the guidelines and the “Quick Hit” list to be ...
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VOLUNTARY PLAN PROCEDURES
... The VP is required to make deductions from benefi ts that are payable to individuals identifi ed by the State of California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) as having unmet spousal and/or child support ...
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