After four years as prime minister, Vladimir Putin returns to Kremlin as president for a third term. Exit polls and preliminary results gave him more than 60% of the vote. Putin turned emotional and wept while claiming its victory. “I promised you we would win, and we won. Glory to Russia!”, said Putin with tears … Continue reading
Motto: ‘Don´t ever let somebody tell you, you can´t do something.You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something? Go get it. Period.’ – The Pursuit of Happiness There are not so many people who haven’t heard yet about the … Continue reading
Corporate Social Responsibility practices in Mexico vary from “philanthropic efforts to standards-based reporting with corporate governance practices for stronger transparency and accountability to both shareholders and the wider community.” Logsdon, Thomas and Van Buren (2006) analyze the social and political history of CSR in Mexico by questioning three myths about Mexico’s CSR that influence outsiders’ perception: CSR in … Continue reading
As almost everyone knows it, Romanians did not give up protesting, they’re still on the streets. Social media channels are invaded each by slogans or pictures against the president. However there are also more… unexpected ways to show indignation. On a well-known Romanian jobs search website, BestJobs, a company called Romanian People (POPORUL ROMAN S.A.) has a surprising open … Continue reading
Here’s a Romanian protester that has a very interesting point of view. His placard says: “I WANT: Educated and noble people with common sense to be models for the society and for the Romanian children and youth!” His statement integrates the entire reasoning behind the protests in Romania. The picture (Photo credits: Victor Drâmbă) received more than … Continue reading
The protests that took place yesterday in Romania ended without any violent incidents and victims. It is still not known if the protesters will gather again this evening. The Bucharest municipality already cleaned almost any trace of the Sunday evening’s acts violence. Only the injured people still wear the marks of the riot. Also several stores’ … Continue reading
More than 9,700 people are protesting again for the sixth straight day in 60 Romanian cities. The demonstrators gathered in the center of Bucharest and in other 59 Romanian cities to demand the resignation of president Traian Basescu and his government. Although the former deputy health minister Raed Arafat accepted to take back the position from which he resigned a … Continue reading
The importance of the National Oil Companies (NOCs) has been ignored for a long time, so it was their social responsibility. Long time, their social responsibility was considered implicit due to their “national” component. However, the importance of NOCs in global economy and their “dimension” should not be disregarded. NOCs controlled 77% of the 1,148 billion barrels of world’s proved oil reserves, … Continue reading
