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Intangible cultural heritage in international law
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ISBN: 019175854X 0191668907 0191668893 9780191668906 9780191758546 9780191668890 1299737129 9781299737129 9780199679508 0199679509 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues around intangible cultural heritage (also known as traditional cultural expressions or folklore). It explores both institutional and substantive responses the law offers to the safeguarding of intangible heritage, relying heavily on critiques internal and external to the law. These external critiques primarily come from the disciplines of anthropology and heritage studies.Intangible cultural heritage is safeguarded on three different levels: international, regional, and national. At the international level, the foremost instrument i


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The battle to do good : inside McDonald's sustainability journey
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ISBN: 9781787568150 1787568156 9781787568174 1787568172 1787568164 1787568180 9781787568167 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing,

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In The Battle to Do Good, former McDonald's executive Bob Langert takes readers on a behind-the-scenes eye witness account of the mega brand's battle to address numerous societal hot-button issues, such as packaging, waste, recycling, obesity, deforestation, and animal welfare. From the late 80s, McDonald's landed smack in the middle of one contentious issue after another, often locking horns with powerful NGOs such as Greenpeace, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and Corporate Accountability. This sudden shift from being the beloved Golden Arches since opening its doors in 1955, to the demon of many societal ills, caught McDonald's off guard. Langert chronicles the highs and lows that McDonald's experienced in turbulent times and how its sustainability journey evolved from playing defense to strategically solving issues with unlikely partners, including a whirling dervish, autistic animal scientist, and avid environmentalists from the World Wildlife Fund and Conservation International. Packed with first-hand anecdotes, interviews with key McDonald's executives and NGO leaders, and scores of lessons learned, The Battle to Do Good is a sustainability page turner that provides unique insights and guidance on how to successfully navigate and manage today's societal issues to make the business stronger, more relevant, and more profitable.

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E-books --- Fast food restaurants --- Social responsibility of business --- Sustainable development --- Management --- McDonald's Corporation. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Business --- Corporate accountability --- Corporate responsibility --- Corporate social responsibility --- Corporations --- CSR (Corporate social responsibility) --- Industries --- Social responsibility, Corporate --- Social responsibility of industry --- Business ethics --- Issues management --- Quick-service restaurants --- Restaurants --- Environmental aspects --- Social responsibility --- Social aspects --- McDonald's System, Inc. --- McDonald's (Firm : U.S.) --- Mac Donald (Firm : U.S.) --- Mac Do (Firm : U.S.) --- Social responsibility of business. --- Sustainable development. --- Management. --- Business & Economics --- Business ethics & social responsibility. --- Business Ethics. --- Empreses --- Desenvolupament sostenible --- Restauració ràpida --- Responsabilitat social --- Direcció i administració --- Fast food --- Menjars ràpids --- Restaurants de menjar ràpid --- Restaurants de servei ràpid --- Servei ràpid d'àpats i begudes --- Aliments precuinats --- Restauració (Gastronomia) --- Creixement sostenible --- Desenvolupament sustentable --- Sostenibilitat --- Desenvolupament econòmic --- Balanç social de les empreses --- Empresa --- Indústries --- Resposabilitat social corporativa --- Responsabilitat social de l'empresa --- Responsabilitat social de les empreses --- Ètica empresarial --- Gestió de conflictes potencials --- Aspectes ambientals --- Balanç social --- Aspectes socials --- McDonald's (Firma : E.E.U.U.) --- Mac Donald (Firma : E.E.U.U.)

Spinoza's Ethics : an introduction
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ISBN: 9780521544795 0521544793 9780521836203 0521836204 9780511815737 9780511220982 0511220987 9780511218996 0511218990 0511815735 0511218990 1107161401 9781107161405 1280480130 9781280480133 0511220472 9780511220470 0511316216 9780511316210 0511219679 9780511219672 Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy: a treatise simultaneously on metaphysics, knowledge, philosophical psychology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. It presents, in Spinoza's famous 'geometric method', his radical views on God, Nature, the human being, and happiness. In this wide-ranging 2006 introduction to the work, Steven Nadler explains the doctrines and arguments of the Ethics, and shows why Spinoza's endlessly fascinating ideas may have been so troubling to his contemporaries, as well as why they are still highly relevant today. He also examines the philosophical background to Spinoza's thought and the dialogues in which Spinoza was engaged - with his contemporaries (including Descartes and Hobbes), with ancient thinkers (especially the Stoics), and with his Jewish rationalist forebears. His book is written for the student reader but will also be of interest to specialists in early modern philosophy.


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Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance
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ISBN: 9783030996383 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer

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Matemàtica actuarial --- Assegurances --- Finances --- Models matemàtics --- Estadística matemàtica --- Estadística descriptiva --- Inferència estadística --- Matemàtica estadística --- Mètodes estadístics --- Estadística --- Anàlisi d'error (Matemàtica) --- Anàlisi de regressió --- Anàlisi de sèries temporals --- Anàlisi de variància --- Anàlisi multivariable --- Anàlisi seqüencial --- Astronomia estadística --- Correlació (Estadística) --- Dependència (Estadística) --- Estadística no paramètrica --- Estadística robusta --- Física estadística --- Mètode dels moments (Estadística) --- Models lineals (Estadística) --- Models no lineals (Estadística) --- Teoria de l'estimació --- Teoria de la predicció --- Tests d'hipòtesi (Estadística) --- Biometria --- Mostreig (Estadística) --- Models (Matemàtica) --- Models experimentals --- Models teòrics --- Mètodes de simulació --- Anàlisi de sistemes --- Mètode de Montecarlo --- Modelització multiescala --- Models economètrics --- Models multinivell (Estadística) --- Programació (Ordinadors) --- Simulació per ordinador --- Teoria de màquines --- Models biològics --- Economia financera --- Operacions financeres --- Economia --- Actius financers derivats --- Amortització --- Beneficis --- Bons --- Borsa de valors --- Capital --- Capitalistes --- Crèdit --- Deflació --- Dones en les finances --- Enginyeria financera --- Entitats financeres --- Especulació --- Finances eclesiàstiques --- Finances internacionals --- Finances privades --- Finances públiques --- Gestió financera --- Gestió pressupostària --- Mercat financer --- Qüestió monetària --- Assegurances aèries --- Assegurances col·lectives --- Assegurances contra els riscs de guerra --- Assegurances d'accidents --- Assegurances d'automòbils --- Assegurances d'incendis --- Assegurances d'invalidesa --- Assegurances de crèdit --- Assegurances de l'empresa --- Assegurances de malaltia --- Assegurances de mercaderies --- Assegurances de responsabilitat civil --- Assegurances de viatgers --- Assegurances de vida --- Assegurances marítimes --- Companyies d'assegurances --- Gestió del risc --- Primes (Assegurances) --- Reassegurances --- Agents d'assegurances --- Risc (Assegurances) --- Càlcul actuarial --- Ciència actuarial --- Matemàtica financera --- Finance --- Insurance --- Statistical methods. --- Mathematical models.


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New journal of European criminal law.
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ISSN: 20322844 2399293X Year: 2009 Publisher: Mortsel, Belgium : Intersentia,

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Périodiques --- Tijdschriften --- Criminal law --- Comparative law --- Droit pénal --- Droit comparé --- Periodicals --- Periodicals. --- Strafrecht. --- Internationaal strafrecht. --- Europees recht. --- Criminal law. --- Droit pénal européen. --- UE/CE Etats membres. --- Publications périodiques. --- Europe. --- Europe --- Law --- General and Others --- Droit pénal --- Droit comparé --- Périodiques --- EJCRIMI EJIEE EPUB-ALPHA-N EPUB-PER-FT JURISQUARE-E SAGE-E STRADA-E --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Dret penal. --- Europa. --- European Union countries --- fast --- (OCoLC)fst00883328 --- (OCoLC)fst01245064 --- European Union countries. --- (OCoLC)fst01269470 --- Crime --- Crimes and misdemeanors --- Criminals --- Law, Criminal --- Penal codes --- Penal law --- Pleas of the crown --- Public law --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal procedure --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- EU countries --- Euroland --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Dret criminal --- Dret públic --- Ajusticiaments --- Autors (Dret penal) --- Bé jurídic --- Causalitat (Dret penal) --- Circumstàncies agreujants --- Circumstàncies atenuants --- Confiscació --- Cos del delicte --- Crims contra la humanitat --- Delicte continuat --- Delictes --- Delictes contra el medi ambient --- Delictes contra el patrimoni cultural --- Delictes contra els drets dels treballadors --- Delictes contra l'honor --- Delictes contra la persona --- Delictes contra la propietat --- Delictes contra la salut pública --- Delictes d'omissió --- Delictes econòmics --- Delictes militars --- Despenalització --- Difamació --- Dret internacional penal --- Dret penal internacional --- Dret penitenciari --- Fals testimoni --- Faltes (Dret penal) --- Il·legalitat --- Indult --- Infàmia (Dret) --- Infraccions de trànsit --- Jurisprudència penal --- Legalitat --- Llibertat condicional --- Malversació --- Pena de mort --- Por insuperable (Dret penal) --- Provocació (Dret penal) --- Reincidents --- Responsabilitat penal --- Revoltes --- Sancions administratives --- Secrets d'Estat --- Administració de justícia penal --- Penes --- Procediment penal --- Estats i territoris --- Euràsia --- Alps --- Camí de Sant Jaume --- Corredor Mediterrani --- Danubi (Europa : Curs d'aigua) --- Europa central --- Europa de l'Est --- Europa del Nord --- Europa del Sud --- Europa occidental --- Països de la Unió Europea --- Rin (Europa : Curs d'aigua) --- Roine (Europa : Curs d'aigua) --- Tràcia (Regió històrica) --- Actes preparatoris (Dret penal)

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