Sustainability Reporting

2021 ◽  
pp. 130-145
Author(s):  
Dana Maria (Oprea) Constantin ◽  
Sorinel Căpușneanu ◽  
Dan Ioan Topor ◽  
Elena Grigore ◽  
Adrian Amadeus Tișcovschi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Informational Content ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
Internal Management ◽  
Short And Long Term

This chapter approaches some issues related to the implementation of sustainability reporting and its benefits within an economic entity. The main objectives of this chapter are to present a brief implementation guide of sustainability reporting, according to GRI requirements and the benefits of its use. Based on the specialized literature, the authors present various aspects encountered in implementing sustainability reporting, interpreting the information used for the internal management and the stakeholders through the sustainability indicators. All the aspects presented and analyzed are based on the existing specialized studies and on the higher education ones. The chapter ends with the authors' conclusions regarding the importance of implementing the guide of the sustainability reporting and its advantages and disadvantages in the short and long term. Through this contribution of the authors, new opportunities are opened in order to exploit the informational content specific to the sustainability reporting that is particularly relevant to all stakeholders.

scholarly journals Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on perceptions and career goals of undergraduate tourism students in Ecuador

Ciencia Unemi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (37) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Maria José Ortiz Zurita ◽  
Lluís Coromina Soler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Professional Perceptions

This paper explored the perceptions and career goals of undergraduate tourism students, before and during the pandemic COVID-19, in the Universidad Estatal de Milagro, in Milagro, Ecuador. The study is based on a quantitative approach. The sample is made up of 207 students during 2018 (before the COVID-19 pandemic) and 161 students in 2020 (during COVID-19). The questionnaire included questions about professional perceptions and questions about the professional goals that students have in the short and long term. Finally, perceptions exclusively related to COVID-19 were measured.  The results showed that the vast majority of the students are highly motivated and committed to pursue a career in the tourism industry. A high percentage of the participants expressed their desire to do a Tourism master degree and undertake their own tourism businesses, despite the uncertainty now generated by COVID-19. The findings also reaffirmed the importance of guiding improvements on tourism higher education and tourism industry, with the aim of ensuring the quality of the tourist services, with highly skilled professionals, especially in emerging tourist destinations as Ecuador.

scholarly journals Argument for Tenure in the American Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Majed s Allehaibi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Social Sanctions ◽  
Research Findings

The article presents the arguments concerning tenure in academic institutions. Proponents of tenure argue that it protects professors from social sanctions such as criticism by political or religious powers outside campus that may disagree with the professor’s research findings and thus might pressure the institution to fire him or her. Opponents of tenure argue that the security that comes with tenure allows professors to become incompetent and slothful. After assessing the advantages and disadvantages of tenure, this article concludes that tenure could be an incentive attracting competent faculty members and allowing them to embark on long-term, risky research projects.

scholarly journals Tools for assessing the financial stability of the enterprise

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
A. L. Boltava ◽  
V. A. Budtueva ◽  
V. A. Romanova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Absolute Stability ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
Normal Stability

This article describes in detail one of the main tools for assessing the financial stability of an enterprise. The study describes a method for analyzing the financial stability of an enterprise based on relative indicators: its own working capital, the aggregate of its own and long-term funds, the total amount of sources for the formation of reserves and costs of an economic entity, and shows practical calculations on the example of an economic entity. The study reveals the essence of the method for determining one of the four types of financial situation: absolute stability, normal stability, unstable and crisis financial condition. The types are characterized based on the values of the threecomponent indicator of financial stability. Based on the results of the analysis of financial stability based on relative indicators, conclusions and proposals are made, with emphasis on the stabilization of the financial situation. The advantages and disadvantages of using the studied tool for assessing the financial stability of the enterprise are also highlighted.

scholarly journals TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE BALANCED SCORECARD

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
Вера Даринская ◽  
Vera Darinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Promising Direction ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
General Quality ◽  
Short And Long Term

The article deals with the problems of strategic management of an economic entity, the formation of its information base on the basis of the system of General quality management (TQM). Special attention is paid to the balanced scorecard (BSC) as the most promising direction of accumulation and obtaining information necessary for making informed management decisions in the short and long term, which is especially important in an unstable economic situation.

Uses and Abuses of Ranking in University Strategic Planning

2017 ◽  
pp. 232-251
Author(s):  
Zaw Wint ◽  
Kevin Downing
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Substantial Influence ◽  
Ranking Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
World Ranking

The ranking of higher education institutions is a growing phenomenon around the world, with ranking systems in place in more than 40 countries. The emergence of world ranking systems that compare higher education institutions across national boundaries and the proliferation of these since the past decade, are indeed a reality now, and are already exerting substantial influence on both short and long term developments of higher education institutions. Rankings are being used by a variety of stakeholders for different purposes. Rankings are no doubt, useful for fostering institutional strategic planning and management, and their communication externally as well as their own institutional community and the national interest.

Decellularization Strategies to Engineer Fibrocartilage Bioscaffolds: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1435-1451
Author(s):  
F. Yusof ◽  
M. Sha’ban ◽  
A. Azhim
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Meniscal Repair ◽  
Long Term Results ◽  
Biological Scaffolds ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
New Treatment ◽  
Cellular Components

Fibrocartilage or known as meniscus tissues located in between the tibia and femur always subjected to extreme forces that can lead to injury especially for the sportsperson. The meniscal injury mean incidence in the general population is 66 per 100,000. The principal methods for the surgical management of fibrocartilage injury have been improvised from meniscectomy to meniscal repair and meniscal reconstruction that portrays different advantages and disadvantages in the short and long-term results. The inability to treat meniscus injury without osteoarthritis development in long-term results also motivates to find new treatment strategies. In this current era, the development of the multidisciplinary fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine provides new alternatives for the treatment approaches. This field involves the regeneration of the required tissue using scaffolds such as synthetic, natural, and biological scaffolds to restore the damaged one. Biological scaffolds are preferable because it tremendously mimics the native anatomical structure and has similar ratios and concentration of the proteins and growth factors that influence tissue repair and remodeling. The development of biological scaffolds with low immunogenic levels involves the decellularization process that eliminates all the cellular components while preserved the extracellular matrix (ECM) integrity and mechanics. In this review, the pros and cons of the recent decellularization strategies to engineer fibrocartilage scaffolds have been discussed. We believed that the ideal decellularization methods still need to be explored to develop suitable biological scaffolds that structurally and functionally mimic native tissue as a replacement for new tissue regeneration.

The University Center for Training and Development

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 334-340
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Mussnug ◽  
Aaron W. Hughey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
University Center ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The University

Training which is available through higher education, when carefully planned and systematically implemented, can help companies remain competitive in today's highly volatile global marketplace. In order to meet the training needs of companies more effectively within their service area, many US colleges and universities have established Centers for Training and Development. The Center typically draws upon the expertise of faculty to provide business and industry with intensive training programmes in a variety of areas relevant to their operations. Training provided by the Center includes both short-term, customized instruction on a specific topic as well as long-term, comprehensive programmes which cover a variety of areas related to the manufacturing process. While the Center offers tremendous benefits for both business and academe, it can also precipitate significant challenges. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages associated with establishing a Center for Training and Development. Included are various public relations concerns, key faculty/trainer considerations including selection procedures and issues related to time and money, and the cultural differences that exist between the corporate sector and higher education. Recommendations are presented for maximizing the effectiveness of the Center for both the institution and the companies it serves.

Teenage Employment In Hospitality: Attitudes, Outcomes And Analysis

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Divine ◽  
A. L. Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Career Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Teenage Employment ◽  
Development Of Students

The benefits of career education have been questioned by recent research on the academic and social development of students who work while 109634808801200244in high school. The current study investigates attitudes about short and long term advantages and disadvantages of high school employment among a sample of workers and non-workers who have gone on to college. Findings are generally positive, and recommendations are made for providing an employment experience which is beneficial to the employer and the high school students.

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