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Up-gradation in Human Resource Management Practices for the Biotech Industry in India

  • Kumari, Neeraj
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 2015
  • The 21st century belongs to biotechnology as it made profound impact in the field of health, food, agriculture and environmental protection. India's biotechnology industry is poised to record substantial growth, perhaps even overtake the robust IT industry. The objectives of the study are to determine the existing HR practices in Biotech Industry and to understand the need for the up gradation in existing HR Policies. Conclusive and descriptive research design has been used. Data is collected from 122 employees in 23 companies of Biotech Industry. It was found that Biotechnology companies require managers with unique qualities. The lack of solid managerial training and the associated risk of failure often have long-term consequences for the careers of research professionals. The efforts to achieve excellence through a focus on learning, quality, teamwork, and reengineering are driven by the way organizations get things done and how they treat people. Biotech industry is trying to establish itself in India for last one decade but is not showing any phenomenal growth because they still do not valuing their human resource as much they should be.

Age-Specific Thyroid Internal Dose Estimation for Koreans

  • Kwon, Tae-Eun;Yoon, Seokwon;Ha, Wi-Ho;Chung, Yoonsun;Jin, Young Woo
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제46권4호
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    • pp.170-177
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    • 2021
  • Background: The International Commission on Radiological Protection is preparing to provide reference dose coefficients for environmental radioiodine intake based on newly developed age-specific biokinetic models. However, the biokinetics of iodine has been reported to be strongly dependent on the dietary intake of stable iodine; for example, the thyroidal uptake of iodine may be substantially lower in iodine-rich regions than in iodine-deficient regions. Therefore, this study attempted to establish a system of age-specific thyroid dose estimation for South Koreans, whose daily iodine intakes are significantly higher than that of the world population. Materials and Methods: Korean age-specific biokinetic parameters and thyroid masses were derived based on the previously developed Korean adult model and the Korean anatomical reference data for adults, respectively. This study complied with the principles used in the development of age-specific biokinetic models for world population and used the ratios of baseline values for each age group relative to the value for adults to derive age-specific values. Results and Discussion: Biokinetic model predictions based on the Korean age-specific parameters showed significant differences in iodine behaviors in the body compared to those predicted using the model for the world population. In particular, the Korean age-specific thyroid dose coefficients for 129I and 131I were considerably lower than those calculated for the world population (25%-76% of the values for the world population). Conclusion: These differences stress the need for Korean-specific internal dose assessments for infants and children, which can be achieved by using the data calculated in this study.

감사대상기업의 사회적 책임활동과 감사의 효율성 : 경제정의지수와 감사보수 및 감사시간의 관련성 분석 (The Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Audit Efficiency: Analyses of the effects of KEJI Index on Audit Fees and Audit Hours)

  • 이가혜;최국현
    • 국제지역연구
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.247-268
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구는 2011년부터 2014년까지 감사대상기업의 사회적 책임이 감사 효율성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 감사대상기업의 사회적 책임활동을 측정하는 변수로 경제정의연구소에서 공시하는 KEJI 지수 및 KEJI지수의 개별 항목 각각이 감사보수 및 감사시간에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 본 연구의 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, KEJI지수로 측정한 기업의 CSR활동은 감사보수 및 감사시간과 유의한 관련성이 나타나지 않았다. 한편, KEJI 지수를 구성하는 개별항목을 구분하여 CSR 개별 항목이 감사의 효율성에 미치는 영향에서는 CSR 공정성, CSR 사회공헌도, CSR 환경경영이 감사시간과 감사보수에 유의한 음(-)의 영향, CSR 소비자보호도와 CSR 직원만족도가 감사시간과 감사보수에 유의한 양(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 첫째, CSR 공정성, CSR 사회공헌도와 CSR 환경경영도 항목의 평점이 높은 기업의 재무제표 감사인은 재무제표 투명성의 제고로 인하여 감사위험을 낮게 평가할 수 있으며, 이러한 감사인의 평가는 감사시간의 투입을 낮추는 요인이 될 수 있음을 시사한다. 한편, 기업이 제공하고 있는 소비자 편의, 광고비 지출 및 직원들에 대한 보건, 안전, 교육훈련 등의 지출이 재무제표 왜곡가능성을 높일 수 있는 요인으로 인식할 수 있다. 재무제표 감사인은 CSR 소비자보호와 CSR 직원만족 활동이 높은 기업의 비용지출은 필수적이라기보다는 재량적이라고 판단할 수 있다. 이에 따라 감사인은 재무제표 왜곡위험이 높아짐에 따라 감사위험을 낮추기 위하여 더 많은 감사시간을 투입하고 있음을 시사한다. 또한, 본 연구결과는 KEJI 지수와는 별개로 KEJI 지수를 구성하는 개별항목이 재무제표감사의 효율성에 미치는 영향이 기업의 산업별, 규제별, 재무적특성별로 차별적으로 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 시사한다.

환경경영을 위한 전과정평가(LCA)의 고찰 및 사례 연구 (A Study on the Life-Cycle Assessment and the Case Study for the Environmental Management)

  • 임재화;이석준
    • 산학경영연구
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.59-79
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    • 2005
  • 최근들어 전세계는 지속적인 기술혁신과 경제성장을 바탕으로 대량소비를 추구하고 있으며 이러한 과정에서 환경파괴는 가속화되고 있다. 기업활동의 핵심인 산업활동 및 서비스의 증가는 이에 수반되는 제품 생산을 위하여 원자재의 취득에서부터 최종제품의 제조 및 폐기과정까지의 전과정에서 환경오염물질을 배출하고있다. 동시에 다량의 원자재를 사용함으로 인하여 자원소모를 촉진시키고 있으며, 그 결과 지속가능한 개발에 장애요인이 되고 있다. 이에 환경보전을 위한 기업의 책임이 강조되고 있다. 그린라운드에 대비해야 하는 기업은 단순히 최종제품을 제조하여 판매하는 일뿐만 아니라 원료취득과 사용후의 폐기처리까지를 포함하는 제품의 전과정에 걸쳐 발생되는 환경영향을 고려하지 않으면 않되게 되었다. 국제적으로는 ISO의 TC207에서 전과정평가(Life Cycle Assessment : LCA) 기법이 표준화되고 있으며, 국내의 여러 기업에서 전과정평가 기법을 습득하여 기업활동에 적용하려는 작업이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 최근의 교토의정서 발효와 ISO 14000 시리즈 정비는 국가간 또는 기업간 경쟁에 새로운 생존원칙을 제시하고 있다. 또한 개개의 제품에 대한 전과정평가는 단일 제품에 대한 경쟁력 향상뿐만 아니라 기업 전체의 이미지에도 큰 영향을 줄 것이다. 따라서 본 연구는 향후 기업의 운명을 좌우할 수 있는 전과정평가 기법에 대한 이론적 고찰과 그 기법을 이용하여 제품의 환경친화성 평가 및 미래에 경쟁력 있는 제품개발을 위한 몇 가지 사례를 살펴보고자 한다.

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기업의 사회적 책임활동을 통한 기업이미지 및 고객가치 향상이 고객충성도에 미치는 영향 (Affecting Customer Loyalty by Improving Corporate Image and Customer Value through Corporate Social Responsibility Activities)

  • 김종호;황희중;송인암
    • 유통과학연구
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    • 제12권8호
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    • pp.31-42
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    • 2014
  • Purpose - Recently, a variety of activities for practicing the continuing management of domestic and foreign companies have been conducted and further, corporate social responsibility for maximizing the value of stakeholders such as customers, cooperative companies, and the local community emerges as a key business strategy. Accordingly, the issue of whether corporate image and customer value through corporate social responsibility activities positively affect customer loyalty and customer attitude is investigated in this study. Research design, data, and methodology - Corporate social responsibility activities are classified into legal and moral activities, environmental protection activities, economic activities, and community service activities; further, customer values are classified into emotional value, functional value, and social value, to determine the parameters. In addition, the strategic approach direction of social responsibility activities is justified as a strategy for effectively achieving the expected results that corporations seek by proving the effect of these parameters on customer loyalty. Results - The study results can be summarized as follows. First, legal and moral activities, environmental protection activities, economic activities, and community service activities are four types of CSR activities affecting meaningful improvements in corporate image. Second, legal and moral activities affect factors that meaningfully improve customer value, including factors such as emotional value, functional value, and social value, while environmental protection activities affect improvements in the factor of social value only. Third, corporate image affects meaningful improvements in customer value. Fourth, corporate image affects improvements in customer loyalty positively. Fifth, the three factors of customer value, that is, emotional value, functional value, and social value affect meaningful improvements in customer loyalty. Sixth, customer value acts to partly mediate the effect of companies' CSR activities on customer loyalty. As shown in the study results above, it was verified that CSR activities affect meaningful improvements in corporate image and customer value and, in turn, corporate image and customer value affect meaningful improvements in customer loyalty. In addition, it was verified that customer value acts to partly mediate the effects of companies' CSR activities on customer value. Conclusions - Accordingly, the results of this study suggests as follows. First, it was clearly verified that customers' recognition of CSR efforts has a positive effect on corporate image, customer value, and loyalty because CSR activities improve the relationships between customers and corporations by providing customers with value. Second, it was suggested that corporations implement social contribution activities strategically according to the theory that the higher the rate of CSR activities, the better the corporate image and repurchase intention would be, which is a theory verified through practical analysis. Corporations should do this by constructing positive relationships from the value perceived by customers. To summarize the study results in a brief manner, it is suggested by the results of the study that a corporation should conduct CSR more actively to make customers recognize the positive image of their products and services.

군부대 시설 및 지하철 역사 주변 지하상가의 측정농도와 노출시간을 이용한 실내에서의 라돈 위해성 평가 (Indoor Radon Risk Assessment by Applying Measurement Concentrations and Exposure Times for Military Facilities and Underground Shopping Malls near Subway stations)

  • 공진석;김영희
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제42권5호
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    • pp.345-351
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: The objective of this study was to conduct risk assessment using indoor radon concentration and exposure times. Methods: The target facilities were military facilities before and after the application of radon reduction processes and underground commercial facilities in major subway stations in Seoul. Indoor radon concentrations were measured by passive sampler. Results: Radon concentrations in 13 military facilities were initially higher than the guidelines, but the levels were below guidelines after the application of radon reduction processes. Underground shopping mall radon concentrations near subway stations in Seoul satisfied the guidelines. However, indoor radon effective doses after radon reduction processes in some military facilities and those in underground shopping malls belonged to International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) groups needing control management. Conclusion: Indoor radon management requires risk assessment data that takes into account working time (or residence time) in addition to management according to concentration guidelines.

WETLANDS CONSERVATION AND ITS VISION FOR TAIWAN

  • Chiau, Wen-Yan
    • 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국환경과학회 2002년도 The 10th Anniversary of KENSS International Workshop
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    • pp.29-44
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    • 2002
  • Wetlands provide vital habitats for fish and wildlife while offering numerous other benefits. As in some other countries, however, Taiwan has witnessed the loss of a significant portion of its coastal wetlands due to large-scale reclamation projects along the coast. Most of the wetlands that still remain are seriously being threatened by both human activities and natural changes, such as drainage for agricultural production, filling for industrial development, discharge of wastes and drought. The administrative performance of the existing authorities and legislation in Taiwan has mostly been ineffective in protecting these precious, sensitive areas. This paper introduces the distribution of wetlands in Taiwan and highlights their invaluable functions and potential economic value. It also discussed the recent activities, both initiated by the government and the NGOs, to protect wetlands in Taiwan. Based on the above discussion, the paper identifies the wide-range of current problems related to their management and proposes the vision should have to save wetlands for the future. It argues that establishing clear policies and effective institutional mechanisms on wetland protection and conservation, classifying the wetlands for better management, and fully promoting public awareness and consciousness of the importance of the wetlands will not only be beneficial but will also address the urgent need to safeguard the wetlands in Taiwan. Additionally, the paper recognizes that international cooperation and collaboration on wetland restoration is essential and most challenging.

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도시 소하천 개발에 따른 유출 변화량의 모의기법에 관한 연구

  • 김성원;조정석
    • 한국환경과학회지
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    • 제7권4호
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    • pp.451-460
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    • 1998
  • The objectives of this study Is to evaluate the total runoff yield, peak flow and peak flow travel time depending on the urbanization, return period and rainfall patterns at the downstream of Manchon urban watershed in TaeGu City. SWM(Storm Water Management Model) is used for runog analysis based on 5 different steps of urbanization and 4 different types of Hufrs quartile according to 8 return periods. It is analyzed that the order of total runoff yield according to raiun patterns is Huffs 4, Huffs 2. Huffs 3 and Huffs 1 quartile, that of peak flow magnitude is Huffs 2, Huffs 1, Huffs 4 and Huffs 3 quartile at present development ratio. under the 60, 70, 80 and 90ft of urbanization to the 50% of urbanization by means of the rainfall patterns, the mean Increasing ratio of total runoff yield for each case is 4.55, 11.43, 16.07 and 20.02%, that of peak flow is 5.82, 13.61, 17.15 and 18.83%, the mean decreasing ratio of peak flow travel time Is 0.00, 2.44, 5.07 and 6.26%, the mean increasing ratio of runoff depth Is 4.51, 11.42, 16.02 and 20.05% respectively. the mean increasing ratio of total runoff yield by means of each and 19.71%. Therefore, as the result of this study. it can be used for principal data as to storm sewage treatment and flood damage protection planning in urban small watershed.

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무 유식물에서의 니켈내성과 히스티딘의 작용 (Nickel Tolerance and the Complexing Role of Histidine in Raphanus sativus)

  • 김태윤;홍정희
    • 한국환경과학회지
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    • 제13권8호
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    • pp.711-719
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    • 2004
  • The effect of nickel (Ni) on growth and some tolerance strategies with regard to heavy metal tolerance mechanism was investigated in radish (Raphanus sativus) seedlings. The protective effect of histidine on nickel stress conditions was also monitored. The seedling growth decreased with an increase in metal concentrations. The inhibitory effect was more pronounced in the root elongation than in the shoot elongation. Increasing Ni supply showed a progressive increase of Ni concentrations in the roots and shoots. Ni content was higher in the shoots than in the roots. In the presence of nickel, radish exhibited an antioxidative defense mechanism, as evidenced by the elevated malondialdehyde(MDA), showing that nickel is an efficient inducer of lipid peroxidation. Exposure of radish to elevated concentrations of nickel was accompanied by an increase in the proline content. Supplemental histidine in the presence of Ni ameliorated metal-induced growth inhibition and lipid peroxidation. Combinations of Ni and histidine resulted in a significant decline in proline content compared with Ni stress alone, indicating that histidine may provide protection against the adverse effect of Ni stress. From the results it is suggested that histidine is an efficient chelator by complexing metal ion within the plant and may playa role in nickel tolerance implicated in metal detoxification.

강판의 내식성 향상을 위한 환경 친화형 표면처리: 다중코팅에 의한 시너지 효과 (Environmentally Friendly Surface Treatments for Improvement of Corrosion of Steel Sheets: Synergy Effect by Multicoating)

  • 전상익;박찬영;류진호;이원기
    • 한국환경과학회지
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.97-103
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    • 2005
  • Because of the toxicity of hexavelant chromium ion, treatments of metallic surface with chromate compounds to retard corrosion are undesirable for safety control in industrial uses and protection of environment. In this study, we investigated several compounds such as inorganic, organic, and polymer materials in order to sub­stitute the chromate conversion treatment on steel sheet. The corrosion property was investigated in a salt spray tester with 3.5 $wt.{\%}\;NaCI\;at\;35^{\circ}C.$ The results showed that the zirconium/silane/polymer triple coatings on the galvanized steel exhibited a significant retardation of corrosion. Although the multicoating system needs a com­plexed processing, we can confirm a possibility of development of a chromate-free chemical conversion treat­ment for galvanized steel sheet.