Dalrymple, William
Summary: In August 1756 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected taxes through means of a ruthless private army--what we would now call an act of involuntary privatization. The East India Company's founding charter authorized it to "wage war" and it had always used violence to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A Dangerous Game is the explosive documentary from filmmaker and investigative journalist Anthony Baxter (You've Been Trumped), which examines the eco-impact of luxury golf resorts around the world. Featuring exclusive interviews with Alec Baldwin, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, the film takes viewers on a globe-spanning journey to a World Heritage site in Croatia; the extravagant desert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DANSummary: Cyber-security engineer Elliot Anderson, along with the titular character and fsociety, starts a revolution to change the world. Season four will pick up where the third season finale left off, delving into the pros and cons of Elliot hitting ₁send₂ on the email that could reverse Five/Nine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MRSummary: Enter the "completely captivating" world of Mr. Robot. Cyber-security engineer by day and vigilante hacker by night, Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect. Compelled by his personal beliefs, Elliot struggles to resist the chance to take down the multinational CEOs he believes are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MR.Summary: What does it mean to be an industry leader in the 21st century? Having the greatest market share is no longer enough-a successful business must now set an example as a good corporate citizen. This program examines key policies and practices that integrate ethics and responsible management into all aspects of business operations. Viewers are introduced to Australia's Corporate Responsibility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Large organizations can only survive in a highly competitive environment if they have the resilience to effectively deal with change, whether coming from within the company or from the outside. The impact of nonsmoking legislation on places of business is used as an example of such change as this program explains how Club Med on Lindeman Island, Australia, effectively retooled itself to comply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The history of the banana trade is as politically loaded as that of coffee or oil-and yet it has received scant media attention over the decades. This documentary addresses that information void, exploring links between corporate power, Western governments, and developing nations that are heavily dependent on banana production as a result of colonial and post-colonial influences. Viewers gain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Corporate social responsibility is not a high-minded luxury when bad press puts a chokehold on business growth and profits. This program looks at how product and service providers develop and implement better business practices to satisfy shareholders, customers, employees, and the community. Companies such as Shell, DHL, Nike, and GlaxoSmithKline-placed on the hot seat by Greenpeace, the World...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A documentary on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions. Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter travels to France, California, Italy and New York, speaking with winemakers both large and small. The film offers a look at how business concerns and the homogenization of tastes around the world are changing the way wine is being made. Nossiter's primary focus is on American vintners...
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed exclusively by THINKFilm 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MON RATED PG-13Summary: It took two years of negotiation for the BBC's Fiona Bruce to get some face time with Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates. In this rare interview, Bruce gains insights into both the man and the icon-genius, business magnate, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people on the planet. In addition, Bruce probes what may be the key question facing Microsoft in the post-Gates era: with its hands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: With an international credit crunch hamstringing many Western entrepreneurs, a new wave of investment is flooding the U.K., largely from the Middle East and Asia. This program focuses on sovereign wealth funds and their role in what many see as a financial takeover of Britain's economy-including some of its most cherished icons and institutions. Beginning with a surprising case study-the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program travels to tea estates in Sri Lanka, Kenya, India, and Bangladesh-some traditional, some fair trade-to expose unsafe work environments and labor exploitation. Finding little meaningful difference between fair trade and non-fair trade operations, questions arise: Are fair trade organizations such as the E.U.'s Max Havelaar Foundation being duped by tea growers? Or are growers doing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: All over the world, green enterprise is growing. This program focuses on the catalyst that is transforming Earth-friendly businesses into paying ventures: a thing that economists call externalities. In Mexico, coffee growers use collective bargaining to create a more secure market. In Tanzania, where malaria is rampant, a mosquito net manufacturer makes good by marketing social change. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Does the future of capitalism favor the global corporations of the West-or small, competitive businesses that are homegrown in the developing world? This program offers valuable case studies that clearly illustrate both the challenges and the enormous potential of non-Western entrepreneurship. In Senegal, plastics manufacturer SIMPA has obtained funding for equipment upgrades and employee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: What lies behind the dramatic spike in oil and gas prices of recent years? What role have American oil companies played in it? And what do American economists and business leaders expect down the road? This CNBC Original documentary follows the flow of oil-from drill site to supertanker to refinery, then finally to the gas tank-while addressing economic and geopolitical issues associated with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Across Asia, the notion of "face"-a propriety of appearances-is being replaced by Western frankness, while traditional caste systems are yielding to wealth as the determinant of status. This program profiles three executives who typify the changing style of business in Asia: James C. Louey, senior executive of the world's largest bus company, KMB in Hong Kong; Dr. Jannie Tay, CEO of The Hour...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: While governments and industries reshape the world on a grand scale, countless individuals have pledged themselves to facilitating change at the grassroots level, one village at a time. This program interviews North American and European volunteers and the people in developing countries who are receiving their humanitarian and political assistance. By living together and sharing cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The discovery of oil is often celebrated as a one-way ticket to wealth and economic growth. But in some developing countries, striking it rich has had the opposite effect-making oil more of a bane than a blessing for the poorest inhabitants. This program contrasts two cases: Ecuador, where the toxic environmental legacy of oil has sparked a landmark lawsuit over international corporate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In a time of continual crisis for the airline industry, this program is a case study of a carrier that has shown a remarkable ability to rake in the cash: Ryanair. CEO Michael O'Leary, inspired by Southwest Airlines, cites cost-cutting-dirt-cheap fares, low-budget advertising, direct booking, short turnaround times, and flights only to secondary airports, plus an incredibly deep discount from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: More than 300 million men, women, and children are being forced to work in conditions of virtual enslavement. They have lost all control over their lives, and their survival rests in the hands of exploitative individuals and corporations. When they are no longer productive, they are simply discarded-broken, empty, and humiliated. This program goes around the world to document the stories of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As globalization gains momentum, industrialized and developing countries are, to a greater or lesser extent, becoming increasingly similar, with middle-class luxury and abject poverty coexisting side by side. This program explores the repercussions of globalization as well as a growing resentment toward the G8 countries and nongovernmental organizations. Concerns over third-world debt,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Hungry consumers in America and abroad are losing their appetite for the world's largest fast food company. Is McDonald's a brand on the verge of collapse, or can it be revitalized? This program strives to find out, as Harvard Business School's David Upton, Philip Morris litigator John Banzhaf, BBC business editor Jeff Randall, and neuroscientist Ann Kelley cite fat- and sugar-laden foods,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: From Internet search, to Android, to cloud computing: how has Google come so far, so fast, and what are the broad implications of Google's success? This program scrutinizes the Google phenomenon as it explores the company's history, corporate culture, business practices, innovations, and altruistic ambitions. Google's controversial experience in China is examined as well, along with its move to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010