Trust in the hands of the Lord
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The UK's National Trust recently celebrated its centennial amidst much controversy. One hundred years after its founding in 1895, the institution has grown into a massive organization with more than two million members and which manages 26 nature reserves, 466 special sites of scientific interest, 207 historic houses, 162 gardens, 25 industrial monuments and 51 religious buildings. However, despite its success, the National Trust has not been without its share of problems and embarrassments. Recently it was thrashed in the book 'Gilding the Acorn: Behind the Facade of the National Trust,' was humiliated by a play it commissioned that exposed the scandals surrounding its three founders, and was sharply criticized for its decision to lay off elderly staff while increasing the chairman's honorarium sixfold. Chmn. Lord Chorley dismisses the criticisms leveled against the National Trust and insists that the organization is an 'extraordinary success story.'
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1995
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Your life in your hands
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Executives should assemble a physical and mental health program for themselves. The factors that affect executive lives are work, working environment, and home. Personal characteristics that affect executive health are: genetic factors, blood fats, smoking, physical activity, obesity, and blood pressure. Equally important are mental health factors such as stress, fatigue, worry, anxiety, and workaholism.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1987
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Now wash your hands please
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The pros and cons of role of the public health committee in dictating the lifestyle of the entire population are discussed. The uneven distribution of unhealthy lifestyle throughout the population is the main problem that poses a question on the right of such committees to impose catch-all measures on the entire population.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2006
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