My Admission Presentation

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Full-Time MBA - Interview Presentation

Social Responsibility and the Internet

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Copyright Journal dune tudiante au MBA HEC 2011 (http://hecmba2011fr.pamstbox.net) & Diary of a HEC MBA 2011 student (http://hecmba2011en.pamstbox.net)

November 17th 2008

How the Internet will change the way we get informed

and buy from others around the world


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Social responsibility: the principles of fair trade

Awareness raising and advocacy

Capacity building and empowerment

Sustainable and e uitable tradin relationshi s

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Market access for marginalised producers

The Internet provides application for these principles.

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Awareness raising and advocacy BondyBlog.fr represents a new form of advocacy journalism.

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Initiated in Bondy during the 2005 riots, its purpose

is to allow people living there to express their views

and communicate about their day to day reality.

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Capacity building and empowerment Kiva.org allows anyone to invest in someones activity.

A network of field

partners allow

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lenders to keeptrack of their

repayments and

of the progresses

being made.

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Sustainable and equitable trading relationships Stores at Ebay.com enable direct trading from producers.

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Fees are transparent and can be found on Ebays website at:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/storefees.html

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Market access for marginalised producers Anyone with Internet access can participate!

Either by having access directly

Or through an aid organisation

But Internet

access may not

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e ava a e n

every situations.

And even when

it is, theconsequences

may be

disastrous.

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Market access for marginalised producers (2) Regions of the world are quickly gaining access to the Internet.

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Africa

Latin America

Asia

EuropeOceania

North America

World

Internet usage growthfrom 2000 to 2008

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Afghanistans usage was multiplied by 580 from 2000 to 2008!

Growth brings countries close to Western standards: Vietnams usage was multiplied by 100 from 2000 to 2008.

Its Internet penetration is now 23%, similar to the US in 1996.

Irans usage was multiplied by 92 from 2000 to 2008.

Its Internet penetration is now 35%, similar to the US in 1998.

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Changing the way we get informed and buy

Change is already happening.

Change is welcomed by many people.

Chan e is essential for healthier exchan es with mar inalised

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areas of the world.

Change must be supervised and fostered by trusted

institutions.

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