Bachelor students of Hotel Management School Maastricht, part of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, start their educational program with a semester of orientation on Hotel Operations in theory and practice. The teaching staff was curious about students’ perception of what they learn …

This final project assesses the supervision and guidance provided by Smiling Faces in order to achieve the best possible fulfillment of the duty to care. The main question that will be answered in this final project is: how could Smiling Faces improve its position in the au pair business by achieving …

The Pierre Auger group is studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are charged particles which permanently hit and penetrate the atmosphere of the Earth. They will at a certain moment collide with nuclei in the atmosphere, like nitrogen. The results of such an interaction are new particles, …

Safety at work The objective of the project Safety at Work is to increase safety at the workplace by applying and combining state of the art artefacts from personal protective equipment and ambient intelligence technology. In this state of the art document we focus on the developments with respect to …

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a term that is used frequently. Many organizations try to be social responsible and do business in such a manner. It is an organization's own duty to act upon CSR. This paper is about Boenk, a catering and event organization that is situated in the city centre …

This paper describes a study into consumers' reasons for buying socially responsible (SR) products, such as Fair Trade products and organic meat. As opposed to other studies, we use a qualitative approach based on 25 in-depth interviews and include several different products in the research. This leads …

Alteya is a small, private, Bulgarian company which was founded in 1999. Its high quality products are certified by many different international organizations. It manufactures products based on lavender and rose oils such as pure essential oils, cosmetics, perfumes etc. Alteya sells them via e-commerce …

Since its foundation in 1828 the Royal Netherlands Military Academy (RNLMA) has been considered the principal tool for the officer education of the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) and (later) the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). This position is not entirely justified. During almost the entire period …