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English translation: company measures


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French term or phrase:mesures sociales
English translation:company measures
Entered by: Stephanie Mitchel
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21:31 Sep 27, 2004
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Bus/Financial - Management
French term or phrase: mesures sociales
This is an item in a list of 'sensitive subjects' in the context of corporate crisis management for a French auto manufacturer. That's all the context there is. It sounds vaguely ominous.
Stephanie Mitchel
Local time: 02:59
social measures / corporate measures
Explanation:
depending no whether the measures benefit society or the company
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CarolynB
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4 +3social measures / corporate measuresCarolynB
4crisis response measuresJane Lamb-Ruiz
3welfare issues
Mark Nathan
2industrial relations procedures
Peter Freckleton


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
social measures / corporate measures


Explanation:
depending no whether the measures benefit society or the company

CarolynB
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanne Bouthillier
12 mins

neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz: benefit society?
39 mins

agree  RHELLER: social - vague because corporations don't want to give too much info to the unions (my opinion, of course :-)
2 hrs

agree  fossier
11 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
crisis response measures


Explanation:
It means what management does in response to a crisis...

the sociale refers to all the employees...not the corporation...but I can't think of how else to say it

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Note added at 18 mins (2004-09-27 21:50:16 GMT)
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or EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES....

Nevertheless, we have a crisis management plan for how to respond in the event that
an ... The basis of our emergency response measures is to place top priority on ...
www.tonengeneral.co.jp/tonengeneral/ english/emp/management.html - 8k - Sep 26, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] The IEA\'s Gloabal Oil Crisis Management Experience and Crisis ...
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... Experience and Crisis Coordination Coordination ... imbalance management; imbalance
management; Interface with ... ordinated Emergency Response Measures) z February ...
www.iea.org/dbtw-wpd/textbase/work/ 2004/cambodia/bj_session3.1-Houssin%20presentation.pdf - Similar pages

[PDF] The IEA\'s Global Oil Crisis MAnagement Experience and Crisis ...
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THE IEA’S GLOBAL OIL CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND ... from 1960 to the oil crisis
of late ... reliable set of emergency response measures, including stockdraw ...
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Japan Times: Japan hit over lack of crisis-response measures
... FOLLOWING THE MANUAL Japan hit over lack of crisis-response measures By KANAKO ... officials



Jane Lamb-Ruiz
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welfare issues


Explanation:
could they mean worker's rights such as pension schemes, holiday pay etc

see my question
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/639716?float=1

Mark Nathan
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industrial relations procedures


Explanation:
In some contexts 'social' seems to match up with 'industrial relations'.


Peter Freckleton
Local time: 15:59
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