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Introduction The documentary "The Corporation," co-directed by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar, is a polemic against corporate America or more specifically, against corporations. The film offers an inside look at the corporation in recent history, one that has been largely immoral from any philosophical perspective. Roy Anderson, CEO of Interface the largest rug manufacturer in the world, is shown telling other executives they are "plundering" the world in their drive for sustainable production (Achbar and Abbott, 2003). The film shows the lack of ethics and corporate social responsibility in modern America. This analysis will show how corporations influence society. A conclusion will address what social responsibilities corporations should have for workers, the environment and society in general. Body Corporations rose in power during the twentieth century due to the industrial revolution and boom in manufacturing after WWII. The narrator of "The Corporation" maintains that 150 years ago the corporation was "relatively insignificant," but today its presence

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Health care is a vital service that touches the lives of millions of individuals globally each and every day. The health care sector is positioned in a highly competitive environment, with local or domestic as well as international players literally functioning as rivals for the "market" (Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice, 2004). At issue in this brief analysis is a comparison of local and international competition in the field. It will be demonstrated that locally, competition in the sector may be based on access and quality issues, while internationally it is likely to be derived from a combination of quality and cost issues. The Federal trade Commission/Dep

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The government's role in health care is certainly in no sense all positive, but it can and does contribute to positive changes in health care through a number of avenues. First, it can improve access to health care for people that would otherwise have limited access or no access. For example, elderly individuals on a fixed income ofte

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Health care organizations need to stay afloat just as other businesses do, but there is a danger in introducing traditional business concepts of marketing and economics into health care that the caring aspect of the profession could be lost. Therefore, strategies for incorporating business concepts into the health care environment need to be developed with a focus on the quality of care.

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Starbucks Corporation is a well-established retailer of specialty coffees, primarily selling fresh, rich brewed coffees, Italian style espresso beverages, pastries and confections, coffee related accessories and equipment, and a line of premium teas. Products are sold through company operated retail stores, specialty operations, and an online store. Operating primarily in the United States, Starbucks is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and until recently employed 172,000 individuals (Data Monitor, 2008a). Starbucks is positioned in what Data Monitor (2008b) characterizes as the domestic hot drinks market although it also retails a variety of products and accessories that are not directly related to this market segment. Data Monitor (2008b) reported that the hot drinks market in the United States grew by 0.6 percent in 2007, reaching a value of $9,120.5 million. It is expected that by 2012, the domestic market will have a vale of $9,711.4 million, up 6.5 percent over 2007.

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The origin of words is one of the most fascinating studies in the liberal arts curriculum. Many English words have a long and checkered history in which they were derived from words in other languages or arose out of unusual circumstances. The word "buckaroo," for example, comes from the Spanish word for "cowboy," vaquero, which has a Latin root word of vacca, meaning "cow" (Casselman, 2007). Vaquero, spoken with the Spanish pronunciation that turns v's into b's, sounds very much like "buckaroo." The study of word origins is etymology, which is a "branch of linguistics that investigates the history, development, and origin of words" (Columbia Encyclopedia, n.d.). Etymology reveals that words have not been static throughout time, but that their meaning has arisen, changed, and adapted according to the society in which they occur and its associated history. In the study of etymology are myriad interesting word origins and stories that describe how various words came

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African societies during the era of the slave trade were as affected, if not more affected, by this trade in human beings than the countries that initiated the trade or employed slaves in their production systems were. One of the critical questions of historical debate is whether African societies were primarily victims of the European dominated slave trade or voluntary collaborators in this trade. Walter Rodney (1999) takes the position that African societies were victims of the European led slave trade and were only marginally responsible for participating in this trade. Conversely, John Thornton (1999) takes the position that Africans were not under any direct commercial or economic pressure to deal in slaves and while they accepted slavery as natural in the context of their own societies, they participated in the European slave trade for a variety of reasons, including the desire to rid a tribe of dissidents or threats to the ruling elites, warfare, or the desire for economic

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The concept and the principles of classical conditioning were developed by Pavlov. This approach also is referred to as stimulus substitution. To cause a being to respond to a specific stimulus, classical conditioning begins with promoting the desired behavior through the use of a stimulus that it is known that will elicit a response in the being. During this behavior another stimulus is introduced. Eventually, the being is conditioned to respond to the alternative stimulus by exhibiting the target behavior. This process may be repeated to cause a being to respond to other stimuli (Gutnisky & Zanutto, 2004). Pavlov's initial experiments involved the use of dogs. Watson later expanded the experiments to humans. Watson, as an example, demonstrated that a young child who had no fear of rats could be conditioned to fear rats (Hopko, Robertson, & Lejuez, 2006). The

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As an intern in a CPA accounting firm, the intern's general duties and responsibilities included bookkeeping and accounting, preparing tax returns for individuals and businesses, and occasional research assignments. A CPA accounting firm is comprised of certified public accountants (CPAs) that provides professional accounting services to its clients, which can be both individuals and companies. The general experience of an accountant in a CPA accounting firm is varied. Accountants may work on bookkeeping or accounting tasks during the majority of the year and then be shifted to tax return preparation during the hectic tax season. This experience will provide an excellent background for a future career in accounting, not only boosting the level of professional skills but also acquainting the intern with a variety of problems and solutions that are likely to be encountered in the future. The internship experience in a U.S. company may be quite different from the situation that would be encountered in a European or o

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Naomi Klein and Jagdish Bhagwati disagree on most significant points when considering the issue of globalization. Klein has been welcomed as a spokesperson for those who oppose globalization, and her books are regularly cited and quoted in articles critical of globalization, and at protests of globalization themselves. Bhagwati, on the other hand, champions globalization and maintains that it is to some degree inevitable, and in any case, that much of the criticism that has been leveled at globalization simply is not accurate. One area in which the two sharply disagree is in the effect that globalization has on indigenou

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Dred Scott Decision I. Introduction and Purpose A. The Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott) case is one of the most infamous Supreme Court cases of all times, affirming the reach of slavery into the putatively "free territories" B. This report will examine the background of the case, the decision of the Supreme Court, and its effect II. Background of the Case A. Laws regarding freedom for slaves in "free territories" B. "The Scott suits" Overview III. The legal cases A. The initial lawsuits and results B. The appeals C. The Supreme Court Decision IV. Critical Response to Supreme Court Decision A. Contemporary and current reactions B. Judgments regarding Chief Justice Taney's decision C. Precedents Established by the case V. Summary and Conclusions A. The case represents one of the most unfortunate decisions handed down by the Supreme Court B. It set back the

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Traditional tales in literature transmit values, culture, and heritage. Fairytales and myths are categorized as traditional tales. They share many similarities, from fantastic elements and symbols to happy endings, but they also have differences. If we look at the Joseph Jacobs' (1898) fairytale, "Jack and the Beanstalk" and the myth of Santa Claus in Jan Brett's (1990) The Wild Christmas Reindeer, we can see these similarities and differences. In Jan Brett's (1990) The Wild Christmas Reindeer, a girl elf befriends a reindeer that can speak. She works in Santa's toyshop at a place called Santa's Winter Farm. These fantastic elements serve as the environment in which a superego conflict is resolved for the little girl elf, Teeka. Teeka is anxious to do right by S

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I agree with you about the crazy financial side of health care. The confusing array of health care delivery options make it hard enough to choose, and the lagging economy throws another monkey wrench into the mix. Much of the medical community has gone from being patient-centered to fee-centered. When doctors adopted a fee-for-service model, they changed the face of medicine in the U.S. If you talk to peopl

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The primary marketing strategy decision that has to be made in the Becton Dickinson (BD) case is whether to go along with APG's request to brand BD products with the APG brand and distribute them through APG-selected distributors. In order to analyze this situation, the market, competition, price, and product need to be analyzed thoroughly. The market,, as described in the case, was extremely price-conscious and had moved from purchasing made by individual decision to purchasing made by professional purchasers in multi-hospital systems. In addition, the physicians' market was growing in importance. It can be concluded that in this market companies that offer the lowest prices and are willing to work with the new

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This scenario concerns a 42-year-old female who has experienced headaches for the past three months that are relieved only by four to six hours' rest in darkness. Every few weeks she experiences a sensation that she may fall while walking, and she has actually fallen twice. She also experiences "a funny sensation" in her feet and hands which persists for one to two weeks at a time. Her family history includes a grandfather unable to get out of bed for several months at the turn of the 20th century, undiagnosed. The photophobia is a classic migraine symptom, so this patient should have an electroencephalogram as well as a CT scan of the head and neck and be assessed for migraine headaches (Van Gerpen, Hickey, & Capobianco, 2000). She should also be asked what medications she is on, since vasodilators, hormones, anti-hypertensives, histamine-2 blockers, antibiotics, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors could trigger migraines and might also bear a relatio

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Parish nursing is a "nursing specialty that focuses on promoting health within faith communities, ministering to the parishioners' physical, emotional and spiritual needs" ("What Is Parish Nursing," 2007). I selected the St. Mary's parish to visit, as it was near my home and did have parish nurses. In talking to parish nurses there, I found that they considered their role as one of ministering comfort and limited medical care in conjunction with medical care provided by a physician. They saw the connection between a patient's physical and spiritual health as significant and were involved in treating a patient from both perspectives. It differs from other nursing specialties by virtue of its spiritual component, which allows nurses to see the patient as a whole person, comprising the spirit, the soul, and the body. The challenges of nurses at the parish were that they were operating largely in a non-medical setting, where they did not have the usual medical equipment at thei

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Mathematics is nearly as ancient as writing itself. But, as civilizations began to become more sophisticated the idea of numbers and arithmetic were developed: "The field of mathematics owes much to Babylonia. The first people ever to formulate a system of arithmetic were the Sumerians." [1] This occurred more than 3,000 years B.C. It is clear, however, that the idea of mathematics was not a so-called "Western" innovation,. But, rather, came from India's Hindi languages which were carried to the Arabian area where what we today call "Arabic numbers" were formulated. Even this development has no precise date. Here is some of what has been established and verified: "The oldest definitely dated European manuscript to contain the Hindu-Arabic numerals is the Codex Vigilanus, written in the Albelda Cloister in Spain in 976. A Vatican Library manuscript of 1077 also contains the numerals, written similar to modern symbols"[2] As mathematicians continued to develop the Arabic nu

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According to the second creation story in Genesis, when God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden he forbade him to eat from the tree of knowledge, saying that if he does he will be "doomed to die" (Genesis Chapter 2, verse 17. In Genesis Chapter 3, Adam and Eve are tricked by the serpent into eating from the tree of knowledge. After doing so they are expelled from the garden and denied access to the tree of life. Thus due

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I want to join this program for an M.A. in English Language Studies because I am fascinated with language. In the work I have accomplished in my undergraduate studies, I have discovered the amazing depth that English language study can be taken to and the variety of ways that the language

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The question of whether women should be allowed in military combat is one that must be answered based on the consequences of that choice rather than on some enduring principle of ethics or moral imperative. The potential and actual consequences of allowing women in military combat include adverse impact to the American family, adverse impact to the population, potential loss of lives, and potential loss of battles and whole wars. The impact to the family is centered in the fact that women in combat cannot breastfeed, nurture, or raise their children. Unless, as is rarely the case, the father is able to stay home and raise the children every day, this means that the children become daycare and latchkey children rather than having a close-knit family life. Babies are especially affected because they cannot be breastfed without their mother being available, and the loss of maternal contact in their formative months and years is not replaceable later. Schlafly (1991) states, "P

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This report covers the modern history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but since ancient times conflict in the Middle East between Jews and Muslims has been geographically as well as religiously rooted. The land called either Israel or Palestine is only 10,000 square miles in size, a small piece of land that nevertheless is of supreme importance to Israelis and Palestinians (Isseroff 1). Judea, home of the Jews in ancient times, was conquered by the Romans, who renamed it Palestine (Isseroff 1). The Zionist movement arose to restore Israel to the Jews, and Palestine was granted to Great Britain by the League of Nations to build the State of Israel in 1917 in what was known as the Balfour Declaration (Isseroff 1). Conflict increased between Israelis and Palestinians, with Palestinians resenting what they viewed as the theft of their lands. In 1947 the United Nations partitioned the disputed land into Arab and Jewish States but war erupted when Arabs rejected th

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In many ways, the theories of knowledge offered by Plato (Socrates) and Aristotle are quite similarity, but Plato believes there is only one reality behind all of the phenomena in the world, the realm of the Ideal Forms. Aristotle, in contrast, argued there are a series of realities. At each level, the individual gets closer to the relationships that reveal true knowledge. This analysis will compare and contrast the theories of knowledge offered by Plato and Aristotle in their respective works. The main contrast between Plato and Aristotle's theories of knowledge is the fact that Plato believed a world of Ideas or ideal forms existed apart from human beings. Aristotle believed no universals could exist apart from their relationship to human beings. We know the physical world through our senses or sensation in Aristotle's view, while only reason discerns universal principles or true knowledge. Plato viewed the universal or ideal forms as existing apart from human beings, though both he and Aristotle argue that knowing these universals stems only from rational contemplation. In Pl

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In Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale," the author provides a portrait of a hypocritical Pardoner in the prologue, but despite this, the Pardoner's tale is wholly moral. We are told in the Prologue that the Pardoner is guilty of jealousy and greed, profiting off indulgences and passing off pigs' bones as the genuine relics of dead saints. As the Pardoner makes clear of his greedy nature, "All my preaching is about avarice and such cursed things, to make them generous in giving their pence and especially to me. My aim is all for gain and not at all for the correction of sin" (Chaucer 503-505). Yet, in the Pardoner's tale, three drunken and greedy men pay for their greed by ironically dying in their search for Death. In the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale, Chaucer is implying that despite being sinners themselves, our best means of learning how to avoid sin is the clergy. The Pardoner makes it quite clear in his Prologue that despite his own greed, his easiest method of gaining income is to make his parishioners repent for their own avarice. The Pardoner also makes it clear that though he is as guilty of avarice as anyone, he is bet

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Modern-day Turkish oil wrestling is a sports spectacle that draws approximately a thousand barefoot wrestlers covered in olive oil and stripped to the waist, wearing pants of water buffalo leather (Sansal; "Turk Fight Series"). Oil wrestling is accompanied by a large fair featuring music and celebrations, where people eat roast lamb to the accompaniment of belly dancing and traditional drum and flute music (Sansal). Oil wrestling in Turkey dates back to the Persian Era, when in 1065 B.C., the legendary wrestler Rostam engaged in it to "[save] his country from the evil forces" (Sansal). Modern Turkish oil wrestling, however, is most likely a modern variation of the oil wrestling that occurred in ancient Greece. The "'tr

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In each of the four scenarios provided, a different research method is the most appropriate, given the parameters of the study. In Scenario 1, for example, the in-depth interviews and observation suggest a qualitative approach. Qualitative research is more concerned with what people think regarding a subject than with statistical analysis of a situation. According to Sherman and Webb (1988, p. 3), C.H. Edson argues that "qualitative inquiry is a form of 'moral discourse', an attempt to 'understand ourselves in relation to the larger world.'" I selected the qualitative approach for this scenario because what is really being sought here is insight into the issues that concern peer mediation and what the students think and do with reference to it. In Scenario 2, there are two groups of students that will be compared to each other, with one group being a control and the other not. Since t

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