...First & Last Name First & Last Name English 101/Section # Date Essay #2 The Committer vs. the Non-Committer There are many types of men in the world, and each type displays a variety of distinguishable characteristics. Women should become aware of these characteristics before considering a prospective mate. The smallest of personal details, from where and how they met (including the first date), the way he walks and talks, the clothes he wears, the career choice he's made, the vacation spots he frequents, or the automobile he drives can offer valuable, meaningful, insightful clues to whether or not a man will ever settle down with anyone. There are two main types of men in the world: the committer and the non-committer. The committer is serious about finding the right woman. He asks friends and relatives for introductions. He is usually open to blind dates and avoids the bar scene when looking for a quality woman. On the first date, he is polite and will not bring up the subject of money at the restaurant. He takes her to places where they can talk one-on-one. The non-committer is just looking for a woman. There is no room in his life for the woman. He, on the other hand, loves the bar scene. He usually finds a million excuses why he can't find the right woman and uses such excuses to explain why he is still unattached. On a date, he orders trendy food such as sushi to impress his date, and he monopolizes the conversation. He may even take her to places where...
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...Essay for Make the Rules or your Rivals Will November 22, 2011 "Make the Rules or your Rivals Will"! It is the name of the game and a strategy to win at your opponent. Wow, what a powerful statement in today's business world! Upon reading the book by Richard Shell, the title alone captures the pure essence of how businesses have utilized the legal system to their advantage since the early 1800's. Businesses are formed on a daily basis and can range from a mom and pop sole proprietorship, a big corporate giant to the masses, or a huge conglomerate government business to maintain the laws of the land. Law and business are interrelated and one cannot survive without the other and the glue that binds them together is legal strategy. The legal environment in which businesses operate is becoming more complex and companies must understand the basics of business law if they want to avoid legal entanglements. Situations that present potential legal problems arise everyday in most businesses and owners need to be aware and posture themselves to handle these issues effectively and quickly. There would be pure chaos in today's capitalistic society if there was not a standard way of doing business because business needs are always evolving from decade to decade. Back in the 1800's there were not any class action lawsuits, litigation explosions, securities regulations or antitrust laws. The business arena needs a way to change the rules as it relates to the business...
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...WST ESSAY TOPICS 1. Some people believe that politicians or celebrities have a right to keep their personal lives private, while other people believe that the public has a right to know about the private lives of these people. Should the media cover the private lives of public people? Make sure you support your position with reasons, explanations, and examples. 2. Some people believe that watching television is a worthless or meaningless activity, while others view it as a valuable way to relax or gather information. Is watching TV a valuable activity? Make sure you support your position with reasons, explanations, and examples. 3. Some people believe that television news gives a wide audience access to information that would have been impossible a hundred years ago. Others, however, believe that TV news provides shallow and biased news coverage. Does the television news give fair and in-depth coverage to important issues of the day? Make sure you support your position with reasons, explanations, and examples. 4. Some high school teachers think that assigning their students low grades will prevent them from being accepted into college and consequently assign many A’s and B’s. In contrast, other teachers think it is important to recognize a broad range of individual differences in academic performance and assign grades according to what is actually earned. Should teachers assign mostly high grades to students whether or not they earned them with their academic work? Make...
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...defines corruption as an act which deviates from the formal rules of conduct governing the actions of someone in a position of public authority because of private - regarding - motive such as wealth, power or status [6]. “Corruption is the perversion of integrity or state of affairs through bribery, favour or moral depravity” ... It takes place when at least two parties have interacted to change the structure or processes of society or the behaviour of functionaries in order to produce dishonest, unfaithful or defiled situations” [7]. In other words - corruption is a systematic vice in an individual, society or a nation which reflects favouritism, nepotism, tribalism, sectionalism, undue enrichment, amassing of wealth, abuse of office, power, position and derivation of undue gains and benefits. Daniel Treisman (1997) It is destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state) corruption - inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony); It is inducing, inducement – an act of bringing about a desired result; In my view, a corrupt person is one who is influenced by gifts and favors before delivering a service, or allowing to be compromised by gifts/favors...
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...Mohammad Chughtai | Assignment # 5 – Essay | MKT 410 – F13 | 9/24/2013 | The Green Revolution Al Gore spoke a few days ago at the world’s Social Good Summit about an issue that has become commonplace in today’s media: global warming. We know much of Gore’s bid for presidency in 1999, in which he ran – unsuccessfully - on a platform of responsible energy consumption. Fourteen years later, Gore is still arguing the same points, but with increased vigor. Its no surprise that after fourteen years of heavy campaigning, many Americans are well aware of the issue; in fact, many have changed their buying habits to reflect this growing concern – one the private sector has not failed to capitalize on. In this essay, I will attempt to first define global warming, touch on the “going green” movement and how it’s affecting consumer buying habits, explain how the car industry is being affected and the describe some of the motivations a company may have to “go green.” What is global warming? As with any business discussion, we must first understand the topic being discussed. Global warming debate has becoming increasingly prevalent in news media, T.V. shows and popular culture in the past few decades. Defined as an increase in the overall temperature of the earth, global warming is a topic that has been debated furiously from both sides. The EPA estimates that the earth’s temperature has risen by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century. While this may not seem like much...
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...Freedom Home Care Andrea Smith HCS/235- Health Care Delivery in the U.S. March 15, 2012 Aaron Love Freedom Home Care The Internet has become a part of everyone’s lives. There is a substantial amount of subjects that people can research on the Internet. Health Care has become a topic that people are researching to look up health services, diseases, fitness programs, etc. One of the many health care delivery system providers in Georgia is the Freedom Home Care. Located in Columbus, Georgia, Freedom Home Care is a State-Licensed private provider that was started by Joe and Hope Robbins. The facility can be found at www.freedom-homecare.com. This essay will discuss the delivery services as well as community information that are provided, resource options that are provided by the website and ways that the site can become beneficial to the writer’s needs. Freedom Home care provides solutions for families that need assistance with the challenges of everyday life. The facility goes through a screening process to find the most qualified staff that will provide quality assistance for the clients. There are professional caregivers who will come to the individuals’ house and help them with everything from bathing to cooking and stay for a few hours a day. The caregivers are available 24 hours a day. From child care to elder care there are trustworthy and reliable caregivers to be there when others such as family members cannot due to busy work schedules. There are numerous aspects...
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...Business Law Midterm Fall 1999 Fall 1999 Professor Isler True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. ____ 1. The stability and predictability created by the law is essential to business activities. ____ 2. The federal government retains all powers not specifically delegated to the states. ____ 3. There is a specific guarantee of a right to privacy in the Constitution. ____ 4. Unintentionally causing a party to break a contract may constitute wrongful interference with a contractual relationship. ____ 5. Disparagement of property is another term for appropriation. ____ 6. The degree of care to be exercised in a situation can vary with a person's profession or occupation. ____ 7. The doctrine of strict liability applies only to abnormally dangerous activities. ____ 8. Trade dress has the same legal protection as trademarks. ____ 9. Counterfeiting constitutes forgery. ____ 10. Under the mailbox rule, an acceptance can be valid as soon as it is sent. Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 11. Alan is a judge. The function of Alan and other judges is to |a. |decide cases on the basis of their opinions about the issues. | |b. |decide cases on the basis of their personal philosophical views. | |c. |interpret and apply the...
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...their moral contexts. It builds and scrutinizes arguments setting forth large-scale theories on how we ought to act, and it seeks to discover valid principles such as (never kill an innocent human beings) and the relationship between those principles are (does saving a life in some situations constitute a valid reason for breaking a promises?). Whereas much of philosophy is concerned with the knowledge of what is the (methaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of the mind), ethics is concerned with values that what not is, but what ought to be (Pojman, 1998) Based on the assessment that has been given, it require us to choose an organization of our choice (could be a company or other organization in the private or public sector) that have a relevant reference to the key principles and approaches of the business ethics. However, in this assessment, we need to critically evaluate its performance by applying an appropriate criteria that may identify the extent to which ethical issues are being managed or resolved. With this, we need to include two of the following approaches in the assessment and that is by (1) including an identification and evaluation of ethical dilemmas within the organization by linking to the theories and approaches that has been covered in the module and (2) evaluate a possible ways in which the dilemmas can be managed and resolved. Therefore, I have chosen “Ford Motor Company” as the choice of organization that have a...
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...How did you go to school? Did you attend a traditional brick and mortar school? Were you homeschooled? Did you go to a charter school? A magnet school? Maybe a private school? Or did you perhaps attend an online school? If you spent your school days with the luxury of being online schooled, then you were a very lucky student. In this day and age of technology, many colleges now offer a wide variety of online classes in addition to the large number of online schools. This relatively recent, widespread development opens countless windows of opportunity for dual enrollment, college and university students. Among many other features, choosing to take your classes online gives you an incredible amount of flexibility. If you have a job or kids, being able to do your assignments whenever you can, or whenever you, want can be invaluable. Unlike traditional classes, online you don’t have to worry about getting to school on time and missing your math teacher’s Wednesday pop-quizzes, or failing your literature class because you couldn’t finish that research paper by the due date. Online classes give you the flexibility to work at your own pace and on your own time. The boss says that you can’t afford to miss your 6am to 5pm shift today, even though your essay on global warming (Which you haven’t even started) is due at 1pm the...
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...How you spent your last holiday (Describe my last holiday) During my last school holidays, I spent a few days at my cousin’s house at Morib, a well-known sea resort. I shall never forget that visit. On the day I arrived at Morib, my cousin told me that he would do to make my stay there a very interesting one. He said that he would make a raft to use it in the sea. Then he would buy fishing net to catch some fish in the shallow water near the coast. When I heard all this, I was very delighted because it was one of the reasons that I had decided to visit my cousin. We then walked up to the beach which is near his house. While we were there, sometime in the evening, the sea looked extremely beautiful. I saw the islands and hills in the distance, the birds in the air, and a few boys and girls playing on the beach. I also saw some fishermen coming out of the water with their catch. All this was indeed very interesting to look at. On the next day, my cousin and I collected some tree trunks from the forest nearby. As my cousin’s house is close to the sea, we decided to make the raft on the beach itself. It took us almost the whole morning to make the raft. We then had our lunch and went to Banting, the nearest town, to buy fishing net. After that we returned to my cousin’s house. In the evening we put the raft on the sea. The water was still high, but the raft floated quite well. My cousin and I sat on it and began to row it by using the oars that we had made ourselves...
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...GEORGE DMITRIEV 0952232 This essay will compare and then contrast two distributive justice theories. First this essay will demonstrate how Rawls’s theory will affect the society and its structure in terms of basic social institutions, wealth distribution and major economic limits and opportunities. Then, the essay will demonstrate the same for Nozick’s theory on distributive justice. I will then describe, in which society I would prefer to live in and why. In my understanding John Rawls bases his theory on the veil of ignorance. It’s an imaginative situation that puts all rational people together and lets them make decisions on the justice structure of society without being effected by power or any other influences coming from other people. Having that in mind, all people under the veil of ignorance make decisions with out knowing the results, what place they will take in society and what advantage or privilege that person would have. Based on this, Rawls states that all people will choose two basic but main principles. First is the principle of liberty and freedom. Under which all people have the same rights to the maximum freedom. And secondly Rawls states, that it’s ok to have inequality, as long as those who are better of will somehow benefit those who are least well of. This according to Rawls will minimize the maximum, allowing to “close the gap”. (Shaw, Barry, & Sansbury, 2009) This will be possible according to Rawls as all rational, self-interested people will...
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...Chapter 1 ------------------------------------------------- Law and Legal Reasoning ------------------------------------------------- N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows. N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank. + A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank. = A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank. | TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS B1. Laws and government regulations affect almost all business activities. ANSWER: T PAGE: 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal B2. The U.S. Constitution is the basis of all law in the United States. ANSWER: T PAGE: 4 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal B3. The U.S. Constitution reserves to the federal government all powers not granted to the states. ANSWER: F PAGE: 4 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking B4. The Uniform Commercial Code has been adopted in all fifty states. ANSWER: T PAGE: 5 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Reflective AICPA: BB-Critical Thinking B5. Federal agency regulations take precedence over conflicting state agency regulations. ANSWER: T PAGE: 5 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal ...
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...The Hope for Child Beggars ___________________ A Baby Thesis Presented to Ms. Mary Jane Valenzuela of the Divine Word Mission Seminary College New Manila Quezon City ___________________ In Partial Fulfillment for the Requirement on the course English ____________________ Submitted by: Gocotano, Josh Uriel Paul P. March 16, 2016 The Hope for Child Beggars I. Introduction II. On Hope A. Definition of Hope A.1 The Christian View on Hope III. Child Beggars A. The Reality of Child beggars B. They are Victims B.1 Poverty B.2 Family Problem IV. The Hope for Child Beggars Conclusion Bibliography Chapter I Introduction In the Philippines’ current condition the populations live below poverty level. The basic cost of foods and transportations are growing rapidly while employment opportunities remain low. It is not surprising that children are often forced by circumstances to help their family in eking out a living or fend for their selves to live in the street, that’s why they engage in begging. They are also ‘engage in begging to help their parents in eking out the subsistence of the family.’As they remain in the streets begging they remain ‘unschooled, unskilled and with no future, if they don’t beg, they will starve’and probably begging is their last resort to live. In the Philippines, especially in the Quezon City, beggars are common sight, especially the children. Child beggars in the streets of Quezon City are...
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...……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 Introduction The aim of this report is to discuss a controversial and very recent issue regarding business ethics: The sexual discrimination in the Insurance markets. I decided to do further research and build on this subject, because, after reading in the newspaper about it, I still do not know how the future is going to be concerning all the details and crucial aspects of dealing with such a sensitive subject. In this essay there will be an evaluation of the status quo from an economic point of view and an assessment of the market impacts of a potential ban on the use of gender as a differentiating factor of private insurance prices in EU. The question that first arises is: Is the abolishment of the inequalities in insurance premiums and benefits going to have positive consequences for the customers of private European insurance companies? To get the reader closer to the functioning of pricing by private insurance companies, some basic information is going to be provided. Firstly, it is important to know the principles governing insurance provision: 1- Risk-based provision: insurers have to price insurance on the basis of the risk of the insured, including the probability of a claim being made against the policy and the cost of that claim 2- Risk solidarity within...
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...Are corporations that participate in voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility practices seen as unethical through exploiting CSR initiatives for a profit? In today’s society, corporations that perform better in their respective markets are able to collect assets that are needed to participate in Corporate Social Responsibility practices. Through these voluntary practices corporations are able to improve their social, environmental, and human rights accounts. This essay will begin with an insight of what Corporate Social Responsibility is; furthermore it will elaborate on how corporations that participate in the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility are seen as unethical because it is able to exploit its initiatives in the pursuit of profits. The Corporate Social Responsibility initiative has developed significantly through the past few decades. This is because of many multinational corporations have been influenced by civil societies to adopt numerous voluntary initiatives. Corporations have been influenced into adopting programs that assist in improving their social, environmental, and human rights records (Utting, 2005, pg. 375). These corporations are expected to adopt new codes of conduct, which administrate their environmental management, the health and safely of their employees, partnerships with Non-Governmental Organizations, and increase their support for community development projects (Utting, 2005, pg. 375) Multinational corporations have started engaging...
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