...Introduction 17th Sep. 2011, a usual workday, but not in New York, where thousands of people gathered in the center of Manhattan city for one aim: Occupy the Wallstreet. Unlike previous demonstrations where in the world, protesters joining this movement are spontaneously organized though Internet, get together to show their strong dissatisfactions towards American social conditions, including money-power deal, social injustice, and political maneuver. Demonstrators claim that government only regard the benefits of the wealthiest 1%, while leave the 99% ordinary people out in cold. Within days, the movement began to gain momentum, by 17th Oct, the protest have affected many major US cities including Washington, and with an increasingly lager scale than ever before. The movement signals American people’s strong dissatisfaction towards the marriage between the money and power, and further exposed an artificial nature of the American democracy. The leakage between money and power is a permanent theme of capitalism. In American, money has been said breast-feeding the politics, serves as an in indispensible lubricant that oils the mechanisms of the American political system, exerts incomparable impact on political elections and decision-making process. Without the back of money, politicians are impossible to get power; however excellent they may be. Take the 2008 presidential election as an example, Obama himself only have spend a record high amount of 75000000 dollar. While most...
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...ABSTRACT OCCUPY WALLSTREET 2 The Occupy Wall St. movement started off slow around Sepember 2011. Just as shy as a few short weeks, movements started to appear at countless locations. This movement seemed to come hurdling in kantian stlye. This movement has a great deal to offer the careful observer. By looking at the history of the Occupy Movement and its emergence out of a chaotic and complex enviroment, it exposes the unethnical practices for business and decision making.It starts to grab ones attention when they learn so much from a complexity science that can be applied to this movement. With unethnical stock broking and the federal reserve managing to tilt state policy, capitalism has failed to serve the whole of society. It exposed our corrupt corporations and influenced the 99 percent to start with change within. This is the flame that burned everyone up and out to attend the Occupy Wallstreet movement. 1 OCCUPY WALL STREET Damon Mathis 10-25-2012 Professor Lia , Business Ethnics , Strayer University. OCCUPY WALLSTREET 3 Massive demonstrations have a place in society: many people get more attention than a few. And if you want to make a point make a splash. The more people the more splash. But they’re ethically troublesome. Which brings me to my next point. Kantian ethnics I feel- was used in this type of ethnical behavior. I feel like the people involved based there judgement on this type of ethnicity. Motive was the most important...
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...The American dream is turning into a nightmare, with disheartening levels of inequality, unemployment and homelessness. In this eyewitness report, CommonWealth Magazine visits the US, in what may be its final days at the top. Capitalism is facing unprecedented challenges. Nowhere is this truer than in the United States, where unemployment has reached huge proportions, and across the country some 3 million people — the equivalent of 90 percent of Taipei City residents — are without a home. Support for the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is growing rapidly, as protesters across the United States and around the world make a ruckus about the uneven distribution of wealth and the way the rich use their money to make more money. Target No. 1 in the protests is the epitome of capitalism: the banking industry, and the governments that bailed out the banks with taxpayers' money during the last financial crisis. The protesters began to occupy Zuccotti Park at the end of Wall Street in mid-September. When we visited in October the number of blue tents pitched in the park was still growing. To me the scene looked like a disaster zone. Sitting in front of a glitzy investment bank, a shabbily dressed homeless man held out his hand for a cigarette, while warning with a threatening look in his eyes that he does not want to be photographed. But just around the corner white-collar workers sporting fashionable neckties pay the equivalent of NT$ 1,500 for a sandwich lunch at Trinity Place bar and...
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...Occupy Unmasked Occupy Unmasked was a very interesting film. It screams propaganda but there are multiple points that were put into perspective for me. In my last post I made an argument in support of the Wall Street Occupiers. After viewing this film it influenced my opinion in the opposite direction. Before viewing this film I was familiar with the Occupy Wall Street movement, however I wasn’t too familiar with the Occupy movements across the country. After covering multiple riots/protests through the semester, I find the Occupy movement to be comical. However something I take away from it, is the true power we the people hold when in numbers. This movement had no organization and more then half the people involved were not even aware of what they were protesting for. Most protestors were just infatuated with being apart of a rebellion. How can you have a meaningful movement when the people taking part in the protest are uneducated in the goals of the protest? In the film, protestors are interviewed and can not answer simple questions as to what the sign they are holding even means. This was a perfect example of how clueless the people involved were. The protestors couldn’t even read the sign they were holding and elaborate vaguely on what the sign means or why they are protesting. What makes the Occupy movement even more comical is how a small group lured in a massive number of supporters by putting people under the false impression that their was going to be a live...
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...innovations by top earners benefits both groups, family problems even tend to hinder both and yet, 99% of Americans tend to feel betrayed by the 1% of Americans who are wealthy and successful, where as the top income grossers feel that they are not to blame and those who are suffering must give themselves some of the credit.Occupy Wall Street is a movement to protest corporate greed, growing wealth inequality, and the absence of legal action against banking executives blamed for the global financial crisis. Led by the 99% of Americans who face decisions such as paying groceries or rent. This is the same group that works long hours for little pay and as low as no rights and is denied quality medical care(Susman). The Primary objective of Occupy Wall Street is to share the wealth, that is to say to reduce the differences amongst the 99% and the 1% that have much more of a say in the structure of the American Society, despite their smaller numbers in terms of population (Susman). Globalization, advancements in technology, corrupting family relations and not understanding all tend to affect all Americans. Globalization and technological advancement has greatly influenced the economy of the American for both upper class families and then those who consider themselves apart of the poorer 99%. The top earners have accumulated great success and fortune from revolutionizing TV with Oprah, and conquering the technological field with companies like Apple. The remaining 99 percent seem to...
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...Enough is Enough From California to China, all over the world people have joined the Occupy Wall Street movement. This movement started last year of September, 2011, and by the looks of things it doesn’t look like protesters will stop fighting for what they believe in. All across the globe, people are saying “enough is enough” as they unleash their frustration on the following issues: unemployment, health care coast, and corporate greed. According to the members of Occupy Wall Street, the reason why the world is suffering from these issues are because of the banks and the super rich. More so than ever it is time for American to began to take more of an interest in the suffering economy that we live in. We must begin to investigate the true meaning of how our monetary and fiscal policy is supposed to work in our recessed economy. As expressed by the Occupy Wall Street protesters it is clear that greed has lead to our financial windfall. Leaving me to wonder do our elected officials really understand how our economics system works. Like the Occupy Wall Street protesters the American people have a wide range of complaints, demands, and goals. The American people along with cries around the world are tired of "the collapsing environment, labor standards, housing policy, government corruption, World Bank lending practices, unemployment, and the increasing wealth disparity of a poverty stricken nation"(Occupied America) Different people have been affected by different aspects...
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...Occupy Wall Street Movement Economic implication of Occupy Wall Street: After the sub-prime crisis began in 2007 end and its harsh realities began to come up on the face of financial services, firms such as Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse requested government bailouts which were financed by the taxpayers’ money. From this, outrage ensued and to retaliate, people began what is called the Occupy Wall Street movement, whose aim was to be able to stop the ruthless and selfish profit making mechanism of financial giants. For the same, a protest was held which showed that there is income inequality in the US and these companies as well as the government, while taking this step, has ignored the majority of the society and concentrated only on the affluent minority. In the on-going process, many means of showing ones dislike and anger have been used. For people, the story is about either the closing down of an important economic port to show ones dislike and also going and filling up of jails to going for peaceful agitation on the road. The impact would be on the economic front. Firstly, it has had its share of support from the President, who has assured that proper distribution of resources is done. The means of stopping a port in Portland and thus affecting the trade done from the areas of San Diego, Los Angeles and Oklahoma etc. have already disrupted the trade their and has caused a lot of revenue loss on that front. It has also putting pressure on the government to take corrective...
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...Occupy Wall Street no fue el primero que empezó la idea de “ocupar.” Entonces cómo empezó este movimiento y quiénes son los que desempeñaron un gran papel para su inicio? Muchas veces Adbusters es conocido como el grupo que impulsó Occupy Wall Street. Adbusters es una revista canadiense con el motivo de traer cambios en el mundo con su idea anti-consumista y anti-capitalista. Unos eventos que motivó esta revista fueron el boicot de Starbucks y del Huffington Post. Y todo fue porque estas compañías gigantes impedían el desarrollo de las que son pequeñas o locales. Entonces Adbusters, viendo que (la causa del movimiento), pidió que 90,000 manifestantes llenen la calle de Wall Street. Sin embargo, en verdad Adbusters no fue el inicio, sino fue un grupo de artistas, escritores, activistas, y estudiantes que se reunieron en el 16 Beaver Street para debatir sobre cambiar el mundo. Además de neoyorquinos, los miembros de estas reuniones incluían muchos de los que vinieron de todas partes diferentes como España, Egipto, y Japón, quienes ya antes habían participado en otras protestas en sus propios países. Ellos empezaron este tipo de reuniones en el verano del 2011, solamente para compartir sus ideas sobre las políticas y economía y los cambios que querían ver, no para empezar una protesta. Nadie de ahí sabía que ellos mismos iban a impeler un movimiento. Begonia y Luis, quienes vieron suceder el Movimiento 15-M en España (una protesta de “ocupar” donde 20,000 personas indignadas por...
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...Lloyd Wyse Melissa Hull EN 209-014 April 18, 2012 Critical Essay: Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is the active refusal to comply with certain laws or demands of a government, such as paying fines or taxes. Although it is not necessarily on-violent, it has classically been attributed to nonviolent resistance. The etymological origin of the term is from Henry David Thoreau’s essay Resistance to Government, written in 1849, which was eventually renamed to Essay on Civil Disobedience. Since its republication in 1866, Thoreau’s essay has inspired many important activists over the course of history. Its messages have resonated within countless people unsatisfied or disgusted with the law of the land; one of the most prominent lessons it teaches is that an unjust government can only be corrected by the defiance of its people. As long as there is an imperfect government, there will be a need for civil disobedience. Citizens of nations from all over the globe still read and learn from Civil Disobedience because even in modern times a perfect government does not exist. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau prompts the reader to take direct action against injustice. He argues that the government is a representative of corruption and injustice that, like a machine, fuels the enabling of its wrongdoings through enforcement of law. He states that an individual’s silent compliance with the law is essentially the same as cooperation with injustices that the lawmaker commits. In particular...
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...The wealth chasm: a dangerous cocktail The street demonstrations of 2011 and 2012 are still fresh in our minds. Thousands of voices chanting, “We are the 99%!” and blockading the stock exchange have not left the psyche of American’s, and were successful in getting their message across. Before 2011, it was heard in whispers: “They have too much.” Now, it’s a shout. The rich are indeed doing very well for themselves. In fact, the wealth gap is almost unprecedented, except for right before the great depression, and the subsequent rebellion that shook the United States that ultimately resulted in the New Deal. (DeSilver, 2013) History doesn’t necessarily repeat, but we are seeing a world eerily similar to that which was in place before 1929: The rich hoarding all the money and anger simmering in the proletariat. Globally, the reaction against this sort of systemic looting of the people by the capitalist class is taking form and is becoming increasingly better organized and more violent. The global wealth gap is a combustible recipe for insurrection, and will result in a collapse of capitalism and the rise of radical left, and right wing ideologies if it is not fixed. The wealth gap in the world is at astonishing levels. A simple browse of the news, or the Facebook feed of any liberal-leaning page will bring up statistics that would seem like they were made up if we weren’t bombarded by them at all times, and the data to back them up. According to William Domhoff of the University...
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...student, I have had the chance to expand my range in my writing skills. From this course, I have learned to expand my writing ability to subjects I would never have broached before, allowing myself to heighten my awareness of the world around me as well as hinder my procrastination. In the beginning of the year, I was very disappointed I would have to take this course. From my previous experience with accelerated English and rhetoric courses, I felt I would be bored and disappointed with the classroom experience. Over the course of the semester, I have learned I was wrong. While in the beginning my engagement level was poor, I was still interested by the current events brought up in class. Some of the biggest topics we discussed (Occupy Wallstreet, Penn State scandal) I never would have previous searched out to be educated upon, despite their high levels of popularity. I really appreciated the opportunity to learn and discuss these subjects in an environment surrounded by students just as least aware as I was. The time we spent in class discussing these topics really opened up my mind to value the opinions of others on subjects like politics which...
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...Table of Content 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction & History of Zara 3. Introduction & History of H&M 4. Products Offered By Zara & H&M 5. Marketing and Communication Strategy of Zara 6. Marketing and Communication Strategy of H& M 7. SWOT Analysis: Zara 8. SWOT Analysis: H&M 9. Conclusion Executive Summary This report will examine and make comparison of the communication strategy between two leading and established fashion brands, Zara & H&M. Through close study of each of their communication strategy we can understand the reasons behind their success in the current dynamic and competitive market. In the Hong Kong market where competition thrives and those that don’t adapt to the ever changing environment gets abandoned, we can understand how Zara & H&M has established as a ‘fast fashion’ boutique chain in this densely populated city. A communication strategy helps to develop brand awareness and product information dissemination [1]. The communication strategy can also help to retain the brand’s current customer base and more effectively reach out to a broader target audience. Introduction & History of Zara Zara is a spanish brand of clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortefa and Rosalia Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group. Inditex group is the world's largest apparel retailer, the fashion group also owns...
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...What are the trends in growth, inflation, unemployment, and debt? Over the last ten years Japan had a tremendous growth. It is no surprise for a country like Japan to have an increase in GDP among the last ten years; it had a GDP of $4.3 trillion in 2004 and kept increasing till it reached $5.96 trillion in the end of 2013 (Trading Economics, 2013). This significant increase in in the GDP is due to the increase in the net exports, since nowadays Japan is known as the world’s second largest developed economy. Japan exports a lot of automobiles because it is one of the leading countries in the production of automobiles that are spread all over the world. Moreover, Japan is the largest creditor nation while running an annual trade surplus. The GDP per capita increased from $29369.49 in 2004 to $31425.49 in 2013 (Trading Economics, 2013) meaning that the economy is vigorous since people are earning more so they have more disposable income to spend which vitalities the economy and the services thus leading the economy to thrive. All these conditions led the growth rare to increase from 0.1% in 2004 to 0.3% in 2013 (Trading Economics), however it is still considered low since it only increase 0.2%. In general we can come to a conclusion that the Japanese economy is healthy and is experiencing a positive growth. Since we already know that the economy in Japan is booming it would be rational to say that there are new opportunities for new positions in the market, the demand for workers...
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...NEWSLETTER 12 Pages Join us on Facebook… … a weekly news bulletin www.xedintellect.com 20th Sep 2012 – 26th Sep 2012 IN BRIEF COVER STORY REFORMS AT LAST !!! ECONOMIC INDICATORS Brent Crude $110/barrel BSE 18,694.41 points (as on Tuesday, September 25) PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK Christine Lagarde Sachin Bansal CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE BIG THREE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES NEWS DIGEST… BUSINESS NEWS GLOBAL NEWS MISCELLANEOUS NEWS Wal-Mart plans to open its first outlet in India within 12-18 months More than two-thirds in USA live pay check to pay check Foxconn unit in China closes after workers clash ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2 COVER STORY 3 PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK 4 CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE 5 NEWS ANALYSIS 6 JOB PROFILE 11 PART TWO KNOW YOUR BASICS: DATA ANALYTICS KNOW YOUR BASICS: DATA ANALYTICS D ata analytics (DA) refers to examination of raw data for drawing meaningful conclusions usually with the help of the latest IT tools. DA is categorised into exploratory data analysis (EDA) and confirmatory data analysis (CDA). EDA refers to finding new features in the data (similar to data mining) while CDA is used to examine the validity of existing hypotheses. There‟s another category known as Qualitative data analysis (QDA) which is generally used in the social sciences to draw conclusions from non-numerical data like words, photographs or video. The term "analytics" has been used by many business intelligence (BI) software firms...
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...New Medical Devices in the US August 13 2010 Table of Contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 2. Background and Framework……………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 2.1 Priority Medical Devices for the Netherlands…..……………………………………………………………………4 2.2 The US Vision: From see and treat to predict and prevent……………………………………………………6 2.3 Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 3. Medical device sector in the US………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 3.1 Economic Impact…..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 3.2 The Sector by State…..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………10 3.3 Key Institutes: Patent Applications in the Cluster Areas…..………………………………………………….13 3.4 Conclusions…..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….20 4. Turning research into novel medical devices………………………………………………………………………………….22 4.1 The Medical Device Development Process…..……………………………………………………………………..22 4.2 CIMIT: A Structure for Medical Device Innovation…..………………………………………………………….23 4.3 Stanford Biodesign: Innovation as a Discipline…..………………………………………………………………..26 4.4 Conclusions and Recommendations…..……………………………………………………………………………….28 5. Summary and Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….30 6. Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….32 7. References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….33 Appendices A1 Selection of Key Institutes A2 Results Patent Analysis A3 Research...
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