...picked this Amendment because I am a huge fan of hunting, I’m all about protecting my family in our home, and the most important one of all is our military. During hunting season, it is a time for me to spend time with my family. I have been out hunting since I was about eight years old. I found it to be a great sport and a great way to get food for your family. The second reason this Amendment is important is Americans should have the right to carry and hold guns in their homes....
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...Carolina Arizona has set the presence for illegal immigrants to face the law. The new law “directs officers to question people about their immigration status during the enforcement of other laws such as traffic stops, and if there's a reasonable suspicion they're in the U.S. illegally they will be deported”. “Arizona’s illegal alien population is 460,000 and according to a 2008 study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Georgia illegal alien population is 490,000”. (Inger Eberhart, 2010). As Americans we need to support Arizona’s efforts to clean house in fight of illegal aliens in the U.S. Most critics are saying that this is the strictest measure in generations for the detaining of illegal immigrants. The key work is “ILLEGAL”. Every American knows that if it is illegal then you should not be doing it, adolescent 101, but we live in a time where people feel that illegal aliens should not be questioned as to their citizenship as it goes against their rights. Number one they have no rights as they are not American Citizens, two if Americans would stop and think how many illegal’s who will work for pennies and are taking our jobs, and education benefits have done nothing but cost our states billions of dollars. Georgia’s cost is over $1.6 billion per year for...
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...North American Free Trade Agreement The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a regulation that sets the rules of trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The purpose of this comprehensive agreement is to diminish trading costs, encourage economic activity and help North America stay competitive in the international marketplace. NAFTA came into affect on January 1st 1994 creating one of the largest free trade zones in the world. NAFTA grants the most favored nation status to all three countries, meaning that all nations have to be given equal treatment. Since the enactment of NAFTA the North American economy has grown more then twice its size. After NAFTAs implementation most tariffs were removed within North America and all others were phased out over the next 15 years. As of January 1st 2008 the arrangement had diminished all remaining tariffs and barriers to investment between the NAFTA countries. The trade agreement is overseen by several commissions; including the free trade commission, NAFTA coordinators, NAFTA working groups and committees, NAFTA secretariat, commission for labor cooperation, and the commission for environmental cooperation. Even though NAFTA has created an environment of confidence and stability required for long-term investment the agreement is still seen as controversial. For examples the United States lost factory jobs to lower cost Mexican manufacturing and it lowered the wages for the remaining factory workers. NAFTA...
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...the materials. To discuss the problems about the Arizona immigration law, I need to know something about the US political system, how you approve the law. In the USA, there are two types of laws: The Federal legislation there applies to all Americans and all the states. It's about everything that is common to all. For example, the civil rights, immigration law, foreign policy laws. There is also The State legislation that stands for the law in the single states, things there can be different from state to state as taxes. In this text we will mostly work with the state Arizona, where the governor signs the Immigration law. ” Immigration - local impact of Arizona law” summary In TV-program about “the Arizona Immigration law”, are about the state Arizona and a new immigration law. The new law makes it possible for Arizona’ police department to check every person they suspect as illegal immigrants. They can hold them at the station, to the suspects background where discovered. Neighborhood state California, see the opportunities in the law because of the many immigrants in California. “President Obama on fixing the broken Immigration system” summery The American President Barack Obama talks about the immigration system. He said every American have an immigrant inside and America was created on these immigrants creativity. This hard work and creativity made America in front of all countries. In Arizona the government did it on their own way. While Obama may well understand the motives...
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...correct when he says the purpose is not to get every question right on the exam but to make the right decisions. It would be great to get every question right on the exam, but that isn’t considered ethical training. I believe the best theory is the profit maximization theory because it’s the most simple and it concentrates on the main point of business. The goal of a firm is to maximize profits while making ethical decisions at the same time. There are both pros and cons of each theory but in profit maximization the Pros outweighs the cons. The primary focus is to maximize profits. Maximizing profits is more valuable than attaining social responsibility. I believe that the business is most successful when you maximize profits then everything else will follow. In the article social responsibility of business is to increase its profits, it talks about what happens when executives steal. I can relate this to my work at Rite Aid. We had a store manager who used to steal money from registers, which led to many employees being fired because of register shortages. I was the one who survived my register only came up short once with 10 dollars in which I saw the manager steal. Assistant managers and supervisors contacted the Loss prevention many times but they could not fire him because they did not have enough proof that he was the one stealing. Eventually the manager got fired, and the excuse that was used that he took an item off the shelf and used it before paying for it. This...
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...Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc: Squirt Brand How would you characterize the carbonated soft drink industry in the United States? The U. S consumer drinks more carbonated drinks than tap water which makes the soft drink industry in the U.S is excessively lucrative, but an aggressive competitive market. For example, Americans in the year 2000 consumed an average of 53 gallons of soft drinks per person and it represented a $60.3 billion in carbonated soft drink retail sales for that year. Nevertheless, in the recent years the growth rate of consumption for soft drinks has declined. There are three big players in the production and distribution that hold the majority of sales in the carbonated soft drink industry in the United States. First, the three major concentrate producers like The Coca-Cola Co., The Pepsi-Cola Co. and Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc. Second, the bottlers who convert flavor concentrate into soft drinks, concentrate producers have two options 1) Own their bottlers or have equity interest in them, 2) The second option is to franchise their brands to independent bottlers and grant them the right to package/distribute their branded line of soft drinks in a specific territory, but not allowed to market a directly competitive major brand. Lastly, the principal retail channel outlets for carbonated drinks like supermarkets, convenience stores, vending machines, fountain services, mass merchandisers and other thousands of small retail outlets. The...
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...First, we will analyze the evolution of cannabis through American history. According to an article, ??????? in 1619 the first American law pertaining to marijuana was passed by the Virginia Assembly, which required every farmer to grow the plant (????). Fibers from the hemp plant were used in the production of ship sails, rope and clothing. Production continued through the Civil War in the years 1961-1965, but new imports and other domestic resources began to replace it. After the Mexican Revolution of 1910, Mexican immigrants began to enter the U.S. in waves. The new immigrants were the first to introduce the recreational use of marijuana to the American culture. The drug and its effects along with the fear and prejudice about the newcomers...
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...Key Issues The ALPES S.A. case deals with Charles River Laboratories (CRL) and their consideration of a joint venture proposal with an animal vaccine company in Mexico. The senior V.P. is preparing to present the proposal of a $2 million investment for the firm. The CEO, Jim Foster, is concerned with the associated risks that CRL would be undertaking if they accept this venture. Key issues of concern are; the partnership with a relatively small, family run business; having operations in Mexico, which could pose difficulties; maintaining CRL’s focus on U.S. expansion; and the proposed partner’s lack of funds to invest, which will leave CRL to bear the entire cost of the venture. Internal Analysis: Business Strategy Diamond 1. Arenas Charles River Laboratories (CRL) is currently the market leader for the commercial supply and production of global laboratory animal models used in the development and testing of new pharmaceuticals, as well as discovery research. The most recent product development is that of SPF eggs, which are used in the development of human vaccines that have not yet been converted over to the newer production technology. 2. Vehicles Charles River Laboratories has two different options at this time for vehicles that will enable them to enter new arenas. These consist of entering into a joint venture, or other type of agreement, with ALPES, or making use of the SPAFAS franchises. Although the initial intention to purchase the existing franchises...
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...Mexico border, the Pacific Ocean, or through many other ways. Some people have entered the country legally through a visit visa, but then have stayed illegally and are working in various places. Illegal immigration is a double edged sword; in one hand it provide the local economy with cost benefits as the illegal immigrants are not paid so much, while they are more productive. On the other hand, these illegal immigrants do not pay taxes and their employers also do not pay their taxes. There are both pros and cons of illegal immigration and this paper shall take a look at some facts pertinent to illegal immigration in the United States. Every day thousands of illegals stream across the 2,500 miles of border with Mexico. According to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, or INS, the total number of illegals in America from this source increases by 275,000 annually. Already the United States is host to an illegal population of 7 to 12 million, of whom the vast majority are Mexican or Hispanic in origin. These illegal and uninvited guests help themselves to jobs, education, welfare and unemployment compensation. The many whose wages are paid under the table pay little or no taxes. And they are easy prey for unscrupulous employers and politicians (Ted Hayes). The U.S. population primarily is growing as a result of births in the minority and immigrant communities. We do not like to think about it--as it is a political correctness problem--but there is stratification of labor...
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...ethnicity—affirmative action generates intense controversy. In 1972, affirmative action became an inflammatory public issue. True enough, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 already had made something called “affirmative action” a remedy federal courts could impose on violators of the Act. Likewise, after 1965 federal contractors had been subject to President Lyndon Johnson's Executive Order 11246, requiring them to take “affirmative action” to make sure they were not discriminating. Your company should hire people based on talent, experience, skill level for the job they are applying for. Your hiring shouldn’t be based on if the man or woman is black, white, mexican, asian or some other race or ethinicity. A person should be able to go apply for a job and not have to worry if they are being discriminated against. If they have all the training and experience to do the job correctly and you say, no we cant hire you at this time and you don’t give them a good answer of why they werent considered for the job, this can cause a load of problems and could even lead to lawsuits. If a minority thinks in any way they were discriminated against because they are a woman, they are black, asian and not white, and you give them a lame excuse of why they werent even brought back to be interviewed they can cause some problems for the company and it can go on for a long time. The company can get a bad reputaion that they are racist or even only hire whites, and men...
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...ENGL 1100 Mr. Casey December 11, 2012 The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is currently the third most popularly used recreational drug in America. More than 100 million Americans have used the drug at least once in their lives. 14 million of those continue to use it regularly (About Marijuana). All of those Americans are breaking the law. Under federal law, marijuana is illegal in the United States. However, there is much controversy surrounding the illegality of the plant. The biggest controversy around marijuana is whether or not it should be legalized. Those in support of legalizing marijuana will bring up arguments proving the medicinal benefits of marijuana, the economic benefits, and the other positive effects it will have on the country. These arguments are backed by proven facts and studies. Because of this, the obvious answer is that marijuana should be legalized, taxed, and regulated in the United States. Marijuana has not always been illegal. It was used as medicine for hundreds of years. The first recorded medical use dates all the way back to 1500 BC in China. It wasn’t until the 1930’s that it first became illegal in the United States. In 1937, The Federal Bureau of Narcotics passed The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 (Guither). This made it illegal to possess or transfer cannabis in the United States under federal law, excluding people in the big medical industries and for its industrial uses, and those people had to pay an annual tax. Even though there was a new...
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...Bus 162 Team 7: HSBC in China 1. How has HSBC adapted its global strategy to operate in China, both before and after China’s WTO accession? Answer: Prior to the WTO accession negotiations, China’s banking industry operated as a cog in China’s centrally planned economy. The banks adhered to directed lending practices from the government and in turn created some of China’s most successful enterprises, but also supported thousands of other inefficient and unprofitable stateowned enterprises. This practice left state commercial banks with massive amounts of debt that was largely unrecoverable and hordes of nonperforming loans. In 1865, HSBC was founded to finance the growing trade between Europe, India, and China. HSBC rapidly expanded by opening agencies and branches across the globe, but maintained a distinct focus on China and the Asia-Pacific region. By the 1880s, the bank issued banknotes and held government funds in Hong Kong, and also helped manage British government accounts in China, Japan, Penang, and Singapore. After World War I and II, HSBC turned to dramatic expansion through acquisitions and alliances in order to diversify. The bank moved its headquarters in 1993 to London from Hong Kong and continued its global acquisition strategy. In December 2001, China finally acceded to the World Trade Organization (WTO). A number of policies were immediately implemented such as foreign banks were allowed to conduct foreign currency business without any market access restrictions...
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...Charles River Laboratories (CRL) CRL was once the global market leader in the commercial production and supply of laboratory animal models for use in discovery and research and the development and testing of new pharmaceuticals. The company’s strategic growth objective was to grow its existing business by between 12% and 15% annually and its entire business by 20%. This plan left a strategic growth gap of 5% to 8% each year, resulting in CRL’s pursuit of growth opportunities in the form of joint ventures, technology licensing and strategic partnerships. Key Issues Primary: Should CRL invest up to $2 million to create a state of the art specific pathogen free (SPF) egg farm? In order for Dennis to win over the Board of Directors, he must convince Jim Foster (CEO) of CRL. Foster views this proposal as a potential distraction for Specific Antigen Free Avian Services (SPAFAS), which continues to grow in the United States. Given the number of companies involved, different geographic locations and capital requirements, CRL must carefully decide whether this investment will fill their strategic gap growth. Secondary: Would IDISA be reliable partners in a joint venture The complex organizational structure of Group IDISA, is made up of five legally independent companies all owned by the same family. When considering a joint venture with ALPES, CRL has concerns regarding the number of transactions between the companies and the overall transparency of the IDISA. This family...
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...Abstract Over the past few decades, the global scenario has changed considerably with increased interdependence amongst nations and economies. This intertwining amongst nations and sharing of ideas and technology has been termed as “Globalization”. Globalization has been a buzzword of late, with heated discussions about its pros and cons. Some consider it to be a blessing for mankind while others take it as a curse. For some it has brought about material prosperity while others have become unemployed due to it. This paper tries to analyse the effect of Increased International Trade and Globalisation on the US economy. The first section discusses the pros and cons of Globalization while the second section discusses how globalization has lead to increased foreign trade. Thereafter, it discusses the effect of globalisation and increased foreign trade on the American economy. Introduction Trade is believed to have taken place throughout much of recorded human history, whether as barter or in exchange of currency. Till the 1800’s, trade was limited due to difficulties in transportation, communication and restrictive trade policies. However, in the mid 19th century, with advent of free trade and nation advantage concepts, trade started to pick up (Daniels & Sullivan, International Business and Operation). Although international trade has been present throughout much of history, for example Silk Route, its economic, social, and political importance have increased in recent...
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...There are many pros and cons to Racial Profiling, and the law enforcement uses them in so many ways. Racial profiling is when people such as the Law Enforcement approach many people of the same races being accused of the same things that are most common in that race. Racial profiling has been around for a long time and it is very common. The law enforcement uses a lot racial profiling towards all the races. Policemen and Policewoman can easily pull over people because of their race. Mexicans are usually pulled over because they can be accused of being an illegal immigrant, or even drug dealing/using marijuana. African Americans are most commonly pulled over because they can be accused of drug dealing, being a thief or even being accused of doing cocaine. Caucasian people are usually pulled over to being accused of meth, unlawful possessions of weapons, or controlled substances. I think that in order to get the criminals off the streets it is okay to use racial profiling if they are using it in the right way. I think that if I were to see a truck or car with big rims and someone that gets out of the car is all tattooed up and is taking a smoke, I honestly would accuse them of being in the wrong and would be okay if a cop were to come and search them to see what they are getting themselves into. If a person is being suspicious then the law enforcement should be able to have a search warrant on them. Not only is it a good idea for them to stop the criminals from doing crime, its...
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