...times people are too afraid to speak out. Why are people afraid to speak out? They do not want to hurt people that are close to them and are afraid of what the reaction will be. Secrets affect many people not just those close to the secret, they affect a vast amount of people, have strange or unexpected beginnings, have consequential results, are rarely resolved to satisfaction and have a lot of power. Secrets affect many people that have nothing to do with the secret in many different ways. Secrets are very harmful and have a butterfly effect. The lies just get bigger and bigger and affect a vast amount of people. Secrets...
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...When writing my narrative, I wanted the reader to imagine how the impact of both positive and negative words could have on someone. So I used the idea of a curse with is displayed through both the marker and the motser to illustrate to the reader that everything in life has a consequence. The atmosphere of such a perfect school contrasts to the evil and cursed bathroom which implies that not everything is as perfect as it seems. I want the reader to understand that one small action can have a big impact which could lead to serious damage. In the narrative Elvira doesn’t recognize that no amount of money is worth hurting other people. I also want the reader to understand that the gothic monster isn’t truly an evil monster just a canny character...
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...Literature Review Title of Article: The Accounting Fraud @ WorldCom: The Causes, The Characteristics, and The Consequences. Author: Javiriyah Ashraf (2011) Area: The main area of the study was focused on the different offices of WorldCom in United States of America. The core examination areas were Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Washington D.C. to know the causes of the fraud, how the different branches were linked in fraud and what were the main problems faced to the stakeholders after the fraud. Introduction: WorldCom was a provider of long distance phone services to businesses and residents. It started as a small company known as Long Distance Discount Services (“LDDS”) that grew to become the third largest telecommunications company in the United States due to the management of Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Bernie Ebbers. It consisted of an employee base of 85,000 workers at its peak with a presence in more than 65 countries. Ebbers helped grow the small investment into a $30 billion revenue producing company characterized by sixty acquisitions of other telecomm businesses in less than a decade. From the outside, WorldCom appeared to be a strong leader of growth. In reality, the appearance was nothing more than a perception. On June 25, 2002, the company revealed that it had been involved in fraudulent reporting of its numbers by stating a $3 billion profit when in fact it was a half-a-billion dollar loss. After an investigation was conducted, a total of...
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...Super Freakonomics: Short Essay questions Chapter 1: Describe the evidence that suggests that Chicago prostitutes engage in price discrimination. In addition, explain why it is possible for this particular instance of price discrimination to be successful. There is a couple of different things that directly show how Chicago prostitutes engage in price discrimination, the first is by skin color. The book directly says “Prostitutes do not charge all customers the same price. Black customers, for instance, pay on average about $9 less per trick than white customers, while Hispanic customers are in the middle” (p 35.) Another big one is giving police officers “freebies”. Some of the more high class prostitutes were able to discriminate even further by raising their rates on people they didn’t like, while still offering the previous rate to favorite customers, this is represented in the book by the statement “She grandfathered in her favorite clients at the old rate but told her less-favorite clients that an hour now cost $400” (p 54.) The last big one to mention is price discrimination for drug dealers, or price negotiations for drugs. Prostitutes are savvy businesswomen who know how to price discriminate very successfully to get what they want. Many factors contribute to why prostitutes are able to pull off such successful price discrimination. The book outlines the two major conditions that must be met to allow price discrimination to be possible in business, customers...
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...oblivious and destined to cause trouble. Though endearing at times, Lennie has a major flaw, getting into trouble. This flaw drives the story along, as it does in the lives of people in...
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...and bad. The effects of karma (actions) are inevitable, and in previous lifetimes we have accumulated negative karma which will inevitably have its fruition in this or future lives. Just as someone witnessed by police in a criminal act will eventually be caught and punished, so we too must face the consequences of faulty actions we have committed in the past, there is no way to be at ease; those actions are irreversible; we must eventually undergo their effects." His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from 'Kindness, Clarity and Insight' The Sanskrit word Karma (or kamma in Pali) literally means action. In Buddhism however, karma mainly refers to one'sintention or motivation while doing an action. The Buddha said: “It is volition that I call karma; for having willed, one acts by body, speech, and mind.” AN 3:415, from In the Buddha’s Words, p. 146. (In the west, the word karma is often used for the results of karma; the Sanskrit words for the effects or results of karma are 'vipaka' or 'phala'. ) The shortest explanation of karma that I know is: 'you get what you give'. In other words; whatever you do intentionally to others, a similar thing will happen to yourself in the future. Causing suffering to others will cause suffering to ourselves, causing happiness to others will result in happiness for oneself. Perhaps our biggest to understanding or even believing in karma may be time. The 're-actions' or results of our actions usually show up with a big time delay, and it becomes extremely...
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...Missouri and Water Pollution Action needs to be taken to reduce water pollution in Missouri for the sake of health, cost, and the preservation of wildlife. In a recent conservation Survey 97% of Missourians voted water pollution as the number concern in conservational issues. Why are so many Missourians concerned about water pollution? 2.5 million Missouri residents rely on streams for drinking water. Water treatment and cleansing is not a cheap process, it is expensive and comes out of the pockets of Missouri citizens. When more money is spent on water treatment and cleansing it is safe to drink the higher the water bills go up, causing the residents of Missouri to pay more. Not only is the issue the cost but the health risks as well. In 2008 more than 12 citizens in Cameron Missouri was diagnosed with brain tumors, within seven months. The only thing that links these people together is the drinking water. Cameron is a small town, and this is just one example. Missourians pay the price whether it is their health or extra expenses because of water treatment. The pie-graph below (Image 1), for example shows how much of the population near the Missouri River rely on the river for drinking water. Image 1. (Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 2007) Why is water pollution a big issue in Missouri? Congress decided to change the number of waterways protected in Missouri in 2001. The president of Missouri Conservation Federation, Glenn Chambers stated “Just...
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...Task 1 Why does engineering equipment fail, what happens when it does and what can we do about it? Equipment’s fails because certain parts of it fail first and that prevents the whole process from working. It is important to understand the problem before any maintenance. There are a lot of reasons it could fail because of the age of the equipment and parts need to be changed or if the equipment vibrates nuts and bolts can be loosen and parts can fall apart. When this happens the machine needs to be stopped and maintained. Age is very important if the machine has been used for a very long time the efficiency and the quality wouldn’t be as good as a new one, a machine has a certain life span for example on a car the timing belt must be replaced after every 50,000 miles. Wear could lead to a fault in a machine because parts come into contact with each other for example a cars break pad. Corrosion in certain materials takes longer than others like aluminium, when a part of a machine corrodes it degrade and can cause failures. Raw materials such as oil and compressed air can run equipment’s. If something different unwanted to the equipment is in it, it can affect the way the machine works. For example water in a petrol tank will cause a car to break down and this is a fouling. Lack of maintenance can cause a fail, routine maintenance such as cleaning and lubrication. This cause for example in a factory that is manufacturing can will stop the line and check the cars in that line to...
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...told you that the scenario you have read could have been avoided? That same officer had complaints filed against him, but nothing was ever done about it. Approximately 33% of officers are convicted of their crimes that commit police brutality meaning a staggering 67% are let back in the streets (Web). With more officers not being convicted of their crimes, there has been a steady rise in police brutality. This tells society that this behavior amongst the police has been accepted by the by the bureaucratic systems that oversee local law enforcement. Too many people around the country are being mistreated and killed by officers because of their misjudgment or their intentions to kill. These actions should not be allowed within are local law enforcements because it is unfair to society since they do not have the same power. Society is not allowed to fight back whenever the police abuse us, and since this will never change, higher officials need to stop officers (Curriden). Taking that into consideration, I believe that the bureaucratic systems that...
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...non-malicious security violations that leave companies vulnerable to attack. In a recent Computer Security Institute survey, 41 percent of the participating U.S organizations reported security incidents. (Guo, 2012 p. 203-236) Also according to the same survey it was found that 14 percent of the respondents stated that nearly all of their company’s loses and or breaches were do to non-malicious and or careless behavior by the end users. (Guo, 2012 p. 203-236) Some of the end users behaviors that help these threats along were the peer-to-peer file-sharing software installed by the end user that might compromise company computers. Some other examples of security being compromised by end users would be people that use sticky notes to write there passwords down and leave them where other people can see them and employees that allow other employees to use their work station without knowing what they are doing on their work station. This seemed to be prevalent in companies where the end users perceived that threat was at the low end. This means that if the end user does not perceive a security threat or a consequence to their action they will continue to practice non-malicious security violations...
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...3.5 talk about CONCEPTS: The food revolution will effect the base of what we call American culture, it will change that culture into something brand new. This type of revolution will allow people to see the great dramatic change to their diet it. Jamie Oliver in my eyes brough about a new food system that could benefit everyone. Upon benefiting everyone it will cause other states to see the foods being eaten are actually healthy and can decrease obesity. Furthermore that being said this can also b. Furthermore with that being stated, that can also become a local law where schools in Virginia must provide a more healthier standard in their meals. Upon this action that I believe will happen people will see from other state that from this food...
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... * Research = guide to action * Action = Information = Research * Process requires considerable collaboration among interested parties * Problem focused change * Heavy emphasis on data gathering and diagnosis prior to action planning and implementation… and evaluation of results after action * Two focus areas * Help specific organizations implement planned change * Developing more general knowledge that can be applied to other settings * Main application is on planned change * Eight Steps 1. Problem identification * When problem(s) identified from higher level * Who is defining the problem? Is this the real problem? * What are the intentions behind the defined problem? * Who are the players? * What do they get out of the change project? * Is it genuine, political, or filler? 2. Consultation with Behavioural science expert * Appraisal of beliefs, assumptions, values to create understanding and level playing field * How do you identify/define competence of the OB expert? * How is alignment between OB expert and Business achieved? * Time requirements/limits to understand influences, positive and negative 3. Data gathering and preliminary diagnosis * Usually completed by OD practitioner * Gathering appropriate information and analysis * Root cause analysis * Four...
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...deaths are attributed to tobacco related illnesses as when they are due to war and genocide. How can any substance that produces such mass death ever be distributed and produced legally? Well, many have begun to think the same way and have embarked on the long and arduous journey to attempt to sue tobacco distributers. But these large companies have fought back with a vengeance, and so the debate has arisen whether or not people should be able to sue big tobacco companies. People not only have the right to sue, but should sue tobacco companies for a multitude of lawless acts, for pain and suffrage, and as well as for the economic losses many have suffered. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of big tobacco companies is my beloved uncle. He tragically passed away three years ago from gun disease. My uncle Anthony had been an avid chewer since he was 16 years old. At a very early age he had become a slave to his addiction to chewing tobacco, this addiction ended his life. With the passing of my uncle I began to wonder why it is legal for any company to distribute such a harmful and potentially deadly product. Upon further investigation I found that I was not the only one who wondered this. It turns out millions of people have been suing large tobacco companies for multitude of reasons ranging from concealing evidence to murder charges. I found that these law suits have...
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...An End to Insanity Pine cones thrown at your face, stripped naked and left in a cornfield, and water forced down your throat until you vomit. Do any of these acts sound familiar? They are some of the most familiar forms of hazing. Although hazing is illegal in most states, the actions of cruelty are still being preformed today, it is an enormous problem so why isn’t more action being taken on it. I think it is because a lot of today’s hazing goes unreported either the school which it took place at is to embarrassed of the incident, or the student him/herself are to embarrassed to share the knowledge with others. In an article from CQ researcher by Brian Hansen he asks the question Should More Be Done to Stop It? I believe Hansen focuses on the article from a medical standpoint although he does not state that hazing is on the rise he does say that deaths caused from hazing are now higher then ever. He gives examples as to why the trend may be on the rise so much, the contemporary media endorses such acts that de grate people on shows like “Fear Factor” or movies like “Jackass.” Students see these acts and they may think that they are “ok” to perform because they were viewed by a national audience. Hansen also says that many deaths occur because students arrive with the “disneyland ride notion” where it may seem scary but the operators know what they are doing and everything will be ok, when in reality many of the hazers choose heinous acts at random that have never been...
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...INTRODUCTION There are many entrepreneurs all around the world which is started to change faster last 20 years. Some parts of these entrepreneurs consider establishing small size company with a little bit capital, another parts think about new investment for medium size companies to develop and consider using potential that has gain at previous experience. While many of these companies can operate own business plan and reaching own targets successfully, some of these cannot move on next process and going to have a failure about management. The purpose of this working is, analysing and discussion the causes of unsuccessful and failure business that lacks of ability and can not progress. Failure of small firms will have been discussed in this work but on the other hand, defeat is realty for the large companies same as well. For example, half of the largest US companies has disappeared between 1974-2000 years (Sheppard,2012). Behind the failure of the firms, there should be many reasons. While the largest companies still continue their business life as developing and getting more profit year after year, why the small enterprises face many problems to reach their target profit and do not find impressive place in a market. Reasons and results for the failure of the small enterprises are going to discuss in this work. Most important reasons were defined that these are lack of experiences of managers and owners, insufficient capital, poor inventory management, poor locations and...
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