GENDER-BASED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND REVERSE GENDER BIAS: BEYOND GRATZ, PARENTS INVOLVED, AND RICCI ROSALIE BERGER LEVINSON* I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II. History Behind the Affirmative Action Race/Gender Anomaly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III. The Circuit Split on the Race/Gender Conundrum . . . . . . . . . IV. Analogy to Race-Based Affirmative Action
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preferred to c. A benefit is the maximum unit of currency amount you would be willing to pay to do x, while the cost is the value of all the resources you must give up in order to do x. The cost-benefit approach to decisions states that an individual should do an activity x if the benefit exceeds the cost. Relating to cost, in the process of coming up with a decision, a rational individual will take into account opportunity costs and ignore sunk costs. * New theories argue that people are not
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3 i PREFACE Rectors, as Heads of School, are expected to exemplify good leadership and management techniques, very often, in conditions of uncertainty. The social system of the school comprising staff, students as well as the Community of parents at large, looks up to the Rector for leadership and an inclusive atmosphere. While the School Development Plan is available in all institutions as an indication of the direction to follow, the Rector needs support and resources to make critical decisions
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[pic] Many fleet cars were bought with an option to sell them back to the manufacturer. Such vehicles were called “program cars”, as distinct from “risky cars” which were not covered by a put option. Roughly 85 % of Hertz’ domestic fleet and 74 % of its international fleet were program cars. Program cars will become more expensive in the future due to the fact that Ford and GM adopted new market strategies that deemphasized lower-margin sales of program cars Risk cars exposed the company to residual
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| | | | Universities | | Locations | 1 University of the Philippines Diliman | Quezon City ... | 2 De La Salle University | Manila | 3 University of the Philippines System | Quezon City | 4 Ateneo de Manila University | Quezon City ... | 5 University of Santo Tomas | Manila | 6 University of the Philippines Los Baños | Los Baños | 7 Aquinas University of Legazpi | Legazpi City | 8 Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology | Iligan City | 9 Xavier
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|WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR? | LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, students should be able to: 1. Define organizational behavior (OB) 2. Describe what managers do 3. Explain the value of the systematic study of OB 4. List the major challenges and opportunities for managers to use OB concepts 5. Identify the contributions made
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MARK 3000 • Chapter 1 o LO 1- What is marketing? ▪ A set of activities • Using the four P’s to deliver value and benefits to a targeted group of customers (target market) ▪ A company philosophy (the marketing concept/orientation) • The objective of the company is to (1) satisfy consumer wants, and (2) meet organizational objectives. • What does the consumer want? ▪ The four P’s • Product (what are we making?) o Can be a…
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WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Internet privacy policy: violations and regulations. Social media context Natalia Wójcik Index number: 51149 1 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 2. Theoretical background…………………………………………………………...4 3. E-commerce and e-marketing influence on privacy violations…………….5 4. Social networking, Web 2.0……………………………………………………….7 5. Social media privacy policy………………………………………………………8 6. Privacy policy concerns based on a particular social
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Chapter 1: Introduction SME finance is the funding of small and medium sized enterprises, and represents a major function of the general business finance market – in which capital for different types of firms are supplied, acquired, and costed or priced. Capital is supplied through the business finance market in the form of bank loans and overdrafts; leasing and hire-purchase arrangements; equity/corporate bond issues; venture capital or private equity; and asset-based finance such as factoring
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2009 1 I INTRODUCTION New Zealand does not have a state religion in the way that other countries do.1 The Church of England, for example, has its doctrine and prayer book ratified by Parliament and has the Queen as supreme authority over both ecclesiastical and civil matters.2 However, the central legislators of this country listen to the Speaker of the House open each Parliamentary session with the following prayer.3 Almighty God, humbly acknowledging our need for Thy guidance in all
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