• Question 1 © 0 out of 2 points Customer-driven pricing may depress profits because _____. Answer Selected Answer: customers will only pay so much for a product Correct Answer: pricing for short term sales objectives often undermines perceived value by customers • Question 2 2 out of 2 points Cost-plus pricing is effectively opposite of a prudent pricing strategy because _____. Answer Selected Answer: it leads to overpricing in weak markets and underpricing
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Lamon Rutten, Denis Seudieu, Robert Simmons, Marcelle Strazer, Kevin Watkins, Michael Wheeler and Pete Williams. i Oxfam: International Commodity Research – Coffee Confidential: Not for distribution or publication EXECUTIVE SUMMARY '[When prices are low] , we sacrifice a lot in the way of clothing, tools and food. We can’t afford meat, we had to buy other parts of the animal which were inferior. We can’t eat eggs, or drink milk...When the children get ill we don’t have the money to take
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| Discrimination | * Discrimination is individuals and groups being denied equal rights and opportunities because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons * | Institutional discrimination | * Institutional discrimination is when equal rights and opportunities are denied to groups or individuals resulting from the normal operations of a society * | Political correctness | * Political correctness is when words or language is altered to redress alleged or real discrimination or injustices
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Robert DeKoven, a professor at California Western School of Law, stated that legacy admission is unfair and should be eliminated. DeKoven (2003) also pointed out that legacy admission is equal to taking races and genders as factors, which is discrimination. Students should be admitted based on their merit and for a university official to give more weight on having college-educated parents violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. (p225) He noted that at Notre Dame, 57 percent of
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information from the case is that the company also fails to promote women of the same experience compared to male employee and those women employees were paid lower wages. The textbook states that sexual harassment is an unwelcome discrimination. Sexual harassment can be sexual advances, sexual favors, and any other verbal or physical contact. A sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when either “explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual employment”. (Noe, Hollenbeck
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What Diversity means to me… Diversity to me is the balance of different cultures, races, sexes, religion, appearance, sexual orientation, disabilities, and many more things. It’s the ability to look at someone else and to realize they are different but not treat as they are. The way you look at others and judge them could be the same way others look at you and judge you and make decisions based on what they do and do not like about you. You would not want someone to do this to you or
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3 CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT 3 IMPLIED AND EXPRESS TERMS IN AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT 4 DISMISSAL 5 UNFAIR DISMISSAL 6 ELIGIBILITY TO CLAIM UNFAIR DISMISSAL 7 WAS A FAIR PROCEDURE FOLLWED? 8 DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION 8 REMEDIES 9 UNFAIR DISMISSAL CLAIM 9 DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION 9 CONCLUSION 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 TERMS OF REFERENCE I work as legal advisor for a national toy chain, Playtime. I am going to produce a report examining common law and statutory issues
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Once upon a time, there were two people who went to an interview for only one job position at the same company. The first person attended a prestigious and highly academic university, had years of work experience in the field and, in the mind of the employer, had the potential to make a positive impact on the company's performance. The second person was just starting out in the field and seemed to lack the ambition that was visible in his opponent. "Who was chosen for the job?"
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The Affirmative Action to limit discrimination against all protected class did not increase available jobs for minorities but did them equal opportunity for employment. No longer would businesses and universities be required to adhere to affirmative action guidelines that mandated minority representation in the workforce or student body. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited companies from making racial decisions to not hire those of a different creed, gender, or ethical back ground. In order
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Crash: Of Racial Discrimination and Stereotypes November 3rd, 2011 Crash: Of Racial Discrimination and Stereotypes Directed by Paul Haggis and produced in 2004, Crash was the Oscar Awards winner of Best Picture in 2006. Aside from Best Picture, the movie won only one other award: Best Original Screenplay for Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco. Despite its little recognition, Crash is an important movie to watch. Plot The plot of Crash is not about a typical, narrative story in
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