Application Marxist Theory Socialism Philippine Essays and Term Papers
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The Social Effect of Rising Gas Prices on the Lower Class, and Small Business Owners
The Social Effect of Rising Gas Prices on The Lower Class, and Small Business Owners One of the largest financial burdens on the lower class and small business owners over the past six years has been the steady rise in gas prices. “Gas prices have been steadily rising for more than six years. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the average retail price of gasoline in the United States in March of 1999 was
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Amway - Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Creating a corporate social responsibility strategy Introduction Amway is one of the world's largest direct sales organisations with over 3 million Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in over 80 markets and territories. It is a family owned company with a strong emphasis on family values. Its IBOs are mainly couples with many raising young families and therefore have a strong bond with children. These families are more than happy to be partnered with Amway, who as
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Social Responsibilities of Businesses
"Outline the argument for and against business having social responsibilities beyond that of making a profit. In the light of this, do you think businesses should make charitable donations to the Tsunami appeal? Justify your answer." 26th April 2005 To best understand the nature of the posed question I propose the articulated finding of the widespread acceptance that cooperate official and labour leaders have a 'social responsibility' that extends beyond the realm of serving
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Applying Motivation and Emotion Theories
Applying Motivation and Emotion Theories in an Analysis of Scrooge’s Behaviour Motivation and Emotion Theories 2 In the past many theories have been put forth in an attempt to understand the motivations of an individuals behaviour and the emotions involved. According to Reber & Reber (2001) emotional states tend to have motivational properties and the elements of a motivation will often have emotional ties. In addition, theorists have identified that physiological structures usually appear to
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Individual Rights Vs. Social Responsibilities
Individual rights vs. Social responsibilities The most heinous of crimes are those committed against children. Society views these crimes as unacceptable and accepts the responsibility of ensuring the protection and safety of children from sexual predators. On the other hand even the most heinous criminals have rights. Jessica’s law ensures the social responsibility while civil rights of those convicted of crimes against children are ensured by civil rights organizations. Many of these organizations have committed
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War in Iraq and Just War Theory
• Just cause: In my opinion, the United States had no right to go into Iraq based solely on a theory that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. According to the Just War Theory, war is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger," to protect innocent life, to preserve conditions necessary for decent human existence and to secure basic human rights. • Competent authority: Just War Theory states that “War must be declared
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopic Imaging of the Brain: Application of Fmri and Fmrs to Reading Disabilities and Education
Todd L. Richards Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Address Correspondence to: Todd L. Richards, PhD Department of Radiology, Box 357115 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Phone: 206-598-6725 Fax: 206-543-3495 Email: toddr@u.washington.edu Acknowledgement: Grant No. P 50 33812 from the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) supported preparation of this article. Abstract This tutorial/review covers functional brain imaging methods and results used to study language and reading disabilities.
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Anorexia: Social Issue
Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescents girls develop anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa, a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other " purging " behaviors to control their weight.
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Understanding Germ Theory with Kuhn
Germ Theory The germ theory began in the late 1880s and began as the understanding that organisms beyond the view of man could exist. Bacteria were the first found microscopic items, and took a decade to prove. Job Lewis Smith, a pediatric doctor in the late nineteenth century began studying outbreaks of cholera. No other doctors were able to explain why the children were getting ill. He worked in the slums of New York and
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Inter-War Italy: The Fascist Appeal and Socially Detrimental Effects in Ignazio Silone’s Fontamara
Inter-war Italy: The Fascist Appeal and Socially Detrimental Effects in Ignazio Silone's Fontamara There are people in the world who base their knowledge of the past on what they read in novels. As media influences peoples' perception of history, we must analyze how authors depict landmark events to understand why some people have perverted interpretations of the past. While some texts distort history, Ignazio Silone's Fontamara is a fictional tale of a village in southern
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Stages of Social-Emotional Development
This page presents an overview of the developmental tasks involved in the social and emotional development of children and teenagers which continues into adulthood. The presentation is based on the Eight Stages of Development developed by psychiatrist, Erik Erikson in 1956. ; According to Erikson, the socialization process consists of eight phases - the "eight stages of man." His eight stages of man were formulated, not through experimental work, but through wide - ranging
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Social Issues
When different people come in contact with other people their reactions are almost never the same from person to person. This reaction that humans have with different variables in society is what I would like to identify as my social behavior among human groups. This reaction behavior is very interesting to me because I would like to know how come humans get different reactions or feelings in certain situations. This topic leaves me with
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Social Work: Past and Present
Short Assignment Three: Social Work - Past and Present Times are much different than they used to be, however, the world seems to be reacting to these problems the same way they did years ago. Most days, the general public seems to be preoccupied with ‘the war on terror.’ There is so much going on in this world, and yet it is all being categorized as one big issue. This is very similar to some
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Coevolutionary Gaming Theory Can Facilitate Decision Making
How Coevolutionary Gaming Can Facilitate Group Decision Making Introduction: Coevolutionary war gaming is an unconventional scenario planning process put forward by Jeff Cares and Jim Miskel in their article "Take Your Third Move First" which essentially builds on the argument that planning and subsequent decision making should not be conducted in a vacuum, i.e., it is not enough to just look at the current facts and historical data to make decisions and plans and just
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Discuss Representations of one of the Following Social Identities in the Work of Austen; Sisters.
Discuss representations of one of the following social identities in the work of Austen; sisters. Jane Austen was one of eight children born to Rev. George Austen and his wife Cassandra. As one of two girls in a large and boisterous family, an intimate bond formed between Jane and her elder sister Cassandra. Their shared experiences of boarding school and education cemented the firm relationship as they helped one another to deal with the disillusions
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Concept Application of Concept in the Simulation reference to Concept in Reading
Concept Application of Concept in the Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading Explains working capital practices o Inventory management o credit management Mayo the principal customer for Lawrence Sports has defaulted on their loans payments for two weeks and can not pay until two weeks later. To make up for the deficit Lawrence Sports has borrowed from the bank and deferred payments to Gartner by a week, the interest burden has gone up significantly. Lawrence
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What Is Social Responsibility?
WHAT IS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? I like to introduce this chapter topic by bringing in current stories about companies being socially responsible and being socially irresponsible. I ask my students what they think about what these companies are doing. Help students understand why these types of issues draw so much attention. Q&A 5.1 Why are social responsibility issues drawing so much attention these days? (Organizational managers, especially managers in for-profit business organizations, and their social responsibility
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Drinking Status, Labeling, and Social Rejection
Drinking Status, Labeling, and Social Rejection Drinking has been, for a long time, a very debatable topic. In the 1920s, drinking was seen as something so bad that it needed to be prohibited completely. Alcohol consumption is still often seen as distasteful, especially in large quantities. In this study by Keith M. Kilty and Thomas M. Meenaghan, researchers looked at the drinking status of fictional people along with other factors such as age and
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Theory of Leadership
While I would like to believe I am a transformational leader, there are times I find that I demonstrate the characteristics of the transactional theory in my everyday practice in formal leadership roles. Transformational leadership theory, as I understand it as described by James Burns, "looks for potential motives in followers, their needs, values, and morals" and "involves attempts by leaders to move individuals to higher standards of moral responsibility". James Fisher describes the transformational
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Social Capital: Richardo D. Stanton-Salazar and Douglas Foley
For this critical analysis, the first article I have chosen to evaluate “A Social Capital Framework for Understanding the Socialization of Racial Minority Children and Youths” by Richardo D. Stanton-Salazar. This article surprised me in various ways and gave me mixed emotions. The author details a network-analytic framework to understand the socialization and schooling experiences of working-class racial minority youth. Stanton-Salazar examined the relationships between youth and institutional agents which plays in the greater multicultural
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Can User Groups Exercise Influence on the Making of Social Policies and Welfare Provision?
British social policy has historically been dominated by politicians, academics and practitioners, with recipients of welfare provision and their carers having little say in the shaping and development, or ownership of their services. Over the past few decades there has been significant growth in service user movements who are working to transform discussions, policy initiatives, systems and research within this field (Campbell, 1996; Campbell and Oliver, 1996, cited in Beresford, 2001). The last 15 years
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
The Hierarchy of needs theory is a formation of the needs of an individual person. Basically this hierarchy are based on five level which is classified into Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love/Belonging needs, Esteem needs and Self-actualization needs. It can be illustrated with a diagram 1.0 The Diagram of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. This is diagram are has been developed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper of A Theory of Human Motivation which he
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Clausewitz Applicability to Non-State Actors
Clausewitz’s theories on war are still relevant today with the revisualization of non-state actors on the world scene. The purpose of this essay is to expand on the applicability of these theories in today’s modern warfare where non-state actors play a larger, more global role. The study of theory, especially translated theory, requires an open mind to determine its applicability to various and ever-changing situations. In the case of Clausewitz, many strategists do not view
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Mutually Assured Destruction: In Theory and Practice
By definition Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy in which full-scale use of nuclear weapons by both sides would effectively result in the destruction of both side. It is not a complicated concept. An elementary school child could understand that the two biggest kids in the class don’t openly brawl because both would suffer unacceptable damage as well as put third parties in the danger of the crossfire. The concept of
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Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario or Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading
Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario or Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading A Cognitive Leap Trust In a conversation with Greg Thoman, Chief Human Resources Officer, Don Ruiz, Chief Executive Officer, discusses being pressured by Board members to get rid of members of his leadership team. Don has a very strong professional and personal relationship with some members of his team. The Board is making recommendations for Don to eliminate certain members of
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