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The Failure of Communism

been a great deal of speculation about communism and why it had failed. Russia is perhaps the most relevant example in this contex...

Sweatshops; Impact on Business and Society

ion sweatshops in developing countries where firm are investing or outsourcing the work to sweatshops. To consider both the posi...

Why is Talent Management Increasing in Popularity?

outweigh the associated costs for most employers. 1. Introduction Talent management is becoming increasingly prevalent in...

Should Sunk Costs Be Considered in Decision Making?

into a project and the outputs. The outputs may change as condition change and as such should always be considered. In some circum...

Reviving and Re-launching Wendy's

with highly aggressive firms such as McDonalds and Burger King. Several advertising campaigns filed, including the "Thats Right" a...

Changes in the View and Practice of Profit Maximization in the Global Economy

the firm as a profit maximizing entity. The concept of the firm to maximize profits may appear to be the most likely role of ...

Sunni and Shi-i Islam

2004, p. 101). These qualities were to be found only in the members of the Prophets family, meaning that the leader would always h...

Ted Stevens Loses Alaskan Senate Seat

with their fathers father and mother (Whitney, 1994). Soon their father followed but his luck became even worse once he was back ...

Upstage Theater; Explaining the Conflict and Resolution

to find an alignment between the different interests of the board members. The problem does not only occur as a result of the ch...

Serial Killer vs. Mass Murderer: What is the Difference?

before stalking prey, often traveling from one state to another. Rather than being delusional, serial killers often calculatedly ...

The U.S. Move From Isolationism

independent from outside intervention. This establishment was political but it was greatly facilitated by geography. Indeed, the...

Sam Harris/End of Faith

coached in terms that refer to economics or politics, with faith itself "always, and everywhere, exonerated" (13). He castigates t...

The Economics of Oil

looking at the macroeconomic impact of oil during the oil shock of the 1970s and the more resent oil crisis the highly complex inf...

Steel Industry

falls in the stock markets, including steel companies. This movement to share prices in response to external influences reflects ...

How People Lose Wealth

Now, if all things stay the same, this means that the family will only have about $100 per month for flexible expenses. One can se...

EPICTETUS AND NIETZSCHE: VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE

to combine rational and irrational, and accept it in ones life (Epictetus, 2004). Throughout his first published book Discourses, ...

Folding@Home

this folding issue do not get shared. This scientist created a software program that can link computers together, basically crea...

Genetically Modified Food: Two Views

well, and shows an understanding of the objections made by others. His final conclusion, however, is that the use of genetically m...

Women and Higher Education

are deeply entrenched ("Academic Women Face Quiet Desperation," 2008). That is, there are inequalities in the profession, but they...

Overcoming Employees’ Resistance to Change

"employee behavior that seeks to challenge, disrupt, or invert prevailing assumptions, discourses, and power relations" (Bolognese...

International Accounting Standards

AASB along with many other national accounting boards all see it as necessary for international co-operation and understanding tha...

What is the Intent/Problem with Failure to Report Accidents?

expense. They might opt to try and save their money and avoid going to jail by not reporting the accident. There is also the probl...

United Nations And U.S. National Security Policy

the UN when seeking their approval to go into Iraq. For more than a decade, Iraq had refused to meet the mandates of the UN Securi...

Why Democracy is Difficult

others; and America is comprised of people of differing educational attainment. If these traits are in fact necessary for democrac...

Virtue: A Comparison of the Views of Aristotle and Confucius

and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...

Constantine and Diocletian

making the announcement from Nicomedia after the fact (Kamm-Partial recovery). As his co-ruler, Maximian "had no choice but to do ...

Huxley and Conrad: Two Views of Civilization

changed dramatically. Huxley writes: "In place of the old pleasures demanding intelligence and personal initiative, we have vast o...

Point of View in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's short story is analyzed in terms of the author's masterful point of view usage. There are no other sources li...

Thomas Aquinas, On Law

reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...

Obesity and Television Viewing: A Review of Literature

factor in the onset of childhood obesity. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger portion of their ...