Forum College Essays Samples For Students

Analysis of the legal challenge to airport regulation restricting assembly

Introduction
Airport Authorities in the United States have always been engaged in legal disputes with citizens over the use of the airport facilities and the conflict such regulations pose with the rights of citizens. The analysis of the Bruce Rocker case attempts to grapple with this never ending conflict and the underlying legal issues usually at hand. The regulation by the Baltimore International Airport in this instance of restricting the assembly of more than 30 people if their business is not travel-related lays bare a number of issues that touch fundamentally on the rights of the citizens. In addition, ...

Introduction

The golden age of Italian culture, art and architecture is considered to be the Renaissance. Unlike many European countries, the Italians did not perceive Gothic, as a cultural and architectural style. Renaissance began from the classical Italian style. Renaissance is the era of great achievements and discoveries - in this era, many artists, writers and architects hoped to get public recognition and believed in the beauty of art. Artists began to write portraits of famous people, sculptors began to create sculptures of gods, in many ways the basic idea of ​​the Renaissance turned restore antique style.

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In this ...

The economy is made up of three main sectors; private, public, and the social economy sector. The private sector comprises of businesses, while the public sector is mainly the government. The social economy sector is composed of non-governmental not for profit institutions and organizations, cooperatives, charitable organizations, and social enterprises (Neamtam 1). A social economy can be said to be a distinct financial system established with the aim of improving the wellbeing of the communities, both socially and economically.
The social economy has been in existence for a long time, although the first application of the cooperative principles to ...

Facts: Gucci America, Inc., is a New York Corporation which headquarters are located in New York City. Gucci is engaged in manufacturing and distributing luxury goods: footwear, belts, sunglasses, wallets being sold worldwide. Gucci uses twenty-one federally registered trademarks.
Wang Huoqing, a resident of the People’s Republic of China, has been discovered by Gucci to operate numerous Web sites offering for sale products which illicitly bear Gucci’s trademarks. Gucci hired a private investigator in California to buy goods from Wang Huoqing Web sites. The investigator bought a wallet labeled Gucci which was counterfeit. After that, Gucci claimed Wang Huoqing.
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Forum 4:- Epidemic vs. Pandemic

Ten epidemic diseases with pandemic potentials are:-
- SARS
- Gonorrhea
- Dengue
- Yellow fever
- HIV/AIDS
- Measles
- Smallpox
- Herpes
- Cholera
- Avian Flu
(Morgan, 2004).
HIV/AIDS is a communicable disease, which is transmitted through sexual intercourse or contact with infected blood. It has already reached epidemic proportions and swiftly moving towards pandemic due to the sexually transmitted nature of the disease and there is no way to tell physically if a person is infected with the virus. Epidemiological figures in 2010 revealed that ...

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Like all ancient people, the Greek thought of temples as houses for the gods. While in Greece the temple plan was derived from the megaron found in Mycenaean palaces, Roman temples were derived from Greek and Etruscan precedents. The Greek temples were decorated with an exterior colonnade, and the statue of the god was housed in the main room (the naos) facing the east where an outdoor altar for sacrifices was placed. The Roman temples borrowed the podium (base) and the frontality of the temple from Etruscan temples. From Greece came the columns, the cella (central room), the porch ( ...

INTRODUCTION

Wireless Communication is a much discussed science in the recent times. A lot of research activities have been carried out in this field due to high demand of low-power & interference free communication technologies. Secondly, the humongous developments in VLSI technologies have enabled low-power & low-area implementation of unique DSP algorithms. Many low-end communication technologies have been introduced so far to cater the requirement of short range & secure communication between endpoints for communication, data exchange and automated commands execution .
Near-field Communication (NFC) is basically a Bluetooth-like short-range wireless communication technology for smartphones and other mobile devices to communicate with each other by ...

Writing For New Media-Cyber Etiquette

MMA forum is an upcoming website that provides forum ground for mixed martial arts community online involving comprehensive discussion on Pride, UFC, armature mixed martial arts and K1. The website is designed to contain statistics for fighters on various top fighters across the world. The site also provides materials and resources for finding and training facilities, videos, MMA DVDs, equipment and gears reviews for sale among others. The users of the website are therefore able to respond to polls, communicate with the other users across the networks and so on.
The MMA forum consists of the list of ...

Los Angeles Independent Media Centre

The Los Angeles Independent Media Centre is part of a global network of participating journalists and news reporters that report on the current political and social issues affecting the daily lives of the residents. It is a collective organisation of independent media houses and groups of journalists who offer grassroots coverage of the social issues that affect the citizens (Cromwell, 2002). It is a democratic journalism and media outlet that enables the creation of radical and passionate claims of the rights of the people (Cromwell, 2002). The media network seeks to encourage people to publish their take on the manner their rights ...

Abstract

The paper involves studying the importance of Work-life balance to enhance employee productivity. The aspect of this paper is importance because labor is one of the essential factors for a company’s success and managers should know how to tap into that resource efficiently to achieve overall success. The study will detail a brief introduction regarding WLB, its importance and benefits to both employees and employers.

Introduction

Work-life balance is a combination of three words work, life and balance. Work is the physical and mental activities one does on a daily basis to attain a salary at the end of ...

Introduction

This project is an article review project that covers important elements and aspects of the chapter “Building Customer Satisfaction, Value, and Retention”. This is a chapter in the section “Understanding Marketing Management” in the authoritative book Kotler on Marketing. The focus of this research will be on customer satisfaction, customer value and customer retention in the context of marketing management. This project will include the review of four scholarly journals and articles on marketing and an application of its key concepts to the chapter. Thus, for each article, there will be a 500-600 word critique of the article and ...

For the past two decades, the number of inmates in American prisons has been rising steadily eliciting concerns amongst leaders and the public. New York, in particular, is viewed as the hub of most violent activities in the United States. The prisons in the city are filled with so many inmates some of whom committed petty thefts such as not responding to a warrant or failing to pay debts. The petty criminals are placed with the violent prisoners who have committed rape and murders. The panelists in the CUNY Forum discuss the alarming rates of inmates in the rehabilitation ...

Law

Introduction
The field of research has played a fundamental role in expanding and gaining new grounds in the pursuit of knowledge in every discipline. The field of criminal justice also values the importance of research in exploring new concepts to revolutionize the way the criminal justice system serves it purpose in the society. On the other hand, successfully conducting a study in the field of criminal justice encompasses a critical consideration on what method will deliver the most relevant results. The discussion will take a closer look at the three most widely used approach in criminal justice research such ...

Introduction

Amidst persistent crisis in offering food security to the global population; the ultimate mission now, is providing reasonably high-quality food that is sustainable and healthy. Developing countries are worse hit with issues of malnutrition creating havoc. Food security is not a one-dimensional case; it affects and influences prospects of the upcoming generation in several spheres of life. Through this paper, I intend to address this crisis in the modern context and how we as responsible citizens can bring about potential changes.

Issues of Global Food Security

According to Global Food Security (2014), the challenge is a continuous supply of sustainable and nutritious food to the growing ...

Lesson 13: The Administrator as Leader; the Administrator as Manager

Lesson 14: Functions of Managers
Lesson 15: Communication and Governance
Lesson 16: CMS Survey Process and Marketing
Lesson 13: The Administrator as Leader; the Administrator as Manager
- Explain the difference between leadership and management.
A leader is someone who has the ability to project him/herself as someone who is honest. Precisely, leader encompasses demonstration of qualities, which cannot be written in a list of duties. For example, if honesty is a requirement for recruitment of a manager; how can human resource measure honesty? It takes the manifestation of this virtue in a leader for perceptions of honesty ...

Essay #1: Peter Eigen’s and Transparency International

The Vanderbilt Latin American Opinion Project (LAPOP) study’s seminal contribution to analysis of corruption in Latin America is discussed in Peter Eigen’s TED talk covers what is described by he as “one of the world's most baffling social problems” (LAPOP, 2013, TED, 2013). According to Eigen corruption can be “traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with global companies” in response to limited attention to adequate regulatory provision in both developing and developed countries. Since the global financial crisis of 2008, the increase in transnational corruption has been widespread.
No longer the provenance of sovereign rule ...

Humanities

The most important cultural artifact for 2012 is the cell phone. The historical roots are based on people’s urge to communicate. New technology has always been used to facilitate communication. Even starting with prehistory this has been true. After fire was invented fires were lit on hillsides to send information to the next village. In the story titled The Iliad by the ancient Green called Homer, fire as a communication tool was described. In Book 18 of The Illiad Homer describes how during a war at night fires were lit so that the people in other islands would come to ...

The internet can be used in many ways. The fact that everybody is given a voice means that each person uses it to his or her own will. This may be very productive, as one can create forums that answer people’s questions, make a place to share answers and generally help in the collaborative learning process. Nevertheless, there is also the risk that these answers may not be correct, leading the readers to believe that what they are reading is correct, when it is actually mistaken. Therefore, the perfect mathematics discussion forum should be as open as possible, ...

Part One:

When coming up with a marketing strategy, it is essential for firms to utilize a thought process called segmentation, (Lynn, M., 2011). Segmentation transpires when the prospective firm or business divides up the various sectors of their market and decides how they are going to reach their target consumer to produce more sales, (Lynn, M., 2011). Segmentation ties into target marketing and also wish marketing, which occurs when the firm selects their target market of consumers they can realistically target and then their wish market relating to the markets they desire to penetrate, (Lynn, M., 2011). At this point, ...

Define the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC).

Production Possibility Curve (PPC) or PPF (Production Possibility Frontier) is a graphical representation of an economy’s production tradeoffs given the constraints of the resources that are fixed. It graphically represents the maximal mix of possible outputs that can be achieved by an economy by using its available resources optimally and efficiently. It is also defined as the curve, which depicts the maximum output options/possibilities for any two goods; assuming a defined set of inputs comprising of the resources and other productions factors such as labor, capital, and technology etc. These elements tend to prescribe where the PPC lies ( ...

Briefing Paper I: Critical Legal Thinking:

United States v. Bhagat: Case Questions:
Question 1: Insider trading is the practice in which a person who knows of insider information within a publicity traded company either sells their stock prematurely that they know is going to fall or who tips off a client that the stock is going to plummet in which case, causes the client to sell early and have an unfair advantage in the market, (Cheesemann, 2013). The practice of insider trading is higher regulated by the SEC within the United States. Tipping is the practice of providing insider trading information to another person who ...

Introduction

The disaster events that have occurred in the recent past have illustrated the challenges that face metropolitan areas and states in preparing and later responding to natural disasters (Deyle & Wiedenman, 2014). Considering the suddenness of the different natural disasters, terrorist incidents, as well as their unexpected nature, it is not surprising that there is evidence of the lack of coordination and confusion in the management of transportation system in the aftermath. Although the immediate response to disasters and security incidents is the responsibility of public security agencies, the metropolitan planning organizations play very important role in promoting and coordinating ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the rise of travel and tourism industries has shown a tremendous resilience, which has been among the main contributors to the growth of hotels real estate in various countries. Thailand is among the countries that have been significantly affected by the geopolitical tensions and economic instability. In 2008, Thailand experience violent clashes that resulted in approximately 9 percent decline in average tourist spending. This also resulted in the closure of the international airports, which consequently decreased tourists and investors' confidence. However, over the past few years, the country has experienced tremendous growth in the tourism ...

Introduction

Netnography is a research methodology that has been used since the late 1990s in order to study consumer marketing and behavior. “Netnography is a ‘new qualitative research methodology that adapts ethnographic research techniques to study the culture and communities that are emerging through computer-mediated communications’” (Sandlin, 2007, p. 289). Netnography is used to examine the behavior of consumers in relation to marketing. In the late 1990s, marketing research began to adapt and expand marketing ethnographic methods when it came to online formats, especially through how Kozinets defined ‘netnography’ (p. 289).
Netnography is the process of taking publicly available information ...

Question 1

The future of nay society is vested in their youth. Their health is an integral prerequisite for this future. The responsibility of improving the health of the children and adolescents rests on the children and adolescents at the individual level, the parents and relatives at the family level and the community at the community level (Nies & McEwen, 2013). It is the responsibility children to report cases of ill health to their parents for immediate action. However, parent shoulder more responsibility in improving the health of the children and the adolescent compared to the individual children.

Firstly, it is ...

The United Nations Global Compact is an endeavor to spread the benefits of global economic development through different policies and actions of corporate. The secretary general of United Nations following the Davos meeting in 1999 laid the foundation of the Compact. Initially, the Compact was consisted of nine principles but later one more principle has been added to it. Now, the Compact consists of ten principles (Rasche & Kell, 2010).
The first tenet of the Compact is about the protection of the internationally acknowledge human rights and some other tenets that are related to business are the elimination of ...

Discussion Replies 6

Hello Mary, you discussion forum compares past practices and the present practices, especially with regard to mentoring programs and their role in producing competent nurses. Your discussion forum also identifies a theoretical causal relationship between the absence of mentoring programs and patient outcomes. I agree with you that these mentoring programs afforded graduate nurses an opportunity to learn from experienced nurses, thereby contributing to developing nursing competencies. Your reflections on some of the experiences with graduate nurses in the intensive care unit exemplify the need for structured mentoring programs. This is because they will contribute to nursing competencies, an important ...

Abstract

The paper explores low participation in online (Internet) forum among international students. Since according to Caspi, Chajut, Saporta, & Beyth-Marom (2006), computer-mediated communication media (CMCM) offered distance learning students’ new opportunities to online or distance learning courses, this paper examines some factors that could act as a block to online discussions between students, . The main question evaluated in this study is how gender and cultural differences relate to low participation in e-forum for international students. This reaserch involves study of a large group of graduate and undergraduate students, both female and male, from Sri Lanka, India, Middle East, and Bangladesh. However, the ...

Imperial Rome, assimilated in Western Civilization

Often times we think of Rome as part of the old world. Rome currently pictured by the young students being symbolized by gladiators and conqueror of many countries ranging from Rome to the Mediterranean. Movies like Gladiators, Pompeii and other religious films stirred the minds of its audience showing how powerful, grand and pompous was the Imperial Rome also known as the “Essential City”.
Has it occurred to you that the “Imperial Rome” is evident in your society? Did you care to think how modern subdivisions and cities came about its structure and city planning? Can you say ...

Overview

Gucci is a New York headquartered organization that has maintained a top notch in regards to high quality luxurious commodities such as garments, belts and footwear. With diverse 21 trademarks, the organization has sustained effective performance across US. However, aspects of trademark infringement have been evidenced within the organization. The Gucci law case study is based on the organization being the plaintiff while Wang Huoqing is the defendant. Wang Huoqing sells counterfeit Gucci products evident from the court ruling in favor of the aggrieved. However, there are prevailing aspects within the case study that require evaluation. Issues on evidence coupled with ...

Writing Assignment: Carry the Torch

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SUMMARY

Methamphetamine is a highly consumed addictive yet recreational drug with significant destructive neurological side effects that substantiate danger of muscle and tissue demolition with a high speed. The subsequent dangers of the moral and emotional lapse further enhance the severity of implication. An overview of the investigation of Meth dangers is studied in the attached report for evaluation of the implications and their implicit magnitude.

BACKGROUND

Almost all recreational drugs are addictive because they release dopamine that makes you feel good. Whenever you feel pleasure dopamine is released in your brain. Meth releases excessive amounts of dopamine. Something as simple ...

Research paper

Wireless Application Protocol
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) - protocol for wireless data transmission, widely used for the development of Web pages, specifically designed for display of cellular communication systems on mobile subscriber units. At first we should consider the background that led to the creation of WAP. Many users of the World Wide Web around the world use the Internet to communicate with their friends and colleagues, to send and receive emails, watch world news, weather, etc. Therefore, with the emergence of the data transmission capabilities in cellular systems immediately appeared a desire to provide access to the Internet ...

Introduction

Political communication has been changing drastically as more people in media houses engage politicians in forums that seek to enlighten the public of prevailing political climate in a given region. Politicians are individuals elected or appointed by people or groups of people to rule or represent others in political fronts and forums. This factor has been changing and is controlled by acts of law in a given state or country. Citizens are subjected to political shows that seek to discuss their collective wellbeing and putting in place an endeavoring action to guide the rule of law (Klaehn, 145). Every citizen in a ...

Since you are the committee in charge of infrastructure planning in this county, I am convinced that this presentation on the role of civic engagement in such planning will be of great interest. I work in the department of Planning in the City manager’s office as an administration officer. I shall go about my presentation in three schedules. First I shall explain what civic engagement is and its importance in governance. Secondly, I shall talk about ways of achieving it. In conclusion, I shall explore the question whether democracy is at risk.
I begin with an explanation ...

Jason Tsai: The great entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an individual that makes use of opportunities and available resources to create values around. This is defined as the individual "who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise" (MariamWebster Dictionary). This explains being innovative with your resources and creating values from the resources. Jason Tsai has shown the world the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur. His values and qualities in creating values with his company is worthy of exploration and emulation. This review identifies those personal characteristics contributing to the success of Entanet.

Effective planning

Planning is one of the most important traits that distinguish this ...

Introduction

There are a lot of places where one could learn the art of manipulating a business or being an effective entrepreneur; one of those many places is Shell Livewire. This has been supported by SME-blog.com (2011) on its website by showing how effective Shell Livewire is when it comes to influencing the outgrowths of small and starting businesses.
The traditional way of learning things about entrepreneurship and enterprise only includes studying in the four corners of a classroom for a couple of years and then after graduation, working in a company that offers training or probably the chance to exercise what the individual ...

Understanding health care utilization and the underlying processes, as well as attitudes from the point of view of patients and providers, is important in today’s complex health care environment. One of the principal objectives in the management of health care utilization is the reduction of practice variation through defined parameters that seek to ensure a cost-effective use of health care resources. However, factors related to individual determinants of utilization of health care services as well as the enabling factors must be taken into consideration in the discussion of health care utilization. Looking at the case of San Antonio, ...

Defining the Coastal Environments in Tourism Industry

Tourism is one of rapidly developing industries in the global scales. Additional emphasis in this case should be put on the marine and coastal tourism - as two of the most popular options for spending the time and relaxation (Hewawasam, 2002, p. 2). At the same time, even while, taking into account general awareness among the scholars., pertaining to importance of tourism both in environmental and economic contexts, insignificant attention is paid by them to these two contexts of tourism (Sunlu, 2003, p. 263-270)
The core need for additional attention to this sector is caused by insignificant understanding of ...

Abstract

This paper presents the research study on a public relation campaign run for positive motivation and psychological perspective of the children with physical disabilities. The paper discusses the background of the campaign #ToyLikeMe and how public relation and other communication tools falling under the umbrella of public relation helped campaign reach to millions of people across the world. The paper utilizes the knowledge of internal and external markets, launch and openings, promotional materials, social media, visuals and images and other tools to understand the importance of communication as one of the most effective strategies for the success of a ...

Emma Williams’s Case

Arbitration is a formal process for determining a grievance between parties in a conflict. A labor arbitration process involves an employment-related dispute between an employer and employee. The authority of an arbitral award comes from the binding arbitral clause in a contract of employment or the authority given by the parties through the appointment (Walras, 2013). An arbitrator has quasi-judicial powers to investigate, listen to the grievances of the parties and provide a decision, which is binding on all parties involved in dispute. However, arbitration must be launched on time to have a force of law. The dispute in ...

Nuclear power is undoubtedly the most sophisticated and economically viable source of energy in today’s modern world. Its technology is among the most sought after by several nations because of its versatility as a beneficial source of energy and as a weapon of mass destruction. The advantages of nuclear power extend to several aspects of ecological preservation where greenhouse gas emission for instance is minimized when using nuclear energy as compared to traditional coal-powered energy. On the other hand, the risks involve in nuclear power supersedes its perceived benefits. For one, Uranium mining in which uranium is obtained ...

Research Plan

Research Question
The research question to be answered in the research project is how language is used in the construction of workplace culture.

Research Site

The research site where the collection of data will be performed is The Brumbies. This is a local company that has operations running over a decade. It specializes in the production, processing and sale of horticultural products.

Ethical Issues

There is a desire to acquire in-depth information to answer the research question satisfactorily. The use of covert research enables the researcher to collect this information uninhibited by the distrust of the subjects and the partial disclosure of information. ...

Abstract / Executive Summary

Summary of Article
The minister from the United Arab’s economy reported that it is anticipated that the GDP of UAE will mark Dhs 1.6 trillion in the current year growing over 3.5%. Sultan Saeed Al Mansouri commented in an interview to the WAM (news agency), elevation in the growth rate evidence that the region is capable of maintaining economic competence and has gained sufficient success with the help of diversification. He further clarified that industrial zone of the UAE is continuously advancing and is positioned presently between 10%-14%. Additionally, Sultan Saeed delivered his expectation for the investments ...

The interview is about critical incident crisis management among children. A critical incident refers to an event or series of events that threatened human welfare and potentially results in loss of human life or life-threatening injury or illness. Accordingly, critical incident crisis management among children refers to measures and protocols aimed at enabling the children that are impacted by critical incidents to cope up with the crisis with the objective of restoring them to their initial functioning (European Interagency Security Forum (EISF), 2014). This paper reflects on the issues brought out in the interview and the connection thereof with ...

Multi-party System in Egypt

Introduction
A discussion on party systems is based on the distinctions that exist between dominant one-party, two-party, and multiparty systems. Party families such as socialist, Christian democrat, agrarian, liberal, conservative, regional and ethnic parties, and other new parties characterize democracies of the world (Deth and Newton 276). Party systems have similar features as party families because they are based on the social and economic structure of society. Party systems such as two-part system, multi-party system, dominant one-party system exist as part of party families (Deth and Newton 276). Multi-party systems are evident in countries where governance is based on ...

According to EPA (2016), environmental management involves the development of systems aimed at reducing environmental impacts of various activities. In the Brundtland commission report (WCED), sustainable development has been described as development aimed at meeting the current needs of the present generation. However, as the current generation focuses on meeting their own needs, their activities should not compromise the capability of future generations to also meet their own needs. Available evidence suggests that the future generation would have challenges meeting their own needs if the current generation fails to adopt sustainable practices. The sustainable development incorporates the triple line: ...

Null vs Alternative Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is the statement of equality between these two; it posits that a certain population parameter is at least equal to certain hypothesized value. Such value is derived from previous research or knowledge. Basically, a null hypothesis states that a certain parameter is not affected by a certain value, hence the value of equality.
The alternative hypothesis, on the other hand, is a statement of non-equality—a population parameter is less than, greater than, or not equal to a value because there is a certain variable affecting it. The alternative hypothesis is often the opposite of the ...

The 21 century faces global challenges in the structure of the world economy. Yesterday’s leaders failed to manage appeals of the globalization, however, other developing actors found new opportunities for the economic growth. The main trend of the present changeable world is rapid and steady shifting towards emerging economies. In fact, they do not possess the same economic potential in comparison with the developed countries, but nevertheless, they demonstrate the impressive pace of development and try to compete for the leadership in particular areas of business.
India can be a candidate for the position of a new global-growth ...

American policing has borrowed heavily from the English system of law enforcement. During colonial times citizens were responsible for maintaining law and order in their communities. This method was largely ineffective as it was premised on a volunteer system and was characterized by disorganization. With time, there was a shift in policing responsibility from individual citizens to groups of men led by sheriffs. In 18th century the policing system was overwhelmed by increased social disorders and unrests. Thus, publicly financed police departments were introduced which later on paved way for formalized policing.
It was until 19th century that these ...

Question 1

There are numerous resources for people with disabilities in New York City. These resources are designed to enhance independence, self-reliance and productivity for people with disabilities. The resources are diverse as they respond to various disabilities. In response to the disparities in employment, the American Bar Association Commission is a mentor program that offer law students with any type of disability the chance to practice and earn a living. This program matches such students with practices on the basis of location, disability and interest. This resource is very effective in that in addition to learning from the practicing attorneys, students with ...

Question 1

A forensic nurse is a very important member of health care profession. A forensic nurse uses her expertise and knowledge in medical science, psychology, forensic science, sociology and especially nursing science to aid in investigations, collection of evidence, preservations and analysis of evidence, treatment of traumatic patients and other medical-legal issues. The importance of this field of nursing is justified by statistics on crime. In 2007, there were over 5.1 million reported violent crimes in the United States (Department of Justice, 2007). The productivity, economic and medical burden of these crimes was estimated at seventy billion dollars annually (Corso, Mercy, ...

Everybody has a political idea or agenda. The digital age provides people with the opportunity to contribute their political ideas. It has taken ages for the idea of democracy to be embraced fully by the global fraternity. This explains why everybody should contribute and support this important idea.

Winston presents himself as an optimistic writer. This is evident in the way he appreciates the steps in achieving democracy. He appreciates all stages that democracy has undergone. He attributes the growth of democracy to improvements in technology. He greatly appreciates the role of technology in disseminating information and sharing of political ...

Discussion Leader

Answers two Questions from the list
Q.1 Has social media already shaped these news items or their tone?
Q.2 Does the social media forum below the news items generate useful political debate?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2597584/Body-Liverpool-villain-kidnapped-fake-police-washed-Alicante-beach-having-tortured.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/05/us/michigan-hate-crime-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_t4
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/20/world/asia/india-mumbai-gang-rape-convictions/index.html?iref=obinsite
The three articles that I have chosen for our discussion on the role of social media are all articles that narrate different kinds of violent crimes. All the three crimes took place in different parts of the world.
The first one is about a man whose body was found on a beach in Spain; most likely tortured for a long ...

Forum 5. Instructions: International laws and regulations must be followed in international hiring practices. Describe at least two major international laws or regulations that must be complied with prior to hiring employees in a foreign country.
Labor laws has always been one of the main ways, in which modern states have tried to promote the use and identification of those principles and rights at work, which are established in the ILO Declaration of 1998. ILO Declaration “On Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work” indicates that all ILO member States, even if they have not ratified the Convention, are recognized ...

Discussion Replies 2

Hi Wanda, your discussion forum is detailed in that it explores various perspectives. I agree with your discovery that even though continuum of care is defined differently in different settings, there is a confluence of goals and objectives. I also agree with your point that the lack of integration and cooperation among service providers is a big impediment to the continuum of care. This also relates to the differences in business objectives and care objectives, and the fact that business objectives might gain precedence over care objectives (Finkelman, 2011). The use of social workers and case managers are ways that my ...

- The Global Problem of Cardiovascular Disease

Introduction

Cardiovascular disease is a major global health problem that continues claiming the lives of many people. The disease requires a special attention of the global organizations because if they do not address it with immediacy, it threatens to kill more people in the future. The current projections show that by 2030, the cardiovascular disease shall claim more than 23.3 million lives each year (Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010 p.1). In the united states of America, The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) explains that one out of four women die from ...

One of the rapidly growing areas of modern "sustainable" agriculture is the movement of "fair trade» (Fair Trade). This movement advocates fair international labor standards, environmental and social regulation on agricultural products and handcrafts. In particular, this movement focuses on the export of goods from developing to developed countries. The system of production and sales of these products is designed to help farmers in poor countries get a decent wage for their work. In order to achieve the optimum cost structure of products it is obligatory to minimize the number of intermediaries between the farmer and the buyer. Production of " ...

INTRODUCTION

General Statements on Global Business Standards Codex and Fair Trade
The Global Business Standards Codex comprises of various ethical principles that have elemental meaning. These ethical principles have different arguments and speculations that guide different business operations in different organizations and industries. On the other hand, fair trade as defined by Sally Smith and Stephanie Barrientos refers to a trading partnership that is based on elements of dialogue, respect and transparency, which seeks to promote greater equity in the international trade (Marcovitz, 2011, p. 33). Traditionally, the movement of fair trade sought to attain its goals by facilitating and ...

Rhetorical Analysis of Cofer

Judith Ortiz Cofer believes that the combination of her gender and ethnicity is the perfect storm to create a very specific type of discrimination, which is often accidental as her anecdotes show. Cofer makes her argument through anecdotal evidence and then lays out her conclusions in plaintive language at the end of her essay, “For them life is a struggle against the misconceptions perpetuated by the myth of the Latina as whore, domestic, or criminal.” As an analysis of her essay “The Myth Of Latin Women” yields, Cofer does not go outside of her personal experience to make her claim. She ...

Abstract

The workplace performance problem identified in this case is a group of administrative assistants who have a bad attitude towards their jobs. They do not do the tasks given, mainly because they lack training in their job descriptions. The attitude displayed by them results in poor performance for the organization as a whole because their duties directly affect those of other departments. They are supposed to assist in the administration of the organization, which requires them to oversee a number of functions and report of the head administrator. Lack of training makes them incompetent in handling of tasks that influence the performance of ...