Essays on Divulge

Introduction

Total Quality Management practitioners believe in aligning mega trends with available opportunities in their surroundings. These companies are focused on research and analytics for the long term; at least a considerable time in advance. In the case of some companies, it could be some lesser years. This is where these companies have a competitive advantage. The companies which follow the TQM guidelines have their own quality definition of growth. Any kind of economic transformation would mean a step towards growth for them. Research-based data shows that the revenue of companies that have good TQM practices can be increased up ...

INTRODUCTION

There are very few children who grew up in the 1990s who does not remember watching Disney’s “Aladdin.” They remember the image of endless sand dunes, hidden caverns, flying carpets, a beautiful princess, a handsome hero and, of course, a big blue genie. Disney’s Aladdin garnered a great deal of praise and theatrical success. “Aladdin,” unlike previous Disney animated features, where the characters and stories were in some fictitious worlds and kingdoms, “Aladdin” was going to bring to life elements of a real world location. “Aladdin” takes place in the Arabian Desert. Brining this story to life, ...

Use of Language in the Contemporary Arts

In contemporary art, the ways and methods of artists in expressing their thought go beyond the mere replica of objects made as subjects for their art works. There are modern artists that explore various modes of expressionism. There are those who use the combination of words and letters in their works to give a message to their audience. Various artists practice the distinct combination of letters and figures and employment of words as part of the features of their practices in art. The use of words and letters in their artworks is also associated with the sense of authorship, ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) includes over 150 viruses that affect the skin and moist membranes lining the body. It can be transmitted through intimate skin contact and sexual intercourse (Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines - National Cancer Institute, 2015). The epidemiologic triangle is a model developed to help study health problems. It helps develop an in-depth understanding of infectious diseases and how they spread. The triangle expresses a correlation between three aspects; agent, host, and the environment. In the context, an agent is defined as the cause of the disease, in this case, the Human Papilloma Virus. The host, on the ...

How good people make tough choices: Resolving the dilemmas of ethical living

Kidder’s book entitled as above makes interesting reading on what people encounter in their day to day lives as ethical dilemmas with tough choices of choosing or deciding between right vs. right. Kidder went to the extent of establishing an Ethics Institute inviting people to join a think tank for resolving the tough choices. It was while the author was interviewing in 1986 Barbara Tuchman, twice Pulitzer Prize historian, he was warned of imminent breakdown of public morality unable to make choices between two right ethical decisions an issue as serious as The Nuclear Threat, Environmental Degradation, The population ...

Nurses must uphold patient confidentiality at all times except in cases when withholding protected information would result in the patient’s death or cause severe harm to other people. The patient’s welfare is the priority of health care providers. Nurses are mandated by their Professional Code of Ethics to provide the highest standards of health care service. Their work entails immediate and direct contact with patients and they are expected to protect patients’ rights. Since their job entails access to and collection of sensitive personal information, a nurse “holds in confidence personal information and uses judgment in sharing this ...

1. Is the availability of sex chat group and other sexual material on the internet psychologically healthy or damaging? Comer (2011) portrays the internet as awash in sexual material that is virtually unavoidable. This material once exposed to the children is harmful. Pornographic material on the internet is the major cause of social problems such as rape and child abuse. According to Comer (2011), sex crimes correlates with the exposure or pornographic material on the internet. Sex offenders such as the pedophiles consume much sexual material. The people that are predisposed to exploit others sexually seek pornographic pleasure. ...

Peplau provided arguably the most revolutionary and most effective working formula for nurses all over the world known as Peplau’s nursing formula. This nursing theory completely changed the way nurses view their nursing duties as well as the patients they tend to on a near daily basis. In the period between 1943 and 1945, Peplau served as a nurse in the army corps being assigned to the 312th field station hospital in England. Here, she made acquaintance and worked with some of the key leading figures in American psychiatry as well as British psychiatry. After the war, she did extensive ...

Law

Introduction Employment contracts contain non-compete clause which prohibit employees who leave an organization from working with an employer in the “similar line of trade or business for a specific period of time” (Mathis and Jackson, 2011). The non-compete agreement may be presented as a separate contract or a clause in the contract that is primarily being used for newly hired employees. There had been several court decisions which have ruled against employers who terminated employees for the refusal of such employees to sign the non-compete agreement. Creating a non-compete agreement will require that the contract shall have a geographical and time limitations, should ...

Introduction

Outsourcing is gaining popularity in both the public and the private sector. During the mid-1990s, outsourcing was considered a viable solution to attaining cost control and improving production efficiency (Mani, Barua, & Whinston, 2010). Because of this perception, many companies started incorporating outsourcing in their business strategies and plans. As a result of the success that have been recorded in using outsourcing, many corporations are turning to outsourcing to support a range of functions ranging from logistics to customer relations. Companies cite different reasons for turning to outsourcing. The reasons are generally related to their rationale of turning to outsourcing. Some of the ...

Introduction

Music falls into the category of intangible assets for which the owners are given exclusive rights when it comes to their use and distribution. It is a creation of the mind similar to literature, art, discoveries and other inventions. The owner has a copyright to his work ensuring that he is the only one authorized to gain financially from the music. He has to receive the credit for his work. It is therefore a criminal offence for an individual to obtain and distribute copyrighted music without permission from the owner.

Intellectual Property Rights

It has been a long journey for the musicians in protecting their intangible ...

Social engineering and how it affects the IT industry

Introduction Internet fraud or cyber crime is on the rise. In the past few years the main media of fraud was thought to be only the internet, where criminals used sophisticated software or perpetrate attacks and gain un-authorized access to personal or company’s data. The same fear is still at large but, lately a lot of concern has shifted to social engineering. Social engineering can be perpetrated by use of technology or by use of non technology elements. Still social engineering is a major crime of concern to all stake holders whether in the IT industry or not. ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...