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PEER’S: NAME: Megumi Nakamura One Essay: After reviewing the portfolio of my peer, I got interested in the business ethics research letter most of all. I wanted to know what the author has found out about business ethics, since I had done the same project and wanted to compare our results. However, it turned out to be a paper about decision-making, which is, nevertheless, an interesting subject, too. I could see that the author has studied many sources before preparing the work. However, it seemed to me that it included only superficial information, without any specific example or ...

Introduction

The human resource department is considered responsible for setting the cultural tone of a company. They issue policies and raise awareness of the current workplace legislation and educate employees on the right way to discharge their duties. HR is also responsible for attracting and retaining high-quality professionals. Obviously, the workplace will lose its savor without the important role of the HR department. In today’s workplace, soft capitalism has been effectively wielded by the organization as an invaluable human resource management tool. Soft capitalism as opposed to hard capitalism is employee centric and has a strong relationship with emotional ...

We might not think of it as a problem, but how many times a day do you take your phone to text your friend? Texting can be easily turned from a habit into an addiction without noticing. In “The Joy of Texting”, Lynne Truss states that texting is a “sneaky form of communication”, and it can both simplify and complicate your life. It seems to be more popular among the youth and more preferable than conversations on the phone and, perhaps, even engaging in a face-to-face conversation. Texting is able to make communication much easier among users, because it ...

Abstract

Lack of effective communication is one of the primary causes of failure in marriage. Communication is thus a key factor in a marriage’s success. Effective communication is especially important to how couples deal with and resolve conflicts. Although arguments and disagreements can be damaging to relationships, they can also be helpful to relationships by alerting couples to sources of unhappiness. The role of successful communication in conflict management and resolution can lead couples to correct negative behaviors and make positive changes that strengthen interpersonal bonds. Communication in a successful marriage is typically direct, or overt, rather than indirect, ...

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This case study examines the problem of deviation of normal relationships in families of persons with alcohol dependence. The case given for analysis describes rather typical situation of families with excessively drinking husbands. The case study aims at formulating the overall strategy of finding the way out for the members of such families. Particular attention is given to providing social support for the victims of the excessive drinking as psychological disorder. Special psychological phenomenon of "codependency" is defined throughout the research. This phenomenon is reflected in the psychological characteristics of wives and children, indicating the formation of dependent behavior ...

The experiences that people go through in life help shape their characters and actions. The behaviors that people exhibit cannot be looked at exclusively from an idealistic moral perspective. It is therefore important to look at an individual’s past situations before throwing a blanket judgment on them. This is the case with Troy Maxson in the play “Fences” written by August Wilson. An abstract look at his behavior would suggest that he is a selfish and egoistic man, yet a closer look at his life experiences suggests that more often than not, there was an underlying justification for ...

Business News Research Assignment BAM107Winter 2016

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Trump Taj Bankruptcy left many contractors angry Summary of Article: The Wall street journal article evaluates the action of the Donald Trump as a business man filing for bankruptcy following the completion of the construction of the Taj casino in Atlanta in 1990. While it is not unlawful to file for bankruptcy in the U.S, Trump took advantage of weaknesses in the bankruptcy law to deny the various contractors that worked on the project the opportunity to earn an income. His action therefore raised ethical concerns. The article seeks to evaluate the role that ethics plays in the ...

Muhammad Ali

Everyone has their own prototypes to follow such as idols, parents, friends or neighbors with motivating and inspiring life experience. World history has various examples of the famous persons’ biographies and after its reading people are inspired for accomplishing any goals. It can be people who lived a century ago or our contemporaries. Someone considers sportsmen to be successful, others find politicians, entrepreneur or singers more inspiring. However, they are united by the common trait, which is leadership. Nowadays, when the world is changing rapidly, the ideas of those leaders continue to be relevant and contribute to the people ...

My life is a composite of many external and internal factors. My past has exerted a lot of influence in the manner in which I presently handle my daily activities. Similarly, the present has an angle on the future. This means that the creation of a stable personal foundation is contingent on my ability to balance the wide range of determinants that define my life. It is said that life may not be the dance that we always hope for: but we need to put on our best dancing shoes. This cliché appears to hold a vague meaning. However, ...

Absenteeism in Workplace

Introduction Absenteeism is one of the reasons that have a negative effect on the employee and the workplace. As the majority of businesses are dependent on their employees working in teams and completing tasks assigned, it becomes challenging for completing work tasks when employees are absent. Employee absenteeism can be expensive when it it becomes habitual as businesses suffers from the non-completing of tasks and increased burden on other employees. Absenteeism is also linked directly to the fall in productivity of teams within businesses, and organization uses other employees and hires supplemental employees to ensure their work is not ...

Life sometimes resembles an infinite storm without any rainbow and sunshine in the end. Every new day it tests people’s will by various ordeals and trials. Ill luck, for example, can change the whole life upside down. All the challenges and struggles, however, fall to people’s lot for a reason. Only overcoming different hardships, it is possible to understand the true taste of life. In fact thanks to hard times, we become stronger and more confident personalities who are able to enjoy every moment of life to the full. Thus, people should learn to use various problems ...

Is really homelessness a problem and who can be homeless nowadays? I would like to discuss the following issues: the reasons of being homeless, all pluses and minuses of life of the homeless and the result of such a life. As far as I understand people can’t become homeless by their own desire, but they do, so this way of life suit them. First of all, there are different reasons of being homeless. One of them is money troubles. If you don’t pay any rent for your flat you can be forced to go to live anywhere ...

MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

Introduction

Belfast is one of the world’s most ancient cities, its location at the mouth of the River Lagan having been continuously occupied since about 2,000 years BCE. There are good reasons for this. Courtesy of the Gulf Stream, the site has a mild climate that seldom gets above 65 degrees F. or below 35 degrees F. Its northern latitude gives it one of the world’s shortest winter, and longest summer, days at the biannual solstices. It rarely snows. The city is ringed by low mountains that create a microclimate to ...

Generation gap has been a widely discussed topic because of its significant impact on work, family and social relationships. The issue started being discussed during the post war era when globalization and multiculturalism were taking root in society. In most situations where a generation gap exists, the older generation always holds relatively more conservative opinions, while the younger generation is more accepting of their current worldview, and this evidently introduces conflict between the two generations (). The unique historical background of Taiwan notwithstanding, the country (region) has also had generation gap as one of the most challenging social problems after ...

A. The Executive Branch. Discuss why you think we need (or do not need) eight different statewide elected officials. Why not just have a governor and a cabinet appointed by the governor? Explain your answer using the information available. Administering California’s state government belongs to the duties of the executive branch, which is led by the state Governor. The office of Governor consists of other executive officers, including the Governor himself (Edmund G. Brown Jr. at present) and his Cabinet, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Insurance Commissioner. All eight ...

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There were several tests made to test the patient’s neuropsychological and personality state. And there are several moments that may look like a situational stress reaction. Since, there were several aspects in the test that make to stop and think. Actually, in the given case stress in not a diagnoses, it may be one of the reasons of some possible disorders. For example, although the patient has average superior level of Perceptual Reasoning (Lichtenberger & Kaufman, 2013), she has troubles with “reading” cards of the test. Judging from the facts, listed by the patient, ...

It is hard to imagine a company operating efficiently, with no external partners, still less employees around. Being an international giant that it is, Ford Motors has important stakeholders in external partners or suppliers, such as Bosh and TRW reported to provide the producer with critical components like brakes, seatbelts and airbags. There are elements vital to the safety of actual or would-be car owners, and the latter use this customer value as a benefit to compare it with the financial sacrifice the purchase implies. The reputation, employment conditions, and reasonable prices suppliers have to offer advantage the product ...

Introduction and Review of Company

Emirates Telecommunication Corporation, more commonly known as the brand Etisalat, is a multinational telecommunications company based in the United Arab Emirates. The company has been operational for 40 years and had operations in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company’s operations generated global revenue of $14.08 billion and profits of $44.9 billion in the year of 2015. Etisalat is the thirteenth largest mobile network provider in the world, providing a customer base of over 160 million people with telecommunication services. The company provides internet and mobile services in eighteen countries in three different continents. Etisalat is the ...

Article Review

Furstenberg, Jr., Frank. “Diverging development: The not-so-invisible hand of social class in the United States.” In B.J. Risman, Families as they really are. pp. 276-294. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2010. How does the social background of the family influence child’s future? Furstenberg wrote an article “Diverging development: The not-so-invisible hand of social class in the United States” aimed to analyze the impact of social standings of the family on the life of children. In his article, Furstenberg starts with the modern understanding of the idea of social differentiation and social classes and states that nowadays, there are ...

Introduction

The attachment theory so often brought up in the psychological sciences, most commonly focuses on the mother-child bond that does or does not occur within the first five years of a child’s life. The founding father of the attachment theory was John Bowlby, who was extremely generous in working with numerous experts to expand his own knowledge and theories on psychological topics. The importance of a healthy development of the attachment process is important to the future sociability of the individual. How he or she interacts with people in their lives will be based on the extent of ...

The documentary from the PBS and Frontline with the title Two American families, is presenting the ordinary and middle income families over the time period of 22 years. The documentary was released in the year 2013. The documentary wanted to present the reality of the American dreams to have a family, own a house and have a steady income with the possibility of retirement at older age. The efforts of two American families the Nuemanns and the Stanleys to succeed in two decades despite the hard work did not work out. It shows that despite the race all middle ...

Abstract

There have come many activists that have repeatedly stressed the usefulness of marijuana and the benefits that associate with the decision of having the drug legalized that many of the US states have followed in that decision, and we cannot blame them. The arguments that were presenting have always been very persuasive. The problem that we face now is that not only has the drug become legalized and hence widely available, rather the use of pot has also been made to be perceived as less harmful that it actually is. In this paper, we are going to study the ...

There are many events and problems faced by Americans in late seventy’s and early eighteen’s. Few of those issues led the Americans to the revolution in late eighteenth century. Many authors presented the revolutionary story of Americans. One of those authors is Jeff Wallenfeldt, who wrote this book to highlight the issues of that era when Americans faced various problems to due to the British. The main issues discussed in this book are related to unjust taxation in which Congress noticed taxation without representation. Then British related the other one to the intervention in colonial affairs. It ...

Shot in different decades of the 20th century, Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott and Badlands by Terrence Malick are often compared due to the number of similarities concerning the plot of the story. The films made history in their genre, got critical acclaim and numerous nominations and awards. In spite of the fact that they were shot the decades ago, the films are still popular among the contemporary audience and keep on inspiring the contemporary directors. This paper is thus going to contrast and compare Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott and Badlands by Terrence Malick by identifying the films’ ...

More and more films depicting people from the minority groups come out in theatres all over the world. Presenting another world that coexists with the world of the majority, such films educate and open the eyes of those who do not notice or even hate the individuals that are different in terms of class, health or mental abilities, and nationality or race. This paper is thus going to compare three French films depicting the life of the individuals with those shot in the United States.

Hate (La haine) by Mathieu Kassovitz

The film by Mathieu Kassovitz raises the topic of the life of people in ...

Introduction

Passage Overview Literary Criticism Context Form Structure Redaction Key words Theological Analysis What the passage say about the relationship with God The questions that the passage may address in the community for which it was originally written. Conclusion Introduction Prayer has been a fundamental tool to the life of a believer. For us Christians, it is a priority that we communicate to God several times in a day. This being said, it is evident that the inconsistency of praying that characterizes Christians in the current generation is what exposes them to failure. In fact, the secret of all failures ...

Humankind considers religious studies to be the most disputable field of science and / or view of life. Such approach based on division of people into those who perceive religious corns of world construction, and those who do not believe in God, known also as “atheists”. An issue under discussion is the problem of evil or so-called theodicy problem in the world. The main idea of above-mentioned problem is that if God is perfectly good and all-knowing Creator then why there are so many troubles all over the world. This is the way why existence of God called into ...

What is going to happen if one puts in the same room tomboy metal guy, first princess of the school, honor and intellectual individual, school-champion athlete and the typical notorious subcultural kid ? That's right, one will get a Breakfast Club, which became in the late eighties as a sensation and certainly one of the best sections about Generation X, as well as a recognized standard of the youth cinema. This movie is considered to be perhaps the most chaste and simultaneously trivial film about teenagers among their own kind. It is also needless to say that the script ...