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Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun; Capturing Life While Living Life Have you ever looked at a piece of art
and wondered how it could be based on real life, because it was just so beautiful? Well Elisabeth
Vigee Le Brun was able to paint in such new and exciting ways; people were left wondering just
this. Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was a woman of many talents. In her life time she came up with new
ways of painting, revolutionized fashion in France, and overcame any prejudice thinking because
she was a woman. Before dying at the age of eighty–seven, she had gained the respect of women
and men all across the world. Being a female artist in the eighteenth century was not easy, especially
when you had to keep a career and your life together during the ... Show more content on
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At this time Paris was fun and careless before the French Revolution of 1789 released its horrors on
it. But the outbreak of the revolution changed everything, and with all of the violence around, she
fled France with her daughter to find safety in Italy (Moffat and Mossman). When she returned,
Paris was a completely different place. However, the demand for her art had not changed. Vigee Le
Brun is considered a painter of the rococo period. Rococo is best described as an eighteenth century
art style that places importance on the carefree life rather than grand heroes. Originally the rococo
fashion started in Paris, where Vigee Le Brun was born. It changed the way people looked at art and
the world in general (Bleiberg). Vigee Le Brun not only used the rococo style in her art, but also to
influence fashion, persuading women to wear simple, high waist shifts, which would be an
important stepping stone in changing fashion forever. By refusing to put powder in her hair, she
made being natural beautiful. If it weren't for her innovations we might still be wearing Victorian
gowns and wigs. She made fashion and styles for young women, such as herself, more daring and
interesting (Steadman). Vigee Le Brun brought artistic integrity in being a woman artist. She created
interest in her art with her exploration of the relationships between creativity and sexuality in the
eighteenth century (Oliver). So as you can see, Vigee Le Brun changed the way people look at
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Who Is Jarecki Justified In Capturing The Friedmans Truly...
In "True Confessions, Sort of," Paul Arthur delves into filmmaker Andrew Jarecki's questionable
ethics in presenting Capturing the Friedmans. More specifically, does Jarecki's operating under the
guise of neutrality "enable (him) to evade responsibility for dealing with the complexities of his
material?"(Arthur 7). Furthermore, does a documentary have a moral obligation to its viewers, or is
it simply there to present a riveting story?
Capturing the Friedmans details the horrific case of Arthur Friedman and his son, Jessie, who were
accused and convicted of child molestation. The documentary not only centers on Arthur and Jessie
but also provides intimate glimpses of this dysfunctional family. Through the use of home videos
dispersed with interviews, the film simultaneously portrays an upwardly mobile family from a
wealthy suburb of Long Island and their down ward spiral caused by these ... Show more content on
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However, was this truly accurate? Was Jarecki really in search of the "elusive truth" or was it
actually a "mutually enhancing exploitation?" (Arthur 6) In the film we see conflicting testimonies
and interviews but Jarecki rarely delves deeper and seems to omit presumably important facts (i.e.
where were Elaine and the other siblings during computer class?). It seems that Jarecki is more
concerned about telling a compelling story than uncovering the truth behind the case. In addition,
one questions whether the filmmaker was in fact neutral or did he employ "dramatic liberties (to)
distort actuality?" (Arthur 5) In the documentary we see Jessie stating that it is "not appropriate to
have to answer for the sins of my Father," which hints at Jarecki's belief that Jessie is in fact
innocent and wrongly convicted. This demonstrates Jarecki's lack of neutrality, which is supported
by the fact that Jarecki mounted a legal defense for Jessie following the film's
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Fitbit Case Analysis
Fresh of the IPO diving block, Fitbit Inc. shares have since soared, more than doubling in price at its
peak. The company pioneers an industry of wearable technology, being one of the first to develop
and manufacture wearable, fitness trackers. Their products allow users to monitor basic health
statistics, such as calories burned and distance walked. Their products also track some unique
metrics, such as active minutes and stairs climbed. Fitbit also manufactures the Fitbit Surge, a more
complex fitness tracker, but with added abilities comparable to smartwatches. Furthermore, Fitbit
offers a premium, subscription based service that allows users to enhance their experience with
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It currently trades very close to its 52 week low ($31.88 vs $29.50), yet it potentially offers more
than 50 percent upside. The high valuation ratios should be overlooked because the company is
undergoing extreme revenue growth rates, which may negatively affect those ratios. The
NPV/Shares Outstanding allows Fitbit to trade at $50/share if it adhered to its intrinsic value. Fitbit
also separates itself from other, young tech companies because it is one of the few that are
profitable. Another Fitbit competitor, Jawbone has been around since 1999, yet still struggles to
make profit each year. This demonstrates the Fitbit's superiority as a whole. Alongside its discount
to intrinsic value, Fitbit also presents healthy fundamentals. Revenue historically has grown at very
high rates annually since 2011, (179%, 428%, 255%, and 175%) without the accumulation of long
term debt, any of which were payed off before January 1, 2015. Besides mathematics, it is worth
noting society's overall shift to the pursuit of a more active, healthy lifestyle. It is difficult to argue
against the fact that people are trying to exercise more, eat healthier, etc. Fitbit stands at the
forefront of this unique trend by supplementing people with a tool to monitor, and encourage them
as they pursue this goal. I see Fitbit as an excellent opportunity not only because of its dominance in
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The Four Literary Tools
The Top Ten Tools are the essential key to critically analyzing literature. With these tools, including
The Four Topos elements, The Three Matter of Facts, and The Three Appeals, literature can be
broken down into segments allowing the reader to get a complete understanding of the purpose for
that specific piece. Throughout the course, we have navigated through various essays that could all
be examples of these top ten tools. However, certain essays better illustrate specific tools, which can
be used as examples to define the true meaning of a literary tool. Pertaining to The Four Topos, the
first literary tool of Definition can be defined as the displaying of the major idea of the essay. By
definition, the reader can analyze the true ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The Three appeals define the idea of persuasion throughout a piece of literature. Throughout an
argument, the elements of Logos, Ethos and Pathos are present in some fashion. The use of Logos
focuses on the persuasion through evidence aspect. An author who understands that they have the
Matter of Fact and Policy on their side typically uses logos. Logos is typically not something an
author strives to use, but is apparent to the reader. An example for a logos essay would be Susan
Brownmiller's essay, "Let's Put Pornography Back in the Closet". One way that this essay provides
logos type qualities is by the clear reasoning that she gives, along with the evidence she provides to
defend her side. She effectively acknowledges the opposing side of the argument as well as
providing reasonable claims that address specific cases such as the Miller v. California case in
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Night And Fog Comparative Essay
The documentaries "Night and Fog", and "Capturing the Friedmans", both were created to move
their audience in a way to get desired reactions. Nevertheless, while they both were created to move
their audience, the motivation behind the two are quite different. "Night and Fog was created to
serve as a warning for people about the dangers of cruelty, while "Capturing the Friedmans was
made in a way to have viewers question the guilt of the two Friedmans convicted of sexuals assault.
Alain Resnais' documentary "Night and Fog" is a film that focuses on the atrocities that took place
within the concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Even so while while the focal point of the film is
the Holocaust, this film is not a story about the oppression ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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To do so, Andrew Jarecki portrays a sense of innocence and ambiguity from the alleged perpetrators,
and victims.. One of the most profunding ways in which a sense of ambiguity is portrayed within
this work is the absence of recollection. Within the film Arnold Friedman confesses to the fact that
as a child, he sexaully assaulted his younger brother while in bed. However, when his brother is
asked about this instance, he denies it all and claims it never happened. These moments are then
paired with other instances of ambiguity such as the montage of interviews where former students
will speak upon an instance of sexual assault within the computer classes, only to then have another
former student deny every claim previously made. This absence of a universal truth works to make
viewers question whether or not the assault happened. This ambiguity is then accompanied by home
videos of the family dealing with infighting, denial, and total frustration with the entire process: in
effect humanizing the men. Through this humanization its becomes increasingly harder for an
audience to find guilt in the men. This process of reflexivity, allows audiences to view the stories of
these two men from a different standpoint, and come to a different conclusion in regards to guilt of
these men, than of before. In effect the audience can be moved to
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Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Eldewak 4 Reem Eldewak Justin Williams Freshman Composition 5 October 2015 As time
progresses in our technologically propelled era and the internet continues to provide as the largest
network source of information, our intellectual perception of information takes on a more distinctive
and less analytical approach than before. The use of the internet has seized control over the vast
connection of neural pathways in our minds, influencing our experiences and essentially hindering
our natural ability to apply cognitive thinking. Although its intention was to nourish our minds with
an instant unlimited source of valuable information, the internet has caused some people to lose
their appreciation for long texts and their ability to concentrate. Within the essay, "Is Google
Making Us Stupid?" by Nicholas Carr, the author feels that someone has been tinkering with his
brain and that he can no longer enjoy reading a book of any length because he cannot sustain
concentration on the book (Carr 1). This is a result of the fact that when people use the internet to
find information, they habituate themselves to skim along the lines to quickly allocate their answers
and once they have gotten what they needed, they close the browser without any further analysis of
the information. According to his text, Carr asserts that he is not the only person who feels that his
ability to concentrate has diminished. Scott Karp, an online blogger, has stopped reading books
despite being a literature
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Essay on Defining Voluntarism
1. (652) In the reading of The Sources of Normativity, Christine Korsgaard discusses four basic
theories for the justification of morality: Voluntarism, Realism, Reflective Endorsement, and the
Appeal to Autonomy. For the purpose of this essay, I will be defining Voluntarism, outlining the
argument that Korsgaard presents for Voluntarism, and explain her criticism for why it fails. First of
all, let me start off by defining the meaning of Voluntarism. Voluntarism is the theory that God or
the ultimate nature of reality is to be conceived as some form of will (or conation). This theory is
contrasted to intellectualism, which gives primacy to God's reason. (Internet Encyclopedia of
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Christine Korsgaard's criticism for the reason why the theory of Voluntarism fails reflects upon the
fact that the authority or divine power making the laws can make anything right or wrong.
Korsgaard goes on to explain a situation in which you are a student in her department and are
thereby required to take a particular course, in this case, a logic course in order to receive your
degree. If you are in her department and she, having authority over you, requires you to take the
course and you fail to do so, then you are at risk of not receiving your degree. On the other hand, if
you are not a student in her department, she can give several reasons as to why the logic course is
needed but you are not required to take the course and can hereby make a decision as to whether or
not you wish to take the course, which Korsgaard goes on to explain, is why authority is needed in
order to enforce the laws. You can take the course because you realize the importance, out of fear of
not receiving your degree, or just for the simple fact that it is a required course. Even if the
obligation was removed, the question lies among whether or not the moral agent will continue to
perform the duty. It is Korsgaard's theory that a governing body is needed to enforce the obligation
in order for the action to take place and that governing body is, in what she believes, our own self.
We "command ourselves" to do what is morally right, good, and just. For example, prior to the
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In Favor of a More Liberal Drug Policy Essay
In Favor of a More Liberal Drug Policy In William J. Bennett's address entitled "Drug Policy and
the Intellectuals," Bennett maintains that the drug problem in America can be ultimately solved. In
my opinion, the drug problem in America is one that cannot be completely resolved to the point
where drug use no longer exists in America, but drug abuse can be alleviated. One effective way to
do this would be to legalize the personal use of drugs that are more common and less potent (like
marijuana), and to stop wasting time and tax dollars punishing minor offenders. Legalizing the use
of soft drugs would help bolster the U.S. economy, partially because the government would have the
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A policy that focuses on imprisoning all drug users and dealers is the type of policy that is prone to
hurt America economically.
Drug prohibition may be a factor that is actually encouraging the spread of harder drugs. As
government officials and police officers become more skilled in capturing drug smugglers and
dealers, the pushers find more efficient ways to transport and conceal drugs, creating a larger supply
and often making hard drugs more accessible and affordable to the common user. Although the
government has succeeded in raising marijuana prices from $20 and ounce in the 1960's to $200 an
ounce today, the price of cocaine has fallen from $50,000 a kilo in the 1970's to $10,000 a kilo
today. Also, the potency and composition of these drugs is often unpredictable. If the government
legalized these more minor drugs, as Milton Friedman pointed out in his essay "There's No Justice
in the War on Drugs," they'd have the ability to regulate them and make them less dangerous than
they would have been if they'd been sold on the street.
Bennett's arguments against the legalization of drugs are somewhat one–sided. This may have been
why I was more convinced by Friedman's essay, which relied more on concrete facts than on the
pretense that the opposing argument was trivial. In "Drug Policy and the Intellectuals," Bennett
says, "To call it a 'debate' suggests that the arguments in favor of drug legalization are rigorous,
substantial,
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Capturing the Friedman's
Capturing the Friedman's Capturing the Friedman's is directed by Andrew Jarecki. The film focuses
on the 1980's investigation and conviction of Arnold Friedman and his son Jesse Friedman on
charges of child molestation. This film could certainly be put into the category of accidental
excellence as Andrew Jarecki was initially interested in creating a documentary on New York City
clowns and it was only through his interviews with David Friedman (the most successful of
Manhattan clowns) that he stumbled upon a goldmine of a back–story. The result is a fascinating
and revealing documentary about suburban family dysfunction. The Friedman's were a middle class
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It is interesting to see a person with so much pain and suffering perform and bring joy to small
children. You cannot escape the irony that small children were the reason for his father's and
brother's incarceration, and yet they are the focus of his career. The film "Capturing the Friedman's"
also has a certain amount of interactivity which can be observed in David's home footage where he
is posing questions to his brother, father and his mother. In one scene we see David and Jesse turn
against their mother in their father's defense, accusing her of betraying the family. We witness
David's hostility mount throughout the film. During the entire film we see Jarecki asking questions
to one of the supposed victims who is lying on the couch while the interview is being conducted. It
is seemingly very tough to draw a conclusion from the film because the film keeps jumping in all
directions and Jarecki keeps throwing shocking tidbits of information at you. There is one curve ball
after another which leaves us with so many questions lurking in our minds that it is very hard to
figure out if Arnold Friedman was really innocent or not. However the film itself is very well crafted
and Jarecki was able to weave a unified story from all those interviews and family
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Stereotypes In The Film Molested Children During The 1970's
The first few minutes of the movie realizing Arnold had child pornography, lead me to also jump to
conclusions that Arnold could have molested the children that he taught computer classes to. It just
raised a red flag for further investigation. Once the wife mentioned that there is a difference between
having those magazines for one's pleasure is different than acting upon that pleasure, it led me to
check my own emotions and not to let that influence my decision. I understand during the 1980s
there was an outrage on child sexual abuse that added more pressure to the officers on top of their
own emotions and conducted the case unethically. Another thing I had an issue with was Arnold's
therapist. He sought out a therapist because he was worried
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Effectiveness Of American Apparel As An Organization
Introduction The purpose of this report is to assess the effectiveness of American Apparel as an
organization. Organizational effectiveness is important as it asses how effective an organization is
achieving its outcomes as well as capturing the organizational performance (Richard et al,
2009).The report will be based on personal observations, surveys, internet research, interviews
undertook by employees and company materials. In this report, I will be giving a brief summary
about the company, its structure, mission and company culture. I will then proceed to investigate,
assess and analyze an ethical issue within American Apparel which affects the following:– –
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An added bonus – this business model is inherently sustainable. This type of structure needs a
powerful leader whom the staff look up to as power is centralized and he gets to be more involved
with the running of the company. Vision and Mission The official mission statement of American
Apparel is as follows; "American Apparel is the most passionate and innovative wholesale blank T–
shirt manufacturer and distributor in the world. We are committed to leveraging art, design, and
technology to produce garments of the highest quality, while pioneering industry standards of social
responsibility in the workplace." (вторник , 2012). This same author went further stating CEO Dave
Charney's core belief for his company as ""Our goal is to seek profits through innovation not
exploitation. We are advancing a hyper capitalist–socialist business fusion. By relentlessly pursuing
efficiencies in management and production, we aim to demonstrate that the use of exploitative labor
tactics is not only unnecessary but actually counterproductive. We recognize that over–reliance on
low–wage and ill–treated labor... continues to cripple third–world countries and consumer values."
Since the beginning according to American Apparel.com, Dave Charney's vision was to create a
"Vertically integrated, sweatshop – free company" as such made sure all its clothing was
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It 521 Final
Executive summary The dream of the Strategic Center Firm (SCF) has quickly become a reality.
This firm's objective now includes the building of a decision support structure that supports the
following areas: 1. "Formal reporting relationships and procedures" (FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p.
2) 2. "Managing complex, cooperative interactions among network partners" (FLA Grading Rubric,
n.d., p. 2) 3. "Aligning incentives among networked partners to have a reason to stay connected"
(FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p. 2) 4. "Managing the strategic network and controlling its operations"
(FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p. 2) These areas should help catapult your company to the status of a
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S.W.O.T. also brings to light threats that may be directly or indirectly related to profit drops within
your company. These threats can be discussed to make sure that if anything that can be done would
be done in order to avert the threat. Below is an image to provide more insight into S.W.O.T
analysis. (TaskMap, 2011, image 1) Decision Support System Technology First off, what is DSS?
"A decision support system (DSS) is a computer program application that analyzes business data
and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily." (Rouse, 2010, para. 1) "It is
an "informational application" (to distinguish it from an "operational application" that collects the
data in the course of normal business operation)." (Rouse, 2010, para. 1) This systems data collected
is usually displayed in a graphical format on the dashboard. This may comprise an "expert system or
artificial intelligence". (Rouse, 2010, para. 2) Decision support system can be categorized into five
types. These types include communication–drive DSS, data–driven DSS, document–driven DSS,
knowledge–driven DSS, and model–driven DSS. "Most communications–driven DSSs are targetted
at internal teams, including partners." (Power, n.d., para. 5) "Most data–driven DSSs are targeted at
managers, staff and also product/service suppliers." (Power, n.d., para. 6) "Document–driven DSSs
are more
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Born Into Brothels Ethical Analysis
The ethical considerations in Born Into Brothels are chiefly based on the commonly supported
concept of humanitarianism in the western society, of which resembles the unwanted pity to the East
by the West. Born into Brothels seems to be a representation of how the westerners prefer to view
the Third World Poverty. At several points in the film, Sonagachi is portrayed as an exotic, foreign
land that is extremely different from the civilized and disciplined western society. Although the film
received an Academy Award, it faces the voices of disapproval and an ongoing debate on its
possible violation of ethics. The fact that Zana worked on her own, without seeking help from local
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They might be compelled to modify the story to intensify the excitement, the conflict or the danger
(Aufderheide, Jaszi and Chandra 2009). In Capturing The Friedmans, the filmmaker juxtaposes
multiple formats of video resources, including the footage from the time of the criminal trial, the
Friedmans' family videos, David Friedman's video diaries and the present–day interviews to
dramatize the family rupture and their struggles (Bell,
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A Dominant Force Or Trend Within Clothing, Opinion, Arts,...
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Mainstream– a dominant force or trend in clothing, opinion, arts, etc. People in society are often
motivated to involve themselves with what is mainstream so they can fit in and thrive.
Majority group– an ethnic/racial group that has the largest population and usually the greatest
economic and political power in a society.
Marcel Mauss– introduced the qualities of gift giving, author of The Gift. Mauss was also a French
sociologist, his work often bounced between sociology and anthropology.
Marxism– the political and economic theories of Karl Marx, later developed by their followers to
form the basis for the theory and practice of communism.
Masculinity– qualities that are typically associated with men. Masculinity can be used as a negative
term towards women. If a woman enjoys an activity that is generally correlated with men, such as
playing football, then they are called masculine.
Mediascape– another term defined by Arjun Appadurai, mediascape refers to the electronic and print
media in "global cultural flows".
Migration– specifically speaking about human migration, it is defined as the movement by people
from one place to another and settling in a new location.
Minority group– an ethnic/racial group that has a smaller population than the controlling majority
group in a society. Minority groups may also be based on shared gender, age, disabilities, political
views, etc.
Monotheism– a belief that there is only one god. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are usually
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Invasion of Afghanistan Essay
Invasion of Afghanistan
Even before the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11th 2001,
Afghanistan was probably the most isolated country in the world. Only three other states recognised
its rulers, who in the mid–1990s had swept across the country to impose a very strict and distinctive
form of Islamic law upon the Afghan people, ending nearly 20 years of civil war in the 90% or so of
the country which they control. Osama Bin Laden, an exiled Saudi Arabian who is the USA's prime
suspect for the World Trade Centre atrocity and other terrorist attacks in the 1990s, had based his
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The Afghan people have suffered greatly under Taliban rule, especially women and ethnic and
religious minority groups, and they deserve a different and better government. In the past few years
the Taliban have made it very difficult for the UN and other aid agencies to deliver humanitarian
relief in Afghanistan, so in the
Medium term an invasion would improve matters.
Even if the Taliban were judged to be equally guilty with Bin Laden, the Afghan people are not; the
Taliban conquered the country with the help of Bin Laden and thousands of other foreign, mostly
Arab, fighters, and their rule is heavily oppressive. The invasion of Afghanistan is still likely in the
long run to lead to a prolonged power struggle or civil war between different ethnic groups or local
warlords, as before 1996. This will lead to many innocent lives being lost in the crossfire, prevent
humanitarian aid that is desperately needed after three years of drought reaching millions of starving
Afghans, and create a terrible refugee crisis.
Invasion was the only way to try to capture or destroy Bin Laden and his terrorist organisation.
Bombing on its own can prepare the way for a ground invasion, guaranteeing air supremacy and
disrupting the enemy's command and control systems, but
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Case Study On Kantianism
Introduction Values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work. They
ought to decide your priorities, and, where it counts, they are probably the measures you use to tell
if your life is turning out the way you want it to. The following values are the ones that resonate
with me. These are the top priorities for me to live to pass along to my children and everyone in my
life: a. Honesty. To live genuinely; to live honesty, keeps our hearts and souls pure and our minds
free of uncertainty or vulnerability. When we are honest, we know we are doing the correct things.
b. Responsibility. Being responsible implies that others can depend on you, that you complete your
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Kant is a non–consequentialist, meaning the end results do not justify the means. Higher profits do
not justify the choice to deceive. Kant mentioned that nothing is good in itself except good will. I
will not be acting from good will if I decided to be deceitful. Even though the organization's main
end goal is to maximize profit, human's lives do not have a price. An organization should never
forget that it exists because of its individuals. I would not use people as a means to an end and not to
dehumanize human beings. I would do the right thing, not to behave egoistically, and not to
rationalize. Conclusion Volkswagen's actions in tending to recall issue is not ethical in relevance to
Kantianism. They continuing telling their consumers that their cars are safe and reliable as a part of
their promotional and sales strategy. Whether Volkswagen realizes that they are giving their
consumers the inaccurate information or not is up for argument, but nonetheless, the information
they are providing is keeping the customer from making a fully rational decision. As an organization
Volkswagen failed to act ethically. It was centered around benefit, utilized its consumers without
thinking about their primary safety, and purposely deceived them, which is universally
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Hardware And Marketing Of Apple
Apple is involved in the process of designing, manufacturing and marketing computers, all mobile
communication gadgets and portable music gadgets. It also engages in selling of software and its
services. Currently, the company is involved in production of computer components and electronics
and in distributing them to the (Apple, Inc., 2012).
Apple's main focus is on technology. This is simply because technology propels a company to
higher levels hence remaining very competitive in the industry. As such, most of its products are
mainly based on technological innovations. The main challenge of this industry is therefore
continued technological innovations. The time that the product remains very competitive in the
market is very short as compared to any other product from other industries. The product stays in
the market competitively for less than a year if there is no improvement in technology (Gross,
2012).
Before 2007, the technology of operating a phone through touching the screen had not been
introduced, as such Apple changed the industry by coming up with iPhone (Copeland, 2010). Later,
after the Japanese company introduced Discman, Apple introduced a new technology of iPods
(Bertolucci, 2009). This simply implies that embracing advancement in innovation ensures that a
company changes very fast hence, no one can easily predict the next technological breakthrough.
Apple defines itself as an advanced company in terms of technology. The company sets up prices for
other
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Memory And Repression Analysis
Memory used for testimony and convictions can be a very controversial way to incarcerate those
who are being accused of a crime. For instance, some may believe that witness statements are
reliable evidence able to prove someone's innocence or guiltiness. Despite this, witness statements
may contain lies or hidden, yet essential, parts of the truth that had been purposefully forgotten,
which is also known as repression. In addition,witnesses or victims who have experienced trauma
will most likely experience amnesia as a result of facing an appalling act. Memories of witnesses or
victims should not be used to convict people who are allegedly charged with a crime.
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One such case depicts this scenario, which is the Friedmans case. In the documentary, Capturing the
Friedmans, former computer students who had once attended Arnold's classes were interviewed
about the situation. When asked whether they had recalled anything inappropriate going on in that
class, some admitted while others denied. This just goes to show that using memories is inaccurate
and repression are sometimes used to deny these accusations. However, even if these people were
not using repression, they may be experiencing amnesia due to the traumatic occurrences of these
horrendous events that happened during their childhood. Nonetheless, whether the former computer
students did lie or truthfully forgot about it, these memories should still not be used to convict
people wrongfully without hardcore evidence.
To sum up, courts should not use memories of witnesses as a way to imprison those who are charged
with a crime. This is because memories tend to be easily influenced and can also contain concealed
lies within it. As a result, there is inaccurate information told in the witnesses' statements.
Furthermore, interviewers include lots of bias in their questions, which eventually screws up the
truth since the potential victims are put into too much pressure. Memories should not be used to
convict people with a crime because it is an unreliable approach to claim someone guilty or
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Ethics of Deception in Advertising
Ethics of deception in advertising: Why is deceptive advertising morally objectionable? 1.
Introduction In the world of today, the role of marketing within the business community has
increased exponentially. Nowadays' consumers are presented with countless purchase opportunities,
numerous providers and various points of value. In order to attract and retain their buyers, economic
agents devise and implement a wide array of strategic efforts, including the creation of strong and
aggressive marketing campaigns. Marketing today is virtually present in all aspects of life and it
addresses virtually anybody, from young children to senior consumers, and selling anything from
toys and diapers to medicine. And in ensuring an increase in the demand for the advertised product,
often times marketers use deception in their campaigns. The specialized literature on the aspect of
deception in advertising is rather scarce and its primary shortage is that of not having coined a
universally accepted definition of deceptive advertising. Additionally, another problem is raised by
the fact that deceptive advertising is often accepted as unethical, yet evidence lacks in this sense. In
such a context then, the current project sets out to establish a more thorough understanding of the
concept of deceptive advertising and to assess its ethical dimension. 2. Deceptive advertising
defined As it has been mentioned throughout the previous section, the specialized literature has not
yet
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Literary Themes and Symbols of the Holocaust
Literary Themes and Symbols of the Holocaust
Although Holocaust literature focuses on a specific period in world history, it also contains some
common themes and symbols that help to define this era. The butterfly, for instance, is a symbol for
the ephemeral lives of Holocaust children. A child, Pavel Friedman, wrote a poem titled "The
Butterfly" during his time in a concentration camp. Since then, the butterfly has been a Holocaust
theme for the large number of children who did not survive. A book,I Never Saw Another Butterfly,
compiled by Inge Auerbacher, a Holocaust survivor at Terezín, features artwork, poems (including
Friedman's poem), and words from many of the young children who died inside Terezín's walls.
Patricia Polacco'sThe Butterfly also connects to this symbol as a butterfly gets crushed in a fist,
helping show young children the horrors that occurred during the Holocaust in ways that could
easily be understood.
The theme of voice is also prevalent in many works. Some literary pieces, likeThe Diary of a Young
Girl, explore how the absence of a voice keeps families safe; others show the power of the voice as
they speak out against the atrocities of the time. Trains are also a main symbol in Holocaust
literature, especially inNight. These modes of transportation are what carried Jews from their old
lives to their new ones. Some were on trains escaping persecution; others were on their way to
concentration camps; both had uncertain futures. God and the
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Bad Jews Play Analysis
Bad Jews, written by Joshua Harmon, directed by Dana Friedman Resnick, and produced by PURE
Theatre Company, is the story of a broken, modern day Jewish family in Manhattan, New York'
Upper West Side. In the wake of their grandfather's death, three surviving grandchildren must work
out their differences over the possession a family heirloom. I believe the play explores the concept
of religion and how each cousin deals with the ideas and beliefs instilled in them through their
Jewish background. To me, it seems the playwright was attempting to explain the importance of
accepting other peoples beliefs and cultures, most importantly those of family. However, Harmon
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By making the sleeping area the main focal point of the set Heffner implied that it would be the
most important part of the play. The large stereo, tv, and gaming system in the bedroom also show
off the families money. Heffner was able to capture the families money just as Spencer was able to
do with the costumes. The lighting, also done by Heffner, captures the time of day perfectly. The
room is lit by lamps and "ceiling" lights implying night while the window above the table changes
between several shades of blue to imply the setting of the sun. Heffner does and amazing job of
capturing the viewers attention by dimming the lights in the apartment and drawing the gaze of the
audience out into the hall when the characters are outside the
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Benefits Of A Sugar Tax
Compare & Contrast Essay: Sugar Tax
Just last year, Berkeley's and San Francisco's ballots included measure that would tax sugary drinks
one or two cents per ounce because of their high sugar content. Berkley, less than thirty minutes
away from San Francisco, became the first city in the United states to adopt the tax while San
Francisco became the thirty–first city to oppose it (Knight). As the tax and its ideas gain popularity,
more cities are including the measure for the tax in their elections. The issue is that America's
obesity rates have skyrocketed over the past twenty years and have cost our country about $147
billion dollars in health expenses a year (Reinberg). One of the proposed ways to fix this problem is
a sugar tax. It is a tax targeted at hydro processed overbought snacks with a high sugar content that
have been proven to cause health risks. This would be similar to alcohol and tobacco. We can still
buy these products but warning labels are placed on them and a tax is levied to offset the costs of
what could happen to a person 's health after over consumption of these items. Proponents of this
tax argue that sugar is one of the main causes of obesity to surge and a tax will be a useful deterrent
when buying overly sugared items. Opponents of the tax argue that taxation is an ineffective way to
get consumers to stop buying sugary items and it will most directly impact poorer families. Also, the
government should not have the control to tell us what we can and
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Corporate Governance And Regulation In Australia
it might be said:
I Introduction
The primary problem with the current approach to regulation in Australia is that it predominantly
links corporate interests to those of the shareholders, with little or no consideration given to the
employees, the community, consumers and other stakeholders. This essay will explore the concepts
of corporate governance and regulation and then critique the hard law, soft law and hybrid
approaches to regulation. An explanation will then be provided as to why the hybrid approach
remains the most appropriate regulation mechanism, followed by an explanation of the hybrid
solution identified to get corporations to consider the interests of key stakeholders.
II Discussion
A Defining 'corporate governance' and 'regulation'
Over the past few decades the term 'corporate governance' has become quite commonplace, with
considerable debate arising as to the intersection between 'corporate governance' and 'regulation.
The scope and content of corporate governance in and of itself is quite wide, capturing 'the
structures, processes and systems, both formal and informal, by which power is exercised,
constrained, monitored and accounted for in the management of a corporation'.
Similarly, the definitions provided of regulation in literature are broad–ranging, but they ultimately
highlight the role of regulation in controlling corporate conduct. Nonetheless, it should be noted that
these mechanisms of control are not limited to legislation, administrative
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Essay about Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans In 2003, Andrew Jarecki released his documentary "Capturing the
Friedmans", which explores a seemingly normal middle–class families struggle when the father and
son are charged with sexual abuse and molestation in 1987. The Friedman's from the outside seem
like a healthy family, abiding in a fairly exclusive Great Neck, Long Island community; the father
Arnold is a Columbia Graduate and a school teacher, while the mother Elaine, a housewife. They
have three sons David, Seth, and Jessie whom appear to be a happy, intelligent, and good–humored
group of brothers. The power and prestige of this film comes not from its controversial and serious
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So when Arnold (power) fell, everything else can be described by Elaine's metaphor from the film:
"If there is a rowboat and its sinking, and the rowboat is tied to a rock, you have to disconnect the
rowboat, even though the rock is sinking." The father Arnold Friedman was initially under
investigation because child pornography ordered in his name from Europe was intersected by the
police, and being a school teacher this raised a number of ethical issues. Through a police set up
Arnold was tricked into taking the magazine from a police officer, and thus a search warrant was
instituted. The police found piles of child pornography magazines hidden next to his piano, and in
his office. His wife seemed unaware of these magazines, but not because Arnold Although, the
photographs of the crime scene show an organized normal looking house, the polices claims make it
sound like they had porno on their coffee table. Regardless of this, Arnold had a history of fervent
sexuality in his life, beginning in early childhood he was exposed to the very private and sexual part
of his mothers life, and therefor starting exploring his own sexuality through mimicking behavior he
had seen with his younger brother. Arnold overdosed on antidepressants and killed himself while he
was still in jail, although David remembers it as a heart attack. The mother Elaine Friedman seemed
very emotionally removed and
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The American Psychiatric Association 's Dsm V ( 2013 )
Introduction As the opioid epidemic takes hold throughout American's rural counties, public health
departments are struggling to mitigate the health threats presented by substance abuse and addiction.
While detailed longitudinal data is unavailable, many areas that report increased rates of drug abuse
also report increased hospital admissions and accidental deaths. While the relationship between
these outcomes is not explicit, it is important to implement interventions that address health issues
related to drug related injuries. The first, ACHESS, an employee assistance program, utilizes
organizational resources to empower employees to seek recovery assistance. The second, Project
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Social network actors can also influence user behavior through everyday interactions and behavioral
modeling (Bandura, 2001; Perdue et al., 2013). Between 2000 and 2013, opioid overdoses in the
United States quadrupled (CDC, 2016b). More specifically, Ohio's Scioto County reported 58
overdose deaths per 100,000 of the population (County Health Rankings, 2017). Ohio exceeds the
national average in emergency room visits, with 891,000 admittances in 2013 alone (Ohio
Governor's Office of Health Transformation, 2013). Scioto County sits within the highest tier of
affected areas along with metropolitan areas, and exceeds the average rate of premature age–
adjusted mortality among population members younger than 75 (County Health Rankings, 2017;
Ohio Governor's Office of Health Transformation, 2013). Longitudinal data explicitly capturing the
relationship between drug abuse and hospitalizations is scant, thereby indicating a need for more
effective data–keeping, as well as improved emergency responses for rural populations (Unick,
Rosenblum, & Ciccarone, 2013; Rudd et al., 2016). Evidence–based interventions ACHESS: Drug
Free Workplace
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Critical Analysis of Transformers the Movie
Critical Analysis of Transformers the Movie
Chesley Baird
ENG 225: Introduction to Film
Kristy Nelson
November 20, 2012
Critical Analysis of Transformers the Movie
There is an old saying that there is an 8–year–old child inside every person, "Transformers" is just
the movie to bring out the kid in everyone. Big, loud and full of testosterone–fuelled car fantasies,
Michael Bay's actioner hits a new peak for CGI work, showcasing spectacular chases and animated
transformation sequences seamlessly blended into live–action surroundings. There is no longer any
question whether special effects can be made more realistic but the issue is whether disposable
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There are approximately 630 visual effects shots in the film that had to be shot individual shots in
order to capture the proper theme of the storyline. Technical advancements were made in
environments, lighting, and simulation of physical effects and integration of CG characters in a real
environment. This movie was a true success through the use of well–known actors, and by using
proper voice over acting throughout this film. Actors such as Tyrese Gibson (SGT Epps), Magan
Fox (Mikaela Banes), and John Keller (John Turturro) just to name a few of the actors that made
this movie a huge success. The reason acting played a significant role in the accomplishment of this
movie was because they had to act without having the most significant actors being present, the
Transformers themselves. All the acting conducted in this movie had to be conducted without the
use of real robot actors and most by standing in front of blue screens. By the use of editing the
theatrical scenes were superimposed into the background of the acting conducted. It took a team of
editors and computer programmers in order to accomplish this mission. This leads us into our
second topic for discussion, the type and style of directing along with how this movie was edited.
The director of "Transformers", "Michael Bay", is a very hands on director. He is known for his
ability to tell challenging stories through his own unique abilities and the ability to put
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America 's First Home Grown Terrorist
John Brown: America's First Home Grown Terrorist
John Brown, recalled by some as a martyr for his anti–slavery stance, is also recalled by others as a
madman. His legendary raid on Harper's Ferry will live forever in history books, but what fueled the
madness? In 1812, was his mind so deeply traumatized when he witnessed the brutal crime of a
young black boy beaten with a shovel that he could never move past it? Did that single event shape
his life and play, over and over, in his mind like a never–ending film? No matter what you believe,
the undisputed fact is that he was one of America's first domestic terrorists.
Domestic Terrorism: The Definition
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This new Constitution also had three branches of government, including a position created just for
Brown, Commander in Chief for the Armed Forces.
In Brown's Provisional Constitution, Article XXVIII: Property states, "All captured or confiscated
property, and all property the product of the labor of those belonging to this organization and of
their families, shall be held as the property of the whole, equally, without distinction; and may be
used for the common benefit, or disposed of for the same object;" (Earle, 2008) Article XXXVI:
Property Confiscated states, "The entire and real property of all persons known to be acting either
directly or indirectly with or for the enemy, or found in arms with them, or found willingly holding
slaves, shall be confiscated and taken, whenever and wherever it may be found, in either free or
slave States..." (Earle, 2008)
Socialism is defined as a social and economic system characterised by social ownership and
democratic control of the means of production. Socialism can also be a political theory which
establishes this system and brings it to life. (Socialism) When examining Article XXVIII, it clearly
defines socialism when it is written that property shall be for the whole. It also removes the safety
that the Fourth Amendment in the Constitution provides, which is the Search and Seizure
amendment. The Fourth Amendment ensures that the people have a
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Benburg And Krohn Analysis
In "Labeling, Life Chances, and Adult Crime" by Benburg & Krohn page 1291 under
"STRUCTURAL LOCATION AND LABELING" they argue about different labeling theory. "
(Ageton and Elliott, 1974; Jensen, 1972). Benburg & Krohn discuss how Structural location, such as
race or social class, may provide people with differential means to resist deviant labeling in the face
of official intervention. But when you're in a higher status you have more credibility, you have a
have something to protect, because you are judged by every moves you do, it's more likely people
are very aware of your mistakes, therefore when it comes to law enforcement, if you're in a higher
status and commit any felony you definitely y have more to lose than a person in a lower status. ...
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There's some similarities s and differences in this two theories. Although higher statuses people are
more vulnerable to labeling, but they have more power than lower status people which makes harder
for these offender to be caught, they use their status to get away with crimes. On the other hand
Lower status people have nothing to lose which can help the law enforcement reporting any
suspicious act from higher status people. In "Capturing the Friedmans" Friendmans is your typical
middle class American family. Arnold was a well–respected music and computer teacher, married
father of three sons, Jesse one of his three sons eventually inherited his father bad tendency. You can
tell by their status, they have more to lose than your average American
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Facial Expressions
A History on Universal Facial Expressions: The Works of Lamarck, Izard and Russell Kathleen
Coyne–Boyles From the time of the ancient Greeks through to the modern age, understanding and
interpreting man's emotions and body language have been a source of both fasicnation and a point
of intellectual debate. The ancient philosophers, such as Aristotle, proposed the idea that the face
takes on varying appearances which are characteristic of each of the passions (or emotions) of
humankind. The famous Greek masks of the theatre embody exaggerated facial expressions in order
to dramatize the great joys and tragedies of human existence. Artists throughout history have
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In this way, the son inherits this soft characteristic and the facial expression becomes a feature of
soft inheritance. In Use and Disuse Theory, adaptation in a species occurs because complex force
drives organisms further up a ladder of increasing complexity. Then, environmental force adapts
organisms to their local environment. Adaptation evolves by using some characteristics more than
others based upon differing environments. Those characteristics not used or needed as much drop
off and those needed to suit a particular environment are passed on. In some ways, the so–called
Ghost of Lamarck left its impressions upon Darwin and sparked a debate among evolutionary
theorists as to whether characteristics like facial expressions are socially learned skills which can be
inherited by the next generation or if they are universal and slowly evolving, purely biologically
programmed responses to basic human survival. Universality of Facial Expressions Darwinian
thought holds that facial expressions are universal in nature and evolved in man alongside his basic
struggle for survival. These facial expressions developed in order to protect and keep the species
alive. One example would be that a tribe watches a woman take a bite out of a poisonous plant and
observes her face as she shows disgust or pain. Watching this response, the tribe knows not to taste
this plant because this facial expression has long been biologically ingrained
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Capturing the Friedmans Essay
Steward 1
Melissa Steward
Research Essay
English 367.01
12/8/04
Capturing the Friedmans
"Home movies are about innocence––our lost fuzzy, glowing personal pasts, all horseplay, and
funny hats and the promise of youth" (Cooper, 23). Andrew Jarecki's remarkable film, Capturing the
Friedmans captured just what is clearly a case study of extreme family dysfunction through such
home videos. At first Andrew Jarecki just wanted to do a nice little documentary about clowns. He
decided to try film making and thought he would cut his teeth on something easy like birthday party
clowns. He had met David Friedman a top childrens birthday party clown from Manhattan, New
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It was also in this search that the inspectors began to have suspicions that the crimes could have
involved local children who came to the room for music lessons and computer classes. Jarecki
successfully emphasizes the situation leading up to Arnold's arrest that he gives the audience such
imagery of what was in Arnold's house that we start to believe that he is guilty of sex crimes. "With
notable skill, Jarecki and his editor Richard Hankin, have interwoven the family movies with
interviews of the Friedmans, relevant police officials, postal inspectors, some lawyers, and
specialists of several kinds" (Kauffmann, 25). Jarecki uses editing for persuasion. As the film begins
and starts to get going we are exposed to numerous interviews that both support and oppose Arnold
and Jesse. Jarecki favorably edits opposing points of view together in order to emphasize the
complexity and moral underpinnings of the case. For example the shots when Arnold and Jesse are
arrested, during those scenes we see and hear from their lawyer Peter. From there we see views of
their trial and views of the lawyer. Andrew Jarecki also keeps the issue of guilt and innocence
darkened with the use of editing. As in the part of the film David talks about how his
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Review Discussion Of Chris Hackley
College Number
(Bottom Left of College Card) 100796916
Year: 1
Course Code MN1305
Course Tutor: Marcia Christina Ferreira
Assignment No.: 2
Degree Title: MARKETS AND CONSUMPTION
Question No. & Title: Review Discussion of Chris Hackley (2013), Marketing in Context
Review Discussion of Chris Hackley (2013), Marketing in Context Chapters 1,2 and 6
Chris Hackley presents his book making an original comparison between a theatre and marketing.
The author underlines the importance that the background has in both situations. In order to do this,
he uses the French word "mise–en–scène", which can be literally translated in "setting the scene".
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This change is due to the advancement of digital communication in the last decade. Hackley indeed
dedicates a small part of the second chapter to write about this subject, but the section is minimal.
Hackley didn't expand the topic but only made some obvious statements saying for example that: it
is important for marketing organizations to understand the context of the market and of the
consumer or that many marketing offers nowadays have an internet presence (Hackley, 2013,
pages56–57). The importance of technology for marketing should be underlined in a more effective
way. Many of the actions that a consumer makes are in fact related to the technology, for example
the phenomenon of online shopping is diffusing, furthermore, there are automatized processes of
production, mass media and advertising. Hackley only spoke superficially about this topic; a more
precise example and explanation could have been useful. Other marketing books such as
"Contemporary Issues in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour" (Parsons and Maclaran, 2009) have
an entire chapter dedicated to the evolution of marketing in relation to technology where they wrote
about videography, blogs and data capturing through computers.
Marketing can be defined as communication between consumer and producer (Hackley, 2013,
page29). This subject is progressing as
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Health Information Technology And The Health Care Industry...
Health information technology, also known as H.I.T, is an area of IT that involves the development
and maintenance of information for the health care industry. This technology allows for healthcare
information systems to be automated and interoperable, which leads to improved medical care,
lower costs and increased efficiency. Some H.I.T. professions include: clinical data analyst, CMIO
and nursing informaticist. A clinical data analyst develops, designs and manages data tracking
systems and evaluates the data results from clinical trials. A CMIO, or chief medical informatics
officer, is a health care executive who is responsible to bridge the gap between medical and IT
departments at a health care organization. Nursing informaticists is a profession which integrates
nursing science with informational management. These professions are becoming more in demand
because of the national push for advanced healthcare technology. On February 17, 2009, President
Barack Obama had signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which included
the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. His goal was
for the United States to adopt technology so it would help the nation improve its quality of health
care and lower its cost. Under the HITECH Act, the federal government would provide 14 to 30
billion dollars over ten years in incentives to hospitals and health care professionals who used
Health IT, otherwise known as HIT. Health IT uses
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Application Erp For Enterprise Resource Planning Essay
Local Flavours of ERP
Sapan Kumar Gupta
Assistant Professor
Amity School Of Communication, Amity University,
Noida, Delhi–NCR, India e–mail–sapankumargupta@gmail.com Tel–09313604325
Abstract–ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP is a business concept for automation
and planning. In today's fast changing scenario ERP becomes one of the most demanding and
successful concept in business world. Today the concept of ERP is being used by almost every
segment of the business and industry worldwide. It is most sought after concept in management
now. Basically it is a solution to all management processes and problems. It includes solutions for
all the domains that can think of. It can be customized or better to say tailor made according to need
and requirement. Like every other business and management solutions it has a history and life cycle.
It is being successfully used by some major vendors worldwide and some local vendors too. It is
well implemented by the organizations like SAP and Oracle. These IT giants capture a large share of
market. But still the major portion is left and which is pointed out by small local ERP solution
providers with their own version of ERP. Now capturing the unclaimed market is the new war. Even
organizations like Microsoft and SAP are also offering their new version of ERP software for SME's
(Small Medium Enterprise).
Keywords–ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP for SME's, Local ERP, ERP vendors
I. INTRODUCTION
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Critical Evaluation: “Marketing Does More Harm to Society...
Nottingham University Business School
MBA Programme
Critical Evaluation:
"Marketing does more harm to society than good"
Kevin Stefan Ngo (010062)
Module Title: N14M04 – Marketing
Professor: Dr. Khong Kok Wei
Word Count: 2,155 (Body Only)
Table of Contents
1. Purpose 3
2. Introduction to Marketing 4
3. Harm of Marketing to Society 5
3.1 Criticism of Marketing in the 1950s 5
3.2 Modern Criticism of Marketing – Branding 6
4. Benefit of Marketing to Society 8
4.1 Product Improvement 8
4.2 Pricing, Distribution and Communication 9
5. Conclusion 10
6. Bibliography 12
1. Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the statement; "Marketing does more harm to
society than good" This is ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
This relationship between consumption and welfare (happiness) was termed the "Dependence
Effect" by Galbraith. Galbraith foresaw grave consequences flowing from this preoccupation with
consumption and growth. He felt it imperiled economic security from the runaway growth in
consumer debt that is part of the salesmanship activities (Stanfield, 1983).
In Friedrich Hayek's 1961 response to the "Dependence Effect," he outlines why Galbraith's
conclusion does not logically flow from previous examples and statements in the Affluent Society.
Heyek's counter–argument is based consumers' acquisition of taste through cultural interactions and
socialization versus through channels directed by want–creating activities of producers (Hayek,
1961). 3.2 Modern Criticism of Marketing – Branding
In Naomi Klein's 2002 book, No Logo, she "skewered the role of brands in contemporary culture
and the insidious power of corporations to infiltrate institutions throughout society, including
schools and hospitals" (Rutland, 2009). This anti–corporate sediment was triggered by branding
practices creating artificiality by stretching the notion of value and not taking into consideration
aspects of corporate social responsibility. Brand equity mania in the 1980s was defined by the
moment when Philip Morris purchased Kraft for $12.6 billion, an amount six times its book value.
The price difference between balance sheet valuations and the price paid was attributed to the value
of the
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20th Century Photography
The 20th Century was one of the bloodiest times in human history. It was a time of war, with death
tolls from politically motivated conflicts between 175 and 200 million worldwide. Over the course
of the century, the nature of war blurred and then wrecked older distinctions between battlefield and
city, soldier and civilian, peacetime and wartime. In this essay I will talk about how the role of the
20th century evolved and of how technologies and techniques helped in defining photography. I will
also talk about the impacted of Robert Capa.
Photography was beginning to be used as a visual language. It held no barriers like languages to tell
its story of what was happening in the world. Photographers used its growing influence to expose
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Capa got quite close for this picture. "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough"
Scala, A (2012) About Photography. United Kingdom.
Capa's career as a journalist had him witnessing five different wars. The Spanish Civil War, the
second Sino Japanese war, World War 2. He manages to capture amazing and powerful photographs
that gave people chills. In this essay I'm going to compare two of his photographs from each of the
wars to show not only how he capture the bloodshed of war, but also the people who are living
through, Some are unexpectedly hopeful.
In 1938 at the age of 25. He was hailed as the "greatest war photo her in the world" in British
magazine Picture Post. Captured at the start of the Spanish Civil war showing the moment of a
bullet's impacts on a loyalist soldiers. This photo became the emblem of wartime photojournalism of
capturing sudden death. It also became the style to define the work of Capa and his colleagues at the
picture press agency Magnum Photos in the late 1940's.
The Spanish Civil War gave rise to modern war photography as we now know it, immediate gut–
wrenching, uncomfortable and surreal visions of life. If one photographer can be said to have
welcomed the arrival of the genre it was Robert
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Vertigo Scottie Vs Friedman
In the works Thin Blue Line, Capturing the Friedmans, and Vertigo the creation of reality and the
truth brings justice to wrongdoers, and those who have been wronged. Specifically, the
documentaries Thin Blue Line, and Capturing the Friedmans create a reality that is ambiguous in an
effort to show that no one actually know the truth of the situations in the documentaries. Meanwhile
in the film Vertigo Scottie recreates his past lover, and inadvertently brings the truth out about her
death.
Thin Blue Line is a documentary directed by Errol Morris that centers around the murder of police
officer Robert Wood, and the conflicting stories of Randall Adams, David Adams, and all others
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In the film, Scottie quickly falls with the heroine Madeline, and through a series of unfortunate
events sees her jump to her death. However, one day when walking the streets of the city, he spots a
woman,Judy, who likes strikingly similar to his past lover. After spotting her he impulsively begins
to recreate the reality of Madeline through Judy by forcing her to dye her hair, and wear the same
exact clothes Madeleine wore, and Rothman describes Scottie's "refusal to let his love be lost" as the
source of these monstrous actions (Rotham 231). However, it is this inability to let his past go that
leads him to recreate a reality and bring forth the truth. Even so, after he recreates his lover
Madeleine, it is not until Judy makes the mistake of wearing the same neckless his former lover did
that sparks realization for Scottie. After seeing this he is prompted to take Judy to the sight where
Madeleine was killed, and confront her about her involvement in the murder of Madeline. After
overcoming his vertigo, Scottie find himself at the top of the bell tower with Judy, where she ends
up jumping to her death. In doing so, retributive justice is brought to Madeline seeing that her killer
dies the same way she did. However, none of this would have not been possible without Scottie's
effort to recreate the reality of his lover Madeleine. It is through this recreation that truth behind
Judy's identity, and the cause of Madeline's death is
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Should Marijuana Be Legal?
What is the new question on the table with politicians and law enforcement officials alike? The
question is whether or not it is time to legalize, tax, and create a lucrative industry out of marijuana.
For a few decades now the idea of legalizing marijuana has been met with fierce opposition and
seen as being nearly impossible to accomplish. The current state of our economy and criminal
corrections system have actually made the option of legalizing marijuana for financial aid as not
only a viable option but a prudent one (Cohen, 2009). From a sociological standpoint it almost
seems to be common sense to legalize and tax the plant. The research supporting the benefits of
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What potential domino effects would this act show under a macro–level analysis? I feel that a
socialized shift will come out of both the economic crisis and the legalization of marijuana. A
somewhat more Marxist style of social order could possibly be the end result of all of this. The
common sense of it seems to be the driving factor for this movement. It is no longer seen as being a
desperate plea from stoned out hippies. This idea has reached some of the highest offices in our
land. States have already begun to ratify and reform laws based on marijuana (Cohen, 2009). The
only issue that I can see is the culture shock that the country would feel. It would be a radical
difference from what we have been used to. "What 's that you say? You can buy rolled joints at the
Exxon?" These types of questions will be the tip of the iceberg. After a little bit of time, people will
become comfortable with the idea and a new page will be turned in the American history books. We
have seen a few countries receive a significant revenue boost after legalizing marijuana. California
has reformed laws to also potentially gain revenue from marijuana. Will America finally come
around to what millions have been already saying? Will America legalize and tax pot? We may have
an answer sooner than we expect. Works Cited Cohen, Andrew. "Time For Marijuana Legalization?
Economic Crisis Spurring Politicians to Talk about Legalizing Pot" CBS News Feb.
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Essay about The Life and Literary Works of Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1919 to Leslie and Geraldine Jackson. Her surroundings
were comfortable and friendly. Two years after Shirley was born, her family with her newborn
brother moved from San Francisco to Burlingame, California, about thirty miles away. "According
to her mother, Shirley began to compose verse almost as soon as she could write it" (Friedman, 18).
As a child, Shirley was interested in sports and literature. In 1930, a year before she attended
Burlingame High School, Shirley began writing poetry and short stories. Jackson enrolled in the
liberal arts program at the University of Rochester in 1934. But after periods of unhappiness and
questioning the loyalty of her friends, she withdrew from the university. ... Show more content on
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Not until the year of her death in 1965–twenty–five years later– was the medal finally awarded to
her–in absentia, since she was unable to attend the ceremony."(Friedman, 26)
In 1940, after their graduation Hyman and Jackson, who had a relationship, were married. While
living in Vermont, Jackson continued to write. One of her earliest times in Vermont later became
material for her first book about the family, "Life Among the Savages." Between 1945 and 1947,
Jackson was occupied with her first novel, "The Road Through the Wall." But it was in 1948 that
her greatest success was achieved. The publication of the short story, "The Lottery", brought fame,
as well as letters from readers all over the country. But more often there were abusive letters from
people who did not understand her motives or what she was trying to do. A year later a book
entitled, "The Lottery", was published containing an assortment of short stories including "The
Lottery." The critics by that time, had decided that Shirely Jackson was a writer of much talent and
uniqueness. Even though Jackson was raising four children while her husband went to work, she
still found time to write. Sometimes when a story idea would come to her, she would bolt off to her
typewriter. Instead of fighting writing, as other writers do; she found the opposite; that writing was
relaxing.
In 1949, the Hymans moved to Westport, Connecticut. As usual she worked hard. Six of her stories
were published in various
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Capturing The Gangster
The story of Capturing the Friedman and The Imposter are unique and interesting; however, The
Imposter delivers a more meaningful message and imposes stronger emotional impacts on the
audience. The movie's title, The Imposter, does a great job to capture the audience's impression and
curiosity, for they are craving to know who is the real imposter. Opposed to Capturing the Friedman,
which has no one narratives the story, The Imposter uses Frederic Bourdin as the core and lead the
audience through the story. The director visualized Bourdin's story with recreation along with actors
make it feels like people are getting inside Bourdin's head, understand his point of view, and excuse
for his action. Single shot, a filming–technique that shows only one person in the frame, was used
during the interview of Bourdin ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The effect of this single–shoot also help to forms an emotional connection between Bourdin and the
audience when he discuses his childhood as an damaged person who had been abandoned by his
own parents. When Bourdin looks straight to the audience and said that "they were family without a
kid; I was a kid without a family," it creates great sense of sympathy for a boy who is longing to be
wanted and loved. Opposed to Bourdin, the Barclay family was shot looking off to the side, and
sometime, their face was shaded and does not create the feeling of reliable or creditable. In a
documentary film, sound effect is essential because it supports the story, hits the emotion, and
creates an atmosphere. During the interview with Charlie Parker, the private investigator, the
director uses a low–pitched sounding to raise suspicious that Bourdin was not the real Nicholas
Barclay. After that, the director chooses the sound of electric guitar to emphasize the happy and
exciting moment of Bourdin, who riding the school bus with kid that much younger than his
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  • 3. Fitbit Case Analysis Fresh of the IPO diving block, Fitbit Inc. shares have since soared, more than doubling in price at its peak. The company pioneers an industry of wearable technology, being one of the first to develop and manufacture wearable, fitness trackers. Their products allow users to monitor basic health statistics, such as calories burned and distance walked. Their products also track some unique metrics, such as active minutes and stairs climbed. Fitbit also manufactures the Fitbit Surge, a more complex fitness tracker, but with added abilities comparable to smartwatches. Furthermore, Fitbit offers a premium, subscription based service that allows users to enhance their experience with more insight and analysis on the data collected by the trackers. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It currently trades very close to its 52 week low ($31.88 vs $29.50), yet it potentially offers more than 50 percent upside. The high valuation ratios should be overlooked because the company is undergoing extreme revenue growth rates, which may negatively affect those ratios. The NPV/Shares Outstanding allows Fitbit to trade at $50/share if it adhered to its intrinsic value. Fitbit also separates itself from other, young tech companies because it is one of the few that are profitable. Another Fitbit competitor, Jawbone has been around since 1999, yet still struggles to make profit each year. This demonstrates the Fitbit's superiority as a whole. Alongside its discount to intrinsic value, Fitbit also presents healthy fundamentals. Revenue historically has grown at very high rates annually since 2011, (179%, 428%, 255%, and 175%) without the accumulation of long term debt, any of which were payed off before January 1, 2015. Besides mathematics, it is worth noting society's overall shift to the pursuit of a more active, healthy lifestyle. It is difficult to argue against the fact that people are trying to exercise more, eat healthier, etc. Fitbit stands at the forefront of this unique trend by supplementing people with a tool to monitor, and encourage them as they pursue this goal. I see Fitbit as an excellent opportunity not only because of its dominance in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. The Four Literary Tools The Top Ten Tools are the essential key to critically analyzing literature. With these tools, including The Four Topos elements, The Three Matter of Facts, and The Three Appeals, literature can be broken down into segments allowing the reader to get a complete understanding of the purpose for that specific piece. Throughout the course, we have navigated through various essays that could all be examples of these top ten tools. However, certain essays better illustrate specific tools, which can be used as examples to define the true meaning of a literary tool. Pertaining to The Four Topos, the first literary tool of Definition can be defined as the displaying of the major idea of the essay. By definition, the reader can analyze the true ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Three appeals define the idea of persuasion throughout a piece of literature. Throughout an argument, the elements of Logos, Ethos and Pathos are present in some fashion. The use of Logos focuses on the persuasion through evidence aspect. An author who understands that they have the Matter of Fact and Policy on their side typically uses logos. Logos is typically not something an author strives to use, but is apparent to the reader. An example for a logos essay would be Susan Brownmiller's essay, "Let's Put Pornography Back in the Closet". One way that this essay provides logos type qualities is by the clear reasoning that she gives, along with the evidence she provides to defend her side. She effectively acknowledges the opposing side of the argument as well as providing reasonable claims that address specific cases such as the Miller v. California case in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Night And Fog Comparative Essay The documentaries "Night and Fog", and "Capturing the Friedmans", both were created to move their audience in a way to get desired reactions. Nevertheless, while they both were created to move their audience, the motivation behind the two are quite different. "Night and Fog was created to serve as a warning for people about the dangers of cruelty, while "Capturing the Friedmans was made in a way to have viewers question the guilt of the two Friedmans convicted of sexuals assault. Alain Resnais' documentary "Night and Fog" is a film that focuses on the atrocities that took place within the concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Even so while while the focal point of the film is the Holocaust, this film is not a story about the oppression ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... To do so, Andrew Jarecki portrays a sense of innocence and ambiguity from the alleged perpetrators, and victims.. One of the most profunding ways in which a sense of ambiguity is portrayed within this work is the absence of recollection. Within the film Arnold Friedman confesses to the fact that as a child, he sexaully assaulted his younger brother while in bed. However, when his brother is asked about this instance, he denies it all and claims it never happened. These moments are then paired with other instances of ambiguity such as the montage of interviews where former students will speak upon an instance of sexual assault within the computer classes, only to then have another former student deny every claim previously made. This absence of a universal truth works to make viewers question whether or not the assault happened. This ambiguity is then accompanied by home videos of the family dealing with infighting, denial, and total frustration with the entire process: in effect humanizing the men. Through this humanization its becomes increasingly harder for an audience to find guilt in the men. This process of reflexivity, allows audiences to view the stories of these two men from a different standpoint, and come to a different conclusion in regards to guilt of these men, than of before. In effect the audience can be moved to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Is Google Making Us Stupid? Eldewak 4 Reem Eldewak Justin Williams Freshman Composition 5 October 2015 As time progresses in our technologically propelled era and the internet continues to provide as the largest network source of information, our intellectual perception of information takes on a more distinctive and less analytical approach than before. The use of the internet has seized control over the vast connection of neural pathways in our minds, influencing our experiences and essentially hindering our natural ability to apply cognitive thinking. Although its intention was to nourish our minds with an instant unlimited source of valuable information, the internet has caused some people to lose their appreciation for long texts and their ability to concentrate. Within the essay, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" by Nicholas Carr, the author feels that someone has been tinkering with his brain and that he can no longer enjoy reading a book of any length because he cannot sustain concentration on the book (Carr 1). This is a result of the fact that when people use the internet to find information, they habituate themselves to skim along the lines to quickly allocate their answers and once they have gotten what they needed, they close the browser without any further analysis of the information. According to his text, Carr asserts that he is not the only person who feels that his ability to concentrate has diminished. Scott Karp, an online blogger, has stopped reading books despite being a literature ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Essay on Defining Voluntarism 1. (652) In the reading of The Sources of Normativity, Christine Korsgaard discusses four basic theories for the justification of morality: Voluntarism, Realism, Reflective Endorsement, and the Appeal to Autonomy. For the purpose of this essay, I will be defining Voluntarism, outlining the argument that Korsgaard presents for Voluntarism, and explain her criticism for why it fails. First of all, let me start off by defining the meaning of Voluntarism. Voluntarism is the theory that God or the ultimate nature of reality is to be conceived as some form of will (or conation). This theory is contrasted to intellectualism, which gives primacy to God's reason. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) The will, as referred to in the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Christine Korsgaard's criticism for the reason why the theory of Voluntarism fails reflects upon the fact that the authority or divine power making the laws can make anything right or wrong. Korsgaard goes on to explain a situation in which you are a student in her department and are thereby required to take a particular course, in this case, a logic course in order to receive your degree. If you are in her department and she, having authority over you, requires you to take the course and you fail to do so, then you are at risk of not receiving your degree. On the other hand, if you are not a student in her department, she can give several reasons as to why the logic course is needed but you are not required to take the course and can hereby make a decision as to whether or not you wish to take the course, which Korsgaard goes on to explain, is why authority is needed in order to enforce the laws. You can take the course because you realize the importance, out of fear of not receiving your degree, or just for the simple fact that it is a required course. Even if the obligation was removed, the question lies among whether or not the moral agent will continue to perform the duty. It is Korsgaard's theory that a governing body is needed to enforce the obligation in order for the action to take place and that governing body is, in what she believes, our own self. We "command ourselves" to do what is morally right, good, and just. For example, prior to the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. In Favor of a More Liberal Drug Policy Essay In Favor of a More Liberal Drug Policy In William J. Bennett's address entitled "Drug Policy and the Intellectuals," Bennett maintains that the drug problem in America can be ultimately solved. In my opinion, the drug problem in America is one that cannot be completely resolved to the point where drug use no longer exists in America, but drug abuse can be alleviated. One effective way to do this would be to legalize the personal use of drugs that are more common and less potent (like marijuana), and to stop wasting time and tax dollars punishing minor offenders. Legalizing the use of soft drugs would help bolster the U.S. economy, partially because the government would have the ability to tax these drugs. This includes ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... A policy that focuses on imprisoning all drug users and dealers is the type of policy that is prone to hurt America economically. Drug prohibition may be a factor that is actually encouraging the spread of harder drugs. As government officials and police officers become more skilled in capturing drug smugglers and dealers, the pushers find more efficient ways to transport and conceal drugs, creating a larger supply and often making hard drugs more accessible and affordable to the common user. Although the government has succeeded in raising marijuana prices from $20 and ounce in the 1960's to $200 an ounce today, the price of cocaine has fallen from $50,000 a kilo in the 1970's to $10,000 a kilo today. Also, the potency and composition of these drugs is often unpredictable. If the government legalized these more minor drugs, as Milton Friedman pointed out in his essay "There's No Justice in the War on Drugs," they'd have the ability to regulate them and make them less dangerous than they would have been if they'd been sold on the street. Bennett's arguments against the legalization of drugs are somewhat one–sided. This may have been why I was more convinced by Friedman's essay, which relied more on concrete facts than on the pretense that the opposing argument was trivial. In "Drug Policy and the Intellectuals," Bennett says, "To call it a 'debate' suggests that the arguments in favor of drug legalization are rigorous, substantial, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Capturing the Friedman's Capturing the Friedman's Capturing the Friedman's is directed by Andrew Jarecki. The film focuses on the 1980's investigation and conviction of Arnold Friedman and his son Jesse Friedman on charges of child molestation. This film could certainly be put into the category of accidental excellence as Andrew Jarecki was initially interested in creating a documentary on New York City clowns and it was only through his interviews with David Friedman (the most successful of Manhattan clowns) that he stumbled upon a goldmine of a back–story. The result is a fascinating and revealing documentary about suburban family dysfunction. The Friedman's were a middle class Jewish family living on Long Island with their three sons, Seth, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It is interesting to see a person with so much pain and suffering perform and bring joy to small children. You cannot escape the irony that small children were the reason for his father's and brother's incarceration, and yet they are the focus of his career. The film "Capturing the Friedman's" also has a certain amount of interactivity which can be observed in David's home footage where he is posing questions to his brother, father and his mother. In one scene we see David and Jesse turn against their mother in their father's defense, accusing her of betraying the family. We witness David's hostility mount throughout the film. During the entire film we see Jarecki asking questions to one of the supposed victims who is lying on the couch while the interview is being conducted. It is seemingly very tough to draw a conclusion from the film because the film keeps jumping in all directions and Jarecki keeps throwing shocking tidbits of information at you. There is one curve ball after another which leaves us with so many questions lurking in our minds that it is very hard to figure out if Arnold Friedman was really innocent or not. However the film itself is very well crafted and Jarecki was able to weave a unified story from all those interviews and family ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Stereotypes In The Film Molested Children During The 1970's The first few minutes of the movie realizing Arnold had child pornography, lead me to also jump to conclusions that Arnold could have molested the children that he taught computer classes to. It just raised a red flag for further investigation. Once the wife mentioned that there is a difference between having those magazines for one's pleasure is different than acting upon that pleasure, it led me to check my own emotions and not to let that influence my decision. I understand during the 1980s there was an outrage on child sexual abuse that added more pressure to the officers on top of their own emotions and conducted the case unethically. Another thing I had an issue with was Arnold's therapist. He sought out a therapist because he was worried ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Effectiveness Of American Apparel As An Organization Introduction The purpose of this report is to assess the effectiveness of American Apparel as an organization. Organizational effectiveness is important as it asses how effective an organization is achieving its outcomes as well as capturing the organizational performance (Richard et al, 2009).The report will be based on personal observations, surveys, internet research, interviews undertook by employees and company materials. In this report, I will be giving a brief summary about the company, its structure, mission and company culture. I will then proceed to investigate, assess and analyze an ethical issue within American Apparel which affects the following:– – Organizational behavior and management – Individuals in the organization – ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... An added bonus – this business model is inherently sustainable. This type of structure needs a powerful leader whom the staff look up to as power is centralized and he gets to be more involved with the running of the company. Vision and Mission The official mission statement of American Apparel is as follows; "American Apparel is the most passionate and innovative wholesale blank T– shirt manufacturer and distributor in the world. We are committed to leveraging art, design, and technology to produce garments of the highest quality, while pioneering industry standards of social responsibility in the workplace." (вторник , 2012). This same author went further stating CEO Dave Charney's core belief for his company as ""Our goal is to seek profits through innovation not exploitation. We are advancing a hyper capitalist–socialist business fusion. By relentlessly pursuing efficiencies in management and production, we aim to demonstrate that the use of exploitative labor tactics is not only unnecessary but actually counterproductive. We recognize that over–reliance on low–wage and ill–treated labor... continues to cripple third–world countries and consumer values." Since the beginning according to American Apparel.com, Dave Charney's vision was to create a "Vertically integrated, sweatshop – free company" as such made sure all its clothing was ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. It 521 Final Executive summary The dream of the Strategic Center Firm (SCF) has quickly become a reality. This firm's objective now includes the building of a decision support structure that supports the following areas: 1. "Formal reporting relationships and procedures" (FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p. 2) 2. "Managing complex, cooperative interactions among network partners" (FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p. 2) 3. "Aligning incentives among networked partners to have a reason to stay connected" (FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p. 2) 4. "Managing the strategic network and controlling its operations" (FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p. 2) These areas should help catapult your company to the status of a fortune 500 company. We would be known worldwide as one of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... S.W.O.T. also brings to light threats that may be directly or indirectly related to profit drops within your company. These threats can be discussed to make sure that if anything that can be done would be done in order to avert the threat. Below is an image to provide more insight into S.W.O.T analysis. (TaskMap, 2011, image 1) Decision Support System Technology First off, what is DSS? "A decision support system (DSS) is a computer program application that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily." (Rouse, 2010, para. 1) "It is an "informational application" (to distinguish it from an "operational application" that collects the data in the course of normal business operation)." (Rouse, 2010, para. 1) This systems data collected is usually displayed in a graphical format on the dashboard. This may comprise an "expert system or artificial intelligence". (Rouse, 2010, para. 2) Decision support system can be categorized into five types. These types include communication–drive DSS, data–driven DSS, document–driven DSS, knowledge–driven DSS, and model–driven DSS. "Most communications–driven DSSs are targetted at internal teams, including partners." (Power, n.d., para. 5) "Most data–driven DSSs are targeted at managers, staff and also product/service suppliers." (Power, n.d., para. 6) "Document–driven DSSs are more ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Born Into Brothels Ethical Analysis The ethical considerations in Born Into Brothels are chiefly based on the commonly supported concept of humanitarianism in the western society, of which resembles the unwanted pity to the East by the West. Born into Brothels seems to be a representation of how the westerners prefer to view the Third World Poverty. At several points in the film, Sonagachi is portrayed as an exotic, foreign land that is extremely different from the civilized and disciplined western society. Although the film received an Academy Award, it faces the voices of disapproval and an ongoing debate on its possible violation of ethics. The fact that Zana worked on her own, without seeking help from local NGOs, might suggest that she unselfconsciously desire to play the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They might be compelled to modify the story to intensify the excitement, the conflict or the danger (Aufderheide, Jaszi and Chandra 2009). In Capturing The Friedmans, the filmmaker juxtaposes multiple formats of video resources, including the footage from the time of the criminal trial, the Friedmans' family videos, David Friedman's video diaries and the present–day interviews to dramatize the family rupture and their struggles (Bell, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. A Dominant Force Or Trend Within Clothing, Opinion, Arts,... M Mainstream– a dominant force or trend in clothing, opinion, arts, etc. People in society are often motivated to involve themselves with what is mainstream so they can fit in and thrive. Majority group– an ethnic/racial group that has the largest population and usually the greatest economic and political power in a society. Marcel Mauss– introduced the qualities of gift giving, author of The Gift. Mauss was also a French sociologist, his work often bounced between sociology and anthropology. Marxism– the political and economic theories of Karl Marx, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism. Masculinity– qualities that are typically associated with men. Masculinity can be used as a negative term towards women. If a woman enjoys an activity that is generally correlated with men, such as playing football, then they are called masculine. Mediascape– another term defined by Arjun Appadurai, mediascape refers to the electronic and print media in "global cultural flows". Migration– specifically speaking about human migration, it is defined as the movement by people from one place to another and settling in a new location. Minority group– an ethnic/racial group that has a smaller population than the controlling majority group in a society. Minority groups may also be based on shared gender, age, disabilities, political views, etc. Monotheism– a belief that there is only one god. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are usually ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Invasion of Afghanistan Essay Invasion of Afghanistan Even before the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11th 2001, Afghanistan was probably the most isolated country in the world. Only three other states recognised its rulers, who in the mid–1990s had swept across the country to impose a very strict and distinctive form of Islamic law upon the Afghan people, ending nearly 20 years of civil war in the 90% or so of the country which they control. Osama Bin Laden, an exiled Saudi Arabian who is the USA's prime suspect for the World Trade Centre atrocity and other terrorist attacks in the 1990s, had based his Al–Qa'ida organisation in Afghanistan since 1996. The Taliban said that Bin Laden was a ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Afghan people have suffered greatly under Taliban rule, especially women and ethnic and religious minority groups, and they deserve a different and better government. In the past few years the Taliban have made it very difficult for the UN and other aid agencies to deliver humanitarian relief in Afghanistan, so in the Medium term an invasion would improve matters. Even if the Taliban were judged to be equally guilty with Bin Laden, the Afghan people are not; the Taliban conquered the country with the help of Bin Laden and thousands of other foreign, mostly Arab, fighters, and their rule is heavily oppressive. The invasion of Afghanistan is still likely in the long run to lead to a prolonged power struggle or civil war between different ethnic groups or local warlords, as before 1996. This will lead to many innocent lives being lost in the crossfire, prevent humanitarian aid that is desperately needed after three years of drought reaching millions of starving Afghans, and create a terrible refugee crisis. Invasion was the only way to try to capture or destroy Bin Laden and his terrorist organisation. Bombing on its own can prepare the way for a ground invasion, guaranteeing air supremacy and disrupting the enemy's command and control systems, but ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Case Study On Kantianism Introduction Values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work. They ought to decide your priorities, and, where it counts, they are probably the measures you use to tell if your life is turning out the way you want it to. The following values are the ones that resonate with me. These are the top priorities for me to live to pass along to my children and everyone in my life: a. Honesty. To live genuinely; to live honesty, keeps our hearts and souls pure and our minds free of uncertainty or vulnerability. When we are honest, we know we are doing the correct things. b. Responsibility. Being responsible implies that others can depend on you, that you complete your promises or work. c. Humility. It isn't being ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Kant is a non–consequentialist, meaning the end results do not justify the means. Higher profits do not justify the choice to deceive. Kant mentioned that nothing is good in itself except good will. I will not be acting from good will if I decided to be deceitful. Even though the organization's main end goal is to maximize profit, human's lives do not have a price. An organization should never forget that it exists because of its individuals. I would not use people as a means to an end and not to dehumanize human beings. I would do the right thing, not to behave egoistically, and not to rationalize. Conclusion Volkswagen's actions in tending to recall issue is not ethical in relevance to Kantianism. They continuing telling their consumers that their cars are safe and reliable as a part of their promotional and sales strategy. Whether Volkswagen realizes that they are giving their consumers the inaccurate information or not is up for argument, but nonetheless, the information they are providing is keeping the customer from making a fully rational decision. As an organization Volkswagen failed to act ethically. It was centered around benefit, utilized its consumers without thinking about their primary safety, and purposely deceived them, which is universally ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Hardware And Marketing Of Apple Apple is involved in the process of designing, manufacturing and marketing computers, all mobile communication gadgets and portable music gadgets. It also engages in selling of software and its services. Currently, the company is involved in production of computer components and electronics and in distributing them to the (Apple, Inc., 2012). Apple's main focus is on technology. This is simply because technology propels a company to higher levels hence remaining very competitive in the industry. As such, most of its products are mainly based on technological innovations. The main challenge of this industry is therefore continued technological innovations. The time that the product remains very competitive in the market is very short as compared to any other product from other industries. The product stays in the market competitively for less than a year if there is no improvement in technology (Gross, 2012). Before 2007, the technology of operating a phone through touching the screen had not been introduced, as such Apple changed the industry by coming up with iPhone (Copeland, 2010). Later, after the Japanese company introduced Discman, Apple introduced a new technology of iPods (Bertolucci, 2009). This simply implies that embracing advancement in innovation ensures that a company changes very fast hence, no one can easily predict the next technological breakthrough. Apple defines itself as an advanced company in terms of technology. The company sets up prices for other ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Memory And Repression Analysis Memory used for testimony and convictions can be a very controversial way to incarcerate those who are being accused of a crime. For instance, some may believe that witness statements are reliable evidence able to prove someone's innocence or guiltiness. Despite this, witness statements may contain lies or hidden, yet essential, parts of the truth that had been purposefully forgotten, which is also known as repression. In addition,witnesses or victims who have experienced trauma will most likely experience amnesia as a result of facing an appalling act. Memories of witnesses or victims should not be used to convict people who are allegedly charged with a crime. Many interviewers tend to interfere with the victim's current memories by pressuring ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... One such case depicts this scenario, which is the Friedmans case. In the documentary, Capturing the Friedmans, former computer students who had once attended Arnold's classes were interviewed about the situation. When asked whether they had recalled anything inappropriate going on in that class, some admitted while others denied. This just goes to show that using memories is inaccurate and repression are sometimes used to deny these accusations. However, even if these people were not using repression, they may be experiencing amnesia due to the traumatic occurrences of these horrendous events that happened during their childhood. Nonetheless, whether the former computer students did lie or truthfully forgot about it, these memories should still not be used to convict people wrongfully without hardcore evidence. To sum up, courts should not use memories of witnesses as a way to imprison those who are charged with a crime. This is because memories tend to be easily influenced and can also contain concealed lies within it. As a result, there is inaccurate information told in the witnesses' statements. Furthermore, interviewers include lots of bias in their questions, which eventually screws up the truth since the potential victims are put into too much pressure. Memories should not be used to convict people with a crime because it is an unreliable approach to claim someone guilty or ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Ethics of Deception in Advertising Ethics of deception in advertising: Why is deceptive advertising morally objectionable? 1. Introduction In the world of today, the role of marketing within the business community has increased exponentially. Nowadays' consumers are presented with countless purchase opportunities, numerous providers and various points of value. In order to attract and retain their buyers, economic agents devise and implement a wide array of strategic efforts, including the creation of strong and aggressive marketing campaigns. Marketing today is virtually present in all aspects of life and it addresses virtually anybody, from young children to senior consumers, and selling anything from toys and diapers to medicine. And in ensuring an increase in the demand for the advertised product, often times marketers use deception in their campaigns. The specialized literature on the aspect of deception in advertising is rather scarce and its primary shortage is that of not having coined a universally accepted definition of deceptive advertising. Additionally, another problem is raised by the fact that deceptive advertising is often accepted as unethical, yet evidence lacks in this sense. In such a context then, the current project sets out to establish a more thorough understanding of the concept of deceptive advertising and to assess its ethical dimension. 2. Deceptive advertising defined As it has been mentioned throughout the previous section, the specialized literature has not yet ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Literary Themes and Symbols of the Holocaust Literary Themes and Symbols of the Holocaust Although Holocaust literature focuses on a specific period in world history, it also contains some common themes and symbols that help to define this era. The butterfly, for instance, is a symbol for the ephemeral lives of Holocaust children. A child, Pavel Friedman, wrote a poem titled "The Butterfly" during his time in a concentration camp. Since then, the butterfly has been a Holocaust theme for the large number of children who did not survive. A book,I Never Saw Another Butterfly, compiled by Inge Auerbacher, a Holocaust survivor at Terezín, features artwork, poems (including Friedman's poem), and words from many of the young children who died inside Terezín's walls. Patricia Polacco'sThe Butterfly also connects to this symbol as a butterfly gets crushed in a fist, helping show young children the horrors that occurred during the Holocaust in ways that could easily be understood. The theme of voice is also prevalent in many works. Some literary pieces, likeThe Diary of a Young Girl, explore how the absence of a voice keeps families safe; others show the power of the voice as they speak out against the atrocities of the time. Trains are also a main symbol in Holocaust literature, especially inNight. These modes of transportation are what carried Jews from their old lives to their new ones. Some were on trains escaping persecution; others were on their way to concentration camps; both had uncertain futures. God and the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Bad Jews Play Analysis Bad Jews, written by Joshua Harmon, directed by Dana Friedman Resnick, and produced by PURE Theatre Company, is the story of a broken, modern day Jewish family in Manhattan, New York' Upper West Side. In the wake of their grandfather's death, three surviving grandchildren must work out their differences over the possession a family heirloom. I believe the play explores the concept of religion and how each cousin deals with the ideas and beliefs instilled in them through their Jewish background. To me, it seems the playwright was attempting to explain the importance of accepting other peoples beliefs and cultures, most importantly those of family. However, Harmon put a negative spin on the lesson by giving his characters pessimistic attitudes ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... By making the sleeping area the main focal point of the set Heffner implied that it would be the most important part of the play. The large stereo, tv, and gaming system in the bedroom also show off the families money. Heffner was able to capture the families money just as Spencer was able to do with the costumes. The lighting, also done by Heffner, captures the time of day perfectly. The room is lit by lamps and "ceiling" lights implying night while the window above the table changes between several shades of blue to imply the setting of the sun. Heffner does and amazing job of capturing the viewers attention by dimming the lights in the apartment and drawing the gaze of the audience out into the hall when the characters are outside the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Benefits Of A Sugar Tax Compare & Contrast Essay: Sugar Tax Just last year, Berkeley's and San Francisco's ballots included measure that would tax sugary drinks one or two cents per ounce because of their high sugar content. Berkley, less than thirty minutes away from San Francisco, became the first city in the United states to adopt the tax while San Francisco became the thirty–first city to oppose it (Knight). As the tax and its ideas gain popularity, more cities are including the measure for the tax in their elections. The issue is that America's obesity rates have skyrocketed over the past twenty years and have cost our country about $147 billion dollars in health expenses a year (Reinberg). One of the proposed ways to fix this problem is a sugar tax. It is a tax targeted at hydro processed overbought snacks with a high sugar content that have been proven to cause health risks. This would be similar to alcohol and tobacco. We can still buy these products but warning labels are placed on them and a tax is levied to offset the costs of what could happen to a person 's health after over consumption of these items. Proponents of this tax argue that sugar is one of the main causes of obesity to surge and a tax will be a useful deterrent when buying overly sugared items. Opponents of the tax argue that taxation is an ineffective way to get consumers to stop buying sugary items and it will most directly impact poorer families. Also, the government should not have the control to tell us what we can and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Corporate Governance And Regulation In Australia it might be said: I Introduction The primary problem with the current approach to regulation in Australia is that it predominantly links corporate interests to those of the shareholders, with little or no consideration given to the employees, the community, consumers and other stakeholders. This essay will explore the concepts of corporate governance and regulation and then critique the hard law, soft law and hybrid approaches to regulation. An explanation will then be provided as to why the hybrid approach remains the most appropriate regulation mechanism, followed by an explanation of the hybrid solution identified to get corporations to consider the interests of key stakeholders. II Discussion A Defining 'corporate governance' and 'regulation' Over the past few decades the term 'corporate governance' has become quite commonplace, with considerable debate arising as to the intersection between 'corporate governance' and 'regulation. The scope and content of corporate governance in and of itself is quite wide, capturing 'the structures, processes and systems, both formal and informal, by which power is exercised, constrained, monitored and accounted for in the management of a corporation'. Similarly, the definitions provided of regulation in literature are broad–ranging, but they ultimately highlight the role of regulation in controlling corporate conduct. Nonetheless, it should be noted that these mechanisms of control are not limited to legislation, administrative ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Essay about Capturing the Friedmans Capturing the Friedmans In 2003, Andrew Jarecki released his documentary "Capturing the Friedmans", which explores a seemingly normal middle–class families struggle when the father and son are charged with sexual abuse and molestation in 1987. The Friedman's from the outside seem like a healthy family, abiding in a fairly exclusive Great Neck, Long Island community; the father Arnold is a Columbia Graduate and a school teacher, while the mother Elaine, a housewife. They have three sons David, Seth, and Jessie whom appear to be a happy, intelligent, and good–humored group of brothers. The power and prestige of this film comes not from its controversial and serious subject matter, but from the unbiased way in which the story is ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... So when Arnold (power) fell, everything else can be described by Elaine's metaphor from the film: "If there is a rowboat and its sinking, and the rowboat is tied to a rock, you have to disconnect the rowboat, even though the rock is sinking." The father Arnold Friedman was initially under investigation because child pornography ordered in his name from Europe was intersected by the police, and being a school teacher this raised a number of ethical issues. Through a police set up Arnold was tricked into taking the magazine from a police officer, and thus a search warrant was instituted. The police found piles of child pornography magazines hidden next to his piano, and in his office. His wife seemed unaware of these magazines, but not because Arnold Although, the photographs of the crime scene show an organized normal looking house, the polices claims make it sound like they had porno on their coffee table. Regardless of this, Arnold had a history of fervent sexuality in his life, beginning in early childhood he was exposed to the very private and sexual part of his mothers life, and therefor starting exploring his own sexuality through mimicking behavior he had seen with his younger brother. Arnold overdosed on antidepressants and killed himself while he was still in jail, although David remembers it as a heart attack. The mother Elaine Friedman seemed very emotionally removed and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. The American Psychiatric Association 's Dsm V ( 2013 ) Introduction As the opioid epidemic takes hold throughout American's rural counties, public health departments are struggling to mitigate the health threats presented by substance abuse and addiction. While detailed longitudinal data is unavailable, many areas that report increased rates of drug abuse also report increased hospital admissions and accidental deaths. While the relationship between these outcomes is not explicit, it is important to implement interventions that address health issues related to drug related injuries. The first, ACHESS, an employee assistance program, utilizes organizational resources to empower employees to seek recovery assistance. The second, Project DAWN, focuses on harm reduction strategies to assist ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Social network actors can also influence user behavior through everyday interactions and behavioral modeling (Bandura, 2001; Perdue et al., 2013). Between 2000 and 2013, opioid overdoses in the United States quadrupled (CDC, 2016b). More specifically, Ohio's Scioto County reported 58 overdose deaths per 100,000 of the population (County Health Rankings, 2017). Ohio exceeds the national average in emergency room visits, with 891,000 admittances in 2013 alone (Ohio Governor's Office of Health Transformation, 2013). Scioto County sits within the highest tier of affected areas along with metropolitan areas, and exceeds the average rate of premature age– adjusted mortality among population members younger than 75 (County Health Rankings, 2017; Ohio Governor's Office of Health Transformation, 2013). Longitudinal data explicitly capturing the relationship between drug abuse and hospitalizations is scant, thereby indicating a need for more effective data–keeping, as well as improved emergency responses for rural populations (Unick, Rosenblum, & Ciccarone, 2013; Rudd et al., 2016). Evidence–based interventions ACHESS: Drug Free Workplace ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. Critical Analysis of Transformers the Movie Critical Analysis of Transformers the Movie Chesley Baird ENG 225: Introduction to Film Kristy Nelson November 20, 2012 Critical Analysis of Transformers the Movie There is an old saying that there is an 8–year–old child inside every person, "Transformers" is just the movie to bring out the kid in everyone. Big, loud and full of testosterone–fuelled car fantasies, Michael Bay's actioner hits a new peak for CGI work, showcasing spectacular chases and animated transformation sequences seamlessly blended into live–action surroundings. There is no longer any question whether special effects can be made more realistic but the issue is whether disposable actors can be trained to play better with blue–screens. As a child I was intrigued by ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There are approximately 630 visual effects shots in the film that had to be shot individual shots in order to capture the proper theme of the storyline. Technical advancements were made in environments, lighting, and simulation of physical effects and integration of CG characters in a real environment. This movie was a true success through the use of well–known actors, and by using proper voice over acting throughout this film. Actors such as Tyrese Gibson (SGT Epps), Magan Fox (Mikaela Banes), and John Keller (John Turturro) just to name a few of the actors that made this movie a huge success. The reason acting played a significant role in the accomplishment of this movie was because they had to act without having the most significant actors being present, the Transformers themselves. All the acting conducted in this movie had to be conducted without the use of real robot actors and most by standing in front of blue screens. By the use of editing the theatrical scenes were superimposed into the background of the acting conducted. It took a team of editors and computer programmers in order to accomplish this mission. This leads us into our second topic for discussion, the type and style of directing along with how this movie was edited. The director of "Transformers", "Michael Bay", is a very hands on director. He is known for his ability to tell challenging stories through his own unique abilities and the ability to put ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. America 's First Home Grown Terrorist John Brown: America's First Home Grown Terrorist John Brown, recalled by some as a martyr for his anti–slavery stance, is also recalled by others as a madman. His legendary raid on Harper's Ferry will live forever in history books, but what fueled the madness? In 1812, was his mind so deeply traumatized when he witnessed the brutal crime of a young black boy beaten with a shovel that he could never move past it? Did that single event shape his life and play, over and over, in his mind like a never–ending film? No matter what you believe, the undisputed fact is that he was one of America's first domestic terrorists. Domestic Terrorism: The Definition Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia online, defines domestic terrorism as "commonly ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This new Constitution also had three branches of government, including a position created just for Brown, Commander in Chief for the Armed Forces. In Brown's Provisional Constitution, Article XXVIII: Property states, "All captured or confiscated property, and all property the product of the labor of those belonging to this organization and of their families, shall be held as the property of the whole, equally, without distinction; and may be used for the common benefit, or disposed of for the same object;" (Earle, 2008) Article XXXVI: Property Confiscated states, "The entire and real property of all persons known to be acting either directly or indirectly with or for the enemy, or found in arms with them, or found willingly holding slaves, shall be confiscated and taken, whenever and wherever it may be found, in either free or slave States..." (Earle, 2008) Socialism is defined as a social and economic system characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production. Socialism can also be a political theory which establishes this system and brings it to life. (Socialism) When examining Article XXVIII, it clearly defines socialism when it is written that property shall be for the whole. It also removes the safety that the Fourth Amendment in the Constitution provides, which is the Search and Seizure amendment. The Fourth Amendment ensures that the people have a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Benburg And Krohn Analysis In "Labeling, Life Chances, and Adult Crime" by Benburg & Krohn page 1291 under "STRUCTURAL LOCATION AND LABELING" they argue about different labeling theory. " (Ageton and Elliott, 1974; Jensen, 1972). Benburg & Krohn discuss how Structural location, such as race or social class, may provide people with differential means to resist deviant labeling in the face of official intervention. But when you're in a higher status you have more credibility, you have a have something to protect, because you are judged by every moves you do, it's more likely people are very aware of your mistakes, therefore when it comes to law enforcement, if you're in a higher status and commit any felony you definitely y have more to lose than a person in a lower status. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There's some similarities s and differences in this two theories. Although higher statuses people are more vulnerable to labeling, but they have more power than lower status people which makes harder for these offender to be caught, they use their status to get away with crimes. On the other hand Lower status people have nothing to lose which can help the law enforcement reporting any suspicious act from higher status people. In "Capturing the Friedmans" Friendmans is your typical middle class American family. Arnold was a well–respected music and computer teacher, married father of three sons, Jesse one of his three sons eventually inherited his father bad tendency. You can tell by their status, they have more to lose than your average American ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Facial Expressions A History on Universal Facial Expressions: The Works of Lamarck, Izard and Russell Kathleen Coyne–Boyles From the time of the ancient Greeks through to the modern age, understanding and interpreting man's emotions and body language have been a source of both fasicnation and a point of intellectual debate. The ancient philosophers, such as Aristotle, proposed the idea that the face takes on varying appearances which are characteristic of each of the passions (or emotions) of humankind. The famous Greek masks of the theatre embody exaggerated facial expressions in order to dramatize the great joys and tragedies of human existence. Artists throughout history have worked to capture facial expression while philosophers have debated about ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In this way, the son inherits this soft characteristic and the facial expression becomes a feature of soft inheritance. In Use and Disuse Theory, adaptation in a species occurs because complex force drives organisms further up a ladder of increasing complexity. Then, environmental force adapts organisms to their local environment. Adaptation evolves by using some characteristics more than others based upon differing environments. Those characteristics not used or needed as much drop off and those needed to suit a particular environment are passed on. In some ways, the so–called Ghost of Lamarck left its impressions upon Darwin and sparked a debate among evolutionary theorists as to whether characteristics like facial expressions are socially learned skills which can be inherited by the next generation or if they are universal and slowly evolving, purely biologically programmed responses to basic human survival. Universality of Facial Expressions Darwinian thought holds that facial expressions are universal in nature and evolved in man alongside his basic struggle for survival. These facial expressions developed in order to protect and keep the species alive. One example would be that a tribe watches a woman take a bite out of a poisonous plant and observes her face as she shows disgust or pain. Watching this response, the tribe knows not to taste this plant because this facial expression has long been biologically ingrained ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Capturing the Friedmans Essay Steward 1 Melissa Steward Research Essay English 367.01 12/8/04 Capturing the Friedmans "Home movies are about innocence––our lost fuzzy, glowing personal pasts, all horseplay, and funny hats and the promise of youth" (Cooper, 23). Andrew Jarecki's remarkable film, Capturing the Friedmans captured just what is clearly a case study of extreme family dysfunction through such home videos. At first Andrew Jarecki just wanted to do a nice little documentary about clowns. He decided to try film making and thought he would cut his teeth on something easy like birthday party clowns. He had met David Friedman a top childrens birthday party clown from Manhattan, New York. Much to his surprise David ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It was also in this search that the inspectors began to have suspicions that the crimes could have involved local children who came to the room for music lessons and computer classes. Jarecki successfully emphasizes the situation leading up to Arnold's arrest that he gives the audience such imagery of what was in Arnold's house that we start to believe that he is guilty of sex crimes. "With notable skill, Jarecki and his editor Richard Hankin, have interwoven the family movies with interviews of the Friedmans, relevant police officials, postal inspectors, some lawyers, and specialists of several kinds" (Kauffmann, 25). Jarecki uses editing for persuasion. As the film begins and starts to get going we are exposed to numerous interviews that both support and oppose Arnold and Jesse. Jarecki favorably edits opposing points of view together in order to emphasize the complexity and moral underpinnings of the case. For example the shots when Arnold and Jesse are arrested, during those scenes we see and hear from their lawyer Peter. From there we see views of their trial and views of the lawyer. Andrew Jarecki also keeps the issue of guilt and innocence darkened with the use of editing. As in the part of the film David talks about how his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Review Discussion Of Chris Hackley College Number (Bottom Left of College Card) 100796916 Year: 1 Course Code MN1305 Course Tutor: Marcia Christina Ferreira Assignment No.: 2 Degree Title: MARKETS AND CONSUMPTION Question No. & Title: Review Discussion of Chris Hackley (2013), Marketing in Context Review Discussion of Chris Hackley (2013), Marketing in Context Chapters 1,2 and 6 Chris Hackley presents his book making an original comparison between a theatre and marketing. The author underlines the importance that the background has in both situations. In order to do this, he uses the French word "mise–en–scène", which can be literally translated in "setting the scene". What he is therefore saying is that he will give an overall explanation of how ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This change is due to the advancement of digital communication in the last decade. Hackley indeed dedicates a small part of the second chapter to write about this subject, but the section is minimal. Hackley didn't expand the topic but only made some obvious statements saying for example that: it is important for marketing organizations to understand the context of the market and of the consumer or that many marketing offers nowadays have an internet presence (Hackley, 2013, pages56–57). The importance of technology for marketing should be underlined in a more effective way. Many of the actions that a consumer makes are in fact related to the technology, for example the phenomenon of online shopping is diffusing, furthermore, there are automatized processes of production, mass media and advertising. Hackley only spoke superficially about this topic; a more precise example and explanation could have been useful. Other marketing books such as "Contemporary Issues in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour" (Parsons and Maclaran, 2009) have an entire chapter dedicated to the evolution of marketing in relation to technology where they wrote about videography, blogs and data capturing through computers.
  • 32. Marketing can be defined as communication between consumer and producer (Hackley, 2013, page29). This subject is progressing as ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Health Information Technology And The Health Care Industry... Health information technology, also known as H.I.T, is an area of IT that involves the development and maintenance of information for the health care industry. This technology allows for healthcare information systems to be automated and interoperable, which leads to improved medical care, lower costs and increased efficiency. Some H.I.T. professions include: clinical data analyst, CMIO and nursing informaticist. A clinical data analyst develops, designs and manages data tracking systems and evaluates the data results from clinical trials. A CMIO, or chief medical informatics officer, is a health care executive who is responsible to bridge the gap between medical and IT departments at a health care organization. Nursing informaticists is a profession which integrates nursing science with informational management. These professions are becoming more in demand because of the national push for advanced healthcare technology. On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama had signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which included the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. His goal was for the United States to adopt technology so it would help the nation improve its quality of health care and lower its cost. Under the HITECH Act, the federal government would provide 14 to 30 billion dollars over ten years in incentives to hospitals and health care professionals who used Health IT, otherwise known as HIT. Health IT uses ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Application Erp For Enterprise Resource Planning Essay Local Flavours of ERP Sapan Kumar Gupta Assistant Professor Amity School Of Communication, Amity University, Noida, Delhi–NCR, India e–mail–sapankumargupta@gmail.com Tel–09313604325 Abstract–ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP is a business concept for automation and planning. In today's fast changing scenario ERP becomes one of the most demanding and successful concept in business world. Today the concept of ERP is being used by almost every segment of the business and industry worldwide. It is most sought after concept in management now. Basically it is a solution to all management processes and problems. It includes solutions for all the domains that can think of. It can be customized or better to say tailor made according to need and requirement. Like every other business and management solutions it has a history and life cycle. It is being successfully used by some major vendors worldwide and some local vendors too. It is well implemented by the organizations like SAP and Oracle. These IT giants capture a large share of market. But still the major portion is left and which is pointed out by small local ERP solution providers with their own version of ERP. Now capturing the unclaimed market is the new war. Even organizations like Microsoft and SAP are also offering their new version of ERP software for SME's (Small Medium Enterprise). Keywords–ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP for SME's, Local ERP, ERP vendors I. INTRODUCTION ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Critical Evaluation: “Marketing Does More Harm to Society... Nottingham University Business School MBA Programme Critical Evaluation: "Marketing does more harm to society than good" Kevin Stefan Ngo (010062) Module Title: N14M04 – Marketing Professor: Dr. Khong Kok Wei Word Count: 2,155 (Body Only) Table of Contents 1. Purpose 3 2. Introduction to Marketing 4 3. Harm of Marketing to Society 5 3.1 Criticism of Marketing in the 1950s 5 3.2 Modern Criticism of Marketing – Branding 6 4. Benefit of Marketing to Society 8 4.1 Product Improvement 8 4.2 Pricing, Distribution and Communication 9 5. Conclusion 10 6. Bibliography 12 1. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the statement; "Marketing does more harm to society than good" This is ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This relationship between consumption and welfare (happiness) was termed the "Dependence
  • 36. Effect" by Galbraith. Galbraith foresaw grave consequences flowing from this preoccupation with consumption and growth. He felt it imperiled economic security from the runaway growth in consumer debt that is part of the salesmanship activities (Stanfield, 1983). In Friedrich Hayek's 1961 response to the "Dependence Effect," he outlines why Galbraith's conclusion does not logically flow from previous examples and statements in the Affluent Society. Heyek's counter–argument is based consumers' acquisition of taste through cultural interactions and socialization versus through channels directed by want–creating activities of producers (Hayek, 1961). 3.2 Modern Criticism of Marketing – Branding In Naomi Klein's 2002 book, No Logo, she "skewered the role of brands in contemporary culture and the insidious power of corporations to infiltrate institutions throughout society, including schools and hospitals" (Rutland, 2009). This anti–corporate sediment was triggered by branding practices creating artificiality by stretching the notion of value and not taking into consideration aspects of corporate social responsibility. Brand equity mania in the 1980s was defined by the moment when Philip Morris purchased Kraft for $12.6 billion, an amount six times its book value. The price difference between balance sheet valuations and the price paid was attributed to the value of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. 20th Century Photography The 20th Century was one of the bloodiest times in human history. It was a time of war, with death tolls from politically motivated conflicts between 175 and 200 million worldwide. Over the course of the century, the nature of war blurred and then wrecked older distinctions between battlefield and city, soldier and civilian, peacetime and wartime. In this essay I will talk about how the role of the 20th century evolved and of how technologies and techniques helped in defining photography. I will also talk about the impacted of Robert Capa. Photography was beginning to be used as a visual language. It held no barriers like languages to tell its story of what was happening in the world. Photographers used its growing influence to expose society's ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Capa got quite close for this picture. "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough" Scala, A (2012) About Photography. United Kingdom. Capa's career as a journalist had him witnessing five different wars. The Spanish Civil War, the second Sino Japanese war, World War 2. He manages to capture amazing and powerful photographs that gave people chills. In this essay I'm going to compare two of his photographs from each of the wars to show not only how he capture the bloodshed of war, but also the people who are living through, Some are unexpectedly hopeful. In 1938 at the age of 25. He was hailed as the "greatest war photo her in the world" in British magazine Picture Post. Captured at the start of the Spanish Civil war showing the moment of a bullet's impacts on a loyalist soldiers. This photo became the emblem of wartime photojournalism of capturing sudden death. It also became the style to define the work of Capa and his colleagues at the picture press agency Magnum Photos in the late 1940's. The Spanish Civil War gave rise to modern war photography as we now know it, immediate gut– wrenching, uncomfortable and surreal visions of life. If one photographer can be said to have welcomed the arrival of the genre it was Robert ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Vertigo Scottie Vs Friedman In the works Thin Blue Line, Capturing the Friedmans, and Vertigo the creation of reality and the truth brings justice to wrongdoers, and those who have been wronged. Specifically, the documentaries Thin Blue Line, and Capturing the Friedmans create a reality that is ambiguous in an effort to show that no one actually know the truth of the situations in the documentaries. Meanwhile in the film Vertigo Scottie recreates his past lover, and inadvertently brings the truth out about her death. Thin Blue Line is a documentary directed by Errol Morris that centers around the murder of police officer Robert Wood, and the conflicting stories of Randall Adams, David Adams, and all others involved. To do so, viewers watch recurring reenactments of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the film, Scottie quickly falls with the heroine Madeline, and through a series of unfortunate events sees her jump to her death. However, one day when walking the streets of the city, he spots a woman,Judy, who likes strikingly similar to his past lover. After spotting her he impulsively begins to recreate the reality of Madeline through Judy by forcing her to dye her hair, and wear the same exact clothes Madeleine wore, and Rothman describes Scottie's "refusal to let his love be lost" as the source of these monstrous actions (Rotham 231). However, it is this inability to let his past go that leads him to recreate a reality and bring forth the truth. Even so, after he recreates his lover Madeleine, it is not until Judy makes the mistake of wearing the same neckless his former lover did that sparks realization for Scottie. After seeing this he is prompted to take Judy to the sight where Madeleine was killed, and confront her about her involvement in the murder of Madeline. After overcoming his vertigo, Scottie find himself at the top of the bell tower with Judy, where she ends up jumping to her death. In doing so, retributive justice is brought to Madeline seeing that her killer dies the same way she did. However, none of this would have not been possible without Scottie's effort to recreate the reality of his lover Madeleine. It is through this recreation that truth behind Judy's identity, and the cause of Madeline's death is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Should Marijuana Be Legal? What is the new question on the table with politicians and law enforcement officials alike? The question is whether or not it is time to legalize, tax, and create a lucrative industry out of marijuana. For a few decades now the idea of legalizing marijuana has been met with fierce opposition and seen as being nearly impossible to accomplish. The current state of our economy and criminal corrections system have actually made the option of legalizing marijuana for financial aid as not only a viable option but a prudent one (Cohen, 2009). From a sociological standpoint it almost seems to be common sense to legalize and tax the plant. The research supporting the benefits of marijuana in the fields of finance, healthcare, economic stimulation, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... What potential domino effects would this act show under a macro–level analysis? I feel that a socialized shift will come out of both the economic crisis and the legalization of marijuana. A somewhat more Marxist style of social order could possibly be the end result of all of this. The common sense of it seems to be the driving factor for this movement. It is no longer seen as being a desperate plea from stoned out hippies. This idea has reached some of the highest offices in our land. States have already begun to ratify and reform laws based on marijuana (Cohen, 2009). The only issue that I can see is the culture shock that the country would feel. It would be a radical difference from what we have been used to. "What 's that you say? You can buy rolled joints at the Exxon?" These types of questions will be the tip of the iceberg. After a little bit of time, people will become comfortable with the idea and a new page will be turned in the American history books. We have seen a few countries receive a significant revenue boost after legalizing marijuana. California has reformed laws to also potentially gain revenue from marijuana. Will America finally come around to what millions have been already saying? Will America legalize and tax pot? We may have an answer sooner than we expect. Works Cited Cohen, Andrew. "Time For Marijuana Legalization? Economic Crisis Spurring Politicians to Talk about Legalizing Pot" CBS News Feb. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Essay about The Life and Literary Works of Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1919 to Leslie and Geraldine Jackson. Her surroundings were comfortable and friendly. Two years after Shirley was born, her family with her newborn brother moved from San Francisco to Burlingame, California, about thirty miles away. "According to her mother, Shirley began to compose verse almost as soon as she could write it" (Friedman, 18). As a child, Shirley was interested in sports and literature. In 1930, a year before she attended Burlingame High School, Shirley began writing poetry and short stories. Jackson enrolled in the liberal arts program at the University of Rochester in 1934. But after periods of unhappiness and questioning the loyalty of her friends, she withdrew from the university. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Not until the year of her death in 1965–twenty–five years later– was the medal finally awarded to her–in absentia, since she was unable to attend the ceremony."(Friedman, 26) In 1940, after their graduation Hyman and Jackson, who had a relationship, were married. While living in Vermont, Jackson continued to write. One of her earliest times in Vermont later became material for her first book about the family, "Life Among the Savages." Between 1945 and 1947, Jackson was occupied with her first novel, "The Road Through the Wall." But it was in 1948 that her greatest success was achieved. The publication of the short story, "The Lottery", brought fame, as well as letters from readers all over the country. But more often there were abusive letters from people who did not understand her motives or what she was trying to do. A year later a book entitled, "The Lottery", was published containing an assortment of short stories including "The Lottery." The critics by that time, had decided that Shirely Jackson was a writer of much talent and uniqueness. Even though Jackson was raising four children while her husband went to work, she still found time to write. Sometimes when a story idea would come to her, she would bolt off to her typewriter. Instead of fighting writing, as other writers do; she found the opposite; that writing was relaxing. In 1949, the Hymans moved to Westport, Connecticut. As usual she worked hard. Six of her stories were published in various ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 41. Capturing The Gangster The story of Capturing the Friedman and The Imposter are unique and interesting; however, The Imposter delivers a more meaningful message and imposes stronger emotional impacts on the audience. The movie's title, The Imposter, does a great job to capture the audience's impression and curiosity, for they are craving to know who is the real imposter. Opposed to Capturing the Friedman, which has no one narratives the story, The Imposter uses Frederic Bourdin as the core and lead the audience through the story. The director visualized Bourdin's story with recreation along with actors make it feels like people are getting inside Bourdin's head, understand his point of view, and excuse for his action. Single shot, a filming–technique that shows only one person in the frame, was used during the interview of Bourdin ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The effect of this single–shoot also help to forms an emotional connection between Bourdin and the audience when he discuses his childhood as an damaged person who had been abandoned by his own parents. When Bourdin looks straight to the audience and said that "they were family without a kid; I was a kid without a family," it creates great sense of sympathy for a boy who is longing to be wanted and loved. Opposed to Bourdin, the Barclay family was shot looking off to the side, and sometime, their face was shaded and does not create the feeling of reliable or creditable. In a documentary film, sound effect is essential because it supports the story, hits the emotion, and creates an atmosphere. During the interview with Charlie Parker, the private investigator, the director uses a low–pitched sounding to raise suspicious that Bourdin was not the real Nicholas Barclay. After that, the director chooses the sound of electric guitar to emphasize the happy and exciting moment of Bourdin, who riding the school bus with kid that much younger than his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...