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20 Jun 2013
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Arguments for and against active euthanasia

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Euthanasia is often referred to as mercy killing and has been undertaken in the medical profession for years to put patients with long illnesses out of suffering. Active euthanasia on the other hand, means that another person other than the patient intentionally ends a patient's life, for...

19 Jun 2013
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Personal responsibility and peacemaking

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The US is 300 million strong and counting. Sure, the indiscretions of George W. Bush led to the Iraq War, but there are 300 million people who could do something about it. Think about it this way, George W. Bush may have waged the war, but he did not fight it. Soldiers did the fighting. Workers...

18 Jun 2013
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"Explain how much is constructed by the reader / viewers own socio-cultural make-up in the creation and reception of the Fantastic"

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The effectiveness of a literary piece lies in its power to move the readers to see their lives connected or related to it. In fact, every author, in writing any piece of literature, faces a challenge of making his/her work appeal to the life experiences of people. Definitely, the author's task is...

18 Jun 2013
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La Celestina in its cultural and historical context

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

La Celestina, written by Fernando de Rojas in 1499, is often considered one of the greatest works of Spanish literature, and with good reason. It set a precedent for future writings, both in Spain and abroad--even inspiring Shakespeare's masterpiece Romeo and Juliet. The play came on the heels...

18 Jun 2013
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Labor relations paper

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

House Bill 190, or the Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA) , is a bill that was introduced to the United States House of Representatives in January of 2011. The bill would expound on particular safety provisions in the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH) of 1970. To truly understand...

18 Jun 2013
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Foundations paper

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The United Way has many projects in which they provide services for. Some of these are help in education of the youth, their campaign for the common good, transportation services, and penny drives. All of these things go a long way to serve those in communities across the nation. They are a very...

18 Jun 2013
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My leadership plan

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

In the world today strong leadership with moral or ethical values is much needed, especially in human service work. The increase of unemployment and poverty has many people turning to people in this field for a variety of needs; counselors for depression issues, social service agencies for food,...

18 Jun 2013
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My ethical decision

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

Every day we are faced with making decisions. It all starts from the time our alarm goes off in the morning until we go to sleep at night. Do I hit the snooze button and sleep ten more minutes, or do I just get up and start my day? Which outfit should I wear? Do I need to shave? What do I want to...

18 Jun 2013
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Hinduism

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

There are many different religions in this world, but each one is different from the next. None of us can say whether one is better than another or if one is right and one is wrong. Trying to respect each other should be more important. One religion out of the many is Hinduism, which is more how...

18 Jun 2013
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Exploration of the Methodist religion

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The Christian religion has many denominations but all have similar beliefs. For the most part they have the same beliefs and practices with a few differences determined by how each denomination branched off from the Catholic religion, which was the original Christianity. Anglicans, Methodist,...

13 Jun 2013
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Children obesity in San Antonio

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

San Antonio is in the state of Texas. It occupies an area of 7.07miles of land area and 0.13miles of water area (USA.com, 2013). The total population of the area is 45,307 which is a reduction of 4.39% of the 2000 statistics. This is much lower than the national average of 9.71% and the 20.59% of...

13 Jun 2013
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There is no hope of doing perfect research

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

The unadorned meaning of research is ‘scientific inquiry' or simply ‘to search again'. The intriguing word denotes the systematic investigation to increase knowledge and understanding or simply to arrive at facts. It is the careful subject of a study to set up new information or facts...

13 Jun 2013
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Economics and Social Policy: The Keynesian Perspective

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

At the onset of civilization, it has always been the aim of surviving societies to establish a kind of welfare state- one that is able to deliver the basic necessities and services to its inhabitants through various modes available. The delivery of services includes, but not is limited to, those...

13 Jun 2013
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Forest ecosystem

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

In an echo system there are living and nonliving factors which work together within the environment. This paper is supposed to be about the food chain and some of the living and nonliving factors while collecting information I discovered so much more. Each of the elements within the environment...

12 Jun 2013
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Do good leaders need to be intelligent ?

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Leader can lead in different ways. Some are more transactional leaders others are transformational leaders. Moreover, the human being can use his brain in different manners therefore intelligence can take several forms. In this paper, I will study the different forms of intelligence and...

12 Jun 2013
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The official language movement

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

Most Americans have trouble relating to Presidential candidates that are bilingual. The majority of Americans do not know another language besides English; they feel like it is the only one that is important. So when Barrack Obama was running for President it was a little surprising that he was...

12 Jun 2013
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Race and my community

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

I have seen much change as the years pass by. I have lived in Lima most of my life and grew up here. I would saying I know this community very well. I am White and have lived mostly in the same place. I have moved out of the house my parents owned several times, but I always seem to come back to...

10 Jun 2013
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The story of the Shawnee Indians

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

My name is Methoataske which means “turtle laying eggs”. I am 14 years old and belong to the Shawnee tribe. It is late spring 1831 and we are now embarking on our trip out west having sold our lands. Catahecassa, Black Hoof, our Chief has died. Our tribe is headed to the Mississippi...

10 Jun 2013
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Hispanic American Diversity - published: 10/06/2013

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Until I started the research for this paper I did not know how many different countries that Hispanic Americans have come from. It was hard for me to choose only four to write about for this assignment but I did decide to pick the ones I was most familiar with and which I was able to find the...

10 Jun 2013
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The migration of the Scottish people

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

In the 1600 and 1700's the Scottish began coming to the United States. Some of them “…were primarily for Quakers and Presbyterians who were experiencing religious persecution by the then Episcopalian Church of Scotland.” (Hess, 2011) Most did not come by choice. A lot of the...

05 Jun 2013
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The Japanese textbooks controversy: a comparison with France and Germany

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

“Few, if any, instruments shape national culture more powerfully than the materials used in schools. Textbooks are not only among the first books most people encounter; in many places they are, along with religious texts, almost the only books they encounter” . Textbooks are an...

24 May 2013
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Knowledge, power and development

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

United Nations report 1951: rapid economic progress and painful adjustments Truman: ‘fair deal' - the US and the world have to solve the problems of the underdeveloped areas (misery, food inadequate, poverty, disease…). He develops the idea that humanity has the knowledge to relieve the...

21 May 2013
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What do executives have to do in order to create a moral corporation?

Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies

What is morality in corporation? By definition, morality is the “principle concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior”. In corporations we can apply this definition to the interactions between employees but also toward the company's objectives. In...

20 May 2013
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Establishing an Australian manager & his family in Shanghai

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

With lager multinational organisations' pre-occupation with increasing their profit & market share (Kobrin 1996 cited in Lewis 1997), globalization and internationalization is clearly the next step to achieving these objectives (Brewester 1988 & Guzzo et al. 1994 cited in Brewester 1988). However...

17 May 2013
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School dress codes and uniforms

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

School dress codes have been a highly controversial topic for quite a long time now causing the legislative authorities a hard time. It seems that ever since Mary Beth Tinker, a 13-year old junior high school student decided to join a group of students that were protesting about the Vietnam War...

14 May 2013
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Homeland/organizational culture analysis

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Culture can be understood as values, beliefs, characteristics, or customs of a society or community that can de described by everything from religion, arts, social habits, and language. The American culture is unique and widely influenced by many types of individuals. America is the land of...

07 May 2013
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Filibuster reform

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Change is an inevitable part of life. Changes are made daily, weekly, monthly, and even yearly. Without them progress would be impossible. However, it is necessary that certain portions of the original object are still relevant in any change. An example of change being necessary may be...

07 May 2013
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Affects of the Roman Civilization on Modern Society

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Nations may be influenced by a variety of elements. No nation will come into existence without the assistance of another. Rome was a civilization that greatly influenced other nations. These influences are plentiful. In addition to the influences being plentiful, they are long lasting. The...

06 May 2013
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Leadership: Implementation and analysis

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Leadership, the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Often confused and associated with intimidation and insecurity, in my opinion, I am an individual who would like to be viewed as not a leader, but one who leads. When applying leadership to one's career, one is lead to one...

30 Apr 2013
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Ethical issues regarding social networking

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The popularity of social networking sites is a relatively new phenomenon Within the past 10 years several evolution have been made. Most are positive, but some are negative. With this phenomenon there has also been several sites that have reached iconic status. Some have reached this status for...