Conservative welfare states and the challenge of universal citizenship
Essay - 8 pages - Social sciences
When the newly unified Germany implemented in 1883 the first health insurance system, it paved the way for further moves towards extensive provision of public welfare for workers, but it also introduced a substantive change concerning the relationship between the state and the citizens. Basically...
Human rights and universality
Thesis - 13 pages - International law
We'll see that a mediate position can be found between what Donnelly has identified as radical cultural relativism (a) and radical universalism (b). Thus, it seems that a cross-cultural consensus can be found on the universality of some basic rights contained in the UDHR, whereas some other...
The universal human rights concept and its roots in Western political thought
Essay - 4 pages - Humanities/philosophy
Commitment to the idea of cultural relativism is usually seen as precluding the acceptance of the idea of universal human rights. But is relativism against universalism a false dichotomy? Can we construct a “differentiated universalism” or a “non-ethnocentric universalism”?...
Does multiculturalism undermine the universal conceptions of justice? - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 4 pages - Humanities/philosophy
The Greek philosopher Plato believed in the existence of a parallel world which he called the world of Ideas. This world represented true knowledge with the help of concepts called ?the Ideas'. Each Idea corresponded to something that existed in the world that we experienced, also called ?the...
The universal human rights concept
Essay - 5 pages - Humanities/philosophy
The UN was founded immediately after the horrors of the Second World War because of the Nazi-regime and in response to the economic and social difficulties after the Depression. This need of security by law was explained by a particular tradition in Europe where in the seventeenth and the...
Habermas and Rorty - the existence of universal human rights
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Human rights have been taken for granted in the Western world. It was asserted that they were universal and every human being was entitled to them on the ground that he or she was human. These rights are considered as inalienable since they are inseparable from the human nature. The challenge is...
Corporate Decathlon - Universe workshop
Case study - 9 pages - Services marketing
In July 1976, Michel Leclercq of DECATHLON created the first large area devoted to sports at Englos, near Lille. 30 years later the brand has 331 stores including 113 abroad, and achieved a turnover of 3.431 billion Euros for 2005, up 10.3% over the previous year. It holds the first place in...
Applying cultural relativism to the universal declaration of human rights
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The world at present is composed of countless cultures, each distinctively represented by various languages, religions, and practices. Any individual attempting to study the concept of culture must do so with an open mind, and must also attempt to discard any ethnocentric ideologies. This...
Universal health care and the impact of the patient protection and affordable care Act of 2010
Thesis - 9 pages - Administrative law
Universal Health Care is a system, where the government of a nation interferes in the health care process, to ensure that every citizen or resident has access to required medical facilities and services. Germany has one of the oldest Universal Health Care systems. It was started some time in the...
Universal Music Group
Case study - 25 pages - Services marketing
Universal Music Group (UMG) is currently one of the leaders in the music industry. In the world one CD out of for is sold by the firm. It has two main core businesses which are: recording and publishing music. Universal Music Group (UMG) has business in 77 countries and discovers, develops and...
Achieving improved funding of universal basic education in Nigeria through community efforts
Thesis - 5 pages - Educational studies
Universal Basic Education (UBE) program was launched in Nigeria in 1999, to increase the access of the children of school age to basic education. There is no doubt that adequate funding of the program is germane in view of the experiences of the past, particularly with regards to the collapse of...
Universal asynchronous receiver and transmitter (UART) (17 slides)
Presentation - 5 pages - Electronics
Serial communications is the process of sending data one bit at one time, sequentially, over a communication channel or computer bus. Serial communications is used for all long haul communications and most computer networks, where the cost of cable and synchronization difficulties make parallel...
Environmental consequences of universalization: The maritime transport in the United States
Case study - 8 pages - Logistics
While entering a supermarket and by looking at the labels of the various products indicating the source of the manufacturers, we rarely find ‘Made in the USA' labels. A portable DVD costs less than 85 Euros and is manufactured in Singapore; the label of a T-shirt decorated with a character...
The Algerian company vis-a-vis the stakes of universalization
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Algerian companies often make the headlines of some national dailies and receive rave reviews because of the registration of their quality management system ISO 9001: 2000. From a strictly marketing standpoint, it is a good move for the company. However, it will pay close attention to comments...
US courts should apply universal principle to Alien Tort cases
Thesis - 10 pages - International law
The Alien Tort Statute, also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), originally appeared in Section 9 of the first Judiciary Act of 1789, which created the U.S. judicial court system. It provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a...
The personal universal: Pronouns and identity in Emerson's 'Self-Reliance'
Thesis - 5 pages - Literature
Ralph Emerson's individualist essay, “Self-Reliance”, is an open forum of what is necessary to be independent and skeptical of the ideas of others. Emerson seems obsessed with what truly defines the character of a man, but this obsession seems to stem in part from his own example....
Universally effective and desirable leadership attributes
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Leadership traits study has quite a long and questionable record. Research may show that having some traits on their own will not always constitute success in leadership. However, there is proof that efficient leaders exhibit some key aspects that are diverse from those in other people. Essential...
The Universal Healthcare debate in America
Essay - 4 pages - Government finance
According to the National Coalition on Healthcare, nearly 47 million Americans go without health insurance (NCHC 2008). That means that sixteen percent of the American population cannot afford to get treated when they are sick, injured, or possibly dying. Within that number, seventy percent are...
Agamemnon vs. Abraham: Universality vs. individuality
Thesis - 3 pages - Humanities/philosophy
Throughout Soren Kierkegaard's book, Fear and Trembling, there is controversy over whether the religious mindset or the ethical mindset should be used as the outline by which a person lives their life. These conflicting views are depicted by the decisions which Abraham and Agamemnon encounter...
An exploration Noam Chomsky's theories of generative and Universal grammar
Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Social sciences
Noam Chomsky is a linguist and philosopher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has been one of the twentieth century's most important writers in linguistic theory. His research into the creative aspect of human language has spawned theories that dissect and exposit a comprehensive...
A measure of delight: The pursuit of quality at AT&T universal card services
Thesis - 3 pages - Management
By the late 1980s, AT&T had produced a favorable reputation for itself. By focusing on customer satisfaction and quality, AT&T became a leader in its respective industry. This, however, was not sufficient enough. There was more to be achieved and the leaders of AT&T, at the time, knew what...
Porter's Five forces - Facebook
Case study - 4 pages - Brand management
Today, Facebook is known to all and is an integral part of our lives. It all started on February 4, 2004, at Harvard in the USA. When it was created, only Harvard University students had access to and the right to use it. Over time, students from other American and Canadian universities...
Universal Phylogenetic Tree
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
In 1859, when Darwin published his most famous book: Origin of Life, it started the era of the theory of evolution. As we know, Darwinism proposes that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution...
The United States and the World: The Sources and Tools of American Foreign Policy
Course material - 8 pages - Modern history
There is undoubtedly an American exceptionalism: the US considers itself since the 18th century to be different from Europe. It has seen itself from the beginning as a universal model: the “American way of life” (linking most strongly liberal democracy and free enterprise, two notions...
Is the French concept of quality as the same at Japanese concept of quality? If it is not, how would you relate it to the differences between the Japanese and French cultures? If it is, why is quality a culturally universal concept?
Thesis - 4 pages - Services marketing
In this rapport, we will see if the French concept of quality is the same than the Japanese one. We will explain why they are or they are not the same. In the first part, we will define the concept of quality, in the second, we will analyse what is this concept of quality in France. Then, we will...
The Zara universe
Case study - 30 pages - Services marketing
The Spanish clothing brand Zara Inditex belongs to the family group which represents 75% of the activity. Inditex is one of the largest distributors in the world of fashion. It has brands such as Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho and so on. It has nearly 2,000 stores in 57 different...
Marketing Mix - Facebook
Case study - 4 pages - Brand management
Facebook is an American company headquartered in California. It is a social network initially created in 2004 to bring together and connect students from Harvard University, then extended to other universities, and finally to the rest of the population. The network has grown very quickly....
Universal Science Fiction
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
According to Jane Donawerth in Frankenstein's Daughters, the only way for women to write science fiction, is for them to change the rules. This is certainly the case with Octavia Butler's “Bloodchild”. In Butler's Nebula award winning short story, Butler tells the tale of Gan, a young...
Cable Network "USA Network"
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The NBC universal owns and manages USA Network, and it is the first cable channel to be launched in America in the early 1970's. It was launched on September 8, 1971. In the 1970's, the channel was one of the most recognized channels in the cable television network. In the 1970's, it switched its...
Massive Open Online Courses
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) are teaching plans that happen to be internet based giving them the capability of simultaneously handling thousands of students based in different geographical locations globally. The MOOC trend of learning in higher education was introduced during the summer of...
