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O'Brien's definition of true war stories versus We Were Soldiers

"As a first rule of thumb, therefore, you can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil," (O'Brien, p.69).

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Fair and ethical trade marketing through affinity relationships

In a study by Low and Davenport, the authors examined the topic of fair and ethical trade marketing through exploratory research (2009). The authors have identified a problem in the marketing of fair and ethical trade in that it is aimed at converting one consumer at a time.

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Natural law theory and the harmony of God, persons, and nature

"The Search for Universal Ethics" recommends a reconsideration of natural law as a path toward a universal ethics. The key features of natural laws theories unify divine providence, human rationality, and morality.

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Nike's multi-stage hiring process and equal employment concerns

New technologies were implemented in the hiring process within Nike during a recent hiring campaign. The company first acquired an Aspen Tree product to handle the initial hiring process.

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Proposed regulation closing foreign account loopholes under the Bank Secrecy Act

The proposed regulation that was selected is: 31 CFR Part 103 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The agency that controls the regulation is the Treasury Department.

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Contract formation and breach in the Press Publishers case

A contract is a promise or set of promises that make up an agreement between parties that provides each a legal duty to the other. It also gives each party the right to sue for breach of any those duties.

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Ethical failures and corporate governance at Tyco International

Over the last ten years the total number of ethics driven business scandals has risen dramatically. Where, many critics are now claiming that an ethics crisis has unfolded in the corporate world.

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Uniform Commercial Code application to Toshiba laptop purchase

The sale of a computer would be governed under the rules set forth by the Uniform Commercial Code. The UCC sets down a set of specific rules and regulations as it applies to the sale of goods or merchandise (UCC: uniform commercial code, 2004).

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Obama's spending package and transportation infrastructure modernization

How might this impact global supply chain efficiency?

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Clinical diagnostic decision support systems and diagnostic process definitions

Miller and Geissbuhler (n.d.) define diagnosis as "the placing of an interpretive, higher level label on a set of raw, more primitive observations" thereby treating diagnosis as a single event and not a chain of events or a process.

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