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Affirmative action's effects on employee selection, recruitment, and retention

The modern industrial society we know today is very different from hundreds of years ago where the majority of individuals worked for themselves on a farm, as a baker or in some other self-employment capacity. Once people begin to labor for others, that's when problems began.

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The American Counseling Association code and multicultural ethical decision-making

Following ethical procedures ensures the proper professional treatment of consultations and counseling sessions, as well as interactions within the professional community. The counselor's integrity is at stake for private practice and for research.

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Love and duty in Chikamatsu's Tokugawa plays

Azuma, the courtesan, comes to deliver a letter. A razor blade hides in the paper. Her love, Yojibei, a married man, sits in house arrest for a violent crime he did not commit. His wife, Okiku, consoles him. She knows that "without money, his life is doomed" (Chikamatsu, 152).

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Douglass North's lecture on economic development and market dynamics

North's lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel touches on many different and equally important concepts in the study of economics. Many of them are concepts which are just being identified, and as a process, represent the next step in the evolution of economics as a field.

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Insider trading regulation in European securities law

Insider trading is one of the aspects that have been surrounded by a lot of controversy with regard to securities regulation, which even includes the law and economics community.

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Applying the Purnell Model to Mexican-American healthcare competence

The book the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down describes the healthcare travesty of a hospital not knowing enough about the culture of its patients.

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Building an effective technology support team through training and interpersonal skills

There is much more to tech support than understanding the many systems, software, and hardware an organization uses in its daily operations. People operate those systems, and people have to be trained to use them effectively.

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Acculturation and cultural identity in immigrant communities

Acculturation and cultural identity are both valuable tools in our understanding of cultural differences, and are surrounded by a fair amount of discourse and political controversy.

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How superheroes reflected Cold War anxieties in American comic books

In the earliest years of human civilization, they were called gods. They lived forever, and each had a special role or power. Although at times they interacted with the humans on earth, there was no denying that their ultimate rule.

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Emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills development annotated bibliography

Koda, S. (2001) Schooling your emotions. The Hindu. This article outlines the role that managing your emotions can play in your career success. The author offers strategies for the management of emotions and provides insight into some winning tactics.

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