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Substance abuse in the American workplace: causes and policy solutions

The statistics are sobering. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration estimates that of America's 17.2 million illicit drug users, three quarters are employed either full-time or part-time.

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State regulation of abortion and women's bodily autonomy in America

The question of abortion is one that is physically and mentally stressful for any woman, but when the elements of public opinion and legal rights are added to that decision-making process as elements a woman must take into consideration when making the choice to abort a fetus, or not to abort it;…

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Behavior-based safety programs: effectiveness and workplace implementation

Behavior-based safety (BBS) is a system which is predicated on the scientific study of the causes and effects of employee behaviour within the matrix of an organization.

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The evolution of U.S. labor relations from postwar through contemporary systems

Which events do you feel were most important in shaping the labor relations system? Do you feel that earlier events from the nineteenth-century still have an impact today, or are the current system more of a product of the twentieth-century?

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Ford administration drug policy and the heroin epidemic

The issue of drug abuse has plagued this country for a while. Some drugs, while not as harmful as others are still considered illegal.

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Competitive advantage, competitive immunity, and balanced scorecards in small business strategy

What is the difference between competitive advantage and competitive immunity? (Answer: 0.5-page) A competitive advantage is one that is often based on the combination of a given industry's ability to innovate based on new process definition, favorability of a local climate to new venture creation,…

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Welfare economics and approaches to measuring social well-being

In many sectors of the modern world, the success of a nation in raising its standards of living, in achieving socioeconomic equality or in reaching a point of sustainable resource distribution is considered relative to its treatment of its poorest citizens.

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Carl Jung's cognitive theory and the Myers-Briggs personality assessment

One of the things that makes us unique, but still human, is our way of finding archetypes and similarities in the world that both enhance and conform to our particular personality type.

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Jennifer L. Weber's analysis of Northern opposition to the Civil War

Most of the general public has limited information regarding the degree to which Americans in the North were reluctant to support the Civil War. Rrecent warfare conducted by the U.S.

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Southwest Airlines and McDonaldization in global business operations

Today's buzzword is that of economic crisis, but before the crisis emerged, the buzzword was that of globalization, understood as the force by which certain values transcend boundaries to impact the cultures in other global regions.

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