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Disability discrimination and reasonable accommodations at Strong Steel Company

Under the 1990 Americans with Disability Act, workers that are protected under the law from discrimination in hiring and promotion include "any individual with a disability who: (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more life activities; or (2) has a record of…

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Valuing Eskimo Pie: acquisition versus standalone alternatives

Goldman would prefer that the positive short-term results are extrapolated to derive a long-term projection for future earnings. While the discount rate is reasonable, the project of future earnings is not.

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Black political representation and white racial attitude change

Has America moved past Affirmative Action with the election of a Black President? "Black Employment in Municipal Jobs: The Impact of Black Political Power" by Peter K. Eisinger explores levels of black employment in 43 U.S.

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Public attitudes toward healthcare reform and political party influence

Healthcare reform is a heated debate in America right now. People have demonstrated not just interest in President Obama's proposed legislation, and the versions offered by the House and Senate, but have shown heightened levels of anxiety, anger, and concern for both for and against it.

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Program evaluation of criminal justice prisoner re-entry initiatives

This work in writing intends to examine the criminal justice and prison system in a brief program evaluation that identifies the external factors that impact the operation of a prison program geared toward the reduction of prison overcrowding and recidivism and specifically in terms of the ethics…

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PROJECT MISSING: A web platform for locating missing persons

Internet is an excellent venue for locating missing persons, with a much larger viewing audience than traditional outlets like milk cartons. For this reason, local police departments, the FBI, and non-profit organizations maintain Web sites to help identify missing persons or unidentified remains.

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British imperial expansion and the opium trade in Asia, 1850-1870

During 1850-1870, the histories of India, Burma and China became intertwined in a few different ways. Lower Burma at the time was in the possession of the British Raj. The Qing Dynasty was in charge of China, under the rule of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

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Developing a flexible change management model with internalization

Theoreticians' various approaches on change management has determined the development of several change management models that are differentiated in terms of number of steps, sequence of steps, phases included, or activities involved in the process.

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Nonverbal communication behaviors of a male bar patron

This observational session took place on a Thursday evening at 7:30 PM in a local restaurant and bar and consisted of approximately one hour-long observation of a male customer approximately 30 years of age.

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Baker's errors in audit sampling methodology and materiality assessment

Baker made several mistakes in the course of his audit. One of those mistakes was discounting the materiality of some of the errors. For example, he decided that the inversion of the numbers in $10,443 and $10,434 was immaterial and did not count this as a deviation.

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