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Sam Harris's scientific approach to morality and ethics

Morality without God, Science without Reason? Conventional strategies for re-establishing moral authority in an otherwise secular modern world frequently revolve around the attempt to open up a space for "religious" or irrational bases for belief that complement scientific knowledge without either…

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Motorola and Verizon as learning organizations

In today's competitive business market, learning organizations aren't the number one trend, however, some businesses still utilize the concept if they want to stay open-minded and offer a creative work environment.

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Deportation of U.S. citizen children with illegal immigrant parents

One of the promises of the American dream is that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen, and is entitled to the full protection of the American Constitution.

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Foreign direct investment and free trade effects on developing countries

International commerce is certainly not a new trend, and humans have been trading with each other since time immemorial.

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The communication mix: advertising, direct marketing, sales promotion, and personal selling

Discuss the aspects of the elements of the communication mix include: advertising, direct marketing, sales promotion, publicity/public relations and personal selling.) Define each and discuss the pros and cons of the individual elements.

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Adam Foulds: British novelist and poet of contemporary literature

Adam Foulds is a British novelist and poet who was born in 1974. His first novel, The Truth About These Strange Times, was published in 2007, for which he won a Betty Trask award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award.

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Walmart financial ratios and accounting standards analysis

(All balance sheet information taken from the company's consolidated 10-K released February 18, 2010. http://investors.walmartstores.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112761&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1392384.)

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Key traits of effective mission and vision statements

Mission and vision are two elements that are critical to a company's success. Too often, mission and vision statements are either non-existent, or they are so vague that they may as well be non-existent. Good mission and vision statements will typically have certain traits in common.

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Beason v. United Technologies: disability discrimination under the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act

The plaintiff, Donald Beason, brought a case against his employer, United Technologies Corporation. Beason is appealing from a judgment of a federal district court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, that found in favor of his employer.

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Vatican II's legacy and agenda for future Catholic reform

Catholic Ecumenical Councils have been the method since the time of Roman Emperor Constantine to adjust the Catholic Church's policies and canon law to reflect the times in which the faithful live without compromising core Church values.

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