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Defining telecommuting: definitions, modes, and subcategories

There are many different ways to look at telecommuting. Depending on the country one comes from, there are conflicting opinions on exactly what the word means, and the same is true of 'telework,' which has also been used to mean roughly the same thing as telecommuting.

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Cultural values as the primary driver of decision-making across contexts

While no decision-making method is perfectly rational, perhaps weighted decision matrices come the closest to identifying optimal choices.

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John Dean's "Worse than Watergate" and Bush administration secrecy

All students are familiar with the creed of the X-files, a popular recent science fiction television show that instructed its viewers, young and old, to 'trust no one.' At the time this motto of secrecy and distrust, particular distrust of government policy and institutions was much criticized, as…

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Elizabethan theatre under Queen Elizabeth I's rule

The English theatre lived the most expressive period of its history during the forty-five-year supreme rule of Queen Elizabeth I in the second half of the 16th century.

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Scientific and political aspects of genetically modified foods

While there is little controversy over many aspects of biotechnology and its application, genetically modified (GM) foods have become the target of intense controversy. This controversy in the marketplace has resulted in a firestorm of public debate, scientific discussion, and media coverage.

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Plagiarism, academic integrity, and the loss of original thinking

Nowadays, plagiarism seems to be all around us, even in unlikely places. Doris Kearns Goodwin, a historian of the Lyndon Johnson presidency admitted to it, as did Senator Joseph Biden when running for President.

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: development, validity, and workplace applications

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of the most widely used tests in the world for assessing personality characteristics for general non-psychiatric populations. The authors state that it is a self-report inventory, objective assessment that is not diagnostic in a psychopathological sense.

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Gervase Rosser's critique of medieval guild and craft misconceptions

Gervase Rosser has written an article that spells out, with descriptive attention to detail, the economic and work culture dynamics of medieval communities.

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John Dewey's critique of waste and isolation in school systems

Born in Burlington, Vermont in1859 (October 20), John Dewey was the third of four sons; his parents, Archibald Sprague Dewey and Lucina Artemesia Rich suffered through the death of their first-born son, then sent the three surviving sons to public school and to the University of Vermont.

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Ethical and philosophical implications of human cloning technology

This report aims to address various issues and concerns regarding human cloning. "On Sunday morning, 23 February 1997, the world awoke to a technological advance that shook the foundations of biology and philosophy.

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