1,262 words

Target's organizational culture and branding strategy

Target is a major American-based retailer and general merchandiser whose primary competitors include Wal*Mart and, to a lesser degree, Costco and K-Mart. However, Target has differentiated itself from its competition with successful branding strategies.

~7 min read

View paper →

6,582 words

The rise of military drones and their controversial use

Drones have become increasingly popular among the U.S. army and the reason is that they have ability to transform (has already transformed to quite an extent) the way America has been fighting and the way it has been thinking about its wars.

~33 min read

View paper →

2,743 words

Promoting employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities

Strategies and Best Practices for Supported/Transitional Employment for Individuals with Disabilities People with disabilities are often deprived of employment opportunities and condemned on grounds of low performance, if any organization tends to offer them jobs.

~14 min read

View paper →

2,385 words

Lee Iacocca's trait leadership and the failure of integrity at Ford

According to Peter Northouse's book, trait leadership focuses on identifying several qualities: intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity and sociability.

~12 min read

View paper →

3,983 words

Merck's ethical failures in developing and marketing Vioxx

How could Merck management have handled the research, development and marketing of Vioxx in a more ethically responsible fashion, if at all?

~20 min read

View paper →

6,535 words

Universal and contextual emotions in human facial expressions

From the perspective of many psychologists, there is no set formal definition for emotion. We know that emotion is universal insofar as all humans experience and express emotion.

~33 min read

View paper →

1,249 words

Financial audits, fraud audits, and CEO accountability in MF Global

Discuss the key difference between conducting a financial audit and a fraud audit, and the related level of responsibility of the auditing firm.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,549 words

Grant proposal for DocuMend: ethical support for documentarians

This is a grant proposal to start a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting safe and socially conscious film documentaries and photojournalism.

~8 min read

View paper →

2,402 words

Ethical failures in Guidant Corporation's ICD recalls

Since the first implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) were used in a patient in 1980, the use of these devices has expanded from intervening to prevent additional potentially-lethal cardiac arrhythmia events to their use as a preventive measure in patients suspected of having an increased…

~13 min read

View paper →

1,762 words

Google's content moderation decision on "Innocence of Muslims" video

An amateurish video, "Innocence of Muslims," posted on YouTube in September 2012 was the catalyst for a string of anti-American protests and riots throughout the Islamic world.

~9 min read

View paper →