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How corporations can establish effective compliance policies using federal sentencing guidelines

Over the last several years, the issue of corporate compliance has been increasingly brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because a number of high profile scandals have occurred, highlighting the need for increased corporate compliance.

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's approach to nonprofit management and organizational success

The purpose of this project is to determine how the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is addressing the underlying challenges facing all non-profits. As the organization, has become successful in supporting various biomedical research initiatives and programs.

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Ethical issues in multinational corporations and workplace stress

Over the last several decades, globalization has been highlighting a host of ethical issues that a wide variety of multinational corporations (MNCs) are facing.

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Alan Mulally's transformational leadership approach at Ford Motor Company

Management theorists of the early 20th century envisioned leadership as a role that involved driving an organization to a set of desired results. This was done through specific means. Frederick Taylor viewed leadership as focused on goal setting and motivating.

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Ford Pinto's defective gas tank and manufacturer responsibility

Could a rational customer have chosen to save $11 and risk the more dangerous gas tank? Would that have been similar to making air bags optional? What if Ford had told potential customers about its decision?

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Information technology workplace policies and employee privacy concerns

It is futile to state that we live in the era of technology -- this phenomenon is obvious and incontestable at all levels of the every day life.

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Child labor policies in Rwanda, India, Nepal, and China

Even in today's seemingly progressive world, there exists the abomination of child labor practices all over the world. In countries both struggling to develop and those with rising economies, there are immense child labor problems which put a dark blight on the practice of global capitalism.

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Market analysis and challenges facing Arik Airlines in Lagos

In a July 17th 2009 report published by 'The Guardian' in the 'Travels' section it is stated that "Nigerian airlines are bleeding, bleeding as a result of frittering away flight rights to foreign airlines and others under suspicious circumstances...The future looks bleak.

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Eric Abrahamson and Joanna Barsh on radical management remedies

Points that I agreed and disagreed on will be noted. Conclusions that can be drawn from these videos will be discussed, along with any other topics that struck accord with the topic of the future of leadership and management.

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Penrose's theory of firm growth and classical organizational management theories

Pitelis, Christos. (2009, March 14). Edith Penrose's the Theory of the Growth of the Firm fifty years later. Available at SSRN Working Paper series October 20, 2009: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1477885

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