1,039 words

Starbucks' performance measures and community commitment strategy

Starbucks is indeed a ubiquitous part of modern society. However, Starbucks did not always possess this all-pervasive presence. There was a time, just a couple decades ago when Starbucks was not on every corner and not everyone knew about or frequented the coffee chain.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,058 words

Global memorial project addressing human trafficking and sex slavery

Global human trafficking, and especially human sex trafficking, is a pervasive form of modern-day slavery.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,031 words

Rhetorical analysis of Paul Keating's Redfern Park speech

Paul Keating's speech at Redfern Park provides examples of rhetoric that are discussed below. The speech uses of and the three modes of persuasion: pathos, ethos, and logos. The use of epiphora, particularly in tricolon format, lends both cadence and emphasis.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,067 words

Hytten and Bettez's frameworks for defining social justice in education

Author's note with contact information and more details on collegiate affiliation, etc. Education is an institution that contains pervasive social injustice. Hytten and Bettez's article attempts to addresses several components of the issue.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,395 words

The impact of RFID technology on supply chain performance

The impact of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on logistics, supply chain, services and complex manufacturing globally is evident in how pervasive tis adoption has been.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,782 words

Technology's role in exacerbating the Rwandan genocide

With the scope and depth of technology, there is an ability to make natural disasters seem even worse -- worse in the sense that a degree of sensationalism can develop, making the incident seem more pervasive and more damaging.

~9 min read

View paper →

1,272 words

The Gullah/Geechee people and the development of African-American slave cultures

The trans-Atlantic slave trade shackled together persons from disparate cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Forced contact and communion, pervasive physical and psychological abuse, and systematic disenfranchisement became the soil in which a unique subculture would be born.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,440 words

Excel modeling and decision analysis in public sector applications

The author will also explain whether the data will be useful in a future job. While many of the topics in this course are attributed to and associated with the private sector, the usage of these tools and topics in the public sector is pervasive as well even if the manifestation is a bit different…

~8 min read

View paper →

1,333 words

Reconciling creationism and evolution through personal interviews

Three people were interviewed. They included a professor of biology, an aunt of Roman Catholic religious persuasion and a family friend. In the interview with the professor, she states that she is not sure of the length of the days in Genesis 1 because they have been a controversial subject.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,305 words

Rhetorical analysis of Kennedy's 1963 West Berlin speech

Kennedy West Berlin: Ethos, Pathos and Logos Introduction Ethos, pathos and logos are rhetorical modes of persuasion. Ethos appeals to the ethics of listener by reflecting the character of the speaker. Pathos appeals to the emotions.

~7 min read

View paper →