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HIPAA compliance requirements and consumer health privacy protections

Imagine studying the Health Information Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) from the perspective of a consumer. How are various agencies accountable to this law? What are the rights of the individual? Are businesses obligated to it?

~29 min read

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1,576 words

Ethical analysis of the Satyam Computer Services scandal

The Satyam Computer Services scandal involved India's fourth-largest software services exporting company and likely represents the largest case of corporate fraud in India's corporate history.

~8 min read

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The Stefanie Rengel murder case and media responsibility

The article relies on the presentation of a judged and classified murder case, whose protagonists, both the victim and the aggressors, were young people in their early teens.

~14 min read

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The Milgram and Zimbardo experiments: obedience and authority in psychology

Two of the most important experiments ever conducted in human psychology in the field of obedience to authority and "groupthink" were those conducted by Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo.

~5 min read

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Impact of technology on the book publishing industry

Information technology cannot be called new, but the modern technology is changing so fast that applications are created for new business models on a daily basis. The competitive advantage an organization receives with the latest 'Information Technology' is immense.

~16 min read

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Machiavelli's "The Prince" as a timeless political guide

Niccolo Machiavelli, a diplomat in the pay of the Republic of Florence, wrote the Prince in 1513 after the overthrow of the Republic forced him into exile.

~10 min read

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Cultural differences in American and Japanese managerial styles

Managerial styles reflect the culture in which they developed. It is not surprising that the work experiences and values of American and Japanese managers differ in a number of aspects. This has become an important issue as the multinational company becomes more common.

~13 min read

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Responsible practice in adult education and social action

The basis of all education lies in the application of what one has learned in the form of a social action. Max Weber is perhaps the pioneer of all of the foundations of social action that have been laid down both in psychology and philosophy.

~16 min read

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The rise of anabolic steroid use among American adolescents

Steroids are a class of prescribed drugs, used to treat abnormally low amounts of testosterone, body wasting in the case of AIDS and other disease conditions involving loss of body mass (National Institute of Drug Abuse 2006).

~11 min read

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Embryo and ovum donation: expanding reproductive options through technology

Over the past 30 or more years the science and technology associated with reproductive medicine has increased exponentially. This change has come at a time when the age of first conception or the first significant attempt to have a child has increased by several years, in some cases as much as 15.

~15 min read

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