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YUM! Brands Inc.: global restaurant company operations and market position

Executive Summary for YUM Brands, Inc. According to their corporate profile (2007), YUM! Brands, Inc.

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Supporting LGBT students through educational programs and policy

In today's educational environment, students who happen to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) often find it hard to cope in their learning environment. LGBT students must endure an abnormal amount of stress throughout adolescence and young adulthood.

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Impact of undocumented immigration on California's healthcare system

The Pew Hispanic Center estimated in March 2005 that the illegal alien population in California was 2.4 million in 2004. The impact on business, public schools, criminal justice system, and health care has been enormous.

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Employee relations and diversity challenges at World Wide Whatever insurance company

I am the manager of an insurance and investment company, called World Wide Whatever (WWW). This company has existed for a little less than a decade, and incorporates a number of employees and branches. Recently, there has been plans for expanding abroad.

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Canada's conscription crisis and national division during World War I

World War I, known at the time as the Great War, was a major challenge to countries caught up in the conflict. The war involved a massive mobilization of manpower on a scale not seen before, and getting enough men into the military was a difficult proposition for many countries.

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Dawkins' meme theory and cultural evolution in education reform

This article argues for the viewpoint that Head-Start-type early education is not only non-productive, but can actually lead to detriments to children's development as they enter formal school.

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Improving organizational ethical behavior through strategy and compliance programs

Over the years, organizational ethics has come to be acknowledged as a key ingredient for which companies are given better market valuation and respect. However, until recently, only a handful of companies regarded ethics to be valid theme for enterprise planning and strategic thinking.

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No Child Left Behind's impact on English Language Learners in California

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act passed in 2001 was intended to create better accountability in the schools and produce better outcomes for public education.

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The Council of Federation and Quebec separatist tendencies in Canada

Canada is a nation divided into separate entities around issues of regionalism and provincialism, and Canadians in general do not place their trust in the federal government but in the governments of the different provinces.

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Al Capone's unprovable role in Chicago gang murders

In 1915, a young roughian named Alphonse Capone joined the Five Points Gang, in New York City (Kelly, Robert J, 2000, p. xx). As a member of the Five Points Gang, it is suspected that Capone performed any kind of illegal or illicit crime, including murder.

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