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Cash flow and accrual accounting methods compared

reverted to cash flow rather than accruals accounting, in order to measure financial performance, the need to restore confidence in the financial reporting profession would disappear - and along with it much of the controversy over achieving one set of globally accepted accounting standards."

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University education and the teaching of moral philosophy in postmodern times

Few would contest the idea that universities must create moral graduates capable of critical thinking. However, should the university endorse a particular type of morality? In (post) modern times, this seems impossible.

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Leadership influence processes exemplified by Andrea Jung and Indra Nooyi

The field of management theory has exploded as of late, with many new and different frameworks proposed to understand how and why leaders make the decisions they make, the effects that these decisions have on an organization as well as on the leaders themselves, and how to possibly make better…

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Water scarcity and contamination in human geography

Human Geography is the study of features and phenomena on earth that are human-made features. Geographers monitor these features and record changes and do so through examining the spatial organization or how it is that land features, humans and human-made features are arranged upon the earth.

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Moral and ethical issues in Japanese cell phone culture

Specifically it will discuss the moral and ethical issues brought about by Japanese cell phones. In Japan, cell phones are as ubiquitous as they are in the United States.

~8 min read

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Marijuana legalization debates and state-based policy initiatives

Within the last several years, a raging debate over whether to legalize marijuana has grabbed major headlines across the country, ranging from New England to California and the Midwest to the Deep South.

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Banker culpability in the global economic crisis debate

Be it resolved that bankers in developed economies are responsible for the global economic downturn and have behaved without moral integrity.

~6 min read

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Starbucks tangible and intangible resource analysis

Tangible Resources: Starbucks has solid borrowing capacity. The firm issued its first bonds in fiscal 2007 for $550 million (Reuters, 2007). However, their ability to borrow has been compromised by their recent difficulties.

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Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and American food systems

Michael Pollan in 2006, published a work that has to some degree changed the way that people eat, or at the very least attempted to change the way that we think about the food we eat.

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KLM's social responsibility after the Air France merger

KLM/Air France merger allow KLM to continue as a socially responsible company? Being socially responsible is not new for Air France-KLM group. The two airlines are well-known for their enduring assurance of safeguarding environment, encouraging moral attitude and underneath communities.

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