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Conflict theory and crime in "Murder in the First" and "Blow"

Crime and criminology are frequent subjects in the American cinema, which is littered with films depicting some of the harsh sociological realities of the culture.

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Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf" and spiritual redemption through violence

Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf," the unpleasant Mrs. May awakens to find a bull chewing on her shrubbery. She considers getting dressed and driving to her handyman Mr. Greenleaf's house in the middle of the night to tell him to tie up the bull, but rejects this idea because she believes Mr.

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Leadership theory across three centuries: great man, trait, and contextual approaches

Many experts have attempted to derive overarching theories of leadership to describe the properties of a social construct that has changed over the last three hundred years, here separated by benchmarks of hundred-year periods corresponding to the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

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Why Seth Davis commits white-collar crime in Boiler Room

What causal or motivational factors explain why the main character in the film crossed the line to engage in a series of serious white-collar crimes?

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Outsourcing and offshoring: economic burden on America

The world economy is a very different beast than it was even a decade ago. No longer are countries, industries, and companies bound by national borders or even continental structures.

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Distilled spirits advertising: PSA or deceptive marketing

Advertising or PSA? Are these true PSAs or advertisements? The advertisers of distilled spirits are certainly claiming that this is a public service announcement.

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Executive development training trends in modern organizations

Training and forming executives, at all levels of the company and no matter what the size of the organization, is essential in today's continuously competitive marketing environment, where different challenges are appearing to determine the way the company will evolve. Why?

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The true cost of medical care and healthcare economics

Medical Care is never free, although the individual may pay nothing? Medical Care is both a commodity and a service. The process of consuming medical care has a cost, even if the after insurance price is zero to the consumer.

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What employers value in interdisciplinary studies majors

In an era where specialization and continual acceleration of knowledge across industries, many employers are seeing the value of hiring interdisciplinary studies majors who have a broader, more strategic view of the world and the ability to think in abstract, conceptual terms quickly Employers need…

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