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Ford Pinto safety decision and the Ulrich case

The decision made by the managerial team at Ford Motors has nothing ethical about it. It is a clear case of corporate profits outweighing human life.

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Islamic perspectives on poverty alleviation and economic justice

Being very much in the public eye as a result of the War in Iraq, the concept of Islam in the Western world is generally associated with war, atrocity, and hardship. Mostly unknown is the fact that one of the basic principles of Islam is in fact the well-being and harmony of all creatures on earth.

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Marketing plan for Ectaco's iPhone translation application

Ectaco is a company engaged in the marketing of pocket translators and other related products. For this marketing plan, a new product will be developed -- an Ectaco translating application for the iPhone.

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eBay's mission, vision, strengths and weaknesses

Of all the companies recently generated by the Internet boom, eBay can be described as either the most innovative -- or the most old-fashioned. It is a portal rather than a manufacturing company: it does not sell anything intrinsic to its brand name.

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Validating the Fire Dynamics Simulator's smoke movement predictions

Hadjisophocleous, G. & Kia, Q. (2009). "Comparison of FDS Prediction of Smoke Movement in a 10-Storey Building with Experimental Data." Fire technology 45(2)

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The Copenhagen Accord and international climate change negotiations

From December 7-18, more than 15,000 people including Government officials and advisers from 192 nations, civil society and the media from nearly every country in the world, came together in the Danish capital, Copenhagen in one of the most significant gatherings in history.

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Amy Alexander's analysis of women's empowerment across global societies

Empowering Women: the Role of Economic Development, Political Culture and Institutional Design in the World's Societies," Amy C. Alexander explores the nature of women's empowerment in various countries across the world.

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The political and economic origins of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack

Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941 and subsequent involvement of the U.S. In the second world war may have been a surprise to the Americans at that time, but the incident which began the Japan-U.S.

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Citizen oversight as a remedy for police misconduct prevention

Police wrongs are real and abhorrent when they are brought to light. For every wrong doing that comes to light there are hundreds of others that are unreported. Largely this is due to the fact that there is no remedy to take action against the erring officers. Some cases like the L.A.

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Organizational change strategies: tuning, adaptation, reorientation, and re-creation

The intent of this analysis is to evaluate the organizational change strategies of turning, adaption, reorientation and re-creation.

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