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Employee privacy versus workplace efficiency in corporate monitoring policies

What are the e-mail use, Internet use, and privacy policies at your job? I work for a small, locally controlled organization. As a result, very little monitoring or oversight of online activity is conducted.

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State standardized tests: validity, reliability, and societal impact

In the video "Testing: Behind the Numbers" there were many important points brought out. Most people think that state standardized tests are given to measure the performance of the teachers and students within the districts and to a point this is true.

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The rise of African slavery in colonial North America

The enslavement of people by their fellow humans is a practice known to humanity for several millennia. Yet, the fact that it dwelled and flourished until it took continental proportions in the modern world is still one of the black spots on the conscience of the former colonial powers.

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Racial and religious exclusion in American history and society

The image of the United States brings to mind unity and equality for all. Yet, in thorough examination of the nation's history, it is clear that the real underlying pattern goes directly against this very concept.

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Dr. Walter Freeman and the evolution of psychiatric treatment at St. Elizabeths Hospital

Over the past century, treating the mentally ill has evolved from treating the mentally ill as social pariahs, people who don't belong in society, to treating them as people who very much belong in society and who even have patient rights. Consider St. Elizabeths Hospital, in Washington, D.C. St.

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Disability discrimination and reasonable accommodations at Strong Steel Company

Under the 1990 Americans with Disability Act, workers that are protected under the law from discrimination in hiring and promotion include "any individual with a disability who: (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more life activities; or (2) has a record of…

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Valuing Eskimo Pie: acquisition versus standalone alternatives

Goldman would prefer that the positive short-term results are extrapolated to derive a long-term projection for future earnings. While the discount rate is reasonable, the project of future earnings is not.

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Black political representation and white racial attitude change

Has America moved past Affirmative Action with the election of a Black President? "Black Employment in Municipal Jobs: The Impact of Black Political Power" by Peter K. Eisinger explores levels of black employment in 43 U.S.

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Public attitudes toward healthcare reform and political party influence

Healthcare reform is a heated debate in America right now. People have demonstrated not just interest in President Obama's proposed legislation, and the versions offered by the House and Senate, but have shown heightened levels of anxiety, anger, and concern for both for and against it.

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Program evaluation of criminal justice prisoner re-entry initiatives

This work in writing intends to examine the criminal justice and prison system in a brief program evaluation that identifies the external factors that impact the operation of a prison program geared toward the reduction of prison overcrowding and recidivism and specifically in terms of the ethics…

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