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How free trade agreements increase income inequality and economic vulnerability

Free trade impacts every level of the global economy and has a particularly strong impact on the economies of developing nations and small communities. However, the wealthiest nations in the world stand to gain as much if not more so than their poorer counterparts.

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Security measures, racial profiling, and civil rights infringements

Physical safety and peace of mind go hand in hand. In a world of terrorism and crime, Americans have little reason to feel secure in their homes, schools, and businesses.

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The rise and decline of Fordism as industrial organization

Taylorism" and "Fordism" have been replaced by "post-Fordism" as the means of organizing work in a capitalist society. What is 'Fordism'?

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act's response to corporate accounting scandals

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002, was enacted on July 30, 2002, as a response to a plethora of accounting scandals that had recently plagued corporate America.

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Consumer perceptions of restaurant menu item healthfulness and actual nutritional value

Burton, Scot, and Elizabeth H. Creyer. "What Consumers Don't Know Can Hurt Them: Consumer Evaluations and Disease Risk Perceptions of Restaurant Menu Items." Journal of Consumer Affairs 38, no. 1 (2004): 121.

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Alternative revenue strategies for hospitals relying on Medicare and Medicaid

The objective of this paper is a review of the trends, innovation and future of finances, revenue streams and investments in the healthcare industry.

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Cross-functional collaboration in General Motors' organizational restructuring

Many organizational theorists have stressed is absolutely essential to have representatives from finance, accounting, marketing, and operations to redesign a company's transformation process.

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Characteristics and strategies of successful distance managers in virtual teams

Making Virtual Teams Work Introduction Creating virtual work teams nationally or even globally versus those that are centralized requires two fundamentally different organizational strategies, with each requiring a fundamentally different skill sets on the part of managers and their staffs.

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Wilpert, Mowday, and Robertson's perspectives on organizational behavior

Wilpert, B. (1995). Organizational behavior. In his review of organizational behavior and psychology, Wilpert (1995) reviews subjects pertinent to the field of psychology and organizational behavior and leadership, including language, technology, leadership and social constructs created in the…

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Unitarian Universalism and Orthodox Christianity: beliefs and practices compared

This paper compares the Unitarian and Universalist Church and philosophies with the Orthodox Faith. It incorporates an interview with subject "Suzy" a member of the Unitarian church at Foothills Unitarian Church.

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