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Dan Richards on netiquette and digital ethics online

Dan Richards coins the phrase "netiquette," or a hybrid word combining "network" and "etiquette," to describe a new social code that is developing in digital spaces (Richards, N.d.). All groups form social norms when they interact with each other that develop over time.

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The politicization of the National Labor Relations Board selection process

Labor unions have played an important role in employment practices in the United States for a long period of time. However, union membership and the number of unions have been declining in the recent decades though the decline varies by region.

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The role and function of materials in TESOL classrooms

TESOL classroom? What is their function? Materials are critical in regards to the TESOL classroom. In many instances, individuals are learning a language that can often be convoluted and confusing.

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Jane Elliott's "A Class Divided" documentary and racial prejudice exercise

The documentary film A Class Divided has become a standard for exploring the origin of racial prejudice in a diverse society. Jane Elliott was a third-grade teacher in 1968 at the time of Reverend Martin Luther King's assassination.

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Bela Bartok's integration of folk music and modernism

Bela Bartok was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist who drew heavily from the folk music traditions of Hungary, Romania, and other regions of Eastern Europe as well as Turkey. Due to political upheavals in Hungary, Bartok moved to the United States in 1940.

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William Styron's "Darkness Visible": depression memoir and clinical analysis

William Styron is an award-winning literary author whose most famous book is ironically not one of his novels, but his memoir entitled Darkness Visible. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness details the inner journey through the hell of depression.

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Trust and market incentives in cybersecurity policy

Cybersecurity is fast approaching a place where it is becoming a form of currency with consumers and clients. It is only in the past decade that digital environments became a normal and typical way to transact business.

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Authentic, spiritual, and ethical leadership in organizational change

Chapter 14 focuses on leadership, in particular with reference to organizational change and other challenging leadership situations.

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Ethical concerns and historical context in psychological testing

Many hold or assume that there is nothing harmful or hurtful about psychological testing. However, that viewpoint is not remotely absolute and the scholarly literature that exists out there describes reasons why testing (or certain forms of testing) are less than wise to use and employ.

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Goffman's concept of total institutions and their characteristics

The week 8 readings, Goffman's "Asylums" denotes some of the basic characteristics of what is referred to as total institutions.

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