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Why anthropology matters for understanding human diversity

This letter is meant to help you make an informed decision on whether anthropology should be your minor or major. The letter addresses anthropology as related to human life. My hope is that you will gain from reading this letter and that you will, therefore, easily, decide.

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Nike's sweatshop labor practices and corporate social responsibility initiatives

Should We Inflict Western Values On This Society? Concepts of Social Responsibility, Integrity, and Other Business Ethics Practices

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Intellectual conflict and systems thinking in Mindwalk

When a young Sam Waterston -- who has been a star in the television series Law & Order for years -- playing a U.S. Senator (named Jack) who has presidential ambitions, and his poet American expatriate friend Thomas (played by John Heard), open the movie, it moves very slowly.

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ExxonMobil's market power and Galbraith's theory of the technostructure

ExxonMobil is the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company (ExxonMobil, N.d.). The industry is multifaceted and is composed of many different segments -- everything from the exploration of oil, the refinement process, and the transportation via ship, tanker, or pipeline.

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Why international relations matters to understanding global challenges

Many have said in recent times that the human race will die within the next half century. Not of plagues or illness, not from an asteroid hitting the planet. No, rather, people surmise the human race will meet it's end due to international relations and foreign policy.

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Ernest Gellner's account of nations, nationalism, and the modern state

The book Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Gellner provided me with a good background on where the concept of the nation-state came from, how it arose to prominence, and the nationalism that drives it.

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Poverty, hunger, and global health programs by the UN and World Bank

Economically deprived nations are places where poverty is widespread, and poverty almost always leads to some form of hunger; facts show that people who do not have enough nutrients become ill. This is the deadly cycle that many developing countries face.

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Environmental pollution solutions: analysis of three articles on industrial reduction, permaculture, and organic farming

Environmental pollution has become a significant problem in this century, and a lot needs to be done to solve it. The article Lose 300 Tons of Co2 in Just Three Weeks by Kate Sheppard is about how environmental pollution can be reduced through documentation of how much waste companies release.

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A PESLTE analysis of Starbucks' external business environment

Starbucks' consumers due to the economic recession have not cut down on their coffee consumption. Instead, they are shifting to options with lower prices. This means that the firm can still influence the buying power by offering cheaper products.

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Environmental consequences of emission control device failure in coal plants

The production of coal energy largely consists of hydrogen and carbon. The combustion process is a chemical reaction with oxygen in the air. The carbon mixes with oxygen to create carbon dioxide (CO2) while the oxygen mixes with hydrogen to produce water vapor (H2O).

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