1,389 words

Jack's descent into savagery in Lord of the Flies

In the classic novel, the Lord of the Flies, William Golding traces the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. Golding uses the conch, Ralph and the Lord of the Flies to represent this symbolic dualism within human nature.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,742 words

The evolution of organized crime and street gangs in America

Organized crime has a long history in the United States going back further than the modern era of American law enforcement, on some levels.

~9 min read

View paper →

3,068 words

Fire safety regulation and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy

The history of fire safety and prevention is generally associated with the events of the Industrial Revolution. Here, the proliferation of factory working contexts and the dangers of highly mechanized processes of operation would create a waiting disaster.

~16 min read

View paper →

2,908 words

Comparative analysis of QuickBooks, Microsoft, and Peachtree accounting software

The intent of this analysis is to evaluate and compare small business accounting software applications that are designed for between 5 and 10 users in a small business to the feature, usability and price level.

~15 min read

View paper →

2,004 words

Sexual imagery in Levi's and Calvin Klein advertising campaigns

Sex in the media has received little attention despite sporadic pubic outcry. From advertising to serials to movies and magazines, sexual images are readily available everywhere and they target every demographic.

~11 min read

View paper →

1,342 words

Cultural relativism and expatriate manager effectiveness in multinational organizations

Global business and the growth of multinational organizations has created in the modern era many obstacles and opportunities that are related to difference and commonalities.

~7 min read

View paper →

2,306 words

Psychotropic treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder neurotransmission

This review briefly explains neurotransmission and then moves on to discuss how neurotransmission abnormalities have been linked to psychological disorders, more specifically Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

~12 min read

View paper →

1,377 words

Global software development teams: ethics and knowledge management

The stresses of knowledge transfer and knowledge management are especially prevalent in the software industry. The time and cost pressures of global software development amplify and make more challenging the issues of globalization affecting every high technology business today.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,165 words

Banker culpability in the global economic crisis debate

Be it resolved that bankers in developed economies are responsible for the global economic downturn and have behaved without moral integrity.

~6 min read

View paper →

2,829 words

Government regulation and market failures: examining economic efficiency

Running Page: GOVERNMENT REGULATION, BOON OR BANE? Weimer and Vining (2004) perceive a perfectly competitive economy as the rational setting for public policy. Public policy is the creation of both positive and negative incentives by the government in order to encourage collective choices.

~15 min read

View paper →