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Responsible practice in adult education and social action

The basis of all education lies in the application of what one has learned in the form of a social action. Max Weber is perhaps the pioneer of all of the foundations of social action that have been laid down both in psychology and philosophy.

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Embryo and ovum donation: expanding reproductive options through technology

Over the past 30 or more years the science and technology associated with reproductive medicine has increased exponentially. This change has come at a time when the age of first conception or the first significant attempt to have a child has increased by several years, in some cases as much as 15.

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Controlled childhood and false hope in Ishiguro's Hailsham

The way the characters treat these words and various other ideas in the course of the novel suggests to the reader that something is wrong behind the normal world that is shown, though it is not clear for most of the novel what that might be.

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The gift of sex: A biblical perspective on sexuality and marriage

Clifford and Joyce Penner, clinical therapist and nurse have written a sensitive and forthright guide to understanding sexuality and how it fits into God's design for marriage.

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Apple iPhone marketing strategy and customer value in South Asia

The globe and its entire human race in the twenty first is witnessing revolution in many facets of life and technological boom in communication is one of the immense transformations that have changed the standard and ways of living.

~14 min read

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Merck's ethical failures in developing and marketing Vioxx

How could Merck management have handled the research, development and marketing of Vioxx in a more ethically responsible fashion, if at all?

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Competing philosophies in tourism research: quantitative versus qualitative methods

The relatively young area of Tourism Research borrows heavily from social science in its use of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.

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Sir Gawain and the contradictions of the chivalric code

The chivalric code is a paradigm that is both poorly understood and was even more poorly applied, not because the code was not clearly written down and able to be transferred among the people who it applied to but because of its very confusing historical development and even more confusing…

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Porter's Five Forces Model applied to Bowne & Company

Bowne & Co., Inc. is a financial services company which has been in business for 235 years. During this time the company has grown to become the world financial services leader in communication services, investor/shareholder relations and communications, and capital markets communication guidance.

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Plato's Gorgias and Socrates' refutation of the Sophists

Gorgias, Plato addresses the Sophists and shows Socrates facing off against several of them in a discussion of justice. As can be seen from this dialogue, different Sophists taught somewhat different doctrines.

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