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Duty of care and loyalty: standards of conduct versus review

This study concerns the duty of care in American corporate law vs. The duty of care in Australian corporate law. To fully understand that duty, it waxes absolutely essential to distinguish between roles, functions, standards of conduct, and standards of review.

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3,122 words

Land redistribution and African-American equality during Reconstruction

The Reconstruction Era after the Civil War is one of the most divisive periods in American history. Healing the wounds between the victorious North and the conquered South caused rifts from the smallest farm all the way to Congress and the Presidency.

~16 min read

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Distributed order management systems and supply chain integration

Order management functionality was first added to manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) systems in the form of order entry modules. As its name indicates, this module was designed to enter customer demand into the system to close the materials requirements planning (MRP) netting loop.

~25 min read

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Examining whether the emerging international order is increasingly liberal

The concept of international order or world order is nothing new; however technological innovations have created a world that is increasingly more global. In light of this globalization the type of international order that will emerge is in question.

~21 min read

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Socrates' trial in Athens and the political turmoil surrounding it

The charges against Socrates in Plato's Apology were certainly unfair, and unfounded, as any reader living in the year 2006 can clearly see.

~16 min read

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Language acquisition theories: Behaviorist, Innatist, and Interactionist models

This chapter was a bit surprising because it did not address learning a second language but instead focused on how children learn their first language. It was also surprising to read about children since those reading this textbook are obviously no longer children.

~16 min read

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Should public figures be obligated to serve as role models?

There is an intrinsic desire in people to seek out and imitate others whose behavior is considered better than one's own. Children idolize their parents as role models. As a child gets older, they may seek out role models from other places including public figures.

~18 min read

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3,041 words

The history and development of the Uniform Crime Reporting program

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) is a program that was initiated by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in 1929 in order to provide a reliable and uniform crime statistics for the country.

~16 min read

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Personal perseverance and development: Allen's life across cultures

It's very interesting to discuss an individual's life in detail, especially when done so in a thoughtful manner. Through these conversations, one garners a distinct appreciation for life and the obstacles it presents.

~19 min read

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Gender and class in Charles Perrault's fairy tales

Charles Perrault was responsible for collecting and adapting many of the fairy tales best known to contemporary audiences, and his collection of Stories or Fairy Tales from Past Times with Morals, also known as Mother Goose Tales, offers a unique insight into both the evolution of fairy tales in…

~21 min read

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