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Functionalism and social organization in economic crisis

Applied Social Theory -- Since the late 19th century, the new disciplines of anthropology and sociology have looked at the way that society is organized, what different stimuli causes action and interaction, and if there can be an overall theory to identify the manner in which social problems seem…

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Brazil and China's economic structures and institutional frameworks

Brazil is geographically the largest South American country and the fifth largest in the world (Economy Watch, 2010). With more than 190 million people, it is the fifth most thickly populated in the world. Its GDP in 2009 was U.S.$1.482 billion and growth rate was .05%.

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Whole Foods market competitive forces and SWOT analysis

Whole Foods by many measures is one of the world's most financially successfully retailers of natural and organic foods.

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Intrinsic and external motivation strategies for improving employee productivity

Getting employees to do their best work is one of the most challenging aspects of being a manager. Individuals act based on many different types of motivation. From the very basic need to survive to intrinsic motivation, to motivation that is associated with outside forces and rewards.

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John Rawls' theory of justice in the twenty-first century

John Rawls spent a great deal of time pondering issues such as fairness, justice, equality and liberty. But how well do his conclusions fare in the modern, globalized world nearly forty years after the publication of his famous work, a Theory of Justice?

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Accounting fraud and insider trading at HealthSouth Corporation

The recent subprime mortgage meltdown was preceded in time by the corporate shenanigans that took place in Enron, WorldCom and HealthSouth, all of which are instances of accounting practices that were intended to mislead investors and auditors concerning just how much, where and how money was being…

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Personal values on religion, same-sex marriage, and materialism

I believe that there is a kernel of social value at the center of most contemporary religions in my social culture.

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Sustainable design and certification standards in the UK cosmetics industry

The topic of sustainability and its affect on industry is a relatively new concept. However, it is becoming important for several reasons. First, governments around the globe are beginning to toughen environmental laws.

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Privacy protection in pervasive computing: RFID tracking case study

Commenting on the rubric of privacy protection in sections 3.1 and 3.2, we now have a brief understanding that the paradigm of integrating and maintaining privacy remains quite challenging in a pervasive computing environment.

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Shareholder theory and the purpose of modern corporations

One of the most discussed matters in nowadays global economic environment refers to the purpose for which a corporation, or a smaller sized company, is created.

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