Epistemological Issues XFiles Essays and Term Papers
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Design Issues and Usability
Design issues and Usability Alicia Perales University of Texas at El Paso Alfredo Sanchez, MBA Computer Programming II July 2, 2005 Key design issues related to human factors characteristic of a GUI. One of the key issues when designing a GUI is that developer must focus on the end user, and make the user the “front and center” throughout the GUI development process. User-Centered design is a method where developers stay attuned to the concerns,
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Meeting Planning Industry Issues
Meeting Planning Industry Issues I work in the meeting planning industry for t a non-profit medical organization. Meeting planners organize all the logistics of meetings; from the location, speakers, programs, handouts, audio-visual needs, and registration. Companies can have in house meeting planners or they can outsource the logistical aspects to meeting planning companies. Planners must consider the reason for the meeting and what message wants to be conveyed to the attendees. Once it is determined
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Ethical Issues Paper
Ethical Issues Paper Charles Roberts Gen102 Frederick Lawrence, Instructor Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Introduction The TSYS Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the "Code") covers a wide range of business practices and procedures. While it does not cover every issue that may arise, this Code outlines basic principles to guide all employees and officers of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries ("team members"). In addition, all members of the Company's Board of Directors
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The Big Issue
Humanity is plagued with many moral issues each day. And when the announcement was made that a research facility in England had successfully cloned a sheep, many more questions arose. The overall question is, "To clone or not to clone?" Many groups worldwide, doctors, politicians, religious people, have been battling with this question. Many doctors believe cloning is an advancement to help save more people's lives. Although specific organs or rare blood types have
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Cloning - the Moral Issue
Today, the topic of cloning generates more argument then it has ever created before. The controversy over cloning is based, in part, on the fact that there are extreme opposing viewpoints on the subject. Also a major factor in the debate over cloning is a fear of new technology. Throughout history, man has always been slow to adapt to a new technology, or a new way of doing things. We go through all the trouble
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How Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Issues Differ Between B2b and B2c Web Sites
Like traditional brick-and-mortar business’s, business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) web sites face ethical, legal, and regulatory concerns. Although both B2B and B2C sites share similarities’ in web-based jurisdictional issues and general ethical considerations, each site has its own specific concerns due to the end user relationship of the consumer versus business (Schneider, 2004). Whether the end user is a business or a consumer, there is usually a transaction or sale of a particular product or
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Race Issues
As African Americans fled the city, new dangers sometimes appeared. Mary Parrish later reported that as the group of refugees she was with "had traveled many miles into the country and were turning to find our way to Claremore," they were warned to stay clear of a nearby town, where whites were "treating our people awfully mean as they passed through".1 Similar stories have persisted for decades. Whites detained fleeing African Americans as well as
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Cobb, Anthony T. (1986). Political Diagnosis: Applications in Organizational Development. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 11 Issue 3. 482-497
Bibliographic reference: Cobb, Anthony T. (1986). Political Diagnosis: Applications in Organizational Development. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 11 Issue 3. 482-497 Abstract (Quoted from the article): The political side of OD intervention is receiving more consideration by those in the field. Most of this attention focuses on how the consultant can increase and use his or her power in the client system. Little attention has been given, however, to the diagnostic requirements of effective political
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Ethical and Regulatory Issues
Ethical and Regulatory Issues Paper President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law in February 1996. The law modified earlier legislation, primarily the Communications Act of 1934. The legislation regulates broadcasting by over-the-air television and radio stations, cable television operators, satellite broadcasters, wireline telephone companies (local and long distance) and wireless telephone companies. The general intention of the Act was deregulation and competition. The Act removed barriers between telecommunications companies, thus fostering competition.
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America’s Gun Control Issue - Can There Be a Compromise?
AMERICA’S GUN CONTROL ISSUE CAN THERE BE A COMPROMISE? According to the F.B.I., 9,369 murders involving firearms took place in the year 2002 within the United States. We as Americans have the right to “bear arms,” however there can be some changes to at least try to minimize these casualties. The 2nd Amendment states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep
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Personnel Issues
Abstract The purpose of this work is to outline the legal and ethical considerations that must not be taken lightly in the applicant testing process of an organization. Employee testing is an important part of the hiring process because it allows managers to select the best candidates for the job. Employees with the right skills and attributes will do a better job for the company. The time to screen out undesirable applicants is before they
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Egypt Economic and Social Issues
Bread, Water and Birth Control in Egypt In September 2003, in an interview with Al-Ahram, the Egyptian government newspaper, in response to a question about economic problems with a reference to a current shortage of bread - President Mubarak of Egypt stated, once again, publicly and forcefully that rapid population growth in Egypt was the primary cause of the country’s economic and social problems. He added that the country was doing what it could to
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Critical Issues Paper: Health and Wellness
Introduction According to workers, organizations with significant wellness programs remain a minority. Demographic evidence suggests that the current laissez-faire attitudes toward workplace wellness found in many organizations will soon need to change. It's important to understand those needs to tailor a wellness program to the organization and its people. To be successful, wellness programs must be employee driven and management supported. (Walker, 2004) For the state of workplace wellness the question has been asked, "Is
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4quadrant Hp-Ux Memory Issue
Memory Windows in HP-UX 11.0. White Paper page 1 Memory Windows White Paper 1. Objectives HP-UX release 11.0 is the first to support the new HP V-class machine. Targeted for high end OLTP, decision support, server consolidation and ERP, the V-class can support up to 16 gigabytes of physical memory. The current 32-bit virtual address space of HP-UX is limiting applications from taking full advantage of systems with a large amount of physical memory. Not
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Fastserve Inc - Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce
RUNNING HEAD: LEGAL ISSUES IN REDUCTION OF WORKFORCE Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce University of Phoenix Introduction FastServe Inc is a 25 million dollar 350 person-strong organization that focuses on the direct marketing of branded sports apparel. The company decided to shift focus towards the Generation Y sports-crazy segment and opened two online marketing distribution channels, one for boys and one for girls. At that time the company moved ten percent of employees to
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Addressing Issues at McDonalds
McDonald's U.K. has experienced significant losses in the past years. While they recently have started to turn around their profit trends, there is still more the organization can do to exceed expectations. Improving their restaurants, customer service, and healthy options are all actions McDonald's can take to continue to improve their positive trend. 1. Identify the problems confronting McDonald's U. K. and list them from the most to the least critical. For each problem identified,
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Epistemology of Knowledge
Epistemology of Knowledge Samiha Holland Dr. McClain Psy 207 According to Webster, the definition of knowledge is: the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association; acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique; the fact or condition of being aware of something; the range of one's information or understanding; the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning. In my opinion, knowledge is information
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Low Employee Retention Issues
Low Employee Retention Issues Riordan manufacturing employs high-tech employees, and is facing for the first time the potential of higher employee turnover. Management at Riordan realizes the need to prevent this issue, and that consequences can be extremely harmful. Several American companies located within the United States (US) have had to deal low employee retention issues, as well as American companies located in Mexico. This paper will discuss methods that will help companies prevent the
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Gender Issue in Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde In many ways today’s society, even though women have come a long way, we still live in a patriarchal world. There are many examples of this in everyday life, whether it be that there aren’t very many women CEO’s or the mere fact that we’ve yet to have a woman president. No matter where you live, there is the presence of a male dominated world. It especially extends into the working fields. There
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Issues in Transportation - Port Gridlock
Port capacity is rapidly becoming the No. 1 issue facing the international logistics system in North America and indeed elsewhere in the world. Torrid container growth shows no sign of abating. Ten million trailers and containers moved annually across the country by intermodal. These cargo movements are expected to double or triple by 2020 without corresponding improvements in existing infrastructure. Factor in additional security requirements atop this growth, and we could be headed for port
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Social Issues in Cuba
The Cuban revolution was one that transformed Cuba into an independent socialist society. This revolution sent a message around the globe. The message: " Socialism can be achieved and capitalism, with its culture stripping mechanism's can be supplemented". However, the revolution did leave its mark on Cuba. This can be seen in the events that took place during the early stages of the revolution. The effects of the revolution were positive for certain sections of
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Auditing Issues and Implication
Auditing Issues and Implication: Engagement Risk: Since Pentagon is government organizations, normal business risk does not apply to this engagement. The engagement risk is mainly derived from the legal consequence of our audit approaches. For example, testing the individual application controls like back up, the most effective way is to pretend a real attack, and examine the reaction of that specific control. However, such pretended attack may cause serious legal issues due to the client’s
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Critical Review of the Current Issues Facing Academia or Practitioners, Answering the Dilemma: Planning Is Neither Within the Grasps of Contemporary Marketers, nor a Realistic Possibility?
Individually, write a critical review of the current issues facing academia or practitioners, answering the dilemma: Planning is neither within the grasps of contemporary marketers, nor a realistic possibility? Include within the report a short personal account (300 words max) of how the review changed or strengthened your understanding of the relevance of planning (2500 words) Introduction In the twenty-first century, global economic conditions create incentives for new market entry and expansion strategies, the environmental
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Abortion: The Controvesial Issue of Our Time Reviewed
Abortion: The Controversial Issue of Our Time Reviewed In America, there are some issues that seem to be of major importance that demand our attention. Of these few topics, abortion has captured America’s awareness, whether the people are pro-choice or pro-life. Almost everyone has been touched by this issue, and so it ranks among the most complex and controversial issues, arousing heat in debates for any legal, ethical, or political situation. Many people describe the
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Malaysia Contemporary Art Issues: Art as Idea-A View from Jalaini Abu Hassan
Malaysia Contemporary Art Art as Idea A view from Jalaini Abu Hassan Introduction In this discussion, we will discuss on how the art act as an idea in Malaysia contemporary art scoop and Jalaini Abu Hassan is one of the Malaysia leading contemporary artist will be the panel for this session. Jai has been known for his aggressive and rough, energetic painting and Malay identical can always be found in his paintings. We also look
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