mona Abstract This paper focuses on the unfortunate fall of WorldCom with regard to the problems that happened and an evaluation of these problems using the deontological framework with basis being laid on rights in business management. The thesis is based on the ethical standards that were applied at WorldCom. What are the ethical problems raised … Read more
Socialism and Communism in Europe during the Industrial Revolution Introduction Socialism and communism are two sets of therories which inspire movements for social, political as well as economic change, and whose ideas significantly overlap. Communism came before socialism and the two terms have been used interchangibly on many ocassions (McCormick, 2009). The main difference between … Read more
Stages of Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial development 1. Trust vs Mistrust – Outcome Infancy (birth to 18 months): a child learns ability to trust other people forllowin consistency of its caregiver(s). unsuccessful completion of this stage results in child having fear and mistrust (Harder, 2012). A representative of this stage is a one-year child. 2. … Read more
Global oil prices hit their all-time high in 2008 but have drastically reduced thanks to increased production.It is apparent that all the world’s oil producers are effectively operating at full capacity while demand of the product does not compliment the excess supply. In this respect, the prices of oil have been on a downward trend … Read more
Sequel of “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan “You can be an American girl on the outside, but make sure to remain Chinese on the inside,” my mother told me after the Minister’s family and the fleet of my relatives that had come over for Christmas dinner had left (Tan, 2009). In all honest, I did … Read more
Introduction Defining the concept of tourism requires taking into consideration various groups that are involved in it and are affected by the industry. These include the tourist, the business itself, the host community or area, and the government of the host community or area. Taking all these into consideration, tourism can be said to the … Read more
Computer virus A computer virus refers to a malicious computer software program capable of replicating itself and then spreading from one computer to another and thus interferring with the normal operations of the machines. However, viruses do not always behave, replicate, or infect in similar ways. This is what brings about varied types of computer … Read more
From Silent Spring to Silent Night The presentation was done by Prof. Tyrone Hayes. The California biologist makes an interesteing link between the increasing decline of amphibian population in waters with the dangerous herbicide Altrazine. This is a peer-reviewed research that evidentially show that Altrazine is indeed a potent endocrine disrupter which the negative ability … Read more
Abstract The aim of this study was to conduct an investigative observational study into gender differences in touch behavior in a social situation. A study by Henley (1973) concluded existence of gender asymmetry – a tendency for men to be significantly more likely to touch women than vice versa. The investigation was conducted within a … Read more
It is the recommendation of a number of researches that there be a combination of organizational change plus individual management or situational stress management approach in the prevention of stress at workplace. Stress management targets: I. Recognizing employees for their good performance at work. II. Increase opportunities for career development. III. To build an organizational … Read more