benefits that very often will outweigh the expenditures. Some are even of the opinion that CSR is necessary for business‚ both from an economic and a social point of view (Brown & Fraser‚ 2006; Drucker‚ 1984; Kotler & Lee‚ 2005; Mintzberg‚ 1983; Porter & Kramer‚ 2006). Schreck (2011) concludes by writing that the following two related conflicts could be solved by proving that CSR and profit-maximizing interests can go hand in hand: On the one hand‚ the argument that CSR is just a waste of resources would
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On a warm windy Friday in mid-February‚ I made a trip to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. I ventured around the museum‚ first finding their featured exhibit. In here I found several interesting pieces of art including a large wooden table with Persian rug‚ and large chunks of some large butter shaped and colored rocks. A few minutes later I strolled into a room full of their permeant collections. There were probably twenty to thirty pieces of art in this midsized well lit room. I observed about
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The Five Stages of Grief Across Cultures Every culture experiences grief and has certain practices for mourning. Mourning is a series of behaviors following the individual’s terminal illness diagnosis‚ the death of a loved one‚ human or animal (Axelrod‚ 2016). Every culture expresses the different stages of grief in different ways. Even within the culture there can be varying levels of discipline that change the way the community grieves. Though‚ Kübler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief sound simple and
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in the perversion of nature” (Becoming Visible‚ pg.192). This was generally the view civilians shared in regards to the female gender‚ especially during the 16th-17th century‚ when witchcraft craze was at its all time high. Another example being‚ Kramer and Sprenger wrote that‚ in connection with other problems‚ women had “an insatiable carnal desire and an immoderate lust for power‚ which led them to enter into compacts with the Devil” (Becoming Visible‚ pg.193). With such a strong stance it was
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about personal experiences she had and about her family. Although Tan admits that she never thought about becoming an author‚ “I was Chinese. I was a girl. It was as preposterous as a Chinese girl dreaming of becoming president of the United States.” (Kramer‚ 6) Amy Tan was born in Oakland‚ California on February 19th‚ 1952. Her parents‚ John and Daisy Tan were both Chinese immigrants. Tan’s mother had an arranged marriage by her parent and married an abusive husband with whom she had three daughters
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contribute to the fast dissemination of WNV in North and South America. Nevertheless‚ WNV amplified and extended its distribution across the lower 48 continental states and has been declared endemic within 10 years of its introduction (Bernard‚ Kramer‚ 2001). West Nile Virus is a concern because in the most rare and extreme cases it can cause a condition called encephalitis‚ which is irritation and swelling of the brain.
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Comparison of Optimized Backpropagation Algorithms W. Schiffmann‚ M. Joost‚ R. Werner University of Koblenz Institute of Physics Rheinau 3–4 W-5400 Koblenz e-mail: evol@infko.uni-koblenz.de Presented at ESANN 93‚ Br¨ ssel u Abstract Backpropagation is one of the most famous training algorithms for multilayer perceptrons. Unfortunately it can be very slow for practical applications. Over the last years many improvement strategies have been developed to speed up backpropagation. It’s
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Midterm Study Questions: The following are the types of questions you can expect on the Midterm. The questions on the midterm‚ however are NOT limited to these questions. The following questions do not include the material in the California Supplement‚ or matters we may have discussed in class. Anything in chapters 1-3 and 5 in the California Supplement and anything we have discussed in class is covered in the midterm. CIVIL LITIGATION CHAPTER 1 True/False 1. Most aspects of civil
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material resources together in working condition‚ the leading step inspires people to best utilize these resources‚ and the controlling step checks that the right things happen‚ in the right way‚ and at the right time” (Lombardi‚ Schermerhorn‚ & Kramer‚ 2007‚). Controlling is the process of the financial management to ensure that each department of the organization are going by the procedures that was decided. The financial manager should have the reports available to study the most recent financial
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Analysis coursework on ‘Little Wing’ From the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 album “Axis: Bold as Love”‚ Little Wing has arguably become one of their most celebrated songs‚ and can perhaps be said to be Hendrix’s most endearing ‘ballad’. This essay will attempt to analyse how aspects of the music have given it such an admirably distinct character. The sound is somewhat determined by the ‘rock trio’ instrumentation‚ and the most defining aspect is arguably Hendrix’s guitar playing. Hendrix’s guitar
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