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    Active and Passive Person

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    From what I understand an "Active" person is referring to a personality that doesn’t sit back and go with the flow but makes an effort to make things happen. Active person tend to be more outgoing ‚ competitive and aggressive. A "Passive" Person is referring to a personality that laid back and takes life as it is‚ potentially lazy when it comes to achieving certain goals or dealing problems and never will jump into any kind of conflict. From the stories that we had read‚ I think Richard Wright’s

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    The Enron Disaster

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    1. What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when AA consulting became its own separate entity‚ named Accenture. Revenues from consulting services surpassed revenue from auditing services. A natural competitiveness grew between the two rivals and this is where the problems began to start. Management held maximinizing revenues as their primary focus of success and promotions/bonuses were based on this factor. The CEO of AA‚ Joe

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    equal opportunity

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    Equal opportunity is a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly‚ unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences‚ except when particular “distinctions can be explicitly justified. The aim according to this often "complex and contested concept" is that important jobs should go to those “most qualified” – persons most likely to perform ably in a given task – and not go to persons for arbitrary or irrelevant reasons‚ such as circumstances of birth‚ upbringing‚ friendship

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    Active Shooter Incidents

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    frequency and complexities of these incidents demonstrate the need for all emergency agencies to collaborate and train for this sad new reality of society. With the recent rise in Active Shooter Incidents (ASI) the author David C. Billings‚ wrote the Executive Fire Officer Paper‚ EMS Under Fire: Developing an Active Shooter Incident Response. The author recognized the need to develop a Standard Operating Practice for a safe and effective response by the Manchester

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    Bhopal Disaster

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    References: 1) Lapierre‚ Dominique.‚ Moro‚ Javier (2009) Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster ‚ Hacthcett Digital‚ Inc. 2) Weir‚ David (1987) The Bhopal Syndrome. San Francisco: Sierra Clubs Books‚ pg. xii 3) Fortun‚ Kim (2001) Advocacy After Bhopal ‚ Chicago: University of Chicago Press 4) The Lancet (2000) Has the World Forgotten Bhopal

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    Active Listening Analysis

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    set a goal to actively listen‚ be aware of potential distractions and practice this valuable skill. True active listening takes three important components which are: comprehending what is said‚ retaining the information and responding based on comprehension. For one to successfully complete the basic steps the individual must address the basic key components. The first important step in active listening is to set a goal for yourself. Goals are important in careers‚ relationships‚ personal achievements

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    Sources of Opportunities

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    (2003) describes an entrepreneurial opportunity as: “...a situation in which a person can create a new means-end framework for recombining resources that the entrepreneur believes will yield a profit. This definition of an entrepreneurial opportunity is useful in that entrepreneurial opportunities are about two things: something happening in the environment (resources) and something to do with the individual (creation‚ beliefs‚ recombination). Since opportunities are not always profitable the key word

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    Ecological Disasters

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    this situation pollution is a murderer. As human beings we are well intentioned and have our hearts in the right place‚ however human error has played a devastating role on our planet. There have been several oil spills however the most harmful disaster was the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill on April 20th‚ 2010 until July 15th 2010. For a total of 87 days more then 200 million gallons of oil was forced into the Gulf of Mexico‚ which made it

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    why it is important to create an inclusive teaching and learning environment (2.1) Inclusive practice as a teacher is to recognises that student are all different either by religious believer‚ gender‚ age‚ nationality‚ disability etc. I have to make sure that I include everyone as much as possible in all the activities also to make sure all my students feel as part of the team and will be treated fairly and equally as everyone else. is important to create a good learning environment so the student

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    Opportunity may mean little to some‚ however for others it can mean everything. The opportunity to live a new life‚ the opportunity to thrive‚ or the opportunity to survive. An Opportunity is can be a door to something better; a chance at something of value. For many people in life an opportunity is all that they are searching for‚ and it is often a key part of their success. Countless people join the military or pursue a career with no guarantees of success‚ but the chance to better themselves or

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