Primary Business Function(s) and Background A primary business function or activity is the main focus or line of products that the business ventures into and the types of products that they aim to sell to the consumer market. Nike is a clothing and goods manufacturer‚ focusing on athletic shoes‚ apparel‚ sporting goods and accessories. Originally known as "Blue Ribbon Sports"‚ it was founded by track athlete Philip Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964. The company’s profits grew quickly
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Breaking Bad: Can a Drug Dealer be Good? Breaking Bad is a TV series about a chemistry teacher‚ Walter White‚ turning to cooking methamphetamine when he realizes that he has terminal cancer‚ in order to leave behind some inheritance for his family. The show follows Walter as he transforms from a meek and compassionate father to becoming a cold‚ ruthless drug lord through the (wrong) choices he makes in life. Vince Gilligan created the show with a vision of having the protagonist become the antagonist
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Atlantis is the subject of a legend about an advanced island civilization that was destroyed or lost. Stories about Atlantis are first mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias‚ in which characters say it was destroyed by an earthquake or a tsunami about 9‚000 years before the time in which Plato wrote. The story claims Atlantis was somewhere outside the Pillars of Hercules. According to Plato‚ the story originated with Ancient Egyptian priests. Some people believe that the stories are
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the numerous references to Othello’s skin color made by multiple characters however some critics tend to ignore or underplay the issue of Othello’s race. Many critics have different views and arguments on Othello’s skin color. “A.C. Bradley‚ fro example‚ asserts that in regards to the essentials of his character Othello’s race is unimportant‚ and that Shakespeare would have laughed if anyone had congratulated him on the accuracy of his racial psychology” (Skura 2008). Others differ and believe Othello’s
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The beginning of Brazils economy started when Portugal colonized the country that is known today as Brazil. The Portuguese were in search of vast riches and they got their first taste of earnings around the 1540’s. With the popularity of sugar cane growing in Europe‚ the Portuguese quickly started an agricultural enterprise in their colony. The Portuguese took advantage of the Dutch through their commercial skills and financing; in order to quickly get a foothold and build a small sugar monopoly
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Among Aristotle’s terms in depicting terms in his model of human characteristics is hamartia. Hamartia is when one’s flaw or weakness is his or her error or transgression. In William Shakespeare’s "Othello‚" Othello’s hamartia is the misconception he has "of himself as being uncouth‚ poorly spoken‚ and old; and because he begins to believe that his fair wife‚ Desdemona‚ cannot love him‚ he starts to believe that she is guilty of infidelity. "(classicnote). Maurice Charney’s "Shakespeare on Love
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1037/a0017103 Bad Apples‚ Bad Cases‚ and Bad Barrels: Meta-Analytic Evidence About Sources of Unethical Decisions at Work Jennifer J. Kish-Gephart‚ David A. Harrison‚ and Linda Klebe Trevino ˜ Pennsylvania State University‚ University Park Campus As corporate scandals proliferate‚ practitioners and researchers alike need a cumulative‚ quantitative understanding of the antecedents associated with unethical decisions in organizations. In this metaanalysis‚ the authors draw from over 30 years of research and
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Barbara Hagemeister Mrs. Hall Comp I April 26‚ 2011 Is Stem Cell Research Good or Bad? Stem cell research is a very complex subject. “Stem cells hold great potential for developing therapies to treat a wide range of human diseases. Already in clinical use is blood stem cell transplant‚ known well as bone marrow transplant therapy for the treatment of patients with certain types of blood diseases and cancers. The discovery of stem cells in various adult tissues‚ stem cells plasticity‚ and human
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Spirituality and Religion Research Paper Due: 12/7/11 Throughout the world there are many different things that individuals tend to believe. Some people believe in luck‚ crediting everything that happens to them‚ good or bad‚ to their fortune. Some believe in karma‚ always warning colleagues about the things they may do or say to their counterparts‚ implying that those things may come back to them‚ possibly in a worse way. Others believe in superstition‚ which according to the World English
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The Revenge Amongst the Characters of Hamlet "But that the dread of something after death‚ The undiscover’d country‚ from whose bourn No traveler returns‚ puzzles the will‚ And makes us rather bear those ills we have‚ Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all‚ and thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought"(Shakespeare pg.124). Revenge causes one to act blindly through anger‚ rather than through reason. It is based
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