Strategic Initiative Paper: Cynthia Carreira Risks associated with the initiative and financial effects they may have on the Microsoft Corporation. One risk is losing valuable components of the software Microsoft develops‚ in order to comply with the legal rules and regulations. This may cause Microsoft to pull some products out of circulation from countries that have different laws‚ which can drastically drop Microsoft’s profit margin. Trying to follow the laws and regulations can also cause
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The Debate on Humanitarian Intervention Watanabe Koji When a massive and systematic violation of basic human rights is committed by the authorities of one state‚ can other states intervene forcefully to halt the violation? Since the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO’s) military intervention in Kosovo in 1999‚ the issue of what is now commonly called humanitarian intervention has become one of the most contentious subjects in managing contemporary international relations. Conspicuous in
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We can save state sovereignty or we can save strangers. The problem with humanitarian military intervention is that it has proven to be only sometimes effective – not always effective but only sometimes. It is undeniable that humanitarian intervention has catapulted a huge moral dilemma into the international realm. Humanitarian intervention has turned into a constant tug of war between the preservation of state sovereignty or enforcing global peace and security. United Nations Secretary-General
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Humanitarian intervention is the act of protecting people from degradation‚ deprivation and destruction physically‚ materially‚ socially and legally. The intervention is motivated by both altruistic humanitarian intentions and a philosophical paradigm that view individuals‚ communities and nation states as responsible to greater global ideals and humanity. Although the motivation to intervene and protect the rights of others is conceived or perceived as just‚ often the intention is obscured‚ at
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Response Paper Instructions Having completed the unit of philosophy of religion‚ you are now ready to respond to an article written by an actual atheist. This article titled “On Being an Atheist‚” was written by H. J. McCloskey in 1968 for the journal Question. McCloskey is an Australian philosopher who wrote a number of atheistic works in the 1960s and 70s including the book God and Evil (Nijhoff‚ 1974). In this article‚ McCloskey is both critical of the classical arguments for God’s existence
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Foreign Aid as a tool for Foreign Policy Foreign aid is defined as voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another country‚ at times as leverage to cohorts the receiving country do what the donor country wants. But it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval‚ or to strengthen a military ally‚ to reward a government for behavior desired by the country giving the aid‚ to extend the donor ’s cultural influence‚ or to gain political strength here at home as abroad.
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Altering the Strategic Plan If the strategy at Riordan does not go according to plan the company will conduct a re-evaluation to determine what the issue is. After evaluation should the organization feel the strategic plan needs to be altered because of inefficiency or goals and objectives are not being obtained then it must change them for the improvement and future of the company. The organization would assess the weaknesses‚ strengths‚ strategic competences‚ and factors critical to the
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(2011). The Coca cola history: Heritage timeline. Retrieved from http://heritage.coca-cola.com/ Coca Cola Company (2013). Mission‚ vision & values. Retrieved from http://www.coca-colacompany.com/our-company/mission-vision-values David‚ F. (2011). Strategic Management Concepts (custom ed.). Pearson-Prentice Hall Custom: Upper Saddle River‚ N.J. Esterl‚ M. (2013‚ January 18). Is This the End of the Soft-Drink Era. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323783704578245973076636056
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Response Paper 3 Throughout history there have been works of art that describe the way society was functioning‚ who had the power and how everyday life was in general. Artists have always created works of art that mean something to them that they either have seen or recreated their own impression of the way they have seen it. Now when it comes to artist having the right to create works of art to force political‚ social‚ and philosophical beliefs‚ I believe they are allowed to because every person
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The history of strategic planning begins in the military. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ strategy is "the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations‚ of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual engagement with the enemy" (Guralnic‚ 1986). Although our understanding of strategy and applying strategic planning in management has been transformed from a point of military maneuvering to one that aim’s to achieve and gives a structured
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