Loyalty to family‚ community‚ and the gods is an important quality in the lives of ancient Greek citizens. These qualities are clear demonstrated in The Odyssey through Penelope‚ Telemakhos‚ and Odysseus. Penelope shows her loyalty in several ways. She shows loyalty to Odysseus by waiting for his return for twenty long years. She did not choose a suitor until she knew for sure that Odysseus was dead. To delay the decision of choosing a suitor‚ Penelope said she would marry a suitor after she
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not always easy. People often have conflicting loyalties‚ and there are no guidelines that help them decide to what or whom they should be loyal. Moreover‚ people are often loyal to something bad. Still‚ loyalty is one of the essential attributes a person must have and must demand of others." is a quote adapted from James Carville‚ Stickin’: The Case of Loyalty. Loyalty is usually thought to be an essential quality within friendship. The word loyalty can have different meanings to different people
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Are you loyal? Loyalty is the quality of being loyal to someone or something. Loyalty is being displayed all through act three. There are multiple comparisons that comes to mind when i read this play and when i think about modern day events. Loyalty is a very strong word‚ everyone is not loyal. Most time when we think of loyalty we think of being loyal to your boy or girl friend but that is not that case all the time. Loyalty is standing up and acting on what you believe in no matter the circumstance
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marketers for your company. Win loyalty‚ therefore‚ and profits will follow as night follows day. Certainly that’s what CRM software vendors--and the armies of consultants who help install their systems--are claiming. And it seems that many business executives agree. Corporate expenditures on loyalty initiatives are booming: The top 16 retailers in Europe‚ for example‚ collectively spent more than $1 billion in 2000. Indeed‚ for the last ten years‚ the gospel of customer loyalty has been repeated so often
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For Which We Stand Loyalty‚ does it still exist today? I am of the opinion that it does; after all‚ our loyalty to God‚ family and country is what we stand for. Although‚ loyalty can be described by many other words‚ such as‚ faithfulness‚ commitment‚ obligation‚ devotion and allegiance. Therefore‚ the true meaning of loyalty may be left up the individual. Finding what loyalty means to me began in the summer of 1992. I was offered an employment opportunity by my uncle‚ Richard Graham. In particular
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Paul Salamy Mrs. Ebersole English 10 Honors 21 August 2012 Thesis: The final part in Homer’s epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ expresses the importance of loyalty as well as the issues caused by trust being ignored due to ignorant attitudes. I. Odysseus’s close friends and family were the ones who were most loyal to him‚ as they mourned his absence and longed for his return back home. a. Odysseus’s wife‚ Penelope‚ although her faith was slowly growing dim‚ for a very long time believed that her
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Beowulf is a poem that represents loyalty. Beowulf’s author was an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet. Beowulf tells the story of the main character Beowulf‚ who was the bravest soldier of Geatland. The story is based on narrating the heroic achievements of Beowulf the victories over Grendel‚ Grendel’s mother‚ and a dragon. Grendel was a powerful monster that threatened Hrothgar’s kingdom. Beowulf is a warrior that decides to help Hrothgar by killing the beast that has been menacing Herot. Beowulf is accepted
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Groupon – Reichheld’s loyalty model PROBLEM STATEMENT: Groupon’s consumer (end-user) value proposition of deep discounts on goods and services is attracting bargain shoppers who are inherently disloyal to the Merchant businesses offering the coupons. HYPOTHESIS: Groupon’s should change their strategy by offering fewer one-time discounts and put an emphasis on long-term value for repeat customers ANALYSIS PLAN / SOLUTION APPROACH: Reichheld’s loyalty model together with the Value Disciplines model
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MOVING MOUNTAINS AT MARKS & SPENCER This case was prepared by Martin Christopher and Helen Peck of Cranfield School of Management‚ Cranfield University Bedford‚ United Kingdom. ABSTRACT Marks & Spencer had long been the doyenne of British retailing‚ its name a by-word for quality‚ service and value for money. Having turned in record profits for 1998 and accelerated its global expansion plans‚ things suddenly went horribly wrong for the retailer. Out-of-touch management‚ complacency in marketing
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Mark Antony’s Speech Throughout Shakespeare’s masterpiece‚ Brutus makes many decisions that lead to his own downfall. He refuses to make an oath among the conspirators‚ he declines the other conspirators when they propose to add Cicero to their secretive group‚ he also refuses to kill Antony because they would then be portrayed as "butchers"‚ but the biggest and most grave mistake he makes is when he makes the decision to overrule Cassius’s opinion and allow Mark Antony to speak at the
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