Case Study 2: Cash Connection: Are Its Payday Lender Strategy And Its Business Model Ethical? The Situation: Allen Franks‚ President of Cash Connections‚ a short-term cash lending firm realized that the most profitable endeavor in the check-cashing store industry is to set up stores in towns where no check-cash stores exist. Setting up Cash Connections in these places‚ his business became one of the leading companies in his industry
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In the essay “from the Cosmic Connection”‚ Carl Sagan briefly explained the development of mankind in our society from earliest history until now. Back then‚ people lived in the small communities which were called “tribal groups”. Each group only had around ten to twenty people. Over time‚ people got together and formed the larger groups due to the basic needs in agriculture and other activities. Nowadays‚ the groups expand to the nation-state where thousands of people live and work together. However
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Geert Hofstede defined that culture is "collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012a) Human culture derives from people’s background‚ education‚ gender and so on. Therefore‚ different people have various cultures. Culture can influence employees’ relationship in workplaces. (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012b) Geert Hofstede studied this question for more than six years‚ and found six groups of national cultural dimensions. The first
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Connections Essay The theme that I have selected is racism and discrimination. The texts I have selected are the poem Still I Rise written by Maya Angelou‚ the poem Nothing’s Changed written by Tatamkhulu Afrika‚ the film The Hurricane directed by Norman Jewison‚ and the film Mississippi Burning directed by Alan Parker. The connections between the texts I will discuss are how black people are not treated equally‚ how the texts are based on real life‚ the texts are set in the 1960’s‚ and
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consists of two islands: Trinidad and Tobago. The country has a population of around 1.3 million. During the 15th century the islands have been a Spanish colony. During the same century Tobago has been formed of not only Spanish‚ but British‚ Dutch and French colonies as well. Since 1962 the country is independent and became a republic fourteen years later in 1976. The republic is sharing its borders with Venezuela‚ Guyana and Barbados. In order for an organization or even country itself to be successful
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PESTEL Political- The theatre is subsidized by the public purse in the form of local authorities and the arts council (Arts council‚ 2010). However‚ funding is under continual pressure after cuts made to the arts budget by the coalition government (Mintel‚ 2012). This has been evident since 2008 where the arts council of England stopped funding of the theatre meaning it is only supported by Winchester City Council‚ Hampshire city council‚ sponsors and friends of Theatre Royal Winchester (Burn
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Table of content 1. Introduction 1 2. Importance of environmental analysis 1 3. Procedure 1 4. Findings 2 1. PESTEL analysis for environmental scanning 2 2. Political factors 2 3. Economical factors 3 4. Socio-cultural factors 4 5. Technological factors 4 6. Environmental factors 5 7. Legal factors 5 8. Porter’s five forces model for environmental scanning 6 9. Threat of entry 6 10. Threat of substitutes 7 11. The power of buyers 7 12. The power
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At Divine Connections Massage & Spa‚ sisters and owners Maggie Malast and Mercy Terrill combine their desires to help others to create an oasis for those seeking refuge from pain‚ a need for relaxation or treatment for a variety of skin care issues. Both healing and rejuvenation can be found at this family owned and operated spa. By customizing various treatments to meet individual needs‚ these sisters and their well-trained staff make clients feel part of the family as well. Maggie is a licensed
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Making Connections 1. In “Werner”‚ Hoeflich is sharing very intimate and specific details about his experience. Beard Probably met Hoeflich on several occasions in order to gain his trust before he was able to collect some of the details that he included in his work. It most likely took Beard days of asking just the right questions to write “Werner.” In this piece‚ Werner is presented as both weak and strong. In the beginning of the story‚ he is completely caught off guard by the fire in
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Position of French Adjectives Position d’adjectifs An adjective is a word that modifies a noun by describing it in some way: shape‚ color‚ size‚ nationality‚ etc. French adjectives are very different from English adjectives in two ways: 1. French adjectives change to agree in gender and number with the nouns that they modify‚ which means there can be up to four forms of each adjective: Adjective: joli (pretty) Masculine singular joli Feminine singular jolie Masculine plural jolis
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