Early this month we finished our final TOK presentation. I did mine with Faizaan‚ and we chose to take up the subject of philanthropy. The real reason that people give in the first place is a very controversial and relevant topic‚ and so we thought it would make a good topic for a presentation. It was very important for us to be interested in the topic we were going to be presenting‚ as we would be spending so many hours doing work on it- we are both interested in business and aspire to become businessmen
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The history of the nonprofit sector is not as specific and straightforward. It is believed that charity and philanthropy which eventually shaped the nonprofit sector began during the early human civilization where the hunters hunt‚ gather food and provide shelter for each other. In Carl Milofsky’s (1979) “Not for Profit Organization and Community”‚ proposed that there were six traditions of American participation that shaped the nonprofit sector. They are (1)Protestant Patrician‚ (2)Urban Ethnic
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philosophy. I realized that I was just temporarily consumed by his better marketing scheme. As I continued to read the other articles Making Philanthropy out of Obscenity by Milton Friedman and Put Profits First by T.J. Rodgers I realized that they were all saying the same things‚ had the same ideas‚ and the same goal; to make a profit. In his article Making Philanthropy Out of Obscenity Friedman says‚ “Strip off the camouflage‚ and it turns out we are in essential agreement (pg1).” talking about he and
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Program Evaluation Part One Vincent Ramirez University of Phoenix Evaluation Methodology HCS/549 February 11‚ 2013 Hyoun-Kyoung Higgerson‚ PhD Program Evaluation Part One The purpose of this paper is to select a health care delivery or education program in the workplace or community. The chosen program for this part of the assignment is the “Chronic Disease Management Program” (CDM). The CDM was implemented to education to patients and their families about living with congested heart failure
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with the methods Rockefeller used in order to gain so much power and riches. From a Christian ethics standpoint‚ I believe that his strategies were immoral because he destroyed independent companies‚ had secret operations‚ and used his riches for philanthropy in order to appear humble and justify the means. John D. Rockefeller was very determined to become the most powerful man in the oil industry and in his attempt to become such a man he brutally destroyed any other independent companies who owned
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WOMEN: THE NEW ART PATRONS IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICA Art was not always a woman’s pursuit‚ like it is nowadays. In the late 18th century‚ during the Enlightenment‚ the idea of the “gentleman” pervaded American culture‚ as exemplified by Ben Franklin. Arts‚ natural sciences and humanities became de rigueur for respectable men. This continued throughout the early 20th century‚ until the end of the westward expansion and the transformation of the United States from a rural to an urban society
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COURSE OVERVIEW Geoffrey Wiseman - “Polylateralism: Diplomacy’s Third Dimension” - two basis forms of diplomacy that have evolved over the years: bilateral (conduct of relations between two states) and multilateral (conduct of relations between three or more states at permanent or ad hoc international conferences - ague that polylateralism constitutes diplomacy’s third dimension (conduct of relations between official entities and at least one unofficial nonstate entity) - define state actors
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honcho Oscar M. Lopez‚ JG Summit Holdings founder John Gokongwei Jr; and Ayala Corporation chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II. All these gentlemen have been named to Forbes Magazine’s “Heroes of Philanthropy.’’ This year‚ Ricky earned a spot in Forbes’ third annual 48 Heroes of Philanthropy list in the Asia-Pacific region. Forbes chose four leading altruists in 12 countries‚ from Australia to Malaysia to India‚ including mining tycoon Andrew Forrest‚ Indian benefactor Rohini Nilekani and
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should be honored for their philanthropy. An advocate for these entrepreneurs is John S. Gordon. As a specialist of business and financial history‚ Gordon claims
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in regards to work schedule preference‚ 4) designated parking space‚ and/or 5) gift card to company store. Furthermore‚ the three (3) social responsive activities for this fiscal year are defined as follows: 1) community development program‚ 2) philanthropy and 3) recycling and reducing energy
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