Race-based affirmative action is justifiable in order to increase diversity. While many adversaries criticize the notion that there is a collective responsibility of society to make up for past wrong-doings‚ this argument focuses only on promoting diversity. In colleges‚ having a diverse‚ mixed student body allows students to learn from a wide range of backgrounds. It also helps disadvantaged minorities reach higher leadership positions which would then help the general populations of those minorities
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May 1‚ 2006 Venture Capital in China‚ Past‚ Present‚ and Future Introduction China’s stifled economy has experienced an unprecedented period of growth since the introduction of new economic policies at the Third Plenum of the 11th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978. The long-suppressed entrepreneurial zeal of the Chinese people was rekindled with the lifting of restriction on private business ownership. Later‚ the advent of Western-style venture capital funds provided budding Chinese
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There are several differences between cost-based pricing and value-based pricing. In this essay we will consider a few of them. Value-based pricing is based on the customer’s perception of value rather than the seller’s cost as the key. Cost-based pricing is based on the product. A company comes up with an idea of what they think would be a good product and sets the price after considering all the production costs plus a target profit. (Kotler‚ Armstrong‚ 2008‚ p. 285‚ 286) Instead of starting
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Discovering the Value of Your Personality All of us have distinct personalities‚ and all of us can‚ without knowing it‚ push some of our inborn characteristics to an unhealthy extreme that can wreak havoc in amarriage. —Gary Smalley The personality inventory you take is not like a test you fail or pass. It’s more like a fingerprint that shows your tendencies. Tendencies can change‚ unlike fingerprints. Discovering your personality tendencies in relationships helps to show where your strengths and
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Recommendation Report OVERVIEW A recommendation report proposes a solution to a problem or evaluates possible solutions and recommends one. Before proposing or recommending a solution‚ the report needs to identify the problem.Think about the various problems you encounter everyday or read about in the paper. EXAMPLE: A HEALTH CARE/ECONOMIC PROBLEM For instance‚ Congress is trying to figure out how to control the ever-increasing cost of Medicare/Medicaid. The problem seems to be that if we don’t
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000) 1 18‚000 19‚000 2 15‚000 17‚000 3 18‚000 19‚000 4 16‚000 14‚000 5 19‚000 15‚000 6 14‚000 13‚000 Evaluate the above proposals according to: 1. Pay Back Period. 2. Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) 3. Net present value method (NPV) Proposal A is better than B‚ because ARR and NPV are higher than Proposal B 2. There are two Proposals. Proposal A and Proposal B. Proposal A costs $ 80‚000 and Proposal B costs $ 100‚000. The discount
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9-6-12 Living your Values Worksheet 15 points (5 per question) 1. What is truly important to you in your life? List the top five values you chose and why. Faith- is my top value because everything I do I want to please Him. I believe as I have grown‚ and matured this has become a more surreal value. A few years ago I would have never said this. Now that I have a family I believe it is more important in my life and my responsibility as a new father and as a husband. Family- I believe
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Characteristics of a Knowledge and Value Centered Manager A knowledge and value centered manager is grounded in sound and accurate knowledge of the various themes that have developed throughout the history of management along with a commitment to values and ethical practice (Kettner‚ 2002). Any manager/supervisor/administrator in any field can be knowledge and value centered. Therefore I have assembled a list of characteristics that can be applied to great leadership in all fields and walks
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articles The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital Robert Costanza*†‚ Ralph d’Arge‡‚ Rudolf de Groot§‚ Stephen Farberk‚ Monica Grasso†‚ Bruce Hannon¶‚ Karin Limburg#✩‚ Shahid Naeem**‚ Robert V. O’Neill††‚ Jose Paruelo‡‡‚ Robert G. Raskin§§‚ Paul Suttonkk & Marjan van den Belt¶¶ * Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies‚ Zoology Department‚ and † Insitute for Ecological Economics‚ University of Maryland‚ Box 38‚ Solomons‚ Maryland 20688‚ USA ‡ Economics Department
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Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant A client has an out-of-control system. A recommendation has been made to hire an internal accountant. Write a recommendation brief of no more than 700 words for the client‚ justifying the benefits of using an internal auditor. Conclude your recommendation by referring a person for the job based on their background. Explain how the background benefits the client. ACC 544 Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant The current company
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