CASE 41 Tambrands—Overcoming Cultural Resistance Tampax‚ Tambrands’s only product‚ is the best-selling tampon in the world‚ with 44 percent of the global market. North America and Europe account for 90 percent of those sales. Company earnings dropped 12 percent to $82.8 million on revenues of $662 million. Stakes are high for Tambrands because tampons are basically all it sells‚ and in the United States‚ which currently generates 45 percent of Tanbrands’s sales‚ the company is mired in competition
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does air resistance affect the falling of a parachute? Air resistance affects the falling of a parachute because the resistance in the air molecules slow down the falling of the parachute. If there were no air resistance then the gravity would pull the parachute toward earth and it will drop very fast. 2. What aspects of a parachute affect the amount of air resistance generated? Length‚ mass‚ and materials are some of the aspects that affect the amount of air resistance generated
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desirable for an ammeter to have a high resistance or low resistance? Why? ➢ Yes‚ it is desirable for an ammeter to have a high resistance or low resistance because the lower the resistance‚ the better the ammeter as it is connected in series and so its resistance will affect the current flow and thereby affect any calculations to be obtained. 2. An ammeter of resistance Ra is connected through a rheostat to a cell of negligible internal resistance. When the rheostat is adjusted to a value
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“descent with modification”. Both prokaryotic cells that create bacteria and eukaryotic cells that make up most other forms of life evolve. Natural selection and genetic variation are simply the way evolution happens. This is why there is an antibiotic resistance. If bacteria are constantly changing then antibiotics must change too. Evolution is an amazing process that explains and justifies change. In New Mexico at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park there is a unique and enlightened discovery. There
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Colonial Rubber Plantation under French rule. In order to organize and gain the trust of the workers‚ Tran uses many methods of protest and resistance. In many ways he was very successful but not all of the tactics worked out as planned. On several occasions his plans would falter and in return would either pay the consequences or come up with a new one. From an early age‚ Tran was showing signs of resisting authority. Before he went to work on the rubber plantation he was attending a Catholic based
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Client Resistance and You A client may attempt to avoid counseling attempts for all sorts of for example‚ a fear of intimacy or discovery‚ an unwillingness to face personal truths‚ a lack of interest in counseling‚ a tendency toward self-destruction and/or low self-esteem to name a few. Resistance refers to the client’s efforts to block the progress of treatment. These efforts are usually unconscious. Resistance occurs because the client experiences anxiety when unconscious conflicts begin to be
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Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it informs and educates the government on how Americans react to certain laws. This can be observed in many of the current events that are going on in America today and have gone on the past the past. One prime example of this is during the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. Charismatic leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. peacefully influenced American politics and ultimately brought about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which disallowed
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I believe peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. Peaceful resistance is a way to express your beliefs and protest potentially other harmful policies or laws. More importantly‚ I feel it also inspires change. While violence escalates tensions and leads to revenge‚ peaceful resistance should inspire thoughtful progress and civilized improvements in a free society. During the Civil Rights movement‚ Rosa Parks was a great example of someone who refused to accept the law
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South Dakota‚ and half of those killed were women and children. It was the final major clash between the Native Americans and the U.S. military‚ and it finally proved that white men are the “true savages” of humankind. Yes‚ the Native Americans’ resistance was justified. White Americans brought many atrocities upon the Native American people. The white men gave them unfulfilled promises‚ purloined their lands and decimated their people. Prior to the Wounded Knee Massacre‚ the United States government
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As a young adult in the 21st century I believe that peaceful resistances to laws can positively impact a free society. When we look back into our history as Americans we read about all these outstanding leaders who have lead a resistance peacefully. Gandhi was a man who fought for what he believed but not with weapons or fitsts‚ he fought with the strength of his heart. Gandhi didn’t give into violence but he gave into his people. Gandhi was fighting against the British government in order to gain
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