wasted time as possible. 3. Early sales indicate the concept appeals to the targeted market segment (busy middle- and upper-income families)‚ and produces even stronger financial results in lower-economic demographic regions‚ where many blue-collar workers did not have insurance coverage and simply want an inexpensive alternative for basic illnesses. 4. QuickMedx wisely chose to keep cash flow as simple as possible‚ by dealing only with retail customers and avoiding the morass of filing insurance
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offer fresh perspectives on the structure and development of the Australian workforce. Despite comprehensive research‚ statistical evidence (Holland & De Cieri‚ 2006)‚ and an increased awareness of the external forces impeding on the domain of green-collar work‚ skills development still remains relatively premature and significant gaps in knowledge and skills acquisition (KSA) still remain (Pearce & Stilwell‚ 2009). Sustainable development industries‚ encumbered by the increased deregulation of the
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he last few months has seen a sharp surge in worker protests in plants across the country. In Tamil Nadu‚ workers at Hyundai‚ MRF‚ and Nokia went on protest. Last month‚ a senior Human Resource Executive at Rico Auto died after having been attacked by workers. Now‚ work at the Gurgaon-Manesar auto belt of Haryana has come to a halt following the death of a worker in an alleged police firing. It is not just blue collar workers who have been aggressively asserting their rights or protesting and striking
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White collar crimes committed by people with high status‚ money‚ or power generally tend to get a lighter sentencing than street crimes. People with power‚ have the money and the resources to get out of tough situations that can cause lawful consequences. For example‚ in December of 2001‚ Martha Stewart sold over 3‚000 shares of Imclone System Stocks to save her $45‚000 on her ImClone stocks. She was convicted of conspiracy‚ false statement‚ and prejury changes. For this crime she was only sentenced
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A different look on higher education People often view things with smaller value because of their perceived flaws. In “Blue-Collar Brilliance”‚ the author Mike Rose discusses the amount of academic success a person achieves doesn’t always correlate to how intelligent a person is. Also in the essay “The New Liberal arts"‚ the author Sanford Ungar talks about seven different misconceptions people have on liberal arts education. Even though Mike Rose and Sanford Ungar both address how society
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…. STREET CRIME or WHITE COLLAR CRIME? By general definition‚ a crime is a wronging‚ proclaimed by law against society. All acts of disobeying the law are crimes. Be it an assault or embezzlement one has committed a wrong. Yet we have learned values and morals from our surroundings which gave us concepts of the degree of harm pertaining to a particular crime. Our normal concept of crime is usually that of a physical one. We as a society‚ generally conjure images of a personal assault on oneself
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will back up opinions and past happenings. I will gain information via books‚ internet sites‚ interviews‚ and magazine articles. The more information brought to our attention will benefit us a great deal as we will know why and how this type of white collar crime can take place and should provide us with ways to avoid these predicaments. I also believe it is very important to look at past and present situations and compare the way these criminals have performed the crime and see if they are being
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how the modern work ethic is corrupting peoples character. Richard Sennett met Rico at the airport‚ Sennett had met Rico fifteen years ago when he had interviewed Rico’s father for his book The Hidden Injuries of Class. Which was about blue-collar worker in america. When Sennett first met Rico’s father Enrico had been an janitor for twenty years. Sennett stated that Enrico had worked twenty years without complaining. Enrico had one goal and that was to provide for his family. Which he did by purchasing
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"Serving in Florida" by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ is an effective essay derived from Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. This essay is a personal reflection of Ehrenreich’s experiences working "under- cover" in low paying‚ blue collar jobs in Florida. This essay is a descriptive narrative that shows how hard it is for low paid‚ working class Americans‚ to make it in the world. Ehrenreich vividly describes her experiences and sends a message to the reader that many working class
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Identity Theft In today’s society‚ there is a white-collar crime that has greatly risen in popularity among criminals. This crime is identity theft. Hundreds of thousands of people have their identities stolen each year. Identity theft is when these criminals obtain and use consumers personal information such as credit card numbers‚ bank account numbers‚ insurance information‚ and social security numbers to purchase goods or services fraudulently. According to the Federal Trade Commission
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