...Bob Dole was born on July 22, 1923 in Russell, Kansas, the son of Bina M. (née Talbott; 1904–1983) and Doran Ray Dole (1901–1975).[4] Bob Dole's father, who had moved the family to Russell while Dole was still a toddler, earned money by running a small creamery. One of his father's customers was the father of future Senator Arlen Specter. [5] During the Great Depression, which severely impacted Kansas and its residents, the Dole family moved to the basement of their home and eventually rented out the upper floors to raise money. As a boy, Dole worked as a soda jerk in the local drug store. Dole graduated from Russell High School in the spring of 1941[6] and enrolled at the University of Kansas the following fall. Dole had been a star high school athlete in Russell, and influential Kansas basketball coach Phog Allen traveled to Russell to recruit him to play for the basketball team. While at KU, Dole played for the basketball team, the track team, and the football team. In football, Dole played at the end position, earning varsity letters in 1942 and 1944. While in college, he joined the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, and in 1970 was bestowed with the Fraternity's "Man of the Year" honor.[7] Dole's pre-med studies at KU were interrupted by World War II. After the war, he returned to become a law student. Dole attended the University of Arizona from 1948 to 1951 and earned both his LLB and BA degrees from Washburn University in 1952. Dole was initiated as a Freemason of Russell Lodge...
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...Introduction In 2002, product leaders from the Biotech start-up ICOS, and Eli Lilly prepared to take a new erectile dysfunction medication to the market. Cialis would be positioned in a market which was currently dominated by Viagra, an erectile dysfunction medication that had been introduced by Pfizer in 1998. In the following case analysis, I will examine the process used by Lilly ICOS, LLC to bring Cialis to market. Utilizing the Harvard Business School Case “Product Team Cialis: Getting Ready to Market” I will point out certain facts surrounding the case, and highlight key issues. Alternative courses of action around bringing the product to market will be identified and evaluated. Finally, a recommended course of action for the company will be discussed. Facts Surrounding the Case At the time that Cialis was developed as an erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment, that landscape was being dominated by a single player. Viagra, developed by Pfizer, was released four years prior and enjoyed great success over the previous three years. Viagra, whose main ingredient is Sildenafil, was generating over $1 billion in sales for Pfizer year over year for the previous three years (Ofek, 2010). While Viagra was successful in its initial years in the initial market, it was not without its problems. Patient satisfaction with Viagra was below 50% in all markets with the exception of Germany and Italy. Viagra was only effective for hours post dosage, and was affected by the consumption...
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...Fraedrich, & Ferrell pg 330). On top that, four years later criticism over the massive failures of communication in Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita created additional wounds to the ARC’s reputation. Each instance further degraded the ARC’s ethical reputation to American’s as the non-profit organization to turn to in a disaster. To overcome these faults the ARC has made changes, but too many changes at the top is the ultimate reason for the ARC’s failures. Any member working for the ARC in a management position from local presidents to top executives and state delegates are supposed to be ruled under universal humanitarian principles which involve the highest standards in ethics and values. Sadly, since the resignation of Elizabeth Dole in 1999, the ARC has had seven different permanent or acting heads causing multiple systemic and ethical problems (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, pg 328-239). Each of these enlightened egotists gladly accepted their severance packages upon their departure in spite of the abominable failure to successfully follow the ARC's fundamental mission of preventing and relieving suffering...
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...Who Brought Bernadine Healy Down Who Brought Bernadine Healy Down Identify and discuss the public service culture present in the case and explain why Wise argues that public service motivation is found more in the government than in the private sector Public service cultures are those set-spoken and unseen rules in an institution or an organization. Public sector motivation is the way people respond to this rules whether positively or negatively. There are three forms of public motivation namely rational, norm-based and effective motivation. Rational motivation refers to when an individual wants to serve in advocating for a particular policy or rule that is important to him. Norm-based motivation can be said to be when the public servant is loyal to his duties while effective motivation is the pursuit of a noble course, that is, by heart. In the case of Bernadine Healy, public service culture presents itself inform of rational motivation. It is evidently seen that Healy follows what is of interest to her rather than what her heart tells her. Moreover, as the directors say, “red cross is about what your heart feels not what you think is right” (Sontag, 2001). Wise argues that public service motivation is felt more in the government as compared to the private sector. This is true because in many private sector institutions, there is a kind of dictatorial leadership leaving no room for suggestion. In a government institution, the civil servants are free to make any suggestions...
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...with the people living in the different communities. KDFI is dedicated to achieved the goals specifically in providing peaceful ecologically balance environment. Thus, Stanfilco’s community programs are managed and lead by Kasilak Development Foundation Inc. It was March 3, 1997 that Kasilak was organized as a Corporate Social Responsibility of Stanfilco, and was subsequently registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 2, 1997 with registration no. D1997-00568. As a multinational corporation in the Asia Pacific, the US government started a partnership with Stanfilco to implement environmental projects. It started with the reforestation project entitled “Libuganon River Reforestation Project” which was co-funded by Dole Philippines Inc.-Stanfilco and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Through this project the foundation was developed to managed the P14M ($320,000) for reforestation project benefiting 500 farmers across 500 hectares in Davao del Norte. Because of the project’s success, KDFI began expanding its activities to other nearby areas, and today, it has become Stanfilco’s partner...
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...Grading Form: Group ___________________ Date _______ Grade ________/190 System Proposal Report General ________ 10 • Cover memo (If required) • Figures and appendices labeled and referenced correctly • Title page correct and complete • Table of contents correct and complete Executive Summary ________ 10 • Explains the problem • Describes all key issues from the report Introduction ________ 5 • Describes purpose of this report Part I – Current Situation ________ 50 • Current Situational Analysis o Organization Description o Mission o Goals o Evaluation Measures o Potential System Impact • Current Operations o Narrative using active statements of current operations o EDM of the current situation Consistent with narrative o Process Model of current situation Consistent with narrative o Infrastructure Description Part II – Proposed System Requirements ________ 50 • Narrative o In correct form and well written o Complete and in logical sequence • CDM or Alternative o Complete, correct and in third normal form o Consistent notation o Entities, attributes and relationships match narrative o Metadata – entity and attribute descriptions complete and informative • MDFD or Alternative ...
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...Article Summary Dole Food CEO to pay $148 million On August 27, 2015, Dole Food CEO David Murdock and his former top executive was ordered to pay in the amount $148 million for the damages for misleading directors and shareholders back in 2013. Mr. Murdoch and former Dole president and COO C. Michael Carter, has taken $1.2 billion cash out as result in shortchanged when he took the company private. Delaware Vice Chancellor believed the shareholders approved the transaction that Mr. Murdock's initial $12 per share offer to a deal price of $13.50 was the issue and result in a lawsuit. Laster finds Mr. Murdock and C. Michael Carter engaged in a fraud that caused damages. It appears that fair price was not immunize and was represented in increasing value of $2.74 per share. The lawyer, Stuart Grant who is the representative for shareholder stated that both executives to exclude defendants to profit from their breaches. In addition, when Mr. Murdock proposed buyout, his top executive Mr. Carter falsely made disclosure how much money can be saved by selling it’s half of the business 2012. And the fact that Mr. Carter followed the plan of Mr. Murdock. On the other hand, Deutsche Bank was not in part of the litigation on breaches in which led to a liability. It appears how unethical for both executives to gain profit by falsely giving wrong information to the shareholders of the company. Mr. Murdock ordered Mr. C. Michael Carter to plan the transaction. They have knowingly...
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...Production In order to limit the amount they were affected by natural disasters, the company could have grown bananas in other parts of the world. This would be better for the company because if natural disasters did strike in an area where they grow their products then it would not be such a financial blow as they would have more sources to receive their product. The only problem with this solution would be that it may cost more to be located in other areas, however in the long run it would be worth it. (refer to Appendix B) 3. Expand to Europe More Aggressively Expanding to Europe may have seemed like a good idea at the time however the consequences may not have been thought out. While...
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...Nursing Care Services, Inc. v. Dobos, 380 So. 2d 516, 518 (Fla. 1980). FACTS: Dobos (defendant) was admitted to Boca Raton Community Hospital with an abdominal aneurysm. Dobos's doctor ordered around-the-clock nursing care and transferred Dobos to the care of Nursing Care Services, Inc. (Nursing Care) (plaintiff). Nursing Care provided two weeks of in-hospital care, two days of post-release care, and two weeks of in-home care, for which Dobos was later billed $3,723.90. Dobos refused to pay for Nursing Care’s services, arguing that she never signed a written contract or orally agreed to do so. After a bench trial, Nursing Care was awarded $248 for the two days of post-release care that Dobos or her daughter had authorized. No other compensation was awarded, because Dobos was not sufficiently informed that she would be responsible for paying for those services. Nursing Care appealed that portion of the judgment. ISSUE: Whether a patient is liable for the costs of emergency nursing services she did not expressly request or agree to receive. OPINION: Nursing Care failed to prove an express contract or a contract implied in fact, but there is sufficient evidence to support a contract implied in law entitling Nursing Care to recovery. In the case of service contracts, there is no question that a party who knowingly accepts the benefit of services performed by another would be unjustly enriched if allowed to avoid paying for those services. Of course, it naturally follows that liability...
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...SWOT Analysis : Strengths Firstly I think that our major strength is the fact that ”G” is an innovative concept; Indeed this is the first restaurant in the city that offers a complete takeaway meal made of salted and sweet waffles and at a competitive price, we offer meals at 8 euro for a salted and sweet waffle and a drink. In addition to being innovative, we found a local in a mall, this ensures the visibility of our restaurant and influx is a real advantage for us. Ideally, it would also be the place where the merchants would eat at lunch before getting back to work for example, so it would be our first customers. “G will insists on the fact that it is a French cook, and the waffles are made according to the French tradition and they are directly made in the restaurant in front of the customers so they can see how we wade them and what products we use. It is important for us to install trust between the customer and us. Besides, G is willing to buy local products and organic products which is also a financial advantage since we won’t have any transport fees, the products we are looking for are available in every supermarkets in France and are not expensive at all. Fianally we are also willing to offer a high-quality service so we will recruit our waiters mainly on the basis of their motivation, and of their personality. They will only need a couple hours of training in order to be efficient at work, but the most important for us is that the customers...
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...Gitanjali (Song offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore Formatted for Rocket eBook by: Kirby A. Heintzelman - June, 2000 Rabindranath Tagore(1861--1941), was the first non-White to receive Nobel prize (1913) for Literature. The event of course caused some furor at the time. New York Times in its prodigious generosity consoled its readers by alluding to the fact that after all Tagore was of Aryan Stock. It was first published in 1913 as a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali (a language of India) Poems. Evidence does indicate that the poet W.B. Yeats had a hand in editing and publishing it! GITANJALI 1 Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable. Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill. 2 When thou commandest me to sing it seems that my heart would break with pride; and I look to thy face, and tears come to my eyes. All that is harsh and dissonant in my life melts into one sweet harmony---and my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea. I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I know that only...
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...Worldwide Equipment Case Analysis Discussion Weimin has not performed up to Worldwide Equipment standards. He is lacking in all aspects outlined by the company for position advancement: seniority, sales performance, sales leads generated, and team spirit. This is understandable for someone who is new to the sales position, but Weimin has shown little to no improvement. He was recently hired, so he certainly doesn’t have any seniority. Since being hired, he has generated 17 sales leads, and none of those have resulted in any sales. Both of these statistics are lows within the sales force. Weimin is also hugely lacking in team spirit; according to Wang, he is very “silent and introverted” and has “little ability to engage with people at all.” Wang hired Weimin on the basis of respecting his boss’ recommendation, but he also felt that his knowledge and connections within the textile industry could be beneficial. This is a unique characteristic that could set Weimin apart from the rest of the sales team, but he has not taken advantage of it. He has many connections within the industry, but he views them as friends, and he does not wish to mix his personal life and business life, so he neglects capitalizing on them. This is honorable, but if he doesn’t choose to find leads elsewhere, his potential for success is minimal. At one point, he tried to do business with one of his personal connections, and when it didn’t produce a sale, he burned a bridge by becoming deeply...
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...Personal Dilemma Paper Nancy A. Rishavy University of Phoenix Ethics in Criminal Justice CJA 413 Matt Giordano September 12, 2010 Personal Dilemma Paper I haven’t worked for quite some time and I am at home 99% of the time so I really haven’t had any moral dilemmas to speak of but I do have friends that have served our country that have just recently retired or are still enlisted that have moral dilemmas on a daily basis. Here is the dilemma of one of my friends. On Feb. 2, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told members of Congress that "allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do." He spoke words that she has waited years to hear: "We have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. For her personally, it came down to integrity -- theirs as individuals, and ours as an institution." She had joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps as a freshman at the University of Michigan. In her junior year, she fell in love and realized that she was gay. This was all a bit preoccupying, but what overwhelmed her most was the weight of having to lie to the military. "Don't ask, don't tell" is a federal law that prohibits military service by openly gay Americans. It requires the nearly impossible of those who still want to serve -- that you be celibate and completely closeted. Anyone who knows you're gay is a risk, so the closet often extends into...
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...Friday’s initial plan when they first started out was to have a place where single adults can go and enjoy themselves. They first started out as a bar and only later on became a restaurant. Said to offer a casual dining experience unlike any other where not only can you expect great food and drinks but also plenty of fun to go around. T.G.I. Friday’s marketed a casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere which targeted the middle income population which was a big majority when they first started out. They targeted their market with different types of promotions and programs such as:- Give Me More Stripes This program offers specials to customers that sign up and can redeem points that will be added into their card whenever they head on to T.G.I. Fridays and dine there. After collecting over a hundred or more points, one would receive a bonus or a special. This way customer would be lured in by the bonuses or specials with the mentality to earn more points every time they dine it so they would be offered the multiple opportunities for the specials BINGO Menu T.G.I. Friday’s has a large enough menu to put together this program. Basically, A BINGO Menu would consist of twelve different items on the T.G.I. Friday’s Menu, ranging from appetizers to entrées and finally a couple desserts. It can be any sixteen items on the menu and even after a few months or after a new menu comes out, they can remake a new BINGO card. The key...
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...mainly for a Prelude in C Sharp Minor which he wrote as a boy, while the works of his maturity never got into the programmes. Kids cut their pianistic teeth on a Minuet in G which Beethoven composed only so that he could detest it. I have to go on living with A Clockwork Orange, and this means I have a sort of authorial duty to it. I have a very special duty to it in the United States, and I had better now explain what this duty is. Let me put the situation baldly. A Clockwork Orange has never been published entire in America. The book I wrote is divided into three sections of seven chapters each. Take out your pocket calculator and you will find that these add up to a total of twenty-one chapters. 21 is the symbol for human maturity, or used to be, since at 21 you got the vote and assumed adult responsibility. Whatever its symbology, the number 21 was the number I started out with. Novelists of my stamp are interested in what is called arithmology, meaning that number has to mean something in human terms when they handle it. The number of chapters is never entirely arbitrary. Just as a musical composer...
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