...New Belgium Brewing (A) SWOT Analysis New Belgium Brewing is a relatively young brewery in Colorado. With our SWOT analysis, we intend to highlight the internal and external environments of the firm using analyses of the internal strengths and weaknesses that New Belgium possesses, while also highlighting the external opportunities and threats. We will also avoid the criticisms that the SWOT analysis faces, by giving the analysis serious consideration of the issues, and by diving deeper than a, “sterile academic exercise of classifying data and information”, as noted in the text (pg. 122). Strengths New Belgium Brewing has numerous aspects or traits that they do well as a company. Their most effective advertising comes from, “customers’ word of mouth” (text pg. 471). This is due to the fact that New Belgium Brewing does an exceptional job of building relationships with customers, then allowing customers to provide word of mouth advertising for the company. New Belgium has established, “environmental and ethical business practices (text pg. 472), along with community service programs (Tour De Fat, donations to pig farmers, and Best Damn Bike Tour) and donations. Through their business practices, programs, and an emphasis on the environment, New Belgium Brewing has allowed their reputation to be one of their strengths, and created a “very loyal following (text pg. 477). Customer and public relations, are certainly a strength for New Belgium Brewing, and certainly can be...
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...Mental health disorders, during the Greek and Roman period, were called things like melancholia, dementia, hysteria, and hallucinations (“Abnormal Psychology,” 2010). These ailments were thought to be caused by some physical problem. Hippocrates believed that these brain pathologies were causes by humors. These humors were yellow bile, black bile, blood, and phlegm (“Abnormal Psychology,” 2010). Plato and Aristotle were also of the opinion that mental disturbances came from inside the individual and not outside forces such as evil spirits (“Abnormal Psychology,” 2010). As the presence of Christian priests grew across Europe during the Middle Ages mental health disorders were viewed as the conflict between good and evil (“Abnormal Psychology,” 2010). During this time, patients suffered cruel methods of treatment to rid them of evil spirits. These methods often resulted in death of permanent disability. It was during the Middle Ages that hospitals for the mentally ill began to emerge (“Abnormal Psychology,” 2010). The Renaissance, a time when science grew, saw a German physician named Johann Weyer specialize in mental health. Johann Weyer is considered the father of psychopathology. There was some progress in the treatment of the mentally ill made in England and Belgium but by the mid sixteenth century it began to fall off as asylums were being built to replace hospitals (“Abnormal Psychology,” 2010). During the time of the French Revolution, Philippe Pinet...
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...Imagine the one who saw this mass destruction right before their eyes, this probably left them traumatized. Seeing all of the blood and dead bodies in the street must have left a mental scar. Family witnessing there loved ones entering the concentration camps, watching or even hearing what happens to them. “The Germans did a lot, one of the things they did was to sort and segregate refugees in order to refuse Jews and most foreigners permission to go back into the occupied zone” (Robert 261). Watching a little girl getting separated from her parents must be tough to watch, knowing that might be the last time she sees her parents. This must have caused the little girl to develop a mental health disorder. This could probably affect the little girl into her adulthood. “Post-traumatic stress disorder is an unmitigated experience of anxiety related to the past trauma.”(Science behind PTSD). It feels like a film that loops over and over. No matter how hard a person tried to erase the disturbing memory it does no go away. What was people thinking electing Hitler as the chancellor of Germany, people did not take other individuals feelings and emotions into...
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...As an Athletic Trainer ethics play a major role. In many cases I evaluate many of the injuries sustained by my student-athletes offering varied suggestions on how we should move forward with either a Doctor Visit or in house rehabilitation. With this responsibility comes opposition from both parents and coaches as they insist I clear an athlete for play or don’t deliver the whole truth to the parents and or coach. Although not as controversial as assisted suicide it poses significant risks and eyebrow raises in the sports world. Doctors, nurses, and various medical personal have a harder role. They wager people’s lives and future and decide in some countries whether or not to permit such an act. In this essay we will explore the facts on Euthanasia: Assisted Suicide, my view, the world view and its progress. Before I begin, however, let me note what I will not try to do. I will not try to show you that Physician Assisted Suicide is a fully justifiable course of action what I will do is give you facts and statistics of this rapidly growing controversial issue.. What I will show you is the compatibility to the commitment to good end-of-life care. One of the most important public policy debates today surrounds the issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide. The outcome of that debate to whether or not it should be made available will profoundly affect family relationships, interaction between doctors and patients, and concepts of basic ethical behavior. Although not accepted widespread...
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...apost-Impressionist painter of Dutch origin whose work—notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color—had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness,[1][2] he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found).[3][note 2] His work was then known to only a handful of people and appreciated by fewer still. Van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintingsand more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches, and prints. His work included self portraits; landscapes; still lifes;portraits; and paintings of cypresses, wheat fields, and sunflowers. Van Gogh spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers, traveling between The Hague, London, and Paris, after which he taught for a time in England at Isleworth and Ramsgate. One of his early aspirations was to become a pastor, and from 1879 he worked as a missionary in a mining region in Belgium, where he began to sketch people from the local community. In 1885, he painted his first major work, entitled The Potato Eaters. His palette at the time consisted mainly of somber earth tones and showed no sign...
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...product is quite healthy. Fluid replenishment is a key to health. Coke does a great service because it encourages people to take in more and more liquids.” - Michael Douglas Investor, Coke’s Chairman and CEO. “Public schools are funded by the public to educate the children as provided by state law. It is totally inappropriate that its facilities and employees are being used by corporations to increase their own profits on public time and with public dollars.” Dr. Brita Butler-Wall, Executive Director, Citizens’ Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools, US. THE RECALL On June 13, 1999, Coca-Cola[1] (Coke) recalled over 15 million cans and bottles after the Belgian Health Ministry announced a ban on Coke’s drinks, which were suspected of making more than 100 school children ill in the preceding six days. This recall was in addition to the 2.5 million bottles that had already been recalled in the previous week. The company’s products namely Coke, Diet Coke and Fanta had been bottled[2] in Antwerp, Ghent and Wilrijk, Belgium while some batches of Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite were also produced in Dunkirk, France. Children at six schools in Belgium had complained of headache, nausea, vomiting and shivering which ultimately led to hospitalization after drinking Coke’s beverages. Most of them reported an ‘unusual odor’ and an ‘off-taste’ in the drink. In a statement to Reuters, Marc Pattin, a spokesman for the Belgian Health Ministry explained the seriousness of the issue: “Another...
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...first reading this story, it seemed like far-off science fiction. But, the themes of the book are not so far-fetched now. What is interesting to me is that I don’t need the dramatic warnings of science fiction or my own imagination to ponder a future that includes assisted suicide. All I need to do is look to those parts of Europe where, for over a decade, assisted suicide has been perfectly legal. The UK’s Daily Mail newspaper reported last month on a Belgian couple with no terminal illnesses who chose euthanasia when they didn’t want to be separated. The Sidney Morning Herald reported in 2007 that, in Switzerland, insiders have reported the mentally ill can receive euthanasia for no reason other than clinical depression. Once again in Belgium, euthanasia has been opened up to children by an act of parliament. While many Canadians indicate...
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...Special class A special class is a class consisting of students with disabilities who have been grouped together because of similar individual needs so that they can receive specially designed instruction. In special classes, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction is adapted to ensure the student has access to the general curriculum and the opportunity to meet the educational standards that apply to all students. Special Class Services serve students with disabilities whose needs cannot be met within a general education class, even with the use of supplementary aids and services. Supplementary aids and services are aids, services and other supports that are provided in the general education classroom so that a student with a disability can be educated with his or her peers to the maximum extent appropriate. Some examples include a notetaker, instructional materials in other formats (e.g., Braille or large print), special seating arrangements, books on tape, highlighted work, study guide outlines of key concepts, paraprofessional support, a behavior management plan. Prior to the special education reform, placement in a special class was usually an all-or-nothing proposition. Under the reform, schools are encouraged to program students on an individual subject basis according to their strengths, needs, preferences and interests and maximize time spent with their non-disabled peers. Schools, in turn, have been encouraged to improve fluidity between general and...
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...God’s law). Ethics and morality, basically state the same to many people and they mean exactly one. For Instance, morality refers to personal character, belief and behavior, ethics is the reflection on morality with that person’s actions and his /her professionalism. When we say an ethical person or a moral person, that is the same meaning. Very often, in or common life we can hear both terms like medical ethics or bioethics, they both describe the same and have the same meaning. These are the guidelines that we expect medical professionals with moral unity to display. Over the centuries, ethics has developed a “code of conduct” and this mostly for professionals ( doctors, lawyers, teachers, and other professions). In health care fields, doctors have a huge impact on patients condition and the ability to change and save their lives. And because all of these factors, the ethical bar is...
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...completely (retired and discouraged workers). Emigrants COSTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT Economic costs of Unemployment are estimated at over 7% of GDP. Loss in output that could have been produced if everyone was working Loss in tax revenue Loss of income Unemployment can lead to a lack of social cohesion, and physical and mental health, increased crime rates. Most unemployed people feel a low level of selfesteem REASONS FOR EU’S HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Competition from other areas of the world. Rapid growth in labour costs. High minimum wages have discouraged employers from hiring low-skilled workers. Replacement ratio - generous welfare benefits have weakened incentives for people to take available jobs. Tax wedge – discouraged workers. Restrictions against firings have discouraged firms from employing workers. MINIMUM WAGE EFFECTS MINIMUM WAGES, JANUARY 2014 (1) (EUR PER MONTH) YB14 US minimum wage http://money.cnn.com/interactive/pf/state-minimum-wage/ 30 to 40 days per year of paid vacations and holidays have boosted the cost of hiring workers. Early retirement is a problem, as the state has to fork out pensions earlier. High employer costs of health, pension, disability, and other benefits have discouraged hiring. Over half of Germany’s and...
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...Assisting Suicide PHI 200 Mind and Machine Instructor: Jon Stern August 22, 2011 Being in a situation to end someone’s life due to pain and suffering would make you feel responsible for their death. In Susan Wolf’s situation her father’s health was decling affecting his physical and mental state. She described her father as “a smart, savvy lawyer, the family patriarch. She could see his spark for life start to fade at the end when he could not even read, do the New York Times crossword puzzles he used to knock off in an hour, or even watch television (Wolf, 2008).” At this point she knew her father’s condition was not getting any better, that’s when he said he wanted to stop. There are doctors that are comfortable with assisting suicide like Jack Kevorkian, which were known as “Death Doctors”. “Dr. Kevorkian has been known as “Dr. Death” since at least 1956, when he conducted a study photographing patients’ eyes as they died. Results established that blood vessels in the cornea cornea contract and become invisible as the heart stops beating. In a 1958 paper, he suggested that death row inmates be euthanized, and their bodily organs harvested. In 1960, he proposed using condemned prisoners for medical experiments. In 1989, a quadaplegic, too handicapped to kill himself, publicly asked for assistance, and Dr. Kevorkian began tinkering on a suicide machine. But a different patient – Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old with Alzheimer’s – was the first to test...
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...CAPACITY TO MAKE CONTRACTS The capacity of certain persons to conclude contracts is restricted by law. The law recognizes that certain people are either wholly or partly incapable to make a contract. The aim of this assignment is to explain and consider the critical legal matters the individuals and organisations have to consider when entering into a contract with these people. Contracts are part of everyday life and every business will need to make a contract and most businesses will have to make very many. Therefore it is necessary for an organisation as well as for individuals to understand that a contract is a legally binding agreement. In order for a contract to be legally enforceable the law demands agreement, consideration and intention to create legal relations (Maclntyre, 2008). It is generally believed that every person can make a binding contract as they wish (Maclntyre, 2008). But because the contract is a legally binding agreement, the law recognises some specific groups who either have not reached the maturity or do not have the capacity to fully understand the nature and extend of agreements that they make with others. Therefore it is important for every organisation and individual to understand that a number of persons have a restricted capacity to contract. These are minors, persons of unsound mind, drunks and corporations (Owens, 2001). All others can make a binding contract as they please. Beale, Bishop and Furmston (2008) argue that the law of minors`...
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...TOPIC: SHOULD EUTHENASIA BE ILLEGAL? A Thin Line Between Life & Death Health issues have been one of the most commonly argued and controversial issues that countries are debating over the past years. For centuries people were concerned about their health and as the years passed, the world became a place more challenging and more dangerous to live. People felt themselves in threat and thus, they formed states to provide protection for them. Everyone thought that it would be better to live in a group rather than to live as an individual. As a result of this, states vowed to keep their citizens’ right to live. Euthanasia is something contrary to that. Making euthanasia illegal is one of those health issues that have been debated a lot. Some countries try to protect their citizens by illegalizing euthanasia, while some other countries like Belgium, Luxemburg and Switzerland defend that the patient must decide his own fate. In my opinion, euthanasia is a right. Illegalizing euthanasia threatens individual rights and it creates an economic and mental problem for the patient and his family. First of all, euthanasia is an individual right and no authority should prohibit a citizen to use his natural right. Patients choose euthanasia not because they want to. It is a very serious decision. Many patients who choose euthanasia are patients with terminal illnesses such as some kinds of cancer, trauma or Alzheimer. In such cases, the only thing that the patient can do is to wait for...
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...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It is considered by World Health Organization that one fourth of all the progenies in the world terminate in induced abortion. More precisely, the number of induced abortion is nearly 50 million every year（Berer, M., 2000 ）. Induced abortion means “abortion brought on deliberately by drugs or mechanical means” (Stedman, T. L.，2008). It can be defined as an abortion that is preceded initiatively, which is opposite to spontaneous abortion. According to World HeaWHO (1993), every year the number of woman who chooses abortion is about 1.5 million in United States. Almost half of American women get unplanned pregnancy, and 54% of these end in abortion (Finer LB &ump; Zolna MR, 2011). Nearly one fifth of pregnancies end in abortion (Jones RK &ump; Kooistra, K, 2011). The laws on abortion have developed varied in countries since there are different social and moral perceptions due to the different cultures. In Great Britain, only medical professionals are able to provide abortion（rethinking of abortion p13）. While it comes to Northern Ireland and the Irish republic , the law only allow women to get information of abortion and have abortion outside of their states (rethinking of abortion p19).Abortion is always a sensitive topic when it is regarded as killing a person surrounding with social and political discussion. It seems that the debate between anti-abortion and the opponents is increasing heated (BEYOND...
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...Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. A person who has anxiety disorder may experience feelings of excessive fear, worrying or discomfort in situations where majority of others do not share those emotions. Left untreated, anxiety disorders may become severely damaging and may affect his or her relationships, work performance, and or study ability. As more research and studies are performed it has been concluded from severe cases that even simple tasks such as cleaning, shopping or leaving the house is a major challenge. In addition to inability to perform daily activities, anxiety may also cause decrease in self-esteem, drug abuse, and separation from loved ones ( Shiraev & Levy 2010) In the United States of America, the most common mental ailments are anxiety disorders. Statistics show nearly 20 percent of the American population is affected at any particular moment. The good news is there are great treatments available for those who suffer and willing to seek help and better themselves. Regrettably, most do not look for help because they are either embarrassed or just unaware how serious and...
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