...Courtney Sansone Sansone 1 English 101 5 September 2014 Freedom: The Power of Choice Freedom is the power to make decisions based on your own life and given the unalienable rights to do so. Every man born in America is endowed with certain rights and justices that consider them free. They are all born with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To be free does not mean a person can do whatever they please; there are laws that must be followed for everyone to be treated equal. As soon as someone’s freedom starts to interfere with another person’s that is when it becomes injustice and there may be legal actions taken against the rights of the wrong doer. A Supreme Court Representative in 1902, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., made the statement, “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” America is supposedly the country for freedom and equality because in other countries the people are not given nearly the same amount of rights. America is also the only country that allows immigrants to migrate to our country and allow them to become a legal citizen. Freedom is allowing any human being the same rights as another no matter the difference in race, gender, ethnicity, religion, or whatever it may be. Many men and women fought hard throughout their whole lives to ensure that people of a different race would be given the same freedom as a white man. Martin Luther King Jr. in the most well known advocate for freedom between...
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...The Influence of the Culture dimension ‘Power Distance’ on product choice: A Cross Cultural Exploration of Effects of Country of Origin on the Choice of Branded Products by Adriana Cordeiro Socha A Thesis presented to The University of Guelph In partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Marketing and Consumer Studies Guelph, Ontario, Canada © Adriana Cordeiro Socha, September, 2012 ABSTRACT THE INFLUENCE OF THE CULTURE DIMENSION ‘POWER DISTANCE’ ON PRODUCT CHOICE: A CROSS CULTURAL EXPLORATION OF EFFECTS OF CULTURAL TRAITS ON THE CHOICE OF BRANDED FOREIGN PRODUCTS Adriana Cordeiro Socha University of Guelph, 2012 Advisor Dr. Brent McKenzie Committee Dr. Vinay Kanetkar Dr. Sara Mann This thesis investigates how cultural traits, such as the cultural dimension of Power Distance, influence preference for foreign made branded products. Cultural background influences several aspects of human behaviour, including the behaviours of consumers. In marketing, individual cultural differences affect consumers’ choice as well as their response to advertising message and brand associations. One example, impact on consumer choice, is related to the country of origin (COO) of the product. The effect of COO has been extensively explored in the literature. However, cultural frameworks like those of Hofstede (2001) have seldom been considered as a factor explaining the variability of consumers’ preference (or avoidance) for products originating in different...
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...The ability to choose between good and evil is something that we never really think about too often, or in any real detail. Even so; this decision that comes naturally to most, is something everyone must make throughout their life in order to guide their actions and control their future. This ability to choose, no matter what that choice may be or the outcome of that choice, displays a person’s power as an individual. Any attempts to control or influence that choice will, in turn, govern one's free will and enslave them. In the novel A Clockwork Orange, the author Anthony Burgess uses symbolism through imagery, the characterization of Alex, and a first person narrative point of view to show that without the ability to choose between good or evil, one becomes a slave. Symbolism through imagery explains how Alex's ability to choose between good and evil, is his ascendancy over the weak and innocent. The first of these symbols is the music that he loves to listen to. Classical music is the only thing that Alex's has ever truly cared for. The music represents an element of his choice and free will. When his ability to make choices is taken away from him, in an attempt to make him better, he is unintentionally forced to lose his passion for music, by which he exclaims, "And all the time the music got more and more gromky, like it was all a deliberate torture, O my brothers“. This music that once represented his freedom to choose is gone now, and he has been left without any reason...
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...entry mode choice: the moderating effect of language diversity Name: Rajae El Aiachi Student number: 10202773 Teacher: Dr Johan Lindeque MSc. In Business Administration – Theories of International Management Date: 27-09-2015 Abstract (50 Words) Previous studies have shown that the choice of entry mode depends on various types of aspects, containing also cultural distance between countries (Arora and Fosfuri, 2000). However, there is not a lot of consensus among these articles. A few articles mentioned the effect of language distance on entry mode choice. Keywords: Cultural distance, entry mode choice and language distance 1. Introduction In this time of globalization a lot of companies are expanding their international business activities in overseas market. The ways in which firms are expanding their business in overseas market differ per enterprise and country. The hierarchical model of market entry modes by Pan and Tse (2000) shows that there are different choices of entry modes. Entry modes can be seen as equity-based versus non-equity based. Within equity-based modes, there is a division between equity joint ventures and wholly owned operations. Within nonequity based modes, there is a division between export and contractual agreements. Prior research demonstrated that the choice of entry modes rely upon different types of components. Especially, a lot of previous studies focused on the effect of cultural distance on entry mode choices. Most of the...
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...Danforth is an individual with a lot of power. As a respected official Danforth must always initiate the truth even if it means to go against his personal agenda. Danforth’s personal agenda is essentially conformity to keep power. If he were to go against the town’s conformity he would be seen as a fraud and senseless judge, damaging his career. He obviously does not make the correct choice and keeps his reputation going thus keeping his position of power. He instead could have made the right choice and possibly lose his power, but he would still know that he saved the lives of innocent people. For him power was more important than the lives of his fellow community men this can be seen when he says, “postponement speaks a floundering on my part, reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now (Miller 129). His moral decision came down to personal benefit vs the lives of others. His fate would have been effected because he would have lost power and authority. The riot would have displaced him from his authority, but doing the right thing would have made him advance morally. When the town over – Andover has a rebellion he knows he must vastly continue on with the executions or he risks losing power. Rev Parris says, “there will be faction here, feeding on the news… I fear there will be riot here”, after he hearing this news he wants the hangings to take place soon ; showing that he is afraid to lose is valued power. Judge Danforth. morally chooses the wrong...
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...to find. His decision to offer mercy to Mondego at the end almost costs Mercedes her life, as she is shot by a fleeing Mondego. But, in the end, he realizes Priest and Mercedes were correct and it is best to give mercy to one’s enemies. With the themes of vengeance and mercy, the theme of honesty is also experienced throughout the movie. Villefort lies about the murder charges against Dantes, which causes his father to commit suicide. Napoleon lies about the contents of the letter in the opening part of the movie. Mondego lies about Dantes’ role in the treason plot. The lack of honesty throughout the movie reveals the true motives of major characters as well as their true selves. 2) The concept of power is portrayed in the movie in two different ways; one, the power man has is fleeting, vulnerable, corruptible...
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...to cherish the life I have today. Women are the back bones of this world and they are the motivation for one woman to another. Over the years women have created hope for many and through that hope freedom was gained, because it’s mind over matter! I was asked the question How does power, freedom, and choices relate to Women’s Literature? Well power, freedom and choices relate to woman literature physically and emotionally in many ways. The women that I have had the opportunity to learn about in Women’s Literature 150 are extraordinary women. The choices that they have made in their lives were dramatic ones, which led to the power and the freedom that women today have. Women such as Margery Kempe, Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Isabella Baumfree, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Jane Austen, Harriet Jacobs, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Books, Sylvia Plath, Jamaica Kincaid, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and Adrienne Rich, all played a significant role in why most women no longer visualize themselves less valuable than men in our societies, and I will give reasons through words from some of the women above to explain how power, freedom and choices relate to women’s literature from the past and today. In the time that these women were growing up men were superiors to them. Women were not a loud a voice, they were slaves to their husbands, housewives, cooked, cleaned and tended to their children or others children, and if they...
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...“Beasts of England” and “The Star Spangled Banner” both prove that the power of language can be deep. Both of these songs prove that the power of language through the use of word choice, symbolism, imagery, and theme, to incite rebellion, and passion. While reading both songs readers can understand that the author’s put much thought into their words. The song, “Beasts of England proves the power of language deeply. To start out this song is a huge deal to the animals in the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. The animals are passionate enough about the song to turn it into their own anthem. The animals feel so passionate about this song that it is almost scary. But that shows how strong the power of language can be. This song...
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...Settings Chapter 2--Why People Commit Fraud Add Question Here Multiple Choice 0 points Modify Remove Question Which of the following is NOT a common rationalization of fraud perpetrators? Answer The organization owes me I'm only borrowing the money No one will get hurt I don’t deserve more. Add Question Here Multiple Choice 0 points Modify Remove Question Which of the following is NOT a primary control procedure to minimize the occurrence of fraud? Answer Dual custody Systems of authorization Internal audit department Documents and records Add Question Here Multiple Choice 0 points Modify Remove Question Each of the following is an example of an inadequate control environment EXCEPT: Answer The HR department failed to check an applicant's background and hired someone who had committed fraud in the past. A manager instructs employees not to share passwords, and then shares her passwords with others. A company does not establish codes of conduct and does not have training meetings to teach employees to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior. The employees know who has responsibility for each business activity. Add Question Here Multiple Choice 0 points Modify Remove Question A fraud perpetrator uses the float time between banks to give the impression that he had money in his accounts. Which crime is he committing? Answer Floating Strip Spinning Kiting Add Question Here Multiple Choice Question Which is following observations is TRUE? Answer Research...
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...of David Korn. David Korn became a member of the group after attending a presentation by the “Golden Years Investments Clubs” leader Lenn Width. After a year of being in the club Korn started to get frustrated with the way that Width was running the way that the company was investing their money in and it was becoming frustrating. Throughout the year of frustration Korn would bring up more and more of his ideas on where the club should invest. Now yes of his ideas showed of being possibly good choices, but there were a few that would not have panned out if they invested at the time. As time went on and after hearing all of the different investments that Korn wanted the club to invest in Width started to see that he may be losing his power of having the final say and seeing he knew he had to do something to stop that. Width had decided that it was time to get rid of Korn and set up a secret meeting to vote to get rid of him so as though no one would be taking his power of final choice over what is going to be done. At that meeting it came to the conclusion that David Korn was to be out of the club if they were to keep the club running. After Korn was kicked out of the club there it seemed as though were fewer fights that had gone on based off of the stocks that the...
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...where each politician acts in the interests of their constituents. However, this system could be undemocratic as each MP belongs to a specific party, and therefore could vote on behalf of their party rather than with the opinions of the constituents. Although Britain is a democracy, some people and institutions which have power have not been elected by the people. This could be seen as undemocratic. An example of this is the House of Lords; the members are unelected, yet still hold power as bills cannot be passed without being considered by both Houses. The House of Commons could be viewed as more democratic than the Lords, as all MPs are elected, for example Ian Lucas was elected as the MP for Wrexham. The UK has a ‘first past the post’ electoral system. Many seen this as undemocratic as it allows a political party to gain seats in parliament even if another party had thousands more votes. An example is the Green party, who gained a seat in parliament with around 300,000 votes in the last election. UKIP had over three times this amount of votes, yet they failed to gain a single seat. Another issue is the fact that in the UK we have a fusion of power. This means that the executive are part of the legislature. The problem with this is that laws can realistically only be passed if the government back them, so the government controls parliament to a degree. With this in mind, we can assume that countries such as the USA, which...
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...Court History and Purpose Paper A court in general is defined as an organization or unit of the legal extension of government, approved or made by statute or constitution, and comprising of one or more legal officers, which has the power to choose cases, discussions in law, and question matters of certainty brought before it. There are three different components which include the following: To be viewed as a court, it must have legitimate lawful power, as spelled out in the constitutions or statutes, Courts are by and large found in the legal rather than authoritative and official extensions of government, and Courts are enabled to settle on choices that are tying. The thought of "[deciding] upon cases, debates in law, and questioned matters of truth" is known as arbitration, or "the procedure by which a court touches base at a choice with respect to a case. The functions of the courts are upholding the law, protecting individuals, resolving disputes, and reinforcing social norms. There are many different courts on both the State and Federal level, but the one that will be discussed is the United States District Court (Frank Schmalleger, January 2010). The United States District Courts are the trial courts of the government court framework. Inside cutoff points set by Congress and the Constitution, the area courts have locale to hear almost all classes of government cases, including both common and criminal matters. There are 94 government legal areas, including no less...
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...directives relate to treatment inclinations and the designation of a surrogate leader if a man ought to end up not able to settle for therapeutic choices all alone sake. Advance directives for the most part fall into three classes: living will, health care proxy and power of attorney (Fremgen, 113). Living will This is a composed report that determines what sorts of medicinal treatment are craved. A living will can be certain or extremely broad. More particular living wills may incorporate data in regards to a singular's longing for such administrations, for example, absence of pain (agony alleviation), anti-infection agents, hydration, bolstering, and the utilization of ventilators or cardiopulmonary revival (Fremgen, 114). Health care proxy This is an authoritative report in which an individual assigns someone else to settle on health care sets in the occurrence that he or else she is rendered unequipped for making their wishes known. The health care proxy has, generally, the same rights to demand or decline treatment that the individual would have if equipped for settling on and conveying choices (www.nlm.nih.gov). Strong power of attorney This is the third sort of advance directives. People may draft authoritative reports giving power of attorney to others on account of weakening therapeutic condition. The sturdy power of attorney permits a person to make bank exchanges, sign Social Security checks, apply for handicap, or just compose checks to pay the service bill...
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...Outline the argument that supermarket power is a ‘zero-sum’ game Basic necessities such as food are required for survival and we rely particularly on supermarkets and small businesses to make them available for purchase in contemporary UK. Power is a combination of influence control and/or dominance. Supermarket are to some extreme shaping our shopping choices by the variety they choose to stock and by seduction. Recent years have seen the supermarket gain a considerable degree of power by extending their ranges of goods and services, extending opening hours and expanding into local areas with superstores and convenience stores as well as on the High Street. Supermarkets expansion has resulted in the suffering and closure of many small local businesses. Dennis Wrong, Socioligist states that in a situation where the gain of one is equivalent to the loss of another so the net gain is zero, it is a ‘zero-sum’ game. This essay examines the relationship between supermarket power and a ‘zero- sum’ game. It shows how the supermarkets gain is balanced by the loss to others and outlines the ‘positive sum’ games of power. The concept of power is viewed in variety of ways by different groups, I feel this depends on the angle you are viewing things from. Contemporary UK has four huge supermarket chains, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco often referred to as ‘giants’ by the economy which indicates the level of power and dominance they have in the market. Every consumer has personal...
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...their attempt to gain competitive adva ntage, firms frequently expand their operations to new foreign markets and their choice o f how to enter those markets is influenced by a wide variety of factors. This paper will only focus on developin g a conceptual model of the influence of national culture on the entry mode decisions by combining two international business themes : the multi - national business perspective with the ho me and ho st country influences. The paper will be structured as follows: firstly, a short review of the theories used, more precisely of the hierarchical model of market entry modes and of Geert Hofstede’s model of five cultural dimensions of national culture , will b e provided . Secondly, a conceptual model will be developed, proposing that national culture influences choices between equity and non - equity, as well as within the equity category, but not within the non - equity category. Finally, several conclusions will b e drawn . A multi - national business perspective - The hierarchical model of m arket entry modes – When deciding to enter a new market, firms are confronted with a wide variety of different entry modes to choose from, taking into account their desired level of ownership and control, resource commitment and risk taking among others . Thus, entry modes choices are highly strategic decisions, assuming a trade - off between risk and return (Davis, 2006). According to Pan & Tse (2000)...
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