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Accepting a Better World
In my opinion much of the strife in our world has come from people not being accepting of others. Whether it be about religion, race, or personal living preferences it seems that problems occur because we aren’t accepting of other … Continue reading
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Bucknell Dining: Changing the Recipe
Bucknell University uses Parkhearst as the supplier of all the food on campus. In other words Parkhearst has a monopoly on all things food and beverage at Bucknell. I think that having diversity in dining options would be much better … Continue reading
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Tagged Bison, bucknell, Bucknell University, Campus, Dunkin Donuts, food, Student, Subway
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Incentives for All
Incentivizing the Workforce: Bringing the Company Together For the past few years, people have been questioning the amount of money CEOs have been receiving for their services to their companies. At the heart of the issue is whether or … Continue reading
Reading Questions
In Campaigns and Movements, Richard Rorty talks about Irving Howe;s view on the differences between a movement and a campaign. How does he say each is different? Would Howe consider the Occupy Wall Street protests around the world the beginnings … Continue reading
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Tagged Developing country, Irving Howe, Kiva, Loan, Occupy Wall Street, Richard Rorty, United States, Wall Street
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The Best Government Money Can Buy
Before even researching for my final paper on campaign finance reform, I knew that there were some serious issues about how money played a role in our political process. As it turns out, the harder question is asking what part … Continue reading
Cary Grant? You must mean Hugh Grant
When I told a few of my friends that I was going to watch North by Northwest, I received quizzical looks from all. The first question I was asked was “Is it for class?” as if to say that there … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Film, Hollywood, IPhone, North by Northwest, Northwest, Special effect
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Clean Up on Aisle 14
Whether or not Wal-Mart is going to be found guilty in any of the discrimination lawsuits it is currently facing, one thing is for certain: Wal-Mart is feeling guilty. In the “Staffing at Wal-Mart” case study, we see evidence that … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Brand Image, fairness, Gender equality, Wal-Mart
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Wealth Disparity: Society’s Issue
The Washington Post article by Peter Whoriskey talks about how the gap between the “have’s” and the “have not’s” has grown in the past 40 years. The main target in this article being CEO’s and how much they are compensated … Continue reading
Too far to care
The Royal Dutch/Shell company’s treatment of the Ogani people in the Niger Delta was nothing short of taking advantage of a disfranchised people. In some ways it reminded me of the Nike case because the government and the company both … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Environmentalism, Nigeria, Oil, Royal Dutch, Shell
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Too big to fail, but so is the pack
The 13 Bankers article really struck me because I haven’t heard of so much proposed government intervention in the business sector before. Breaking down companies into smaller, more manageable pieces so that they won’t hurt the economy, seems to be … Continue reading
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Who’s Next?
We’ve read about how both Enron and AIG used questionable business practices to increase the bottom line as much as possible. The question I have is if the financial crisis and fall of large companies taught the business world anything? … Continue reading
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Looking down the road
Throughout our class discussion, the concept of being short sighted came up again and again. People, it seems, are only looking out for how they can benefit right now and not how their actions will affect the future. In the … Continue reading
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