Case Summary Digital Semiconductor was a business unit of Digital Equipment Corporation. John Gavin‚ the DS group controller‚ wanted the finance department to find ways to add value and better support the division because the DS business strategy had many changes over the past five years and the division was still operating at a loss. History: The semiconductor division which was a part of Digital Equipment Corporation expanded rapidly in the 1970s. Digital was financially very successful in 1988
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Carbon Footprint Paper I chose to do my carbon footprint through http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu. This website provided me with an action plan on ways to reduce tons of CO2/year. Although with that said‚ I was surprised with the result which showed that we are doing 23.8% better than the average household in my area within the same income level. Our travel added up to be 1.9 tons of CO2/year which turned out to be 88.5% better than the average household. Our housing on the other hand came out to
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The Jazz Age created a great deal of change for the people of America. Men and women became obsessed with material possessions‚ becoming materialistic and dishonest‚ leaving very few with the virtue of honesty. The dynamism in people slowly faded from this cause. This is portrayed by Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby‚ where characters are defined as honest‚ dishonest and materialistic. Through the examination of the characters‚ Fitzgerald depicts Nick Carraway as an honest man‚ and Jordan Baker as a
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The Challenge to Academics The study of knowledge is known as Epistemology‚ and it is one of the oldest branches of philosophy. Plato spent much of his life trying to establish not only what knowledge is‚ but also how it can be achieved. Our society is increasingly presenting information as knowledge‚ especially in educational institutions. Individuals can only gain genuine knowledge from the practice of Plato’s method of dialectic. Plato’s method involves making the distinction between information
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My areas of strength from the Conley Readiness Index assessment are precision and accuracy‚ research‚ and my attitude towards learning content. Precision and accuracy make me a better student‚ as they allow me to assure that the work I am submitting is formatted correctly‚ error free‚ and is upholding high standards. I consider this to be extremely important to my success in school‚ as I pay attention to details that matter to professors. My researching ability allows me to collect data from many
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children will be happy to stay with you and feel secure and therefore happy to join in activities/play. 2. you can get to know childrens likes and dislikes and the way they learn and then plan and help them develop and reach their full potential. 3. children will trust you and could confide in you if they have any worries. Task 2 Children and young people need to feel valued‚ nurtured and acknowledged. For each of the age groups below‚ think of one way in which you can do this‚ and complete the
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Maintaining and developing a counselling relationship Counselling is a process that enables a person to clarify issues that are problematic and to take decisions about managing their lives better. “Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty the client is having‚ distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life‚ or loss of sense of direction or purpose. It is always at the request of the client as
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The directors Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson‚ of the film The Invention of Lying suggest that honesty is not always the best policy. Gervais and Robinson support their suggestion by creating a society that has only relied on telling the truth and nothing but it. In this world‚ the superficial truth is told over and over‚ where one man‚ Mark‚ is told of people’s true feelings more often because of his size. Mark is facing several obstacles during this time‚ such as his mother dying and losing
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practice of taking someone else ’s work‚ idea‚ etc.‚ and passing it off as one ’s own; literary theft" (Last‚ 2007). In the academic world it has been made clear that plagiarism is a crime. Students are introduced to the issues surrounding plagiarism in their first orientation. After the first class‚ they are reminded and warned about plagiarizing all the way through their academic career. When a student enrolls in a college or university they are given a code of conduct and a set of rules that have
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Honesty and integrity are two character traits that are sadly lacking in America today especially related to work. “Apart from eternal life‚ integrity may be the most precious possession I have‚ its violation my greatest loss.” There was a time in America where decent every man and women felt that their reputation and integrity was a thing of great value. Today many care about their reputation‚ but they also are more willing to use dishonest means to gain the things they want in life. The commandments
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