Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple ethical or unethical practice? In the 1970’s Jim Jones established a church called the Peoples Temple which eventually became a cult. The foundation of the church was based on social and racial inequality for all. The church started small yet eventually grew to 5‚000 members. The Peoples Temple accumulated media and political attention which earned Jones popularity; this resulted to his nomination and selection to city commissioner. According to many Jones did
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Session 5 Tuesday‚ Feb. 1 Case: Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting success. [9-707-497] Retail Financial Services in 1998 (skim for major trends) [799051] Reading: Hambrick‚ D. C. and Fredrickson‚ J. “Are You Sure You Have a Strategy?” Academy of Management Executive‚ November‚ 2001. Focus questions: (1) Using Hambrick and Fredrickson’s Strategy Diamond framework‚ what is Edward Jones’ strategy as of 2006? Which elements of the strategy represent
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Libel Case: Clark Jones v. WorldNetDaily.com‚ Inc. Charles C. Akwari East Tennessee State University 1. Origin of the Case Tennessee businessman Clark Jones sued WorldNetDaily.com‚ a socially conservative news and opinion website‚ and freelance reporters Charles C. Thompson II and Tony Hays for libel in Tennessee state court‚ after WorldNetDaily.com published an article written by Thompson and Hays claiming that Jones had interfered with a criminal investigation‚ had been the subject of a law
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Sexism by Cudd and Jonnes In the reading Sexism by Cudd and Jones‚ they express that women worldwide live lesser lives than that of men. The central reasons they provide for this disparity is that women are by nature inferior to men and society has systematically created a disadvantage for them. They go into great detail in defining sexism basically as a systematic inequality and give a general example that‚ “if the distribution of opportunities systematically deprives women of what is offered
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Electronics and Electrical Engineering Course Structure and Syllabus for BTech in Electronics and Electrical Engineering (to be applicable from 2010 batch onwards) Course No. CH101 CH110 EE101 MA101 ME110/ PH 110 ME 111 PH101 SA 101 Course Name Semester - 1 Chemistry Chemistry Laboratory Electrical Sciences Mathematics - I Workshop /Physics Laboratory Engineering Drawing Physics - I Physical Training -I NCC/NSO/NSS 3 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 11 Semester 3 MA201 EE200 EE201 EE220 HS2xx EE202 SA201 Mathematics
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Case 4: Alternative Distribution for SSI Judith M. Whipple Sugar Sweets‚ Inc. (SSI)‚ was considering ways to increase market coverage and sales volume on its candy and snack products. Historically‚ the majority of SSI products were sold to consumers through various grocery and convenience stores. Vending machines and institutional sales‚ such as airports‚ represent the remaining consumer market segments. The selling environment for candy and snack foods was becoming increasingly competitive and
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Case 14 “Ramrod” Stockwell Teaching Notes Copyright © Gareth R. Jones‚ 1994 Synopsis This case considers conflict and politics in organizational settings. Ramsey “‘Ramrod” Stockwell‚ vice president for Production at Benson Metals‚ is becoming very uncooperative and difficult. Ramrod is having frequent run-ins with sales‚ who are exasperated with his uncooperativeness and refusal to supply them with reliable information concerning delivery dates‚ and production scheduling. Most
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Analysis Despite the fact that Mr Jones has had a surgery to repair his hernia a year earlier and is about to undergo another one shortly‚ he was in very good spirit. The whole process from when I came into the ward and Mr Jones called out to me that he is in severe pain till now has all been eventful and educating at same time. Mr Jones was given morphine to manage his acute pain. Several preparations are available in the pre-operative period for pain management. These include intramuscular analgesics
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Chapter 6 Continuous Probability Distributions Case Problem: Specialty Toys 1. Information provided by the forecaster At x = 30‚000‚ [pic] [pic] Normal distribution [pic] [pic] 2. @ 15‚000 [pic] P(stockout) = 1 - .1635 = .8365 @ 18‚000 [pic] P(stockout) = 1 - .3483 = .6517 @ 24‚000 [pic] P(stockout) = 1 - .7823 = .2177 @ 28‚000 [pic]
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ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION A substation is a part of an electrical generation‚transmission and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low‚ or the reverse‚ or perform any of several other important functions. Electric power may flow through several substations between generating plant and consumer‚ and its voltage may change in several steps. Substations may be owned and operated by a transmission or generation electrical utility‚ or may be owned by a large industrial or commercial
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