values and our own continued existence. While each personʹs definition of sustainability is seen to be the most relevant‚ the question is a universal one and common to all. Whether our definition of sustainability is anthropocentric‚ biocentric‚ egocentric‚ ecocentric‚ econocentric‚ sociocentric‚ worldcentric or perhaps simply personally eccentric‚ they are all valid. Collected here is a retrospective look at over one hundred perspectives from an evolving list of thousands of definitions of sustainability‚ reflecting the different
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has been in existence since the 1960’s. The “hippies” were a large amount of people who believed in the same‚ basic‚ simple things. Everyone back in those days and still today have their own opinion on the hippies and what they stood for. The real definition of a hippie is: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic; broadly: a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person. The
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slightly different variation in his discussion of rhetoric that adds to the definition saying: “The duty and office of rhetoric is to apply reason to imagination for the better moving of the will.” What Francis Bacon meant by this is that rhetoric is the presentation of an argument that inspires people to act virtuously‚ with “reason” for the “better moving of the will”. Of course‚ this is not contained within the dictionary definition of rhetoric‚ yet Bacon’s addition is crucial because it addresses how
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Exoneration‚ by definition‚ is the action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication. Exoneration happens because people can be accused of a crime due to witness error and not having enough DNA evidence. It happens a lot more than what people think. On July 21st‚ 1982 at 3:00 am‚ a woman in Jacksonville‚ North Carolina was awoken by a strange man standing at the foot of her bed; he had broken into her house. She was home alone with her three children while her husband was working
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development. There is no single definition of tourism to which everyone adheres. Many definitions have been used over the years‚ some of which are universal and can be applied to any situation‚ while others fulfil a specific purpose. This essay aims to define who exactly a ‘tourist’ is and what the term ‘tourism’ means through technical and heuristic definitions from articles written by Stear (2005)‚ Dickman (1997)‚ and McIntosh et al (1995). Throughout the essay definitions from organisations such as
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Definition of Communication: There are various definitions of communication. he word itself is derived from the Latin verb ‘communicare’‚ which means "to share" or "to make common". That derivation provides one half of the English meaning of communication. The other half of the meaning of communication has to do with information and meaning. The word ‘communication’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘communis’ which means common. Communication‚ thus‚ is the process of sharing facts‚ ideas
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Literature Review CEN 7401 Research Design Persuasion and its definition Submit to: Assistant Professor Dr. Boonchan Thongprayoon 16th November 2014 By Ingkhasond Vongsasirapirom ID 5512210086 Page 1 of 4 Study question What is the key element to render the definition of persuasion? And how broad persuasion can be defined? Literature Review Persuasion The review of these literatures is to have a better understanding of persuasion beyond its lexical meaning originated in late 14th century from
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Leadership definitions There are almost as many different definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept (Bass‚ 1981). 1. Leadership may be considered as the process (act) of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts toward goal setting and goal achievement. (Stogdill‚ 1950: 3) 2. Leadership is the behavior of an individual when he is directing the activities of a group toward a shared goal. (Hemphill & Coons‚ 1957: 7) 3. Leadership
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DEFINITIONS OF ECONOMICS In simple‚ economics is the scientific study of the choices made by individuals and societies in regard to the alternative uses of scarce resources which are employed to satisfy wants. Different views about economy are presented below. 1) Economics is what Economists do. John Maynard Keynes described what he thought economists do in Essays in Biography in 1933. An economist‚ he wrote‚ must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must be mathematician‚ historian‚ statesman
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Ishikawa’s Definition of Quality We engage in quality control in order to manufacture products with quality‚ which can satisfy the requirements of the consumer. The mere fact of meeting national standards or specifications is not the answer. It is simply not sufficient. Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) or international standards established by the International Organization for Standardization or the International Eletrotechnical Commission are not perfect. They contain many shortcomings
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