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- 1071: Mafia - A History
- ... uncle and nephew started and Capone was hired to kill the uncle leaving Torrio in charge of all Chicago. In 1925 when Torrio was severally wounded in a shoot out, he gave Capone his vast business empire, valued at fifty million dollars a year. During this time, Capone fell out of favor with other Mafia gangsters and several attempts were made on his life. Capone took revenge by staging the infamous St. Valentine's Day massacre in which he killed several of his enemies ending resistance to his continuing business dealings. He was finally sentenced for tax evasion and spent most of his eleven-year sentence in Alcatraz. In 1939 he was released from prison because he was in the advanced stages of syphilis. He ... number of ways. The European Mafia was founded on a sense of loyalty and respect for culture, family and the Sicilian heritage. The Mafia was to protect its' members interests and grant them freedom in business in exchange for absolute loyalty and submission to the "family". The Sicilian Mafia was based on the belief that justice, honor and vengeance are for a man to take care of, not for a ...
- 1072: Coca-Cola - The History
- The Coca-Cola company started out as an insignificant one man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is Roberto Goizueta. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist. He concocted the formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard on May 8, 1886. He mixed a combination of lime, cinnamon ... Figures, and Features Multiple pages). All of what has been said is the basis of what Coca-Cola was built on. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Keep on consuming the world's favorite soft drink, Coca-Cola.
- 1073: Benefit Programs In The Airline Industry
- ... realize these differences in employees, in order to provide a benefit program that will attract the high quality employees they are looking for. Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is currently the fastest growing airline in the business. Over the past 10 years Southwest have grown its revenues by 388% and its net income by 1,490%. Some of the things that have helped Southwest to grow so quickly are their personnel. They have found ways to hire employees that have out-performed every major airline for the past three years. Their hiring tactics can be accredited to a healthy business network, in-depth research, a good job database, strong recruiting staff, and an outstanding benefits program. Southwest offers its employees a very competitive benefits program. Their program offers passes and travel privileges, medical insurance, dental ... being a company where opportunity and advancement are determined solely on merit and individual achievement. United supposedly values diversity not only because it is the correct thing to do, but because it is the right business thing to do. United s stated position is that all employees should be treated with respect and dignity. The policy not only extends to employees, but to United s customers, vendors, and independent contractors ...
- 1074: Computer Ethics
- ... concern? Ethical standards that evolved over the history of civilization deal with interpersonal relationships. What is right or wrong? What one should do and not do when dealing with other people. Ethical behavior in a business environment has not been as clearly defined. When businesses were small and owned by only a few individuals, traditional ethical standards were applied to meet different situations. However, as businesses became larger, the ethical relations ... result in a student's interest of the situation. A meaningful sequence of scenarios may alter student's attitude toward a code of ethical behavior. The subject of the scenarios can move to examples of business situations. These can cause the student to reason their possible ethical behavior in their future. The teacher can act as an information source concerning the legal issues of a scenario, but not express their own personal ethical attitude to a scenario. For the reason that we do not want the teacher influencing any ideas or questions that may be brought up by any of the students. Examples of business-oriented scenarios are as follows: An employee at the metropolitan courthouse had access to all the records in the data base. Over the past weeks, she had become suspicious about her neighbor's current ...
- 1075: Facism
- ... devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system of government the advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with an ideology of aggressive nationalism. Celebrating the nation or the race as an organic community surpassing all other loyalties. This right- wing philosophy will even advocate violent action to maintain this loyalty ... be fashioned around the good of the community or nation. Everyone would work for the benefit of the nation and that is all. Regularly this would take place with the merging of the state and business leadership, with concern only of the nation. In this the nation will also take care of its members if the need should arise. This could be money ,shelter, food, or any other need that might ... and even selling out to international organizations. The drug problem is one of the major areas the group centralizes on. Even though the CIA has taken Noriega out of the drug cartel in Panama the business is still running just as strong due to other members of drug families were put back into power. Most of the people who choose to become part of these groups have several factors influencing ...
- 1076: Imagination And How It Relates
- ... wood, which fit into a metal frame. Slapping on some ink, and then pressing paper onto the ink. Doing it again and again. It was a new idea, people wanted to use it for their business. Gutenburg made money from using his imagination in a practical way. Turning the idea into a real thing. People invent things for different reasons. Mostly to fulfill a need quicker, faster, and with more quality ... society. Little children playing games will not get along with other children without having some imagination. They require it to play war games, playing house, etc. Adults require imagination to survive in a high paced business world, where new thoughts and imaginings can bring success and lack of imagination can bring failure. Inventors throughout time have imagined different sciences and technology. In my opinion, science is the method of getting wants ... people wanted money, and were willing to try anything to get it. There is an amazing amount of sciences in the world. All stemming from people wanting and needing cures for diseases, entertainment, and better business techniques. Archaeology coming from people who wanted to learn and study ancient cultures that had their own thoughts, imagination, and reasons for living in that culture. Science allows people to live more comfortably. Each ...
- 1077: History of Telecommunications
- ... lot of it was very confusing and went a lot further than I thought needed to be done. Reference: Dadd, Mark C., "The Outlook for the Telecommunications Industry and the Implications for the Economy and Business," Business Economics, January 1998. Economist Surveys, September 13, 1997 and September 26, 1996, Gartner Group Report, The Future of Information Technology, September 1997. Global Trends Reports, Global Trends and Strategic Alliances, 1998, Marcar Management Institute of ... on NABE Silicon Valley Web page http: //www.marcar.com/svrt.html Raphael, David E., "The Changing Structure of the Global Information Industry," SRI International Report 807, Winter 1992; "The Information Industry, A New Portrait," Business Economics July 1989. U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. Global Trade Outlook 1995 - 2000, Washington, D.C. 1996 and 1997 Annual Reports, 10K reports of firms identified in this paper. ...
- 1078: Pornography: Sex or Subordination?
- ... statistically than the relationship between smoking and cancer (Itzin 22). After considering the increase in rape and molestation, sexual harassment, and other sex crimes over the last few decades, and also the corresponding increase of business in the pornography industry, the link between violence and pornography needs considerable study and examination. Once the evidence you will encounter in this paper is evaluated and quantified, it will be hard not to come ... standards have not been around very long. When movies were first brought out, they were heavily restricted and not protected by the First Amendment, because films then were liked upon only as diversionary entertainment and business. Even though sexual images were highly monitored, the movie industry was hit so hard during the Great Depression that film-makers found themselves smeaking in as much sexual content as possible, even then they saw ... better or to go way. Porn is here for good. Pornography is a multi-million dollar international industry, ultimately run y organized crime all over the world, and is produced by the respectable mainstream publishing business companies (Itzin 21). Although the publishing companies are thought to be "respectable", people generally stereotype buyers and users of pornographic material as "dirty old men in trenchcoats", with disposable income (Jenish 52). Porno movies ...
- 1079: The Color Purple
- ... I say. And when she do, all us together gon whup your ass (p. 207). Once out of the abusive environment of Mr. ____ s house, Celie grows and becomes self-sufficient. She starts her own business as a clothing designer and does quite well for herself. Then, with the unexpected death of her stepfather, she finds out she is the rightful owner of the land he has been living and profiting ... market, and to profit from it. (Alice Walker, The Color Purple) When discussing the economic alternative world illustrated in The Color Purple Celie situates herself firmly in the family's entrepreneurial tradition; she runs her business successfully. Where her father and uncles were lynched for presuming the rights of full American citizens, Celie is ironically rewarded for following in her family's entrepreneurial interests. Celie's shift from underclass victim to capitalist entrepreneur has only positive signification. Her progression from exploited black woman, as woman, as sexual victim, is aided by her entrance into the economy as property owner, manager of a mall business, storekeeper - in short capitalist entrepreneur. (Alice Walker) Indeed The Color Purple is a fairytale; a world in which sexual exploitation can easily be overcome; and a world of unlimited access to material well being ( ...
- 1080: A Jew In Germany or Occupied Europe:
- ... I read this when I am an old man. I live in the south of Poland with my family which I adore very much since they mean everything to me. We have a small family business, a small shop, which supplies us with enough money to get by on during these hard times since the slump nearly five years ago. Life is hard but rewarding at the moment, soon there will be a new member to the family, since my wife is expecting our second child. I hope one day to see my children grow up and carry on the business which I started nearly eight years ago in 1927. AUGUST 1936: Today I received a letter from my sister Erika, who lives in Germany. She too followed the family tradition and set up her own ... new strain of hatred that I have no seen before. In letter she states that some new anti-semitic rules called "The Nuremburg Laws" came into effect just this month which will practically sign her business' death warrant. Over the pass year her shop has been fire bombed several times and even her distressed children are receiving threats from kids their own age. Her husband has even been assaulted by ...
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