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- 611: Managing People with AIDS
- ... all new cases are teenagers who will soon enter the work force, companies will have to deal with this issue into the twenty-first century. Bibliography Bryant, Meg. “Progressive AIDS Workplace Policies Offer Many Benefits.” Business and Health, Vol. 10 (April 1992), p. 64. Eastaugh, Steven R. “Financial Issues in Defining Levels for HIV/AIDS Research.” Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 25 (Fall 1998), p. 19-25. Gerson, Vicki. “How Business is Dealing with the AIDS epidemic.” Business and Health, Vol. 15 (January 1997), p. 17. Greene, Jay. “Employers Learn To Live With AIDS.” HRMagazine, Vol. 43 (February 1998), p. 96-101. Ivancevich, John M. Human Resource Management: Seventh Edition. New York: ...
- 612: Cigarettes
- ... Colby said, "If nicotine is addictive, so are chocolate candies, pies and cakes, etc." So, many things are harmful and addictive but people do it knowing the consequences. Companies are just trying to run a business. If you buy you buy. I don't see companies shoving lit cigarettes in people's mouths. Sure, they advertise but it's a business and they need to make their money somehow. Companies need to do what's best for the company. They should not be blamed for other people's addictions since in the end people do what ... the media is used to whip up the mob mentality about the evils of smoking, the dangers to our children, etc. Fredman said it best when he indicated "there is only one social responsibility of business - to use its resources and engages in activities designed to increase its profits, so long as it stays within the rules of the game which is to say, engages in open and free competition ...
- 613: Following The Article In The S
- ... 07/1998 on “Customer Care Improvement by Robert L Fousler (MD) Consultant s for Effective Training, I am in total agreement with him concerning the points that he has put forth concerning Customer Care within business organizations. Customer Care is an important point in management and should be carried out by any manager within any business organization irrespective of what departments he is directly of indirectly in charge of. It is important to note that a business or organization cannot effectively attract customers /clients if it cannot deal with its internal clients. In any business/organization, internal clients are the employees within the organization. Mr. Fousler mentions that in Kenya, many ...
- 614: Thomas Edison
- ... the Edison Universal Stock Printer. Edison sold the rights for the stock ticker. He thought he might get paid around $4,000 for it. He got $40,000! With all this money, Edison started a business in Newark, New Jersey. He built stock tickers and high-speed printing telegraphs. At this shop he improved on the typewriter. Until Edison improved it, you could write faster than you could type. Edison was ... his workshop in Newark, New Jersey, Edison asked his father to help build a new "invention factory". Edison built his new science laboratory at the village of Menlo Park, NJ. Now he and his two business partners could devote their full attention to inventing. Edison promised that he would build a small invention every ten days and a big invention every six months! He also said he would "take orders" for ... applied for as many as 400 patents a year." (Denmark pg. 54) His ideas and inventions ranged from the practical to the crazy. Edison worked at Menlo Park for over 10 years. Edison became a business partner with some of New York's richest people, J.P. Morgan and the Vanderbilt’s. Together they formed the Edison Electric Light Company. They made this company before electric light bulbs had been ...
- 615: Computer Programming
- ... do. Many programmers are involved in updating, repairing, modifying and expanding existing programs. They are often grouped into two types. These two types are Applications programmers and Systems programmers. Applications programmers usually are oriented towards business, engineering, or science. They write software to handle specific jobs within an organization such as a program used in a place of business were a lot of inventory is being taken. They may also work alone to revise existing packaged software. Systems programmers, on the other hand, maintain and control the use of computer systems software. These workers ... legacy: Computer programming for Years to Come. The author states "Computer programmer employment is expected to grow faster than the average job through the year 2008. Jobs for programmers should be plentiful in almost every business that computers or computer software is needed in." (69; ch 5; para 2) As companies attempt to control costs and keep up with changing technology, they will always have a need for programmers to ...
- 616: Thomas Edison
- ... made numerous advancements on it. His new ticker would be able to print out fresh stock quotes and values on a thin piece of paper. This made it easier to stay updated and made the business a bit more competitive. Edison needed a good sized pay day and he expected to make around $4,000 for the patent rights for the ticker. But the ticker had such a huge impact on ... for telegraphers. While studying for new paper for the telegraph, Edison came upon paraffin wax paper and introduced it as wrapping paper for candies. Because Edison was not very well studied in the world of business, he was having some problems like most inventors. He therefore moved to a place called Menlo Park, New Jersey, to continue research. There he started his own laboratories so no one could bother him with business problems, and started a new life where the only thing he would do would be to continue research and development. In this stage of life he made some of his most important inventions (Vanderbilt ...
- 617: Upton Sinclair
- At the turn of the century America was in the face of economic downfall. Laissez Faire Industrialism had been in place and citizens were at the disposal of big business. Poor working conditions and poverty were the norm in a time where Socialism was an irrelevant ideology. Big business was making the government rich. But according to Upton Sinclair and his "Conditions at the Slaughterhouse," unsafe and repulsive sanitary conditions were at play, putting thousands of carnivorous Americans and factory workers in danger of ... provide for the people of America in times of poverty and despair. Yet thousands of Americans went home each day broken and famished only to pay taxes to a government unwilling to compete with big business. As these laborers flocked to the slaughterhouse every morning they were just as susceptible to harm as the pigs themselves. They were used for the sole reason to generate immense profits with little or ...
- 618: Marijuana Should Be Legalized
- ... laws, the crime rate in America has been increasing by a margin of thirty-two percent since 1976 (Ending Nightmare). The War on Drugs also drives up drug prices. This attracts more people to the business. When drug dealers can get more money for their marijuana and other drugs, they usually resort to violence like turf wars (Violence). As violent crime increases, more resources needed to be used in the War ... reliever. Doctors could do experiments and tests with marijuana and not arouse a debate (Marshall 91). The black market for marijuana would be gone almost overnight. Thousands of marijuana dealers would be put out of business, and a hidden part of our economy would become visible. This new revenue would help our economy, as well help as our federal budget increase. Two things would cause this. First, marijuana would be taxed ... drugs like cocaine and heroin. Courts would also have fewer cases and would be able to spend more time prosecuting violent criminals like rapists and murderers (Marshall 91-92). Most drug dealers would quit the business because the large profits would be gone. Most incentive to sell marijuana to minors would be reduced (Ending Nightmare). Because less drug dealers would be roaming the streets, drug related crime would be reduced ...
- 619: Internet Privacy
- ... watched if it allows their shopping experience to be customized. According to the 1999 Personalized Marketing and Privacy on the Net: What Consumers Want survey conducted by the non-profit research firm Privacy and American Business, 61 percent of the 474 Internet users surveyed said that they would be positive toward receiving banner ads tailored to their personal interests rather than receiving random ads. This represents about 56 million adult users ... effective privacy protection is widely believed to be stunting the growth of e-commerce. Survey after survey has shown that more people would embrace e-commerce if they had better assurances about their privacy. Big business and small businesses have to realize that trust is necessary to build long-term, profitable customer relationships. Trust fosters customer loyalty, referrals and repeat business, so commercial enterprises that make privacy protection a priority will reap the returns from their customers. Bibliography Cranor, L.F. "Internet Privacy: A Public Concern," NetWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 2(3) (1998): ...
- 620: The Boss
- ... come to realize that people do have limits. The boss is an extremely resilient individual. He has endured a great amount and is able to use these experiences to catapult himself to the top. A business is extremely difficult to start and once started, there are many obstacles to face. The road to a successful business is a very treacherous one that leaves many people heartbroken or hopeless. The boss is an example of someone who has traveled this treacherous road successfully, and therefore has a thriving business. The boss is shown to be intelligent through his success and also by the way he contemplates a situation before making a decision or an assumption. For example, when the boss is confronted with ...
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