Russo-Japanese War: Tsar Nicholas IIs Decisive Role in East Asian Conflict

 The decades preceding the onset of hostilities in the Russo-Japanese War found the Russian Empire on its heels, owing to military defeats, domestic uprisings, and the assassination of Tsar Alexander II. When Alexander III died prematurely, he was succeeded by his 26-year-old son, Nicholas II, who would be the empire’s final monarch. Although his … Read more

Student-Athletes Deserve to be Paid: Debate & Benefits of NCAA Compensation

  Amateur athletics at the major college level are a vast business. Millions of dollars are spent every year to maintain stadiums, facilities for training, and many other areas of athletic departments. In fact, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) earned $1.06 billion in revenue last year, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first … Read more

Ethics in Business: Should You Sign a Contract With Bell?

 Ethics in Business U58023 Assignment A: Should you sign a contract with Bell? Student Name: Rebecca Watson Student Number: 15064603 Word Count: 1885 words The Case The CEO of the small construction firm, Morty & Co, is faced with the decision of whether or not to sign a contract with Bell, a multi-national oil … Read more

Exploring the Savings and Loan Crisis – Causes, Impact and Resolution

 Introduction The Savings and Loan Industry The savings and loan industry is established for the purpose of collecting and accumulating customer  savings as well as lending money such as mortgages, personal, and business loans at an established market interest for both parties. Savings and loan institutions are usually shareholder owned in order to limit … Read more

Determinism in Philosophy: Hard and Soft, Libertarianism, Utilitarianism, Virtue Ethics and Existentialism

 Melanie Perez Professor Berkey-Abbott PHI2010 12/2/18 Determinism Does freedom exist? What does “freedom” mean? Philosophers asked these questions when on the topic of freedom. There are many different types of determinism. Types of determinism are hard determinism, soft determinism, indeterminism, and libertarianism. Philosophers had different ethical traditions. Three ethical traditions that we are going … Read more

Nonviolence vs Milk: Examining Jains Contradictory Values in India and the Diaspora

 As whole, the major religions of South Asia place a high value on ahmisa, or nonviolence, which is reflected in the promotion of a vegetarian diet to avoid harming animals. However, in light of modern agriculture’s cultivation practices, some have called into question the permissibility of milk consumption. For many Indians, this represents a … Read more

Solving Employee Engagement Challenges: Northwestern Mutual’s Motivated Workforce Pilot for the Future

 Brief Northwestern Mutual (NWM) is an American finance service, emerging from a global financial crisis, enforcing the ‘Motivated Workforce Pilot’ ensuring a case for the company’s future assets in employee engagement using research on performance measures and analytics.  The main concepts of employee engagement and relations is a development on an older concept from … Read more

Benefits/Drawbacks of Community Resource Mgt: Case Studies, Design Principles and More

 The Benefits and Drawbacks of Community Resource Management Kevin W. Kirk San Diego State University Resource management regimes are used in order to prevent overexploitation and degradation while still allowing current and future resource users to receive benefits. Resource management regimes are typically divided into three categories: state-owned regimes typically have regulations set in … Read more

Exploring the Ancient Mayan City of Chichen-Itza: Contribution to Technology and Culture

 The Mayan civilization existed from 2600 B.C. to 1800 B.C. and was considered one of the dominant indigenous civilizations in mesoamerica. Within that timespan mayans were able to make monumental advances in technology and culture such as the mayan calendar, hieroglyphics, 0-20 number system, and astronomy. The Mayans created large cities such as Tikal, … Read more