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This 10 page paper looks at this relatively new company, its founders and the leadership found within the walls of this unique corporation. The corporate culture is discussed along with the leadership of Page and Brin and the CEO they hired. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

7 pages in length. The Enron debacle clearly illustrates how establishing and maintaining corporate ethics is the cornerstone to continued success, both on a personal and professional level. Constant nurturing of moral judgment and a specific code of ethics are necessary in order to perpetuate the positive image required to uphold such policy. The five primary elements of such nurturing include having a clear and concise forthrightness, which is substantiated by culture; appropriate and applicable conformity with regard to difficult situations; managerial involvement and awareness on ethics issues; a nurturing program that is wholeheartedly supported by top management; and staff involvement. These concepts, which are both interrelated and individual at the same time, represent a complete quest toward ethical decision-making. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 8 page research paper that offers the outline for a proposed research study into motivational factors for high school students. There is an old saying that you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. Likewise, high school teachers constantly try to offer the curriculum in a manner that engages their students minds, but fail to connect with many of the adolescents that they are trying to reach. In 1984 and 1989 a Gallup/Phi Delta Kappa national poll of educators found that lack of student motivation was a top concern of all public school teachers surveyed (Gonzalez, 2002). The question that these teachers ask, that is, "what is the key to unlocking student motivation," is the principal question to be addressed by this proposed study. The paper consists primarily of a review of literature on this topic before discussing possible ways to complete the proposed research study. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

20 pages in length. Operating in the public sector requires a somewhat different approach than that of a for-profit organization, inasmuch as the ultimate goal necessitates a different path to reach this objective. With employee recognition among the top concerns, it is clear to see how the priorities are adapted differently between public sector and for-profit organizations. The aspects of customer spotlight, financial measures and overall business process round out the organizational approach gaining significant speed in today's public sector; utilizing the balanced scorecard methodology provides organizations with just that: the balance between and among the aforementioned areas inherent to success. Bibliography lists 19 sources.

7 pages in length. Afflicted with a malady of phobias, the lead character in Frank Oz's What About Bob? strikes a simultaneous chord of compassion and confusion with audiences. Played by Bill Murray, Bob's mental composition is comprised of such life-altering irrationalities as agoraphobia, claustrophobia, hypochondria and obsessive-compulsive disorder, all of which work synergistically to make him a walking, talking idiosyncrasy. His behavior, while wholly innocent, is over the top for his regular therapist to deal with so he is referred to emotionally absent and narcissistic Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfus); after one session, Marvin alerts Bob to the fact that he will be unavailable for the rest of the summer on family vacation. This news sends Bob into a tailspin of – yet another psychological disorder - separation anxiety – until he is able to finally track down Marvin at his lake house. Phobic manifestations notwithstanding, Bob easily worms his way into the hearts of Marvin's family but forever remains an overwhelming irritation where the doctor is concerned, who truly has no idea what it means to be compassionate in a field where such emotional connection is key. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 20 page paper is an in-depth industry analysis of the carbonated soft drinks market in the United States, looking at it in the context of the beverage market as a whole. The paper includes a discussion on the general industry background, and sections that examine the dominant economic features, the industry using Porters Five Forces model the divers for change, including as PEST analysis, a discussion on the top three companies; Coca Cola and the Coke brand. PepsiCo and the Pepsi and Mountain Dew Brand and Cadbury Schweppes and the Dr Pepper brand, and how they compete, key success factors and an assessment of the industry’s long term prospects. The bibliography cites 13 sources.

5 pages in length. Ever since man separated himself into divisions of class, the human species' timeline depicts a sharp distinction between those who live under the expectation of perceived entitlement and those who must fight each day to be recognized as members of this race who are just as deserving of rights. However, the nature of survival is such that only a certain percentage can live at the top while the majority languishes at the bottom, a harsh reality that lays the foundation for India's kidney trade. Known around the world as the great organ bazaar, uncontainable market for kidneys has turned India's poor into unwitting donors who will sell pieces of themselves just to survive another day. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

7 pages in length. Descartes' desire to draw attention to and garner acceptance of his all-encompassing body/mind notion originated at the very foundation of knowledge and rose to the top to absolute knowledge with the initial step being that of his groundbreaking concept of other minds thoroughly developed in Discourse on Method and Meditations. Descartes' attempt to define the notion of other minds brought him in direct contact with ideas that postulated the very essence of spiritual and physical being, inasmuch as the philosopher meticulously contemplated the various pathways an individual must travel to inevitably reach the awareness of how minds do, indeed, exist separate from on another. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 6 page paper. Is there a glass ceiling for women? This is discussed with data provided about both the gender pay gap and the lack of women in top positions. Suggestions for breaking the ceiling are provided as well as what many women are doing to avoid it. The essay also discusses the need to manage oneself in order to manage one's career. Specific areas for reflection are discussed. Finally, the old and new management paradigms are outlined, including new ideas on managing diversity. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the symbolism of shoes in Budd Schulberg’s novel What Makes Sammy Run? which was originally published in 1941 and, consequently, its use of language is, in some instances, somewhat dated. However, Schulberg’s characterization of his protagonist Sammy Glick is so extremely well defined and accurate that the novel still rings true. Sammy, a sixteen-year-old kid when the novel opens, is a someone willing to fight his way to the top even if it means sacrificing everything else. Sammy values success and only success. In achieving his life’s goals, Sammy runs, both literally and metaphorically. Another image that is featured prominently in the novel regarding Sammy’s motivation is his feeling about shoes. The writer also refers to the play by the same name. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

4 pages in length. Broadcast news is no stranger to depicting violence; in fact, it has long been a mainstay of virtually all top-of-the-hour programming. The extent to which violent news stories play an integral role with this particular form of mass media is illustrated in a two-fold fashion: 1) to draw in viewers and 2) provide social benefit. Mass media have long been labeled as society's gatekeeper of both valuable and erroneous information; this paper will discuss how television news utilizes its tremendous impact for the purpose of educating and protecting those who were once - or are currently - voiceless victims of domestic abuse, which illustrates how this form of media effectively raises awareness about the problem. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

10 pages in length. Protecting against fraud is at the top of the list of every organization; even companies who do not consider themselves vulnerable to fraud fail to understand the magnitude with which this particular social ill runs rampant throughout virtually every industry, no matter how seemingly safe a particular organization deems itself to be. Racketeers who facilitate fraud care little about the impact they leave on the company, its investors or employees; in short, the primary objective is to reap the greatest benefits with the least amount of effort, which involves the inescapable element of illegal activity. Given that fraud is perpetrated myriad ways by either the public or unethical employees in a company's workforce, the organization must implement various facets in order to develop an anti-fraud culture. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

An 8 page paper discussing the only company appearing in the top 10 of the Fortune 500 that also is the most admired company in 2006, for the sixth time in a decade. It seems clear that leadership style is most responsible for the positive benefits and results that GE gains each year. It is open but demanding, exacting but forgiving. It prefers failure over inaction. It focuses on bottom-line results but places people at a higher level of value than any other aspect of the business, relying on its people to carry the company through change after change. PowerPoint presentation available. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

11 pages in length. The fundamental composition of psychology encompasses such a vast array of components to address a specific situation that it is sometimes necessary to borrow from more than one application in order to realize holistic healing. At the same time, however, there are systems that already incorporate holism as a way in which to delve deeply within the human mind and fully achieve the desired objective, with humanistic and psychodynamic therapies occupying the top of the list. While Freud and Jung are directly related to the concept of psychodynamic psychology, Rogerian and Gestalt therapies represent two of the approaches most associated with humanistic psychology. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

6 pages in length. Crystal methamphetamine has had a long and illustrious presence throughout the last half of the twentieth century; for a drug typically prescribed for addressing attention deficit disorders and obesity, crystal meth has been used illegally on the streets to a much greater degree for the artificial high it provides. Known under an abundance of slang terms - not the least of which includes speed, meth, ice, crystal, chalk, crank, tweak, uppers, black beauties, glass, bikers coffee, methlies quick, poor man's cocaine, chicken feed, shabu, stove top, trash, go-fast, yaba, and yellow bam - crystal meth has served to perpetuate the nation's addiction problem along with cocaine and according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is ranked the second most commonly used drug behind alcohol and marijuana. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

5 pages in length. True knowledge – or the Absolute – is what Hegel aspired to grasp through consciousness. His desire to achieve such an all-encompassing objective was meant to start at the beginning with the very basic of all knowledge – sense knowledge – and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientific thought was that of sense certainty, a concept that was thoroughly developed in 'Phenomenology of Spirit.' The writer discusses how Hegel's attempt to define the notion of absolute knowledge led him down a path of discovery that postulated the very essence of being, inasmuch as the philosopher carefully contemplated the various avenues one must travel as a means by which to reach the state of absolute knowledge. No additional sources cited.

An 8 page paper. This paper is an extended version of PGprkga.RTF. In this version, there are six subheadings to correspond with the structure of a basic policy analysis problem. These sections are: verifying and defining the problem, establishing evaluation criteria for the solution, identifying alternative policies, assessing those alternatives, a matrix comparing each alternative to the criteria, recommendation and implementation of the new policies. The issue is parking spaces and a deficit in the school's budget, primarily because students and staff do not want to pay a daily rate on top of the annual permit price. 1 Table/Matrix included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 6-page paper discusses how kids born in 1993 and afterward process information and relate to the world around them. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

3 pages in length. Exposing industry fraud has become a regular occurrence in today's business community, particularly within the finance industry. On the heels of the Madoff scandal comes an eight billion dollar operation by Stanford Financial that has all the earmarking of a Ponzi - or pyramid - scheme involving high-yielding certificates of deposit from an Antigua-based offshore bank. Keeping with the standard format of blatant deceit is that of lying to authorities in the quest to throw them off the scent, withholding critical information (which is otherwise known as lying by omission), and eventually turning coat when a player's back is against the wall. All of this and more has taken place over the past week as the result of a four-year investigation of Stanford Financial, R. Allen Stanford (sole shareholder) and a handful of top executives, not the least of which includes chief investment officer Laura Pendergest-Holt and chief financial officer Jim Davis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. Lessons learned from the hazardous waste incident at Love Canal were ones that did not need to be taught; rather, there was no learning curve involved with knowing that building a community on top of a defunct waste site had the potential - if not sooner than most certainly later - to become an environmental disaster of massive proportions. That such a lesson would need be taught to developers is unsettling on its own; to have developers make the conscious decision to place myriad families directly in harms way for the benefit of a buck speaks to a breach of ethics no amount of remuneration could rectify but that a handful of new legislation could attempt to prevent in the future. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

12 pages in length. Self-reliance is an attribute to which most people aspire as they tread through the various stages of their lives; to be solely dependent upon another person or entity for one's sustenance is not a common ambition for those brought up with values from and a driving force toward the American Dream. As righteous as self-reliance is in the overall scheme of life, there are times when people falter through no fault of their own and desperately need temporary assistance to help them regain an economic foothold. Herbert Hoover had a most difficult time with this concept as was clearly evidenced in his "Rugged Individualism" speech whereby he declared that no one should have a reason to depend upon the government for assistance because everyone is expected to be so independent as to always be capable of helping themselves in times of crisis. Arguably fashioned after generations gone by where those who lived off the land in search of a better existence were forced to rely upon their own ingenuity to stay alive, Hoover's expectation of the same for America's citizens was considered over the top by many within and outside of the political arena. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

10 pages in length. If the only constant in life is that of change, than human food supplies reside at the top of the list. Produce, livestock and other edible commodities have experienced a timeline of change meant to boost production, lengthen shelf life, protect consumers against disease-borne illnesses and enhance the overall aesthetic appeal of a product. Utilizing genetic engineering and chemical additives, the United States' food supply has been transformed into an oversized, overprocessed, nutrient compromised, disease causing lot; many of today's foods no more resemble their organic ancestors than an apple can be mistaken for an orange. But perhaps one day that will actually happen just like it did with maize (corn), which today is wholly unidentifiable as ever having been a wild crop. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 6 page paper. Forensic accountants have a special set of skills, characteristics, and traits. They are part accountant and part detective. They are highly analytical. This essay identifies the top five skills forensic accountants need. The paper discusses other knowledge, skills and traits these professionals need to have to be effective. How their jobs are linked to operations is discussed. The legal difference between an auditor and a forensic accountant as well as the essential legal activity of appearing in court is discussed. Finally, two real cases are described. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page research paper investigating the ways in which negative publicity might have affected the performance of the nation's top two tobacco companies in the stock market. Some analysts have said that the companies' stockholders are bearing the brunt of the rash of lawsuits and multi-billion dollar settlements in questions of tobacco-related health concerns and that the losses are 'unfair' to the long-time investors. Philip Morris, the leading cigarette manufacturer, consistently posts gains and their three-year stock performance mirrors that of the DOW Industrials. RJR Nabisco posts performance that wanders all over a graph. The paper concludes that management practice is costing some stockholders even more than billion-dollar settlements. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

9 pages in length. The world has labeled John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil Company, a ruthless capitalist for his harsh business tactics and unpleasant disposition toward his workforce. This may be some people's interpretation of one of the nation's most influential magnets, but it is hardly the truth. Rockefeller was, indeed, high on the country's list of top industrial geniuses. This is quite evident not only in assessing his contributions but also in his savvy business practices, as well. The writer discusses the fact that while Rockefeller possessed a touch of imprudence when it came to matters of money, he was by and large a significant credit to society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.