was again at the forefront of disaster relief providing $573,000 in financial aid, 414,800 in paid overnight stays in shelters, 1.6 million items such as diapers, cleaning supplies and coolers and 4.5 million meals for victims of Hurricane Harvey. In recent years, however, many have begun to question the wisdom of donating their hard earned dollars to…
Wells Fargo was the company I have selected for my final project. My rationale for choosing them is slightly beneficial for me because I am a customer and have been since early 2000. As a client, I want see how were going to turn around the public and stakeholders view of their Corporate Social Responsibility after many mishaps in the past few years. One of Wells Fargo biggest mishaps was their unfair lending practices and also a more resent problem were bank employees issuing unwanted credit…
Terry Fox, a Canadian cancer patient who had the goal to raise 24 million dollars for cancer, one dollar for every canadian. He wanted to raise awareness for this goal, after surviving cancer and realizing the need for cancer research. He wanted to run across Canada, however, had to stop due to the recurrence of his cancer. Although having a disability, he insisted in persevering through his struggles, unlike all those before him; making him exemplify the definition of a hero. Moreover, he…
period there have been great and not so favorable presidencies. While every president did not all have the same luxuries as the other like stable time periods in American history, others have been cursed with wars and recessions. After further review I wanted to create as equal as a playing field for two lucky people to dissect. That means they would need to be in the same score. They would need the same amount of terms. They would need to have the same maturity in age and wisdom as the other.…
not the only hungry mammals out there. Hunters had to take down an already dangerous mammoth and then defend it from large predators who had no problem killing a human to get to the mammoth Life in these times was extremely hard and dangerous, many were killed hunting or simply starved to death if food was not retrieved in time. But as humans became more and more advanced and skilled in hunting, killing a mammoth was not as hard as it once was. This…
Healthcare Reform Implementation The purpose of this paper is to examine healthcare reform implementation in the state of Ohio. Healthcare reform has been the subject of much criticism since the Obama healthcare bill became law in 2010. It has changed the landscape of the healthcare system for the entire country. Healthcare Reform Overview We are recognized by other countries for our technological advancements in medicine, but still criticized for the high cost of healthcare (Nies & McEwen,…
beginning, I had my mind set that Oskar Schindler was a Narcissist. This is because of the huge, annoying ego he carried. For one example, his need to always have relations with women and to be liked by them was ridiculous. A variety of his actions were quite self-serving for his satisfaction. Many argue that Schindler loved to be the center of attention. In this case, he very much enjoyed the role he was playing during the horrific drama of the Holocaust.…
investments in mortgages began to crack. Bear Stearns, in June 2007, injected 3.2 billion dollars to bail the hedge funds out. This proved insufficient as the funds filed for bankruptcy. This became the genesis of the problem that consumed Bear Stearns and forced them into a Fed-guaranteed…
how it affected society within the United States. First a little background on the crash. The Stock-Market crash of 1929 was a event also known as Black Tuesday were wall street investors “traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day”. This lead to billions of dollars being…
representatives; whether they be, presidents to local mayors. The wealthy are able to successfully “buy” representatives by “donating” money to their campaigns. One example of how “donors” can “buy” representatives is, 158 wealthy families had contributed 176 million dollars to Democratic and Republican candidates during the first phase of the presidential campaign in October of 2015. The majority of these donors were, wealthy, white, older males. Another example is that Singer, from Elliott…