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    current situation of operations at Seagrams was a hierarchy structure put in place when the company first commenced. The culture was based upon “individualism, entrepreneurship, authority functional pride, and personal relationships”. (Jick and Peiperl, 2011 p.256). If the company had any chance of becoming successful in the future and moving out of the simply maintaining the status quo into diversifying and becoming a “best managed beverage company” then significant changes needed to be made at all levels. In 1992 the operating income growth of the company’s core spirits and wines business stalled. This was due to the “new sobriety”, tax increase on liquor, recession, government regulations and social criticism of spirits market. Edgar Bronfman and the Seagram executives recognized the need for repositioning and redefining the company’s competitive edge for future success. This was done by expanding into the Asian market, acquiring fruit juice business, purchase of entertainment company, MCA. However, even with this expansion it became clear the leadership and they recognized the drive to change needs to be made from top management as this would eventually effect all areas of the…

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    The famous Martin Luther King Junior stated in his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech that, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Has his dream really come true? Has racism completely been ridden of or is it still alive? The cases of Sandra Bland, Treyvon Martin, Mike Brown, Rodney King, and many more African-Americans prove that racism is just going to be an ongoing…

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    “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in the American history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech “I Have a Dream” to America on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial where thousands of people gathered to fight against racism. (American Rhetoric). King talks how people should fight for freedom. He speaks to America to end racial segregation and discrimination against African – American and that everyone should be viewed equally. King uses all…

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    minister and social activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, from mid 1950’s until his death in 1968. As reported by “King speaks to March on Washington”(2010), the great and legendary Dr. King expressed his speech on August 28th, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington D.C. located where Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. Common sense would tell us, Dr. King was bright when he delivered his…

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    attended the University of Michigan together and reunited in the wake of their friends suicide. Most friends, full of disdain in their subsequent career paths, discuss the outcome of their lives in relation to each other and how it has affected them personally. Within the film, the viewer is alluded to each characters dissatisfaction through a series of events and love affairs in hopes that each character can justify their friends death despite his gift of scientific intelligence. During the…

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    Within the four walls of the jail cell Martin Luther King Jr wrote a letter to clergymen who criticized his actions towards combatting injustice in Birmingham. In this letter, now known as the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, King Jr explains his reasons for being in Birmingham which includes being invited by organizational commitments and also due to the fact that there is injustice in the city. King Jr. states that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” which is directly…

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    the bus was for African Americans. Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a man and she was arrested. “Rosa Park’s Civil disobedience and arrest changed the focus of the movement from solely relying on the courts to gain equality to rejecting and protesting their treatment in segregated states” (Wiley, 2016, Para 1) The African American community led by Luther King Jr and Montgomery improvement association boycotted the bus company for 382 days; therefore, bus companies took a big loss. The…

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    It was the time when equality among races became a mass movement. Several African American leaders challenged segregation through pacific protests, freedom rides and sit-ins. One of these courageous individuals was an African American woman named Rosa Parks who lived in Montgomery, Alabama. In December 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, which was expected to be done by blacks whenever asked to do so. She was arrested. Following her arrest, African American leaders…

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    Bernard Baffoe-Mensah Ms. Milewski AP English Literature 21st October, 2014 Civil Disobedience The order of society is based on structure and organization. Laws are enforced to serve specific purposes: economically, politically and socially. With regards to this, there are unjust laws and these laws conflict with an individual’s sense of morality. Being that, a civilian’s decision to disobey an unjust law is considered unlawful in the eyes of authority; however, such decisions are…

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    Freedom can mean many things to many people, freedom to me means being liberated from what once held one in bondage. Although, freedom according to the Merriam Webster’s dictionary gives a concise definition which states: “Liberation from slavery or restraint or from the other power of another: independence. Nevertheless, Martin Luther king Jr. is a well-known activist who fought for the freedom for African Americans. Also know for the March and his I have a dream speech. He wrote a letter…

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