Financial risk

Members of fraternities and sororities do not have an innate desire to haze, but they are often placed in situations where they can exert power over new members. By creating an atmosphere where new members can discuss their experiences with existing members without punishment, members will find fewer opportunities to haze. "Fraternity and Sorority Affairs." Ways to Stop Hazing : : University of Rochester. N.p., Spring 2013. Web. 10 May 2016. Members in a high-pressure hazing situation are more…

This graph above shows the percentage of profit from tourism, as a group we were tasked with asking a variety of different questions to different businesses. Looking at the graph above you can see that it gives a clear understanding that companies are very reliant on tourism. For example, a Sweet sensation is a confectionary store which has been around for roughly 4 years. Over the 4-year period according the general manger much of the area has been declining due to weather and lack of tourism.…

Acting as the judge in this case, we could not have possibly ruled in the favor of Check Investor’s. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which Indiana uses in their own law, was created for a reason. That reason being to protect debtors from abusive collecting practices performed by debt collectors. Just because Check Investor’s found a thought-provoking and ingenious loophole in the code, our judicial system is set up in a way to fend off loopholes that infringe on the overall…

“Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars with Adjustable Ethics Settings” Response Paper In this article, Patrick Lin discusses the ethical questions that arise from adding ethics settings to automated cars, comparing them to the train dilemma of killing one person versus five. The author concludes with the statement that no one knows what the solution is because there’s no right answer. Who should be to blame for unavoidable deaths based on ethics settings? Which level of ethics is to blame: the…

Nothing lasts forever and that includes your safety glasses. Although they're a low maintenance item, wear and tear, damage, and degradation will render them less effective at protecting your eyes. In fact, if they're sufficiently damaged, they aren't protecting your eyes at all. At least with no glasses, you would keep your eyes out of harm's way. Exposing your eyes to dangerous situations with bad safety glasses is asking for an injury or worse. Here are five indications that your safety…

The Magic Behind Skiing Nordic skiing, my passion, it is not just about the training for races. It is about the ski preparation prior to race day. The preparation for skiing, yes includes a lot of training, but the one part that separates first place from second place: the waxing. I understand it seems farfetched, but after knowing the whole process of waxing it makes sense how important it really is. When it comes to waxing first of all it depends on what kind of skis…

Proposed federal legislation will, like those bills that came before, face many challenges in its enactment. If previous attempts are any indication the Senate is no ready to enact such legislation at this time. However, the next congressional elections will change the make-up of Senate and provide for new faces that may show more support. Additionally, as the concerns of concussions, particularly at the youth level continues to grow, elected officials will feel more pressure to act. This push…

necessary traits. However, along with the pure nature of being a courageous first responder, there are some pretty serious risks attached; especially when it comes down to an international terrorist event on US soil. “Risk is commonly thought of as a product of a threat or hazard, the vulnerability of a community or facility to a threat or hazard and…

strategy is geared towards risk taking, it would not only be effective, but also correlate with my personal and social strategy to build my confidence. How to take risks: * Know the difference between healthy and unhealthy risk taking behaviours. * Start small; there's no reason to jump into a huge risk right away! Start with smaller risks to help improve tolerance and confidence in risk taking. * Stop underestimating yourself. The main reason people struggle with risk taking is because they…

This essay is about how to use a railroad crossing safely. Railroad crossings are there so that trains and other track transit vehicles can get through busy places such as cities. The railroad crossing has multiple settings of which they are placed. In a city, there is a bar with lights that will come down and lights will flash. This way, people have less of a chance to get hit by a train. The bar makes them completely stop until the bar raises back up. In another setting, such as the country…