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Many people around the globe would like to devote valuable time and skills to Save the Children – in our offices, community projects, fundraising and awareness activities, and in our advocacy work. Volunteers support Save the Children by giving their time and skills to accomplish and execute roles which have been identified by, or agreed with, the organization. Every once in a while Save the Children might need additional support to deliver its commitments. However, the necessary resources…

Now that the objection of self-interest has been refuted, the emphasis needs to shift towards an explanation of Rawls second principle of justice. The second principle, commonly referred to as the “Difference Principle,” indicates that, “[S]ocial and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both (a) reasonably expected to be to everyone’s advantage, and (b) attached to positions and offices open to all.” Rawls specifies that the “Liberty Principle” is “lexicographical”. This…

A Clash of Cultures American practice is to isolate medicine as its own trade, while Hmong practice is to accept that medicine is intertwined with all aspects of life. This cultural base is what fostered miscommunication between the Lees and the American medical system, and is what caused both sides of Lia’s medical care to be wildly contradictory. Neither the Lees nor Lia’s doctors budged on what they deemed to be correct medical practice, and misunderstandings between the two sides are what…

Valerie Bauer Bryan Sappington Organizational Behavior 11, December 2017 Case Study #3 In 1999 Nick Swinmurn started a humble yet successful online shoe company, Shoesite.com. Keeping in mind, this was pre-online shopping that we are so accustomed to today. Swinmurn attempted to work with local California shoe companies to encourage them to sell their shoes on his site. He offered to sell the shoes, in return, he would receive a modest fee for the sales generated "win" win." Swinmurn was…

Introduction: The educational movements in the 18th century were a striding path to new educational reforms in the 20th century .The 18th century educational initiatives were more focussed towards the students of upper and middle class elites who had a world view initiative that emphasized facts and truths rather than a faith based approach which was based on supernatural beliefs and ideas it was much similar to the renaissance’s movement that had an approach of looking at the past knowledge…

Introduction The Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(b)) restricts suppliers of goods or services secured by a government healthcare program ("Federal Healthcare Program") from intentionally and readily requesting or accepting or giving any compensation, directly or indirectly, in trade or in kind, to actuate either the referral of an individual, or outfitting or orchestrating a good or service for which imbursement may be made under a Federal Healthcare Program. The Federal…

Effects and Outcomes of Assistive Technology for Students with Learning Disabilities Introduction The conversation I hear among some teachers and parents regarding the use of assistive technology include the following complaints on limitations and disadvantages; the negative affects using technology has on students' attention span, seeing technology as entertainment and not as a tool to learn, the cost of technology, students relying too heavily on it, and that teacher training is…

Cross Border Robert C. Bonner; a guard for the border protection is going to resign. Bonner is the former attorney and head of the drug enforcement, which is a huge problem in our border systems today. He is a commissioner of the custom service in 2001. President Bush even nominated him to lead the border control/protection by the new department. The border protectors inspect goods, people, vehicles, and pursue people who try to cross illegally. A proposal was rejected to merge the CBP…

Merriam Webster defines Ethics as rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good and bad. In other words we all practice ethics in our day to day dealings with other people in our community. It is a widely debated issue about what we have the right to do under the law and what is ethically right, we may argue that the law stems from ethics but the law and ethics are quite different, while ethics are social guidelines base on moral principles and values, laws are rules and…

Albert Einstein once said “If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid.” Schools across the world have effortlessly pick out students that do not meet the average standards in Reading, Math, and Science. The U.S. is different for a reason; we have more opportunities to develop skills that do not require having a photographic memory. We have schools that cater to the naturally gifted in Math, Reading, and Science; on the other hand,…