Essays on Professional Essays and Research Papers

"Multi-Fibre Agreement Impact on the European Economy" paper assesses the potential benefits and problems to which the EU is subjected due to the abolition of MFA.... The paper examines a background of the causes under which MFA was entered and the immediate effect of the abolition thereof.... ... ...

The paper "Innovation and Change of Competition in the Companies" states that organizations today are faced with different challenges.... Its environment has become unstable with rapid changes and competition is on the rise.... Consumers have also become empowered and informed.... ... ... ... Proper structures, processes, and culture need to be in place for successful innovation....

The paper "The US Failure to Join the League of Nations" describes that a 'Win-Win' situation is possible only when the concerns of the various players at both levels overlap, paving the way for the formulation of treaties leading to international cooperation.... ... ... ... The Republicans were better able to judge the public mood and manipulate domestic opinion in order to secure their objectives at the international level....

The paper "Negotiation Skills in Business" states that generally, one of the best ways to avoid the conflict in question seems to be the ways of negotiation and it is evident that the conflict has, ultimately, been the result of disregard for the same.... .... ... ... Human life comes across numerous conflicts and issues and there are certain specific moments in the life of everyone when sorting out the issues is the only way to survive in the world....

The paper "Managing Organizational Change" discusses that the long-term change is going to be the merger.... This is placed as a long-term change because it involves a lot of feasibility and technical studies to make sure that the selection of the merging company is done in a more beneficial manner....

The paper "Explicit and Implicit Cost on Firms in an Informational Efficient Environment" describes that nowadays we prefer web-based information about sustainable development, and environmental management practices but limited disclosure regarding capital expenditures and risks.... ... ... ... Value creation because of more information disclosure is greater than any potential reduction in value because of the release of negative environmental information....

The paper "Islamic Financial System" discusses that Islamic law has adopted the equity-based system, which has contributed to making financial institutions such as banks address the problem of the banking crisis in a more responsive and suitable manner.... .... ... ... Based upon the analysis of the chapter, it has been revealed that the Islamic financial system has changed the entire operational procedures of banking practices in the Islam communities....

The paper "What the Popes Could Have Done Differently to Avoid the Reformation" states that the protestant reformation was one of the most remarkable events in the history of religion.... Its outcome is the division of the Roman Catholic Church into Protestants and Catholics.... ... ... ... The Protestant reformation started in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517, when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses....

The paper "Ethanol Production in Brazil May Drive Deforestation in Amazon" states that the increased demand for ethanol is an actual threat to the Amazon, mostly because of the rangelands and farmlands which cannot accommodate the growing demand for increased production of ethanol.... ... ... ... Fractionation also increases the amount of ethanol extracted from each plant, thereby allowing for the conversion of plants into more useful alternative sources of fuel....

The essay "Major Questions in Criminal Law" focuses on the critical analysis of the major questions in the realm of criminal law.... The co-worker of the client was liable for attempted battery assault.... An assault, in criminal and tort law, is one in which a party threatens another with bodily harm....

This essay "Is the USA Still a Global Hegemonic Power" focuses on the rhetoric of being a guardian of world freedom and democracy that is wearing very thin, when one considers the many military interventions that the US has made, or has participated in, across the world in the years.... ... ... ... The American hegemonic position is declining, and there are multiple other forces coming to the fore....

This essay "The Significance of Secular Humanism" focuses on the concept of secular humanism which is based on a philosophy that identifies the human reasons, ethics, justice and surge for peace of mind and satisfaction as the purpose of man's life on this Earth.... .... ... ... The Catholic reformers under the renaissance started reforming the Catholic Church and the first step they took was to educate people about the new Catholic theologies and beliefs....

"The Strategic Causes of Conflict: What Caused the 1991 Gulf War" paper focuses on the identification and analysis of the reasons that led to the development of the 1991 Gulf war.... The specific war seemed to be related to the latter's efforts to develop chemical and nuclear weapons.... .... ... ...

The author of the paper titled "Should Abortion Be Legalized: Pros and Cons" summarizes the arguments that have been involved in the debate on this issue.... The author agrees with giving women a choice of what to do with their bodies and also believes in adoption.... .... ... ... Most people want abortion to be safe and rare....

The paper "A Perspective of Human Relationships in Literature" states that the reader feels a more in-depth attachment to the material he is reading when he finds such a connection to his personality and social setups to that presented in the literature.... ... ... ... The novel describes the story of a man who fakes insanity to spend his jail sentence in a hospital....

"The Role of the Auditors Concerning the Parmalat Scandal" paper highlights the impact of integrity in the system of the corporate accountability process.... The study also highlights the importance of corporate governance mechanisms related to Parmalat.... ... ... ... Parmalat changed its external auditor from Grant Thornton to Deloitte Touche in 1999....

"The Psychological Challenges of Oppressed Women Regarding The Yellow Wallpaper and A Doll's House" paper argues that both Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Henrik Ibsen's play 'A Doll's House' deal with the Psychological Challenges of women in a male-dominated society.... ....

"Are Keynesian Expansionary Policies a Better Alternative to Get Europe out of Recession in Europe" paper states that the vicious circle arising out of the recurring balance of payment crisis and subsequent bailouts needs to be broken by pragmatic fiscal and monetary policies.... ... ... ... Capital formation is an important determinant in the economic growth and therefore an incentive for savings should be made very attractive for the people to save more....

From the paper "Bailing Out Corporate America" it is clear that our government would take our dream and give it to others.... This makes us distrustful and angry and we lose more than money because, in America, we expect to be able to earn our piece of the American dream.... .... ... ... The media hype makes it difficult to understand just exactly what is happening and why the money is being used in this way....

The paper "Operation Management and Decision Making" discusses that an understanding and consideration of the underlying values of an organization and its organizational culture are essential.... There must be congruence between the organization's values and its strategic plan.... ... ... ... New scheduling techniques are particularly doomed if they are applied as a tool to improve the results (inventory levels, lead times, and production rate), rather than as a mechanism for improving the means to those results, for example, exposure and resolution of deficiencies in the system (Johnston 2003)....

The paper "The Great Moderation of Money and Banking in Output" states that the proѕpect of maѕѕive buѕineѕѕ failureѕ in the middle of ѕuch a downturn iѕ not tolerable.... Economically, thoѕe buѕineѕѕ failureѕ could eaѕily turn a naѕty receѕѕion into a full fledged depreѕѕion....

The paper "The Principle of Parliamentary Supremacy within the Canadian Constitutional System " discusses that supremacy is a principle within the Canadian constitutional system that is absolutely essential and significant and that the results that are caused by this principle are positive.... ... ...

"Empowerment and Innovation Change in Work Place" paper identifies what the literature on employee empowerment is, what the factors related to empowerment are, what the advantages of empowerment are, what the culture of empowerment is, and what the role of managers is.... ... ... ... The proper implementation of employee empowerment will result in the prosperity of an organization....

From the paper "System Ergonomics - the Hillsborough Disaster " it is clear that the Hillsborough Disaster was not just the worst sporting disaster in British sporting history, but it was also an eye opener for the management and its ignorance of human error.... ... ... ... Ergonomics, as a discipline, seeks to scientifically understand and improve the interaction of humans with products, equipment, environment, and systems (HFES, 2010)....

The paper "The History of Visual Culture" concludes that different pictorial forms and written forms of visual arts through history have been used to represent specific ideas.... The paper points out the role of Mesoamerican writing styles, Judaism visual culture, and current ideograms, etc.... ... ...

The paper "Aviation Safety Program: Accident Prevention Policies and Regulations" noted that a safe aircraft system must provide 'a basic skill set for designers, safety practitioners, and their managers by exploring the relationship between safety, legal liability and regulatory requirements.... ....

The paper "The Invasion of Iraq 2003" highlights that considering the invasion based on the decision in light of classical realism provides the opportunity of identifying the links among different factors that contributed to the decision.... The attack on 9/11 offered the opportunity to enter Iraq....

From the paper "Was Iraq Doomed from the Start Not to Become a Nation" it is clear that the undermining of Iraqi nationhood started during the colonial times and was after having been reduced for a while, reintroduced and strengthened by the Saddam regime as from 1968.... ... ... ... An administrative mandate over it was granted to Britain by the League of Nations during the year 1920 and after independence in 1932, the Britons oversaw the installation of a Britain-friendly monarchy that lasted until a 1958 coup, and yet another coup in 1963 brought the Arab Nationalist Baath Party into power....

The paper "Port Royal and Its Role in the Lives of Buccaneers" states that Port Royal was a small and later influential city in Jamaica.... It was situated at the end of a long stretch of land that covered the present-day Kingston Harbor.... Initially, Jamaica was under Spanish control.... .... ... ...

The essay "Validity of National System in Modern World" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in Frederick List's National System and its validity in the modern world.... Friedrich List was the founder of the American School of Economics, often known as the National System.... ... ...

The author of the paper titled "Analysis of the Rise of Mass Culture" considers the rise of mass culture and explores ways in which literary and cultural theorists such as Matthew Arnold, Richard Hoggart, Raymond Williams, and F.... R.... Leavis responded to it.... .... ... ... Mathew looked to literature in Victorian England to ward off the crisis presented by secularisation....

This paper "On War, Translated by Graham" takes a brief look at the famous book on war, which has been so much studied and used for the use of strategies in war.... Military generals and war diplomats of the modern period continue to depend on Clausewitz for better war strategies.... ... ... ... Carl Von Clausewitz, a contemporary of Napoleon, is known and is studied today as a military philosopher....

From the paper "Hume: Empiricist or Empiricism's Greatest Critic?... , what we know vs how we know it has been a topic of debate among philosophers for centuries.... Defining a philosopher as belonging to some school of thought can be tricky since the acquisition of knowledge itself is a complex study....

This essay "Intellectual Property Analysis" discusses the origin of copyright legislation in the UK that can be traced back to the sixteenth century.... The principal aims for which the copyright legislation had been enacted include encouraging education and learning.... ... ... ... Besides this purpose, the copyright legislation also aimed to reward the authors for their efforts by providing them a monopoly right on their works for printing them for a definite period of time....

The paper "World Through the Filters of the Media" states that Based on the survey of deconstruction and cultural studies given in the paper, there does seem to be true to the thought that the media both provides and restricts the amount and content of information with the public.... ... ... If a true reality behind appearances does in fact exist, then it is meaningless to speak of it unless human beings can access its truths—the kind of objective truths that we seek when conducting science or philosophy....

This essay "EU Economy: Issues and Policies" sheds some light on the emergence of global economies like China has led to the shift in the center of gravity of the economy of the world.... China has experienced rapid growth rates in its economic development.... ... ... ... China has also asserted itself as the leading exporter in the world leading to the accumulation of foreign currency reserves and the establishment of comparative advantage....

The paper "How Differing Representations of Masculinity in Macbeth Shape Action and Theme " discusses that as the play proceeds, Macbeth continues with his descent into moral ruin and evil.... He orders the murders of Macduff's family as well as Banquo.... ... ... ... Masculinity refers to the male gender and it is associated with certain qualities that are expected for one to qualify to be a man....

From the paper "Examination of the Allegation Made by the British Prime Minister" it is clear that regulation is the appropriate approach to shape incentives in a competitive environment.... Regulations should be laid down in such a way that decentralized activity acts to benefit society.... ... ...

The essay "Systems and Operations Management Recommendations" focuses on the critical analysis of the major recommendations on the systems and operations management that has become one of the crucial and essential components that lead to the success of the organization.... ... ... ... Systems and Operations management has a direct connection to the quantitative analytical techniques and application of state-of-art technology that provides strong business foundations (Heizer, Jay, Render, Barry, and Rajashekhar, 2009, pp....

This paper ''Sparkling Creativity'' tells us that author prepared a detailed business plan that includes a marketing and implementation plan to carry out the business in an effective way.... He faced many difficulties and obstacles in building his plan as well as in its implementation as there are competitive forces in the market....

From the paper "Financial Statements of Coles Myer Limited and Woolworths Limited", Coles Myer and Woolworths have provided their owners with adequate returns, with Coles-Myers' ROE playing around 15-19% within the period, while Woolworths's ROE 27-37%.... .... ... ... This paper aims to analyze the financial statements of Coles Myer Limited and Woolworths Limited....

This essay "The Bondage of Marriage in Ibsen's A Doll's House" discusses marriage that enshrines womanhood by undercutting the personhood of women.... The irony of the story is that patriarchy is corrupted and weak, and so its marriage system is in danger of falling apart.... ... ... ... In A Doll's House, when women are dolls, the whole house can easily collapse....

The paper "Analysing Film - The Girl Chewing Gum and Une Femme Est Une Femme" highlights that the movie The Girl Chewing Gum and the French movie Une femme est une femme are considered to be one of the best works of eminent filmmakers John Smith and Jean- Luc Godard respectively of the 60s and 70s....

The paper "How the Social Status of African Americans Changed during the Reconstruction Era" states that the constitutional amendments made during the Reconstruction era were to ensure that the civil rights of freed slaves are not violated and also they are treated equally under the law.... ... ... ...

The paper "The Global Oil Price Crisis" tells that the industrial economy worldwide has relied so much on oil as the lifeblood of every nation's major source of energy.... Crude oil, as the raw material in the world market, has affected changes that have affected the economic stability of countries....

The paper "A Working Definition of Nature or What Qualifies as Natural" states that even in an attempt to perceive oneself, there will always be a split between perceiver and what is perceived.... If I were to discuss who I am, for example, I would state what my impressions of myself are.... ... ...

The paper "The Ideas of Delinquency and Criminality" states that it is in the works of French intellectual Michel Foucault on penal institutions that the idea of punishment as part of a discourse of power is made explicit.... It is noteworthy that his genealogical works.... ... ... ... With the individualization of 'man the machine', to borrow from Marx, discipline functions to analyze and transform the body into a manipulable being, capable of being put to productive use by the institution....

This essay "The Liability for Tort for a Company" focuses on the actions committed by the company is polluting the water supply of the system of the town and its consequences that make the company, the employees, and the boss liable to tort though not in all aspects of tort.... ... ... ... Liability of the three parties to a civil suit is provided in different aspects of tort law though in different and varying degrees....

The paper "Distinguish between Personal and Proprietary Rights to Use Land" states that it is both necessary and possible to draw a clear conceptual distinction between personal and property rights to land use.... There is a difference between proprietary and personal rights in land ownership.... ...

In this paper "Why Did Britain Go to War over the Falkland Islands in 1982?... the causes of the Falkland crisis have been discussed, putting emphasis on the implications it had on Britain and its allies.... Falkland crisis was occasioned by Argentina's decision to invade Britain's territorial islands....