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Prostitution in Japanese Culture

1886, "it maintained the system in its colonies" (Yuki and Ross, 1997, p. 135). The United States never instituted such a nationw...

Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Organizational Culture

of its employees" (Yandrick, 1994, p.92). Such organizations have systemic patterns which encourage denial, dishonesty and crisis ...

Role of Culture/Mental Health Nursing

to work efficiently and effectively across cultural boundaries. This concept also encompasses not only the assumption that nurses,...

The Principal & Transformational Leadership

another factor that Hornett attributes to a lack of leadership. If the principal had "modeled and encouraged helping among staff, ...

Renaissance Culture: Donatello, Michelangelo and Shakesepare

spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...

Filipino Culture

A bachelorette is considered a potential competitor for the attention of a husband" (Living in the Philippines, 2006). The relatio...

Culture in India

(India, 2007). The cabinet is "appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"; the president is elected "...

Culture of China

voted against him, 4 abstained, and 38 did not vote); ZENG Qinghong elected vice president ... with a total of 2,578 votes (177 de...

The Effects of Bushido on Japanese Culture

would take place there ("Bushido," 2005). It would be with the ending of the Edo period that loyalty and restraint would emerge as...

The Impact of Korean Culture on Los Angeles

the largest population in the country2. It was founded in 1781 and was actually an outpost under both American and Spanish rule; t...

Colonial Culture

he is not Dutch. He is only really being given the education as an outward sign of respect and acceptance. Even though he proves t...

Ubik: the social and political culture of the 1960s

than a drug culture. The Cold War was continuing, with western fears of the "red menace" exacerbated by events such as the Soviets...

Greek and Roman Culture: Understanding Sex Through Art

in those days...Admiration of the manly form at times verged on the cultlike; the more heroic bits of male sculpture, small penis ...

The Internet’s Reshaping of Culture

sort of culture where communication is quicker and easier to do, thus bringing people closer in many ways. On the other hand the...

Tattoos in American Culture

circus freaks, bikers, and other marginal people" (Bell, 1999, p. 53). In addition, shows like "L.A. Ink" and "Miami Ink" have pop...

Wal-Mart : Organizational Behavior

are" (MMR, 2005, p. 40). This is one of the controls the company uses with their top managers to constantly improve. It is essent...

Conrad’s Heart of Darkness/The Death of Kurtz

147). Marlows initial reaction is in keeping with the African environment and the darkness that has touched his life, as it did Ku...

American Culture in the 1920s

won the White House (War, prosperity and depression, 2005). The first two years of Hardings administration continued Wilsons econo...

Fast Food Culture

staples. But it is the cuts of meat that are used, the way it is cooked, and the huge sizes that are served that has led to the pr...

Non-punitive Nursing Culture/Medical Errors

2004). As errors are inevitable, in order to significantly reduce the rate at which they occur, it is imperative that mistakes sho...

Corporate Culture And Corporate Social Responsibility

are located in Decatur, Illinois; it is "one of the largest agricultural processors in the world" (ADM, 2007). Like many multina...

The Relationship Between Culture, Health And Illness In Singapore

level of education, the impact of traditional culture is also highly influential. The concepts of health are based on the cultural...

How Can Africa And Other Less Developed Countries Utilize Their Culture To Insure Socioeconomic And Political Development?

oil - speaks to the aspect of modernized techniques that are being developed as a means by which to create such commodities faster...

Beowulf v. Odysseus/Who is the most attractive?

announces to all listeners that this warrior has the skill to battle the monster that has terrorizing Heorot. Beowulf battles Gren...

Culture and Food (Four Article Reviews)

Routledge, p. 283-295. In this article, the author looks at a small town called Boca, located in Sardinia, and how contemporary ...

Bodybuilding: Counterculture

how something that metamorphoses human muscle to the degree that anabolic-androgenic steroids do must also have an impact upon oth...

The Importance of National Culture in Human Resource Management Practice

development (Theories of national culture). Nationalism and the rise of nation-states owes a lot to the invention of the printing ...

IKEA and the Creation and Maintenance of a Healthy Organizational Culture

well being of employees might fall under that camp. Attention to employee development and allowing personal aspects to merge with ...

China (Country Culture)

Hence, they may react by rejecting a partner in such a way that appears unreasonable. Zinzius (2004) writes: "Chinese place great...

Data Warehouse Architecture Model For The NHS

This 92 page paper examines the potential of peer to peer (P2P) as an efficient architecture for the UK National Health Service (N...