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Taking ethics seriously : why ethics is an essential tool for the modern workplace / by Hooker, John, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…The central role of ethics -- Myths and misconceptions -- The generalization principle -- The utilitarian principle -- Everyday dilemmas -- Moral agency and autonomy -- Virtue ethics -- Buying and selling -- Ethics in education -- Using study drugs -- Job search ethics -- Ethics on the job -- Organizational policy -- Medical ethics -- Ethics and artificial intelligence.…”
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Kansas in the Great Depression work relief, the Dole, and rehabilitation / by Fearon, Peter

Table of Contents: “…The storm clouds gather, 1929-32 -- Kansas Republicans welcome New Deal funding -- Unemployment, riots, and the emergency work relief program -- Rural Kansas : drought, rehabilitation, and relief -- The WPA, the Dole, general relief, and politics -- Conclusion : what was radical about New Deal relief? …”
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The effects of race and family attachment on self-esteem, self-control, and delinquency by Owens-Sabir, Mahasin Cecelia

Table of Contents: “…Social bonding, the general theory of deviance, and self-control -- The data set and variables -- Descriptive information -- Findings for full sample -- Findings for Native Americans -- Findings for African Americans -- Findings for whites -- Summary of racial group findings -- Findings for social bonding, self-esteem and self-control -- Summary and conclusions.…”
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Protecting the poor a microinsurance compendium. Volume II /

Table of Contents: “…Life insurance -- pt. 4. General insurance -- pt. 5. Insurance and the low-income market -- pt. 6. …”
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Empirical market microstructure the institutions, economics and econometrics of securities trading / by Hasbrouck, Joel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Trading mechanisms -- The roll model of trade prices -- Univariate time-series analysis -- Sequential trade models -- Order flow and the probability of informed trading -- Strategic trade models -- A generalized roll model -- Multivariate linear microstructure models -- Multiple securities and multiple prices -- Dealers and their inventories -- Limit order markets -- Depth -- Trading costs : retrospective and comparative -- Prospective trading costs and execution strategies.…”
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Punched-card systems and the early information explosion, 1880-1945 by Heide, Lars, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.…”
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Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880–1945 by Heide, Lars, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.…”
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Punched-Card Systems and the Early Information Explosion, 1880–1945 / by Heide, Lars, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards.…”
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Face, harmony, and social structure an analysis of organizational behavior across cultures / by Earley, P. Christopher

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and Overview -- 2. General Framework and Model -- 3. Face and Social Context -- 4. …”
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God and karate on the Southside bridging differences, building American communities / by Yi, Joseph, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The nature of the problem: diversity and indifference -- Many-stranded theory of liberal democracy -- God bridging: Chicago (international) Church of Christ -- Framing religion: limits of Christian engagement -- Karate bridging: Fitzpatrick's Tang Soo Do -- Framing karate: frontiers of engagement -- Religious participation and race relations: general social survey -- Renewing democracy in America.…”
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The urbanisation process in Cameroon process, patterns and implications / by Fon, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…General overview -- Patterns of urbanisation : the internal structure and development of Cameroon towns -- Spatial distribution and growth strength of Cameroon towns -- Urban hierarchy and the sub-urbanisation process in Cameroon since 1976 -- Features linked to urbanisation in Cameroon -- Growth prospects of Cameroon towns -- An overview of cities in sub-Saharan Africa -- The search for sustainable urbanisation in Cameroon.…”
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Crisis prevention and prosperity management for the world economy by Bryant, Ralph C., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Collective surveillance : rationale and basic questions -- Venues for intergovernmental cooperation : general considerations -- Institutional dimensions of supranational surveillance -- The IMF and other international organizations as traffic monitors and adjustment referees -- Soft or hard guidelines? …”
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Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century / by Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

Table of Contents: “…Part Section I: Undiferstanding the General Context -- chapter 1 Undiferstanding the General Context and Link between Innovation and Operations Management -- chapter 2 Economics of Innovation and Operations -- part Section II: Undiferstanding the External Context -- chapter 3 Location, Location, Location: External Determinants of Innovation Performance -- chapter 4 Innovation in Global Supply Chain Management -- part Section III: Undiferstanding the Internal context -- chapter 5 The Role of Operations Managers in Building a Culture of Innovation and Continuous Improvement -- chapter 6 Getting the Right Organizational Structure and Working Environment to Balance Innovation and Efficiency -- chapter 7 New Product/Service Design and Innovation in the Context of Operations -- chapter 8 What Operations Managers Need to Know to Design Innovative Processes -- chapter 9 Innovation and Sustainability -- chapter 10 Going Beyond Managing{u2014}Improving Existing Services and Processes.…”
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Business intelligence evaluation and impact on performance / by Cohen, Corine

Table of Contents: “…Scanning the environment : a vital necessity for companies -- Evolution of the general concept of surveillance -- The global measurement model of strategic intelligence (SI) -- Evaluation of objectives, products and service, use, results and -- Context of SI -- Evaluation of the organizational resources of SI -- Evaluation of processual resources of SI -- Evaluation of human, technical and financial resources of SI -- The control panel intelligence-performance.…”
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Introduction to project finance by Fight, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Project financing in the economy -- App. 1. Generally accepted risk principles risk map -- App. 2. …”
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Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data by Wooldridge, Jeffrey M., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Conditional expectations and related concepts in econometrics -- Basic asymptotic theory -- Single-equation linear model and ordinary least squares estimation -- Instrumental variables estimation of single-equation linear models -- Additional single-equation topics -- Estimating systems of equations by ordinary least squares and generalized least squares -- System estimation by instrumental variables -- Simultaneous equations models.…”
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The economics of the Yasuní initiative climate change as if thermodynamics mattered / by Vogel, Joseph Henry

Table of Contents: “…Thermodynamics : the language chosen defines the debate -- The tragedy of the commons : a class of problems that has no technical solution -- The willful ignorance of realpolitik : market failure or cost-shifting success? -- The general theory of second best : a rigorous justification for an intuitively just proposal -- Through the bottleneck of a cowboy economy : financing shovel-ready projects -- Conclusions : reason for hope and despair.…”
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A girl's path to prostitution linking caregiver adversity to child susceptibility / by Reid, Joan A., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Child sex trafficking in the United States -- Developing explanations of victimization in child sex trafficking -- Applying theoretical models : gendered pathways and general strain theory -- A strain-reactive pathway to victimization in child sex trafficking in prostitution -- Exploring vulnerability across multiple types of child maltreatment -- Moving forward with new strategies for prevention and intervention -- References -- Index.…”
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Violent video game effects on children and adolescents : theory, research, and public policy / by Anderson, Craig Alan, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Violent video games : background and content -- Effects of exposure to violent entertainment media -- The general aggression model -- Experimental study of violent video games with elementary school and college students -- Correlational study with high school students -- Longitudinal study with elementary school students -- Risk factor illustrations -- New findings and their implications -- Interpretations and public policy -- Reducing violent video game effects.…”
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Violent video game effects on children and adolescents theory, research, and public policy / by Anderson, Craig Alan, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Violent video games : background and content -- Effects of exposure to violent entertainment media -- The general aggression model -- Experimental study of violent video games with elementary school and college students -- Correlational study with high school students -- Longitudinal study with elementary school students -- Risk factor illustrations -- New findings and their implications -- Interpretations and public policy -- Reducing violent video game effects.…”
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