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Introduction Nike’s current position as one of the biggest companies in sportswear and athleisure clothing continues to be challenged by both competitors and changing consumer principles. The issue of ethical and high-quality sourcing is one of the most significant concerns that Nike has. The balance between sustainability and cost is a factor that the company has spent years measuring and adjusting. After the company expanded and began delivering more substantial quantities of products to different continents, its relationship with other members of the supply chain also changed. The pressure to produce goods and meet customer demands increased due to the firm’s social responsibility. Currently, Nike faces several significant problems in the sphere of global sourcing, but all of them are related to one root concern that the company has to address. The demand for Nike products, in particular, and athleisure clothing, in general, continues to increase, and Nike has to perfect its supply chain to deliver the goods. However, its process, from designing a product to selling it to the customer, is long and inflexible, and the slow speed of all operations also makes Nike vulnerable to sudden demand shifts. The search for new suppliers and manufacturers also exposes Nike’s burden of finding ethical and reliable partners. The purpose of this report is to analyze the current position of Nike in the market of sportswear and athleisure and see how it can address such problems as unsustainable sourcing, slow product cycle
This paper examines whether Saddam Hussein’s execution has led to establishment of democracy in Iraq. War on Iraq was mainly in search of weapons of mass destruction ultimately not found. It is argued that his execution was not necessary to establish democracy in Iraq. Saddam Hussein became the president of Iraq in 1979 after having been a major force in Government from mid-1970s. Iraq experienced extreme autocracy under his regime for nearly twenty five years during which almost 1/3rd of the present Iraqi population was born, thus rendering a full generation to grow without any democratic attitudes, democratic minded leaders, democratic institutions and proto-democratic civil society. Democracies arising from established autocracies have to develop from the scratch. The present leadership who was born after coming to the power of Bath has no idea of pre-Bath era (Moon). It is almost six years since Saddam Hussein was executed, yet nothing much has changed there. Scholars of are of the opinion that Iraq can never have democracy since no such system ever existed in that country. People in Iraq are not used to democratic system and they do not even know what democracy is. Iraq’s hoarding of weapons of mass destruction had also been disproved even before 2003. And until now, the U.S.A. has not been able to find them. That the world could be better off without Saddam Hussein also has no rationale. In fact, in his absence some parts of the world have become more dangerous. Even within Iraq which is now under the U.S. control, school children are unable to go schools without fear. Under Hussein’s control, Iraq had been relatively peaceful. But it now witnesses violence almost daily. The U.S. has already lost 4,000 soldiers which is not worth the cost of eliminating Saddam Hussein. Iran which is a Shi’ite nation is now emboldened to interfere in the affairs of Iraq, a nation of Sunni majority. Under his regime, Hussein had kept Iraq stable. Military experts believe that Iraq war was a lost war without clear objectives right from t
Sanders claims that that there are two serious objections to the philosophy of utilitarianism. The first is that application of utilitarian approach fails the respect of rights of a certain individual. Utilitarian logic takes into account only the interests of the majority, ignoring the struggles of the person sacrificed. The suffering, humiliation and death of a random innocent human is a weak excuse to the emotional benefit and well-being of the society. The example is torturing deliberately guiltless relative as a blackmail to get a vitally important information from the criminal. The second objection is that it is almost impossible to find the global currency that can measure and thus unify the pleasure and benefit, acceptable all over the world. The utilitarianism “weights preferences without judging them” (Sandel 41). However, it is impossible to transfer moral benefits into a single currency and not to lose something important on the way. It is a big dilemma considering what is more valuable: grieve and suffering of the family upon smoker’s early death or the monetary benefits the government gains on the amount of the smoked cigarettes, lifetime healthcare, and the cost saved on smoker’s not-gained pension and non-staying in the house for elderly people. Which criticism of utilitarianism does John Stuart Mill’s notion of “higher pleasures” address? How successful is Mill’s notion in improving Bentham’s utilitarianism? A British philosopher John Stewart Mill, a proponent of the theory of utilitarianism, proposed a gradation of pleasures, stating that some of them are better than others. Unlike Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, who stated all kinds of pleasure as equivalent, Mill proposed to divide pleasures qualitatively. The moral and intellectual pleasures were considered to be “highest pleasures”, and the experiences, that caused satisfaction of flesh were considered to be “lower pleasures”. Comparing contentment and happiness, Mill argued that happiness is better, and thus, should value higher, as more preferable. Applying this approach, he argued that being an unsatisfied human, is preferable than being a satisfied animal, and being an unsatisfied wise man is better than being a satisfied fool. Mill provided the definition between higher and lower pleasures, as people who experienced both of them prefer the former one. In contrast, the Bentham’s point is that experiencing all kinds of pleasure is good, disregarding what aspect of individual’s personality they affect. Mill also separates the judgment and identification of pleasures, depending on the social and intellectual class of people, preferring the certain kind of pleasure. According to him, people who have never experienced higher pleasures tend to choose lower, “simple” pleasures. For instance, a
Introduction Rape is a misdemeanor offense in which an individual mandates to have sexual contact without his or her approval. Though majority rapes are never accounted for, the figure of occurrences documented in the United States tremendously increased between 1970 and 1986. It is not in fact acknowledged if the number of rapes is augmented or if additional victims are enthusiastic to report the cases. Indignity, terror of retribution or denial and the shock of a court audition are regular causes for refusal to testify against a sexual felony (Williams, 2002). History of Rape The record of society’s appreciation to sexual aggression has its pedigree in English assets law. The problem of sexual attack did not come into the realization of the United States’ civil society until the feminist pressure groups of the 1960s. Feminists perceived rape as an instrument for upholding patriarchy, a brutal technique of stirring up horror in women and strengthening their inferiority to men. This perspective has fashioned the approach in our culture in describing and conceptualizing sexual violence presently. Kids who are induced to hostility between their relatives are possibly caught up in brutal love affairs when they become adults. The configuration of the family appears to have effects on the feelings and conducts of kids brought up in them. Aggressive sex delinquents are known to be prone rape compared to other grownups that experienced deprived parental upbringing, unfortunate control, corporal violence, abandonment, and separation from their parents. The Causes of Rape Cultural Expectations and Rape myths Prospects conveyed by culture classically push men to believe they are greater, unrestricted and that they are supposed to be constantly on the sentry for and prepared to kick off sex in their affairs with women. Simultaneously, these sexual writings train women to believe that they are in charge of situating the confines and speed of sexual intercourse in their interaction with men. Rape folklores naturally reject the reality of sexual attack, justify it and lessen the gravity of its consequences. Virtually all cultures accept rape and have instruments that are responsible for sexual aggression. The Media and the School Since the beginning days of contemporary feminist’s pressure groups, women challenged that pornography facilitated sexual violence towards females depicts them as not anything apart from sex items, an outlook that is backed by research. Television and cinemas frequently pass the information that such brutality functions to demean women. Involvement in group activities could augment the danger of sexual violence. Peers are extra powerful in determining personality actions than environmental science, individuality, kin, faith, or traditions (Scott & Glenna, 1994). Psychopathology and Individ
Leisure and play activities fulfill an important role in modern society. Through these events, people are able to relax and obtain some level of enjoyment. In addition to this, the activities enable the participating members and observers of the games to socialize with each other. Soccer (referred to as football by the Saudis) is the most popular sport in Saudi Arabia. This paper will describe this game and explain its history in Saudi Arabia. The paper will discuss the Soccer Al Nasser Saudi Club in order to show who participates in the sport and who observes it. The elements within the game that contravene prevailing attitudes among Saudis and those that reaffirm them will be discussed. Football, a sporting activity commonly referred to as soccer in North America, involves players from two opposing teams who attempt to control a ball and score against each other. Each team has eleven players working harmoniously to score goals and avoid conceding any. The players hit the ball across the field to pass it over the opposition’s goal line. The team that has acquired the greater number of goals by the end of the allocated playtime is declared the victor. Soccer has been a part of Saudi culture since the formation of this nation in 1932. The sport was introduced to the Kingdom following the relations between the Europeans and the Saudis in the 20th century. After Saudi became a nation, soccer went on to become the national sport and it has remained popular to date. Saudi Arabia has been a part of the international football scene for decades. The nation founded its football federation in 1956 and over the following years, many football clubs have been established in the country. One of the most popular clubs is the Soccer Al Nasser Saudi Club, which was formed as an amateur association but grew to become a professional club in 1960. This Club has won many trophies including the Saudi Primer League and the prestigi
Strategies and tactics are formulated in order to help a company to achieve its goals and objectives. A goal is regarded as a specific result that a company aspires to receive in order to sustain itself as well as extend its operations. A goal is measured financially and is used to illustrate what a firm regards as success. On the other hand, strategies are statements about how a company should realise its objectives. Strategies are considered as long term and high level ideas. They help in direct an organisation on how to operate in order to realise its objectives. Strategies help to link a firm’s goals and delivering of value to customers. In order to create a market value, or value proposition for target markets, marketers should be in a position to establish the values of targeted markets. A value proposition is regarded as a strong emotional evoking statement that validates a customer’s unfulfilled need and instills assurance that the unfulfilled need will be satisfied. Tactics are considered as those actions that are taken in order to execute a strategy. Some examples of tactics include; TV advertisements, website page, newspaper advertising as well as retailer promotions (Kotler, Adam, Brown & Armstrong 2005). BBQfun Company is about to realise all its 2008 goals that involve making sure that in the next ten years it will become a national retailer brand, catering to the needs of home markers with a range of unique, high quality outdoor-lifestyle products made accessible to all through its easy manage plan. Its new objective that is to be realised by the year 2018 is to see BBQfun Company with a significant retail presence in outdoor-lifestyle in every Australian capital city, starting with 15 stores in the greater Brisbane area and growing to 50 Australia wide. In order to embark on pursuing the new objective, the CEO of the company requested the marketing manager to undertake an organisation review, The review was aimed at identifying the strategies and tactics to be adopted, the roles of different stakeholders to be involved, resources that will be required to execute the strategies as well as the kind of assessment and monitoring strategies that will be employed to monitor the marketing activities to be adopted. The new BBQfun goals include;  1. To improve the quality by changing local suppliers to national ones.  2. To realise more profits by extending BBQfun market niche.  3. To increase the sale of BBQfun products by using better branding Methods. The management of the company will employ the above strategies in order to improve the performance of the company. The company should use internet advertisement tactic in orde
Definitely, the romantic hero is a literary prototype of a person who refuses to accept any fixed social norms or orders. It is the one who does not accept any mutual agreements with society because was rejected by it. The most important trait of a romantic hero is his utmost devotion to himself, perceiving himself as the center of being. Among the features, a romantic hero should have is the introspection or ability of self-examination. Of course, there also are melancholy, sometimes misanthropy, and wanderlust apparent to the romantic hero. There is hardly a literary work with a romantic protagonist who does not travel anywhere. Presenting a wonderful capacity to analyze himself, the romantic hero is inclined to complete isolation in order to indulge in distress. Also, the essential part of the romantic hero’s character is the regret for the previous actions. One of the best historical examples of a romantic hero was Friedrich ‘Fritz’ Kreisler Surrounded completely by his own thoughts and ideas about composing the music for violin and orchestra he presented an amazing aggregate of romantic hero’s traits. During his entire, he has been devoted to the tries to convey his personal feelings through music to the public. This is an implementation of deep isolation and centering the self-ego beyond everything. Among his works are multiple recordings and compositions which were performed at Broadway, also operettas and musicals. Another example of the personification of a romantic comes way back from Middle Ages and was called Richard the Lionheart. The only name of his among people talks for himself as being a romantic historical figure. This entailed many political intrigues and poetry provided by the real English King. Also, he was the first soldier King, which reflects the trait of wanderlust and philanthropy. The literary portrayal of a romantic hero is handsome, daring, brave, and at the same time thoughtful and considerate. Lord Byron was the one to create a perfect model of the romantic hero for his contemporaries and next centuries. His poem Child Harold’s Pilgrimage put the beginning to use the term ‘Byronic hero’ worldwide. His hero was not copied too often, though became a basis for understanding how romantics should be implemented in a hero. Byron performed his character as sophisticated, dangerous, and a bit enigmatic. And though the romantic hero is the caring one, Byron made his character a repres
Edgar Allan Poe was born in the first decade of the nineteenth century, to actor parents. He was involved in a variety of literary works including critical writing, poetry, plays and fiction stories. He is appreciated as the pioneer of modern detective stories, and praised as a poet. This paper looks at the common theme that appears in majority of his tales and poetry; mystery and macabre, in five of his published poems. These literary pieces are mostly thrilling and venture into the depths of the human psyche, such that they have even inspired television and film adaptations (Gioia and Kennedy 65). The five poems that we shall look into are mostly gothic fiction works, with a similar theme of death and lost love. In a way, these poems can be considered as part of a dark romanticism genre. A Dream within a Dream The first poem that we shall analyze is ‘a dream within a dream’. In this poem, the narrator implies that our existence is a dream inside another dream. In addition to this, the narrator signifies that the dream has an inevitable end that cannot be avoided, just like sand cannot be kept from running when held in ones hands. Poe captures the element of lost love and death differently, in two scenes, with each scene appearing in its own stanza. In the first scene, the narrator is seen to be parting with a person he dearly loves, in a serene farewell. The second scene is more passionate, as the narrator desperately tries to contain a handful of sand in his hand, which is symbolic to trying to hold on tight to a loved one, while in their death bed. The desperation with which the narrator tries to cling onto life is seen in the rhetorical question and exclamation. ‘O God!’ (Poe 2140). When considering the element of death, there is also the aspect of passing time. In the first stanza, the departure of the lover marks the end of their love, while the second stanza uses the dropping of sand as symbolic to the passing of time in an hour glass. The narrator implies that once the lover is gone, and the sand has fallen and is washed away, all that is left is an impression of their existence, and just like a dream, they cannot be re-acquired. In this poem, Poe uses the sea as a setting for death and time, as seen in the metaphor “the surf tormented shore” (Poe 2140). The metaphor is significant in expressing the inevitability of departure, as the sea water will inexorably wipe the shore. While the two stanzas are different, the narrator unites them by using the same phrase at the end of both stanzas, “All that we see or seem/Is but a dream within a dream” (Poe 2140). This line portrays despair with the passing of time, whereby ‘what we see’ refers to the first dream, while ‘what we seem’ is the dream within a dream, but both are dreams. The Raven The second poem ‘The Raven’ is a dark and haunting narrative poem, with ghastly imagery and internal musicality. The dark literary style that is tied to Pie is introduced to the reader in the first line, “once upon a midnight dreary, while pondered, weak and weary” (Poe 335). Like the previous poem, this one too, h
Review and evaluate the Homeland Security Act of 2002 The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is considered a very essential Act in the United States of America. It is an Act that is responsible for the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security which is an executive and highly esteemed unit of the United States. The Department is headed by a Secretary in charge of Homeland Security who is entitled with a lot of powers and duties and is assisted by other officers for instance the director of the secret service, a chief information officer, a chief human capital officer, a chief financial officer and an officer for civil rights and civil liberties. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 stipulates the missions and duties of the Department of Homeland Security for instance the prevention of terrorism within the United States of America, reduction of chances of terrorist attacks in the United States and minimization of damages that may occur from terrorists attacks in the United States. The acts outline the duties of the Homeland Security Department to include ensuring maximum border and transportation security, emergency preparedness and response, information analysis and protection of infrastructure, adoption of science and technology to support Homeland Security and liaising with other bodies and agencies among others (Anonymous 2002). Evaluate the “Bush Administration Analysis of Homeland Security Legislation”, Government Executive, 2002 Bush being the then president of the United States of America had a critical role in regard to the Homeland Security legislation and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 in particular. Bush administration analysis of Homeland Security Legislation Government Executive, 2002 is more of the general review of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 but in regard to Bush’s view. Apart from the missions and responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security, the analysis also looks into the administrative functions of the bill which have been named earlier. The secretary to the Homeland Security Department is given full authority and control over all the issues that pertain to the department including the personnel as long as the efforts are directed towards protecting the United States Homeland. The Homeland Security Legislation talks much of the functions of Homeland Security Department with much emphasis on the duties of the Secretary and how functions are transferred (Government Executive.Com., 2002). Assess the GAO Report: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Target Security Inspection of Cargo Containers, 2003 The GAO report gives important information on the security inspections of cargo containers. According to the report, the Customs and Border Protection( CBP) which is charged with the responsibility of handling the potential threat associated with the movement of cargo containers has taken some efforts to curb problems of terrorism in regard to the cargo containers for instance the setting up of a national targeting center , reviewing the rules and regulations governing the cargo movement, enhancing training for the various personnel involved and enhancing the