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Establish a clear thesis about your topic as part of the introductory paragraph (often the thesis is the last thing one determines after doing the basic research and outline; however it will be placed in the first paragraph of your paper).
This is a comparative essay. Comparison approached properly will require some critical thinking on your part. Use a point-by-point approach for the essay. That means, if comparing subject A with subject B, don’t do the first half of the essay on subject A and then the second half on subject B–that will seem like two (2) separate essays and comparisons will tend to get lost. Instead, you should be mentioning both subjects in most of your paragraphs as you compare them throughout the essay. Comparisons will identify similarities as well as contrasts.
Do not try to do everything on your two (2) subjects. You should end up narrowing your focus to a few insights and issues about the subjects being compared. And, from those fairly specific points of comparison, you will develop a thesis and glean some lessons.
Follow closely the instructions below for your specific topic.
Include a concluding paragraph at the end. This paragraph will, in some way, refer back to the thesis established in your first paragraph, since now you have demonstrated and supported it. It may be here that you also include your observations relating your study to the modern workplace or society (see your topic). Try to finish with flair!
Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.
Confucius and Aristotle on Virtue. Write an essay comparing these two (2) ancient thinkers on the concept of virtue or good ethical character and conduct. Stay focused on the issue; keep any biographical or other information short or limited. As much as possible, analyze their writings (in translation, of course), using Confucius’ Analects (at http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html ) and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html ). Your paper should:

a) Compare the teachings of Confucius and Aristotle on what constitutes virtue or good ethical character and conduct, noting similarities and differences in specific ideas or emphasis.
b) Consider what your findings suggest about differences between ancient Chinese and ancient Greek culture.
c) From this comparison, suggest ideas of virtue that can apply to ethics in a modern setting, such as a diverse workplace.

Topic: Cathedrals of Consumption
1. Choose a Cathedral of Consumption from the list in Ritzer(Enchanting a Disenchanted World
Continuity and Change in the Cathedrals of Consumption Third Edition
George Ritzer University of Maryland)
, Chap. 1. Read this chapter carefully for examples.
2. Find the website/homepage of the chosen cathedral and print out the homepage. Attach it to the END of your paper.
3. Based on the information you find on the website and/or a visit you have made to this cathedral or landscape, along with information you may find in your texts, answer the following questions making reference to and using quotes from Essentials of Sociology george ritzer and Ritzer’s Enchanting a Disenchanted World:
1.. Why and how is the organization/corporation/business you have chosen a cathedral of consumption?
Be sure to include Ritzer’s definition of a Cathedral of Consumption and show how what you have chosen fits this definition using characteristics of the Cathedral of Consumption and examples from the cathedral you have chosen. Ritzer does this for you in most cases especially in Enchanting a Disenchanted World. READ the book! And be sure to cite pages and use references to the texts.
2. How is this cathedral an example of re-enchantment in a disenchanted world?
Give concrete and specific examples. Again, be sure to quote and cite from Chaps. 4, 5, 6 in Enchanting a Disenchanted World.
• How does it enchant and re-enchant? What mechanisms does it use to do this? Show this by using the following concepts from Ritzer, Chaps. 5 & 6: Spectacles, extravaganzas & simulations.
• How does the Cathedral use science and rationality to create the magic of these spectacles? Be sure to give concrete examples, e.g. use of wienies (p. 84 in Enchanting a Disenchanted World), the examples seen on dvds, and used in Ritzer, Chaps. 3-6
3. Is your cathedral a landscape of consumption? Using Ritzer’s definition explain why or why not.
4. Is your cathedral in devolution (Chap. 8, p. 189) or in some other postmodern transformation (p. 188)? How do you think the Great Recession has affected your cathedral? Be specific. Are there some social and political policies that have affected the development, growth, or devolution of Cathedrals of Consumption?

ASSIGNMENT 1 QUESTIONS

1.1 Describe the basic ideas underlying the marketing concept? Did this concept emerge in a buyer’s market or a seller’s market? How does the societal marketing orientation take this one step further? Why has this occurred?
1.2 To be successful today companies need an external market- orientated focus. Describe the five key elements in a company’s organizational focus that are needed to be successful today.
1.3 The president of a company has decided to restructure the firm and become more market-oriented. She is going to announce the changes at an upcoming meeting with the management team. What reasons and critical elements should she refer to in convincing the team that this is a good approach?
1.4 Why is it important for marketers and companies to undertake regular environmental scans? Describe the various areas they should be doing scans of.
1.5 Why are marketing managers paying more attention to ethnic dimensions of consumer markets in Canada? What are they doing to be more successful with this changing target market?
1.6 What is Marketing Strategy? How can a company develop a competitive advantage? Briefly describe the key parts of a strategy that you see that would be needed for the successful of the development of a marketing plan for a new energy drink.
1.7 What is Situational Analysis? What can a company [marketer] do to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage [SCA]? If you owned a small sporting goods store in the Interior of BC and you heard a large box sporting goods store [e.g.. Big Bass or Sports Chek] plans to move into your town, what competitive analysis and planning would you do and why?

Answer the following questions in the form of One big essay: 1-Lear calls himself “a man more sinned against that sinning”Is this true? Is Lear and innocent victim of his daughters’ cruelty? or are some of the terrible things that happen to Lear his own fault? 2-Does King Lear ultimately suggest that the Gods are cruel-or that they don’t exist at all?

Tourist’s preference of cheap hotel during their holiday.

Analyze all of the tort issues that arise from the situation described in the problem. APA citations are not necessary for this assignment because you will only be using the descriptions of torts from the textbook, PowerPoint, and class discussions. An excellent analysis will include the name of the tort, a discussion of each element that must be proven for a successful claim, and the specific facts or circumstances from the case problem that satisfy each element. This analysis should be done for each individual instance where an individual or an entity would face tort liability. There are many, many possible tort claims in this problem.

“What should be the role of schools in preventing cyber bullying?”

Topic: Defining school quality and school effectiveness

one-two paragraph

,explanation of how naturalism operates in Lao She’s Rickshaw

The relationship between students’ attitudes about psychology and their misconceptions about psychology.

The experiments were run in the tutorials of Week 2, Semester 1, 2015. A total of 465 people participated, consisting of first year psychology students from PSYC1040. In order to make the analysis more manageable, we reduced the number in our sample to 100. Participation in the experiment was voluntary but students were encouraged to participate to better prepare for writing their research report.