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Personal Trust and Self-Confidence, 2008.
This paper describes a personal experience in which a person, Steve, whom the author trusted, has let him down and how this occurrence affected the author's sense of personal trust and self-confidence.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper relates that, in terms of self-concept, the author of the paper learned from his altercation with Steve that his self-esteem was directly impacted by the loyalty of others, which he had never sensed before in other similar experiences. The author realizes that he too often makes sweeping generalizations about others, possibly caused by his desire to trust without hesitation, which has led to many instances of disappointment that affected his self-esteem. The paper relates that this epiphany has given him a great deal of personal strength. The author states that, instead of viewing the situation as a new generalization that no one can be trusted, he was able to see that he can always trust himself to get done what needs to be done. The author underscores that, in terms of Steve's behavior, while many people try to follow the social rules around them, some are unable to actually handle the relationships with others thus they inflate their own self-concepts.
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"At this point, I had stopped searching for a used car. I had utmost confidence that Steve would come through, despite his recent lapses in communication. Another week passed, and I received no word of my car. I decided to call again. There was no answer. I began to realize that there never actually was an answer--only the answering service. I called and called. I became desperate. School was about to begin and I had no vehicle and no supplemental income. I had been waiting for Steve...but, who was Steve? In the end, Steve did call me back. It was over a month later that I received the call, only to be curtly chastised for my annoying requests."
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Personal Values and Nursing, 2004.
An overview of Leininger and Neuman?s philosophies and systems of care and how these philosophies relate to a personal, contemporary set of nursing values and professional ethics.
1,455 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper discusses how, when defining a personal nursing philosophy, the individual nurse must not simply review his or her own schema of values and beliefs and reassert the nurse's own personal confidence in nursing and medical knowledge in general. It looks at how the nurse must also take into consideration what nursing theorists, such as Madeline Leininger and Betty Neuman, have said about the responsibilities of the profession. It explores how nursing theorists of the recent past must be viewed with a professional respect in order to ensure that a nurse coming into an increasingly difficult health care environment has a core sense of his or her own personal and professional values and is also flexible enough to respond to individual obstacles he or she may encounter over the course of his or her medical experience.
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"More subtly, when an individual experiences a loss, for instance, if a woman is widowed in a particular culture, this loss of a husband and the appropriate mourning behavior may be quite different for an Irish Catholic widow in Boston versus a recent Iranian immigrant. A nurse must be prepared for these different cultural responses and reactions, and tailor her behavior, if not her information and expertise to the situation."
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Self-Confidence Theory, 2007.
An overview of some of the theories concerning self-confidence.
1,785 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses how self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive yet realistic views of themselves and their situations. Self-confident people trust their own abilities, have a general sense of control in their lives, and believe that, within reason, they will be able to do what they wish, plan, and expect. In particular, it looks at how different theorists may have different views on dealing with different behaviors and how they have the same goal: to continuously improve an individual in dealing with oneself and people around.
Outline:
Adler Influence
Skinner Influence
Frankl Influence
Ellis Contribution
Celebrity with Self Confidence
Conclusion
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"An individual's aspirations may be influenced by hereditary and cultural factors but ultimately springs from creative power of individual and is consequently unique. A person which feels inferior especially during childhood may create a goal to obtain security and success. According to Adler, depth of the inferiority feeling usually determines the height of the goal which then becomes the "final cause" of behavior patterns. A way of responding to our family constellation may become the prototype of our world view and attitude toward life.
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Sport Confidence and Perceived Ability, 2004.
This paper examines many theories to determine the relationship of sport confidence and perceived ability to improved sport performance.
2,965 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper explains that, whether considered a negative or positive value, sport confidence and perceived ability do lead to improved performance. The author points out that observational learning, which contributes to acquiring the sport skills needed, as well as to developing sport confidence and to determining an athlete?s perceived ability, according to Bandura, includes attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation. The paper relates that one aspect virtually all the researchers seemed to have accepted a priori was that the sport experience is correlated with skill, but that, from a scientific standpoint, skill defined as ?individual ability and performance" affects self-confidence and self-efficacy.
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Introduction
Sport Confidence and Perceived Ability
Similarities
Differences
Relationships with Other Theories
Conclusion
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"Further, two of three principles involved in social learning apply particularly well to the sport model. First, individuals will be more likely to adopt a behavior being modeled if they value the results adopting that behavior will produce. Second, they are more likely to adopt the behavior if the model is either similar to or admired by the individual and the behavior has functional value to the individual. This model seems to be more inclusive, and thus more universally applicable, than many other models."
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Lack of Confidence, 2002.
Analyzes lack of confidence by using the humanist and behaviorist approaches.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper provides a psychological analysis of lack of confidence. The first section of the paper explains general consequences of a lack of confidence. The subsequent sections locate the trait in Carl Rogers's theory of personality and B. F. Skinner's theory of learning.
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Improving Public Confidence in Schools, 2002.
The following in-depth paper discusses ways in which schools can improve their own public confidence in a specific school district including communication between schools and community.
9,070 words (approx. 36.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 188.95
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This report discusses schools and community relations with reference to four different models proposed by Grunig and Hunt for public relations: Press agency/publicity, information, the two-way asymmetric model and the two-way symmetric model. The author contends that it is imperative for a school board to work for the betterment of students. This paper stresses the importance of having the students' interests first, when coming up with ways to improve community relations. It also deals with ways in which to improve relations between staff and board members, parents and children by building forum structures in order to discuss problems. In addition ways in which to ensure quality education and strict discipline are also proposed amongst other issues.
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"The schools in the district should do an effective job and let the public know about the success and challenges faced by the school. The confidence of the public in the schools should be increased, by encouraging more residents of the school district to participate in the school decisions. It was determined that education is rated as the highest concern by the public-higher than crime and taxes. The schools should make the public aware of the difficulties experienced in the classroom such as: disruptive behavior by students, students disrespect for authority and resistance of the student towards learning. Regular school district meetings may help the school get suggestions from the public in handling these problems. Schools should be personalized to suit the community that it serves. All involved should be aware of their individual roles in the operation of the various schools in the district. Educators should collectively try to gain the public and legislative confidence and support. Educators should stop fighting among themselves and form better working relationships with the business community in the area."
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Restoring Confidence in Corporate America, 2006.
Presents a discussion of problems associated with workplace ethics decline and evaluates possible solutions to the existing problems.
3,843 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 105.95
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The image of organizational ethics and the trust in corporate America suffered severely from the showers of Wall Street scandals, countless breaches of confidence and numerous example of abuse of power. The paper shows that among other factors, organizational ethics decline is often attributed to corporate greed, work pressure and stress, and lack of effective internal and external regulation. However, experts suggest that in times of distress and tough economic conditions it is more important than ever to remain faithful to personal and organizational moral principles. The paper analyzes the reasons that led to the corporate confidence crisis and looks at solutions to the existing problems. The study provides useful information concerning organizational ethics policies, analyzes various problems associated with moral behavior and decision making in the modern workplace and discusses several ways to improve and promote workplace ethics. The report examines the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Law, analyzes organizational internal processes aimed to build value-based corporate culture and discusses the benefits and challenges of formal educational training to advance ethical behavior in business. The paper includes tables and an outline.
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Corporate Scandals
The Concept of Workplace Ethics
Results of the Study
Organizational Ethics Policies
Reasons Behind Workplace Ethics Decline
Restoring Workplace Ethics and Trust
- Through Government Regulation: SOX
- Through Internal Mechanisms
- Through University Education
Summary
Appendix
Works Cited
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"Perhaps that is the reason why many people believe that companies' ethical guidelines and codes of conduct are no more than a charade, used to show off in front of clients, business partners and competitors. After all, to be perceived as an ethical organization is one way to maintain a reputation for high standards. In addition, ethical behavior has a tendency to relieve public concern about social and environmental responsibilities, as well as to ease the pressure for government regulation. On top of that, according to Amy Zipkin (2000), the author of "Management: Getting Religion on Corporate Ethics," "taking a strong ethical stand helps shield senior officers from legal troubles.""
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Affirmative Action: A Lack of Confidence in the Nation's Minorities, 2002.
This paper presents an examination of affirmative action and argues that it was an ineffective response to the needs of the nation.
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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The following paper uses several examples of where affirmative action failed and outlines the reasons it was ineffective. The writer argues that the affirmative action mandates should be abolished.
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"Whenever there is a well-known criminal case the nation watches, glued to their seats to find out who did it. In addition one can turn their televisions on during any given night and locate a detective show. People are fascinated with solving crimes. They will read about it, debate the pertinent points, and draw their conclusions. Then they wait either until the end of the hour long show or till the end of the real life trial to see how close they came to being right. The world knows that fingerprints were involved, but the world doesn't get to see the tools used in the process, or the types of fingerprinting that is done. It is an interesting an scientific field in which many draw conclusions but few actually know about how it is done."
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American Judicial System, 2002.
Discusses decline of public trust & confidence in the legal system.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 9 sources, $ 79.95
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Discusses decline of public trust & confidence in the legal system. Asseses basic issues. Public perception of legal system. Basis of U.S. rule of law. Principle of judicial independence. Challenges t the justice system. Importantce of a strong & independent judiciary. Ideals of American judicial independence related to rest of the world.
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" While a decline of public trust and confidence in the legal system may appear to be of recent origin, it has a long history. In an address to the American Bar Association delivered in August 1906, Roscoe Pound, then Dean of the Law Department of the University of Nebraska, observed:
Dissatisfaction with the administration of justice is as old as law. As long as there have been laws and lawyers, conscientious and well.meaning men have believed that laws were mere arbitrary technicalities, and that the attempt to regulate the relations of mankind in accordance with them resulted largely in injustice. But we must not be deceived by this..."
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Life Insurance and Trusts, 2004.
A look at the phenomenon of combining life insurance with trusts to provide better family financial security.
2,512 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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Life insurance and trusts are two financial arrangements that provide security to the family and living relatives of the owner of a property or trust. This paper looks at insurance and trusts and how these can be used for better financial security and risk management.
Introduction
What is a Trust?
Elements of Trusts
Determining a Trustee
Types of Trusts
Inter Vivo Trusts
Testamentary Trusts
Unit Trusts
Purpose (Objectives) of Trusts
Life Insurance Trusts
Benefits
Drawbacks
Trusts and Case Law
Conclusion
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"Financial risk management is an important concept in the field of management. A person with an established business, occupation or source of income can suddenly take ill, resulting in the loss of that income which depended on him to generate. This can be a serious loss for him and others who depend on the income. There are two financial instruments which are available which can continue to provide to him or his dependents financial compensation or income based on his previous investments. For monetary investments which had been paid on regular intervals, there is the instrument of life insurance. For property owned, there is the instrument of trusteeship. [Trusts & trustees 2003]."
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Internet Trust Certificates, 2006.
An in-depth look at Internet trust certificates and signatures with regards to Internet electronic commerce and legal deals.
10,375 words (approx. 41.5 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 208.95
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This paper takes an in-depth look at the emergence of Internet trust certificates and signatures, and how they will extensively increase the security of Internet electronic commerce and legal deals. The paper first defines and discusses trust in relation to the internet and then outlines the companies that are supposed to provide the solution to consumer confidence and voluntary self regulation that is required in the electronic marketplace, as well as the amount of personal information that a user is willing to allow to become public via the internet.
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Introduction
Literature Review
What is The Background of These Organizations - BBB Online, Truste and Verisign Inc?
What Are The Services They Provide to The Organizations?
What Are The Guidelines of The Certificates Issued by BBBOnline, TRUSTe and VeriSign Inc?
Evaluate The Certificates to Find Out Whether They Really Stop Mistreating of Personal Information, and Are There Any Loopholes Within The Certificates
Do Consumers Really Feel Safe by These Certificates?
Conclusions
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"The reason for this may be considered to be psychological to a certain extent. An unwanted mail on the e-mail address needs just a click in order to dispose off, and it is a major problem that computer users have been facing for a long time. Even nowadays, all the free amount of e-mail services lead to a great amount of mails which come in, and still several people make use of free e-mail. Thus it is quite possible that the individuals are being accustomed to that sort of great trouble. On the other hand in the case of an unwanted phone call, it can usually come at any hour of any day, and one may not even like to attend to the phone in order to get rid of the people. It is also very true that postal mail is somewhere in between and certain of the individuals are being accustomed to even throwing away of the mails without even opening the mails. Thus, it is quite possible that the classification of the information is quite based on the harassment which it causes to the individual. (Trust in the Internet: The Social Dynamics of an Experience Technology)
To a certain extent, when a person uses the Internet for a while, he tends to develop a higher level of trust in the Internet. There have been different analyses which talk about two general types of cyber trust. One of these categories can be called as "Net-confidence" and the other can be called as "Net-risk". Considering individuals in these two categories help in analyzing the trust that individuals have in Internet. The analyses show that:
- In general continuing users of Internet have more surety and more confidence in the information and people whom they can access via the technology than others who do not use Internet, with several non-users having no opinion about how much of trust can be placed in the Internet."
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Trust Can Make or Unmake Organizations, 2005.
An explanation that lack of trust, and lack of understanding about how trust operates, can impede economic activity and erode quality of life.
2,098 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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The paper explains that trust is a key enabler of cooperative human actions. The writer shows that the intensified studies on trust in many relevant fields, in effect recognize the importance of cooperative behavior to the success of any human endeavor and, consequently, to the success or failure of an organization. The writer describes how it was found that trust leads two other basic mechanisms by which such cooperation can be achieved in human behavior, the other two being power and the market. In conclusion, the writer cites examples where trust of employees has brought about innovation and improved economic efficiency. The writer states that the lack of trust can have adverse consequences.
Table of Contents:
Trust
Socio-Economic View
References
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"When Hong Kong was scheduled to revert back to China on July 1, 1977 under an agreement signed between the British and the Chinese in 1984, there was great concern and fear among the populace of Hong Kong. The handover was announced to the world at least five years before. So during this entire period, the thought uppermost in people's mind was: What will it be like when the People's Liberation Army or the Red Guard, in whose hands the blood of the 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square was still fresh, cross the border bridge at Lo Wu?"
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Trust, 2002.
This paper discusses and explains the concept of trust.
1,930 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 61.95
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This paper is an illustration of the different aspects and concepts existing in context to the popular perspective on trust. The author looks at trust by analyzing two works by Martin Hollis, "Trust Within Reason" and "The Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction". The writer investigates generalities and historic interest in the issue of the perspective on trust, trust in relativity to society, complexity and harsh realities in context to trust.
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"One of the most wide and diverse scopes of study that the human race has ever set out upon is apparently that regarding the human brain, particularly in regard to the source within humans of emotion, of sentimentalities and feelings such as love, trust, fear and animosity, the reason for this diversity being that no one has, till today, come upon a concise and assertive theory as to the implications of these feelings.
That is to say that, although the feeling meant to be depicted via the emotion is clear but, however, what is not clear is the reason inherent to the implementation in the first place. There has been an increasing interest in the social sciences in recent years in explaining trust."
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Anti-trust Enforcement, 2006.
Examines whether anti-trust laws are a help or a hindrance to the economy.
2,830 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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Trusts are viewed as competition destroyers which attempt to control the market for a product. Anti-trust laws arose out of the abuse of such trusts and these laws persevere to this day. This paper questions whether the government's enforcement is executed when the economic climate is right or whether the enforcement is occurring at regular intervals. It also questions whether certain corporations, like Microsoft, are unwitting targets of the government. The overall question in this paper is whether the enforcement of anti-trust laws harms American competition. The response lies in the history of anti-trust laws, the enforcement of such laws and the meaning of competition within economic understanding.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
The History of Anti-trust Laws
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
The Federal Trade Commission Act (1914)
Robinson-Patman Act (1936), Celler-Kefauver Act (1950) and The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
Competition
Enforcement
Has the Microsoft Anti-trust Case Helped or Hindered American Competition?
Has the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Helped or Hindered American Competition?
Conclusion
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"In 1911, two decades after the Sherman Act was passed, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the Standard Oil Company and the American Tobacco Company exerted unlawful monopolistic authority. This was the first major court decision since the Act was passed. The two mentioned companies were forced to dissolve into smaller firms that would compete against each other. The courts have not been consistent when interpreting the meaning of monopoly power under the Sherman Act either."
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Trusts, 2005.
This paper discusses trusts, a legal instrument through which both personal and real property is held by one individual for another individual's benefit.
815 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that a trust may be created by (1) transferring property to an individual designated as trustee during the lifetime of the settlor or by will or other disposition to take effect upon the settlor's death, (2) by declaration by the owner of the property that the owner holds identifiable property as trustee or (3) by exercise of a power of appointment in favor of another person as trustee. The author points out that the trust shall act in accordance with the express terms of the trust instrument, act impartially, administer the truth property with reasonable care and skill, maintain complete accounts and records and perform taxpayer duties. The paper stresses that an individual wishing to form a trust should employ a trust attorney to guard that the trust is in the desired form.
Table of Contents
Definitions and Terms
Trustee and Delegation of Duties
Summary and Conclusion
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"Requirements for the creation of a trust are not uniform throughout all of the states however; the following elements can be understood to be 'typical' in terms of requirements for the creation of a trust: (a) Consideration: not required although in the absence of consideration there is a question relating to possible transfer of fraud of creditors; (b) Legality: the trust must be created for a lawful purpose; (c) Capacity: The settlor must have the mental capacity to create the trust however; the beneficiary's capacity is immaterial and many times is the primary reason for the creation of the trust; created because the beneficiary is lacking either in the legal or actual capacity needed to manage the property that is assigned to the trust. "
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