Essays on Dittmer

Introduction

Ethics refers to those things that are firmly accepted ideas about what we should do in given situations (Velasquez, Andre, Shanks, and Meyer). For example, ethics might refer to a standard that says that stealing or murder or assault is not the right thing to do, and so it imposes restrictions on those activities. Ethics also includes virtues, such as honesty, compassion, and loyalty. The right to life, the right to privacy, and the right to be safe are also embedded in ethics, whether stated directly or not. What these things have in common is that the standards of ...

Forecasts are a basic input for operations managers because they provide information on future demand. There are two broad categories of forecasting tools: qualitative techniques and quantitative techniques. Qualitative forecasting is appropriate when there is the availability of historical data and the relationship among the variables involved is expected to remain unchanged in the future. This kind of sales forecast is based on historical data especially in food and beverages where it requires accurate and well maintained past sales data. Qualitative tools permit information such as human factors, and personal opinions in the forecasting process. These opinions may include executive ...

Melanomas are tumors that arise from the melanocytes or the pigment cells (Mihajlovic et al. 739). A common form of melanoma is the primary mucosal melanoma that is found in the mucosal lining of the urogenital tract, respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract (Mihajlovic et al. 739). Primary malignant vaginal melanoma is one such type of mucosal malignant melanoma that is very rare (Lin et al. 376) and very aggressive in nature (Androutsopoulos et al. 1). The first case of primary malignant vaginal melanoma was reported in 1887 and modern literature has noted about 500 cases, globally (Chen et ...

The Civil Rights Movement was a social movement which accelerated the pursuit of equal rights and fair treatment for African-Americans following World War II. With America established as a world superpower, and the economic recovery the war provided leaving the United States in a secure position as a nation, African-American leaders worked to undo Jim Crow laws, desegregate schools and other public institutions, and provide basic freedoms and rights in the wake of a deeply prejudiced nation. No longer content with what limited freedoms were given to African-Americans throughout the centuries, and fed up with the remaining discrimination, blacks demanded equal treatment and an ...

Beverage Business Executive Summary

The location of the proposed premium winery will be in New York in the region of the Finger Lakes. The production per year will start at about 1,800 cases in the initial year and reach 10,000 cases in the fifth year. The winery business will major in the production of several Vinifera varieties which include Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, and Riesling. Most of the wine will be sold in the local market at the initial stages. However, as the business grows more distribution channels will be opened to ensure the business reaches a wider market both in the ...

Never judge culture by one man and never judge a man by popular culture.

- Anonymous

Abstract

In “The Death of the Author,” structuralist thinker Roland Barthes suggested the notion of the author as a distinct identity in the creation and interpretation of a text was a thing of the past. Instead, he preferred the use of the word “scriptor” to refer to the person writing or typing a work for the first time. The ideas in the scriptor's mind would have to travel through his or her semiotic filters to make it to the paper – those filters take the ideas and shape them – for ...