.... culture shock learns the norms, beliefs, and practices of the community, the psychological disorientation of culture shock begins to diminish. This paper will be based upon culture shock and international business. There are three areas where culture shock could affect you: 1. Emotions-you have to cope with the stress of international work and keeping an emotional balance in order to perform in a business. 2. Thinking style- you have to understand how your counterparts think and be able to develop culturally effective solutions. 3. Social skills and social iden .....

.... to use the death penalty. Is capital punishment moral? Capital punishment is often defended on the grounds by the government, that society has a moral obligation to protect the safety and the welfare of its citizens. Murderers threaten this safety and welfare. Only by putting murderers to death can society ensure that convicted killers do not kill again. Second, those favoring capital punishment contend that society should support those practices that will bring about the greatest balance of good over evil, and capital punishment is one such practice. Ca .....

.... inhibitions and acts as an euphoriant. Only once in a while will it produce actual hallucinations. More potent preparations of cannabis such as hashish can induce psychedelic experiences identical to those observed after ingestion of potent hallucinogens such as LSD. Some who smoke marijuana feel no effects; others feel relaxed and sociable, tend to laugh a great deal, and have a profound loss of the sense of time. Characteristically, those under the influence of marijuana show incoordination and impaired ability to perform skilled acts. Still others experienc .....

.... came out on top and the Soviet Union a collapsed failure, but not necessarily because the US was stronger and out muscled the Soviets militarily. The end of the Cold War was primarily due to economic factors. What America proved was that the economy works best when the government stays out and individuals within the society do the work.2 It is only the individuals within the society that truly understand what products are in demand. Under Communist regime a few select rulers decide what are the needs of the society, what resources are their country's scarci .....

.... forgotten how people on a daily basis die from doing drugs. Whether it kills you or not, the drug users don't think about how messed up their brain and body can get when just trying drugs. A common way that drug dealers rope in young people is by giving them drugs to try. It is after they like the drugs they come back to get more, only now they are charged for them. Now the drugs are no longer free and the dealers now have one more customer. At a party or just with a friend, drugs can be found. Trying drugs to be cool is just how this addiction begins. O .....

.... feel it is not their fault and they could still function in society if properly treated. Many groups will take the side of the victims like child protection groups and victims of the crimes. Offender may have doctors on their side saying that the reasons for the crimes are a mental disorder. The outcome to be reached is the need for stricter sanctions and clearly defined laws on sexual abuse. The sanctions should be clearer in the span of one year. The target is too start convicting all newer offenders under the new laws. The result is tougher penalties for the .....

.... in the 5th grade are most likely to smoke in the 12th grade. Targeting smoking in high school students is important since studies have shown that adolescents who smoke daily in the 12th grade are likely to become established smokers as adults. Results of the study, published in the March issue of Preventive Medicine, show a strong association between rebelliousness in males in the 5th grade and daily smoking in the 12th grade. For example, the most rebellious males were three times more likely to become smokers than the least rebellious males. Risk-taking most strongly correlated with smoking among fema .....

.... who are pro marijuana complain that morphine and cocaine are legal and are very dangerous drugs, that brings up the question why not legalize marijuana as medical drug which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine. Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California , council committee unanimously voted to urge president Bill Clinton and congress to end federal restrictions against the use of marijuana for " legitiment medical use." City council women Christine kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go on the record we support the .....