INTRODUCTION While international treaties and non-governmental organizations seek to protect “child soldier” recruitment worldwide, these efforts have been also met with distinctions with respect to “child soldier” and “child terrorists”. Whereas the former is considered faultless, the latter is presumed blamable and willing. This distinction fails to account for two groups of children who are impressionable and tricked by the evils of warfare. As a consequence, the number of children recruited into…

New trade theorist, Michael Porter, described the role of governments in international business as one of “catalyst and challenger” (Pettus & Hemls, 2008). A nation’s government has the capacity to control international business handling through the implementation of policies, actions and affairs. This essay aims to discuss the role a nation’s government plays in their international competitiveness and uses theories such as protectionism, neo-mercantilism and Porter’s Diamond, as well as real life…

The international organizations plays a various roles that positively and negatively impact the global socio economic development of various nations. These are institutions that are set to uphold the values of certain agendas that are put out there for member nations to embark on in improving a nation’s socio economic development. Some of these agendas and charters do come with costs and these costs includes fines, punishments. It also has benefits, a benefit weaker and stronger nations…

14-18. When World War II started, more than ninety percent of German youth were members of these organizations. Ninety percent is a huge percentage. That means that almost every teenage German, Gentile was a member of some kind of Nazi Youth Organization. Many of these youth organization actually over rid the parental control on the children. Many were told that the individual or the family was less important than the state. If children had disloyal parents, they were encouraged to report them. When…

sectors and for different purposes. All different media such as print, films, radio and television contributed to this new era, offering their unique characteristics for exploitation. In this essay, I am going to focus on the particular use of film as a propaganda tool. A propaganda film, can take either the form of a documentary film production or a fictional screenplay that aims at convincing the audience about certain issues. They can be driven by politics, social conflicts, environmental problems…

for an organization and so on. For many years, companies have used various transactional records stored in relational databases to make competitive business decisions. But how long can we sustain or depend on these traditional methods of doing analysis and coming to a conclusion. There is an ocean of non-traditional, less structured data such as weblogs, social media, email, sensors, and photographs that can be mined not only for useful information but also to make strategic decisions. The use of data…

Social media marketing is a simple option to add to the current promotional tactics being used by an organization. It is no longer optional; social media is mandatory for nonprofit organizations (Stengel). Studies have shown that many people think social media techniques complement traditional media; even more believe that blogs and social media influence the news coverage in traditional media tactics (Wright and Hinson 2008). There are a number of professionals that believe embracing social media…

welfare are child safety, permanency, and well-being for all children and youth. Youth living in foster care face a challenge of stability and permanency placement; however adolescents transitioning out of foster care are confronted with an additional hurdle of adulthood. Little research has looked into the impact of continuing services across placements to improve the child’s well-being. Extending foster care services is necessary to support youth during the transition of adulthood. Caregivers within the…

Professional Development Grant Please state your organization’s mission and describe how your organization’s programs directly promote and impact the healthy development of children and youth. Include the number of Indiana youth served and briefly discuss program outcomes. The mission of Kankakee Valley High School is to provide a rigorous academic training that is relevant and transferrable to students’ future learning and success. As a teacher, I am responsible for the development of students…

(2006) reviews the tools and techniques that educators must have to be successful when teaching students that have poor living conditions. The number of students living at poverty level or below poverty level condition is rising. These students do not have access to the resources that other children may be able to obtain. Due to this factor, people seem to place limitations on students that have no control over the circumstances in which they have been placed. These children are capable of learning…