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- No rules rules : Netflix and the culture of reinvention / by Hastings, Reed,1960-author(CARDINAL)400465; Meyer, Erin,author;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.A great workplace is stunning colleagues -- Say what you really think (with positive intent) -- Remove vacation policy ; Remove travel and expense approvals -- Pay top of personal market -- Open the books -- No decision-making approvals needed -- The keeper test -- A circle of feedback -- Lead with context, not control -- Bring it all to the world!"Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There's never before been a company like Netflix. Not only because it has led a revolution in the entertainment industries; or because it generates billions of dollars in annual revenue; or even because it is watched by hundreds of millions of people in nearly 200 countries. When Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix, he developed a set of counterintuitive and radical management principles, defying all tradition and expectation, which would allow the company to reinvent itself over and over on the way to becoming one of the most loved brands in the world. Rejecting the conventional wisdom under which other companies operate, Reed set new standards, valuing people over process, emphasizing innovation over efficiency, and giving employees context, not controls. At Netflix, adequate performance gets a generous severance and hard work is irrelevant. At Netflix, you don't try to please your boss, you practice radical candor instead. At Netflix, employees never need approval, and the company always pays top of market. When Hastings and his team first devised these principles, the implications were unknown and untested, but over just a short period of time they have led to unprecedented flexibility, speed, and boldness. The culture of freedom and responsibility has allowed the company to constantly grow and change as the world, and its members' needs, have also transformed. Here for the first time, Hastings and Erin Meyer, bestselling author of The Culture Map and one of the world's most influential business thinkers, dive deep into the controversial philosophies at the heart of the Netflix psyche, which have generated results that are the envy of the business world. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from his own career, No Rules Rules is the full, fascinating, and untold story of a unique company making its mark on the world."--- Subjects: Interviews.; Netflix (Firm); Netflix (Firm); Corporate culture.;
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- Animal welfare / by Engdahl, Sylvia,editor.(CARDINAL)487827;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and index.Examines how the courts have helped to shape the issue of animal welfare.Animal welfare advocates take a cruelty case to the Supreme Court. Case overview: Primate Protection League v. Tulane Educational Fund (1991) -- Unanimous opinion : animal welfare advocates have the right to sue in the court of their choice / Thurgood Marshall -- Animal welfare advocates lack standing to take animal mistreatment issues to court / Kenneth Starr -- Courts should view animals as more than mere personal property / Lauren Magnotti -- The research done on the Silver Spring monkeys led to an important discovery / Denyse O'Leary -- Animals cannot be names as plaintiffs in lawsuits. Case overview: Cetacean Community v. George W. Bush (2004) -- The court's opinion : animals do not have standing to bring suit / William A. Fletcher -- The Cetacean ruling opens the door to other suits by animals / John F. Tamburo -- Congress does not have authority to give animals the right to sue / Matthew Armstrong -- Cetacean exemplifies the difficulty of suing for harm to nature / W. Earl Webster -- Human plaintiffs can act as proxies for animals in lawsuits / Harvard Law Review --Routine farming practices are subject to anticruelty regulations. Case overview: New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals et al. v. New Jersey Department of Agriculture -- The court's opinion : anticruelty regulations cannot exempt agricultural practices on grounds that they are routine / Helen Hoens -- Many agricultural practices are cruel to animals and should be banned / Erin M. Tobin and Katherine A. Meyer -- Support for humane treatment of farm animals is growing / Kim Severson -- Farmers and veterinarians believe current farm practices are humane / Neil D. Hamilton -- National defense has priority over the welfare of animals. Case overview: Winter, Secretary of the Navy v. Natural Resources Defense Council (2008) -- Majority opinion : the need to conduct naval training exercises outweighs protection of marine mammals / John Roberts -- Dissenting opinion : defense considerations do not authorize the Navy to violate the law / Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- The court seemed closely divided in Winter v. NRDC / Scott Dodd -- Environmental laws should not be allowed to thwart defense preparedness / David Stirling -- The U.S. legal system is ill equipped to protect the natural world / Mary Munson -- Winter could alter the balance between environmental concerns and the national defense / Jeremy Rabkin.- Subjects: Animal welfare;
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- Vibrant India : fresh vegetarian recipes from Bangalore to Brooklyn / by Agrawal, Chitra,author.(CARDINAL)414650; Scott, Erin,photographer (expression)(CARDINAL)347511;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Lifelong vegetarian and chef Chitra Agrawal takes you on an epicurean journey to her mother’s hometown of Bangalore and back to Brooklyn, where she adapts her family’s South Indian recipes for home cooks. This particular style of Indian home cooking, often called the “yoga diet,” is light and fresh, yet satisfying and rich in bold and complex flavors. Grains, legumes, fresh produce, coconut, and yogurt—along with herbs, citrus, chiles, and spices—form the cornerstone of this delectable cuisine, rooted in vegetarian customs and honed over centuries for optimum taste and nutrition. From the classic savory crepe dosa, filled with lemony turmeric potatoes and cilantro coconut chutney, to new creations like coconut polenta topped with spring vegetables 'upma" and homemade yogurt, the recipes in Vibrant India are simple to prepare and a true celebration of color and flavor on a plate. Chitra weaves together the historical context behind the region’s cuisine and how she brought some of these age-old traditions to life thousands of miles away in Brooklyn during the city’s exciting food renaissance.- Subjects: Cookbooks.; Cooking, Indic.; Vegetarian cooking;
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- Slavery in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / by Johnson, Claudia Durst,1938-(CARDINAL)293128;
Includes bibliographical references and index.CHAPTER I. BACKGROUND ON FREDERICK DOUGLASS. From slavery to national prominence / Russell K. Hively -- Douglass on the abuse of slave women for pleasure and profit / Frederick Douglass -- CHAPTER II. SLAVERY IN NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. Preaching the evils of slavery / Robert G. O'Meally -- Countering the slaveholders' argument / Peter C. Meyers -- Slavery's assault on women and the family / Wu Jin-Ping -- Slavery denies Douglass a father / Peter F. Walker -- Slavery robs its victims of identity / Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Douglass battles oppression to gain literacy and power / Philip S. Foner -- Religious belief and slavery / Scott C. Williamson -- Slaveholders and their religion / Donald B. Gibson -- Douglass's Narrative as a work for abolition / Houston A. Baker Jr. -- CHAPTER III. CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. Agricultural slaves / Erin C. Heil -- Labor exploitation and human trafficking of Mexican nationals to the Gulf Coast / Stephanie Hepburn -- New US immigrants at risk of becoming forced labor victims / Kira Zalan -- Child sex slaves in America / Malika Saada Saar -- Research can aid in understanding and preventing modern-day slavery in the United States / Maureen Q. McGough."Social Issues in Literature meets the need for materials supporting curriculum integration. Each title in this distinctive new series examines an important literary work or body of work through the lens of a major social issue. Each volume presents biographical and critical information on the author, viewpoints on the social issue portrayed in the book, and contemporary assessments of the social issue as well as a chronology of important dates in the author's life, discussion questions, a guide to additional literary works that focus on the same social issue, a bibliography for further research and a thorough subject index"--"Social Issues in Literature: Slavery in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: This series brings together the disciplines of sociology and literature. It looks at a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue that is reflected in it"--- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; Abolitionists; African American abolitionists; Enslaved persons; Slavery in literature; Slavery; Social ethics in literature;
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