Essays Tagged: "worth the risk"

Argumentative essay - Should the Port Phillip Bay(Melbourne, Australia) be dredged

the sediment to be dredged described as 'acutely toxic'. Dredging the bay is a project that is not worth the risk to the environment, community or economy and should not be commenced.The dredging pro ... n not counting the cost to fishing industries and property values. The potential profit will not be worth the economic, and environmental cost.Dredging Port Phillip Bay is clearly an expensive and pot ...

(3 pages) 25 0 3.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Road to World War II

positive flare to it, but they were starting to consider the negative aspects. Was being patriotic worth it? There were many who were starting to think that it was not worth the risk of losing their ... tually happens to a young man in wartime. Those who did the fighting were trying to decide what was worth fighting for. Was a word, something the soldier could not see and touch, worth dying for? Thos ...

(2 pages) 23 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The concept of Time Value of Money

ation of the investment. These cash flow investments must be carefully analyzed if an investment is worth the risk because a poor decision may tie up an organization's money or worse its cash flow may ... of present and future value is investing $100 in 2007 which will yield a 5% annual interest rate is worth more than receiving that same $100 in 2008. The $100 invested in 2007 is the present value, an ...

(4 pages) 145 1 4.2 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

This is a critical analysis paper that I wrote for an Abnormal Psychology class. It discusses the ineffectiveness and over-prescription of SSRIs such as Prozac.

r effectiveness and safety is a controversial issue. The FDA only requires that six to eight months worth of tests be done before a drug can be put on the market (Glenmullen 2000). Because this testin ... 00).Personally, I think the short term relief of depression that antidepressants may provide is not worth the risk of the long-term side effects the drugs can produce. Similar to the issue of prescrip ...

(3 pages) 42 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Flowers for algernon(book)

ence level to 204, however he is unaware of the consequences that may follow. His experiment is not worth the risk because he realizes that humans can be cruel, the experiment is not permanent, and he ... t is not permanent, and he loses his friends and job.One of the reasons Charlie's experience is not worth the risk is he realizes that humans can be cruel. This is seen throughout the story for exampl ...

(2 pages) 13 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Causes of Crime

heory where an individual weighs their pro's and con's of a situation, and feel as if the reward is worth the risk. According to the Austin Peay State University website, "Rational choice theory expla ...

(8 pages) 142 0 5.0 May/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Forces and Trends Paper

hat are imagined or marginal. Strategic risk management also helps identify which opportunities are worth the risk, and helps plan contingencies for dealing with disruptions, whether inevitable or alm ... mic cost, or opportunity cost, of the resources used to produce a good or service as, "the value or worth the resource would have in its best alternative use" (p. 392). The text further defines econom ...

(4 pages) 53 0 0.0 Aug/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management