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The Legend of Princeton Professor Jeff Nunokawa

An English prof gains a cult following on campus through "Jeffbook," his 3,221-entry (and counting) experiment in literary criticism, conducted exclusively on Facebook. His StairMaster mastery and Red Bull-slamming ability may also have helped.READ»

Princeton Researchers Develop a New Way to Map Influence

Using computer algorithms to directly measure how language changes over time -- rather than taking the indirect approach of looking at link or citation rate -- the new method gives another perspective on how influence works.READ»

Princeton Computer Scientists Create Innovative Crowdsourcing Tool, Inspired by Kittens

How do you decide the cutest cat in the world? That question served as the unlikely inspiration for Princeton sociology professor Matthew Salganik, who, when doing research on crowdsourcing, stumbled across Kitten Wars, a ...READ»

How Everyday Behaviors Can Produce Clean Energy

How to generate energy from sidewalks, roads, railways -- and every breath you take.READ»

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Can Chegg Beat the Kindle at the Textbook Game?

The Kindle may be the king of e-readers, but it has a long way to go before being accepted as an acceptable replacement for textbooks. When Amazon's device was introduced at Princeton for classroom assignments recently, it received ...READ»

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The Argument for Kindles in Schools

Yesterday I wrote about the Kindle's tepid reception on the Princeton campus, and suggested that the device might not be ready for educational use. But pilot programs at other schools, involving both Kindles and iPhones, have ...READ»

The Market Principle can be Consistent with Imperatives of Sustainability...

to connect Economy and Ethics with Each Other in the Long Run.READ»

A Stronger Cooperation between Church and Politics...

... Culture and Society is the Key to the Exterior Impact of Corporate Citizenship.READ»

Competitive Pressure is not an Obstacle...

... but an Opportunity for Pragmatic Implementations of Ethical Values as Obligatory Standards in Companies.READ»

Good Manners are More than Marketing or Strategy...

... but the Basis for the Credibility of a Company and Thus for its Long-Term Success.READ»

How do we Exemplify These Cases Through One’s Own Lives?

Almost Every Company today has Value Codices, at Least Written on the Website and Image Brochures.READ»

Credible Value Orientations with a Holistic Effect of Sustainability

In the profit equation, it is difficult to include people. Although, their job performance are the key factors for running successful companies, their individual needs seem to be inconvenient in this calculation. But already in the societal mini-companies family, school and work it is essential to sharpen the view for own responsibility.READ»

Prices as Economical Relevant Values to the Profit Equation

Values are not always the same, because they are principally understood intersubjective. Without context, values are neither morally nor valuing. Originally, the term value, which we might understand as an umbrella term with core values, dominant cultures and value codices, can not be a philosophic-theological concept but comes out from the National Economy in Germany. While Aristotle was searching after the eu sän, making one live a good life; there were economists such as Karl Marx and Herbert Spencer asking for the value added of particular cases.READ»