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  • Normaitve Ethics

    Normaitve Ethics

    Normative Ethics Concepts: Normative ethics involves arriving at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. In a sense, it is a search for an ideal test of proper behavior. One simple example is, we should do to others what we would want others to do to us. Since I do not want my neighbor to steal my car, then it is wrong for me to steal his car. Since I would want people to

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Juggling Ethics in El Barrio

    Juggling Ethics in El Barrio

    Juggling Ethics in El Barrio Anthropologists, being scientists whom deal with humans and their society, commonly find themselves at ethical crossroads. However, the ethical responsibilities and challenges that anthropologists face are multi-dimensional in the sense that they include all aspects of society. Anthropologists must take into account the ethical responsibilities he or she has for himself/herself, the people he/she is working with, the general public, and, in certain cases, for his or her own family;

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    Essay Length: 1,308 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Janna
  • Gambling in America: Is Legalized Gambling in America the Right Choice?

    Gambling in America: Is Legalized Gambling in America the Right Choice?

    Recently, a new, debatable topic has hit Americans in a swift manner. Should gambling be legalized in their respective states? As you may already know, gambling is the act of risking something of value for a potential chance of profit. “Not that long ago, Americans held gambling in the same esteem as heroin dealing” (Popkin & Hetter 17). Today, however, people see gambling not as bad as it used to be. In fact, according to

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Keep Abortion Legal

    Keep Abortion Legal

    Keep abortion legal Many think that abortion should be legalized in all countries. The issue of abortion is one of the most controversial topic discussed today, especially amongst teenagers. Many people define abortion as murder. To put it in better terms, it is more of a “termination of pregnancy that results in the death of the fetus, but it is usually used to describe pregnancies that are intentionally terminated rather than to describe miscarriages or

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    Essay Length: 661 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Top
  • Legalize Hard Drugs

    Legalize Hard Drugs

    Believe If the state and federal government legalized hard drugs it would save a lot of money spend on the war on drugs. The government would tax it, like they do alcohol and tobacco. The money they would save could be put into creating better rehab programs. I feel that those addicted would then have no reason to avoid treatment. We could offer real help to addicts rather than prison. If hard drugs were legal

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Janna
  • Sex in Advertising - How Advertiser Influencing to Consumer Impact and Ethical Issues

    Sex in Advertising - How Advertiser Influencing to Consumer Impact and Ethical Issues

    Sex in Advertising - How Advertiser influencing to consumer impact and ethical issues What is sex in advertising? As stated by Richmond and Hartman (1982), "Every media consumer is alert to 'sex in advertising.' Its pervasive use and misuse are constantly around us and typically elicit strong criticism”. As the invertors can view that, the use of sex in advertising has been happening for several decades and the reason for it? - It works. However,

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Ethics of Cheating

    Ethics of Cheating

    The Ethics of Cheating - The Jewish View Rabbi Gershon H. Fluk This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 1, 1, 1987, pp. 9-11. Reprinted here with permission. THE PROBLEM Lengthy conversations with some groups of students, graduates, parents and teachers, as well as our own observations, have convinced us that cheating is extensive among some students in our school. Students cheat by obtaining the answers prior to or during examinations, by giving answers to

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    Essay Length: 2,047 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Anna
  • Starbucks: Internal and External Ethics

    Starbucks: Internal and External Ethics

    Abstract Business ethics is based on broad principles of integrity and fairness and focuses on internal stakeholder issues such as product quality, customer satisfaction, employee wages and benefits, and external local community and environmental responsibilities issues that a company can actually influence. This study discusses the internal and external business ethics practiced at Starbucks Corporation. One of the Starbucks guiding principles is “to contribute positively to communities and environment.” Introduction Starbucks purchases and roasts high-quality

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    Essay Length: 2,630 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Artur
  • Legal Competitiveness

    Legal Competitiveness

    The current state of the world is that of a competitive and performance driven market. Every competitor wants to make a profit. They want their product to be on top and be the number one company to work for. The leaders are having to make decisions that challenge their moral values and corporate guidelines. This challenge has caused some leaders to commit bribery to gain profit and position in the market. So what was so

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Bred
  • Law and Ethics

    Law and Ethics

    Law in the western world before the 12th Century consisted of written laws called Civil Laws which were traced backed to Roman law. In many countries and the state of Louisiana this basic system still exists today. Common law started to develop in England in 1066 after the Norman conquest of Britain. Common law is different than civil law. During the rein of Henry II in the 1100s court decisions were written down. They were

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Steve
  • Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper

    Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper

    Running head: CULTURAL VALUES AND PERSONAL ETHICS PAPER Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper MBA/500 Foundations of Problem-Based Learning R. Garth Ferrell April 23, 2006 University of Phoenix Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Every day people make decisions that may have profound effect on their personal and/or professional lives as well as the lives of others. The decision people make have a foundation on their personal, cultural, and perhaps organizational values. When these values

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Impact of Ethics on the Enron Corporation

    The Impact of Ethics on the Enron Corporation

    Ethics is something that is very important to have especially in the business world. Ethics is the unwritten laws or rules defined by human nature; ethics is something people encounter as a child learning the differences between right and wrong. In 2001, Enron was the fifth largest company on the Fortune 500. Enron was also the market leader in energy production, distribution, and trading. However, Enron’s unethical accounting practices have left the company in joint

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Ethical Dilemma

    Ethical Dilemma

    Ethical Dilemma A couple of years ago I was faced with a dilemma about a piece of jewelry. For my High School Graduation I received a Tiffany's bracelet which was originally my grandmothers. My grandmother gave this bracelet to my mother for her High School Graduation as well. This antique piece of jewelry had a very special place in both my mother and mines heart, since my grandmother died about ten years ago. It was

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Controversy Between Morals and Ethics

    The Controversy Between Morals and Ethics

    The Controversy between Morals and Ethics In Murder in the Cathedral written by T. S. Eliot in the eleventh century, Thomas Becket, the archbishop and main character, opposes the will of society. Thomas has returned to Canterbury after seven years in France exiled from the world. Thomas’ reason for returning is not to stir up trouble as it is perceived, but to see what has changed and if there was anything he could do to

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Should We Favor Drug Legalization

    Should We Favor Drug Legalization

    SHOULD WE FAVOR DRUG LEGALIZATION? In the article “Drug Policy and the Intellectuals,” William J. Bennentt, chides intellectuals who believe drugs should be legalize. Bennett challenges his audience , by attacking intellectuals. However Bennett tries to win over his audience of intellectuals in two ways: by calling upon their talents and by attacking on the arguments of intellectuals who favor legalizing drugs. .He shows an understanding of others’ viewpoints by addressing points of opposition several

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Drug Legalization?

    Drug Legalization?

    Based on the expierience and knowledge I have toward drugs, drug use, and the effects of, I have conclued that legalizing non-medicinal drugs would be be wrong. The capability these days to acquire drugs are very high. It's now possible to mail order drugs, get them in parties, cities, rural areas, malls, street sidewalks, anywhere, really. Therefore why should you need them to become legal. For several decades drugs have been one of the major

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Vika
  • Photojournalism and Digital Imaging Ethics

    Photojournalism and Digital Imaging Ethics

    Photojournalism and digital imaging ethics Photojournalism, present day finds itself standing at the proverbial crossroads. Will digital imaging technologies and public cynicism lead to its downfall or will journalists rise to the challenge by practicing a new more credible form of visual /photo journalism. Ethical blunders by such journalistic icons as National Geographic and TIME have all contributed to visual journalism losing credibility with the public. It was only a hundred years ago that people

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: regina
  • Ethical Analysis of Embryonic Stem Cells

    Ethical Analysis of Embryonic Stem Cells

    Running Head: Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Issues Paper Ethical Analysis of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Every year millions of people suffer and eventually die from serious or largely incurable degenerative diseases of the nervous system (Parkinson’s disease, Multiple sclerosis, and stroke), heart (myocardial infarction), liver (hepatitis), pancreas (diabetes) and other organs. Stem cell therapy could alleviate or possibly cure some of these diseases (McLaren, 2001). Embryonic Stem cells (ESCs) are cells found in

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Edward
  • Ethics in an Academic Environment Ec Using Technology to Cheat

    Ethics in an Academic Environment Ec Using Technology to Cheat

    Ethics in an Academic Environment ЁC Using Technology to Cheat Ethics in an Academic Environment ЁC Using Technology to Cheat One of the more pressing issues that are being discussed in the academic environment, whether traditional or online are ethics in regard to cheating. In years past, cheating was confined to writing notes in the palm of the hand. Now, in this day and age of modern technology, cheating has advanced to include use of

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    Essay Length: 1,474 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Einstein's Theory Ethics

    Einstein's Theory Ethics

    In our restatement of Einstein's theory we say, "the most incomprehensible thing about reality is that it is knowable." From what I have gathered from Heraclites this statement holds water. Heraclites states "It is in changing that things find response". Through this statement we can conclude that the only thing we can know is that the world is constantly changing. If the world is constantly changing, that would cause one to think that it could

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Artur
  • Morals and Ethics

    Morals and Ethics

    Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Nietzsche all had their own ideas for which one could reach happiness in his/her life. All have similarities in there reasoning except Nietzshe, who contradicts the others entirely. Plato states that to understand virtue is happiness. In turn virtue suffices for happiness and is necessary. Also he intuits that human reasoning prevails over spirited element or a person?s appetite. Aristotle?s arguments relate with Plato, but he builds more to it and

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Influences on Ethics

    Influences on Ethics

    Influences on Ethics Introduction This paper is to research and define three Influences on ethics: (1) Experience, (2) the media, and (3) the History of Ideas according to Paul and Elder (2002). Accordingly, give reasonable real life examples of these influences applied to real- file situations from professional publications or the Internet demonstrating knowledge of the concepts. The concept examples are demonstrated in real life situations relating experiences to children learning experiences, followed up with

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    This year the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list celebrates its fifth anniversary, and we’re happy to note that 29 firms have placed on the list all five years -- among them Intel (No. 3), Avon Products (No.7), Herman Miller (No. 14), Timberland (No. 17), Cisco Systems (No. 19) Southwest Airlines (No. 22), AT&T (No. 43), Starbucks Coffee (No. 45), Merck (No. 48), and Medtronic (No. 57). The most consistent performer has been Procter & Gamble.

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ethical Worksheet

    Ethical Worksheet

    Value Personal Source with Examples Justify the Value’s Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions. Religion/Christianity Growing up I would go to church but I did not become a Christian until later on in my life. Being a Christian keeps me grounded. If I was not a Christian, in making any decisions I do not believe I would make the correct decision. I place

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: David
  • Ethics of Animal Cloning

    Ethics of Animal Cloning

    “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’” (NIV) Ten years ago Dolly, the first cloned mammal was born. She was a sheep cloned by scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. (Oak Ridge) Since then there has been a swarm

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    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Max

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