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  • Ethics Essays

    Ethics Essays

    Essays 1) Suppose a cultural relativist asserts that “One should always and everywhere tolerate other cultural practice.” Explain the delemma that confronts this cultural relativists. That is, explain the two options open to a cultural relativist and why each of these options is problematic for her assertion. The problem with this statement: that one should always and everywhere tolerate other cultural practices, is the consistent relative view. This is relative to some societies e.g. Nazi,

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    Essay Length: 358 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Vika
  • Education in Japan Compared to Education in America

    Education in Japan Compared to Education in America

    Education in Japan compared to Education in America Education is the foundation of a strong and productive individual as well as being the foundation for a strong and productive country. Any country that keeps its' people uneducated or does not help to educate them cannot hold them entirely responsible for their actions that result from their lack of education. The United States and Japan both feel very strongly about education and that they need to

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    Essay Length: 298 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Ethical Relativism and Cannibalism

    Ethical Relativism and Cannibalism

    Ethical Relativism Cannibalism, what do you think of it? Is it morally correct? Does the theory of ethical relativism support it or does it knock it down? Throughout this paper I am going to evaluate the pros and cons of ethical relativism for a case concerning cannibalism. An American man by the name of Daniel went to South America, for the reasons of writing a book on it and publishing it in the United States,

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    Essay Length: 1,113 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Ethics Question: Some argue that aggressively investing in emerging economies is not only economically beneficial, but also highly ethical because it may potentially lift many people out of poverty. However, others caution that in the absence of reasonable hopes of decent profits, rushing to emerging economies is reckless. How would you participate in this debate? As a free-market economic skeptic, prior to my readings, I felt that investing in emerging markets is more self serving

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    Essay Length: 522 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Code of Ethics for St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc

    Code of Ethics for St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc

    System of Inquiry Introduction The System of Inquiry paper will be based on the Code of Ethics for St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. The formal 16-page document demonstrates a consistent process throughout an organization that has offices throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The System of Inquiry paper will demonstrate the careful alignment of the document and the organization?s goal and mission statement. The basic framework of why, how, when and for

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    Essay Length: 294 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: David
  • Rap as a Problem in America

    Rap as a Problem in America

    Rap music doesn’t create a positive influence on our society. The music is loud hurtful to other members of the populace; and glorify the proliferation of modern intellect. The violence seen today is not from just rap music it can be seen in genera’s a plenty such as death metal shouting such lyrics as “death to all good christens” . The same comparison can be seen with rap as well, a song by the artist

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    Essay Length: 591 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Jack
  • Student Ethics

    Student Ethics

    During my stay in IIT, I have witnessed many ethically objectionable acts by students. The acts are innumerable and I may take liberty to mention a few of them. Students from well to do families manage to get the Merit Cum Means scholarship without feeling that there is anything wrong about their action (what more, they always seem to have valid arguments to justify it), some find it "shrewd" to get away from Nescafe without

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    Essay Length: 1,804 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: July
  • Ethics and Government Lobbying

    Ethics and Government Lobbying

    Ethics Case Study Is it ethical for a business to lobby government? Businesses can have a great influence on society and consumers. Companies such as BHP Billiton who have revenue of approximately 18.5 US billion dollars can also create substantial pressure on governments. Is lobbying to the government by businesses ethical? There are three basic approaches that will be discussed regarding this issue, code based theory, outcome based theory and the character based theory to

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    Essay Length: 528 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Abortion - an Ethical Controversy

    Abortion - an Ethical Controversy

    Abortion An Ethical Controversy One of the western world’s most controversial ethical issues in today’s society is the act of abortion and its legislation. Abortion is the process in which a baby is killed whilst still in the mother’s womb. This is performed for a variety of reasons. Due to the severity of the consequences of an abortion and the moral and religious elements involved, this is an ethical controversy and has divided people for

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    Essay Length: 1,143 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Jon
  • A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict

    A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict

    Running head: A JAPANESE-U.S COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Effects in the Management of Organizations Abstract In this study, work-family conflict in Japan and the United States is compared and contrasted based on culture, traditions, norms, values, and life styles. The paper will focus on the proposal that Japanese employees are frequently expected to use time after work to socialize with colleagues and clients at bars and restaurants

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    Essay Length: 2,751 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: regina
  • Imagery: The Work of The Imagination

    Imagery: The Work of The Imagination

    Imagery: The Work of the Imagination A picture may tell a thousand words, but an image is the product of imagination. In any piece of literature, imagery plays a significant role in illustrating the characters. In the play, Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are developed through the use of clothing, sleep, and blood imagery. Through the use of clothing imagery, Shakespeare exposes and develops the character of Macbeth.

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    Essay Length: 830 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Janna
  • A Severe Burden on Working Men and Women

    A Severe Burden on Working Men and Women

    Page 1 of 5 A Severe Burden on Working Men and Women In the wake of the September eleventh attacks, America is faced with a long-term war against terrorism. The American people have embraced themselves for a war for an indefinite period of time against an unfamiliar enemy. America has become united and partisanship has been placed aside. Those issues that our political leaders grumbled about before the attacks are no longer on the

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    Essay Length: 1,858 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Bred
  • Social Work: Past and Present

    Social Work: Past and Present

    Short Assignment Three: Social Work - Past and Present Times are much different than they used to be, however, the world seems to be reacting to these problems the same way they did years ago. Most days, the general public seems to be preoccupied with ‘the war on terror.’ There is so much going on in this world, and yet it is all being categorized as one big issue. This is very similar to some

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    Essay Length: 380 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Anna
  • Walmart and Team Work

    Walmart and Team Work

    Title: Wal Mart and Team Work Abstract: The purpose of this 2-page MLA paper is to determine, from research, if Wal-Mart effectively manages conflict, if they have policies and if they follow them; and by using examples of conflict and grievance if they are effective. Bibliography offers four sources. Wal Mart and Team/Conflict Management Wal-Mart has recently been involved in a lot of internal conflict based on the way that employees are treated; interestingly, it

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    Essay Length: 1,195 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: July
  • Drugs, Cheating, and the Purity of America’s Pastime

    Drugs, Cheating, and the Purity of America’s Pastime

    Drugs, Cheating, and the Purity of America’s Pastime Most children who have grown up in an American household have at one point in their lives looked up to sports figures as heroes. Whether it was your grandfather telling his stories of watching Babe Ruth become a legend, your father’s stories of Mickey Mantle and the legendary Yankee teams of the 1950’s and 1960’s, or your own memory of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chasing

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    Essay Length: 2,290 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • Child Abuse Is a Silent Epidemic That Strikes Millions of Homes in America

    Child Abuse Is a Silent Epidemic That Strikes Millions of Homes in America

    Issue Statement Abuse is occurring every day in an uncountable amount of homes all over the United States. The US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect estimates that 2000 children under the age of eighteen are killed by parents and caretakers each year. It is estimated that one in five children are physical, emotionally or sexually abused in our country. The four types of child abuse include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Vika
  • Discuss Representations of one of the Following Social Identities in the Work of Austen; Sisters.

    Discuss Representations of one of the Following Social Identities in the Work of Austen; Sisters.

    Discuss representations of one of the following social identities in the work of Austen; sisters. Jane Austen was one of eight children born to Rev. George Austen and his wife Cassandra. As one of two girls in a large and boisterous family, an intimate bond formed between Jane and her elder sister Cassandra. Their shared experiences of boarding school and education cemented the firm relationship as they helped one another to deal with the disillusions

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    Essay Length: 843 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Taking an Aim Back at America

    Taking an Aim Back at America

    "Taking an aim back at America" Bowling For Columbine is a well-directed documentary that informs people about gun violence in America. Michael Moore is successful in showing that America has been going through many gun tragedies; and portrays the sense that America’s problems are out of control. He conveys this through informative facts, images, and comparisons. Throughout the film Michael Moore throws many cold facts on the screen that makes it obvious that the strong

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    Essay Length: 904 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Bred
  • New Models of Poetry as Reflected in the Romantic Works of Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge

    New Models of Poetry as Reflected in the Romantic Works of Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge

    The Enlightenment was a period of individualism, science, rationalism, and of the human ‘right’ to govern nature. Poets and authors focused on creating perfect pieces of literature, and hoped that by some means their work would be considered ‘sublime’. With the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the age of Romanticism, several poets such as Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge sought the ‘sublime’ within the realms of nature. The Romantics began to create a new model

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    Essay Length: 1,569 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Edward
  • Education in America

    Education in America

    The United States has been teaching its students for countless years now. Today's education process in the United States is that of the banking process. Paulo Freire gives light to a new and advanced process by which America should learn by, one that will prove to be an investment for the nations society, and soon will. For years now we have been learning in Americas institutions for the first eighteen to twenty-five years of our

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    Essay Length: 925 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Jack
  • An American Executive in Columbia - Global Ethics

    An American Executive in Columbia - Global Ethics

    Ethics Paper An American Executive in Columbia pays off a drug lord so that his factory is not bombed and his workers killed. An American firm bribes officials in a small town in Mexico to let them dump their toxic waste in their local landfill. These are two clear cut examples of what is right and wrong in regards to ethical issues in the ever emerging global market. (Integrity, on a global scale) Nonetheless issues

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    Essay Length: 1,180 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Max
  • How the Fed Works

    How the Fed Works

    How the Fed Works by Lee Ann Obringer Federal Reserve building, Washington, D.C. One of the more mysterious areas of the economy is the role of the Fed. Formally known as the Federal Reserve, the Fed is the gatekeeper of the U.S. economy. It is the central bank of the United States -- it is the bank of banks and the bank of the U.S. government. The Fed regulates financial institutions, manages the nation's money

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    Essay Length: 4,829 Words / 20 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Bred
  • Serial Killers: America’s Next Epidemic

    Serial Killers: America’s Next Epidemic

    Serial Killers: America’s New Epidemic. Serial killers have been around since the dawn of history, their numbers multiplying exponentially within the past five decades. In recent years, words such as “baffling” and “mysterious” have become routine to describe the growing phenomenon. It is imperative to develop a workable solution and general understanding of these predators in human form as a new wave of serial murders reach crisis rates in this millennium. More than fifteen-hundred

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    Essay Length: 2,091 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: July
  • Ethics Review of Subprime Meltdown 2008

    Ethics Review of Subprime Meltdown 2008

    The subprime crisis has started hurting not only the U.S. economy but also the worldwide economy and has not made its entire appearance yet. This invisible fear tumbled the worldwide stock market in mid of August 2007 and came again in late November. It has not been figured out how big its impact and how long will it take to overcome it, though many economist and financial firms have been working on figuring out them.

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    Essay Length: 919 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Anna
  • Literature Reveiw About Ethics and Organic Food

    Literature Reveiw About Ethics and Organic Food

    - MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - - LITERATURE REVIEW- Attitudes and motivations that influence the selection of organic food among consumers Adeline Mariй Supervisor : M. Bloom ETU 20030459 SUMMARY General Background 4 1 Market development and cultural factors. 5 1.1 Culture influences the food choice. 5 1.2 The level of development of the country market influences organic food choice 6 1.2.1 A cross- national study of Danish and New-Zealand organic consumers.

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    Essay Length: 8,497 Words / 34 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Steve