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  • Aristotle's and Modern Thought

    Aristotle's and Modern Thought

    Aristotle's and Modern Thought Aristotle's thoughts of ethics conclude that all humans must have a purpose in life in order to be happy. I believe that some of the basics of his ideas still hold true today. This essay points out some of those ideas. It was Aristotle's belief that everything, including humans, had a telos or goal in life. The end result or goal was said to be happiness or "eudaimonia". He explained that

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Aristotle’s View on the Polis

    Aristotle’s View on the Polis

    Aristotle is known for his ideas and beliefs in Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle sates the individual should be thought of and taking care of first. If we are to take care of the few individuals, then the whole society should be taking care of. Aristotle uses politics and ethics together to explain the good life. People generally disagree as to the nature and conditions of happiness. Some people believe that happiness is wealth, honor, pleasure, or

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Yan
  • 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
  • Differences Between Aristotle's Rhetoric and Ancient Chinese Rhetoric

    Differences Between Aristotle's Rhetoric and Ancient Chinese Rhetoric

    Differences between AristotleЎЇs Rhetoric and Ancient Chinese Rhetoric Theories develop and evolve in particular cultural contexts. When I finish reading AristotleЎЇs Rhetoric, I began to think about the rhetoric in ancient China. Since I grew up in a typical eastern culture, according to my understanding towards both cultures, there are similarities and differences existing between AristotleЎЇs rhetoric and ancient Chinese rhetoric. IЎЇll give a general analysis of those differences in terms of morphology of theory,

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    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Social and Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence

    Social and Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence

    Contents Introduction III History III What is Artificial Intelligence? III Social and Ethical Issues Associated with Artificial Intelligence IV Part I Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence IV Part II Advantages IV Part III Disadvantages IV Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence V Conclusion VI Bibliography VII Introduction As our world expands through the growing abilities and applications of computers in our everyday lives, it seems that the role of the computer has been reversed. Before we

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Ethical to Download Music

    Ethical to Download Music

    Is it ethical to buy illegal copies of music CD's and movies from street vendors. Especially when you know that by buying these copies, the record companies, movie production companies, actors, artists and others involved in their production do not get a profit from the sale. This is the dilemma I had as weather or not I should buy bootlegged products because while they are cheaper, it is depriving the legitimate profits that companies who

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Ethics

    Ethics

    Ethics is more than legality Ethics • Standards of moral behavior; behavior that is accepted by society as right versus wrong. Ethics begins wit each of us • It is helpful to ask yourself the following questions when facing an ethical dilemma. o It is legal? o It is balanced? Am I acting fairly? Would I want to be treated this way? o How will it make me feel about myself? Would I feel proud

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Organizational Ethics Issue Resolution

    Organizational Ethics Issue Resolution

    Organizational Ethics Issue Resolution Organizations are always being faced with ethical dilemmas and situations that affect their decision-making. For businesses to be successful, they need to be able to resolve ethical issues that may arise in the workplace. Resolving ethical issues within an organization takes time, communication, and implementation. Managers have to communicate to other employees what is expected of them of how they should react in an ethical situation. When managers make decisions regarding

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Aristotle’s Poetics

    Aristotle’s Poetics

    Aristotle’s Poetics is not one of his major works, although it has exercised a great deal of influence upon subsequent literary studies and criticism. In this work Aristotle outlines and discusses many basic elements that an author should adhere to in order to write a great tragedies and/or poetry. Two important topics that Aristotle addresses and believes to be crucial to the art work is the mimesis, or imitation of life, and that the audience

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Max
  • Is Abortion Moral and Ethical?

    Is Abortion Moral and Ethical?

    "Is abortion moral and ethical?" Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over many years and probably many to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized in all cases? There are two sides to abortion they are the PRO-LIFE which is those who are against abortion altogether and the PRO- CHOICE or those who believe it is the woman's right to choose if she wants to have an abortion.

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Victor
  • Ethical Decisions in a Modern World

    Ethical Decisions in a Modern World

    Ethical decisions in a modern world Ethics today are not nearly what they used to be. Today with the onset of a greed mentality coupled with a general decline in faith, ethics are not as prevalent as they were in bygone days. Sometimes, it is necessary to take a stand and meet out punishment to those that do not follow ethics. This paper will show the impact of ethics on a bad decision-making process. In

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Aristotle

    Aristotle

    Aristotle was born in 384 BCE. at Stagirus, a Greek colony and seaport on the coast of Thrace. His father Nichomachus was court physician to King Amyntas of Macedonia, and from this began Aristotle's long association with the Macedonian Court, which considerably influenced his life. While he was still a boy his father died. At age 17 his guardian, Proxenus, sent him to Athens, the intellectual center of the world, to complete his education. He

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Monika
  • Ethics "somethings Rotten in Hondu"

    Ethics "somethings Rotten in Hondu"

    Something’s Rotten in Hondo The decision makers in the “Something’s Rotten in Hondo” are George the Plant Manager and Bill George’s boss. The Stakeholders are George, George’s family, the town of Hondo, Environmental Protection Agency, all who are affected by the plants pollution, the Mexican town, and the environment. George had moved from El Paso, Texas to Hondo, Texas with his family four years ago to assume the roll of the manager at Ardnak Plastic

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Top
  • Ethics Article Review Paper

    Ethics Article Review Paper

    In today’s day and age, the ability to make as much money as quickly and easily as possible is found around every corner. With this topic in mind (ethics in finances) the first article researched, entitled, “Ethics In Accounting And Financial Decision Making”, talked about how ethics in accounting and financial decision making provide the foundation on which a modern business system exists (Accounting, 2007). The article speaks of how making ethical financial decisions sets

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    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Business Ethics In the last few months the issue of business ethics has come up so much, because of a scandal in one of Americas biggest companies Enron. the company inf;ated its share price while in actual sense they were supposed to be that much. They were able to do this by coercing their auditing company and making the financial position of the company to appear to be good.The company executives sold more than

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    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Metaphysics : Plato Vs. Aristotle

    Metaphysics : Plato Vs. Aristotle

    What is real? Am I really alive? Is this really reality? These are just some of the questions metaphysics attempts to answer, as metaphysics is defined as "the branch of philosophy investigating what is really real" (Mitchell 24). Plato and Aristotle both had brilliant minds each in their own rights. They attempted to answer the questions of metaphysics, although, they both had different concepts of reality, this despite the fact that Aristotle studied under the

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    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Vika
  • Culture Values and Ethics

    Culture Values and Ethics

    Culture Values and Ethics Shana S. Brown COM 525 Managerial Communications and Ethics Instructor: Jerry Barkley University of Phoenix-Charlotte Campus February 28, 2005 Cultural Values and Personal Ethics I will be discussing how I make decisions, based on my cultural values and personal ethics to interact with people of different cultural values and ethics in society and the workplace without conflict. According to Peters (2003), “Personal ethics have been defined as principles of good

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    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Ethics Awareness Inventory

    Ethics Awareness Inventory

    Ethics Awareness Inventory Analysis Awareness and the ability to analyze ones personal and professional ethics is an essential aspect for adults in today’s highly competitive and specialized business world. This paper will interpret the results of the Ethics Awareness Inventory, explain how the educational experience has influenced my own ethical thinking, describe how I apply my own ethics in thinking and decision-making, and how I attempt to cope with people and situations that offer differing

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    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Janna
  • Accounting Ethics

    Accounting Ethics

    If someone were to ask you what you thought was the most deceitful profession, certified public accountants would most certainly not be the first to come to mind. That is because CPAs are known and respected for their honesty. The profession goes out of its way to project that image, and there is a certain amount of truth to it. However, not all CPAs are squeaky clean and respected for their honesty. Some are quite

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Edward
  • Law Enforcement Ethics

    Law Enforcement Ethics

    There are many issues facing today's police officer. Some include the police use of excessive force, deadly force, police corruption, police pursuits and other popular police related topics. While all of these have problem areas, there are two police topics that touch on all the above issues, police oath of office and the code of ethics. The public is concerned over its own ethics and morality because it has no trust in its leaders. There

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Business Ethics and Worldcom

    Business Ethics and Worldcom

    This paper will explain the fraudulent accounting practices that led to the collapse of Worldcom. Other objectives of this paper will be to demonstrate how these activities were able to go undetected. Also, what motives drove the individuals involved to commit these acts. And finally the ethical accounting issues involved. Worldcom got its start as a small discount long distance provider in Mississippi. Founded by Bernard Ebbers and a number of others the idea

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Ethics Article Review

    Ethics Article Review

    RUNNING HEAD: ETHICS ARTICLE REVIEW Ethics in Accounting Ethics in accounting has faced increased scrutiny since the collapse of the Enron Corporation. In December 2001, the Enron Corporation shocked the world when its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, was accused of failing to abide by the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); a widely accepted set of rules, conventions, standards, and procedures for reporting financial information, as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). In other

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: regina