CASE STUDY NO.1 THERAC – 25 Aaron James Uy Timosa BSIT – 4 INTRODUCTION The Therac-25 was a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units (the earlier units had been produced in partnership with CGR of France). It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987‚ in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation‚ approximately 100 times the intended dose. These accidents highlighted
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IKEA’s Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A) and (B) Questions to the (A) case: 1. Marianna Barner should decline the invitation for IKEA to have a representative appear on the upcoming forecast of the German video program. The producers of the documentary invited them to take part in a live discussion during the airing‚ and while this offer does sound beneficial for IKEA to educate the public and the producers of the current efforts taken to fight child labor‚ it would not be
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Assignment 1 Ethical Dilemmas Legal and Social 115103 Coordinator Name: Jackie Loong Student ID 10189179 Number of words: 1651 Date: 20th August 2013 The definition of an ethical dilemma is a situation that involves conflict between moral imperatives in a way to obey each other. (Shaw‚Barry and Sansbury‚2009) There is no right or wrong answer when decisions are made. In this situation of the case we have Mike‚ who is a new accounts payable employee of the soft wear sales
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Week 3: Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Resource: Ch. 5 of Introduction to Business Task: Imagine that you are starting your own company. What will be the ethical code of your company? Write a 200- to 300-word ethical code of conduct listing the rules and principles that your company will use in decision-making. Provide a brief explanation of why you selected each rule and principle. The ethical code for my business‚ which is a café with a recording space‚ would include several things
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Kalouris BA 219 International Business Dr. Morfopoulos 07.20.2010 UNIT 2 CULTURE AND GLOBAL BUSINESS -Individual Project (week 2) CHOICE 1: For an international business person‚ business traveller or expatriate‚ doing business in a foreign country poses some interesting cross cultural challenges. Getting to grips with a country’s business culture‚ protocol and etiquette is important in maximising your potential and getting the best out of your visit.Greece is a High contect culture
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Introduction The topic of cross-cultural management is becoming increasingly popular. As more and more organizations expand globally‚ people from culturally diverse backgrounds have recognized the need to work together effectively by learning to be culturally sensitive. Although it appears that managing virtual teams is more complex than managing traditionally aligned teams‚ success of virtual teams in software fields would suggest otherwise. This paper focuses on the interactions of people
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Psychoacoustics: 43-2310 Assignment: Describe Your Auditory World Sitting at the café on the corner of Adams and Michigan‚ listening to the sounds of a bye-gone era‚ as noises endeavored all around for your undivided attention. What was happening? A busy café with customers coming and going‚ people talking‚ bad coffee brewing and even worse espresso‚ and machines were working at periodic (criminally sonic) capacity. In the midst of all this extraneous noise‚ a background music system‚ (on
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Case Study #1 09/07/2014 Principles Info Sys Security Ping sweeps and port scans are used for hackers and intruders to find a way into a network and is a problem for all companies. These are two ways that are used to try and hack into networks to steal information. Port scans and ping sweeps are two very common ways that hackers use to gain access into a network. A ping sweep is a kind of network probe to try and gain access by pinging a machine (computer) to see if it is on. During a ping sweep
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IRHR3035 – Managing Diversity Legal Case Study Sam Garnham – 3129691 Due Date: March 28 @ 11:59pm Tutorial: Monday 2 – 3pm Part 1 Due to the nature of Mel’s dismissal‚ she should file for unfair dismissal to the Fair Work Commission‚ Australia’s national workplace relations tribunal. Mel will claim constructive dismissal‚ with unfair dismissal the dismissal-based claim. For cases in New South Wales‚ which is where the situation occurred Mel can refer to the Anti-Discrimination
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Describe an incident in your life that changed your perspective of life: “Rise and Shine‚ Jimmy!” A faint voice was ringing in a distance. And then… somebody started shaking me! Was it real? What was it? Actually‚ it was indeed real! O‚ yes! It was my father trying to wake me‚ “Wake up‚ Jimmy‚ wake up!” “Not yet‚ Dad. Just a few more minutes‚ please!” I murmured! And he went‚ “It’s Sunday‚ Jimmy‚ don’t you want to go hunting? Your cousins are already here! Wake up!” The mention of hunting
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