Beyond the archetypal exposé of the Amish culture by all‚ it seems that the Oscar-winning ‘Witness’ by Peter Weir has expunged the typical intuition of the Amish culture. In a nutshell‚ 1985 film ‘Witness’ focuses on a detective protecting a young Amish boy [Samuel] who becomes the target of a ruthless killer after he witnesses a brutal murder in a Philadelphia train station. The Amish trace their religious heritage to the Swiss Anabaptist of sixteenth-century Europe‚ who emerged in the wake of the
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CU R RE N T D I R E CT I O NS IN P SYC H OL OGI C AL SC I EN C E False Confessions Causes‚ Consequences‚ and Implications for Reform Saul M. Kassin John Jay College of Criminal Justice ABSTRACT—Despite the commonsense belief that people do not confess to crimes they did not commit‚ 20 to 25% of all DNA exonerations involve innocent prisoners who confessed. After distinguishing between voluntary‚ compliant‚ and internalized false confessions‚ this article suggests that a sequence of three processes
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Double Deceit: A True Story of a Nigerian Scam Dr. Agnes Chambers-Glenn‚ privately published‚ 106-14 Greenview Drive‚ Kingston‚ Ontario‚ K7M 7T5‚ docglenn23@yahoo.ca‚ 2013. 244pp. ISBN 978-1-4669-9438-6. CAD$15 In the novel‚ Double Deceit by Dr. Agnes Chambers-Glenn‚ the author follows the story of a medical doctor‚ Dr. Hassan Mashaal‚ a long time retire‚ on his pursuit as he takes down the money scammers who were responsible for the US $10.5 million scandal. Dr. Mashaal also gave insights to how
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THE FAMILY: CONTEXTS FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT ADELOWO THOMAS-OLUFUWA EDPR 7111 FALL 2014 CLASS PRESENTATION THE FAMILY • Definition of the family • In human context‚ a family is a group of people affiliated by birth‚ marriage‚ or co-residence/shared consumption. Members of the immediate family may include a spouse‚ parent‚ brother and sister‚ and son and daughter. Members of the extended family may include grandparent‚ aunt‚ uncle‚ cousin‚ nephew and niece‚ or in-laws. • In most societies the family
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This class has taught me a lot about myself as a learner and what works best for me when it comes to how I study. EXP 105 has given me the ability to know how I learn and what my strengths are in my learning process. It has shown me that not everyone learns the same way by just reading and responding. That everyone is learning behavior is as unique as one’s fingerprint. My learning behavior is Sequence - 27‚ Precision - 26‚ Technical Reasoning 26 Confluence -23‚ and I am ranked as a Dynamic
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Being ethical: Mark of a real PR professional 07/09/2014 Written by Rene Nieva / PR Matters Source: Business Mirror IN last week’s column‚ I mentioned that major PR international organizations‚ such as the Public Relations Society of America and the International Public Relations Association‚ have their own codes of ethics. We also mentioned the 12 general precepts of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) code‚ which we are detailing below. In this article‚ I will
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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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SPEECH PATHOLOGY By: Sabrina Leviton WHAT THEY DO • Work with people who have a variety of speech-related disorders. • Disorders can include the inability to produce certain sounds‚ speech rhythm and fluency problems‚ and voice disorders. They also help people who want to modify accents or who have swallowing difficulties. • Work also involves assessment‚ diagnosis‚ treatment and prevention of speech-related disorders. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST • Diagnose the nature and extent
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How can we morally justify lying/deception? Lying is a process that is carried out by people of all ages‚ races‚ nationalities and societies. However‚ even though it is a common act to the majority of the world‚ it is considered morally incorrect‚ due to the fact that it provides misleading information that usually causes someone harm. There are three main components of a lie: a statement needs to be made‚ the person telling the lie must believe that the statement is false‚ and the statement must
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of the main ethical dilemmas that a store manager working for Wal-Mart might be faced with is a conflict of interest. He/she has been placed into a situation where there is no right or wrong answer‚ but rather a right‚ and right answer. Does he choose the role of being a good manager‚ and risk the managerial position? Or does he act upon the “unethical” commands of his superiors in favor of keeping his job? Three underlying elements further complicating his decision to make ethical choices are discussed
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