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    CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Introduction Rapid growth of globalisation has enabled the developed countries to gather the motivation for making investment in developing countries. The developed countries nowadays are investing in different sectors of developing countries. Acknowledging the increasing rate of investment of the developed‚ the entrepreneurs of the developing countries are setting up the necessary infrastructure and facilities to produce low-cost goods for retail

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    Utilitarianism‚ by John Stuart Mill‚ is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory‚ and to respond to misconceptions about it. Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." Mill defines happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain. He argues that pleasure can differ in quality and quantity‚ and that pleasures

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    In 1984‚ 22-year old Kelly Michaels decided to move to New Jersey in hopes of pursuing her dreams of becoming an actress. She began answering various ads in the newspaper‚ which included being a teacher’s aide. In the following months‚ she was interviewed and hired by Wee Care Nursery and began working. Shortly after‚ Michaels was promoted to being a teacher‚ as she had not only impressed the supervisors‚ but the three-year old children she took care of seemed fond of her. Four years later‚ Kelly

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    ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG Louis Pojman‚ James Fieser Book Outline to Seventh Edition Prepared by James Fieser with additions by Sandra Dreisbach 1. WHAT IS ETHICS 1) Introduction i) Kitty Genovese example 2) Ethics and its subdivisions i) Philosophy a) Clarify concepts‚ analyze and test propositions and beliefs b) Major task is to analyze and construct arguments ii) Ethics vs. morality a) Both terms derive their meaning

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    Wayne Davis‚ Question 1: Describe how and why prudential arguments for religious belief‚ and in particular Pascal’s Wager‚ are affected by considerations of religious diversity. Answer: To make this point clearer‚ it may help to consider the following argument: Rationality requires either that you wager for an orthodoxly conceived monotheistic god or that you do not wager for an orthodoxly conceived monotheistic god. Rationality requires that you hold: 1. The unity of wagering for an orthodoxly

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    happiness of the greatest number of persons. Categorical Imperatives: Evaluating motivations for actions. Process Philosophy: Metaphysical reality with change and dynamism. Moral relativism: Similarities in terms of the moral concepts. Moral absolutism: Human conduct is right or wrong in any context. Ethical relativism: Nothing is objectively right or wrong due to the differences in terms of the moral judgments across cultures. Moral objectivism: What is morally wrong or right depends on what

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    ethical perspectives. Which include character/virtue‚ obligation/deontology‚ results/utilitarianism‚ and lastly‚ equity/relativism. Then we will conclude with a brief discussion on issues one is likely to encounter dealing with ethical dilemmas at Bank of America. The four ethical perspectives include character/virtue‚ obligation/deontology‚ results/utilitarianism‚ and equity/relativism; thus‚ making up CORE. These different ethical perspectives help to explain what drives an individual ’s decision when

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    values in accordance to their society and laws. The police forces are public servants which obligates them to behave in certain manner and to enforce the law rightfully in society’s and law’s eyes. This is where some moral relativism becomes part of the law enforcement. Moral relativism states that there is no right or wrong in morality but that individual moral

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    question honestly or lie and potentially hurt her feelings? Should I be faithful to my spouse? How does one find answers to these questions? For some‚ laws and religion provide the answers. But for most‚ those two sources are insufficient. Ethical Relativism In the past for most people and even for many people today‚ an objective moral standard that is binding on all people for all times exists. While there might be disagreement on what the standard was‚ most acknowledged that there was a “right” choice

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    “Critically evaluate the view that ethics should be more concerned with who you are than what you do.” Virtue Ethics and the view that ethics should be wholly concerned with a person’s attributes based on the holistic theory of Aristotle and his Golden Mean‚ is a newly accepted theory‚ which looks at a person’s virtues and not their actions. It is a view that directly contrasts with the theories of Kant and Bentham‚ which focus on actions as opposed to the actual person making those actions. Although

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