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    Business Ethics

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    Values & Ethics in Business X420 Discussion Session #80 Kelley School of Business Values  Abstract ideals that shape an individual’s thinking and behavior – a moral compass  Instrumental values – certain way of behaving is appropriate in all situations – “means”.  Terminal values – enduring belief in the attainment of a certain end state – “ends”. A moral compass These abstract ideals can result from    Religion Philosophy Family teachings Instrumental values As the means to an

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    This particular performance was performed in the 2011/2012 season. The choreography is by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot while the music is composed by Adolphe Adam and conducted by Paul Connelly. The set and costumes are made by Aleksandr Benois. The star dancers are Svetlana Zakharova‚ a prima ballerina and star at Teatro alla Scala‚ as Giselle and a principal dancer Roberto Bolle as Albrecht. This particular video performance guest starred Olesya Novikova‚ from the Mariinsky Theatre

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    "Drawing Back The Curtain" by Denis Healey_ The text under the title "Drawing Back the Curtain" by Denis Healey begins with the description of Russia in the early years after the war. The author speaks about the changes in looks at the Soviet Union‚ about its generation which analyzed the nature of totalitarianism. Mr. Healey believes no power could destroy national traditions which were rooted in centuries of history. After Stalin ’s death the author says Soviet Communism carried the seeds of

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    1. Blind Man With a Pistol – Chester Hines 2. The French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Fowles 3. The Green Man – Kingsley Amis 4. Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth 5. Ada – Vladimir Nabokov 6. Them – Joyce Carol Oates 7. A Void/Avoid – Georges Perec 8. Eva Trout – Elizabeth Bowen 9. Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal 10. The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch 11. Belle du Seigneur – Albert Cohen 12. Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid – Malcolm Lowry 13. The German Lesson – Siegfried Lenz

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    Competitive athletes are extraordinarily disciplined and talented human beings‚ who dedicate the majority of their lives to a sport. Specifically wrestlers and gymnasts invest extensive amounts of their prime years into training‚ where they solely live and breathe that sport. Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling‚ where the ultimate goal is to pin and/or win by points over the opponent. This is accomplished using a series of grappling attacks‚ body throws‚ and defence mechanisms‚ all

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    systems‚ mass media‚ and propaganda. This kind of totalitarian government sought to deprive its citizens of individual rights and integrate them into the system as parts of the Stalinist machine. In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich‚ Alexander Solzhenitsyn illustrates how the Stalinist labor camps‚ or gulags‚ utilized various modes of surveillance‚ the constant dehumanization of political prisoners‚ manipulative reward systems‚ and frequent brutality and force to maintain control over prisoners and

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    Together‚the British and therefore the Prussians managed to defeat Napoleon. Second accord of Paris was signed‚ and Napoleon was exiled abundant farther away this point‚ to the island of Swing capital of Montana within the South Atlantic‚ were he lived out the lost six years of his like. The four victorious powers (Britain‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia) in agreement that no Napoleon I Would ever be allowed to rule France once more. Even Murat‚ World Health Organization antecedently had been left

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    Whilein college Barbara discovered a book written by Aleksandr Luria called‚ “The Man with a Shattered World”. Luria’s book summarized and commented on a diary written by a soldier Lyova Zazetsky and mapped which areas of the brain commonly processed mental functions. Zazetsky had sustained a bullet wound to

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    Protest songs from the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movement Simple Song of Freedom Bobby Darin Come and sing a simple song of freedom Sing it like you’ve never sung before Let it fill the air Tell the people everywhere We‚ the people here‚ don’t want a war. Hey‚ there‚ mister black man‚ can you hear me? I don’t want your diamonds or your game I just want to be someone known to you as me And I will bet my life you want the same.

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    universities are closed or go on strike and killing of students by the National Guard at Kent State and Jackson State universities. First Earth Day celebrated‚ reinvigorating the environmental movement worldwide. Soviet dissident and author Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize for literature. U.S. forces in Vietnam reduced to below 400‚000 troops. The Apollo 13 space mission was launched from Cape Kennedy and the Russian unmanned spacecrafts Luna 16 and Luna 17 land on the Moon. Salvatore Allende

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