Persuasion: Socrates’ Apology In speaking of effective rhetorical persuasion‚ we must appeal to our target audience in a way that will get them to accept or act upon the point of view we are trying to portray. Aristotle said that we persuade others by three means: (1) by the appeal to their reason (logos); (2) by the appeal to their emotions (pathos); and (3) by the appeal of our personality or character (ethos) (Corbett and Connors 32). When Socrates‚ an infamous rhetorician‚ gave his “apology” to his fellow
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EMC CONFRONTS HARASSMENT CHARGES In 2003 EMC Corporation which provides software for information management‚ based in Hopkinton‚ Massachusetts‚ has had over a dozen lawsuits in sexual discrimination. EMC says they don’t tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination. Reading threw the company police provided on the company website nothing was mentioned of sexual harassment or discrimination. Providing you with Facts and evidence you can be the judge of it. EMC violates Title VII of the Civil
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John Mullin Audit 5610 Case 6.7 9/25/12 Hamilton Wong‚ In-Charge Accountant 1. If I were placed in Hamilton Wong’s position I would report all of my time worked during the audit of Wille & Lomax. This practice of “eating time” is unethical. While most accounting firms probably feel this type of practice is unacceptable‚ it still happens. If you don’t report all your worked time‚ how does the firm bill their clients properly? What about future audits for the same company? If underreporting
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The Charge of the Light Brigade by the English Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson recounts the Battle of Balaclava between the British and the Russian Empire‚ which took place during the Crimean War. Critics have argued whether the poem contemplates the greatness of dying while serving ones’ country‚ or on the contrary‚ if it condemns the mismanagement of the British Government. In 1854 Britain and France were at war with Russia for the region of Crimea‚ thus the name
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Apologies were beautiful. Two people mended a broken bond with careful words of regret and remorse. To quote Lewis B.Smedes‚ a renowned author and theologian from the early nineteen hundreds‚ “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” But today‚ nearly one hundred years later‚ the way we apologize has been altered by our self-obsessed and self-serving society. It has merely become a polite formality- with little to no meaning. If we change the way we apologize
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“Half a league‚ half a league‚ Half a league onward‚ All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.” This line from Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is very well known‚ but very few actually know what the Charge of the Light Brigade was‚ or when it happened. The charge took place during the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War‚ and this military blunder as well as many other events during the siege‚ make this siege a huge influence on ending the war and bringing
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victims emotionally traumatized from life-threatening experiences‚ poets dealt with their personal experiences and perspectives of war in different ways. Alfred Lord Tennyson‚ a Poet Laureate that worked during Queen Victoria’s reign‚ famously wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. The poem was written to memorialize the 637 British men that fought bravely in the virtually suicidal battle against the Russians in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War (1854-1886). Tennyson perceives war to
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Digital Plagiarism: The Role of Society and Technology • [pic] • [pic] Ryan Kennedy Examines the application of the World Wide Web in class education and research and the ways in which the Internet has enabled cheating and given educators ways to fight plagiarism. Internet-based information has had a profound effect on the way people can now educate themselves from a pool of seemingly endless content. It is estimated by the NEC Research Institute that there are more then 1.4 billion
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The Apology and Civil Disobedience are two famous literatures that depict the principles or basic premises of Socrates and Henry David Thoreau‚ respectively. The Apology‚ however was written by Plato based on his depiction of Socrates’ defense speech when he was put on trial for “corrupting the youth and impiety.” Principles found in Socrates’ speech to the men of Athens (jurors) can be compared and contrasted to principles of Henry David Thoreau which can be located in his essay‚ Civil Disobedience
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Communication in Leadership 30 November 2011 Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge Leaders‚ by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus‚ was written after the two went through extensive studies‚ interviews‚ and observations to come to the conclusions found in this book. Knowing the average leader’s troubles with constant demands in everyday life‚ Bennis and Nanus came up with four strategies for leading organizations effectively in these complex times. The authors discuss these four strategies from
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