Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Neuphilologisches Institut Oberseminar: Authenticity‚ Simulation and American Literature Prof. Dr. Jochen Achilles Winter Semester 2010/ 2011 “With enough soap‚ you could blow up the world.” Soap‚ Civilization and Questions of Authenticity in Chuck Palahniuk´s and David Fincher´s Fight Club (AE) March 10‚ 2011 Johannes Pfundt Scherenbergstr. 7 97082 Würzburg johannes.pfundt@gmx.de Amerikanistik‚ Kulturwissenschaften der englischsprachigen
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3.3.3- Evaluate ways in which concerns about poor practice can be reported whilst ensuring that whistle-blowers and those whose practice or behaviour is being questioned are protected. Any person who wants to work with children has to go through a screening process to ensure they are suitable‚ and any convictions are known about. Despite these thorough checks some abuse still happens within schools by the staff. This is called institutional abuse. There is a duty for all staff to follow and comply
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For best results wash in cool water separately‚ hang dry and iron with warm iron. For not so good results drag behind car through puddles and blow dry on roof rack. This is a study and investigation in how an artist and their technique are viewed as non-conformist by the standards of their contemporaries and pioneers by future generations and how the reactions of the work changed art for the better or worse through their differing methods‚ going against the standard of their time created something
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The A7D Affair From a business perspective‚ working under government contracts can be a very good proposition. In general‚ a stream of orders keep coming in‚ revenue increases and a company can realize tremendous profits. The obvious downfalls when working in this manner are high quality expectations‚ as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly‚ it can cause problems that can carry serious repercussions‚ such as in
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Whistleblowers: A whistleblower is a person within a company who speaks out about any organizational deviance that is occurring. There are three main types of whistle blowers‚ which are‚ unbending resisters‚ implicated protesters‚ and reluctant collaborators. Implicated Protesters speak out within organization than comply with the deviance. They choose to go along with their superiors‚ because they may have believed that resisting would be worse for them than complying. Eventually‚ fear of legal
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contracted to purchase 202 aircraft brakes from B. F. Goodrich for the A7D‚ a new plane that Ling-Temco-Vought was constructing for the Air Force. B. F. Goodrich‚ a tire manufacturer‚ agreed to supply the brakes for less than $70‚000. According to Mr. Vandivier‚ a Goodrich employee who worked on this project‚ Goodrich had submitted this "absurdly low" bid to LTV because it badly wanted the contract.1 Even if Goodrich lost money on this initial contract‚ the Air Force afterwards would be committed to buying
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In my opinion‚ Mr. Vandivier would be morally responsible for any "accidents" that resulted when pilots tested the brake. I believe that because he knew of the serious problems that could result in this product being released to the Air Force. When Mr. Lawson approached Mr. Vandivier with the issue in the very beginning‚ it was Mr. Vandivier’s choice to tell the Goodrich members of the error that he had made in creating the brakes. It was also Goodrich’s responsibility to not take part in shutting
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by Proxmire in August 1969. | After six months of testing Lawson could not find any materials for brake-lining that would work adequately and became convinced that the design is insufficient. Lawson spoke with Warren about these problems. Kermit Vandivier (a technical writer) raised his concerns about the report‚
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it was compartmentalized with the team and individuals on the team. The individual aspect of the case study is a large part of the moral issues at hand. The fact that Richard Gloor‚ Mr. Vandivier’s supervisor‚ allowed the cover up‚ placed Mr. Vandivier in a moral dilemma. (3rd issue page 14) The decisions and directives that were handed down to the employees were contradictory to any moral standards we use today. The individuals involved had to remorse for those who would be hurt in the future
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employee Kermit Vandivier was told to issue the report. However a significant error of the design threw him into an ethical dilemma: taking part in the A7D fraud to write a good report or walking away from the game which meant he would lose his job. Vandivier finally decided to write the report although his conscience was bothering him all the time. At the end‚ the brake failed without surprise. Vandivier told the whole story to the public as we read from the case. In the Vandivier case‚ Goodrich
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