Milton Friedman suggests that businesses should only be responsible for making profits. If a business stays within the law‚ it is encouraged to do anything and go to any means necessary to maximize the bottom line. Other aspects such as customer happiness‚ impacts on society should not be its main concern. Porter and Kramer on the other hand suggest that we can create shared values in other words we can create economic value simultaneously by creating societal benefit and vice versa. Theoretically
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John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government contains Locke’s view on government and citizens of a government. Locke describes the relations between people and the government and the way the government should be run. In Chapter 12 of Second Treatise of Government‚ Locke describes the legislative‚ executive and federal powers in a commonwealth. The ideas expressed in Chapter 12 had an influence on the founding fathers of the United States and can be seen in today’s America. Chapter 12 of Locke’s Second
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circumstances man has to go through to survive politically‚ economically‚ and socially. This includes respect for human rights‚ the survival for the fittest in the society‚ and the revolution to change the social order. The Second Treatise of Government‚ John Locke John Locke‚ the political philosopher and naturalist wrote the two treatises of government in defense against armed resistance to the English King. Locke is interested in the political
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Classification/Division‚ Comparison/Contrast‚ Analogy Essay #2 Name:M First draft Men and Women in the Business Society It is said that in nowadays we live in a modern and developing world where people have unlimited opportunities for development.Widely supported statement is the one which says that the individual success fully depends on the individual
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The Ideal Role for Business in Society Introduction Business has been going along since long before money‚ insurance plans‚ and global warming were even a glimmer in someone’s mind. The days of trading your skill for what you needed are still present today‚ but in a much different realm. Most people do not rely on their neighbor to grow vegetables for their family to eat while they herd the sheep. Disposing of chemicals and building a greener society were not a worry on the mind of anyone many
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John Locke’s The Second Treatise of Civil Government 1690 Summary Locke sets out to describe how a civil government can exist and dissolve based on the laws of nature regarding men. Men are naturally free. Men are born and can gain life‚ health‚ liberty‚ and possessions in which they are free to reign over themselves. He argues that those who take away these rights from people should be punished. There are two states: state of nature and state of equality. A state of equality leads to a community
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teachings of John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ and Mary Wollstonecraft all believed in Enlightenment ideas and natural human rights. John Locke was considered the most influential of the five. He believed that men were born good and were corrupted by society and that natural human rights were given by God and could not be taken away by government officials and people. He believed in constitutional government. He stated that citizens should revolt if their government is unjust
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laws of gravity were purely science‚ and had nothing to do with the church or god. During the society in the 17th century thinkers known as philosophers challenged the ideas of the society in politics‚ religion‚ economy‚ and natural rights. Philosopher John Locke changed the perspectives on government‚ through his book “Second Treatise on Civil Government”. In the book he writes‚ “(W)hen the government is dissolved‚ the people are at liberty to provide for themselves‚ by erecting a new legislative[lawmaking
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George Soros Positive News Article The life of George Soros continues to intrigue many scholars‚ political class and general populace as evident in the amount of literature being churned from time to time. According to an excerpt on Discovery Networks‚ George Soros is a multi billionaire funder of leftist groups and causes‚ prime mover and funder of the Democratic Party and founder of the Open Society Foundations. The article further asserts that Soros is one of the most politically powerful persons
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The idea of an individual living away from society and off the grid in fear that the government is watching their every move‚ might seem abnormal and unsound‚ but reality may not be far from this picture. Considering governmental policies like the 2001 Patriot Act in the United States‚ and the 2016 Snooper’s Charter in the United Kingdom‚ ruling bodies are given seemingly disproportionate liberties in the name of safeguarding the nation‚ and with increasing technological advances‚ surveillance of
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