Business Environment Q. Use virtue matrix framework to analyze Water Tank Industries. A. The virtue matrix depicts forces that generate corporate social responsibility. In the case of Water Tank Industries‚ instead of giving something back to the society‚ the company pollutes the local residential area which makes the people very unhappy. Talking about the civil foundation of the matrix‚ the company does not follow simple norms and ethics. The laws governing the activities are also very weak‚ as
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ARISTOTLE ’S VIRTUES AND MANAGEMENT THOUGHT: AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF AN INTEGRATIVE PEDAGOGY Bruno Dyck and Rob Kleysen Abstract: This paper develops and explores a pedagogical innovation for integrating virtue theory into business students ’ basic understanding of general management. Eighty-seven students‚ in 20 groups‚ classified three managers ’ real-time videotaped activities according to an elaboration of Aristotle ’s cardinal virtues‚ Fayol ’s management functions‚ and Mintzberg
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against a dragon to save a beautiful princess. I‚ Sir John Falstaff‚ say that’s stupid. Honor is a pointless virtue; it shouldn’t be sought after by anyone that is halfway intelligent. I know you must be thinking‚ ‘that man is a fat old drunk! He’s not intelligent!’‚ but if it weren’t for my understanding of the pointlessness of honor‚ I wouldn’t be where I am today. Honor is also a powerful virtue that can change the outcomes of men’s lives. Many men stupidly strive for honor‚ which is a complete waste
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In my opinion I agree with the view of human character from which the Iroquois portray in this myth. The world is separated in two. One world is the crooked mind and the other is the straight mind‚ like the left-handed twin and the right-handed twin. To me the world is separated into good and evil. The good is basically the straight mind. For example someone that helps someone out with his or her homework is doing an act of kindness‚ which is labeled as a good person. Also for example some one that
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Female characters are portrayed as males The short fictions written in the Tang Dynasty emphasize the strength and the independence of the female characters‚ specifically their male-like personalities and behaviors. In Chen Xuanyou’s “The Departed Spirit‚” Shen Jiji’s “Miss Ren‚ or The Fox Lady‚” and Yuan Zhen’s “The Story of Yingying‚” the female protagonists are depicted as male characters in three ways. First‚ their external and internal intelligence make them different from conventional
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Virtue ethics can be described as a hybrid theory‚ which encompasses both teleological and deontological elements. This theory tells us that instead of looking a the action itself and whether it is right or wrong‚ or looking at the consequences a action a bring. Instead we should focus on our character‚ and develop the cardinal virtues in order to achieve ultimate happiness and become truly virtuous. Virtue ethics was first devised from the times of Ancient Greece by Aristotle‚ however has been adapted
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Sem. Gerald Paul Grijaldo July 9‚ 2012 Oriental Philosophy 1 Mr. Ramon Rafael Dolor “Leading by Virtues” “A ruler who governs his state by virtue is like the north polar star‚ which remains in its place while all the other stars revolve around it.” - Confucius‚ The Analects 2:1 The Confucius saying that is quoted above is very meaningful and it is very helpful to every government leaders especially in our country. Confucius was referring to the leaders
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The question of what is just is often sought after in the studying of philosophical works. In Plato’s Republic‚ the definition of the virtue of justice is pursued. In Book I of Plato’s Republic‚ Thrasymacus claims the following: “what’s just is nothing other than what’s advantageous of the stronger” (338c). Following that statement‚ Thrasymacus is asked by Socrates to explain it further‚ to which Thrasymacus states that in every city that is governed aristocratically‚ tyrannically‚ or democratically
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According to Aristotle‚ we get moral virtue as a result of habit and none of the moral virtues arise in us by nature‚ because nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature. Nature has no effect on how moral virtues arise in us. Instead‚ we receive nature when we adapt‚ and therefore are made perfect by habit. A good example Aristotle uses is that we have senses before we even know how to use them. Eventually we learn how to use them by exercising them everyday. Another good
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Patience is a Virtue Are you an impatience person? A person that complains a lot that all the things you want are done instantly. Or a person that would like to use every second of his/her time wisely. Here explains why patience is a virtue and why we should have patience. The phrase “patience is a virtue” is just a way of expressing the importance of being patient. A virtue is a trait or quality deemed to be morally excellent and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being
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