French sociologist and political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to the United States in year significantly codified in America’s observations on equality and individualism Tocqueville’s work remains a valuable explanation of America to Europeans and of Americans to themselves. As Democracy in America revealed‚ Tocqueville believed that equality was the great political and social idea of his era‚ and he thought that the United States offered the most advanced example of equality in action
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1. In many cases‚ rules of business ethics can be determined by _______ A. economic requirements B. company guidelines C. applicable laws D. rules of conduct that apply in everyday life 5 points QUESTION 2 1. The economic character of business can be seen in its _______. A. legal guidelines B. personal aspects C. ethical dimensions D. trading characteristics 5 points QUESTION 3 1. Organization in business is characterized mainly by its _______. A. hierarchy B. profits C. rules D
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individual and collective goals and governed by its need to maintain its own structure. Marxist view on crime Crime is behaviour that breaks the law. While Marx did not write at length about crime‚ Marx argued that the laws were generally the codified means by which one class‚ the rulers‚ kept another class‚ the rest of us in check. Marxists recognise that for a society to function efficiently‚ social order is necessary. However‚
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‘knowledge intensive’ organisations Karl Sveiby‚ along with other prominent gurus in knowledge management‚ viewed knowledge as comprising of tacit (ie.‚ verbalised‚ non-codifable knowledge‚ such as culture‚ symbols‚ artefacts) and explicit (ie.‚ codified information such as systems‚ procedures‚ libraries‚ databases) elements. Essentially a company’s intellectual capital offers a means for producing the tacit and explicit dimensions of knowledge. While numerous technology solutions for codifying
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Marbury v Madison 1803 Background information: -‐ -‐ I: R: Case founded the principle of judicial review‚ i.e. the capacity of the Supreme Court to review law for constitutionality (=extension of power of judiciary) Facts: Outgoing president Adams appoints justices as his last order. Appointments are approved by senate‚ but secretary of state Marshall (who later becomes chief justice) does not deliver them in time. New president Jefferson
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The ottoman Empire arose from simple nomadic land and created a dynastic empire that maintained power for nearly 600 years in 3 continents. During this time they conquered vast amounts of land including the sacred city of constantinople‚ (now known as istanbul) and created enormous amounts of revenue from their conquest that fueled millions of artistic creations including masks‚ palaces‚ cities. This acted much like the european renaissance in which many of these creations still stand today. In The
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and communal eating halls displace labor of the individual households…freeing the majority of women for a new range of unorthodox pursuits..” The author also states that “Powerfully reinforcing the boundary between private and public space‚ Beecher codified femininity in the spatial and material layout of the
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yet there is no word for them not following values. Dictionary.com defines morals as: n : motivation based on ideas of right and wrong Ethics You can have professional ethics‚ but you seldom hear about professional morals. Ethics tend to be codified into a formal system or set of rules which are explicitly adopted by a group of people. Thus you have medical ethics. Ethics are thus internally defined and adopted‚ whilst morals tend to be externally imposed on other people. If you accuse someone
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1792 bc. He was one of the most unforgettable person of earl civilized history. Clearly he was not only a king but also with his conquest he was a warrior. In addition he provided justice and thereby he could be considered as ruler or diplomat. He codified and prescribed virtually 300 laws which could not be overlooked in his world. Therefore it is important to analyze these laws‚ in order to understand the social order and why he was respectable person. When these 300 laws are examined‚ it can be
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philosophy. In the early Renaissance‚ custom and law went together every day that you couldn’t separate them. The Renaissance spread to Spain‚ France‚ Netherlands‚ England‚ and some other countries and it ended in 1600. The center of Venice law was codified in the Promissione Maleficorum in the early 1300 century. In the beginning Italy was not a unified country until the 1860’s which was why at the start of the Renaissance Italy had 250 states. The popes ruled the central Italy‚ but couldn’t extend
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