Week 9 Tutorial: Ethics of Consumption (Assessed) Readings: Shaw et. al. (2013)‚ Chapter 5: The Morality and Ethics of Consumption. Textbook Reading: Why Do We Consume So Much‚ by Juliet Schor‚ pp.258-66. Task for students Once you have read the textbook chapter and the Reading‚ answer discussion questions 1‚ 3- 5 (ignore questions 2 and 6). Q1. Who is the “we” in the question “Why do we consume so much?” Is Juliet Schor correct that “there is increasingly little that we do which is not a consumption
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COMMERCE 450 ASSIGNMENT 1 FALL 2013 DUE: September 25 All questions should be answered to the nearest full dollar except that earnings per share questions are to be answered to the nearest cent. You should assume‚ unless it is stated otherwise‚ that all companies are Canadian public companies which must comply with the International Financial Reporting Standards and that all companies have December 31 year-ends. Question 1 (16 marks) a) Manaus Manufacturing provides
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Ndeah Terry 1/23/15 Community Psychology Exercise 1 Exercise 1- “Abnormality” In the space provided indicate (a) in which you are “abnormal‚” or different‚ for each of your reference groups‚ (b) the ways that your being different from most is a positive quality you want to keep‚ and (c) the ways that your being different from most is a negative quality that interferes with your life in some ways. Reference Group Ways you are abnormal Positive Quality Negative
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1. The $2‚400 gym membership is a non-taxable benefit. The $1‚200 personal training cost is a taxable benefit. 2. Standby charge: (%2)($101‚000)(12) (11‚000/20‚004) = $13‚329 Operating Cost Benefit – Lesser of: [($0.27)(11‚000)] = $2‚970 [(1/2)(13‚329)] = $6‚665 Gas allowance benefit: ($300)(12) = $3‚600 Payment for operating expenses: ($7‚512) 3. As her employer contributes to the plan and the contributions do not create a taxable benefit‚ the $4‚345 in benefits received will be included
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Introduction Home Cleaning Inc. needed this done due to their recent growth. Their growth has lead to some new ideas being able to be viable as decisions in the moving forward of the company. Needing a Proforma Income statement to see the next 3 years ahead of them approximately. They want to exercise their ability to purchase a set of their own cleaning equipment. To do that they need to see the numbers and how much they will have to pay and how it compares to other options. 1. 1. Mrs. Clea
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Self‚ Technology and Technology+ Digital Presence and Social Media Personhood 1. The distance between virtue and physical 2. Social network 3. Signaling 4. Honesty 5. Deception 6. Newbie midbie and oldbies 7. Representation 8. Embodiment How much are people disguising themselves on social networks‚ and to what extend are these disguise acceptable? With the overflow of social networks‚ people get a chance to present themselves online. These social networks
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The Use of 360-degree feedback in performance appraisals Introduction The focus of this essay will be “The Use of 360-degree feedback in performance appraisals". My understanding of 360 degree feedback is that it gives employees feedback from the people they work around‚ including managers‚ peers‚ customers and even suppliers. It measures behaviours and competencies and provides feedback on how others perceive an employee it also addresses employers if employees are not up to scratch and if
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Midterm Study Guide COMM 111 Chapter 4- Selecting a Topic and a Purpose Sources for choosing a topic Determining the general purpose of your speech Difference between a specific purpose and a central idea Topic: The subject of a speech Choosing a topic: Topics you know a lot about Topics you want to know more about Brainstorming: A method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas. Personal Inventory Clustering General Purpose: The broad goal of
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Welfare Drug Testing COMM/215 Welfare Drug Testing Welfare was originally designed to help out poor families in need. Throughout the years‚ there have been issues with people taking advantage of the system. The government has made efforts to try to help welfare recipients to get a job instead of seeing welfare as a lifestyle. The next step government should take is to drug test welfare recipients. If a person has enough money to get his or her drugs; he or she should have enough money to support
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Wii vs. Xbox 360The Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 are two of the most revolutionary new game systems. The Xbox 360 is more powerful‚ but on the other hand the Wii has some unique features and a lower price tag. In many ways these two consoles are very alike. At the same time they also have many differences. Nintendo and Microsoft reach out to different audiences with their unique gaming systems. The Xbox 360 was released in fall of 2005. The Nintendo Wii was released two years later in fall
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