peerreviewed scientific journals” (Manne 2011)‚ a part of a letter written to every US senator from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in regards to climate change. Following this Manne uses an appeal to authority as a persuasive technique. Climate change being an issue where expertise is paramount‚ the use of authority anchors the argument to what is right and wrong‚ clear. Manne does this by bringing up Naomi Oreskes‚ a historian of science‚ whose work showed evidence of the consensus of the fundamental theory of climate change
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formal authority and substantive authority. * Section 127(1) Corporations Act‚ * Section 127 gives formal authority to sign documents. * To establish substantive authority (in the absence of a board resolution) the party to the contract would need to show that the officers or agents have enough actual or apparent authority to bind the company. * There are two types of authority that an agent of a company might have: * actual authority; * apparent authority.
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Obedience and Listening Let me start this essay by writing the definition of obedience and listening‚ which are the subjects of this writing. Obedience - compliance with someone’s wishes or o orders or acknowledgment of their authority [1] . Listening take notice of and act on what someone says; respond to advice or request [2]. Another definition I came across the internet which made the topic of this essay easier to understand is that obedience - comes from the Latin root word OBOEDIRE ‚ which
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concept of Bureaucracy. Max Weber’s idea of state was that ‘a state is a compulsory association which successfully claims a monopoly of legitimate use of force within a given territory.’ State alone possesses power‚ authority & legitimacy. Weber concluded that it is the legitimate authority of state to exercise power over its people. Max Weber was a German lawyer; a politician‚ a historian‚ political Economist & Sociologist. He worked as professor of Economics. His most famous work relates to
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commands. But‚ these people are simply exercising their power‚ and only have a relationship with them asymmetrically. The person will authority has the ability to limit the choices of another‚ and uses physically or psychologically pain only to pursue their goal. A person can rightfully deserve power‚ or obtain power by acting savagely. Either way‚ having authority in society can force people to act inhuman‚ and make people suffer dramatically. Similarly‚ in the article “Simulated prison in ‘71 Showed
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Summary and Critical Commentary (1) Odai Dabbas 250493317 October 17‚ 2012 Instructor: Bharat Punjabi Politics is who gets what‚ when‚ and how. The first chapter takes us to the midst of a war in 1942 where two forces invaded Egypt. Only one of the two forces was human. Erwin Rommel crossed the border towards Cairo. However‚ the British army tried had to stop him and four months later they counterattacked. Rommel defeated the British at Tobruk and raced into Egypt. At that time‚ the war
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sixteen‚ even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders” (Steinbeck 33). He used his strength to gain power at the ranch. Yet‚ he did not let the power overtake his character and use it for evil. Because of this the men saw him as perfect. “His authority was so great that his word was taken
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The aim of Milgram’s 1963 study was to see how far an ordinary person would go when asked to follow orders from an authority figure‚ even if it meant breaking their ethical code and harming another person. There were number of aspects of Milgram’s procedure. Firstly 40 male participants aged 20-50 were chosen by a volunteer sample as they replied to a local newspaper advert which was asking for people to take part in a study at Yale. The participants were paid $4.50 an hour and were told it was a
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for power is common among the business world. There is a difference in power and authority. Only people who hold formal positions have authority‚ whereas all people at any level of an organized company have the power to influence other people. Authority is power. It is power on another level. Power is obvious and understood‚ while authority is vested in a particular position. An example of such a position of authority would be the CEO of a company or a GM. The distinguishing aspect however lies between
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different people. For some‚ power is seen as corrupt. For others‚ the more power they have‚ the more successful they feel. For even others‚ power is of no interest at all. Positions of authority confer power to the people who hold managerial positions. However‚ managers who rely solely on their formal authority to influence others will find that it doesn ’t inspire their staff‚ and can even demoralize them. Hence‚ it helps to also derive power from other sources. Charisma and having personal
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