Matthews‚ Ph.D. February 10‚ 2004 Applying Ethics to the Merck Case The purpose of my essay is to show whether the business decisions made by the management team of Merck pharmaceutical are ethical. Using corporate assets for charitable purposes‚ the company manufactures and distributes a drug called Mectizan at no charge to impoverished nations and their inhabitants. I will expound on three ethical theories and then analyze the Merck case according to each theory‚ summarizing how the authors
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Maggie Walker I believe in tanning. I believe everybody should have the freedom of tanning. Tanning to me equals identity. This topic is a choice that embodies my personal beliefs‚ and I feel it is extremely important. I never really noticed how fortunate I am as an American to have the option of tanning. When I think of freedom of tanning‚ I think of choice. Others in third world countries will never have the luxury of the many choices I have. For them‚ tanning is not an option because
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1. Why do you want to be a GHC fellow? (200 words maximum) Since I was young‚ I was always asking myself why people in African‚ mostly women and children‚ always suffer from malnutrition‚ gender inequality‚ poverty‚ injustice and many more problems which are against their rights. Because I was still young‚ I would not understand the reason why of those things were happening. Crimes were committed to human beings by other human beings. After a certain period of time‚ I came to understand that there
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This I Believe By: ---- ------- I believe that happiness is obtained through optimism‚ gratitude‚ and a strong will. I believe in looking at things under a new light‚ not one of those dull manufactured bulbs. I believe that for any goal to be accomplished‚ you must first accept the fact that nothing will be handed to you on a silver platter. There won’t be any instructional booklet for life. You must write your own. Yet such a thing isn’t naturally known‚ and it must be searched for. One
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I believe in miracles. At a very young age I began to get an idea of what a miracle was. Dallin H. Oaks defines a miracle as “a beneficial event brought about through divine power that mortals do not understand and themselves cannot duplicate.” When I was six years old I had my first experience when a miracle took place in my life. I was in our small front yard taking golf lessons from my father in a small cul-de-sac. My father laid down the golf ball on the freshly cut grass. As he swung and hit
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“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” --Paulo Coelho This‚ I believe that everyone was conceived for a certain purpose in life. Now the question is whether you are more willing to fulfill that purpose or not? Tis better to appraise what one has and is in life than contemplating now and then how life should have been‚ and will be. In other words‚ living as if today was the last day‚ as if nothing matters in your life‚ will possibly help one endure things like stress‚ anxiety
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building program to put socially responsible communication into schools of communication and journalism. HIV/AIDS and other health issues are topics for applied exercises. WBI’s goal for the program was to test an innovative solution that has the potential to go to scale in India and elsewhere‚ and also be cost effective. Since the media’s role in public education is unclear and inconsistent...WBI has partnered with the BBC in a capacity building program to put socially responsible communication into
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The Current Undergraduate The article‚ “Ask Not What You Can Do For Your University‚ but What Your University Can Do For You”‚ written by the University of California Los Angeles Student WebZine‚ claims that universities are no longer providing education for students‚ but rather running a business. Colleges have turned into a profit seeking institution‚ making decisions based on financial concerns. The article claims that students are customers and education is a purchase. Webzine scolds the students
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What would you do if you won 1 000 000 $ Why people want to be a rich man? What is does rich mean? In what do people see the richness? (Where do people find richness?) And how can people become rich? Some people thinks and wants to be rich‚ because they love money‚ they want expencive (espensive‚ costly) possessions such as: things‚ cars‚ great homes and ect. Some ones want to be a rich‚ because they love contribute‚ to help someone‚ poors‚ olds‚ who has need. Some ones consider
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When Hope Gets Lost Imagine constantly being asked “Why can’t you just pull yourself together?” Being told “You have nothing to be depressed about‚ you have so much going for you!”‚ “But you don’t SEEM depressed‚ you were just laughing an hour ago!” For those struggling with many of life’s abundant obstacles‚ suicide seems like the ideal compromise for the self-destruction and agony to end. I believe that suicide is not the answer because I’ve overcome it myself. I’ve had to learn in the most difficult
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