Principle of Double Effect An action that is good in itself that has two effects--an intended and otherwise not reasonably attainable good effect‚ and an unintended yet foreseen evil effect--is licit‚ provided there is a due proportion between the intended good and the permitted evil. When there is a clash between the two universal norms of "do good" and "avoid evil‚" the question arises as to whether the obligation to avoid evil requires one to abstain from a good action in order to prevent a
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Joseph Aharon Professor Tara Gellene Composition and Rhetoric II 8 May 2012 Google’s Invasion of Privacy We live in a new world. Efficient and portable technology has transformed an entire generation’s daily lives so radically that their seniors can barely relate to them. The Google search‚ perhaps the single most common action performed when using technology‚ is conducted hundreds of millions of times everyday. What is alarming and‚ in fact‚ creepy‚ though‚ is that when we search Google to
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the 1960s‚ Kenneth Andrews first defined the concept of corporate strategy as “the goals of the firm and the pattern of policies and programs designed to achieve those goals”. During this time‚ the idea of corporate strategy was a novel idea. II. Concept and Definition of Business Policy as a Field of Study Business policy‚ as a field of business management‚ is the study of the: 1. Functions and responsibilities of top management. 2. Major problems that affect the success and failure
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Privacy in the Employee Handbook The Employee handbook plays an important role in communicating the organization’s policies as well as rules and regulations. It gives the employee a source to understand some of the responsibilities‚ benefits‚ wages‚ appraisals and restrictions of both the employee and the employer. One of the main areas of the handbook deals with privacy issues in the workplace. There are several areas to consider when writing a privacy policy. These areas include: the privacy rights
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Privacy in a Modern Age: Changes in technology over the last twenty years has created many wonderful opportunities for the human race to enhance our abilities to communicate with each other‚ conduct business‚ and educate ourselves. Through the rapid transfer of information‚ the human race is reaping great benefits‚ such as better medical care‚ weather forecasting and even disaster response. Unfortunately‚ because the transfer of information has become so effortless‚ people have also found themselves
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Challenges of Transforming a Traditional Brick-and-Mortar Store into a Bricks-and-Clicks Model: A Small Business Case Study. The Scent Network – Questions 1. Reconcile the idea of selling aromatics over the Internet with a functional approach to marketing. Is the idea basically sound? Although a web-based selling aromatics strategy does not guarantee success‚ however there are many benefits on web-based sales. The benefits Celia can get from the web-based business if she launches the
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THE APPLICATION OF PRIVACY LAWS TOPIC READING: City of Ontario‚ California‚ et al. v Quon‚ et al. 560 U.S.___(2010) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1. What were the material facts of City of Ontario‚ California‚ et al. v Quon‚ et al. (Ontario v Quon)? Petitioner Ontario (hereinafter City) acquired alphanumeric pagers able to send and receive text messages. Its contract with its service provider‚ Arch Wireless‚ provided for a monthly limit on the number of characters each pager could send
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regulated offshore oil drilling activities adopt the plan for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico produced by petroleum giant BP to assure the agency that the environmental damage from the spill anywhere would be "minimal or nonexistent". Predict the worst case spill 1500-4600 barrels. MMS approved BP’s plan to set a cement plug to the temporary closure of wells with only a 90-minute telephone conversation between the MMS and BP officials. BP declares MMS application ’categories excluded "from environmental
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The doctrine of the Double-effect states that if something is done for the moral good but also includes morally questionable side-effects‚ it is ethically acceptable to do so providing that these side-effects were not part of the actions original intentions. This includes the foresight of these negative side-effects potentially occurring. This doctrine originates with Thomas Aquinas‚ and his treatment of homicidal self-defense‚ the Summa Theologica. This work states that an action having foreseen
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Winter 2015 March 17‚ 2015 A Double-edged Sword The world is slowly transforming into a high-tech society. Whether one is willing or not‚ he can not deny that endless innovations of technology are constantly changing our lives‚ and things as computers and robots have changed the way most of us used to work‚ think and live entirely. Apparently‚ not everyone is optimistic about this trend‚ they think that the improvement in science and technology could be a double-edged sword. Which means technology
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