Analyzing Rachel Carson’s “The Obligation to Endure” In her essay “The Obligation to Endure”‚ Rachel Carson alerts the public to the dangers of modern industrial pollution. She writes about the harmful consequences of lethal materials being released into the environment. She uses horrifying evidence‚ a passionate tone‚ audience‚ and the overall structure of her essay to express to her readers that the pollution created by man wounds the earth. There are many different ways that pollution can harm
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Many health care organizations are now calling for multicultural competent health care professionals. It is suggested cultural competence is as an ethical obligation and cross -cultural skills should be placed on a level of parity with other specialized skills (2009). Within each culture exists an incredible diversity of groups and subgroups (2011). Achieving a base of knowledge for each group creates a challenge. Social workers are affected by the way they grow up and their own culture. They will
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Small and large businesses today have an obligation to conduct their businesses ethically. If a business makes unethical decisions‚ it could mean the loss of jobs for the employees and or jail time for the leaders of that company. Whole Foods is no exception‚ in order to stay in business it has to make ethical decisions and do so with all stakeholder in mind. Kent Hodgson‚ a management consultant‚ has identified seven general moral principles that he calls “the magnificent seven” (Kreitner
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I am allowed to do many of these activities because I am an American. Being American gives people the freedom to make their own choices and have more opportunities. Generally‚ American citizens have more rights than citizens of other countries around the world. Because of our democratic government‚ citizens are given many freedoms‚ including
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in harsh conditions. As we may ask ourselves about the moral duty on what we are supposed to do. Many of us start to think what our moral responsibility to help other people is. People living with less than 2.50 a day. If we actually think about how much that is‚ I can spend that on a cup of coffee every morning. Such strategy deserves moral consideration. Therefore‚ I would discuss the different arguments to approaching our moral duty with Kantianism and Utilitarianism. Poverty is the state that
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countries for many years. There are times when police officers violate or dismiss their job duties and some who blatantly break the law. Finding a solution to these issues has never been easy for police departments. Citizens have been vocal about their concerns and needed solutions to police conduct‚ so the creation of citizen oversight models have been used to help in resolving citizen complaints. Citizen oversight is defined by Walker (2000) as “a procedure for providing input into the complaint
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The expectation that every citizens follow the laws and beliefs their government espoused would be a dictatorship. Even within a dictatorship‚ disobedience is prevalent although in more violent ways. In our democracy however‚ the voices of the governed are absolute‚ and when those voices are ignored‚ it is up the citizens to pursue change. Violence should never be the path taken towards change‚ but the deliberate non-violent violation of the law has proven to be an effective way of issuing change
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Since the beginning of film‚ very few single films have changed and influenced the industry as much as Citizen Kane. It is considered a masterpiece and will often be cited as “the greatest film of all time”. Barsam says “Citizen Kane is important to your study of the movies because‚ within the borders of film history – 1895 to the present – it marks a major turning point between the films produced before it and those produced after it.” (2016) Orson Wells who produced‚ directed‚ and stared in the
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JOB DESCRIPTION OF A GENDER OFFICER IN AN ORGANIZATION The Gender Officer is responsible for gender mainstreaming and proactive technical support to the organization. S/he will work with all departments and partners to ensure that gender equity principles are incorporated into all policies and activities. S/he will plan‚ implement and follow up on gender-related activities and provide support to Counterpart staff‚ partners and grantees on mainstreaming gender in their programs and activities‚
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Case Analysis #2 “US Citizen Bank (A)” Identification: Should Ms. Jefferies submit information or withhold information to a governmental arm‚ even though participation is completely voluntary? Michelle Jefferies is vice president for the Niche Credit Markets Division for US Citizen Bank. During her tenure‚ the development of a college student credit card program has rapidly accelerated. At the same time the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has requested US Citizen Bank’s participation
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