Lecture Notes: Legal/Ethical Issues and Social Policy Paris Finner-Williams‚ Ph.D.‚ J.D.‚ Esq. Description Dr. Paris Finner-Williams describes areas of addiction and how legal/ethical issues and social policy relate to these areas. She discusses the legal/ethical issues directly related to alcohol‚ drugs‚ and other illicit drugs. Finally‚ Dr. Finner-Williams addresses cultural competency issues as they relate to addiction and recovery. Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson‚ students:
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Ethical issues in businesses today There are a million ethical issues in today’s businesses and unfortunately there is no perfect decision measurement for all these ethical issues in business. The ethical issues in international businesses are much more complicated and much more delicate‚ along with being tenfold in numbers. According to Wiley (1995)‚ “ethics is concerned with moral obligation‚ responsibility‚ and social justice.” She goes on to say that “ethics reflects the character of the
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The Benefits of Social Networking Services Dr Philippa Collin‚ University of Western Sydney Ms Kitty Rahilly‚ Inspire Foundation Dr Ingrid Richardson‚ Murdoch University Dr Amanda Third‚ University of Western Sydney Literature Review Literature Review: The Benefits of Social Networking Services This research was made possible by the YAW -CRC‟s partner organisations‚ the in-kind support of researchers from the Inspire Foundation‚ University of Western Sydney and Murdoch University‚ and
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from all the information presented to us in the communication world‚ there are many choices out there to relay tidbits of talk‚ video‚ emails‚ text‚ global connection via MySpace or Facebook‚ and face to face communication via webcam; it all just depends on how you (as a user) chooses to use the outlet. All the communication we have investigated has to do with mostly snippets of information‚ like a text through Twitter‚ or a blurp on Facebook; these are not communication or networking sites where you
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Social Networking in the Workplace Social networking has provided a virtual way to communicate with others and maintain relationships among people‚ without the need for physical interactions. Very popular sites such as Facebook‚ Google+ and Twitter have millions of users who log on everyday. To post‚ tweet‚ or like a photo they or a friend were tagged in. Social networking sites are also used as a database to contact a lost friend or to even get a hold of someone who cannot be contacted by other
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For Music Sharing 1. Don’t want the whole CD * Sometimes a CD only has a few songs that are good * They are expensive Artists are for music sharing * Many artists support file sharing. Janis Ian -"The premise of all this ballyhoo is that the industry (and its artists) are being harmed by free downloading. Nonsense." Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore -"Trying to control music sharing - by shutting down P2P sites or MP3 blogs or BitTorrent or whatever other technology comes along - is
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insufficient in the eyes of society and have not succeeded; a person that has had a lot of bad luck and feels they are judged by their peers; a person that hasn’t had the opportunities others have and feel cheated; lack of confidence; over-confidence to the point of having a high ego within themselves and they feel other people don’t stack up to what they feel is on their intelligence level; medications can cause a change in personality; different diseases can change a person’s personality; Alzheimer’s
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Words count: 717 Social Networking: Important Factors of Facebook Facebook is a part of social networking‚ that everyone like regardless of age‚ gender and occupation. Social networking is becoming important part of student’s life; students could use Facebook to keep in touch with friends‚ family even with classmates discussing homework or group projects. The article “Facebook Addiction Spreads” by Angela Fowler is a great article points out some important facts about social media‚ also Michael
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1. Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information. 49.1% of people have heard false news via social media. On Sep. 5‚ 2012 false rumors of fires‚ shootouts‚ and caravans of gunmen in a Mexico City suburb spread via Twitter and Facebook caused panic‚ flooded the local police department with over 3‚000 phone calls‚ and temporarily closed schools. Shashank Tripathi‚ tweeting as @ComfortablySmug‚ spread false information in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy by posting on Twitter that
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INTRODUCTION This paper will examine social networking as an effective means of communication amongst the youth of South Africa. This essay will look at the benefits of social networking and how the internet is the most popular way of social networking. People tend to think that social networking is for younger people‚ but this paper will look at how the adult world has also discovered and appreciated the world of socialising online. Social Networking is a nice form of entertainment‚ great for
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