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    Where do you draw the line on what is right? Ethical theories are something that have been tossed around between people for years. The dispute over what is right or wrong is endless and has many ways of reaching an answer. Each of these theories that arise has both its benefits and drawbacks. No one theory can be perfect and fit everyone’s needs. For a theory to be successful it needs to have supporters. For it to have supporters people need to believe in it. For people to believe in it‚ it

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    1.1. Explain the features of effective team performance Different roles in team in the care home are performed by different persons in the care home. According to Belbin’s team role many roles are there such as staffs are performing shaper role since they are shaping the responsibilities and their duties in the care home. Staffs in the care home are performing role of implementer‚ chairman of the care home is performing role of coordinator since he is coordinating all the resources according to their

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    Describe the main features of the fulling industry in Pompeii. The fulling industry was extremely important in Pompeii. We know this as there have been at least four fulleries found in Pompeii‚ the most famous of these fulleries is the Fullery of Stephanus. The Fullery of Stephanus is situated on the Via Dell Abbondanza. This Fullery was a dwelling with accommodation for the slaves working at the Fullery. Throughout the transformation of the dwelling into a Fullery the existence of the house was

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    Utilitarianism: “Actions are right in the proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.” John Stuart Mill utilitarianism‚ 1863 Utilitarians founder Jeremy Bentham has a famous formulation that is know as the “greatest-happiness principle”. The definition of this is “the ethical principle that an action is right in so far as it promotes the greatest happiness of the greatest number of those affected”. Central Beliefs: There are seven

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    Utilitarianism is not compatible with a religious approach to ethics” To what extent is this a fair statement? Ultimately utilitarianism is a way of improving the lives of most people‚ and religious ethics also aims to act out of compassion and love to improve the lives of others. For example‚ Christianity has certain rules that benefit those in society. We know that they work as many of those rules are tied in with the laws of the country. For instance‚ Murder and stealing are both illegal and

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    The new deal had many different features‚ but an underlying foundation beneath the entire idea‚ was the idea that the federal government had and should thus use its power to actively intervene in the economy and do what it could to improve the standard of living in America. It was a break with the past and an end to the previous Republican belief‚ that if income of tax revenues fell‚ then expenditure must also be cut to immediately balance the budget. Roosevelt’s idea was one very dissimilar‚ he

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    1 I) Utilitarianism…………………………………….P.3 II) Introduction to the main idea of Utilitarianism : The Principle of Utility ………………………….P.6 The Greatest Happiness Principle…………….P.9 III) Two kinds of pleasure………………........…P.11 IV) The Calculation of Utility…………………....P.15 V) The measurement of utility……………..…..P.17 VI) The proof of Principle of Greatest Happiness……………………………….…..P.18 VII) The Harm Principle ………………………..P.19 VIII) Assessing Utilitarianism…………………..P.21 2 I) Utilitarianism: + Whenever

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    MAN0812M – Ethics in Business and Society Individual Assignment Lecturer: Mr Darwin Joseph Q1. Shareholder theory argues that maximising shareholder interest (typically profit maximisation) will‚ via Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” tend to maximise utility because it will result in the most favourable happiness/unhappiness ratio. (On the hand) Advocates of stakeholder theory argue that all stakeholders (shareholders‚ employees‚ customers‚ suppliers‚ society etc) should be taken into considerations

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    essay I will discuss Utilitarianism by first explaining how Utilitarians are consequentialists who base their actions on the pleasure of pain of their consequences. Secondly‚ Jeremy Bentham will be discussed as the propagator of the Principle of Utility which determines human self-interest and voluntary action to achieve the greatest good or greatest pleasure. Thirdly‚ I will discuss John Stuart Mills and his more complex version of Utilitarianism. To clarify the Utilitarian theory I will illustrate

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    Apollo as well as a large bronze statue of Apollo was found at the sight. The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia‚ which is located along the bank of the Eurotas River‚ is another example that demonstrates the religious views of Sparta. Artemis was one of the main goddesses of Sparta especially because she is the goddess of fertility and the Spartans valued the need to produce healthy offspring. The Menelaion‚ located on the hill Protitis Ilias‚ is another major example of Spartan architecture that conveys information

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