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    Chances and Limits of CSR

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    First of all strategic CSR has to be differentiated from ethical and altruistic. Ethical CSR can be defined with the help of Caroll ’s pyramid of corporate social responsibility (Crane&Matten‚ 2003). It covers the fulfillment of the three basis parts: economic‚ legal and ethical responsibilities. This means that a company handles ethical CSR in a correct manner if it operates in accordance with the requirements of the stockholders‚ the government and society. Altruistic CSR handles the top of the

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    A Tale of Mere Chance

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    A Tale of Mere Chance by Tricia Ng To my dearest Rosanna‚ How are you my beloved wife? Did you hear from the morning news? Did you buy the newspaper this morning? You will be very proud of me once you see the headlines of today’s newspaper. Actually‚ I will inform you here to make sure you have gotten the news. Mr. McGregor is not here to bother you anymore‚ no more abusive man shouting at you or hurting you anymore. Can you guess what marvelous job I have done? Oh‚ my dear please continue

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    Impulsivity or Fate

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    IMPULSIVITY OR FATE? Life altering decisions are often impulsive. In the story IND AFF Fay Weldon takes the reader through both a historical event as well as a current event which alter the life/lives of the people being discussed. Since the outcomes in each event are so important‚ one would think that the decision to act would have been well thought out and reasoned rather than impulsive. However‚ both decisions were made due to a chance circumstance that caused the person to act immediately

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    Fate in Beowulf

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    Twist of Fate for the Great Hero Beowulf Fate seems to be an ongoing theme in the works of Boethius and Beowulf. Whether it is a belief of Christian providence or pagan fatalism‚ the writers of these works are strongly moved by the concept of fate and how it affects the twists and turns of a person’s life. Fate is most often seen as the course of events in a person’s life that leads them to inevitable death at some time or another. Throughout the poem Beowulf‚ the characters are haunted by fate and

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    Fate In 'The Aeneid'

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    fall of Troy‚ but also talks about the power of fate in the world. Achilles was the protagonist in the story‚ a man fighting his emotions about whether he should fight and die or hide and live this struggle lasts through the entire story protracting the fated doom of Troy and leading to the deaths of many heroes. This fight against fate shows how futile it is to change the inevitable and rather than fight to stop such a destiny you instead assist fate in its unstoppable march to the future as shown

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    Fate In The Odyssey

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    Fate in The Odyssey In Homer?s The Odyssey‚ fate plays an important part in the story development. People who believe in fate or destiny think that their lives are spun out in front of them before they are born‚ and there is nothing they can do to change that. Some characters‚ like Polyphemos‚ find out their fate beforehand but still end up fulfilling prophesies they tried to avoid‚ but most characters acted out their fate without realizing it‚ like Odysseus. He blinded the Cyclops without knowing

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    Victims or Fate?

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    Quiahja Williams Mr. Wyse English 1 Honors- 4B 6 June 2013 Word Count: 917 Victims or Fate? William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is one of the greatest love stories of all time. The play is a story of forbidden love that is resolved in two tragic deaths. Romeo and Juliet come from feuding families‚ but they defy the feud and fall in love. This story misfortune plays a major role in this story of two star-crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet comes from different families.

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    Love and Fate

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    and the way that the gods control them. Virgil treats love as an outside force that affects humans‚ rather than an internal function of free will. Love is at odds with fate as it distracts the victims from their responsibilities. Because of this‚ it suffers at the hands of the gods. However‚ it is through this tragedy that fate will ultimately prevail. A major element regarding the tragedy of Dido is derived from her fidelity to her late husband and the guilt that stems from loving another man

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    Oedipus Fate

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    prevail over mortal being’s fate. In the play‚ Oedipus the King and Herakles both heroes suffered heavily upon the uncontrollable fate that befalls their future from both inescapable deities. However‚ contrastingly Oedipus’ fate was more tragic. Oedipus’s tragedy was innately out of the gods’ control. His fate was set upon by a prophecy Apollo preached to Laius and Jocasta before his birth. Although‚ his parents tried to prevent the prophecy from becoming reality‚ fate was inescapable. The tragedy

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    Fate or Free Will

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    Free Will or Fate In Greek mythology‚ fate was determined to be when gods would engineer a person’s fate‚ and they would interfere‚ when necessary‚ to make what they planned happen. The Greeks believed that no matter what they did‚ the gods always controlled their fate‚ and they had no free will. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles blends both free will and fate together seamlessly leaving it up to the audience to interpret whether or not Oedipus controled his life or if it was in the hands of the gods.

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