SCHOOL OF LAW Year 2013-14 Term 1 LAW001 ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Instructor: David N. Smith Practice Professor‚ School of Law Tel: Email: Office: 6828 0788 davidsmith@smu.edu.sg School of Law‚ Room 4044‚ Level 4 COURSE DESCRIPTION Issues of ethics and social responsibility arise in all professions and all aspects of life. The failure to anticipate‚ recognize and deal effectively with these issues can have serious implications for individuals‚ companies‚ governments
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Productivity After two quarters of increasing levels of production‚ the CEO of Canadian Fabrication & Design was upset to learn that‚ during this time of expansion‚ productivity of the newly hired sheet metal workers declined with each new worker hired. Believing that the new workers were either lazy or inefficiently supervised (or possibly both)‚ the CEO instructed the shop foreman to "crack down" on the new workers to bring their productivity levels up. ◦ Explain carefully in terms of production
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Looking back on my childhood and thinking about our Kitchen Table Ethics I realized that just because we were taught something or told something it was very rarely displayed. Our Kitchen Table Philosophy was very situational in my family. I believe that my parent’s philosophy was‚ “Do as I say not as I do.†My brother‚ sisters and I were taught to work hard and care for others by our parents. We were told the difference between right and wrong. For the most part we were raised
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PHI/105 August 2010 Week 1 – Checkpoint 1 Arguments and Logic Free Will VS Determinism Free Will and Determinism are two separate beliefs‚ contradicting one another. Determinism is the idea that all matter in this known universe is created for a specific purpose; a specific action. Therefore‚ the behavior of all atoms are governed by their physical law; their purpose. Free Will is simply defined as humans having free will. Humans have the ability to choose their next action‚ thereby choosing
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“Free! Body and Soul Free!” Analysis of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Heather Sharpe ENG125: Introduction to Literature Mrs. Kristina Stutler November 7‚ 2011 “Free! Body and Soul Free!” – Analysis of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin To be completely unfettered and unrestricted; to live free from the pursuit of meeting someone else’s expectations… this is what Kate Chopin writes about in The Story of an Hour. Using mostly a historical approach‚ I will highlight the connection
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6 February 2013 Due Date: 2 May 2013 Ethics Worksheet #1c (At Home): Brutus‚ Lucretia and the Foundation of the Roman Republic If Lance Armstrong’s case is to be analyzed by using just Gert’s moral rules he would have broken almost half of them. Lance Armstrong cause pain in the people hearts‚ and to those that accused them by ruining some of their careers. He disabled‚ those who accused him by making their life very difficult and even many loosing jobs. Lance Armstrong deceived everyone around
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treatment. Private health care is way better. The effort to cut cost so health care will would be free the prices and salary’s would have to go way down‚ the cut also would make united states citizen less incentive to pursue medical related research‚ development‚ also more non purse medical careers because doctors wouldn’t get extra pay. Yes free health care sounds great but free heath care is really free. We would have to pay higher taxes or we would go through major spending cuts such as defense or
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Concealed Carry in a Gun Free Zone: Violations Have Consequences First‚ we certainly do not condone the violations of any laws. You may not like the laws‚ they may seem or actually be unfair on the face of it‚ and even stupid in some cases‚ but the law is the law‚ and violations of the law can cause you to lose your Concealed Carry Permit‚ possible forfeiture of your firearm‚ fines and/or prison sentences in some cases. Most rational gun owners realize that gun free zones in most cases‚ do not save
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Some basketball players have strange free throw shooting routines. There are a number of reasons why they perform this act: they’re meant to simply have a good grip of the ball (it can get real wet at times during the game)‚ to establish a signature style‚ to improve free throw shooting‚ or being plainly superstitious. Who are these players? Let’s check it out! Reggie Miller would dip his hands into a bucket of powder (it’s really salt) so he can have a better grip on the ball‚ step up to the
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pay their part of expense for utilizing the advantage are called ‘free riders’. This in the health care system can be briefly explained as uninsured people using the medicare even though they can afford to have insurance. Many people do not buy the medical insurance‚ although‚ they have funds to do so and later get access to free medical care when needed‚ thus‚ burdening the tax-payers. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ penalizes the free riders by preventing the medical coverage subsidies to the irresponsible
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