THE ETHICS OF PRICE GOUGING Matt Zwolinski Abstract: Price gouging occurs when‚ in the wake of an emergency‚ sellers of a certain necessary goods sharply raise their prices beyond the level needed to cover increased costs. Most people think that price gouging is immoral‚ and most states have laws rendering the practice a civil or criminal offense. The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the philosophic issues surrounding price gouging‚ and to argue that the common moral condemnation
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Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Business 499 Zavier Pyles Professor May January 30th‚ 2013 Vroom Vroom! This is the welcomed sound that automobile owners and manufacturers like to hear. It is the sound of completion‚ success‚ and satisfaction. But what happens when this sound is drowned out by weakened profits‚ customer dissatisfaction‚ and industry weakness? In comes the government bailout of the automobile industry. In recent years‚ 2008-2010‚ Ford‚ GM‚ and Chrysler
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What Factors Should I Consider When Choosing a Career? Some people spend their entire lives asking themselves what they want to be when they grow up. Other people know from childhood and by following an interior compass‚ they end up in a career that never feels like going to work. If you’re somewhere in the middle‚ you might consider several factors that may help you make a choice that’s right for you. Read on to discover some road signs that can help you choose a career. What Interests You
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT‚ VOL. 46‚ NO. 2‚ MAY 1999 Price Elasticity and the Growth of Computer Spending Kar Yan Tam and Kai Lung Hui Abstract—Recent works have indicated that the price of computers is a key factor in explaining the growth of computer spending. However‚ it remains unclear whether the price elasticity of the demand for computers is constant over time. Findings on the pattern of price elasticity will have important implications in the study of information technology
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INTERNAL MEMORANDUM TO: Norfolk Southern FROM: Date: October 15‚ 1996 Re: Regarding our Hostile Bid for Conrail Rail Corporation Today‚ CSX Corporation(CSX) and Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) announced an $8.3 billion merger‚ the first and third largest railroads in the Eastern United States. This merger would create the second largest rail system in the United States in the United states‚ and the largest rail system east of the Mississippi river by far. This merger has huge implication
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designing a responsibility-accounting system is to provide incentives for the organization’s subunit managers to strive toward achieving the organization’s goals. 13-3 Under the management-by-objectives (MBO) philosophy‚ managers participate in setting goals that they then strive to achieve. These goals may be expressed in financial or other quantitative terms‚ and the responsibility-accounting system is used to evaluate performance in achieving them. The MBO approach is consistent with an emphasis
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prone Anglo-Saxon culture‚ it eventually was used to determine social standing and establish the power of the king. Anglo-Saxon England began as a heroic society that valued honor and kin above all. This society maintained a high potential towards internal strife that threatened to destabilize it. The wergeld developed in this hostile culture as a social convention that offered an alternative to the violence. Once written into Royal Law‚ the power of the wergeld to stabilize the society solidified
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Goal Setting Setting goals is one of the most important things you can do in your life. When setting goals you need to write them in several time frames‚ reflect on your goals and reward yourself when achieving your goals. Without goals life can be an aimless journey lacking positive direction and achievement. When setting direction to success you must make good choices on the path you are going to choose. Goal setting can be broke down into three different time frames. The first is long term
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Instructional Setting and Content Area The main campus of Olivet Nazarene University is in Bourbonnais‚ IL‚ approximately 55 miles South of Chicago. The school of graduate and continuing studies consists of faculty‚ who live in the Bourbonnais area‚ and adjunct instructors who can live anywhere in the United States. All of the faculty subscribe to a statement of faith which binds them together as they strive to provide education with a Christian purpose. There are many faculty development initiatives
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------------------------------------------------- University of Phoenix Material Goal Setting Worksheet Review this week’s resources (for example SMART criteria‚ and the Career Plan Building Activities). Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe one academic goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals? One academic goal I’ve created using the SMART criteria is trying to submit all assignments on
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