documented gang members are Hispanic/Latino‚ 35 percent are African American/Black‚ and 9 percent are Caucasian/White (National Youth Gang Center‚ 2009‚ see Race/Ethnicity of Gang Members)1. However‚ the racial make-up of gangs differs substantially by locality. For example‚ Caucasians make up the lowest number of gang members in urban areas (8 percent) but are markedly higher in other areas‚ including rural counties (17 percent)‚ where the rate is more than twice as high (National Youth Gang Center
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In the fall of 2010 Pi Kappa Alpha at the University of Utah (Alpha Tau) was at a point of crisis. The chapter received a membership review in response to poor membership‚ lack of accountability and apathy. Following the membership review the house was left with dwindled membership and a group of disheartened members who remained. The following spring the remaining members of the house opted to not take on a new member class. Instead they would build a foundation within the active chapter of
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relativism preaches that certain practices are always morally permissible for a culture as long as the members of the culture see it as morally right. For example if a culture has a traditional custom that believes it’s okay for them to eat the bodies of deceased family members than it’s morally permissible because morality isn’t objective for all groups throughout the world and varies throughout. That group that believes it’s permissible to eat the bodies of deceased family members created morality
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Employment-at-will (EAW) is a principle that allows employees and employers to terminate the employment relationship with any reason or no reason in cases where no matters of union‚ legal statute‚ public policy or contract reign.1 Since its inception‚ EAW as a principle has allowed employers to terminations without remedy‚ even in cases against public policy.2 Modern developments to this principle have caused employers to work within common law to combat potential litigation by removing the representation
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Employment-at-Will Eric Tompkins Prof. James Vricos LEG500 - Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corp. Governance 24 January 2013 Strayer University As a manager and supervisor of an accounting division‚ examine the following issues in relation to the employment-at-will doctrine and responsibility of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s conduct and actions. Jennifer‚ a recent graduate‚ has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon
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In March this year‚ Costco experienced unprecedented slum in sales and a subsequent dip in share prices. This is directly attributable to lack of adaptability. The company’s membership model is not appealing to the young generation and it is not flexible enough to follow through as the old members become of age (Huddleston 41). The priorities of the millennial generation are quite different and the stock should reflect such. They therefore miss out on the entire market that constitutes the millennial
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Dictionary 398); however‚ is it ethical to force a person with a terminal illness to suffer when there is no need? No‚ it is not. But‚ euthanasia is ethical. Suicide can be justified ethically when and if a terminal illness is causing unbearable suffering and is at an advanced stage. It can also be justified ethically if a horrible physical handicap is so restricting‚
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Running head: MANAGING CHANGE ETHICALLY Managing Change Ethically Argosy University Online Ethics in Business Managing change ethically has become a ubiquitous concern in organizations as they evaluate strategies to increase profit margins and remain competitive in their industry. Outsourcing and offshoring are common business methods used to manage economies. An increase in the use of outsourcing by U.S manufacturing companies in 2001 generated approximately 7.8 billion dollars in spending
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Chief Executive Officer‚ Jack Ripon‚ to determine what the operational cost of moving the company’s plants located in Oconomo‚ Wisconsin to Mexico. High labor costs are a significant reason the plant is no longer cost effective to operate. The union employees in Oconomo average $16 per hour while the average wage paid to Mexican workers average approximately $1.60 an hour. Labor costs are high due to the plant’s work force being unionized. Added to that many of the plants employees are third
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Nikia Washington April 24‚ 2012 Death and Dying Christian Coons Physician Assisted Suicide: Permissible or Not? In the case of Physician Assisted Suicide‚ I believe only in certain‚ extreme‚ and clearly defined situations should a doctor be allowed to prescribe a drug to terminate a patient’s life. The role of a practicing medical doctor‚ or a physician‚ is defined by Mosby’s Dental Dictionary as a practitioner of medicine; one lawfully engaged in the practice of medicine. The essential word
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