Forms of Government Democracy The word democracy comes from ancient Greek words meaning ‘people’ and ‘rule of government’. It is a system of government of a country whose leaders have been elected by the people. When the elected representatives meet in parliament to make laws‚ the form of government is a parliamentary democracy. Monarchy A monarchy is a form of government led by an individual who holds the position for life‚ having inherited the position‚ and who passes it on to a relative
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What Is Ethics? Ethics is the part of philosophy that deals with good and evil. Ethics tries to answer questions like: • What actions are good? What actions are evil? • How can we tell the difference? • Are good and evil the same for everyone? • How should we make hard decisions that might help or hurt other people? The Four main studies of ethics are; • Meta-ethics‚ about the theoretical meaning of moral propositions and ethical opinions; • Normative ethics‚ an abstract set of principles
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high interest to you or pick a topic about which you want to learn more. 6. Click on a topic. Some topics have sub-topics. Choose the topic or sub-topic you want. 7. You are going to read the six articles on both sides of the issue. 8. Fill out the form for each article. (1).Premise (essential question )__ Can the increase in academic cheating be blamed on the amount of pressure students feel to succeed?__________________________________________________ Pro side ____ _√____ _ or Con side ___
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and Compulsions DEFINITION OF OBSESSIONS & COMPULSIONS Obsessions involve recurring and persistent thoughts‚ images‚ or impulses that are experienced as inappropriate‚ intrusive‚ and anxiety provoking‚ and are not just excessive worries about real-life problems. Compulsions involve repetitive and rule following behaviour or mental acts that the sufferer feels driven to perform (often in response to an obsession) to reduce distress or to avoid an imagined catastrophe. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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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 and society
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company loses 10 percent of its customers each year. 3. A 5 percent reduction in the customer defection rate can increase profits by 25 percent to 85 percent depending on the industry. 4. The customer profit rate tends to increase over the life of the retained customers. Customer retention is more powerful and effective than customer satisfaction. Customer retention represents the activities that produce the necessary customer satisfaction that creates customer loyalty‚ which actually
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Forms of Energy CHEMICAL Energy Chemical energy is stored in the bonds between atoms. This stored energy is released and absorbed when bonds are broken and new bonds are formed – chemical reactions. Chemical reactions change the way atoms are arranged. NUCLEAR Energy Nuclear energy is the stored potential of the nucleus‚ or center‚ of an individual atom. Most atoms are stable on Earth; they retain their identities as particular elements‚ like hydrogen‚ helium‚ iron‚ and carbon‚ as identified
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Access to Clean Water is a Life Changing Experience Access to clean water is a life changing experience. 30‚000 people die every year because they don’t have access to clean water. Now imagine if those people hadn’t died there would be over 780 million people who don’t have access to clean water‚ that is more than 2 ½ times the population of the US. Every single person in these conditions has to make a decision that ends in death. They have the choice of drinking the dirty water and becoming
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Plato’s theory of the Forms is one of the most important philosophical concepts. In short‚ the Forms set a universal standard that particular objects in the physical world are compared to. In order to better understand the Forms and why they exist‚ however‚ one must understand more of Plato’s point of view of the world. One must also understand the Form of the Good. The Form of the Good can be relatively hard to grasp but luckily‚ Plato gives many analogies to help explain the differences between
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Organizational Forms A. Explain how at least six of the seven key characteristics listed in the introduction to this task apply to each of the following organizational forms: The goal of this report is to provide the owner of the business with a clear guide to each organizational form as well as how each characteristic applies to each form. A1a. Sole proprietorship A sole proprietorship is a business form in which one person is the owner of the business. Within this form the owner has no
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