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    What issues of ethics and social responsibility are involved with this case? Why? Robin’s men felt that a “safe travel” tax on the farmers would be a bad societal ethical decision. Societal Ethics are “Standards that govern how members of a society should deal with one another in matters involving issues such as fairness‚ justice‚ poverty and the rights of the individual” (Jones 107). They felt that if they taxed them they may not help in the fight against the Sheriff and they were their strongest

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    National Collegiate Athletic Association Ethics and Compliance Program Kimberly D. Nash JAMES ZIEGLER Strayer University May 17‚ 2015 Penn State‚ Ohio State and the University of Arkansas scandals Ethics in any profession are vital. In the modern day‚ professionalism is under serious threat from unethical behaviors. These unethical behaviors are driven by the greed for power and personal whims by people in power. In any case‚ unethical behaviors have been rampant especially where power is involved

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    Working Poor

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    The Struggle of the Working Poor Revised Essay Sociology 113 Yvonne Barney October 19‚ 2012 The Struggle of the Working Poor Society often describes the impoverished with one word‚ lazy. Society has taught us that if a person wants to be financially successful‚ it is a simple process of education and hard work that will equate to a successful income. This is the American dream. If the impoverished simply would get a job instead of being lazy‚ they would not need to rely on programs like

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    Representing the Poor

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    2013 Representing the Poor In Bell Hooks; “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the poor; Hooks writes about issues involving the higher class rather than those suffering from poverty. The issues that she addresses are assumptions made about the poor‚ how poor individuals are viewed‚ and how they are represented on television; she shows and interprets how poverty affects the daily lives of individuals. Hooks first argument involves a false accusation made about poor people from her life experience

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    Rich and Poor

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    Question 1: The Rich and the Poor The term poor refers to the people who do not have enough wealth to feed and cloth their families‚ on the contrary the term rich refers to the people who possess wealth and are capable of buying the luxuries for them. Poverty exists everywhere‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ in the third world countries its magnitude is substantial. Every year‚ millions of people in underdeveloped countries die because of starvation or various diseases. (Sen and Foster‚ 2007) It is common

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    commonly known as the poor. The different medias that society are exposed to usually show poor people as being lazy‚ dirty‚ and often uneducated. According to Bell Hooks essay‚ Outlaw culture: Resisting Representation‚ “value was connected to integrity‚ to being honest and hardworking.” (pg 433) Although she points out that the media portrays the poor as lazy‚ and non hardworking‚ she fails to speak on the fact that the most hardworking people are actually placed in the “poor” category. People that

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    Did you know that elephants are one of the smartest species on earth? According to the articles “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk” by Virginia Morell‚ "Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” by Joshua M. Plotnik‚ and the video “Elephants Show Cooperation” presented by Discovery News‚ a recent experiment done by a team of scientists in Thailand proved that this statement is indeed true. They determined this through an experiment that tested Asian elephants’ cooperative

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    Ethics Case Study

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    RIM: Software Upgrade Caused BlackBerry Failure By: Wayne Rash Updated: The Company says the shutdown that stopped e-mail service to BlackBerry users resulted from a software upgrade that went awry. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced late April 19 that it has determined the apparent cause of the shutdown that stopped e-mail service to BlackBerry users throughout North America earlier in the week. According to a statement from the Waterloo‚ Ontario-based company‚ the shutdown

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    rich and poor

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    Why is the Rich Superior to the Poor? There is a significant difference between the rich and the poor. Being wealthy gives you the opportunity to become more secure and independent. However‚ those in poverty are less likely to be independent because of their lack of money. Day by day‚ people are on corners of the street pleading for money or necessities to get them “back on their feet.” The rich will always be above those who do not have the ability to provide for themselves or their family.

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    Poor Spelling

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    Entitled “Poor Spelling of IV- Guiho Students” In partial fulfillment of the Course Requirements In English IV Presented to: Mrs. R. Reonal (Subject Teacher) By: Group 1 1. Bonifacio‚ Naz 2. Danila‚ Nikkolai Elezandre 3. Estrada‚ Marvin Jay 4. Navarro‚ Jaymar 5. Regalario‚ Genzen 6. Albay‚ Sheila 7. Cabilen‚ Jonalyn 8. Dela Torre‚ Arlet 9. Lopez‚ Cherry 10. Sainz‚ Beaudylane Pearl APPROVAL SHEET This term paper entitled “Poor Spelling of

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