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    Dog Obedience Training

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    Obedience training for dogs is the solution if you want your dog to be obedient. You see‚ dog owners love their pets‚ but there are specific actions and behaviors which must be controlled or which must be stopped‚ like jumping on people‚ chewing on certain things‚ excessive barking‚ defecating in unwanted places‚ and many more. But if you apply dog training and obedience‚ your dog will become a more well-behaved companion at home which does not cause any problems. There are basic pointers to training

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    Problem is Civil Obedience (Howard Zinn) The world has been through drastic changes overtime. In Zinn’s article‚ he discusses how people obey the law. Civil disobedience is the active‚ professed refusal to obey certain laws‚ demands‚ or commands of a government‚ or of an occupying international power‚ as a form of peaceful protest. He states that the problem is not civil disobedience‚ but it is civil obedience.1 Zinn includes how not only is this happening today‚ but civil obedience has been an uprising

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    There were many factors that contributed to the obedience of the manager and other employees in the McDonalds case. The most evident factor was the voice that stated he was a police officer and had the restaurants manager on the other line stating that the employee stole from a customer. The assistant manager complied with the voice because she felt he was a legitimate authority figure. Summer engages in an authority role as an assistant manager but took on a role of being a law abiding citizen.

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    1. What is the “Lucifer effect” and how was it evident in the Milgram Study? The Lucifer effect refers to a transformation of human character that causes good people to commit evil actions. The effect was seen in the experiment where the prisoners and the guards started to become hostile towards one another even though they weren’t like so before the experiment. 2. What are “shield laws” and what role did they played in the Weinstein Decision? Shield laws are laws that protect researchers from being

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    Stanley Milgram conducted the Behavioral Study of Obedience at Yale University while following the layout of the scientific method. He defines the problem by explaining the definition of obedience on its uses in society‚ particularly how it has contributed to the death of many. He wanted to investigate if obedience‚ which for some is a deeply ingrained behavior‚ can override a person’s ethics ( Milgram‚ 371). There were 40 male participants between the ages of 20 and 50 from New Haven and surrounding

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    Authority and Power

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    Power /Authority Power has many definitions‚ but commonly known as the ability to influence the behavior of people. Many people think of things such as: control over resources‚ strength‚ political control‚ and other things when they think of the word power. Power does not always require the act of force or even the threat of force. Everyday we use power tactics to push or persuade people into particular action. Niccolo Machiavelli an Italian historian‚ politician‚ diplomat‚ philosopher‚ and a

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    Delegation and Authority

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    AUTHORITY‚ DELEGATION AND DECENTRALISATION What is an authority? Authority is the cement of organisation structure in which various units of organisation are integrated. Without authority a manager cesses to be a manager. It is the authority that gives managers power to act. Authority is glue that holds organisation together. It is impossible to have an organisation unless some persons have the authority to command action of others. The word Authority is derived from the Latin word “auctoritas”

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    Power & Authority

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    Week 9 Essay 1 Power and Authority Although they are very closely related‚ power and authority are two different concepts. Power is needed in order to establish authority‚ yet it is also completely distinct from authority (Week 9 Study Notes). Power is defined in the course study notes as the "ability of individuals or groups to get what they want despite the opposition". Power is derived from a variety of sources including knowledge‚ experience and environmental uncertainties (Denhardt

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    Authority & Individual

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    In Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ authority is viewed as ruthless and the individual is portrayed as innocent. This is also emphasised in two related texts‚ Whose Life Is It Anyway? By Brian Clark‚ and Shawshank Redemption‚ directed by Frank Darabont. The themes of ruthlessness and innocence are exemplified throughout all three texts‚ through the concept of the authority and the individual. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ authority is depicted as ruthless. This is shown throughout the

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    types of experiments which are used by sociologists to study various causes and effects of variables within settings and situations‚ these include laboratory experiments and field experiments. As favoured by positivists‚ the laboratory experiments are artificial environments where the researcher controls variables to discover their effect‚ with the aim to discover a causal law. However‚ sociologists sometimes use field experiments to overcome the lack of validity of laboratory experiments. Field experiments

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