Unchartered Territory: A Discussion of Originality in the Works of 17th Century Poets John Donne and John Milton In a century that produced some of the English language’s greatest authors‚ poets John Donne and John Milton have emerged as two of the most significant. They both possess a deep intelligence and Orthodox Christianity from which flows their poetry of 17th century England. Little else‚ however‚ marks their work as similar. Milton’s use of ancient form and method associates him with
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I will be discussing two iconic works of art: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s “La Goulue au Moulin Rouge” (1891) of the Art Nouveau period and Milton Glaser’s “Sound of Harlem” (1964) of the Postmodern period. There are parallels between the two pieces due to the influence of Art Nouveau on Glaser. I was drawn to Toulouse-Lautrec’s poster not just because of the colorful imagery and Art Nouveau style‚ but also because of his story and the subject matter. Toulouse-Lautrec was disabled‚ having stunted
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Retrieved from http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/definition.php Carroll‚ A.B.‚ and A.K. Buchholtz.Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management .5th ed. Australia: Thomson South-Western‚ 2003. Carrol‚ A.B.‚ (July-August 1991). The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility: Toward the Moral Management of Organizational Stakeholders. Business Horizons. Retrieved from http://www.cbe.wwu.edu/dunn/rprnts.pyramidofcsr.pdf Friedman‚ M. (Sep 13‚ 1970.) “The Social Responsibility of Business is to
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literature review will analyze three theorists – Milton Friedman‚ Archie B. Carroll and lastly‚ Edward Freeman - who have differing strong views on how a manager should behave in business conduct. The second part of the review will focus on the analysis and personal insights of whether is it important for a manager to be ethical‚ or is it really just important to focus on making money for the firm. According to the classical economic theorist Milton Friedman‚ a manager is an agent of the owners of a firm
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right now‚ the business model suggests that we pursue profit by any entrepreneurial means and cut costs at any expense. For the most part businesses over the latter half of the twentieth century have based their idea of how to run a company off of Milton Friedman’s theories and classical neo-liberal economic thinking. I am suggesting however‚ that we take a different route for the rest of our time operating under capitalism and free market economics and take a look at other alternatives for the way
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contribute to solving local problems such as unemployment‚ pollution and urban decay. According to Carroll (1999)‚ these authors suggested that firms have to collaborate by following the rules of society and help solving society’s problems voluntarily. An opposite perspective was proposed by Friedman who‚ in 1970‚ wrote that the only social responsibility that businesses have is to increase their own profits. Friedman affirmed that managers have a responsibility to their shareholders and not to society; thus
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government intervention. Shareholder theory in its current form is linked most directly to the ‘Chicago School’ of economics‚ most notably to Milton Friedman and his colleagues‚ who have argued for nearly four decades that the overriding purpose of the firm is to maximize shareholder wealth. They believe solving social problems is the responsibility of the state. Friedman believed‚ in short‚ that the business of business is business. When firms become involved in social or public policy issues‚ wealth is
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Corporations are only accountable to shareholders. They do not have social responsibilities. Corporations are only accountable to shareholders. They do not have social responsibilities. Before commencement on making my stand in this topic‚ a clear definition of the aspects of this topic is essential. Firstly‚ a corporation can be define as a legal entity or structure created under authority of the laws of a state‚ consisting of a person or group of persons who become shareholders (All business
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initiatives. California Management Review‚ 47‚ pp. 9–24. 2. Watts‚ P. and Holme‚ R. (1999). Meeting Changing Expectations.Corporate Social Responsibility. Geneva: WBCSD‚ Available from URL: http://www.wbcsd.org [accessed 22 November 2012] 3 4. Carroll‚ A.B (1999) Corporate Social Responsibility: Evolution of a Definitional Construct‚ Business & Society September 1999 38: 268-295‚ 5 6. Horrigan‚ B. (2010) Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st century: Debates‚ models and practices across
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The aim of this essay would discuss on whether ethics is required or optional on business. On this essay it will analyse four ethics theory‚ namely Milton Friedman‚ R. Edward Freeman‚ Albert Carr and Carroll. Milton Friedman and Albert Carr illustrate that ethics is required whereas Edward Freeman and Carroll state ethics is optional. After analysing these theories‚ it is difficult to find out that whether ethics is optional or required. However choosing on whether ethics is optional or required
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