no fundamental value besides that. Through participation trophies‚ children receive the message that their success does not depend on their work ethic or abilities and by merely attending a sporting event‚ they have accomplished something without needing to put any effort in. Giving children the illusion that they have accomplished something when they have not‚ sets them up to think that they are entitled to praise or rewards. Granted‚ the idea of receiving a trophy or medal for participation sounds
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ETHICAL DECISION MAKING Ethical Decision Making MGT 350: Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making Abstract What is ethics and what place does it have in decision-making? Ethics means different things to each of us. We develop our ethics from our culture‚ ethnic background‚ religious beliefs and all that make us unique as humans. Knowing this does not help when we are asked as administrators or managers to make decisions that are jam-packed with ethical dilemmas. Acting as Faith Community
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conduct itself before preparing for war. There are seven sub-categories within Jus a bellum: Just Cause‚ Comparative Justice‚ Competent Authority‚ Right Intention‚ Profitability of Success‚ Last Resort‚ and Proportionality. Just Cause is explained as needing to have a reason to go to war. Not just for recapturing material possessions‚ but if lives are in danger. Comparative Justice is described‚ as the suffering and injustice on one side within a war must outweigh the suffering and injustice on the opposite
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their contemporaries. Abelard indeed placed Heloise’s name in the very beginning of the greeting‚ which surprised Heloise‚ for it‚ was uncustomary for men in letter writing1. And‚ Heloise criticized the concept of marriage in that it merely creates unnecessary bondage between men and women2. However‚ despite their seemingly radical perspectives‚ their rational thoughts were ultimately confined in medieval thinking. Abelard‚ even after his castration‚ could not free himself from the typical masculine idea
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AP LANGUAGE SYNTHESIS ASSIGNMENT: ARGUMENTATION SYNTHESIS ESSAY PROMPT Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution labor battles have been a reoccurring issue across the world. In the mid 1800’s to early 1900s the labor battle heated up in America’s cities as workers fought for their rights and corporations fought to keep wages low. To combat the powerful companies‚ workers united together creating the first labor unions. Since their creation‚ the unions have grown in members as they fight
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Shuai Chen Principles of Financial Management and Marketing Ashley Wright 09/17/2013 Summary of Earnings Conference Call from General Mills‚ Q1 2014 The earing conference call is mainly about the fiscal 2014 1st quarter results of General Mills‚ which include the reports from Don Mulligan (Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer)‚ Jim Murphy (Senior Vice President; President-Big G Cereals)‚ Ken Powell (Chairman of the Board; Chief Executive Officer) for investors‚ copartners and
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to as telemedicine‚ is specifically useful for doctors and patients in rural and under-developed areas. Without having to move patients‚ doctors can discuss with experts from all over the world to diagnose‚ treat‚ and research conditions without needing access to a high level hospital. Telemedicine was used successfully after the 2010 Haiti earthquake and will no doubt be refined for future
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American International Group‚ Inc. utilizes many of the core elements but I will cover the three major elements. The elimination of waste is the first major element of lean organization we will discuss. Elimination of waste can be either eliminating unnecessary processes in the data entry operations or removing the amount of people needed in specific departments. The main point is to eliminate things that will save the company time and money. This will also make the clients happy. If AIG can save money
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You are starting a high-tech venture. Would you prefer to bootstrap your company or secure financing from an angel or venture capital fund (like Onset Ventures)? Using information from the readings assigned for today‚ explain your answer in terms of the pros and cons of each. To answer this question satisfactorily‚ we need to first consider and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each method of financing: bootstrapping‚ angel financing‚ or venture capital (VC) funding‚ followed by the investigating
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Instead an increase of volunteers made the draft unnecessary. Today women are more than just nurses; they are soldiers to. The exclusion of women from the draft was challenged by several men saying it was gender based discrimination (which it is)‚ but the Supreme Court did not agree and it did not change
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