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    Note: It is recommended that you save your response as you complete each question. Question 1 (5 points)   James believes our system of free enterprise is the best‚ even though businesses are not exactly trying to do nice things to competitors‚ because the end result is that consumers get better products. "Hey‚ even though what the businesses are doing is kind of cruel‚ the ultimate outcome is for the good—what could be wrong with that?" Chris disagrees with James: "No way will you’ll get me to go

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    Martin Parker (2008) stated that on epistemology way‚ Modernism elevates the ’faith in reason to a level at which it becomes equated with progress.” Clegg and Kornberger (2003) explained that Modernism does go through adherence to the canons of positivism – which discovering the Truth by using reliable measurement and valid concepts to examine knowledge against an objective world. Hatch and Cunliffe (2006) that Modernist organisation theorists believe that complete knowledge means understanding

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    bridge over the line next to a fat man and you are sure that if you pushed him onto the line his bulk would be sufficient to stop the train before it hit the group of people‚ would you push him?’. This theory of utilitarianism is in relation of the positivism presumption of situation ethics‚ were love should be the most important criterion of all. I believe the theory which makes most sense is Jeremy Bentham’s theory of the hedonic calculus. However due to many decisions and actions having to be made

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    1.Literature review Developing with your customers may be an effect way to eliminate your competitors‚ because it is difficult to imitate (Buttle‚ 1996). In this case‚ you should understand what you can do for customers. Firstly‚ it is crucial to identify the customers who are going to be provided services and are cared for‚ if satisfying the needs of customers has been seen as a precondition before considering any marketing (Egan‚ 2001). Stone & Young (1992) pointed out that target groups of

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    of crime. Positive School The Positive School began around the late nineteenth century. Auguste Comte‚ a French philosopher and social scientist from the nineteenth-century‚ did the majority of the system analysis that constitutes sociological positivism today (Williams & McShane‚ 2009). Cesare Lombroso‚ who is the father of modern criminology‚ conducted studies in which he was trying to figure out what causes a person to be criminal. From this study‚ Lombroso coined the term atavism to suggest

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    of punishments Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) The Role of Punishment Deterrence Three componenets of deterrence – celerity‚ severity‚ certainty * Punishment must be necessary Basis for the states right to punish The Positivist School Positivism The application of scientific techniques to the study of crime and criminals Empiricism ex. Testable hypotheses‚ use of comparative methods‚ systematic classification Early Posistivism Craniometry The filed

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    Chapter One: The Sociological Perspective I. The Sociological Perspective. A. Sociology is the systematic study of human society. B. The sociological perspective (Berger‚ 1963) helps us to see general social patterns in the behavior of particular individuals (the general in the particular). C. It also encourages us to realize that society guides our thoughts and deeds — to see the strange in the familiar (Berger‚ 1963). D. Sociology also encourages us to see personal choice in social context

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 2: What is Irrationalism?............................................................................. 2 3: Origins of Irrationalism……………………………………………………………………………. 2 3.1: The Limits of Rationalism……………………………………………………………………… 2 3.2: The Religious Issue……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 4: Historical Synopsis…………………………………………………………………………………… 3 4.1: Ancient Greek Era………………………………………………………………………………… 4 4.2: Medieval Mysticism……………………………………………………………………………

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    (viii) Review methods of dealing with inappropriate interpersonal communication between individuals in health and social care settings. (ix) Analyse the use of strategies to support users of health and social care services. In the context of health and social care settings‚ it is very important to have a good communication in between the service users and the staffs. So care staffs need to develop good communication skills to have an effective communication and also to develop good relationship

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    SEMANA‚ RENELY G. MGT 4 – Assignment BSA 4-1 CHAPTER 3 The following theories have been presented in class. Briefly discuss each philosophy and give your own take on its applicability in the Filipino culture‚ especially in the business setting. (5 pts each) Utilitarianism Jeremy Benthams philosophy states that‚ “Do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number.” While John Stuart Mill philosophy states that what is pleasurable is good‚ and what is painful is bad; what causes

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