1. Did Bank of America breach ethical standards by failing to disclose the extent of Merrill’s losses and its agreement to pay year-end bonuses to Merrill executives? Bank of America agreed to pay $2.43 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit with investors who owned or bought its shares when the bank purchased Merrill Lynch in 2008. Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch in late 2008 during the financial crisis. The $50 billion deal came as Merrill Lynch was within days of collapse‚ effectively
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Heather Michaud Psychology: The Brain‚ The Body‚ and The Mind: All Together Now 2/21/2010 Kim Piowarsy Disorders: Part A A good psychologist should have the understanding of how the body and mind work together. What makes a person who they are and how they operate. Psychologists are the ones that help others to understand what disorders are and how to handle them in difficult situations. In this essay it will be discussed what the understanding
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Psychological explanations of Schizophrenia |Explanations |Studies (A01/A02) |Key Points | |Psychological | |AO1 | |
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Ethics 1.) Psychological egoism is not an ethical theory‚ but a descriptive view about human behavior. Given this‚ how might the truth of psychological egoism have implications on ethics? Ethics is a requirement for human life. It is our means of deciding a course of action. Without it‚ our actions would be random and aimless. There would be no way to work towards a goal because there would be no way to pick between a limitless numbers of goals. Even with an ethical standard‚ we may be unable
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The Psychological Contract Shein (1980) explained the concept of the psychological contract as a set of mutual expectations held between the employee and employer within the workplace. It is an unwritten set of expectations operating at all times. It can also be described as individual beliefs shaped by the organisation that relates to the expectation the employee has in terms of pay‚ fair treatment‚ opportunities etc and the expectations that the employer has in terms of performance‚ loyalty‚ etc
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How to Want What You Have “It’s not having what you want. It’s wanting what you’ve got.” - Sheryl Crow The 45-minute drive home last Wednesday night from Leavenworth to Overland Park‚ Kansas gave me some time to think. I just dropped off my younger son‚ Andrew‚ for a five-day personal development seminar‚ and I welcomed the chance to remember a similar night six years ago. Andrew‚ I concluded‚ was fortunate. Attending as a 17-year-old would give him valuable resources he could use for his
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Obedience results from pressure to comply with authority. Children are taught to obey from an early age by their care givers‚ in order for them to conform in society. The authoritarian rule continues through their education and working life‚ and is then passed on to the next generation. This essay will focus on the work of the American psychologist Stanley Milgram. It will also look at other studies into obedience that evolved from Milgram’s experiments from the early 1960s. Stanley Milgram is
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According to‚ "This Apple Could Have Been Saved‚" by Kristen Lewis‚ with reporting by Adee Braun‚ and "How To Reduce Your Food Waste‚" many different types of food in America are wasted every day‚ but there are ways to reduce the waste. Some people have been aware of how much food is being wasted each day‚ but this situation is growing out of control and needs to be put to an end. The first way that food gets wasted‚ is that many American’s are just lazy and buy too much food that we aren’t even
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Psychological Measures: Becks Depression Inventory Your/Team Name Date PSY/475 Psychological Tests and Measurements Instructor Psychological Measure Depression‚ a severe mental mood disorder‚ affects many people. Depression is brought on by a variety of events‚ such as trauma‚ tragedy‚ or even illness. Environmental surroundings and seasonal changes can also lead to depression. Aaron Beck developed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in 1961‚
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Introduction: Empathy‚ the ability to recognize and share feelings of others‚ has been in our brains since the beginning of time. It was discovered by the Greeks which they called it ‚ “Empatheia” meaning‚ “in feeling.” Then a German psychologist named Robert Vischer in 1837 and he called it “Einfühlung‚” meaning “feeling into.”(Stueber‚ 2013) Vischer wrote a book called‚ “Über das opstiche Formgefühl: Ein Beitrag zu Aesthetik.”(Schott‚ 2015) In this book Vischer describes how empathy is based
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