Learning Log: 1st reading log/week 2 Lecture 1 Required Reading Reference: Velasquez‚ M. (2012). Business ethics: concepts and cases‚ (7th ed.) (pp. 76-83). Upper Saddle River‚ N.J.: Pearson. (Utilitarianism). Lecture 1 Additional Reading Reference: Taylor‚ A. (2008). Examined Life: Peter Singer on our obligation to alleviate suffering [video file]. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVViICWs4dM Record a brief description of what the required reading was about. What responses do you
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The Bank has to face with many risks in the business‚ like Interest rate risk‚ Foreign exchange risk‚ Credit risk‚ and Operation risk…Lending money is one of the main operations of each Bank. By mobilizing money as saving account‚ the Bank uses this money for individual customer‚ or business to borrow and make profit. But recently‚ with the inflation‚ the credit risk increases a lot which causes the bad debt in many countries‚ as well as the regression of world economy. “Credit risk is the distribution
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A language is a system composed of several different components‚ including symbols and grammatical signals. It allows a community or group of individuals a form of interaction‚ communication‚ emotional connection‚ and the ability to pass on traditions and customs from generation to generation. These systems do not have to be vocal auditory‚ since languages are about communication regarding of the mode. All languages have a set of symbols that can be seen as words or signs representing something in
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Alfred Doolittle’s Lower Class Representation in Pygmalion Realist author George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion challenges England’s upper class to realize the pointlessness of their flamboyant lifestyle and pokes fun at this society. Shaw writes to expose the differences in the lifestyles of the social classes and how different characters react to their status. Shaw uses Alfred Doolittle and his social status to depict a character that freely accepts his status and his reaction to eventually moving up
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of both sexes have made major contributions to this area in literature but it remains surprising that male writers have been able to perceptively portray women above their previously subordinate positions in society. In George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion‚ we see the main character‚ Eliza Doolittle transformed from an ill-mannered Cockney flower girl into a high society debutante with the help of some elocution lessons provided by Mr Henry Higgins‚ a professor of phonetics and financed by his well-travelled
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the overall themes of the works should be the same and the movie should remain true to mid-weighted aspects of the original source. George Cukor’s My Fair Lady shares a practically identical plot with its source material‚ George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. This being said‚ certain aspects of the overall story are brought to the forefront or hidden through My Fair Lady’s use of song and dance. When the audience examines the small but important differences in the scripts of both works‚ it is evident
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Comparative Study Essay (Pretty Woman/Pygmalion) The comparative study of Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw and Pretty Woman by Gary Marshall has enhanced my perception of the shared concerns of the two texts. The representation however‚ is altered by the differing political‚ historical and social context of the time period of production. Both composers have illuminated the central concerns of the transformations of their female protagonists; Eliza and Vivian from rags to riches while also exploring and
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Character and Context Graphic Organizer In the organizer below‚ describe the current context (according to the novel) and the new context (according to the year to which your character is going to travel). Provide details to show that you understand how changing the time‚ possibly the place‚ and the context may change the character’s response to the obstacle he or she faces and the tools or resources that he or she has to deal with the obstacle. The character who is time traveling today is
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English Assessment Task 2 – Texts and Context – Poetry ------------------------------------------------- Texts are a product of their contexts. (How the same story can have a different meaning based on their context) Texts are a product of their contexts‚ but to what extent is this statement true? To investigate the truth behind this statement we explore the poets John Donne and William Wordsworth in the Metaphysical and Romantics movement. The context of these different movements heavily influenced
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1. What is the historical framework of this issue? 2. What is the political context of this issue? 3. What message does the media piece attempt to portray? Was the media coverage biased or unbiased? Was the issue sensationalized or portrayed objectively? 4. How might the media coverage affect the public’s perception of this issue? Does it encourage or discourage prejudice‚ discrimination‚ and stereotyping? 5. How might this issue affect the U.S. economy and labor force? 6. If you were
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