The trolley problem presents a question of human perception of morality which presents two methods of killing in order to save lives. In the one problem‚ a trolley can be diverted with the turning of a switch‚ thus killing one but saving five‚ or to take direct physical action and push a large man onto the tracks‚ killing one‚ but saving five. In the responses which were given on the discussion board‚ I could not predict with truth what I would in reality do. To both responses‚ I wrote that it
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of the Dodgers’ internal controls. Eventually‚ the fraud was exposed when the individual who masterminded the scheme was hospitalized on an emergency basis and thus unable to “cover his tracks” for a period of time. 132 Case 3.1 The Trolley Dodgers The Trolley Dodgers—Key Facts 1. The top executives of the Dodgers organization apparently placed a great deal of trust in their subordinates. 2. Campos‚ the Dodgers’ operations payroll chief‚ was a respected and trusted member of the Dodgers organization
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concept store is designed to test RFID and other technologies under real-world conditions to see how they perform and how consumers respond to them. "We are not just building up a store‚" says Albrecht von Truchsess‚ a Metro spokesperson. "It’s about developing visions for retail in the future." Shoppers will find a little extra technology at the Rheinberg store One of Metro’s Extra stores in Rheinberg‚ Germany‚ has been outfitted with smart shelves‚ RFID self-checkout systems‚ kiosks‚
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The use of RFID Chips in humans Radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips are small radio-frequency electromagnetic fields that can be used in a product‚ animal‚ and humans to track location‚ transfer data‚ and to identify the object. These chips are as small as a grain of rice and can store over 2‚000 bytes of data. Some chips are powered by and read at short ranges via magnetic fields (electromagnetic induction). Certain chips use a local power source like a battery and some others that don’t
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ii RFID BASED SYSTEMATIC STUDENT’S ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HANISAH BINTI HAMID This thesis is submitted as partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Electronics) Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Universiti Malaysia Pahang 25 NOVEMBER 2010 iii SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATION “ I hereby declare that I have checked this project and in my opinion‚ this project is adequate in terms of scope and quality for the award of the degree
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In this essay will be discussing the trolley problem devised by Philippa Foot‚ and exploring different aspects of utilitarianism in relation the situation. The trolley problem is as follows ‘A train is hurtling down a track and you see that it is going to hit a group of 5 people and will certainly kill them all. However you are standing on a 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
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1520 2007 IRMA International Conference RFID Adoption: Issues and Challenges Eric W. T. Ngai‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ PR China; E-mail: mswtngai@inet.polyu.edu.hk Angappa Gunasekaran‚ University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth‚ USA; E-mail: agunasekaran@umassd.edu IntRoDuCtIon Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an emerging technology that has been increasingly used in logistics and supply chain management in recent years‚ particularly in the US and Europe. World’s largest
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Running head: WALMART’s IMPLEMENTATION OF RFID TAGS 1 WALMART’s IMPLEMENTATION OF RFID TAGS 2 Abstract Walmart has expanded as the largest retailer since it opened doors over 50 years ago‚ incorporating various
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track the information that the passenger needs right away if there are inquiries or complaints. In order to solve the difficulties in the current taxi monitoring service‚ the proponents came up with the study to develop a Simple User-level RFID Based Record Management System. The outgoing taxi’s data can be easily acquired with the use of an automated system. With the use of a computer‚ transactions would be more reliable and faster. In order to keep a record of
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mid-October‚ Wal-Mart announced that a University of Arkansas study showed the use of RFID to track cases of products in Wal-Mart stores led to a 16 percent reduction of out-of-stock products and faster shelf replenishment of those items over items tracked via bar codes at the case level (see EPC Reduces Out of Stocks at Wal-Mart). An 18-page research paper based on the study was published‚ entitled "Does RFID Reduce Out-of-Stocks? A Preliminary Analysis." The paper describes the Wal-Mart-commissioned
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