Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths? I. Introduction A. Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking related illnesses? In most cases I believe they should be held liable. Most Americans ask this question and want to know about cigarette companies and why they are allowed to keep selling these products that cause health problems. B. Most people that were smokers way back in the days before they actually had to label their
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Being held accountable for your actions you did in a life-or-death situation is as mindless as somebody going to jail for something they didn’t do. So people when in a life-or-death situation should not be held responsible for what they do for survival because in order to survive‚ people must do what they need in order to survive. To start‚ if people were to be held accountable‚ people in a life-or-death situation would just end up dead because they wouldn’t want to do anything because it would
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Should Australian parents be prohibited from legally smacking their children? For The short answer is yes‚ it should be illegal for parents to smack their children. Did you know that 90% of parents spank their toddlers at least three times a week; two-thirds spank them once a day? When a child misbehaves or acts in a disobedient‚ inappropriate‚ or even dangerous way‚ you want to show him/her that their behaviour is unacceptable and must change. Smacking may seem like a direct and effective way
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Depends. I believe anyone who began smoking before the risks of smoking were known and before the addictive properties were known should be able to sue the tobacco companies. People were mislead into believing a product was safe to use which the companies knew was not safe and purposely made more addictive. It has been shown that tobacco companies have purposely added flavorless substances such as sugar and ammonia for the express purpose to make the tobacco more addictive when burned. I
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Argumentative People should not be held accountable for their actions in life or death situations. Things that could occur unexpectedly is something that may happen. In life or death situations you act on the most reasonable thing that you could think of. It is normal for people to panic and make bad mistakes that they should not be held accountable for. In order to survive you have to do things that could be overwhelming to you. In Life of Pi an “Indian boy” is trying to survive a shipwreck
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2009 Should bartender be held responsible for the behavior of their patrons? According to Beth Benson of the Associated Content the duties of a bartender are to take the orders of their patrons‚ serve drinks‚ keep the shelves stocked‚ and to keep the bar clean. But after the patrons are served and have left the bar‚ is the bartenders’ job really done? According to the law in many states bartenders are responsible for the behavior of their patrons even after when they leave bar. Should a bartender
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the boss you are responsible for everything that occurs in your organization. As a senior leader of a company not only are you responsible for your own mistakes‚ you are also responsible for the mistakes made by your employees. Arguably‚ many would say that when he/she took on the responsibility of a senior leadership role to oversee the operations of an organization automatically comes with the responsibility for their employees’ actions. Nonetheless‚ I believe the CEO should be held criminally responsible
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In life‚ parents are their child’s first and most important teachers. Obedience has become less important. Parents have put their focus on a close relationship with their kids instead of disciplining them for bad behavior. Some parents think that they should not be held responsible for their children’s action. Most children today are so free-willed and independent‚ that their parents cannot control them. If a parent has lack of control over their kids to an extent‚ I think parents should be criminally
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Should parents spank their children? What is the difference between "discipline" and "corporal punishment"? Literally‚ discipline means to teach or instruct; usually referring to helping children learn self-control. However‚ when parents speak of discipline‚ they often mean corporal punishment. Corporal punishment‚ though‚ involves the application of physical pain in response to undesirable behavior. In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that parents should not spank their child because there are other
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injury. So‚ are parents actually teaching their children violence? When a parent spanks a child‚ whether they are aware of it or not‚ they are teaching that child violence. They are teaching them that hitting someone else is okay. In his article "The 13 Ways Spanking Harms Children‚" Michael J. Marshall‚ PhD‚ says that "children who are spanked engage in more hitting and fighting than those who are not physically punished by their parents." Relying on spanking when parents think its needed
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