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    which could emit emotions like anger‚ remorse‚ disgust‚ self-pity‚ doubts; and produces reactions like defensiveness‚ timidity‚ aggressiveness. This journey hit me real hard as OP Kors! graduates bombarded me‚ through text messages‚ with questions. “Bok‚ why did you let me be here!?” “Aren’t you my mentor?” “Ano na ang gagawin ko?” (What should I do now?). They have questioned my sincerity in being a peace builder. These questions shook me and made me shout till I cried out loud‚ and said to myself:

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    “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Injustice refers to either the absence or the exact opposite of justice. The term is applied either in reference to a particular event or even a larger incident. Injustice throughout society today is heard a lot about. People hear about major injustices all the time especially now media access is a lot easier. Many people can also come together and confront one another to either support or contradict these transgressions. This can also

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    SOCIETY OF MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY PROFESSIONALS CERTIFYING ORGANIZATION Candidate Guide for Certification and Re-certification Second Edition Copyright 19 April 2011 #0739 Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals Certifying Organization 1100 Johnson Ferry Rd. Atlanta‚ GA 30342 Ph: 404-252-3663 Fax: 404-252-0774 SOCIETY OF MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY PROFESSIONALS CERTIFYING ORGANIZATION Candidate Guide for Certification and Recertification TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Certification

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    concern about not being able to manage the patients ’ emotional reaction after learning the truth‚ and protecting patients from harm” (p. 4). Yet‚ according to Bok (2007)‚ “ an overwhelming majority of patients do want to be told the truth‚ even about grave illness‚ and feel betrayed when they learn that they have been misled” (p.489). Doctors

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    health care field. Doctors should not lie to patients in their role of medical profession. However‚ some medical professionals believe that physicians should tell lies to benefit their patients.(Toscani ‚ Maestroni &Farsides‚ 2006).According to Sissella Bok (2007) physicians should not lie because truth telling assists patients to deal with illness in many positive ways. It helps to deal with the illness‚ manage pain better‚ and recover faster after an illness (p489). My opinion doctors should tell truth

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    family ie. Being fired or harassed and it is important the family is behind you if you are going to proceed. The Ethics of Whistleblowing In their analyses of whistleblowing‚ both Bowie (1982) and Bok (1980) emphasize that an employee has a significant obligation of loyalty to a company. Bok‚ for instance‚ writes that the “whistleblower hopes to stop the game; but since he is neither referee nor coach‚ and since he blows the whistle on his own team‚ his act is seen as a violation of loyalty

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    What Roles Do Ethics and Power Play in Journalism? For the most part‚ journalists have power that can hurt‚ instead of help citizen autonomy. The ways journalists treat their subjects and sources have generated much concern. The ethics of these two endeavors share much in common‚ because both use people in various ways to reach each others goals. The well-developed guidelines in research designed to protect research participants’ autonomy‚ to guard against needless deception‚ and to recognize

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    misery as well as happiness. The quote "The Human Condition involves both misery and happiness" is an accurate sketch of what I have understood from the human condition thus far in reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller and the photo Bondi by Marco Bok. The Crucible is a play that portrays misery of the human condition through the use of its characters which generalise ’humans’ and the intense dialogue provides a route for which these characters to express their suffering and misery brought about

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    reason this argument is valid‚ yet not sound is that there are some other options which can be used to prevent national bankruptcy (Atheism Web). Some examples are subtler: "If you think education is expensive‚ try ignorance" (Harvard President Derek Bok‚ 1978). While it is true that some education is better than none‚ the education we receive does not need to cost as much Harvard or be as formal as an Ivy League education. Ad ignorantium. Argumentum ad ignorantium is Latin for "argument from ignorance

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    In stories‚ the setting is influential to characters who face unique situations and environments. Both “The Story of Keesh” and “LIfe of Pi” contain characters who have hope‚ and perform brave and skillful actions that provide them the means to survive and live in an extreme environment. The characters portrayed in “The Story Of Keesh” and in Life Of Pi demonstrate such characteristics. Pi never gives up on hope which helps him to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hope inspires the will

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