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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Grade 9 Science – Trolley Lab -‐ Luca Weller – AOI: Environment – 17/9/13 D.4 Materials: -‐1 trolley that will be accelerated -‐1 string to connect the trolley and the weights (ca. 2m) -‐1 set of weights that will accelerate the trolley (up to 5N) -‐1 a.m
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“That Extra Piece of Track” In 1985‚ a widely known moral philosopher named Judith Jarvis Thomson introduced a famous variant of the Trolley Problem called the Loop case. After doing so many of his colleagues considered the Loop case to be an absolute counter to the Doctrine of Double Effect. In Whitley R. P. Kaufman’s paper‚ “The Doctrine of Double Effect and the Trolley Problem”‚ Kaufman tries to argue against this widely accepted view by a variety of different means throughout the paper. These means
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Katie Rush July 6th‚ 2010 Intro to Philosophy The Strange Case of the Speluncean Explorers This prompt poses many moral questions. My immediate‚ intuitive response was that the four defendants were guilty of the crime of Roger Whetmore’s murderer. If you look at the question as simply and literally‚ “Did they willfully take the life of another?‚” the only possible answer is yes. However‚ the circumstances surrounding this problem were extreme‚ and that forces one to consider other factors
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you know you will miss your flight because of it? The ‘Trolley’ Trolley Scenario 1 A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track by a mad philosopher. Fortunately‚ you can flip a switch which will lead the trolley down a different track. Unfortunately‚ there is a single person tied to that track. Should you flip the switch? Why? Trolley Scenario 2 As before‚ a trolley is hurtling down a track towards five people. You are on
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we discussed was that at the store enterance‚ there are too few shopping baskets‚ and any available trolleys are of the wrong type. The store has problems with persuading shoppers to return them to the trolley park at the main entrance of the store. We had quite a debate on this issue as Zara and Ahmed had quite strong ideas. Ahmed had the idea of nectar points and that every time you put your trolley back you will get points on your card. And in the end you can trade your points for a item sold in
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Requirement definition 1.0. Introduction For this project‚ the aim was to research different geared trolley cranes and come up with a brief outline/ design which would meet some specific design limitations. The trolley crane that we had to come up with was meant to be designed to lift and carry a load of 1.5 tonnes along I-beam of 4 metres long. The research that we did was mainly on existing trolley cranes and the configurations of these cranes which allowed us to familiarize ourselves with what
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What other areas of our infrastructure could benefit from ‘smart’ technologies? Describe one example not listed in the case. One example that could benefit from smart technologies similar to the proposed electric grids is monitoring water usage in homes and businesses. Smart technologies could allow water utilities and consumers to • Monitor water flows much like electric usage • Turn off lawn sprinklers during the heat of the day or based on predetermined schedules • Use monitors in lawns
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The second and most popular thought experiment is the runaway trolley. This experiment differentiates right from wrong. It has two different familiar variations. A runaway trolley car is going down the track. There are five people on its track who can be killed. There is only one option to save these five people but it may kill only one person. A spectator may have to press the switch which will change the direction of trolley to another track where it goes toward one person. In this experiment
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Systemization of the Trolley Problem‚ they offer many other variants to the fat man being “But this time a heavy stone is located behind the man on the side track. The man on the side track is not heavy enough to stop the trolley. The stone will block the trolley if you turn the switch. But the man in front of the stone will die.” (Bruers and Brackman 254) By implementing the stone into the situation the survey actually showed that the percentage of people switching the trolley increased up to 75%
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