ILLUSTRATION BY AJAY MOHANTY Prisoner’s Dilemma Two men attempting a burglary with a weapon‚ A and B‚ are caught‚ with insufficient incriminating evidence for the burglary. They are questioned separately and not allowed to communicate. If both deny the burglary‚ they escape a 10-year sentence and will be imprisoned for two years for possession of a weapon. A is told separately that if B pleads guilty and A does not‚ B will get a reduced sentence of four years‚ while A will get 10. So A has an
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Introduction The importance of Internet is enormous and it is largely increasing. It connects people worldwide‚ and it provides possibilities that are impossible without it. This importance can be viewed in few aspects‚ most of all importance for the global economy. Considering this aspects it is of great value to make Internet accessible for all people. The difference in accessing the Internet between rich and poor countries‚ or the so called "digital divide" is stunningly large. Efforts to outcome
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Shayla Terrance Ethical Dilemma A.) Problem: You’re a fairly new staff member working in a Special Education‚ Special Day class (SDC) for Severely Emotionally Disturbed students (SED).A student arrives on campus that you haven’t seen in over a week and seems to be pacing around the courtyard and adamant that he doesn’t want to go to class. You approach him and chat with him about his odd behavior and he walks away. In working with these types of youth you let the student have his space
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The Odyssey in Relation to the Current Era Although the epic poem of the “Odyssey” by Homer was written long ago‚ its relevance to the current era is still significant‚ as the dilemmas of Odysseus directly mirror that of our own. While my present life does not share much correlation with the “Odyssey”‚ the forthcoming years of my life will mimic Odysseus’s as I attempt to make use out of my life as an anesthesiologist. Similar to Odysseus I will be confronted with many obstacles throughout my future
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worked with groups of young children by interviewing and researching their answers to questions. These questions arose from fictional scenarios of everyday problems to decipher a child’s moral reasoning (Kim‚ 2013). One of the most well-known moral dilemmas is “Heinz Steals the Drug”. In summary‚ children had to decide whether a man should break the law to save his wife or not. Kohlberg did not so much care about the answers to the questions‚ but rather the reasoning behind them. After completing a
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Grass DeVry University Grass The Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan ‚ is separated into three different sections Corn‚ Grass‚ and the Forest . I choose the Grass section honestly because I felt no one would pick it and because it was long and I wanted to be different . I did not think that this book was going to be all impressive . I don’t know if I was judging a book by it cover I am not sure but my thought process was how could be interesting about a book that had a chapters labeled
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The USA Patriot Act of 2001 is legislation that was sponsored by President Bush and his administration following September 11th. It is to allow increased responsibilities for the criminal justice system and other agencies. “The USA Patriot Act has ten sections or titles outlining new powers for government operations.” (White 2014 p. 393) “Title II‚ designed to improve surveillance. Grands authority to federal law enforcement agencies to intercept communications about terrorism‚ allows searches
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Examples of Ethical Dilemmas Accounting: Your supervisor enters your office and asks you for a check for $150.00 for expenses he tells you he incurred entertaining a client last night. He submits receipts from a restaurant and lounge. At lunch your supervisor’s girlfriend stops by to pick him up for lunch and you overhear her telling the receptionist what a great time she had at dinner and dancing with your supervisor the night before. What do you do? Bank Teller: You have worked as a bank teller
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ETHICAL DILEMNA’S IN THE PRIVATE SECURITY SECTOR I’ve been in the Private Security sector going on twenty three years and have held numerous positions throughout the organizations I’ve worked for. The two ethical instances that come immediately to the front of my mind have to deal with moral integrity. The first instance deals with leadership and “Doing the right thing” (Ethical Leadership) and the second one is “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” This first instance I know intimately because
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Straight into the beginning‚ Carr starts his article with a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey where Dave is trying to disconnect HAL‚ the space robot‚ from its artificial brain because of the mishaps HAL made. Carr uses this scene to connect to how he can feel that the internet is reprogramming his brain negatively to think differently than how it was before. He includes how he is struggling with the negative effects of technology that he developed like poor concentration. Carr mentions
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