Business Ethics Term Paper 1.) (Strategic)Philanthropy can be defined as giving back to the community (FERRELL‚ 2011‚ p. 94). Certain companies that profit from society feel a moral obligation to give back to the people. I believe giving back in the long term is a great idea for business. If done correctly it can be a great marketing tool. Strategic Philanthropy is a more defined giving back to society. It is mutually beneficial to the organization and stakeholders (FERRELL‚ 2011‚ pp. 118-119)
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Utilitarianism has its strengths. Firstly‚ the utilitarian philosophy recognizes that we all like pleasure and dislike pain. This has also become the basis of moral and political life. That is‚ maximizing utility is a principle not only for individuals but also for legislators. In deciding what laws or policies to enact‚ a government should do whatever will maximize the happiness of as a whole. Secondly‚ Utilitarianism is probably the most defensible approach in emergency situations. For example
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Aristotle Aristotle claimed that he did not understand Plato’s concept of "participation." (When a philosopher claims "not to understand" something‚ it means that he is pushing for a better account of it‚ that he is not at all satisfied so far. Aristotle probably understood Plato as well as anybody ever has.) Aristotle’s objection was‚ essentially‚ that Plato had failed to explain the relationship between the Forms and particular things‚ and that the word "participation" was no more than "a
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Aristotle’s Virtue theory is based on Teleology and the Golden Mean. He says that to be virtuous that we need to act with excellence. He believed that everything on this earth has its own virtue‚ meaning that if it performs the way it’s supposed to by its nature then it is virtuous. He asserted that every event had four causes or four factors that work on it and to bring it into being; 1) Material Cause- the “stuff the thing is made of. 2) Efficient Cause- the force that has brought it into being
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Aquinas came up with five demonstrations for the existence of God and is known as the ‘five ways’. The five ways are: argument for an unmoved mover‚ argument for an uncaused causer‚ argument from contingency‚ argument from gradation and argument from teleology. It is the first three that support the cosmological argument to explain the existence of God. Aquinas believed that the universe is God’s creation and therefore the evidence we need to prove God’s existence can be found in the creation using intellect
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theory that took Charles Darwin’s idea of natural selection and subjected it on people. It proposes that for people to survive in their environment they have to evolve. Herbert Spencer was a huge believer of Social Darwinism and also believed in teleology‚ which ranks people from best to worst (Ormsbee). He believed in the “survival of the fittest” and inferior people (poor and dark-skinned people) should be taken out (Ormsbee). This type of thinking is what caused racial tension between white and
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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Submitted To: Shahbaz Sir Submitted By: Saad Jamil Roll No: 32258 Semester: 3rd (Section B) Topic: Final Exam Paper Subject: Business communication QNO 1: Discuss in detail the concepts and problems of communication? Answer: Communication: The phenomenon of Communication is concerned with transfer of message. The message should reach the Decoder in order to gain
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Great Philosopher: Aristotle Great Philosopher: Aristotle Marissa Stauffer Alvernia University Great Philosopher: Aristotle Marissa Stauffer Alvernia University Philosophy 105(Tuesday‚ Thursday) Professor Davidson December 4‚ 2012 Philosophy 105(Tuesday‚ Thursday) Professor Davidson December 4‚ 2012 Aristotle the Great Philosopher Aristotle was one of the most profound philosophers of all time. He was a pupil of Plato; he adapted many of Plato’s concepts into his own.
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1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each decision that Elaine has made. a. 1st decision Graphic‚ Inc. loan of $10 million. Graphco was a tobacco firm embroiled in litigation concerning the promotion of its products to children. Elaine based her decision by Moral Philosophies which refers to the specific principals or rules that people use to decide what is right or wrong (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ Ferrell‚ Ninth Edition Business Ethics‚ p 153). The advantage to this decision is she did
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The story of psychology. New York‚ NY: Anchor Books. Kreis‚ S.‚ (2004). Plato‚ The Allegory of the Cave. The History Guide. Retrieved 4/14/13 from http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html Rychlak‚ J. F. (1998). Is there an unrecognized teleology in Hume ’s analysis of causation?. Journal Of Theoretical And Philosophical Psychology‚ 18(1)‚ 52-60.
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