1. In the essay “Sweatshirts to Sweatshops‚” many of the universal intellectual standards are violated. To begin with‚ the speaker talks about the “little girl…working hour after hour…trying not to collapse from the heat…” and that violates the fairness of the argument. He is trying to manipulate the audience by appealing to their emotional side. This argument is not based in factual evidence‚ and therefore‚ could be dismissed by the audience. There may not be a little girl in this exact situation
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Part 1-Intellectual Standards 1. “According to Cromwell’s director of auxiliary services more that 90% of the logo merchandise is produced by Transterra Textiles…” -This example violates the Universal standards of Relevance and Significance. Why is the director of auxiliary services considered credible when speaking on the production of the school’s merchandise? Why is their opinion relevant? What significance does this fact have in the ultimate goal of changing the factory? To correct the problem
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Part I: Four Universal Intellectual Standard Errors and Corrections In the essay “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” pertaining Cromwell College sweatshirts‚ the information gathered was from Cromwell Clarion‚ the school paper. An “investigation” report was made by the WorldWeave Foundation (a nonprofit organization funded by American garment workers’ union). The first violation of the Universal Intellectual Standards is the accuracy. The statistics of how many minors and females for the company’s total
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Becoming a Fair-Minded Thinker Weak versus Strong Critical Thinking Critical thinking involves basic intellectual skills‚ but these skills can be used to serve two incompatible ends: self-centeredness or fair-mindedness. As we are learning the basic intellectual skills that critical thinking entails‚ we can begin to use those skills in a selfish or in a fair-minded way. For example‚ when students are taught how to recognize mistakes in reasoning (commonly called fallacies)‚ most students see
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Universal Accounting Standards Issue The internationalization of business activities has increased exponentially over the past 3 decades. Because the accounting standards and practices of different countries have developed in response to diverse environments‚ accounting has developed with strong national accents . As a result‚ multinationals with branches and investments in a wide array of countries find it difficult to achieve a consolidated financial report. Further‚ investors in these multinationals
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Nowadays‚ sweatshops are becoming more and more obvious all around the world‚ especially in the developing countries. In the article “Two cheers for sweatshops”‚ Nicholas D Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn note that sweatshops play an important role not only in people’s daily life but also in the national economy‚ even though there are some shortages of them. However‚ Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan give their idea in “Pennies an hour and no way up”‚ that the conditions of workers in sweatshops should be
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"Free Exchange for Mutual Benefit: Sweatshops and Maitland ’s "Classical Liberal Standard" " Thomas Carson ’s article criticize Ian Maitland ’s arguments in defense of sweatshops‚ based on Ian ’s view of "the Classical Liberal Standard" published in 1997‚ in the Brithish Academy of Managment Annual Conference Proceedings. Ian ’s central thesis‚ is a defence of the sweatshops in the poor countries in the third world‚ statinig that "A wage or labor practice is ethically acceptable if
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The intellectual standards of critical thinking are the ability to assess one’s own reasoning. To be good at assessment to take apart in thinking‚ examining and with respect to standard of quality. The following is the list for intellectual standards are clarity‚ relevance‚ logicalness‚ accuracy‚ depth‚ significance‚ precision‚ breadth‚ and fairness. The intellectual standards goal is for the goal is for these questions to become spontaneous in thinking that they form a natural part of our inner
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Awesome Student Professor English Date Earl Sweatshirt Earl Sweatshirt also known by his government name‚ Thebe Neruda Kgositsile was born on February 24‚ 1994. Earl Sweatshirt was born to Cheryl Harris‚ who is a law professor at University of California‚ Los Angeles‚ and Keorapetse Kgositsile‚ a South African poet and political activist. When Earl was about 6 years of age‚ his father decided to leave back to South Africa and left his family in Los Angeles. Earl grew up in the area of Los Angeles
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Background heading Sweatshops are a highly controversial aspect of the fashion industry. Large companies are operating them and making extremely large profits. Employees at sweatshops are forced into working shifts with exceptionally low pay and harsh conditions. Support Endless Greed Sweatshops are a direct product of a greedy society. Sweatshops are created by companies in foreign countries looking to pay less tax and less wages whilst making a large profit. Sweatshops are encouraging today’s society
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