CASE 01. ETHICAL DILEMMA A CHANGE OF DIRECTION FOR SOUTHERN X LTD John Kolikias‚ managing director of Southern X Ltd‚ fixed his gaze on the numbers on the screen. They were exciting. If correct‚ the innovation would be highly lucrative. The profits of their mobile phone subsidiary would literally explode. John sighed with relief. Southern X had been struggling for the last two years and its share price had plummeted by 40 percent. If the business didn’t turn around soon‚ a major restructuring would
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The Puritans and Cherokees: Shaping Today’s American Dream The Puritans during the 1600s wanted change‚ they wanted to leave the ways of the Old World and set sail to a land of new beginnings and new ideals. After years of corruption and impurities set forth by the church in England‚ the Puritans began a quest for their own manifest destiny and ventured across the Atlantic Ocean‚ and established themselves in Massachusetts. John Winthrop‚ lead these Puritans to the Americas and wrote a speech
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The Puritan worldview is that anything that is not God’s will is meaningless and everything that happens is God’s will. If something that you are doing doesn’t involve God‚ then it’s futile and there is no reason to be doing it. They also believe that hard work is very important and that everything should be plain and simple. Nothing fancy. The three authors we read from expressed their Puritan ideas by including God in their writings. Almost all of them use biblical allusions to help their audience
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Hira Abad 11 May 2009 Euthanasia-An Ethical Dilemma Death is nothing new‚ it has existed for thousands of years. Lately‚ we are forced to rethink the issue of death and we must decide what types of practices and behavior are ethical when someone is dying. One such practice-which has posed a moral and ethical dilemma for the society- is euthanasia. Euthanasia or "mercy killing" is the act of killing a person‚ who is ill and in great distress‚ without the hope of recovery in spite of
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Alexander Davis D40046543 Devry University 2/13/14 Hamlet’s Dilemma "The time is out of joint! O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right."-Hamlet William Shakespeare is one of the most influential writers of English literature and proves this with one of his most famous works‚ Hamlet. Hamlet is a play written in the early seventeenth century during the Elizabethan era. To the modern ear Shakespeare’s plays use language that may seem outdated or difficult
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Facts Lael Matthews takes one of managerial positions in the company . She faces the need to promote one of her subordinates . She has chosen the three potential candidates for the promotion . Liz is an African American ‚ who is a single mother and has a child . Liz is extremely energetic ‚ her performance can be called mediocre ‚ and she had some problems with managing her staff . Roy is a 57-year-old white ‚ who has spent the last 20 years with this company . He is not very energetic ‚ but he
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10. Concentration Camp10952You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don’t he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don’t have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?9. The AccidentAmbulanceYou are an emergency worker that has just been called to the scene of an accident. When you arrive you see that the car belongs
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proved the disability of human to move forward mentally‚ while the technological advances improve society. During the 16th and 17th centuries of America‚ there was a group of European people called “Puritan” settled in America‚ and established their New England colonies. The role of women in Puritan society were mothers‚ wives and farmers or gardeners. They considered inferior than men and had no saying in decision making. From this perspective of women is developed back in the 1600s and 1700s‚ but
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In this case John is seeking to have a lethal injection administered by his doctors in order to alleviate the pain he is suffering as a result of stomach cancer. John’s exact words to his doctors were‚ “put me out of my misery.” As we review this case it is important to understand that John is under great distress and great pain understandably speaking and although we respect and honor his decision there is an ethical dilemma to the lethal treatment he so desperately seeks. First‚ we must address
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Intercontinental Clothing Distributors has paid cash dividends every year since the company was founded in 1990. The dividends have steadily increased from $0.05 per share to the latest dividend declaration of $1.00 per share. The board of directors is eager to continue this trend despite the fact that earnings fell significantly during the recent quarter as a result of worsening economic conditions and increased competition. The chair of the board proposes a solution. She suggests a 5% stock dividend
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