Cultural Relativism or Ethical Imperialism? Dealing with Bribery Across Cultures by Niles C. Logue Professor of Economics and Business Gordon College 255 Grapevine Road / Wenham‚ MA 01984 niles.logue@gordon.edu 978-867-4735 Abstract: North American businesses seeking to participate in the global economy will quickly encounter conflicting cultural norms and values which complicate the normal rigors of competing in the marketplace. One of the more serious areas of cultural conflict for international
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by the magazine of the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) on 29th March‚ 2009. Here there is no identified author wrote the article but the article as what was mentioned in this context belongs to a magazine that handled an important topic that is an ethics as a part of everyday practice in child care. The author in the article showed and explained a social dilemma and showed it comprehensively‚ Besides‚ the author tried to reveal that ethics for any position should be applied and even
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William H. Shaw: Ethical Relativism Ethical relativism is a concept in which most simple minded individuals adhere to. According to definition in the chapter‚ ethical relativism is the normative theory that what is right is what the culture or individual says is right. Shaw argues that it is not very plausible to say that ethical relativism is determined by what a person thinks is right and wrong. He gives reason that it “collapses the distinction between thinking something is right and it’s actually
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Education Is the education a right or a privilege? In my opinion‚ education should be a right. Everyone needs to be educated. Education is needed for all kids. Kids need to stay away from bad things. They need to learn something so that they can have a future. I believe that everyone has the right to education. Everyone needs to be able to get into college or to get a job. People need to learn how to read. Reading is important for when people have to read directions or fill out an application. They
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Chantelle Gailushas Mr. Olson English II May 25‚ 2012 Privileges vs. Rights Throughout history‚ people have always wanted what they can’t have. Since the 1970’s‚ this is the attitude most Americans have taken with respect to underage drinking. It was at this time that many states changed the legal drinking age from 18 to 21. The theory behind this was‚ if you rise the drinking age‚ people will drink more responsibly‚ because with age comes responsibility. Unfortunately‚ the people who made
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Rachel G. English II- 4th hour September 2‚ 2013 Problem/Solution Essay Learning is a Privilege‚ Not a Right Nationalized tests are tests that students are forced to take at the end of every school year for the classes that are required to be passed in order to graduate high school. Failing a nationalized test will result in a student having to either take the same class the next year‚ or the student being held back and having to repeat the grade. Because these tests are such a huge deal‚ the
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case of relativism‚ we can simply say that your opinion is true and mine too and nothing being wrong with that. On the other hand‚ ethical absolutism tells us that there is an objective moral code and that certain of our actions as humans are necessarily right or wrong. What would happen if we say two contradictory statements can’t coexist as Aristotle demonstrated? Through the law of non-contradiction from Aristotle and ethical absolutism‚ I will argue against ethical relativism. In ethical absolutism
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Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma-Part II Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS-437V-O192 Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma-Part II Larry Schmidt‚ Registered Nurse (RN) ‚ Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN)‚ Masters of Science in Health Administration (MSA) is a veteran nurse with over 30 years of experience in health care. In addition to his impressive credentials‚ he is also the Central Valley Service Area Director of the Emergency Department at Kaiser Permanente. Larry
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Dr. Malesker is part of a critical care team where patients will present to the ICU with a critical illness. The situation is further complicated when the family members of the patient cannot decide what to do for the patient. The patients will present without previously informing their families about the kind of end-of-life care they want. This is where the case becomes an ethical issue‚ when the patient’s autonomy and ability to make their own decisions is compromised. With the differing opinions
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This detailed literature is about the ethical egoism‚ altruism and social contract which is summarizing the point of view on the moral psychology concerning the inherent selfishness and the upright personality of humans or selfless. Effectively‚ the psychological egoism is defined as a descriptive version of egoism where people are selfish and motivated by self-interest. Unlike psychological egoism‚ ethical egoism is a normative version of egoism which advocates the moral correctness that is good
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