history of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia‚ also known as FARC‚ I can understand Chiquita’s executives reasoning in making the decision to pay the paramilitary group. I agree with their decision to make the protection payments. What ethical principles support your opinion? One of the strongest principles is: Do no Harm. This means to prevent or minimize harm to the general public and to the stakeholders of the company. Chiquita’s managers took the threat from the paramilitary group
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accepting that sometimes knowledge is not procured by an active systematic process. There are several types of intuition – core intuitions‚ subject specific intuitions and social intuitions. While it might seem that intuition is only the spur of a moment phenomena‚ it is affected by our emotional‚ the conditioning we have receied‚ and prior experiences with the issue. We use intuition everyday‚ but at time it is possible that intuition cannot be sufficient to justify our knowledge (you have to reference
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TOK Essay – Final draft By: Sakshi Khanna 13B Word count: 1413 “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” – Christopher Hitchens. Do you agree? “Seeing is believing.” Evidence can clarify doubts in certain areas of knowledge and can bring about conclusions. These assertions and dismissals can be driven by emotion and bias‚ while some individuals prefer to choose reason and logic over emotion in coming to asserting something‚ that is‚ they tend to assert
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undergoing since the birth of mankind and yet the further we go the further away the end of the quest seems to be. Despite this‚ it has been theorized that man will eventually understand the universe through science and its relentless quest for knowledge. Not only has it been said that this is likely‚ but it has been said that this understanding lies mere decades away from the present. Is this possible‚ not only mere decades from the present‚ but is it possible‚ at all‚ to achieve an understanding
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The knowledge issue presented in this question promotes the examination of the relationship between knowledge and reason. The question being explored is if reason is the only basis upon which knowledge can be constructed. The term knowledge is broad‚ but under the perimeters of the knowledge issue‚ it means to have certainty on a certain topic. This knowledge refers to the creation of certainty about an ambiguous situation. It can be the product of critical thinking about any of the “ways of
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INTRODUCE OURSELVES… JENNICA: So our topic is morality and our knowledge issue is: “To what extent does reason and emotion determine what is or isn’t moral?” SO..to break the q’s down… CAMILLE: Reason: Reason is the power of the mind to think‚ understand‚ and form judgments logically. JENNICA: Emotion: Emotions provide us with energy in our search for knowledge‚ and sometimes act to justify our beliefs. Six primary emotions – happiness‚ sadness‚ fear‚ anger‚ surprise and disgust
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Feature article Knowledge management‚ librarians and information managers: fad or future? Brendan Loughridge Introduction This article considers some of the principles and practices commonly associated with ``knowledge management ’ ’ (KM) in so far as they seem to be of potential importance or relevance to library and information professionals. Competing claims and counterclaims about KM as expressed in a selection of recent professional and academic publications are reviewed‚ though a truly
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BACKGROUND 3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY 5 INFOSYS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 6 THE K SHOP 7 PROCESS DATABASE ASSISTANCE 8 PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE MAP 8 CATCH THEM YOUNG INITIATIVE 9 INFOSYS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 9 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND E BUSINESS 10 CONCLUSION 11 REFERENCES 12 INTRODUCTION This assignment is aiming to critically appraise the knowledge and knowledge management process and evaluate the importance of knowledge management in
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1. Ethical judgements limit the methods available in the production of knowledge in both the arts and the natural sciences. Discuss. a. What areas of knowledge & ways of knowing should be investigated? The arts‚ the natural sciences‚ ethics b. What’s the question getting at? The question is asking about the way in which ethical judgements can impinge on the way we both create (rather than interpret) the arts and the natural sciences. Basically‚ it’s leading students on to an exploration
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of knowledge. To what extent does the existence of different languages and the need for their translation create problems for the acquisition of knowledge? According to Sartre‚ words carry more power than we think and have the ability to betray their proper meanings. Words‚ or in a broader sense‚ language‚ is far more powerful than we give it credit for and is ambiguous in its nature to either be powerful in a good way or treacherous. When language is translated properly and knowledge is
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