corruption has declined in America as a result of awareness raising campaigns and the numerous anti-corruption laws. But none of those aforementioned statements would be true. Corruption is not the exception‚ but rather the rule in today’s business practices. In 2004‚ Daniel Kaufmann‚ a senior fellow at Brookings Institution and former director at the World Bank‚ calculated an index of "legally corrupt" manifestations which is defined as the extent of undue influence through political finance influencing
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For Profits: The Unethical Side of Micro-Lending The original principle of micro lending is to provide start-up or expansion business loans to people living in less advantaged or impoverished countries who are unable to apply for traditional loans due to lack of credit history and/or collateral. Micro-financing is a great tool to create venture capital for those who would have no other means to secure it. The primary goal of micro lending‚ as established by Muhammad Yunus‚ the godfather of microcredit
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Executive Summary This report challenges the question of whether pornography is morally ethical or unethical and how society views it today. There were three key ethical theories used to related and cross-examine to see and understand the different views of pornography and how each ethical theory provides a different reasoning behind it. Whether pornography is ethical or unethical in society‚ this research paper provides you with concrete examples of why our society feels the way they do about pornography
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Desdemona is trapped by societal boundaries and expectations of women in the Elizabethan Era‚ supposedly assuming the role of a dependent‚ innocent and honest wife. However‚ despite this expectation‚ Desdemona is rare in that she openly voices her opinions about her circumstances‚ being shown as a flawed character from Act I‚ Scene I; eloping secretly without her father’s knowledge. Desdemona’s flaws are apparent from her first presence in Othello‚ clearly overthrowing her prior image of perfection
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There are two main organizations that dedicate their company to protecting animals from wrongful treatment and abuse by the hands of humans. Those companies are‚ people for the ethical treatment of animals “PETA” and the American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals “ASPCA”. Peta’s main claim is that we are all animals and that we are all equal. They explain how people excuse their actions by stating that “Human beings have justified wars‚ slavery‚ sexual violence‚ and military conquests
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More significantly‚ they acknowledge the fact that it is wrong and unethical to use animals in the experiments if alternative methods of testing would provide equally compelling results. Scientists use animal experiments to test chemicals and medicines‚ as well as to study how animal and human bodies function (in health and
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intellectual theory‚ such as economy and simplicity‚ translate into a desirable rationality of social practice. That represents a Platonic rationalism of the most suspect kind”(Sunstein‚ 2004). Peter Singer‚ a wrold renowned animal rights activist travels to New York‚ and walks around 5th Avenue‚ which has high-end‚ boutique stores‚ for luxury shopping‚ and raises the question‚ is their something unethical about the way we spend our money? The argument being raised by Peter Singer is if ethics is
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Andrew Wakefield - Unethical Research Vanessa Terrazas RES351 December 7‚ 2011 Paul Worthey Andrew Wakefield - Unethical Research Ethics are custom to every day living. Recognizing ethics in his or her research is vital. “The goal of ethics in research is to ensure that no one is harmed or suffers adverse consequences from research activities” (Cooper & Schindler‚ 2011‚ Chapter 2‚ Ethics in Business Research). Andrew Wakefield‚ a British doctor‚ was accused of acting unethically during
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Labor Practices PHL/320 April 13‚ 2015 Aileen Smith Labor Practices The label or term sweatshop is commonly used when referring to a workshop or factory where the employees work for low wages‚ long hours‚ and usually under poor and dangerous conditions (Sweatshop‚ 2015). When researching the term “Sweatshop” I found that The United States Department of Labor classifies sweatshops as any organization that is in clear violation of two or more labor laws (2015). These laws consist of; working hours
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Animal testing has been a debate for 30 years as the practice raises ethical and moral questions. Each year‚ more than 100 million animals are killed in the United States ("Experiments on Animals: Overview”). Animal testing is the procedure where animals are used for testing of drugs‚ cosmetic‚ food‚ and chemical testing. It is done before human trials take place so that researchers and scientists can modify the product before asking human testers to try it. With the current technology‚ the debate
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