J.B. Priestley sets the play in a lavish and happy environment. Without Priestley even telling the audience that the play is set pre war it is obvious because of all the available luxuries and fineries such as ’champagne glasses’ and ’dessert plates’. The war caused great shortages in goods and food‚ which led to rationing. No one in 1945 (when the play was written) would have been able to create a luxuriant celebratory dinner. This cunning use of setting deliberately reminds the audience of some
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Unocol in Burma | 2.In your view‚ is Unocal morally responsible for the injuries inflicted on some of the Karen people ? Explain. In my opinion Unocal can be said to be morally responsible for the injuries created on some of the Karen people‚ but we should also look at the principles of ethical or moral that is not followed .In the book of ethics by Velasquez it is stated that (utilitarianism‚ rights‚ justice and care)‚ provide a systematic basis of moral standards that can be used to determine
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To what extent do you agree that personal weakness is to be blamed for what happens to the central character in novels? Discuss your views with reference to a novel or novels you have studied. At the start of the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini we view the events that create the story through the eyes of the main character‚ Amir‚ in a difficult political arena where the socio-economic conditions in Afghanistan demonstrate the disparity between the majority (Sunni Muslims) and the minority
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Describe how selection practices are related to other HR activities. Given all the weakness identified with unstructured interviews‚ why do they still remain so popular? What can employers do to improve the usefulness of job interviews? Illustrate your discussion with real life or hypothetical examples. The employee selection process is of the most important management functions in the area of Human Resource Management by selecting the right people for the right job available. The procedure includes
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The Power of Activism: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NGOS ON GLOBAL BUSINESS Debora L. Spar Lane T. La Mure n 1995‚ a group of Burmese and American graduate students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison created the Free Burma Coalition (FBC)‚ a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a diverse mix of high school‚ university‚ environmental‚ human rights‚ religious‚ labor‚ and grassroots organizations. Reacting to the Burmese military government’s atrocious human rights record and disdain
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Case Study Questions: 1. In a utilitarian and caring perspective UNOCAL was right in deciding to invest in the pipeline because with this project they employed an astounding 7‚551 Burmese citizens and continued with 587 more; these pipelines were carrying an enormous 500-600 million cubic feet of gas per day towards Thailand‚ this being done caused the economy to expand rapidly and it increased revenues. In the right and justice perspective UNOCAL was erroneous because they forced the pupils to
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The file PHI 445 Week 2 Quiz includes right solutions on the following questions: 1. Few businesses maintain that the socially responsible course to take is the utilitarian one with the lowest net costs. (Points : 1) 2. Utilitarianism is attractive to many because it matches the views we tend to hold when discussing governmental policies and public goods. (Points : 1) 3. Negative rights are defined entirely in terms of the duties others have not to interfere with you. (Points : 1) 4. Cost-benefit
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Describe the main principles of the two normative ethical theories of deontology and utilitarianism. Compare and contrast the two theories‚ bringing out any problems or limitations you see in each. INTRODUCTION:- Bioethicists ask these questions in the context of modern medicine and draw on a plurality of traditions‚ both secular and religious‚ to help society understand and keep pace with how advances in science and medical technology can change the way we experience the meaning of health
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A Case study On PepsiCo Burma connection Executive summary: The case mentions about how PepsiCo had to withdraw all its assets from Burma despite the fact that they were doing very well in this country. In July 1988‚ decline in economic conditions led to large-scale and bloody rioting in cities in Burma. In Sept 1988‚ the army under General U.Saw Maung replaced the Government with the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)‚ a group of military officers. In 1990‚ SLORC
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California‚ d/b/a/ UNOCAL (“Unocal”) responds to Plaintiffs’ allegations as follows. To the extent the allegations of the Amended Complaint are directed to Defendants other than Unocal‚ Unocal is without sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth of the averments and‚ therefore‚ denies them. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 1. Denied. The allegations of Paragraph 1 are legal conclusions to which no response is required. To the extent a response is required‚ Unocal denies the allegations
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