Many developed countries are paying increasing attention to the needs of the disadvantaged. How far is this true in Singapore? * In May 2011‚ Prime Minister Mr Lee realized the government’s need to "lend a hand to those hurt by globalisation and technological changes that have‚ among other things‚ widened the gap between the rich and the poor" * The government is not only focusing on monetary assistance programmes‚ but also a sense of reassurance‚ concern and empathy. * Government also
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Code of Ethics “The American Cancer Society (ACS)‚ together with millions of supporters‚ saves lives and creates a world with less cancer and more birthdays by helping people stay well‚ helping people get well‚ by finding cures‚ and by fighting back” (ACS‚ 2012). The American Cancer Society’s headquarters are in Atlanta‚ GA and has 12 chartered divisions‚ more than 900 local offices nationwide‚ and a presence in more than 5‚100 communities (ACS‚ 2012). Code of ethics is defined as “A written
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could profitably sell a product that is non-excludable. However‚ recent research reveals that the free rider problem is an empirical question and that we should not take the answer for granted. Public goods may be privately supported through volunteerism‚ such as when people who attend a fireworks display voluntarily contribute enough to pay for the show. c. Uncertain. This statement is true if the road is not congested‚ but when there is heavy traffic‚ adding another vehicle can interfere with
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Citizenship for nurses Health professionals have obligations in regards of protection‚ promotion and optimization of health abilities to prevent from illness. It helps to guide in focusing the normal principals of care and justice and also motivates certain civic action. Social responsibility is “strongly linked to the values of professions in general and nursing in particular” and that “the underlying constructs of social responsibility‚ communication and teamwork are woven into the fabric of nursing
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Woolworths Limited (“Woolworths”) is a public company with product ranging from food‚ petrol‚ liquor‚ general merchandise‚ home improvement to hotels and gambling. Being a huge and diversified conglomerate‚ Woolworths is ranked the number 2 company in Australia. It owned one of the Australian largest chains of supermarket retail. Since its inception in 1924‚ Woolworths currently has 3‚182 stores across all its brands and serving averagely 21 million customers every week. Woolworths undertakes corporate
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Virtue Ethics Humans are constantly faced with moral problems and all problems are different‚ but many should be solved using virtuous ethics when dealing with life. Virtue ethics emphasizes the role of character and moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty‚ which is called deontology‚ or acting in order to bring about good consequences‚ which is called utilitarianism. The issue is not primarily whether an intention is right‚ nor whether one is following the correct rule. Virtue ethics
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Two girls walk into their local Café Coffee Day outlet. One goes to the counter and purchases two cappuccino coffees and some other pastries. The other sits at the table and opens her Sony Vaio Laptop. Within few seconds‚ she connects to the internet using Airtel’s data card. Once on the net‚ the girl “Google’s” name of the band that played the soundtrack of the English movie she saw yesterday. The number of websites comes up with advertisements. One of the advertisements was for the soundtracks
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Assessing Workplace Violence Risk Factors in the Hospitality Industry In “What’s Growing in the Corporate Culture”‚ Mattman (2001) discussed the steps a company needs to take in order to set up an effective workplace violence prevention program. This process involves classifying various risk factors‚ reviewing the existing policies in place‚ and establishing a way to collect pertinent‚ unbiased data. In this paper‚ I will summarize Mattman’s key points and gear the discussion more directly towards
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The Grapes of Wrath: Connections to the Great Depression The decaying state of the American economy and the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s brought about the necessity for the United States to reconsider its attitudes and examine the long term effects of its policies concerning wide-scale socioeconomic problems that were constantly growing bigger. The Great Depression led to the creation of many new and innovative government policies and programs‚ along with revisions to older economic
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The Women’s Rights Movement The beginning of the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. The reform evolved in the 19th century emphasized a large spectrum of goals before focusing on securing the franchise for women. Women’s rights movements are concerned with making political‚ social and economic status of women equal to men and establish safeguards against discrimination. Just like any movement there were enemies‚ but in this case the enemy
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