As a dedicated and focused NCO with over ten years of experience as a CBRN Specialist‚ I understand the enormous expectations of becoming a Warrant Officer and commit myself to surpassing those expectations. As a leader I strive to set the standard with the highest level of conduct and the utmost level of performance in my duties‚ setting the example for those I lead by creating and delivering solutions that exceed the Army’s standards. I will always take care of those I lead and create an environment
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The ethical dilemmas of salesmen After reading the book Good Faith and watching the movie Glengarry Glen Ross‚ I was able to analyze the actions of the characters and identify their views on ethical behavior. Both the book and the movie concentrate on salesmen of the real estate companies. The common goal that all salesmen aim for is to become successful by getting high profits from selling different properties. Behaviors such as lying‚ disobeying the law‚ or stealing are seen as unethical in
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Glengarry Glen Ross – The Pitfalls of Capitalism Adam Smith states in his article‚ The Wealth of the Nations‚ that humans naturally act with self-interest. This was certainly the case with the characters in the film Glengarry Glenn Ross. As demonstrated in the film‚ individualistic attitudes do not always create the well-oiled‚ cooperative‚ capitalistic machine described by Smith. In addition to acting completely in self-interest‚ the characters were possessed with what Alexis De Tocqueville calls
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What the Waters Revealed by Jim Wallis January 6‚ 2012 ENG/215 Dr. Sophie Hsia What the Water’s Revealed by Jim Wallis What the Water’s Revealed‚ an essay by Jim Wallis‚ argues that the silent story of poverty in America was brought to light in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He also covers issues such as the war in Iraq and government spending that came under fire as a result of the storm. These were all issues that were slowly brewing prior to Katrina‚ but came to
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The Austin Glen formation‚ which may be found at the Johnson Iorio Memorial Park‚ encompasses an abundance of clastic sedimentary rocks. More specifically‚ thin black shale and thick graywacke compose this formation. The thin black shale may be described as fine grained and its color derives from lack of oxidation. This indicates the rock formed in deep ocean conditions. The shale layers are thin‚ and are approximately two to three centimeters wide. On the other hand‚ the graywacke shale‚ which
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Truly Ross? The Modern Glengarry Glen Ross : A Normative Critique. Glengarry Glen Ross is a play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical‚ illegal acts—from lies and flattery to bribery‚ threats‚ intimidation and burglary—to sell undesirable real estate to unwitting prospective buyers. It is based on Mamet ’s earlier workings in a similar
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Glen Ballard was born and raised in Natchez‚ Mississippi in 1953. Ballard started working with music by playing piano‚ followed by guitar‚ in his early years. He started writing songs at ten years old and was in many local rock bands by the beginning of fifth grade. Soon after he graduated he joined Elton John’s organization in L.A. in which he had such success to get him a secured professional job as a songwriter at MCA Music Publishing. As his music taste is exceedingly diverse he has worked with
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After watching Glengarry Glen Ross I noticed that there seemed to be a similar message within Death of a Salesman. The broadest aspect being the negative effects of capitalism. Although represented in entirely different ways‚ the two stories both have the same underlying idea. It is clear that both stories show that capitalism renders the ability to not only be a moral person‚ but creates a void from having a family and relationships. In Death of a Salesman‚ Willy’s relationship with his family
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In 1991 March 3rd‚ Rodney Glen King lead police on a high speed chase through the city of Los Angeles. It all started when California highway patrol officer noticed King speeding in the freeway. King was intoxicated and also on probation‚ for this reason he did not pull over when the officer turn on his siren. Rodney was under the influence of PCP but was never prosecuted for it‚ because of the way the arrest occurred. Instead‚ this simple traffic violation lead to a high speed chase on the freeway
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STOCK WARRANTS INTRODUCTION A stock warrant gives the right but not the obligation to purchase the stock of a company at a specific price and date. Some of the characteristics are: Whenever such a warrant is exercised‚ the shares that fulfil the obligation are not received from another investor but directly from the company. Firms generally issue stock warrants for raising money through equity and is usually offered at a lower price in comparison to stock options. There is no lock-in period
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