people have different point of views. Some people are utilitarian‚ some are Kantian Deontologist‚ and some are Virtuous people. From my perspective‚ I am the kind of person who cannot decide which one best describes my thinking. Sometimes I could feel that I am a utilitarian‚ and sometime I can be all of them. Therefore‚ being utilitarian means that good or bad depends on the result of the action. On the one hand‚ being Kantian Deontologist means that good or bad is in the action‚ and a virtuous person
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Name MARAQITA JONES Course PSC 7110 Dr.James Kramer The Role of Privatization in Improvement of Productivity in Public Sector Abstract Privatization is the art of transferring asset ownership from public to private hands. The emphasis plies in the ownership of physical assets. It is generally a once-and-for-all sale of a state –owned asset‚ in this case the government always retains no governance control and no operational risk‚ though usually retains the regulatory control over the assets. The
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Privatization of Prisons Joseph Q. Kelley Strayer University Professor Dorothy Sliben LEG 499 August 12‚ 2010 Privatization of Prisons for Business Many feel that the line dividing the institution system and professional world should not be crossed. Privatization of prisons is a controversial topic for the business world. The advantages and disadvantages teeter on the scale of ethics. The temptation of financial gain has drawn the attention of many who seek to use the age old form of correctional
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Chapter 1‚ Introducing Business Ethichs What is business ethics? Business Ethics (BE) has been called an oxymoron. By an oxymoron‚ we mean the bringing together of two apparently contradictory concepts. The statement also suggests that there are not‚ or cannot be‚ ethics in business. However‚ there appears to be good reason to suggest that business ethics as a phenomenon‚ and as a subject‚ is not an oxymoron. Whilst there will be disagreements about what exactly constitutes “ethical” business
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case of Coca-Cola it might be that most of the village of Palchimada is working at that plant‚ hence this would affect the whole social environment in the village. On the other hand the villagers are also affected negatively as they are losing their water resources if Coca-Cola keeps operating. The second party at stake would be the suppliers of the company from boxes to ingredients and branding materials. Moreover‚ The shareholders of the company are affected as they would lose money‚ market share
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objective of this paper is to highlight the concept of affirmative action in the workplace‚ and explain why one person of gender or race would be hired over another more qualified for the position just to fulfill hiring requirements‚ while using Kantian and Utilitarian ethical theories to justify each side of the issue. Affirmative action policies can be described as any policies that attempt to actively dismantle institutionalized or informal cultural norms and systems of inscriptive group-based
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Group “A” Quick overview about Lebanon’s economy (slide 1) The 1975-90 Lebanese civil war seriously damaged Lebanon’s economic infrastructure‚ cut national output by half‚ and had major consequences for Lebanon’s position as a Middle Eastern entrepot and banking hub. After the war‚ the central government regained its ability to collect taxes and control over key port and government facilities. As a result‚ GDP per capita expanded 353% in the 1990s.[5] The Lebanese economy is a typical open
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Chapter 7 – Privatization of Space agencies Initially the space sector was in the hands of the government. But specific policies and behaviours were enforced by the government which made it impossible to accomplish certain space objectives. Thus private institutions came into being. Benefits of private space agencies were many. The new satellites built were light and the turnaround time was very less. It dealt with small satellite manufacture with frugal innovation. 7.1 SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies
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Historical Account of the Industry 1.1 When and how did it start in the Philippine Setting? The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) was created in 1974 as the authoritative national organization to coordinate and integrate all activities in water resources development and management. Its main objective is to achieve scientific and orderly development and management of all the water resources of the Philippines consistent with the principles of optimum usage‚ conservation and protection to meet
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Globalization‚ Privatization‚ and Militarization: Impacts on Criminal Justice INTRODUCTION Over the years‚ the criminal justice system has seen many changes. These changes have taken place due to the economy‚ social changes‚ environmental changes‚ and even cultural changes. Three items in particular that have affected the criminal justice system world-wide are globalization‚ privatization‚ and militarization. This paper will discuss the history of globalization‚ privatization‚ militarization
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