What is ethics and how should we approach it? Ethics is defined as moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. This definition on its own does not tell us much about what ethics really is. If you try asking people what they think ethics is‚ you would also get many different answers. Just as in our ethics classes where different scenarios were put forward and we were required to evaluate the situation and take a stand based on what we believed‚ there were always
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MODULE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Created by the Institute for Development Management‚ Botswana for the NGO Institute‚ STF. (Some materials in this module have been extracted from “A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge‚ 3rd. edition‚ 2004) What is a project? “A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.” The Three P’s [pic] Working definition of project management Project management is the application of knowledge‚ skills‚ tools‚ and techniques
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The social work profession emerged in the early nineteenth century as charitable organizations began employing trained workers rather than relying on volunteers. This was a century when disease‚ laziness‚ poverty and others were exposed as social evils that needed to be addressed. The movement to stamp out these social evils began with philanthropist women‚ joined later by charitable organizations and subsequently by the state or government itself (Gorsky‚ 1999). The philanthropic women who began
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What is sociology? We can start by saying that sociology is the systematic study of human society. Sociology should be more than you find in a good documentary on a social issue. It is certainly more than listings of facts and figures about society. Instead it becomes a form of consciousness a way of thinking‚ a critical way of seeing the social. Seeing the general in the particular. In his short book ‘Invitation to Sociology’(1963) characterized the sociological perspective as seeing the general
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information differently. They also have different views and opinions on how to become successful in life and in college. To me so far‚ the three most important must dos to be successful requires planning‚ effort‚ and execution. Having these three traits is what its all about on becoming successful in everything you do in life. The first step on becoming successful in college and in life is planning. Basically a strategic plan which is a road map for success. You should create a mission statement which
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Professionalism Professionalism is derived from the word (Professional) which can be defined as a set of knowledge‚ acts and behavior that meets a specific and usually high standard for a certain profession. That said we can say that professionalism is the criteria on which among fulfillment an individual can be called Professional. Based on this definition professionalism can be applied at a wide spectrum starting from relationships with your peers‚ at your job‚ playing baseball‚ or
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WHAT IS LAW? 20 MAY 2013 What is Law? Three simple letters. A word which very short. But still the whole world failed to find a universally accpetable definition for this word. Through out my life I have heard this short word several times. Around 8 years ago our nation welcomed a system of government called “Democracy.” With this “DEMOCRACY” everyone started talking about the freedom‚ freedom of expression‚ right to inform‚ human rights and many more. I was a little boy at that time who
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WHAT IS TEACHING? "I believe that the teacher ’s place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is not in the school to impose certain ideas or to form certain habits in the child‚ but is there as a member of the community to select the influences which shall affect the child and to assist him in properly responding to these influences." (Dewey‚ 1897) "Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It IS education. A teacher who is not
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What is Philosophy? While Philosophy has no clear cut definition‚ it can be described as the act of questioning ideas‚ thoughts‚ and beliefs to try to form answers supported by good reasoning. These answers are not always clearly supported by fact like scientific questions‚ but use logic to express what a person views as correct. Questions of a philosophical nature can be grouped into four main branches and use a method of arguments and logic to support a reasonable opinion or view. Four major
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because I really want to become a vet when I get older and I would need to do really well in science. Even though science isn’t exactly my best subject‚ I am willing to put in the hard work and determination so I may eventually get better and learn what I need to know. Science affects the world in many different ways. With the technologies that have been discovered we can now tell how warm or cold it will be for the next week‚ we will know when a tornado‚ hurricane‚ eruption or any other sorts
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