THE ETHICS OF PRICE GOUGING Matt Zwolinski Abstract: Price gouging occurs when‚ in the wake of an emergency‚ sellers of a certain necessary goods sharply raise their prices beyond the level needed to cover increased costs. Most people think that price gouging is immoral‚ and most states have laws rendering the practice a civil or criminal offense. The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the philosophic issues surrounding price gouging‚ and to argue that the common moral condemnation
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am goanna talk about fuel prices. The issue of fuel is very complex. First‚ what is fuel? It is material such as coal‚ gas‚ or oil that is burned to produce heat or power. And these 3 energies occupy the major parts of fuel use. In the past few years‚ fuel prices went up rapidly. Each country is very sensitive on the price. What causes fuel prices to rise and fall? For instance‚ let us have a look at oil. There are two main reasons - the cost of crude oil and the cost of refined petrol and diesel
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RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT INFORMATION 1. It is easy to understand why Mrs. Smith is always so busy between 5:45 and 7:45 in the evening. At about 5:45 she has to start cooking because Mr. Smith gets home from work at 6:30 and wants his dinner soon after he arrives. At the same time she has to keep an eye on her two sons to see that they do their homework. At 6:15 it is time for the baby to be fed‚ bathed‚ and then put to bed. The two boys have to be ready for bed at about 7:15‚ and if Mrs. Smith does
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What Is the Real Cost Of Employee Turnover The employee turnover rate and the retention of skilled employees is a major problem businesses face. "Conservative estimates put the cost of replacing a lost employee at 25 percent of the annual compensation amount. For the typical full time employee who earns $38‚481 and receives $50‚025 in total compensation‚ the total cost of turnover would amount to $12‚506 per employee." This being the case employee turnover is a major cost and can significantly
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000 8‚000 6‚000 4‚000 Selling Price $15.00 $18.00 $20.00 $22.00 Materials/unit $4.00 $5.00 $6.00 $7.00 DLH/unit 0.24 0.18 0.12 0.08 Total DHL 2‚400 1‚440 720 320 4880 Plant overhead $122‚000 D/L rate/hour $30 Youngstown has a traditional cost system. It calculates a plant-wide overhead rate by dividing total overhead costs by total direct labor hours. Assume‚ for the calculations below‚ that plant overhead is a committed (fixed) cost during the year‚ but that
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` Identify basic hazards and describe ways of reducing risks in care setting AO4 PART A Kitchen risks and how it can be reduced The kitchen is a very dangerous place when hazards are recognized‚ also care workers must make sure they keep children out of the kitchen in case they harm themselves. Cookers are very dangerous especially when they left turned on. Cookers must always be turned off when not in use. Cooking pans when in use should have their handles turned
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governments. However‚ in its more modern sense‚ revolution suggests dramatic episodes of political change‚ where a collective force recognizes the need for a change and is able to take action to create this in order to remove what they consider to be the impurities of the system‚ and replace it with what is presumed to be necessary. Revolutions can take many forms‚ varying between social and political‚ and violent and peaceful‚ yet while revolutions in this modern sense are deliberate acts‚ either violent
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on price. As a small agency‚ it is also probable that Colorscope could be more flexible in meeting specific demand and provide more tailored services to the few customers it served‚ compared to the large printers which would have a bigger and more bureaucratic organization. 3. What you have done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions
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Our text discusses the challenge relativism presents to various ethical and religious viewpoints. Consider a specific moral question which might make it difficult to accept the relativist’s response. State the moral issue involved‚ and provide an explanation as to why you think a relativist might have problem giving a justified response to it. Relativism presents challenges to various ethical‚ moral and religious viewpoints. It is tempting to be able to think “live and let live”. Personally
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