It’s easy to blame individuals for engaging in illegal or unethical activities by assuming bad behaviour is an inherent personality trait. "Only shady people do shady things‚" right? We assume the CFO who reports false financial data and the hedge fund manager who commits insider trading do so because they are inherently "bad people." The maxim of individual responsibility is comforting because it implies that‚ to eradicate criminal or unethical behaviour‚ all we need to do is identify and weed
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Journal of Applied Psychology 2010‚ Vol. 95‚ No. 1‚ 1–31 © 2010 American Psychological Association 0021-9010/10/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0017103 Bad Apples‚ Bad Cases‚ and Bad Barrels: Meta-Analytic Evidence About Sources of Unethical Decisions at Work Jennifer J. Kish-Gephart‚ David A. Harrison‚ and Linda Klebe Trevino ˜ Pennsylvania State University‚ University Park Campus As corporate scandals proliferate‚ practitioners and researchers alike need a cumulative‚ quantitative understanding of the antecedents
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The article‚ Ban Fighting in Hockey discusses the dangers of fighting in the game of hockey. Author Charlie Gillis is arguing the fact that the old saying says‚ “Hockey needs fighting” should be reconsidered. This journal coming out shortly after the death of rookie senior hockey player‚ Donald Sanderson‚ caused the uproar against violence from Gillis. His argument was up against great odds‚ because when Colin Campbell (who is the director of hockey operations) brought the topic of harsher punishments
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Wildfires have been raging through California for only a couple of days now. Firefighters started fighting the numerous wildfires on October 7th‚ now they face a new‚ and overwhelming challenge on Wednesday. The winds have started to strengthen and expected to develop more‚ causing a threat to spread wildfires. The wind gusts are predicted to surpass more than 40 mph‚ even at 12-13 mph cause embers to fly. The wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings causing thousands of people to evacuate
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Barbie: A Bad Role Model The Barbie has been the effigy perfection since 1956 when she was first introduced to the public. The Slumber Party edition Barbie that would be a life sized 6’ ‚ released in 1965‚ came with a scale permanently marked at 110 lbs and a dieting book that said “don’t eat”. Not exactly the role model any parent would like their kids to have[pathos]. Barbie is not a good influence on young children because she shows an unrealistic body image‚ is portrayed as an airhead‚
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addition to fighting with guns and a myriad of other weapons‚ Napoleon and Illya primarily use hand-to-hand combat against their opponents stemming from traditional boxing and Judo. The primary goal for their methods of fighting is to subdue their opponents instead of causing serious injury or death. When death does occur‚ it is usually in the form of self-defense‚ necessity‚ or the opponent is killed by an error in their own weapons‚ such as poison or killer bees. Napoleon’s and Illya’s fighting style
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Snapchat has become a real craze lately in society. Research has been done that nearly 77 percent of U.S. college students use Snapchat every day. Some researchers go as far as saying that “Snapchat is bad for children’s mental health.” Many people say that it has affected us negatively and positively. One of the positive sides of Snapchat is that it is used to keep in touch with friends and allows you to see each other instead of just sending messages. If your friend lives far away from you it
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Students have debated the topic of school uniforms for years. Many people believe the benefits of uniforms do not outweigh the bad. However‚ credible sources such as the Washington Post and CNN state uniforms are very beneficial. Uniforms keep the focus on learning at school. School uniforms are also found to lower the chances of bullying while at the same time being cost effective. If more schools were to adopt uniforms for their students‚ then students would not have such a negative view on uniform
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The fireman’s line of work isn’t safe and they need to know when their equipment is needed. According to the book‚ “The Essentials of Fire Fighting”‚ “When at any emergency scene‚ firefighters must wear protective clothing and equipment for that incident.”(Goodson 167). There are many different types of scenarios where protective equipment is needed. First is the response to a structure fire
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Every Life 1 Every Life Is Worth Fighting For Every Life 2 Every Life Is Worth Fighting For Everyday‚ we as a society fight for our rights. We defend them passionately. There are so many instances in which one cannot fight for their own rights. Partial-birth abortion is a silent killer of those individuals that cannot fight for themselves. Partial-birth abortion is when a doctor delivers a baby foot first; until the entire body except the head is outside the mother. The he punctures the
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