...around who judge them because of their ethnicity. The story is not told in the traditional format of a continuous story divided into chapters, but rather Cisneros uses forty-four vignettes to allow for the reader to fully understand why Esperanza has the struggles that she has. Along with Cisneros’ illustrating Esperanza’s looking for her identity through images of Esperanza’s thoughts and female obedience, symbolism of violence, legs, the Statue for Liberty, and Nenny, and diction of Spanish words, not using quotation marks, and a maturing tone, she also uses these them to permeate Esperanza’s desperation to leave Mango Street throughout the whole novel. Cisneros’ use of vignettes highlights important moments in Esperanza’s life that emphasize how she develops over the course of a year. Cisneros uses the brevity of the vignettes to enhance the imagery to give the most vivid image through her limited amount of words for each of the forty-four vignettes. Not writing in these vignettes would have allowed her to portray more lengthy and not as focused images to her readers with more words over longer chapters. Because each chapter is very succinct, it provides readers with short and brief images that reflect the initial thoughts in Esperanza’s mind. As the story prolongs through the novel, the vignettes become...
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...Event Paper One – Painting ARTS 1301.002 Nathaniel Moore February 16, 2015 On February 10, 2015 I went to the Dallas Museum of Art and looked through several galleries of paintings and other artwork. I was intrigued by the Between Action and the Uknown the Art of Kazou Shiraga and Sadamasa Montonaga exhibit. Several of the works that stood out to me used a variety of color and evoked feelings of sadness. In this paper I will analyze the feelings created by Kazou Shiraga in Difficult Voyage. The intense texture, use of contrasting colors, and the subject matter of a sinking ship culminates in feelings of sadness and despair while looking at Difficult Voyage. At the Dallas Museum of Art I saw Difficult Voyage by Kazou Shiraga and the painting really stuck with me. The painting tells a story through time about an accident on a ship. In the painting there are three recreations of the same ship in various states of being. The first ship towards the top is light and floating through the water normally with a relaxed passenger appearing safe and innocent. The second ship is on brighter as it is on fire and the passenger onboard is no longer calm but is working to stop the fire from sinking the ship. The third ship is partially submerged and the passenger is now dead and whiter than a ghost but the ship is covered in red. The painting has a very rough texture to it that alters how the light hits separate parts of the painting causing them...
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...Studies Abroad India 1. Tripp Alker H, in his book on Road Traffic and its Control, examined the traffic problem and relation of Road to Rail. Sea and Air Transport and Science of Traffic Control to reduce accidents and smooth running of the traffic. Research Methodology 2. Lowe has done a study on the development of transportation system in Japan. He has dealt with the transport and communication system during the Tokugawa Era (1600-1686) and has described the process of the development certain features which ultimately helped the establishment of modern transport in Japan. 3. A study made by the Ministry of Transport, Scottish Development Department highlighted that the free flow of traffic at reasonable speed requires planned improvement of urban road systems. The study also suggested constructing secondary means of access to enable goods and service vehicles to load and unload at the stops. 4. Locklin concentrated on the study of rail-road systems. He opined that the Government ownership of transport system facilitates the planning and execution of transport system very effectively and the Government, in one way or the other is capable of providing necessary capital. 5. Sharp C.N. in his work on Transport Economics, examined the studies undertaken in the field of transport system of U.K. and studied a number of basic problems like transport economics, transport investment, transport pricing and reduction in accident rate. 6. Payne, tracing the history of...
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...Academy of Management Journal 2013, Vol. 56, No. 4, 1002–1023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.0960 POWER, MORAL CLARITY, AND PUNISHMENT IN THE WORKPLACE SCOTT S. WILTERMUTH University of Southern California FRANCIS J. FLYNN Stanford University We propose that power increases how severely people punish transgressors. Further, we argue that this greater severity stems from an increased sense of moral clarity instilled by the psychological experience of power. We investigate the linkages among power, moral clarity, and punishment across multiple studies. Individuals with an increased sense of power advocated more severe punishments for transgressors than did those with a diminished sense of power. Further, moral clarity mediated the link between power and severity of punishment. We discuss the implications of these findings for managers in organizations and researchers interested in punitive reactions to moral transgressions. Ethical standards of professional conduct often are implicit or tacitly held (Flynn & Wiltermuth, 2010; Haidt, 2001; Turiel, 2002), making it difficult for members of organizations to know which types of behavior are permissible and which are not (Treviño, 1986). Although many employees can and do seek guidance on moral matters from colleagues (Treviño, 1990), the advice they receive often varies according to whom they ask. Coworkers can send mixed signals about what constitutes morally appropriate behavior. Indeed, the viewpoints expressed by top...
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...Literature Review Sample (note: this is taken from a complete paper and is an excerpt) This present study uses the research conducted by Conroy and Emerson (2004) as a model for investigation. Conroy and Emerson used surveys to elicit ordered responses regarding the acceptability of particular vignettes. These vignettes have been used by other researchers and were based largely on works by Longnecker et. al. (1989), Clark (1996), Fritzsche and Becker, (1982), and Harris (1991). Many studies evaluate the ethical attitudes of females versus males. Most of these studies, more than two thirds, report a significant gender effect. Interestingly, in every case, female participants were reported as being more ethical than males (Albaum and Peterson, 2006). Borkowski and Ugras (1998) completed a meta-analysis of 47 studies and concluded that female students exhibit “stronger ethical attitudes” than men. Beltramini, Peterson, and Kozmetsky (1984) determined that there was a “consistent tendency for the females in the sample to express more concern than the males in the sample, regardless of the issue” (p. 199). Peterson et al. (1991) replicated their previous study and corroborated the earlier findings and suggested that there was a “heightened level of concern” among college students with respect for ethical issues. Not all researchers agree that women in general have a higher ethical attitude than men. Some researchers concluded that men and women make ethical decisions...
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...ADMS 3660R 2016 Final Take-home Exam Due 9 April 2016 Please read the following hypothetical scenario and the follow the instructions below. Scenario TideeKleen Waste Management Inc. (TK) has been regarded as a leader in corporate citizenship within the Canadian commercial waste recycling and disposal sector, with a strong reputation for social and environmental responsibility. The company’s workers are unionized, well-paid, and enjoy a generous health benefits package and defined-benefit pension plan. Unfortunately, TK has been in a financial and reputational slump of late. Although there are no foreseeable threats to its solvency, TK’s profit margins are thinner than in the past and its stock price has been sagging. TK operates several facilities for sorting and processing solid waste (some of which, such as fluorescent tubes and electronic devices, containing potential hazardous components). Its newer facilities are state-of-the-art: high-tech, largely automated, and very safe for both workers and the environment. These new facilities employ a small, mostly young and highly skilled work force. They are very profitable. The older facilities are approaching the end of their functional lifespans, and the company will need to replace their capacity in order to continue to fulfill their contracts with waste generators. Many of the workers at the older facilities are themselves older and are approaching retirement. One of the older facilities, though complying with...
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...everyday decisions. Key to ethical decision making throughout the organization is providing a written code of ethics for your business. By having a written code of ethics the importance and value of knowing right from wrong behavior is emphasized. This provides an atmosphere where moral values and principles are a priority. Instead of having employees unsure about making decisions, these written ethical principles deliver guidelines to maintain consistent and appropriate decisions. Having a code sets the tone and drives expectation for its use. It makes it clear that your company wants you to make the ethical choice, and they will support and defend you when you do. Another key to ethical decision making is training. This integrates the ethics code into the workplace. “These should be embedded as part of the culture in the organization” (Abdullah, 2013). Providing employees with tools for critical thinking and good decision making empowers employees from the very start. Training creates recognition for ethical issues and provides guidance for finding and making an ethical choice. It prepares employees for forward thinking to handle unanticipated situations and face new problems. It reinforces the significance of every employee’s responsibility to uphold the company’s principles. It gives the employee a chance to ask questions and have full understanding of the ethics code. It can be provided through a number of methods to meet varied learning styles. For example, visual learners...
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...Chapter 5 Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in the Information Age Teaching Objectives Students should be able to answer the following questions: 1. What ethical, social, and political issues are raised by information systems? 2. Are there specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide decisions about ethical dilemmas? 3. Why does contemporary information technology pose challenges to the protection for individual privacy and intellectual property? 4. How have information systems affected everyday life? 5. How can organizations develop corporate policies for ethical conduct? Key Terms The following alphabetical list identifies the key terms discussed in this chapter. The page number for each key term is provided. |Accountability, 154 |Intellectual property, 164 | |Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), 176 |Liability, 154 | |Computer abuse, 173 |Non-obvious relationship awareness (NORA), 153 | |Computer crime, 173 |Opt-in, 161 | |Computer vision syndrome (CVS), 177 |Opt-out, 161 | |Cookie, 160 ...
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...Chapter 5 Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in the Information Age Teaching Objectives Students should be able to answer the following questions: 1. What ethical, social, and political issues are raised by information systems? 2. Are there specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide decisions about ethical dilemmas? 3. Why does contemporary information technology pose challenges to the protection for individual privacy and intellectual property? 4. How have information systems affected everyday life? 5. How can organizations develop corporate policies for ethical conduct? Key Terms The following alphabetical list identifies the key terms discussed in this chapter. The page number for each key term is provided. |Accountability, 154 |Intellectual property, 164 | |Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), 176 |Liability, 154 | |Computer abuse, 173 |Non-obvious relationship awareness (NORA), 153 | |Computer crime, 173 |Opt-in, 161 | |Computer vision syndrome (CVS), 177 |Opt-out, 161 | |Cookie, 160 ...
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...Chapter 2 Deciding What’s Right: A Prescriptive Approach Contents: (Please note: the Instructor Guide for every chapter will follow this structure.) 1. Chapter Outline 2. Teaching Notes 3. In-Class Exercises 4. Homework Assignments 5. Additional Resources Chapter Outline I. Introduction II. Ethical Dilemmas A. The Layoff III. Prescriptive Approaches to Ethical Decision Making in Business A. Focus on Consequences (Consequentialist Theories) B. Focus on Duties, Obligations, and Principles (Deontological Theories) C. Focus on Integrity (Virtue Ethics) IV. Eight Steps to Sound Ethical Decision Making in Business A. Step One: Gather the Facts B. Step Two: Define the Ethical Issues C. Step Three: Identify the Affected Parties (the Stakeholders) D. Step Four: Identify the Consequences E. Step Five: Identify the Obligations F. Step Six: Consider Your Character and Integrity G. Step Seven: Think Creatively about Potential Actions H. Step Eight: Check Your Gut V. Practical Preventive Medicine A. Doing Your Homework B. When You’re Asked to Make a Snap Decision VI. Conclusion VII. Discussion Questions VIII. Exercise: Clarifying Your Values IX. Case: Pinto Fires Teaching Notes – Discussion Questions 1. If you had to choose just one of the philosophical approaches discussed in this chapter to guide...
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...Chapter 5 Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in the Information Age Teaching Objectives Students should be able to answer the following questions: 1. What ethical, social, and political issues are raised by information systems? 2. Are there specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide decisions about ethical dilemmas? 3. Why does contemporary information technology pose challenges to the protection for individual privacy and intellectual property? 4. How have information systems affected everyday life? 5. How can organizations develop corporate policies for ethical conduct? Key Terms The following alphabetical list identifies the key terms discussed in this chapter. The page number for each key term is provided. |Accountability, 154 |Intellectual property, 164 | |Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), 176 |Liability, 154 | |Computer abuse, 173 |Non-obvious relationship awareness (NORA), 153 | |Computer crime, 173 |Opt-in, 161 | |Computer vision syndrome (CVS), 177 |Opt-out, 161 | |Cookie, 160 ...
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...Ethical Vignette Paper 1 Liberty University Abstract As a Professional Counselor in the United States of America there are regulations in each state regarding being a mandated reporter. For instance, duty to warn, duty to report and learning when to breach confidentiality will be discussed in this paper. This particular paper summarizes the video, Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals, Vol. 1: Confidentiality, Privilege, Reporting and Duty to Warn (2008), ACA Code of Ethics (2005) and Virginia Board of Counseling state board rules/regulations that applies to confidentiality, privilege, reporting and duty to warn. As future Licensed Professional Counselor, a demonstration of how the state of Virginia Board of Counseling’s board rules/regulations will be applied to my future practices as a professional counselor. After reviewing the video there are legalities and clinical judgment’s a Licensed Professional Counselor must be aware of when rendering services in the mental health field (www.psychotherapy.net). Psychotherapy.net (2008) video discussed different steps were discussed such as duty to report, confidentiality, and privilege to discuss a client’s information. As mandated reporters, health care providers and mental health providers must report all forms of child and elderly abuse. The video presentation provided a case in which a child was brought into the emergency room by his foster mother and he had quarter-size bruises on his arms, the...
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...Case Study 2 – Does This Milkshake Taste Funny? Clinton E Harris Texas A&M University – Commerce February 15, 2014 Introduction George Stein is a college student hired by Eastern Diary. Without any training, George was immediately assigned to the night shift who operated without supervision. The night shift was led by another laborer named Paul Burnham who was given the production orders by the plant supervisor as he was leaving for the day. The night crew was given two objectives, to complete the assigned production runs and clean the machinery before the night shift was over. Stein’s dilemma began when contaminated milkshake mix was clogging the filtration system of the equipment. Burnham instructed Stein, after several attempts to clear the clogging, to remove the filters altogether to ensure the batch completed before the end of the shift. Removal of the filters meant that the maggots that were contaminating the mix would be allowed to flow into the customer’s end product. There are several key management deficiencies that led to the dilemma faced by Stein and the night crew. First, Burnham’s decision making process and the lack of quality standards are indications that the company’s cultural climate is not focused on producing a quality dairy product. Second, the absence of a formal leadership structure allowed a young crew of unsupervised workers to waste company time and resources which resulted in a poor decision to meet the expectation of completing the...
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...Demographics and Ethical Dilemma for Marketing Professional in a Connected and Diverse Society Jahangir M. Kabir Wilmington University What are the connections among demographics, marketing and ethics? Well, they are deep and potentially detrimental to society, if certain ethical standards are not met. According to Grewal and Levy (2011), firms use segmentation, targeting and positioning to develop marketing strategy and segments its customers in many ways and one of them is demographics (Grewal & Levy, p. 232). Demographic (age, gender, race, income, education etc.) segmentation puts consumers into groups according to easily measured objective characteristics such as age, gender, income and education (Grewal and Levy p. 232). Now lets look at some examples of the use of demographics to market products and services to consumers. I was never an Amazon fan until one day in 2011 I received an email with free Amazon Mom subscription for six months. I signed up immediately because it would make me eligible for free two-day shipping and 20% discount on diapers and baby formulas. Amazon targeted me solely because of my wife being nine months pregnant. Now, I am a loyal Amazon customer shopping for almost anything and everything. Grewal and Levy (2011) gives an excellent example of the use of gender as a marketing strategy to market products and service to men and women (p. 233). For example, TV viewing habits very significantly between men and women. Men tend to channel...
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...SALTER, STEPHEN B, GUFFEY, DARLY M, & MCMILLIAN, JEFFERY J JOURNAL OF BUSSINES ETHICS INTRODUCTION Many studies have noted differences in ethical judgments across individuals within organizations, industries, and countries. Such differences tend to become more pronounced and problematic when one enters the international arena, because members of different national cultures frequently apply different ethical standards and criteria This remains a vexing challenge for those engaged in international trade. This gave us the opportunity to observe cross-cultural differences firsthand, using our own students as subjects. Initially, our data originated as a class exercise intended simply to motivate discussion. As is customary in marketing and business ethics classes, students were asked to read a printed scenario, to rate the ethics of the actor in the scenario, and to discuss justify their evaluations. The discussions revealed the ethical criteria applied by the students and the importance weightings they placed on each criterion. It was our observation of the pronounced differences evident across national groups that sparked our investigation into the sources of these differences. This study was also motivated by our curiosity concerning whether U.K students ethical evaluations would be similar to those of their North American counterparts (by merit of being Anglophones) or similar to their French counterparts (by merit of being...
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