...Geoffrey M. Cox Macroethics. Personal Responsibility in an Age of Global Problems Review Assignment Make a summary of the author’s main contentions This study starts with the point of view that classic ethics are failing when they are confronted with many global problems. Compared to other periods of time, the world is able to connect nowadays. Because of the possibilities of the media, nearly ever person has qualitatively and quantitatively choices. The author emphasizes that we don’t choose to be global citizens; she claims that the world’s people are global citizens. People would choose the way of living with the media. The human nature is the basis for the philosophical morality. The concept of virtue, which was defined by Aristotle and other philosophers is basing on the philosophical morality. They underline that people fulfill their potential by using their intellect and will. „Excellent“ would not be given by nature, people have to put afford in work to achieve this status. Besides, other philosophers characterized mortality apart from particular human talents and functions. For examples Kant refers to rationality or Hume choose rationality as criterion. Other authors also claim natural right as the source of ethics. In all of these described concepts, ethics are based on essential human experience and our notions of ethical goodness are intrinsically bound up with our self-definition. At the macro level, ethics deduce from the essential nature like social...
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...Epidemiology of Influenza As we welcome the winter season every year, we also welcome the possibility of various communicable diseases that are prone to present during the winter season. Diseases such as pneumonia, measles, chickenpox, and influenza are some of the diseases that make their annual debut during the winter season. These diseases affect certain parts of the body in which compromise ones health in one way or the other. Influenza is a communicable infectious viral disease which has the potential to occur as a pandemic, epidemic, or outbreak. Each year the influenza vaccine is offered in order to prevent and/or lessen the effect of the disease. In this paper the communicable disease influenza and its effect of the body and environment will be discussed. Communicable diseases are diseases that can be spread from person to person. In order for communicable diseases to make an impact, transmission of the infection must be evident from person to person. When large populations are infected with a disease, whether it is communicable or non-communicable, and epidemiology comes into play. Smith and Maurer describe epidemiology as the study of communicable diseases affecting large groups of people or populations (2009). Prevention play a major role in regards to preventing and decreasing the transmission of communicable diseases. Communicable diseases have chains called the epidemiologic triangle. In order to interrupt transmission, the triangle must be broken at...
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...| A Drink of Water | Christopher J. Barrett | | SCI-275 | 3/24/2013 | | Sanitation and drinking-water are universally accepted as being essential for human life, dignity and human development (World Health Organization, 2012). Water is required for life to exist; it is the most basic of sustaining building blocks. Global access to clean (sanitary) and sustainable water supplies continues to be a challenge in an age of ever-increasing population and development. Despite the ongoing challenge, the scarcity of global water resources has only begun to be addressed by the United Nations and other not-for-profit charitable organizations. One of the most important recent milestones has been the recognition in July 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly of the human right to water and sanitation. The Assembly recognized the right of every human being to have access to sufficient water for personal and domestic uses (between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day), which must be safe, acceptable and affordable (water costs should not exceed 3 per cent of household income), and physically accessible (the water source has to be within 1,000 meters of the home and collection time should not exceed 30 minutes) (United Nations, 2013). UN system activities specially focus on the sustainable development of fragile and finite freshwater resources, which are under increasing stress from population growth, pollution and the demands of...
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...School INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MKT3IMK Subject Learning Guide Semester Three, 2015 La Trobe University Sydney Campus Lecturer: Dr Ian Benton Email: BENI@learning.auscampus.net Subject Details GENERAL DETAILS Subject Code: MKT3IMK Subject Title: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING Teaching Period: Semester 3 Location(s): Sydney Credit Points: 15 Mode: On Campus 3 Level: ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS Prerequisites: Co-requisites: Incompatibles: Assumed Skills & Knowledge: A sound understanding of basic marketing Special Study Requirements: N/A STAFF CONTACTS Role Campus Name Email Lecturer Sydney Dr Ian Benton BENI@learning.auscampus.net SUBJECT DESCRIPTION This subject focuses on the nature of the international marketplace and the problems and decisions facing managers of international marketing. It is comprehensive and practical covering marketing goods and services across national boundaries, as well as within different national markets. Major topic areas covered are the international marketing imperative, analysisof foreign environments, development of international marketing strategies and the implementation of marketing programs across different nations and within nations. SUBJECT INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (SILOS) Upon successful completion of this subject, you shouldbe: Aware of the different socio-cultural, economic, and geopolitical environments in which global marketing...
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...1. The advantages of CNS taking Breathe Right strips into international market are the demand for the product internationally, the interest in a product that is drug-free, and the interest of a new product. The Breathe Right strips have two main target groups, people who have sinus congestion problems and every athlete. These target groups are available all around the world and it creates demand for the product. The Breathe Right strips are very popular because there are no side effects and the medicine is not being digested. People are very conscious of what they are eating; they are always looking for home remedies to cure an illness. People are trying to stay away from medical drugs because while they may treat a certain illness, it comes with a good amount of side effects. The Breathe Right strips did not have any of these issues. Finally, whenever a new product that has such popularity from athletes and is a drug-free product, it will cause interest. People like to try new products. One major disadvantage of CNS taking Breathe Right strips into international market is the cost. When taking a product intro the international market, the characteristics of the target group vary. Every country has its own cultural values and beliefs. Standardizing the product will make the cost lower but the sales low as well, while localizing the product will have higher sales but the cost for it will be very high. When deciding to sell the product in each country, CNS has decide how...
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...Course Outline School of Business Program: International Business Management Option: Start Date: January 6, 2016 Total Hours: Hours/Week: 30 Total Weeks: Lecture: 3 TDMT 4322 Global Supply Chain Management End Date: 10 1 Lab: Prerequisites: TDMT 3301 Logistics1 2 March 4, 2016 Term/Level: Shop: 4A Course Credits: Seminar: 2 Other: Prerequisite for: TDMT4411 Industry Projects Course Description This course develops an understanding of relationship management within the global supply chain sectors. Topics are delivered based on international influences, value creation, aligning incentives, creating partnerships, sharing resources and finding mutual benefits within the supply chain. An emphasis will be based on building flexible and strategic partnerships and managing changes and shifts in strategies. These methods are aimed at driving supply chain profitability and competitive advantage. Students will do team based case studies relating to Supply Chain Management and 1 term team project and presentation. Evaluation Assignments Term Team Project Participation & Professionalism Mid Term Exam Final Exam TOTAL 20 15 10 25 30 100 % % % % % % Comments: A student must achieve 50% combined grade on the exam scores before the marks for the assignments will be incorporated into the calculation of the overall grade. Course Learning Outcomes/Competencies At the end of this course...
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...Trends in Nursing Prof. Sonya Blevins December 9, 2012 According to international journal of nursing the shortage is a global challenge, affecting every country in the world. However each country experiences it according to its own domestic issues. The purpose of this paper is to analyze three countries nursing population United States, Philippines and South Africa where nursing shortage has affected their health care quality. This article investigates the impact of the nursing shortage in three different countries United States with a rapid aging of its population which has an effect on the health care system, Philippines with the policy of exporting a massive of nurses oversees by the government which in return creates a vacuum in the country for skilled nurses, and South Africa where poor working condition, low wage and social unrest distress the health care system. By using literature as research tools to be able to describe what nursing shortage means for those countries and strategies that they use to address the situation. In United States the nursing shortage is more relate to an aging population. The professional issues in nursing (2009) state that between now and 2015, the population aged 85 years and older will increase by 40%. Therefore not only more nurses will be needed but also due to increase in technology the 21st century patients have shifted from acute illness to chronic illness such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease and live longer...
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...of Hepatitis B Andrea Elena Medina Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health Thursday, December 08, 2015 Benchmark Assignment: The Epidemiology of Hepatitis B A major global health issue impacting the international health community is Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is viral condition that injures the liver due to the attempt to eliminate the virus, leading to progressive liver disease and cirrhosis (Hepatitis B (HBV, Hep B), 2014). The incidence of cirrhosis developing in people with chronic HBV is 8-20% (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2013; European Association for the Study of the Liver, 2012); the annual incidence of HBV-related liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, is 2-5% of people with cirrhosis (EASL, 2012). A person infected with Hepatitis B can transmit the virus to another person who hasn’t been affected by Hepatitis B in several ways. People can become infected with the virus when they come into contact with contaminated blood, semen and when other body fluids mix with the uninfected person’s body fluids. Examples of transmission occur from sexual contact, blood transfusion before the year 1992, sharing of needles or syringes, and from mother to baby at birth. Hepatitis B can be an acute, or short-term, illness for some people but for others, it can often lead to a lifelong chronic infection. The risk for chronic infection is related to a person’s age at the time of infection: “Approximately 90% of infected infants...
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...Global Poverty 1) What exactly is the problem, and why do you believe this to be so important? State of being extremely poor People don't have enough food People are starving Illness No education allows for them to be stuck where there are and have a very difficult time getting out of it. They can not get jobs because no one wants to hire them 2) In what way is the problem a regional issue? (Is this problem unique to a part of the world or is it global?) This problem is global Half of the population is living in poverty More than 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day More than 1.3 billion people live on $1.25 a day 1 billion children worldwide live in poverty (one in two children) 22,000 children die each year as a result of poverty...
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...Written Assignment Unit 7 If the movement of people, food, and manufactured goods can have such a negative impact on public health, should steps be taken to reduce these flows? What other options are there for lowering the spread of global diseases? Trying to stop or roll back advance of globalization by reducing migration, tourism, commuting of people, decreasing delivery and availability of food and manufactured goods, governments and nations will not achieve good results in improvement of public health. Example from the learning material about the spread of the disease:" In 1996, a shipment of strawberries from Guatemala that was infected with cyclospora bacteria led to an outbreak of illness in the United States that sickened...
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...Infectious Disease What is the stake of the American People and the Government by International Agencies to control Infectious Disease in Developing Countries? More people are at risk of infectious diseases than at any other time on history. Infectious diseases are worldwide problem requiring worldwide attention. Infectious diseases can weaken the strength of a nation's resources. In developing nations this poses even a greater threat. Diseases are threatening the economic stability of many developing nations. 50,000 people die everyday from infectious disease. Rift Valley Fever infects both livestock and humans. Rift Valley Fever is most commonly found in regions of eastern and southern Africa. It also exists in Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa. The Bunyaviridae family includes the Rift Valley Fever disease. It is primarily spread from infected mosquitoes, who then infect animals. Generally they infect domestic animals, such as buffalo, cattle, sheep, camels and goats. Once the livestock are infected, other mosquitoes can spread the disease. It is also possible that the infection can be spread from other biting insects. The Rift Valley Fever outberak of 1997-1998 in eastern Africa killed both humans and livestock. It economically hurt trase in animals and the dairy indusrty.. the economy was crushed by trade imbargoes. Humans can get Rift Valley Fever in numerous ways. Humans can be infected from the mosquitoes or the bodily fluids of the infected animal...
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...International Financial Management BUS ADM 456-002 (finance majors only) Spring 2015 Dr. Yong-Cheol Kim ________________________________________________________________________________ Office: S430D, Phone: 414-229-4997, e-mail: ykim@uwm.edu, mailbox is in the fourth floor of the Lubar School of Business. Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 9:50-10:50 AM, or by appointment. Class: Monday and Wednesday, 2:00PM - 3:15PM, Lubar Hall N126 COURSE OVERVIEW The course consists of mostly lectures, quizzes and discussion of current materials. The international financial management extends the principles of corporate finance to the international and global context. Main objectives are: 1) to broaden our view and perspective on global businesses; 2) to understand the mechanics of foreign currencies; and 3) to study the implications of the existence of multiple currencies and the operations across borders of sovereign nation-states for multinational corporations. Main topics are exchange rates and parity conditions, measurement and management of foreign currency exposures. The most important materials for a good grade are class discussions and notes. Course Learning Objectives and Course Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of the course, the student will: 1. Be familiar with current global finance and exchange rates 2. Understand the implications of the change in the exchange rates for multinational corporations 3. Develop critical and...
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...BEL311 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES TERM PAPER ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: NOT JUST A LOSS OF MEMORY Prepared by: XXXXXXXXX (matric no.) XXXXXXXXX (matric no.) Group XXX Prepared for: XXXXXXXXXXXX Date of Submission: July 2011 Introduction Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative brain disease, is the most common cause of dementia. It currently afflicts about 4 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Furthermore, Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of mental impairment in elderly people and accounts for a large percentage of admissions to assisted living homes, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities. Psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, have been reported in a large proportion of patients with this disease. In fact, it is the presence of these psychotic symptoms can lead to early institutionalization (Bassiony, et al, 2000). Learning about Alzheimer’s disease and realizing that it is much more that just a loss of memory can benefit the families of those with the disorder as well as society as a whole. This paper is to look at the disorder, as well as to discuss the history, symptoms, diagnosis, current researches and hopes of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. History Around the turn of the century, two kinds of dementia were defined by Emil Kraepin: senile and presenile. The presenile form was described more in detail by Alois Alzheimer as a progressive deterioration...
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...Farrow Partnership is an international architectural firm located in Toronto, Canada that specializes in architecture, sustainability, brand building, and master planning and visioning. The firm’s main purpose is to “cause health by creating places where we thrive through a process of co-creation in order to expand possibilities” and they have developed a reputation for designing places where individuals can progress mentally, physically, culturally are economically. In the field of design, the term “health” typically conjures thoughts of hospitals and clinics even though “health is not a building typology”. Health is now a term that has transferred from the constricting realm of medicine to the realm of design that has a variety of aspects that affect us physically and...
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...Alzheimer’s Disease: Not Just Loss of Memory This is a 8 page, 10 resource paper discussing Alzheimer’s disease, discussing the history, symptoms, diagnosis and hopes for a cure of the disease. Alzheimer’s Disease: Not Just Loss of Memory Introduction Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative brain disease, is the most common cause of dementia. It currently afflicts about 4 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Furthermore, Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of mental impairment in elderly people and accounts for a large percentage of admissions to assisted living homes, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities. Psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, have been reported in a large proportion of patients with this disease. In fact, it is the presence of these psychotic symptoms can lead to early institutionalization (Bassiony, et all, 2000). Learning about Alzheimer’s disease and realizing that it is much more that just a loss of memory can benefit the families of those with the disorder as well as society as a whole. The purpose of this paper is to look at the disorder, as well as to discuss the history, symptoms, diagnosis and hopes of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. History Around the turn of the century, two kinds of dementia were defined by Emil Kraepin: senile and presenile. The presenile form was described more in detail by Alois Alzheimer as a progressive deterioration of...
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