...Sherlock Holmes Imagine having the choice of either putting guilty criminals in prison or let them go. This is a story of a difficult decision Sherlock Holmes had to make. In my opinion, Sherlock Holmes positively made the wrong decision. In the first place, James Ryder should not have listened to Catharine Cusack. Ryder needs to think for himself and if he does not, he will be in a hole of guiltiness. They stole a carbuncle, a blue jewel, from the Countess. Ryder fed the carbuncle to a goose with a black stripe down his back. Officer Turner thought it was the plumber that stole the carbuncle in the goose, when he said he was innocent because Ryder and Cusack blamed it on the plumber. In the second place, Ryder and Cusack have broken the...
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...Have you ever stolen anything? Come on, you know you have done it before! Well, I know for sure that I have stolen something and I received some big consequences for doing it. Sherlock Holmes is a detective and he is on a case about Ryder, a criminal, and Ms. Cusack, Ryder’s apprentice or if you will, companion, and they stole a Carbuncle. A Carbuncle is an expensive jewel that belonged to the Countess. Holmes eventually finds out who had stolen the jewel and stuffed it into a goose. I know right? A goose! Sherlock ends up letting Ryder and Cusack free. In my opinion, Sherlock Holmes positively made the wrong decision. One reason why I believe that Holmes did wrong was Ryder still tried to steal the Carbuncle...
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...Utilitarianism and Kant’s Categorical Imperative The issues of morality are most clearly expressed through examples of different methods of analyzing a situation. The case of Holmes, an officer in charge of a sinking ship, shows the striking differences between philosopher Immanuel Kant’s beliefs and those of the Utilitarians. After Holmes’ ship sinks, there are twenty passengers in a lifeboat that is only meant to hold fourteen people. There was no time to send out a signal for help before the ship sank, so no rescue is guaranteed and the nearest land is fifteen hundred miles away. Holmes decides to force the wounded passengers and those wearing life jackets off of the lifeboat and make his way to shore without them. This action can be described as either moral or immoral depending on the way morality is perceived. One perspective on morality is that of the Utilitarian view. Utilitarianism states that an act is morally right in proportion as it tends to secure the greatest utility, pleasure, or happiness for the greatest number; wrong as it tends to produce disutility, pain, or unhappiness. This means that what is morally right can be decided by what action will create the most pleasure for the most people. It can be said that Utilitarians “measure” each deciding factor to determine what is morally right, as if it were part of a mathematical formula. The values of different sources of pleasure and pain can be based on many considerations including: intensity, duration...
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...emotional for her. Carrie Buck is trying to protect her future children. Bias of State: What is the Bias The state had an extreme advantage over Carrie Buck, taking over her entire case. The Supreme Court case that she was put in front of consisted of people that firmly believed and advocated for eugenics. Two of them, William Howard Taft and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr wrote the introduction to a book that had a large section dedicated to eugenics (Wolfe, 2024). This displays the intense bias of these two believers of eugenics in this court case, which most likely greatly influenced the way this court case was decided. Personal Opinion:.. I strongly disagree with the ruling in this case. Carrie Buck should have the right to make decisions regarding her body and her future. If she was going to be sterilized, she should be able to make that decision herself, not have it stripped from her. Even if she was mentally deficient and there was a chance that this could be passed down to a child, it is not anyone’s right to make that decision, but her. I believe that the ruling in this case is unconstitutional. Carrie Buck did not deserve to be sterilized due to her “feeble-mindedness” that wasn’t adequately or thoroughly...
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...John Austin discusses positivism in his book “The Province of Jurisprudence Determined.” First, Austin defines natural law as physical laws such as gravity and, says the divine law is simply mortality. Positivism disagrees with nature law theory with morality’s role in our lives. A positivist believes laws already have morality embedded in them when legislators make them (Hart). Thus, all laws are moral for legislators made them. However, some laws do not have morality embedded in them. Austin calls the law “positive law”; these laws are part of our daily lives. These are the laws we follow every day. Austin also states laws are commands and if one was to not follow that command a political superior would place a sanction on them. According to a Austin, if someone broke a law and a superior placed no sanction a positivist would declare that the law not a law. In the case of morality, if the law is moral or not if people follow that law it is still a law. People follow the law because a judge enacts a sanction if the person does not follow the law. Sanctions lead people to follow laws if they are moral...
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...audit procedure. It can point out significant matters of the financial statements but does not provide assurance of their accuracy. A review service provides a moderate amount of assurance on the financial statements, and less evidence is necessary to support this level of assurance. Whereas audit provides a high level of assurance. 2. The Limitations of Management assertion of existence: First ZZZ Best auditor George Greenspan performed audit for 12 months ended April 30, 1986. According the case: He confirmed the existence of ZZZ Best major insurance contracts by contacting Tom Padgett. He not only confirmed their existence but also obtained and reviewed copies of all key documents regarding those jobs. However, Greenspan did not inspect any of the insurance restorations. As I understood from the case, If auditor satisfied that these jobs exist by different sources (existence according the paper documents) he is not required to conduct personal on-site inspection. Or if physical observation is not relevant or too costly auditors obtain the next best evidence available. This is the one of limitations of management assertion of existence The next auditor of ZZZ Best Larry Grey (Ernst and Whinney) besides getting evidence in paperwork, he conducted on-site inspection of one of the biggest restoration site contracts of ZZZ Best. But Ernst and Whinney didn’t corroborate the evidence of existence from all different sources (most reliable eternal evidence which is independent...
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...Legal Methods Outline How a Dispute Becomes a Case (16-29) I. Cases A. Procedural Posture: The movement of the case and the legal issues they hinge on. II. Reversing v. Overruling A. A court reverses the decision of a lower court in the same controversy. 1. Lower court is bound by precedent of higher courts – no exception. B. A court overrules itself - it disavows in a later, different case what it itself had ruled in a prior, different, but factually similar case. 1. Higher courts can overrule themselves – not bound by precedent. III. Res Judicata v. Stare Decisis A. Res Judicata – X may not ever again sue Y over this particular issue. 1. Res judicata - important in federal system of both state and federal courts because stops state court losing and then going to federal courts for the same issue. B. Stare Decisis – Requires following “the law,”/rule laid down by another case. 1. Appellate courts create stare decisis through opinions. 2. Law of the case – requires same defendant in every case. If the plaintiff wins, then those who come after can use it as well. A Case Timeline I. First Step - Is there a case? A. Is there a reasonable claim or cause of action? Is there a legal right for a remedy? – is this a question of “law”? – If no cause of action, then can’t be a case, but can be settled or just be dropped B. Can the individual prove by a preponderance...
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...The Effectiveness of Business Ethics in Education and Today’s Workplace October 13th, 2012 Introduction What do Bernard Madoff, Kenneth Lay and Rob Blagojevich all have in common? They all operated with no apparent ethical behavior even though each had received educational backgrounds in which ethical business practices were taught. As L. Zingales states, “While every firm can have its bad apples, when these apples are at the top, it suggests that a company has either a corrupt culture or a defective selection process, or both.” (Zingales, Jul 16, 2012). In Madoffs case, the Ponzi scheme had been going on since the early 1990’s (Morrissey, Aug 11, 2009). Under the direction of Kenneth Lay, Enron- once one of the largest companies in America- collapsed in bankruptcy and ruined the lives of thousands of people (McLean & Elkind, May 18, 2006). The Chicago Tribune reported that the Illinois House of Representatives was sending to the Illinois Senate a “13 point article of impeachment-a political form of indictment-alleging Blagojevich has abused the power if his office” (Pearson & Long, Jan 9, 2009). The purpose of this paper is to gauge the Effectiveness of Business Ethics in Education and Today’s Workplace. As business students they graduate from the university setting and enter the business environment they study the ethics in their workplace culture and often find that educational ethics training does not have any value in the work world. “Studies...
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...the transmission vehicle of the news may have evolved but the ethical issues are still the same; the quest for truth and justice. The word ‘ethics’ involves right and wrong; a moral dilemma requires critically thinking through the issue, formulating an answer which results in making an ethical decision. The decision involving an intellectual process through moral reasoning ensures everyone, as moral agents, are able to be guarded from the views of others in respect to the dilemma at hand (Day, 2000, p.63) In confronting an ethical issue, a knowledge and understanding of ethical theories allows us to navigate through these complex situations and, in the end, creates the ideal environment for “the greatest happiness for all humankind, and equality for all” (Open Polytechnic, 2007, p.9). What would the iconic ethical theorists such as Aristotle, Immanuel Kant and Stuart Mill think of the world of communications today? Media conglomerates control media content and distribution which lock in the extent of diverse views and information. To obtain truth “is essential to the democratic process” but is reliant on an informed audience (Day, 2000, p.80). The dominance of media corporations today fire bombardments of triviality and “deprive their audience of the intellectual nourishment necessary for rational decision making” leads to a loss in integrity towards the media. This loss of integrity is revealed by “manifestations of how truth is often vulnerable to the lure of commercial...
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... The hospital’s increase in Medicare and Medicaid generated less revenue than the previous private health insurance occupants. CEO, Mike Hammer realized the hospital was experiencing a constant loss and needed immediate long-term solutions. He knew if solutions were not found then the hospital would not survive and or appearance a loss in accreditation (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011, pp. 545-546). Under Hammer’s leadership, he felt that his team could increase revenues so that current services could expand and new services could be added in order to compete with the medical center (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011, p. 545-546). Mike Hammer experiences conflict several times when he proposed plans to control cost. Physicians were not interested and did not understand the factors that were involved with cost control. Due to his failed attempts to effectively control cost, Hammer hired a new hospital administrator, Marge Harding. New proposals and changes were initiated through Harding. Changes were implemented without employee involvement, without negotiation tactics, and without collaborative off-set or a back-up plan. Discuss the conflict management styles that are evident in the case. General Hospital experienced intrapersonal and intragroup conflict. Conflict took place when Hammer tried to propose plans to regulate cost. He believed the physician level of commitment was due to their professional principles and characteristics and not towards the best benefit of the hospital itself...
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...Media Bias in Reporting Social and Racial Injustices Nakia Dale DeVry University Media Bias in Reporting Social and Racial Injustices June 26, 2015, gay marriage was legalized in all 50 states on the weekend of the annual Pride weekend. There were celebrations everywhere. Celebrities, politicians, and every representative of the LGBTQ community was interviewed. The media covered the opinions of those who supported gay marriage, those that didn’t care about same sex marriages, and those who felt the world was coming to an end because of same sex marriages. There were experts on the new law providing their thoughts and theories on the subject. Rainbows were posted everywhere on social media, cars, and in communities. Pictures of same sex couples getting married were flashed across television screens, newspapers, and websites. Celebrating the beauty of marriage equality was high on many people’s lists, but in the midst of these celebrations, if you had been carefully following the news you were aware of several news stories that immediately stopped getting air time and were no longer considered newsworthy. As a viewer, you may have felt unsatisfied in the coverage of the other stories because the media left you dangling with no ending to the stories we were following. This is all too common when relying on the media for news coverage. Many viewers such as myself rely on the media to inform and educate the country on news that matters. When the same sex marriage topic garnered...
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...Answer to the question no-1(a). To know whether the combination of “whole of agreement clause” and “parole evidence rule” exclude the word-of-mouth bargain or not we have to know about these two particulars first. Whole of agreement clauses: Whole of agreement clauses often appear in contracts that are the subject of disputes. The clause’s exact terms & other proof may be critical to the court’s determination of its effect. Whole of agreement clauses state that the document as executed by the parties constitutes their “intact agreement”. It is general for business contracts consist of Entire Agreement Clauses (EAC) as part of the usual boilerplate clauses. Depending on the positions being adopted in a difference of opinion, parties may seek to enforce them or avoid them. An EAC may, depending on its wording, seek to: 1. confirmation the agreement of the parties that all the express terms are said in a document, thereby excluding other alleged express terms; i) prohibit a term that might otherwise be implied; ii) restrain (perhaps cease) a party from claiming that it was induced to enter the contract by some inaccurate representation of the other party; iii) specify that the parties need to deter courts from resort to "factual context" or "surrounding circumstances" when interpreting the contract; and/or 2. Nullify the effect of any earlier agreements or collateral contracts between the parties. An EAC may seek...
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...Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (#15 in our series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** *****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Release Date: March, 1999 [EBook #1661] [Most recently updated: November 29, 2002] Edition: 12 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII 2 *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES *** (Additional editing...
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...Fiction, Mystery & Detective Source: Wikisource 1 About Doyle: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. Conan was originally a given name, but Doyle used it as part of his surname in his later years. Source: Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Doyle: • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) • The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1923) • The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893) • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) • The Lost World (1912) • The Sign of the Four (1890) • His Last Bow (1917) • The Valley of Fear (1915) • The Disintegration Machine (1928) Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. Note: This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http://www.feedbooks.com Strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Part 1 Study in Scarlet 3 Chapter 1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was...
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...IS CAMPAIGN FINIANCE RESTRICTION FAIL OF RIGHTS? INTRODUCTION Campaign finance reform has not managed either to promote political equality or prevent corruption. Even worse, in order to enhance the relative voice of others, the government decides to set donation limitation—restrict the speech of some elements. It is nothing else but to sacrifice people’s right to pursue an alleged political equality and preventing corruption, thus, it raises an ethical problem that restriction on campaign finance is fail of right. When looking into literatures of campaign finance reform, the debate of rights often based on the free speech protected by the First Amendment. People neglected that the free express of political petition is also a basic right acknowledged by the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Thus, I will examine this argument in the article from a broad to narrow scope. This article will analyze the campaign finance regulation’s failure from a right perspective. The article will demonstrate that some moral theorists divide rights into positive and negative categories which create distinctive correlative duties. This article will argue that the present restriction is actually infringe people’s rights and goes against with Universal Declaration of Human rights and the First Amendment. Moreover, the compel disclosure of donor’s information violates people’ s right to privacy, thus, such an act by government may be over regulated. Part 1 of this article will introduce...
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