...The idea of saving endangered species of animals is discussed time and time again in the media and environmental politics. There are countless organizations that work to protect certain species from going extinct. Except perhaps by extremists on online forums, the general population of Earth tends to agree that there are species of animals worth saving from extinction. The topic is virtually indisputable. However, what may be debatable is the reasoning behind the environmental cause. On many organizations’ websites, their reasons stated for attempting to save endangered species include medicinal, research, and economical benefits. While these are incredibly important, these justifiers are also taking the animal away from the issue. The issue now is about humans and how we suffer from a species dying out, when the foundation of the matter should be the wellbeing of the animals and the ecosystems to which they belong and contribute. The idea of human responsibility is the understanding of obligation a human should feel toward a cause or situation, recognizing the impact humans as a whole have had on the issue. In terms of animal extinction, human responsibility is present in the consciousness that the issue stems from destruction by humans. Therefore, humans are responsible for repairing the damage and protecting the victims. It is understandable to mention the human benefits of protecting biodiversity in attempt to appeal to a wider public and get a bigger reaction. Humans...
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...their own set of animal instincts and are sometimes considered wild animals, the owner(s) of a violent dog should be held legally responsible for their dog’s violent actions. The history of pit bulls is a very two sided topic. Some say in the past pit...
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...Keeping exotic animals as pets is a bad idea, that would have a negative effect on a person's safety and responsibility. However, there are some individuals that may argue and say that wild animals as pets is not a threat to society at all. But the thought of owning a dangerous animal that is meant to survive in the wild not in captivity, is gnarly. For opener, in the article titled “Do You Really Want A Baby Tiger?” written by Mia Lewis, states how “Owning a wild animal is arguably cruel to the animal in a way that owning a domestic animal isn't.” Or in other words, not only does owning a wild animal harm your safety, it also harms the animal. These animals are not meant to be raised inside. They are strong and aggressive and most importantly WILD. “They are wild animals with wild animal instincts, even when born in captivity.” Do you really want to risk your life owning an exotic animal, knowing that when it grows up it can be a threat, it can injure you, attack you, spread diseases?...
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...affected the planet which is and has caused a climate change on earth. Natural disasters have increased due to the climate change. Christian’s responsibility for creation is to restore its landscape, agriculture, animal life, and human livelihood. Christians have a responsibility to preserve creation by recycling, proper disposal of hazardous waste, and create protection agencies for wild life. Christians have a responsibility to take care of creation, restore, preserve, and protect creation in all aspects which God has commanded man to do. God’s involvement in creation is understood for Christians in the Bible starting at Genesis 1. The Bible shows at the beginning God’s hand is expressed in all aspects of creation. The first day of creation God made space, time, earth, and light. On the second day, God created the atmosphere of the earth which then making it possible for life on earth. The third day, God made dry land and called it “earth.” God names the water “sea.” God also created the vegetation, plants that produced seeds for reproduction, fruit with seeds in the fruit, and trees. The fourth day, God created the Sun, moon, and stars. The purpose was to be able to tell signs, seasons, days and years. The fifth day, God created the Sea and flying animals on earth also including dinosaurs. The Sixth day, God created the all forms of land animals and man. God created man...
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...One day I will become a professional veterinary in large animal .In order to be prepare in this career, it is important for me to know the job responsibilities, the education requirement that are needed to become a veterinary, the median salary and similar career. It is important for me become a veterinary because I like animal since I was a kid. I like to help and take care of animals. This is a career that I will enjoy every day of my life. I will work hard for fulfill my dream. Veterinarians are professionals that has a numerous responsibilities with animal. One of their major responsibility is to provide care and treatment to patient. They are responsible for the medical and surgical treatment of animals, including zoo, farm...
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...“The Possession Of Knowledge Carries An Ethical Responsibility.” Evaluate This Claim. –Seo Yeon Choi- Theory of Knowledge Essay Topic: “The Possession of Knowledge Carries an Ethical Responsibility” Evaluate The Claim. School: Auckland International College School Number: 001495 Candidate Name: Seo Yeon Choi Candidate Number: 001495-010 Session: May 2013 Teacher: Beate Wiebel Word Count: 1480 “The Possession Of Knowledge Carries An Ethical Responsibility.” Evaluate This Claim. –Seo Yeon Choi- After reading the claim, „The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility‟, I first thought what does „ethical responsibility‟ means. Considering that ethics is the study that debates what is right or wrong and thus govern one‟s behaviour1, I have decided that „ethical responsibility‟ is the obligation of a person in making moral choices which lead to a better society. For example, if one person saw a hit-and-run case and the victim is shouting for help, then that person has the ethical responsibility to rescue that person. I, also, once experienced a dilemma whether to bear an ethical responsibility or not. I saw a person beating a dog, but even though I had that knowledge, I did not call out for help or call the police. As one of a wide array of people who ignored the „ethical responsibility‟ even though one carried the knowledge at that particular period of time, I sometimes admired, but did not fully understand those who chose to help others or make better...
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...Personal Responsibility. (2011, Apr 20). US Fed News Service, Including US State News. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/862577526?accountid=35812 In this article the writer focused on personal responsibility and how it relates in the military, and how your actions can not only affect us but our families or the people around us. I can relate so much to this article and what the writer says about “No matter what choice we make whether it be a good or a bad we need to learn from it and take responsibility for our part”. For example when it got close to me getting out of the Marine Core I didn’t take full advantage of the class’s the military offers for Marines when they get out. Theses classes could have helped me get into a job as soon as I got out, so that my family wouldn’t suffer a financial hardship. Now because of my bad decision not only did my life style have to dramatically change so did my families. As hard as it was for myself and my family we pulled together and made it through the tough times. Because I learned from my bad decision I now help out fellow Marines who are talking about getting out, I let them know to take full advantage of class’s the military offers and to try and start saving a little money so when you get out you have a cushion. The writer also talked about when he observed something as simple as appearance or cutting someone off who has had way too much to drink. This also falls under personal responsibility, because not speaking...
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...Introduction The Body Shop is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world and a global manufacturer as well as retailer of naturally inspired. It has 2,400 stores which are located in 61 countries all around the world. The registered name of The Body Shop is called The Body Shop International plc and it’s headquarter is placed in Littlehampton, West Sussex, England. The Body Shop is well known for its cosmetic products such as Body Butter, Peppermint Foot Lotion and Hemp which are manufactured by natural ingredients. The Body Shop instituted pioneering social responsibilities and ethical stances as their key branding strategy which emphasized on “Natural” and “Environmentally Friendly”. For example all their ingredients used to produce their products are not tested on animals; they give monetary donations to the communities and they had business partnership with developing countries, compared to its products. From the view on the history of Body Shop, Anita Roddick and her husband Gordon Roddick were enthused to company a beauty products store after seeing a store called ‘The Body Shop’ in Berkeley, California during their visit to United States in 1970. The shop sold cosmetics products ranging from shampoos, lotions, and body creams in small plastic containers. On the 27 March 1976, Anita and Gordon opened a copycat version at 22 Kensington Gardens, Brighton, England, also calling their new store “The Body Shop”. Besides, they also copied the green color scheme as well...
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...Abigail's opinion, animals can bring a certain support that human companionship cannot. Owning a pet can benefit one's health because pets provide physical, mental, and emotional support. The physical support that a pet can provide can not be overstated. One example of this support is the great assistance that service animals give to their owners. Service animals help to guide and assist...
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...dangerous or exotic animals as pets these animals are not fit to be held in proper “domestic areas”; they are also classified by many sources as a threat to Public Safety as well as being “dangerous” as stated by the prompt. These animals are also grossly “expensive”, time-consuming, and carry large responsibilities. We cannot allow these pets to be introduced to our society, for the good of the pets, and the welfare of our nation. Furthermore we cannot allow these dangerous exotic pets into our society because of the notion that they are dangerous. The article “Do You Really Want a Baby Tiger?” states that When these exotic animals grow up, that “an adult animal is also likely to be aggressive and have more difficult behaviors then a baby tiger.” This article also states, that quote they are wild animals with wild animal instincts, even when born in captivity.” We cannot have American cities and suburbs teaming with wild animals. These exotic and dangerous animals...
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...agree with that stance towards the animals we have in our homes. For me, treating a pet like a family member is a good lesson in responsibility. In addition, this attitude makes the animals we possess feel happier, and guarantees their being satisfied with our care. We should treat pets like members of our families, because the animals that we take care of give us lessons in responsibility. One knows (YOU KNOW) that there is somebody but himself (APART FROM YOURSELF) to look after. Thus we learn how to look after our future families. In addition, pets teach us qualities like patience and understanding. People should consider his pet (THEIR PETS AS) a family member, as the animal they possess (OWN) will feel happier this way. Pets like cats and dogs are aware of the attitude their master has towards them. They feel better when they are paid more attention. Plus, (IN ADDITION) when you think of your cat as of some (ONE) of your relatives you will never dare to torture it. Pets should be granted (PAID THE ATTENTION) with the attention that we bestow to our families, and thus their health will be benefited (BENEFIT). One (YOU) will never dare to leave his (YOUR) dog hungry if he accepts it as a part of the home. Many people ignore the animals they have at home. However, pets need care, nutrition, and attention. I think that it is not right to buy a living being that will depend on you, and make it suffer because of your lack of responsibility. The people that I know think...
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...operated, developed. The downside of being an ephemeral entity is that all the responsibilities of a corporation are assigned by law and directly linked to the main purpose of its mere existence. To generate profits in order to generate more profits in the future. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines responsible as “able to answer for one’s conduct and obligations and able to choose for oneself between right and wrong” (Merriam-Wbester Inc.). In this essay we are going to identify in what ways a corporation may realize its responsibility and how in practice some of these responsibilities are fulfilled. In his work on corporate social responsibility John Campbell discusses several dimensions of how it is possible to measure (social) responsibility of a corporation. Among them are mentioned the following levels: “how the corporation treats its employees with respect to wages, benefits, and levels of workplace safety; how it treats customers with respect to product quality, truth in advertising, and pricing; how ihow the corporation treats its employees, how it treats customers, how it treats its suppliers, how it treats the government, how it treats the community (p. 5). It possible to distribute these levels into two groups. Responsibilities towards employees, customers, and government are in reality obligations embodied in the law and imposed on firms. Would a corporation be committed to these responsibilities if they were not enforceable? Wages to its employees, employment benefits...
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...treat animals with respect. The current process for slaughtering chickens is: the live chicken is picked up and hung upside down on hooks, they are then shocked in water that has electricity running through it (which does not always kill the chicken) and finally their throats are cut. McDonald's is currently working with their animal welfare board to find a more humane way of slaughter called controlled atmospheric killing (CAK) (Garber, 2005). The CAK method puts the bird to sleep painlessly with the use of a gas, which would eliminate a lot of the suffering that is endured during the traditional slaughtering process. Another action McDonald's is taking to promote the better treatment of animals is by asking hen farmers to stop the process of debeaking and molting hens. Debeaking is a common practice as it prevents the birds which are confined to tight cages with several other birds, from killing each other. The process is extremely inhumane, leaving the hens beakless. McDonald's has also got it's suppliers to stop molting hens, this process is carried out when the hen is at the end of their egg producing life. At this point the hens are starved, which makes them produce even more eggs. This process is inhumane as it can result in the death of the hen. Although this is only a small step in the right direction with respect to the issue of animal welfare, McDonald's is moving toward a more humane treatment of food animals. The theory of rights (more specifically animal rights)...
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...UGB247- Responsible Business Report on Corporate Responsibility ‘Fashion Retailing in Europe’ Laura Wallace: 1083579942 Module Leader/ Tutor: Mark Winter 15th May 2015 Word Count: 3,296 1 Contents 1.0 What is Corporate Responsibility? Page 3 2.0 Key Issues of Corporate Responsibility Page 3 2.1 Issues Relating to Outsourcing Page 4 and 5 2.2 Child Labour Page 5 and 6 2.3 The Use of Animal Fur and Environmental Issues Page 6 and 7 3.0 Best Practice Within the Sector Page 7 3.1 Primark, Compensation and Utilitarianism Page 7 and 8 3.2 H&M, Child Labour and Deontology Page 8 3.3 M&S and Virtue Theory Page 8 and 9 4.0 Recommendations Page 9 4.1 Responsibility Auditing Page 9 4.2 Education Page 9 and 10 4.3 Making a Stand Against Animal Fur Page 10 5.0 Conclusion Page 10 6.0 References Page 11 and 12 7.0 Appendices Page 13, 14, 15 and 16 2 1.0 What is Corporate Responsibility? Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is “about businesses and other organizations going beyond the legal obligations to manage the impact they have on the environment and society.” (Lea, 2002) In recent years, the fashion retailing sector in Europe has gained a lot of media interest over its irresponsibility to society and its employees. Some companies which have been under scrutiny around this issue include: Primark, Zara and H&M as well as many other brands which are increasingly popular...
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...Ethical Responsibilities in Business It was stated earlier in this essay that businesses have the moral responsibility towards the future of the human race but we believe that businesses are not allowed to own life regarding the creation of clones and owning set clones equal to owning equipment or machinery. As discussed in class Mill stated that humans have intellectual pleasures and we are the only species to have these intellectual pleasures. Mills stated that most people believe that it is better to be an unhappy human than a happy pig. A human can think, debate, and understand the world around him. ‘It is better to be human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied;better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides’(Ethical Theory). By creating a clone you are creating another human being who has all the capabilities of learning and has the ability to understand its surroundings. If you treat a clone as simply a catchy of resources to save others, or as means to an end, it is just morally and ethically wrong. Although cloning and owning human life is considered immoral, the owning and cloning of animal life is a different topic. We believe that animal’s lives are allowed to be owned by businesses and aloud to be tested on only if the business focuses on the moral responsibility of helping...
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