...September 26, 2010 Response Paper #1 – Utilitarianism Poor children of all color are being looked upon as hopeless. Teachers refuse to teach them because they see it as worthless. Within their schools, there is so much poverty that the schools lack the funds to make necessary improvements. The broken down schooling environment and a likely poor home situation are stopping these kids from having a good learning environment. A good education could make kids more well off, bettering their future and the future of their community. However; in order to supply students with a good education a lot of things need to be addressed. In order to give these kids a better education; there are many issues with public schooling that need fixing. Changes need to be made in the leadership roles at many schools and in many school districts. Teachers with experience educating in an urban environment with poverty stricken students, need to be found for these struggling school districts. On top of more-experienced teachers additional staff is necessary. Students in these poorer neighborhoods need mentors. Students need someone to help them learn, someone who can be there for them, someone to make sure their on task and have a drive for success. Drive, also very important; students need to be motivated, a drive should be instilled in them with a reward that could promise higher achievement. In Kalamazoo MI, a “promise” was set up to provide each Kalamazoo Public Schools graduate with the opportunity...
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...We should automate all the mills and factory that are government owned. INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a democratic republic with a parliamentary form of government. Bangladesh remains a developing country with poor infrastructure. Occupationally, 75 percent of the civilian labor force, which is currently estimated at 56 million, is directly or indirectly engaged in agriculture. Only 12 percent is engaged in industry. Unemployment is estimated at around 18.5 percent. In terms of age structure, it is more youthful than in the western countries. Heavy pressure of population on scarce land has no doubt created an extremely unfavorable land-man ratio. The GDP of Bangladesh is total $258.608 billion, Per Capital $1,572 (estimate 2010). Due to rapid growth of the population in the last few decades the Bangladeshi labor force has grown rapidly, as there were a large proportion of young people born in the 1960s and 1970s. According to the EIU Country Profile the Bangladeshi labor force almost doubled in a matter of a decade, growing from 30.9 million people in 1985-86 to 56.0 million people in 1995-96. Although all sectors of the national economy experienced significant growth, they were far below the speed of the labor force growth. According to Bangladeshi national statistics, in 1995-96 only 12.4 percent of the labor force had formal employment, while 40 percent were considered "employed in family-based" businesses, 29.6 percent were considered "self-employed," and 17.9 percent...
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...work that combined with other important social, political and economic developments-are linked to the developments of major health and social welfare problems. This essay is going to look at how industrialisation At the beginning of the 18th century, Britain was primarly an agricultural country with most people living in rural areas. The population of Britain was only 9 million, but was about to expand rapidly. The majority of workers and industries operated within domestic system. This involved people working in their own homes to produce goods, or components of goods, and also to cultivate food on their own farm or piece of land. The advantages of this system were that workers and their families were free to work for themselves at their own pace, work and family life was relatively intergrated, and working conditions could be controlled by workers. During the 18th century there was a gradual move away form this way of working. The invention of machines led to a...
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...new social classes, the middle class (factory and mine owners) and the working class (people who worked in the factories and mines). The factory owners operated in an extremely completive economy. Therefore, their main concern was reducing costs and maximizing profits. In order to stay afloat, factory owners kept wages low, got as much labor out of their workers as possible, and avoided spending money on amenities, or safety. Unconcerned with the wellbeing of their workers, factory owners and their managers enforced strict working conditions. Workers were required to labor long grueling hours (at least 12 to 16 hour shifts) six days a week, under strict supervision, and in harsh conditions. Without alarm clocks, or public transportation, workers were expected to come in every day on time, or be punished (physically or by docked pay). Women and children were among the favored to be hired because they were paid less than men and were easily disciplined and obedient. However, the worst place to work was in coal mines. Because coal was needed in vast amounts to...
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...wrong of these actions is not determined by their consequences. Utilitarianism Actions are judged by how much they benefit the majority. The greatest good for the greatest number of people. It is ethical to make the minority unhappy or suffer to create the greatest good The various ways of defining the greatest good should be taken into consideration. Promulgated by John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham Act Utilitarianism Every act has an individual moral obligation. Rule Utilitarianism Apply utilitarianism to a set of rules that will benefit the majority. Kantian Ethics Intention based The categorical Imperative contains three maxims. Universality: You should only do something if you think it would be ok if everyone did it all the time. E.g. cheating in business, if everyone did it the economy would collapse. Every human should be treated as an end not a means to an end: So you can’t manipulate people to achieve an end. Contrasts to consequentialism which is based on ‘the greater good’. Means you cannot lie, (example about com101 being fav class) Act as if you were the moral authority of the universe: If any action that you undertake, repeated across the universe would create negative effects it is deemed unethical and you should not do it. Whistleblowing WB: Corporate governance codes require people to whistleblow on breaches of the codes. E.g. Enron: Positives: Required by corporate governance to report unethical business actions. Saves...
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...which was fashioned during the 19th century as a result of the industrial revolution, and the more recent Modern Liberalism which emerged as industrialisation continued within the UK. Although both divisions of Liberalism unavoidably overlap in attitudes and approaches regarding the theory behind the ideology, I believe, fundamentally, that clear tensions between these aspects of Liberalism are more evident when analysing this ideology. Some will say that both classical and modern liberalists possess a number of parallel approaches towards this political theory and its key concepts. Firstly, both strands of Liberalism believe in the necessity of some kind of a state, since life without a state, as Thomas Hobbes stated, would be ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’. Both views consider the existence of a state to be essential in order to protect individual rights. Since liberals generally considered humanity to be self-interested and egoistical, a state was needed to ensure that individuals did not exploit other individuals’ rights, through acts of stealing, harming, or even slavery, and was therefore the only thing that was capable of restraining all individuals and groups within society. Hobbes and Locke particularly stressed the importance of creating a ‘social contract’ where an agreement amongst individuals would be initiated, to form a state in order to escape from the disorder and chaos of ‘the state of nature’, which was a society with unrestrained freedom, but lacking...
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...1988, Lewis Llewellyn and Dai Armstrong were made redundant as a result of the closure of their town’s steel works in south Wales. Both had been employed by the firm for more than 20 years. Lewis had worked his way up from apprentice to be chief mill engineer, and Dai had progressed from “office boy” to a senior marketing post. The men belonged to the local cycle touring club, and through this had become close friends. As the prospects for continued local employment were poor, they decided to use their savings to set up a bicycle manufacturing business – an obvious choice, given their shared interest, and combined expertise. The product they selected was a “traditional” upright cycle, following a design typical of the 1940’s and 1950’s. They believed that there would be a strong “niche” market for such a product, given the upsurge in interest in cycling, and increasing consumer interest in “retro” styles. Working in Lewis’s garage, they built their first prototype. Dai persuaded a local cycle shop to put this on show. Within week they had two orders, and the business was launched. By the end of 1990, the business had grown to such an extent that they were unable to meet demand. Taking advantage of the relatively low prices of commercial and industrial property, they purchased a disused 15,000 square feet warehouse with an included 2,000 square feet of office accommodation for £240,000. The buildings were big for their needs but they were optimistic about growth and expansion...
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...1988, Lewis Llewellyn and Dai Armstrong were made redundant as a result of the closure of their town’s steel works in south Wales. Both had been employed by the firm for more than 20 years. Lewis had worked his way up from apprentice to be chief mill engineer, and Dai had progressed from “office boy” to a senior marketing post. The men belonged to the local cycle touring club, and through this had become close friends. As the prospects for continued local employment were poor, they decided to use their savings to set up a bicycle manufacturing business – an obvious choice, given their shared interest, and combined expertise. The product they selected was a “traditional” upright cycle, following a design typical of the 1940’s and 1950’s. They believed that there would be a strong “niche” market for such a product, given the upsurge in interest in cycling, and increasing consumer interest in “retro” styles. Working in Lewis’s garage, they built their first prototype. Dai persuaded a local cycle shop to put this on show. Within week they had two orders, and the business was launched. By the end of 1990, the business had grown to such an extent that they were unable to meet demand. Taking advantage of the relatively low prices of commercial and industrial property, they purchased a disused 15,000 square feet warehouse with an included 2,000 square feet of office accommodation for £240,000. The buildings were big for their needs but they were optimistic about growth and expansion...
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...after an intense period of contact activity covering all the groups requested, and after personal research. As requested it is written in direct terms, and is without modification for outside requests except to observe confidentiality. While at times critical, it is a genuine attempt to contribute to the long term future of this industry, which is so rich with history and today’s hard working and dedicated people, and so important to regional coastal Queensland and northern New South Wales, as well as the Ord River Irrigation Area. The process chosen was open and transparent. Despite time limitations I am confident that I have been given a privileged insight into the state of the industry and the key issues. Economic and environmental drivers were examined and are reported in the Assessment. Social research was carried out, but due to time limitation reliance has been placed on written or personal interchange with people in the regions, and in all levels of government. Although it has been impossible to include every view in the final report, all have been considered. For their full cooperation and welcome support I would like to thank: the...
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...THE INFLUENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ON PRODUCTION: A CASE OF ZIMBABWE PPC COLLEEN BAWN BY EMMANUEL MAGANGA A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HONOURS DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY MAY 2013 SUPERVISION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES STUDENT: EMMANUEL MAGANGA (R091941J) The undersigned certify that they have read and recommended to the Midlands State University for acceptance as a dissertation entitled: The Influence of Occupational Health and Safety on Production: A Case of Zimbabwe Pretoria Portland Cement, Colleen Bawn. STUDENT…………………………………………………..DATE ….../……../ 2013 SUPERVISOR……………………………………………....DATE……/……../ 2013 CHAIRPERSON…………………………………………….DATE……/……../ 2013 EXTERNAL EXAMINER………………………………….DATE……/……./ 2013 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of social sciences Honors Degree in Geography and Environmental studies DEDICATIONS To My Parents I dedicate this accomplishment to my parents Mr and Mrs Maganga for to have made me who I am today. May God bless you with long life so that you may be able to see all my successes’ and achievements. I love you ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the Lord our God for all the knowledge, wisdom, support and guidance throughout my research. This project would not have been...
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...was that despite transportation problems, it would still become the industrial centre of Canada because only it had commercially viable iron and coal deposits, and only it could control Montreal fuel resources. Why then, did the end of an era dominated by manufacturing lead to an economic stagnation that left a permanent imprint over the course of the century? Over the years, historians and economists alike have deemed a variety of factors as accountable for the general economic backwardness that prevailed. While some of these academic research pose contradictions amongst themselves, the general proposition is that the phenomenon was driven by a mixture of social economic rationalization, political incentives, and geographically inherent conditions. To shed more in-depth light on the analysis of the Maritime experience, a preliminary examination is required on the various proposals of when the downturn started. These different arguments on timing serve as...
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...Organization Citizenship Behavior For Organizational Performance BUS2010 Organizational Behavior Term Members Section 2 Group 5 Date of Submit: 29th April 2013 Date of Presentation: 17th May 2013 CONTENTS PAGE ✓ Introduction……………………………………………………………………….…1 ✓ Low Organizational Citizenship Behavior for Organizational Performance…….….2 ✓ Excessive Organizational Citizenship Behavior for Organizational Performance….4 ✓ Suitable Organizational Citizenship Behavior for Organizational Performance ...…6 ✓ Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….…10 Recommendations……………………………………………………...…..…11 ✓ Group Learning Refluences………………………………………………………….11 ✓ References LIST OF ILLUSTRATUIBS TABLE PAGE 1. Ordinary Least Squares Regression Parameter Estimates for Work Crew OCBs on Quantity and Quality…………………………………………9 Introduction Nowadays, the growing number of companies and researches have focused on and had the argument about the organization citizenship behavior for the organizational performance, especially the way of organization citizenship behavior affecting organizational performance. Some of them believe it in an easy way that the more attention is paid on organization citizenship...
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...WOMEN UNIVERSITY IN AFRICA FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND GENDER DEVELOPMENT STUDIES PROGRAMME : MSc DEVELOPMENT STUDIES COURSE : PERSPECTIVES IN DEVELOPMENT INTAKE : 5 NAME : NOBUKHOSI NCUBE STUDENT ID : W120979 LECTURER : DR E.S MAKURA ASSIGNMENT: Karl Marx theory shed light on the understanding of relations of people in the society. Discuss. DUE DATE : 06 APRIL 2013. Karl Max’s theory shed light on the understanding of relations of people in the society. Discuss The epistemology of the Karl Marx theory is of the premise that the history of all existing societies is the history of class struggles. Scholars have had a long standing debate on the significance of Karl Marx’s theory of class conflict. The other party argues that the theory of class conflict helps in the understanding of relations of people in society. In contradiction, there are scholars who believe the theory does not help much in understanding societal relations. This essay seeks to establish how the Karl Marx Theory shed light on the understanding of relations of people in the society. In this context society is defined as a group of people in general living together in organized communities with laws and traditions controlling the way that they behave towards one another. Society is divided into three classes namely aristocrats in the upper class, bourgeoisie in the middle and the down liners...
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...a. Extraction process 7 b. Energetically self sufficient ethanol plants in Brazil 8 c. Energy from Ethanol 9 d. Flex-Fuel Vehicles 10 IV. Economic Effects of Ethanol as Bio-Fuel 10 a. Brazil not endangered by a new oil crisis 10 b. Export 12 c. Vertical industries 13 d. Environmental benefits 14 V. Ethical and Social Implications 15 a. A market not dominated by oil barons 15 b. Independent economy 16 VI. Brazil in a global economy and ethanol in the US 18 a. Future of ethanol as bio-fuel in Brazil 18 b. Ethanol in the United States 19 c. E85 21 VII. Conclusion 22 VIII. Works Cited 23 I. Introduction Fuel, at its simplest, makes us go. It is a necessity to modern day life. Even if everyone were to walk, rather than drive, there would be a need for it. This is one thing that is in common around the world. The dependence on oil based gasoline has many of the most powerful countries forking out quite a bit for their fuel. This is, of course, the case in the United States. There is no doubt that this country needs an alternative fuel, or to cut back on its use of the current fuel. However, because we are so dependent at this time on oil based gasoline and other fuels, Americans tend to be a bit hesitant of truly switching over to some of the other products. We need examples. We need to know that it will work and that it will save us money. We, as Americans, need to feel confidant enough to truly look into another source of energy...
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...DEMOCRATIC AND POPULAR REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MENTOURI UNIVERSITY OF CONSTANTINE FACULTY OF LETTERS AND LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH The Conflict between the Ideal and the Social in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure A Dissertation Submitted in a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Master Degree in British and American Studies Supervised by: Pr. Brahim Harouni Mr. Hamoudi Boughenout By: Mr. Boussaad Ihaddadene June 2010 Acknowledgement I would like to thank God for His guidance and help. I would also like to thank my supervisors Pr. Harouni and Mr. Boughenout for their help and discussion of my topic. I would like to thank all the teachers of the department of English of Mentoury University. I Dedication To the memory of my mother To my father, to my brothers and my sisters and to all my friends and classmates. II Abstract The purpose of my study is to show the conflict between idealism and society in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure. In this novel, Hardy portrays the strife of the two individuals Jude and Sue to make their own ways in society by seeking to realise their ideals. He also reveals the difficulties met by the two idealists in front of society’s attempts to thwart their ideals and to force them to surrender to its norms. This study allows the reader to have a deep understanding of the origin of the conflict, the climax of the confrontation between the two opposing sides and...
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