...Bigger Person Mahatma Gandhi’s quote, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win,” demonstrates how people are quick to judge and how being the bigger person pays off. Being the bigger person results in a quicker solution than arguing about the topic. Being the bigger person additionally enables the person to feel good about themselves. They can view themselves as more mature and strong-minded. Gandhi is teaching his audience how to win a fight against ignorant people through this quote. “First they ignore you,” is referring to the beginning of the argument when people judge you, and do not take you seriously. Therefore, they ignore you. Ignoring the person who is talking does not do anything, but make the person being ignored feel disrespected. An example of this in life would be a professor. If students are talking while the professor is speaking it is perceived as very disrespectful. Because the students are talking, they are ignoring the opportunity to learn from the professor. Racism could be another real-life example of this idea. For example, if in a group of people there is only one person of a different race, this person may not be heard for what he or she has to offer. That is not justified because all people should be treated equally. Another example of discrimination could be if a person is judged as not as intelligent as the people surrounding them. Maybe that person is just quiet and afraid to speak. The group could judge...
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...Question 1 In the framework of the management-research question hierarchy following steps can be developed to solve current dilemma (Cooper & Schindler, 2006): * Dilemma: use of publication reader service cards has been gradually declining which questioned efficiency of its advertisements’ to provide necessary information. * Research questions: conducing a research study about efficiency of reader service cards use would be a reasonable action that are available for taking advantage in the situation. * Investigation questions: in order for a manager to decide about further use of reader service cards, evaluation of all methods should be carried out to get deep insight about their relative effectiveness. * Management question: in order to obtain necessary information for manager, respondents in the survey should be asked about frequency of use of the reader service cards and other methods, evaluate their importance. * Management decision: given declining use of reader service cards and higher efficiency of other means of providing information, manager can make decision about phasing out the use of reader service cards. Question 2 Considering ethical issues that are relevant to the study, it is worth mentioning following aspects (American Association of Public Opinion Research, 2010). First, respondents of survey are informed in the questionnaire about content and purpose of conducting the study. This implies that they are able to make conscious decisions about...
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...Bigger Stronger Faster In the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster written and directed by Christopher Bell the main focus was steroid use amongst Americans and their medical, emotional, and physical effects. Christopher Bell is an American man who was raised in a Christian family home in New York State with his parents and two brothers. Like every American boy he and his brothers looked up to American heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hulk Hogan, and Sylvester Stallone. As they grew up they wanted to be just like their heroes, they wanted to be big and strong and compete competitively like their heroes. The brothers grew up lifting weights, wrestling and playing football like most average American teens boys. The documentary goes to explain that later on in the Bell brother’s lives they all continued to keep getting bigger even when they lost the motivation from their heroes who have been uncovered to using steroids on national news. Christopher Bell was the most hurt out of his brothers to find out this news and did not know what to do. Had everything he had looked up to as a child been a lie? Everything that he believed from his heroes when he was younger had all been a lie because of their use of steroids. His heroes where not the people that he thought they really were when he was growing up. Unlike Christopher, his brothers did not have as big of a problem with their heroes using steroids and even started using steroids themselves. When finding out that his brothers and...
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...Lobbing of commercial and political interests in the establishing of the standards is a fact, which leads to believe that there might be large groups of the financial information users, who are interested in the particular way of reporting. If it is beneficial to them and to the market without compromising any ethical issues related to the financial reporting, if the market gains from such interests, than the standards should be formed under such influence. The question is who is going to decide if there are benefits. I guess, this is the area where the real politic starts. At this level of decision making, I think there should be people free of any political or economic pressure. However, more often commercial and political interests do not represent the majority of the market and are directed at misrepresenting the real situation to receive immediate gain or preferences. With the focus on the political aspects of the decision making regarding the standards, the stress on allocating capitals to healthy and innovative entities shifts. As the capital goes to the “wrong” companies, and the practice becomes standard, the economy weakens. That is why it is not always good to allow political interests influence standard setting. The general understanding is that by granting the employees the option to buy the company’s stock, the company makes the employees be more interested in generating more profit. If the employees receive substantial gains from the stock they have, they start...
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...Bigger Feet – Case study October 29th of 2012 Kiara M Prof: Christine Clark Bigger Feet (Case study nº 1) Entrepeneurship and New Ventures Business opportunities are typically born when someone sees a problem, and then finds a solution to that problem. For “Bigger Feet”, the opportunity came to the entrepreneur in 2004 because his founder was having difficulties finding shoes that fit his 13 sized feet. Through his mother advice after a frustrating experience in a shoe shop, he then got the idea to start a website where people with large feet could order their shoes. After researching the market by meeting manufacturers and visiting trade shows, it was for him apparent that there was not only the means to a big foot wear company but also the market demand. This solved a big problem for many, and that is the crux of any big idea – finding a solution to a unique problem; And how not, if statistics say that across the UK, arounf 1 million people has bigger than average feet, size 12 and above for men and above 9 for woman. The site was launch in 2005 and incredibly sold his first pair of shoes within half an hour! Within several weeks, “Bigger Feet” sales had gone international, receiving order from Saudi Arabia, USA and The Netherlands. In the following months, both Bigger Feet and Oliver got stronger. After winning the “Make Your Mark – Lloyds TSB award for teen entrepreneurship he started appearing in sources such as, the Finantial Times...
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...After reading debates from Jeff Madrick and David Boaz, I come to a conclusion that there could not be a possible comprised between both disposition. In a perfect world it may be possible to find a solution to find a solution to please both party but unfortunately in the world we currently live in it approve to be impossible. Having a big or small government is like a pendulum most of the time it will be leaning towards to one side more than the other, rarely there will be a perfect solution where the pendulum stays in the middle. So one party will have to compromise and take the loss and deal with it. In the case of Jeff Madrick he propose that the bigger government is helpful, not only it stimulates the economy but also improve citizen’s life. He further on layout all the social service that has been put in place to stimulate the economy such as Marshall Plan, the G.I bill for veterans, and Social Security coverage, Medicare etc. Madrick also explained that our economy is more stable after world war II than ever before, he further stated that if the federal, state, and local government absorb roughly 30% of GDP it would generate 700 billon dollars a year to protect its workers and other financial and social programs. In my opinion this is a very slippery slope because in the book he also suggested that the government should take 35% instead of 30%, he also compared the U.S to Europe where he said that European nation contribute 40% of GPD. He also explained on how...
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...Being Part of Something Bigger The quote by Albert Einstein talks of human beings being disconnected from the Universe. Implying that we care only about ourselves and those closest to us he disregards the capacity for human empathy. Referring to our attitudes as prisons that keep us from seeing and appreciating the rest of the world, he suggests we can free ourselves by opening up our hearts and minds, embracing all creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Admitting we may never reach this lofty goal, he admits that simply the pursuit of it would be a great improvement. I see the quote as a hasty generalization although there is certainly value in thinking of all living creatures as we see ourselves. More involvement not only in other people but in all living things would at the least establish a connection that may make us think before we act. When he describes us as delusional I would disagree. Delusional implies we don’t even consider the consequences of actions. I see us less as delusional and more as self- centered. When he talks of “a part limited in time and space”, he seems to believe that if we were around the planet longer we may have a better appreciation for the devastation we are responsible for. I see that as a valid point. Although I think we see all that is around us I don’t think we consider the cause and effect of our actions. If each of us would experience a loss of our ecosystem that was tangible to us personally then we would probably...
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...THE BEST DEAL Issues As mentioned in the case study, Usop decided to sell his car by parking it outside with a notice stating “ For Sale. One Owner. Best Price RM 8 750. Please call at number 34 Jln Semarak 2, Kuala Lumpur or telephone 03-8251178.” In this case, first and foremost we need to identify this is an invitation to treat or an offer or proposal. An offer should be contrasted with an option and an advertisement. According to Section 2(a), Usop has made an offer or proposal to sell his car with a price RM 8 750 and he provided enough details for an offeree to reach him. The first person who see the advertisement is Sarah. On Monday morning, Sarah called Usop and offer RM8000 to buy the car instead of RM 8 750, the price offer by Usop. However, Usop neither agree or disagree to the offer. Then later, Usop decided to sell his car to Sarah by posting a letter of agreement, however when he read Betty’s notice, he decided to withdraw his proposal to Sarah. The issue arise here, either the acceptance is complete or not? Whether an agreement between Sarah and Usop is properly formed and either Usop can revoke the acceptance once he posted the letter of agreement? If the acceptance is complete and an agreement is formed, there is no question of revocation. On the other hand, the issues between Betty and Usop is regarding the communication of acceptance.Whether the communication of the proposal is completed or not between Betty and Usop and when the communication is completed...
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...The movie Bigger, Stronger, Faster was such an eye opener for me. I have known a few people that have taken steroids in the past, but never really knew much about them. As I was watching this movie I had so many thoughts running through my head. Why do people feel that they need to be this “jacked?” It is so un healthy and not worth it in the long run. The thing that makes me laugh is that most women do not even think that it is attractive when guys are that big, instead they think it is disgusting. Many people chose to abuse steroids because they are worried about their self-image and performance. In some cases the goal is to increase physical size, strength, speed or stamina, in the mind of an abuse, it is worthwhile no matter what the risks may be. Chris Bell is one of three brothers. They have all used steroids, and two still do. Mike (Mad Dog) Bell has some success in pro wrestling, but was never the star. Although wrestling dropped him, he is still in training and taking steroids. The third Bell brother, Mike (Smelly) promised his wife towards the end of the movie that he will stop taking steroids after he achieves his dream of benching 700 pounds. He attains it, but later tells his brother Chris that he will use steroids again. This video relates to the objective, “What are health and impairment effects that occur when individuals use and/or abuse drugs?” Mad Dog continued to use steroids even when he was out of pro wrestling. Because of this him and his wife were unable...
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...Bigger Doesn’t Mean Better When the sun comes out in the County it is a common sight to see children running around in parks, forests, beaches, and even at the plaza. But what people don’t commonly see are the cars rolling by with young eager eyes peering out of the window wanting to run around and only to be driven to the nearest McDonald’s to be stuffed full of preservatives, empty calories, and saturated fats; then taken home to be sat down in front of a television screen to keep them occupied. Within the past 30 years, the number of overweight and obese children has tripled (Lytle), not only decreasing their life span by ten to twenty years, but creating $147 billion a year in weight related medical bills nation-wide. The increasing number of obese adults, teens, and children has reached epidemic proportions and if nothing is done about this crisis then our country will be facing a very fat problem. Knowing that the rate of obesity has increased within the past 30 years it is important to realize how it became a problem in order to resolve it. One of the culprits is the new forms of entertainment being available to the youth, namely television and the internet. With these devices people can gain consistent instant gratification in a short period of time and can easily become addicted to them hindering the likelihood of voluntary exercise. Even though the internet has only been widely popular within the past ten years, the average Americans spends approximately 52 hours...
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...Affirmative Action: Bigger than Diversity Is affirmative action bigger than diversity? This is the question that comes to my mind since there has been much debate on whether or not Affirmative action laws are still needed. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in October on Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that could overturn or uphold the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger ruling that found affirmative-action policies to be constitutional. (Nhan, 2012) Of course it’s still needed and it’s constitutional since it reinforces the Constitution that is based on all men being created equal. And without this reinforce able law I don’t believe that the Constitution will hold true. And if Affirmative action was not still needed then why is there so much debate about it. Affirmative action has gone way beyond diversity, it’s all about power. This leads me to my first point when affirmative action was put in place white America lost their control and now they are trying to do whatever it takes to get that control back. One of the biggest blows to this countries ego was when the first black president was put into office, this really struck nerve. Finally, getting rid of affirmative action is just another way to shake up the confidence of minorities and women so that they break them down to where society feels they should be. This is just a fraction of why I feel affirmative action is still needed and society is just playing the part until someone makes the under minding decision...
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...Could this type of research be conducted today? Why or why not? What should the public have done, since they knew about the study? In your opinion, how should the data be used that is obtained from an unethical experiment and how can we prevent this from happening again? Discuss the code of ethics as it is related to this study? What are your personal thoughts on the ethical standards exhibited through this study? This research could not be conducted in today’s society. There are many reasons why it could not be conducted today. One reason is because people nowadays of all races are more aware of the diseases that today’s society has now than they were back then. Also, that people nowadays want to be treated for the diseases rather than be experimented on. People are more aware of the researches that are taking place to not allow this type of study to be conducted today. In my opinion the public should have allowed this type of research to be conducted. The public didn’t know anything about the research until the 1960 when the researcher working for the US health department services tried to get the project ended and was unsuccessful in getting it stopped. He then went to the press which it ultimately came to a stop. This is what brought it to the public’s attention. In my opinion the data collected should be put to use to treat those who develop syphilis in the future. The data could also be used to see what researches could do differently in their next...
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...NEIL v. BIGGERS, 409 U.S. 188 (1972) FACTS: A Tennessee state court convicted Archie Biggers in the rape of Margaret Beamer on evidence mainly consisting of the victim’s visual and voice identification of the respondent. The identification occurred at the station-house during a show-up, seven months after the rape. The show-up was similar to the identification process of a line-up, but in this situation the respondent is the only suspect present. The victim requested that the respondent repeat a phrase that was spoken to her on the evening of the rape, “Shut up or I’ll kill you”. After viewing and listening to the individual in the show-up, the victim was able to identify him as her rapist. Biggers was tried and convicted of rape and sentenced to 20 years. Following the conviction, the respondent filed a writ of habeas corpus, stating that the showup...
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...Something Bigger Then You and I The Story of JR By: Angelenia Cannizzaro-Ndrecaj In loving memory of Nichols Sumner Juvenile Delinquents come in all shapes sizes and colors, there is no one way to describe a “Juvenile Delinquent”. There are many theories on how a child emerges into a juvenile delinquent. However to pinpoint one upbringing or another will cause a juvenile delinquent no one can really say. Juvenile delinquents are minors, usually defined as being between the ages of 10 and 18, who have committed some act that violates the law. These acts aren't called “crimes” as they would be for adults. Rather, crimes committed by minors are called “delinquent acts.” Once a delinquent is over the age of 18 they are considered an adult and all incidents will be considered crimes. Instead of a trial, the juvenile has an “adjudication,” after which she or he receives a “disposition” and a sentence. However, juvenile proceedings differ from adult proceedings in a number of ways. Delinquent acts generally fall into two categories. The first type of delinquent act is one that would be considered a crime had an adult committed it. For particularly serious crimes, some jurisdictions will even try children as adults. When children are tried as juveniles, on the other hand, parents are often required to pay the court costs for the child. The second type of delinquent act is one that wouldn’t normally be a crime had an adult performed...
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...I. Executive Summary Bigger Stronger Faster Athletics is a multifaceted health and fitness complex for all ages and abilities. B.S.F.A. emphasis will be to promote health and welfare of today’s youth. A large focus for B.S.F.A. will be to educate and restructure the adult community on the benefits of living a healthier lifestyle. Services B.S.F.A. will provide Atlanta and surrounding areas with a means to establish a firm foundation for building a healthy lifestyle. This would encompass: • Targeting the health in our youth and adults (physical). • Targeting the welfare in our youth and adults (mind). • Youth mentoring program. • Emphasizing nutritional guidelines for each participant. • Teaching leadership and team building...
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