...Mark Twain once said “Doing the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” In “Thank You Ma’am” Miss Jones does the right thing even when Roger was going to steal her purse. In “Doing the Right Thing” they did the right thing by paying even when no one was in the store. In “The Road Not Taken” he does the right thing by traveling the road less traveled by. In all of the stories they learned at a young age to do the right thing. After reading the texts “Doing the Right Thing, Thank You Ma'am, and The Road Not Taken,” it is evident that people get their courage to do the right thing from their parents. In “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes Mrs. Jones does the right thing by teaching the boy Roger the right thing. she learned the hard way like the boy which is where her courage came from. In the story Hughes says “the woman was sitting on the daybed after awhile she said I were young like you once and I wanted things I could not get.” This goes with doing the right thing because it shows she was able to...
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...Trevor Long Josh Tucker ENGL 1020 25 November 2014 No Harmful Intentions Doing the right thing in life can be harmful, even if it is the right thing to do, many people can be affected by these decisions. By doing the right thing it is always harmful to someone. Harm can be collected in multiple ways not only physically, but neglect and psychological harm can also be intended to be the right thing to do. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” both use their stories to represent how doing the right thing can be harmful by neglect, psychological and physical harm. The two stories are both written about the way people inside a community live and their rituals and routines ruin and affect peoples’ lives by doing what they believe is the right thing to do, but in other peoples eyes it is not the right thing to do. Both stories use many literary devices in their stories to show their true meanings. The literary devices known as character and setting explain important meaning on how the stories are structured and organized to make the organization feel as if they believe it is the right thing to do but is harmful to others. In Shirley Jacksons “The Lottery” shows a great amount of physical and psychological harm. A setting like many towns, there are banks, schools, Town Square, and homes of the villagers. Every year the small town gathers in the square for the lottery day. Groups of children run around gathering pockets and small mounds...
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...1. Explain, as clearly and completely as possible, Kant’s answer to “What is the right thing to do?” Are there any problems with this answer? According to Immanuel Kant, doing right and moral things are the right thing to do, which means we have the choices to choose what to do or what to respect the moral law which is expressing our goals. Also, we have to do something for the cause of the principle by doing the right things. By doing the right things and following the moral principle is what Kent called good will. Although one cannot achieve what he or she wants, he or she is still doing the right thing because he or she is intended of doing the right things. As you can see, doing something morally good, notwithstanding of its results are the right thing to do because it is his or her jobs. However, doing right and moral things may cause the problem of inclination. It is because people might think doing the good will is our jobs, we must do it. They will never think that they are more proposed to do the good-will because it rewards that it has involved in the thing. If it is like this, it cannot account for the good-will because there are not many people think that they must do it because it is their job instead of thinking how much intention that they want to do for goodwill. Thus, the problem may result of inclination....
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...A famous quote I have heard by J.C. Watts is, “Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.” That is something that my parents taught me as a young child. I have also been told to treat someone the way I would like to be treated, and I try to live by those mottos to this day. My parents told me that I should not follow everyone else’s actions and to be my own person. Sometimes it can be difficult because in the real world not everyone is easy to get along with and there can be so many ways to fall into peer pressure. When I was younger, I was always taught that if I did not do the right thing something bad would happen. I heard the same thing everywhere I went. If I was not going to obey my parents when I was told to do something, I would be sent to my room for a time out. If I did not listen to what my teacher said, I would be sitting in a desk bored out of my mind after school to serve a detention. If I told a sin at church, I would go to Hell and not Heaven. So, my parents brainwashed me into doing the right thing at a young age. That made it really easy for me to get along with almost everybody because everyone loves a goodie goodie when you are little. I am a pretty easy going person because it is important to get along with as many people as possible. I like to live in the moment and have fun. I am almost always happy because creating a positive vibe with the people surrounding me is extremely important. Nobody wants anyone else being rude to them, so...
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...developed in total or partial as a response to the assignment of another professor in all or part. Student ID Number: | | Student Signature: | | Running head: THE SEVEN LEVELS OF CHANGE The Seven Levels of Change 12/3/2010 ORL 5063 Leading Organizational Change Palm Beach Atlantic University Reference Smith, R. (1997). The 7 Levels of Change. Arlington, Texas: The Summit Publishing Group. Smith has spent his career thinking about how people think. The frame of this model is divided in 7 levels from easy to impossible. LEVEL 1 Effectiveness—Doing the right things Level 1 changes are about starting a new habit. Change is about doing the right things and being effective. The right things are pretty much the right things everywhere, but still these are incremental changes that you have to go through. TOOLS: 1. WRITE IT DOWN. Writing down the ideas is doing the right thing. Ideas are everywhere, in magazines, books, newspaper. Wenger on his book said that...
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... "People who think they will be true to their ethics have probably never examined their ethics". 1 ______________________________ 1 Badaracco, J. & Webb, A., Business Ethics: A View from the Trenches, California Management Review, Vol 37, No.2 Winter 1995, p 21 How do you differentiate between "Doing what is right" and "Doing the right thing"? "If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?" Children often find themselves faced with this question after having been caught doing something that, at the time, seemed right to them; probably because "everyone" else i.e., their peers, was doing it. And, much to their chagrin, children know that the answer to the above question is "no". Even at an early age, they are expected to have the ability to separate their own values from those of their friends. Without defining or analyzing, they are expected to know the difference between "doing the right thing": according to the values of those around them and "doing what is right": according to their own set of values. How does a child know when something is right or wrong? What guidelines does he or she use; especially as she becomes an adult and the rules become less clear? She will have an enormous list of examples to follow; those set out by political leaders, by her favourite celebrities, by her teachers, by an inspirational speaker, by her parents, siblings, close friends or even a religious leader. But, in...
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...human I know I’m not perfect an I don’t always do the right thing but someone that I think defines moral leadership almost perfectly is my high school football coach. He hasn’t changed how he’s done things on the and off the field. It amazes me that he has the mental fortitude to do what he says he’s going to every time well most of the time. My sophomore year I was a true child on the football field and in school. I would talk back to coaches and would not listen and be coachable if I could go back and try things his way at first instead of all the arguing I would. A then coach came into my life. He always talked about doing the little things right then everything else would fall in place. I didn’t believe a word of it then I start having trouble in the classroom and in the home coach hears about it and comes to me sits me down and we have a little talk. He is a very honest man and doesn’t sugar coat it. Tells me what I’m doing is wrong and I need to change my ways. I tell him I don’t know how he tells me the same thing about doing things right and being a little more accountable. Ask me to just try things his way and the worst thing that could happen is I end up right back where I was at that point which was not good. So I listen I start doing things the right way and make some better choices and my life starts to improve I star becoming a little bit of a leader myself. Next thing I know I end being a captain of the football team which...
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...code of ethics for Amgen is “doing the right thing” and O’brien followed the code of ethics and raised a red flag to their superiors. Amgen was carrying out illegal activities because they were not reporting the issues they were having with their drugs. He was “doing the right thing” yet was terminated after doing so. Amgen’s reaction to O’brien’s doing was contradictive to their code of ethics. A whistleblower is essentially a person working within a company and discovers wrongdoings the company or employees are taking part in. the individual will either report these wrong doings to another individual in the company which is internal whistleblowing, or they will report the wrong doing to someone on the outside of the organization, which is know as external whistleblowing. I believe he did take the right steps since he first alerted a senior executive of the company. He was trying to keep it internal and get things fixed before he went any further which I think would be the correct thing to do. After realizing the issues weren’t being resolved he could have blew the whistle externally with in that four-week period before he was terminated. His job was to improve “compliance processes with high inherent risk to public safety, major criminal and civil liability, or both” for Amgen. From an ethical perspective O’Brien was just doing his job and was doing the right thing especially since safety is a big deal in drug sales. He did the right thing raising a red flag to the senior...
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...differences in the belief and thought process. All three theories are similar in the idea of doing what is right, but they may be for different motives and reasons. The virtue theory claims that actions should aim to the good, but it is not clear if the good is for one person, all people, or even for general society. According to Boylan (2009) “It takes the viewpoint that in living your life you should try to cultivate excellence in all that you do and all that others do” (Chapter 11). When I read this, it causes me to believe that I am responsible for the good that others do as well. The concepts of Utilitarianism are putting the team first or in other words acting like a team player. This theory states that an action is morally right when it produces a greater good for the whole team. In this idea, the group or team comes before our own good and in that case, there will be personal sacrifices. It is similar to virtue and deontology in the idea of doing good and making the right choice, but it differs in who will be affected by this decision. Looking at deontology, this differs from the other two through the idea that actions are based purely on duty because it is the right thing to do. It is similar in the idea of doing the right thing, but the motives and results will be different. This theory does not calculate consequences of the actions, but is ultimately based on doing the right thing. Ethics and morality The virtue theory states we should do good in all we do, which...
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...land. This contributed to lower operating expenses for the business. Dalman and Lei consider this a competitive advantage. With the new local health code, the location of their building, which encloses the trash dumpsters, are in violation of the codes. The government inspector has told the location manager that he would be willing to overlook and approve the violation in exchange for providing food for his department’s holiday party. The location manager has conveyed the information to Dalman. After reviewing the Eight Steps in “Rethinking Integrity,” by Sherman, Stratford, I believe that Dalman and the location manager need to “Do the Right Thing.” The eight steps toward integrity is something that all corporation and businesses should strive to excel at. Theses eight steps include: doing what we say we will do, doing the right thing, taking responsibility, supporting our own weight, holistic thinking, respecting other, checking the mirror, and defining the rules and values. As stated by Bateman and Snell (2012) “Unethical corporate behavior may be the responsibility of an unethical individual, but it often also reveals a company culture that is ethically lax” (pg. 76). Sandwich Blitz as an organization that is trying to grow and expand should definitely work towards the goal of keeping integrity as a priority. I think there are a few steps that would fit this situation. This would mean standing up for your principles and accepting the consequences. The most influential...
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...what people are talking about when they refer to 'the principle of the thing'. Duty-based ethics teaches that some acts are right or wrong because of the sorts of things they are, and people have a duty to act accordingly, regardless of the good or bad consequences that may be produced. Some kinds of action are wrong or right in themselves, regardless of the consequences. Deontologists live in a universe of moral rules, such as: It is wrong to kill innocent people It is wrong to steal It is wrong to tell lies It is right to keep promises Someone who follows Duty-based ethics should do the right thing, even if that produces more harm (or less good) than doing the wrong thing: People have a duty to do the right thing, even if it produces a bad result. So, for example, the philosopher Kant thought that it would be wrong to tell a lie in order to save a friend from a murderer. If we compare Deontologists with Consequentialists we can see that Consequentialists begin by considering what things are good, and identify 'right' actions as the ones that produce the maximum of those good things. Deontologists appear to do it the other way around; they first consider what actions are 'right' and proceed from there. (Actually this is what they do in practice, but it isn't really the starting point of deontological thinking.) So a person is doing something good if they are doing a morally right action. Top Good and bad points Good points of duty-based ethics ...
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...What is integrity and the ability to stay honorable to doing the right thing in a work place? Integrity comes in many different facets. It is not only the ability to do a job to the best of an individulas ability, but also knowing that if there is a problem with the job, that it gets fixed correctly. Not only is it important to get the job done correctly to be able to have a working finished product, but in some cases it could come at the cost of individuals lives. This paper will discuss all of the reasons why it is important to be a person of integrity. In a nation that has come to a point of weak work ethics, it is crucial to have leaders that can teach the integrity needed to strive again. Integrity in an overall society is important to...
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...Mr. Schiller was right because he was trying to help out the homeless people. He even said that he respected the city codes but he was doing what he thought was right. Yes, the city has shelters but people might be scared to go even though it is supposed to be a “safe” place. The reason why they might not want to go is because there could be violence or theft from one another. Also it’s not like Mr. Schiller had hundreds of people in his basement, he had 10 people and they were only there if it got below 15 degrees and they would leave in the morning so it was an overnight thing and they didn’t stay for a week or many weeks. Even though Mr. Schiller had the right intentions, he could’ve done some things to make it right with the city codes...
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...considered your output and the time you put into them are your inputs. Efficiency is a measure of how well you do those things. If you are able to get more outputs from the same inputs, you are said to have increased efficiency. Effectiveness is a measure of doing the “right things.” Highly effective individuals and companies act in ways that move their highest priorities forward on a regular basis. * Productivity = Output / Input * Efficiency = Doing things right * Effectiveness = Doing the right things In order to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency, you’ll need a method for prioritizing and arranging both your inputs and your outputs. Proper assessment and organization of inputs leads to greater effectiveness, and proper organization of outputs leads to greater efficiency. This method of organization is known as planning–the foundation of productivity. It includes creating a mission statement, goals, and values so you can focus your activities on what matters most Efficiency speaks to whether or not something was done in the best way; the way that would create the most (correct)work with the least effort in the shortest amount of time. Effectivity is how well something produces the desired effect/reaction, and productivity is how much work has been done Efficiency is defined as "doing things right", effectiveness as "doing the right...
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...Piggy didn't lose his morals; he always kept his strong belief in order, civilization, and doing the right thing. Piggy gets angry when rules are broken. "'They've got our fire.' Rage shrilled his voice. 'They stole it!' 'That's them,' said Piggy. 'They blinded me. See? That's Jack Merridew. You call an assembly, Ralph, we got to decide what to do,'" (chapter 11). Piggy is very angry that Jack has done wrong by stealing his glasses. He wants things to be done correctly, he is very opposed to Jack’s way of doing things. Piggy strongly believes in the power of Ralph's position as chief. He believes in the order of calling an assembly to fix what has been done wrong. Piggy also strongly believes in doing things in the right way. Piggy states his...
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