...My service to the community at the Douglas County Library changed some personality defining values of mine such as my perspective on work ethic. My expectations of the volunteering experience changed dramatically as I continued to work. The experiences I had under the authority of Andrea Spark were often times boring, but they taught me valuable information. I learned more about independence through my obligation to self-schedule and self-motivate without an overbearing authority guiding me onward, improved my work ethic, especially for mundane tasks, and learned that even seemingly insignificant activities can be helpful to the community. An expectation I had was that there would be a lot of supervision. Not to say that the volunteer coordinator, Andrea Spronk, did not lead us, but, rather, she gave us personal space and independence. I did not expect as much lack of external moderation as there was. As a volunteer, I just had to do the work in isolation and then write down my hours for the day, having no extended contact with the established order of the library. This gift of independence reflects adult life. The actual...
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...The success I have had in my life is strictly do to my work ethic. In school, I push myself to my full potential by being involved in a multitude of extracurricular activities and maintaining a high quality gpa. This lead me to be in the top 6 percent of my class while maintaining a 4.0 grade average through all four years of high school. I continued to develop my work ethic through my first semester here at Iowa State, which placed me onto the Dean’s List. Outside of school I have demonstrated my hard work ethic by obtaining my Eagle Scout Rank and being involved in Boy Scouts. To go above and beyond, I furthered my involvement within the community by volunteering for Meals From the Heartland, the ARL organization, and conducting service...
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...have had some form of work ethic, or drive to earn my own money. My mom tells stories of when I was nine I would walk around family parties taking orders for drinks, or food. I would then deliver said food or drink, and request cash for tips to buy toys. When I was thirteen I took the typical job as a local babysitter. In high school I bussed or waited tables at a local restaurant, while working also as a lifeguard at the YMCA. My paychecks would go towards anything I wanted, never really saving for the future much to my mothers disdain. However she was always proud of my continuous work ethic, I always had a job. When I became a life guard is when I realized I loved helping people as well as the thrill of saving...
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...Over the past few years I have been involved in many different community events and functions that I do not actually have a specific number, there are too many to count. Now knowing that and knowing who I am are two very different options. Many would say I’m hard working, dedicated, willing and confident. I would say I’m lucky. I did not earn my work ethic or my family. I was fortunate to inherit it and be adopted by an incredible family. Both have taught me to respect who I am, so in turn I could respect others and their differences. Using that as motivation, I try my best to apply myself into as much as I can so then I would not miss out on any opportunities. I come from a small town community where we may not have the most amounts of choices...
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...Vonnegut Webster University ABOVE THE BOARD: My Personal Review In conjunction with this course, this book serves as a critical reflection that contrasts the books ethical notions as well as its assumptions with the ethical standards, perceptions, and ideas that we review in the classroom. The main theme of this book is an attempt to extant to its reader several approaches to which a Chairman or Chief Executive Officer can create a set of principles for ethics within an organization, corporation, or enterprise. I must say that one of the good things I enjoyed about this book is how it teaches professionals (primarily the leaders of any big corporations) different approaches and techniques to encompasses business values to the daily lives of the main effort that drives the business to achieve success and meeting the company’s intent, which are the employees … the driving force of any corporation. The various ways in which this book outlines in examples rest on an assumption that the ultimate enablers of any business that values ethics and morality are its employees and subordinates that make things happen. I’ve been employed by several different companies to include the United States Army. I have to say that none of these companies and organizations that I have worked for thus far; were perfect when it comes to exercising ethical values that have been set forth in their core company and organizational values or ethics plans. In fact, I don’t think any one company is...
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...Kaplan University Graduate School of Management SELF DIRECTED LEARNING PLAN Your Name: Tiaira Walls Date: October 21, 2013 Course Title: GB519 Measurement and Decision Making Professional Goal (2-3 years) from now: My professional goal two to three years from now is to graduate with my Master’s degree in Human Resources and hopefully obtain a entry level position in Human Resources or management. Strengths to Leverage Step 1: The most effective and satisfied people align their work with their natural strong points. Identify 3-5 of your key strengths (see Column 1 below); these could be a competency, skill, ability, knowledge area or personal characteristic. Think about how you can leverage those strengths to be effective in your work, achieve your professional goals, and become a leader in your profession. Step 2: At the beginning of each course in your MBA program, answer the following question either using this template or a narrative format. What do you expect to learn in this course that will help you leverage your strengths? (See Column 2 below). Be as specific as you can, e.g., assume that strength is your analytical ability. You might expect to understand more about macroeconomics so that you can analyze how the housing crisis affects other segments of the economy, such as interest rates or unemployment. At the beginning of the course you are not expected to be an expert in all facets of the course learning; however, you can...
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...The Levels of Ethical Authority As Christians, we wonder where we should go for guidance on ethics. Stassen and Gushee in Chapter 4 take a look back at the story of the Jewish family and the holocaust. The situation was whether or not it was ethical to hide Jews during the Holocaust. The family’s strong beliefs in Christian faith and morals make this family’s actions ethical in this situation. During this period, Christians looked to their faith to help them make decisions concerning helping the Jewish people. Christians look toward five sources of authority. They are the “Bible”, “divine guidance”, “a religiously informed moral conscience”, “moral tradition”, and “church leaders” (Stassen & Gushee, 2003, p. 82). There are other sources that some turn to for guidance; examples are relatives, a husband or wife, educators, and companions. The essential point is individuals have a tendency to search for direction when they confront moral predicaments (Stassen & Gushee, 2003). This is done instinctively. When we do not know where to turn in ethical dilemmas, the one person we can look towards is Jesus. We need to look at where Jesus turned when he looked for answers. His answers came from the Bible. “Jesus lived what he understood the scriptures to teach; he immersed himself in them and knew them well” (Stassen & Gushee, 2003, p. 84). Christians must remember it is important that we must look toward the Scriptures as the authority on our ethical decisions. The...
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...make decisions based on my personal ethical code and the ethical code of the American Marketing Association. For this paper, I have utilized a combination of my personal and professional experience along with a variety of professional sources to reflect on how I can act ethically during my career. Additionally, I will utilize Mayeroff's On Caring and Dokecki’s book along with the lecture slides to help the role that ethics will play in my professional career. My Personal Background: In tieing my experiences back to the idea of ethics, I cannot ignore the major role that my disability has played in the way that I view the world, my concept...
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...array of tutoring arrangements, but most of the research on its success refers to students working in pairs to help one another learn material or practice an academic task. Peer tutoring works best when students of different ability levels work together (Kunsch, Jitendra, & Sood, 2007). During a peer tutoring assignment it is common for the teacher to have students switch roles partway through so that the tutor becomes the one being tutored. Since explaining a concept to another helps extend one’s own learning, this practice gives students the opportunity to understand better the material being studied. What does the research say about peer tutoring? In reviews of peer tutoring programs, researchers found: * When students participated in the role of reading tutor, improvements in reading achievement occurred * When tutors were explicitly trained in the tutoring process, they were far more effective and the students they were tutoring experienced significant gains in achievement * Most of the students benefited from peer tutoring in some way, but same-age tutors were as effective as cross-age tutors (Burnish, Fuchs & Fuchs, 2005; Topping, 2008) Some benefits of peer tutoring for students include higher academic achievement, improved relationships with peers, improved personal and social development as well as increased motivation. In turn, the teacher benefits from this model of instruction by an increased opportunity to individualize instruction, increased facilitation...
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...Thus, a BSIT student has the opportunity to develop attitudes, skills and understanding which is necessary in the field of information technology particularly in the IT/ computer-related workplaces as IT professionals. As BSIT students, the On-the-Job Training provides a background of what is really going-on in a certain office. On-the-Job Training provides the opportunity in promoting worthy values and developing strong moral character among other people in the community. It is one of the factors that are helpful to the students in enriching and enhancing their knowledge learned at school. It is also one way of preparing the BSIT student in the real world of works after schooling. The development of the student who undergoes such training can be determined through the trainee’s ability to accomplish work by following instructions and performing duties and responsibilities obediently and diligently. The-On-The-Job-Training was conducted at the Dean’s Office, College of Computing and Information Technology, Isabela State University, Cauayan City, Isabela, from November 14, 2011 to January 26, 2012 for a total of three hundred twenty four (324) hours....
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...Thus, a BSIT student has the opportunity to develop attitudes, skills and understanding which is necessary in the field of information technology particularly in the IT/ computer-related workplaces as IT professionals. As BSIT students, the On-the-Job Training provides a background of what is really going-on in a certain office. On-the-Job Training provides the opportunity in promoting worthy values and developing strong moral character among other people in the community. It is one of the factors that are helpful to the students in enriching and enhancing their knowledge learned at school. It is also one way of preparing the BSIT student in the real world of works after schooling. The development of the student who undergoes such training can be determined through the trainee’s ability to accomplish work by following instructions and performing duties and responsibilities obediently and diligently. The-On-The-Job-Training was conducted at the Dean’s Office, College of Computing and Information Technology, Isabela State University, Cauayan City, Isabela, from November 14, 2011 to January 26, 2012 for a total of three hundred twenty four (324) hours....
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...Introduction This paper explores three philosophical issues. The concepts examined are personal identity, virtue ethics, and ethical relativism. A personal philosophy in relation to each concept is identified and described. In conclusion, philosophical findings are incorporated into a personal view on the ultimate meaning of life. Philosophical Issues Personal Identity Personal identity of the most basic nature is “what makes one the person one is” (Olson, 2010). This basic nature then leads to the complexities of personal identity. Complexities include questions such as: * Who am I? * What is it to be a person? * What does it take for a person to persist from one time to another – that is, for the same person to exist at different times? * How do we find out who is who? * What am I? * How could I have been? * How different could I have been from the way I actually am? (2010) These questions are crucial to discovering self-purpose of life. Hume’s philosophy is that personal identity is “nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions” and “too inconstant” (n.d.). Several philosophers disagree, arguing that “when the soul and the body are united, then nature orders the soul to rule and govern, and the body to obey and serve” (Chaffee, 2011, p. 91). There are many theories of philosophy pertaining to personal identity and social identity. In most cases, the compulsion to rationalize identity by understanding and knowing who...
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...On the Horizon Emerald Article: Review of Storytelling in Organizations: Why Storytelling Is Transforming 21st Century Organizations and Management by John Seeley Brown Sharon L. Comstock Article information: To cite this document: Sharon L. Comstock, (2006),"Review of Storytelling in Organizations: Why Storytelling Is Transforming 21st Century Organizations and Management by John Seeley Brown", On the Horizon, Vol. 14 Iss: 4 pp. 175 - 177 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10748120610708104 Downloaded on: 16-09-2012 References: This document contains references to 3 other documents To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com This document has been downloaded 687 times since 2006. * Users who downloaded this Article also downloaded: * Hui Chen, Miguel Baptista Nunes, Lihong Zhou, Guo Chao Peng, (2011),"Expanding the concept of requirements traceability: The role of electronic records management in gathering evidence of crucial communications and negotiations", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 63 Iss: 2 pp. 168 - 187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00012531111135646 Brian Matthews, Catherine Jones, Bartlomiej Puzon, Jim Moon, Douglas Tudhope, Koraljka Golub, Marianne Lykke Nielsen, (2010),"An evaluation of enhancing social tagging with a knowledge organization system", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 62 Iss: 4 pp. 447 - 465 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00012531011074690 Paul Clough, Jiayu Tang, Mark M. Hall, Amy Warner, (2011),"Linking archival data to location:...
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...Personal Responsibility GEN/200 Personal Responsibility “The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that even though 12.5 million Americans are searching for work, there are 3.5 million jobs that remain unfilled, largely due to a lack of skilled workers” (Umehira, 2012, p. 2). Seeking higher education is the responsibility of any student; it is the individual’s accountability to maintain their resiliency to live up to the monumental tasks of achieves academic success. College students must take full control of their educational needs to achieve personal success. “A 1998 survey identified 90 percent of the American population were concerned about the decline of the moral values across the nation” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 14). The price of this success comes with the responsibility of not compromising their personal moral and ethical responsibilities to themselves and to the institution. It is a large undertaking process to manage these learning objectives while understanding personal responsibilities to earn an educational degree. “Ethical decision belongs to the individual to make the choice to do the right or wrong” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 13). Ethical and moral responsibilities are integrated standards, which defines a person’s role to maintain ones integrity. However, if a student violates these standards and rules and regulations of unbecoming a scholar student, within the universities policies. Then the student could face expulsion or may receive sanctions, due to the circumstances...
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...Work 1 Question one Thinking of the moral of life as a story or narrative is helpful because every one’s life is a form of a story that each one of us desires to be good. Each one of us shares a different story that reflects his/her experiences in life and some life changing moments encountered in life. Our life stories shape us and determine who we are and give coherence that we can relate to. The stories also change our views about life and help determine our expectations. People will always take life and react to situations in respect to the stories of their lives. These reaction s are always very different from different individuals depending on the lives they have experienced. Morality on the other hand could be defined by different people...
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