...Critical Thinking Scenario ETH/316 November 30, 2015 Ryan Busch The scenario that I choose was the, “To Drill or Not to Drill.” The basis of the story is based on the Rocky Mountain range and if the energy companies should be allowed to drill for gas at the expense of endangering the natural wildlife that live in the ecosystem there. The story was put together by Nightline on July nineteen, two thousand and four. * What is the moral responsibility of all participants? The moral responsibility of all the participants are to decide if it is morally right to drill for gas in a natural reserve. The government should look at what the land is set aside for, not what they can acquire form the natural reserve. The Bureau of Land Management, and the BLM Field Manager is also responsible because they are the ones that process the applications to drill. The gas companies that wish to drill are responsible for drill in a safe and way that the land and animals are not affected by the drilling. * What are the stakeholders' moral failings? The failing of the US government is that they want the energy companies to be able to drill for gas to benefit from the energy and monetary value that this will provide the country. The BLM has the failing in that they rarely deny an application to drill. “How many of those applications have you rejected? Actually, percentage wise very few but I have changed many.” (The BLM Field Manager in Pinedale, 2004). The failing of the energy...
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...Thinking Critically Simulation Thinking Critically Simulation Several problem evaluation tools and techniques were encountered in the simulation. As each team member completed the simulation, each was able to understand the differences of the tools and techniques that were used, and how they were applied. Discussed here are how these techniques assisted with the evaluations of decision-making processes and outcomes. Further, each team member was able to understand the outcomes that were reached from the simulations, and how the changes of those decision-making techniques offer better results. Many problem evaluation tools and techniques are applied to the Critical Thinking Simulation. The simulation provides a variety of information gathered from both market research and employee interviews. In addition, the founder of Credenhill Industries, Linda James, provides advice and recommendations to assist in the decision-making process. Another problem evaluation tool found within the simulation is the Urgency-Criticality Matrix. An Urgency-Criticality (UC) Matrix is a tool that helps in the decision-making process to sort or sift through current issues and problems. The UC Matrix assists in prioritizing and sorting possible solutions according to the urgency and criticality of each situation. Urgent problems require immediate attention and critical problems are the activities necessary to achieve the objective. The UC Matrix facilitates in classifying...
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...Thinking Critically Simulation Review Paper MGT/350 July 5, 2011 Thinking Critically Simulation Review Paper Thinking Critically Simulation will test the ability of a manager, in real world scenarios. Using learned knowledge to diagnose the correct problem, while using techniques and other tools to solve the underlining issues. First this simulation applies the decision making techniques and evaluation tools in solving the problems that arise in this business model. Second this simulation teaches mangers in developing the techniques; that will assist them in making decision that will generate a more predictable outcome. Third this simulation will take in account the decision making steps and use the decision making worksheets to evaluate the findings in the simulation. Finally, the assignment will assist future managers on the basic process of managing developing techniques and decision making skills in becoming a better leader and manager that uses critically thinking in making business decisions. The first phase of the simulation the team was designated for the most challenging assignment that Linda James had to offer. Our team took charge of a company with numerous issues. Some issues the company was facing included: declining sales, employee attrition, legal action, inventory, product mix, variable pay, and Wide Area Network (WAN) problems. Aware of the background of this company and knowing the symptoms Credenhill is experiencing, our team identified and evaluated...
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...Alysha Adams SCH-150 Herb Samuels February 8, 2016 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Reality If ever you find yourself in fear of alcoholism, you then become tasked with finding a way out of the downward spiral that your life has or will become. There are many programs and rehabilitation strategies that have claimed to have a great benefit against alcoholism. Being an alcoholic used to be a war that you fought alone, but after attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, I now know that group support can be a great benefit towards the battle to sobriety. At Alcoholics Anonymous, you no longer need to be afraid of fighting alcoholism alone and in the dark. The ideals that the program upholds hold the keys to helping you get back to who you need and deserve to be. What is Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous is a recovery program that focuses on one prime objective. The group has no leader or governmental structure. They are not looking to sway you to a certain religious purpose or any political stance. Alcoholics Anonymous’ primary purpose is to help others with a problem with alcoholism to get sober. Alcoholics Anonymous began in Akron, Ohio in 1935. At this time there were only two men with a brand new idea. These two men were problematic alcoholics and found that helping others get sober helped them stay sober. After four years of helping and encouraging more and more to get sober, the nameless society grew and released its first publication...
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...group of upgraded devices needs to be tracked in order to ensure the issue is solved. If there’s still an issue, we need to continue to find solutions in development and put them into action. Frequent communication with the customer is crucial in ensuring their satisfaction with the solution. If the customer is still discussing an alternative vendor after the problem is corrected, a revision in the service level agreement may be considered whereby a nominal financial penalty is involved for similar future issues. Perhaps a small percentage discount on, or refund of, defective devices would be included. As a final effort only, financial concessions might have to be made in order to keep a valued customer. Chaffee, J. (2012). Thinking Critically (Tenth ed.). Boston:...
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...Graded Project Thinking Critically About Ethics Graded Project Thinking Critically About Ethics Introduction The National Federation of Paralegal System (NFPA) is a very well known organization who has comprised paralegal association of individual and throughout the Canada and United States. They have their own job responsibilities that reflecting the diversity if parallel profession. This is also the responsibility of NFPA paralegal association that every individual legal supervisor does not break the law and perform their duties under given considerations (Zoubek, 2012, p. 26). On the other hand, ABA Models Rules settled by America Bar Association (ABA) for setting the rules according to the standards lawyer’s professional responsibilities and legal ethics in United States of America. Discussion In this paper, I will review activities throughout the week and identify where Carl and Attorney Howe violate the ethical considerations according to ABA Models rules and NFPA ethical considerations. Monday On the first day when Jane says, she has a side business on the side, and she didn’t pay taxes because the government does not know about it, Carl failed and avoided the ABA MR Rule 2.1; NFPA Rule EC-1.3(a) which is stated that, lawyer must be an independent lawyer and advice candidate according to justice but on that particular time Carl does not provide any instruction to Jane smith about the violation of ABA and NFPA rules. Furthermore, according to ABA MR...
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...Graded Project Thinking Critically About Ethics By Mike Wilson, Esq. Reviewed by Brian Bastyr, Esq. All terms mentioned in this text that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. Use of a term in this text should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. About the Author Mike Wilson is a freelance writer and college instructor who has had wide legal and educational experience. He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Kentucky in 1976, and three years later received his law degree from the same school. He has been a partner in a law firm, a solo practitioner, and has done work in General and Family Mediation. He has also been a fulltime instructor in Paralegal Studies at Sullivan College, Kentucky. He was given the “Teacher of the Year” award in 1997. Mr. Wilson has published a number of papers on law-related topics in scholarly and popular journals. About the Reviewer Brian Bastyr is a senior attorney editor for West Group, a legal publishing company. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law. He is currently a member of the Illinois bar, and has published a number of articles in legal journals. Copyright © 2000 by Penn Foster, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any...
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...Thinking Critically about Ethics MONDAY Carl was in violation of the following model rules at various times throughout the day. He appears to be in violation of Model rules 1.8, 1.5 as well as the Ethical Considerations that apply being EC- 1.5 (a), EC- 1.7(a), EC 1.6(a) TUESDAY Carl didn’t do much better on Tuesday when he managed to violate Model Rules 1.8, 1.5 and the accompanying Ethical Considerations EC-1.5 (e), EC-1.6 (a) WEDNESDAY Carl appears to have disregard ABA Model rules 1.8, 7.1, 7.3 and EC-1.8 (a) THURSDAY The ABA Model Rules that were disregarded on this day were 1.5 (c), 1.1 and the Ethical Considerations for these were EC-1.1 (a), EC-1.1 (b), and EC-1.5 (f) FRIDAY Carl did not follow ABA Model Rules 1.7 (a), EC-1.7 (a). In addition to the model rules that were broken the attorney that was supervising Carl was commingling funds from the client trust account to pay Carl his paycheck 2. I have reviewed all of the comments I had made pertaining to the 5 days that Carl had spent at the law office and I believe that one of the most serious events that had taken place was when Carl had asked for his paycheck on Friday and Attorney Howe did not have the cash resources on hand to pay him the paycheck so he took the money out of the client trust account which is also referred to as commingling which is not only unethical but is also a criminal...
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...further explain one branch of non-cognitivism expressivism. This particular view of non-cognitivism is mostly targeted by the wishful thinking argument. I will then outline the main problem brought up by the wishful thinking argument. I will then outline the expressionist’s responses to the wishful thinking argument using David Enoch and James Lenman’s solutions to the problem, and show the flaws in their arguments. Therefore I will come to the conclusion that the wishful thinking argument is a valid objection to non-cognitivism. Non-Cognitivism Non cognitivism is the objection to the claim the moral facts express belief. According to this view they are not either true or false, neither do the assert anything about the world. Seeing as moral facts cannot be seen as true and no one can have knowledge of something that is not true, non-cognitivism implies the moral knowledge is impossible. The three main forms of non-cognitivism are; prescriptivism, emotivism and expressivism. In this essay I will be addressing the problems found in the expressivism branch of non-cognitivism. Expressivism Expressivism is the view that sentences about moral facts are not to descriptive terms, and do not relate to the real world problems. They are used for expressing either positive or negative attitude towards the object of the sentence. The Wishful-thinking argument This is an argument that rejects non-cognitivism presented by Cian Dorr (2002). The outline of this argument is the fact that...
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...MONDAY: Attorney Howe violated ABA Model Rule 1.3 by not acting with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing the clients because he was not present. He also violated ABA Model Rule 5.5(b) after Carl told him they had a new case and did not respond correctly to Carl's actions. Carl failed to present himself and his position as a paralegal which violates EC-1.7(a). Carl also accepted the case, set fees and gave legal advice to the clients, which demonstrates Unauthorized Practice of Law violating EC-1.8(a). Carl inadvertently disclosed other client’s information by letting Zeke use the phone where documents were in sight. This violates EC-1.5(a) because Carl was aware of the confidential information. Carl violated ABA Model Rule 1.6 by telling Jane not to forget about the alimony in the reception area. He also learned that Jane has a small business that the government is unaware of and pays no taxes. He did not disclose this fraudulent activity to Attorney Howe which violates EC-1.3(f), ABA Model Rule 1.6 (b2) and 4.1(b). TUESDAY: Carl continues to avoid the income issue with Jane again violating EC-1.3(f), ABA Model Rule 1.6 (b2) and 4.1(b). He is also letting her fill out the interrogatories with false statements thus violating ABA Model Rule 4.1(a). Carl answered the phone and began to repeat the client’s information while Jane was still present which violates EC-1.5(a) and (f). Carl recorded his meeting as two hours when it should have been one hour and twenty...
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...Assess and critically comment on the idea that strategic planning systems can stifle innovative thinking in organisations It is debatable whether strategic planning systems can stifle innovative thinking in organisations. Although strategic planning systems are used in order to make companies work more efficiently, they may restrict organisations from showing their true potential by stifling innovative thinking. There are other theorists that state that listening to closely to markets and strategies can create a barrier to commercialising new technology and lead to reduced competitiveness. (Ferrell and Lukas 2000). In order to truly understand and analyse whether innovative thinking is being constrained by strategic planning systems, it is essential to understand which strategic planning systems are being used, whether their implementation limits the allowance to new and different approaches to organisations, and whether companies in real-life are being affected by this constraint. Before analysing whether innovative thinking is oppressed by strategic planning systems, it is important to define what a strategic planning system is. According to the BNET Business Dictionary (2007), strategic analysis is ‘…the process of conducting research on the business environment within which an organisation operates and on the organisation itself, in order to formulate strategy’. There are many different tools and analytical methods that are used by companies but there are three main...
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...Reflection Paper March 11, 2013 HUM114 Critical thinking is when you stop to analyze any problem or situations and come up with ideas on how you can solve them critically; it is also the ability to use reasoning and logic to unfamiliar ideas and situations. Critical thinking is a form of behavior we can enforce in every moment we need to analyze a certain perspective, situation, problems, and issues. The three most significant things that I have learned about critical thinking during this course are how to identify if it is a problem or an issue, the steps to critically analyze a situation, and finally I learned how to listen, read, and view critically. Learning to identify if a situation is a problem or an issue is imperative. The reason is because they have different approaches to each one. If a situation is a problem, people can all agree that is a problem but may have different ways of mindset when it comes to finding the solution. There may be ideas for solutions that not everybody agrees with, but everybody will agree there is a problem. If the situation is an issue, people will not all agree there may be an issue. Everyone will have their own opinion on the situation to where some may think there is an issue, others may think there is no issue and also others may not agree on how to solve the issue. When you are able to identify if it is an issue or a problem, you can start thinking critically on how to come up with ideas and solutions to solve this problem...
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...Academic Success 1 Each year about 2.75 million students enroll in a 4 year degree program at a university. On average 33 percent of these students drop out within their first two years of school. Academic success is an ongoing effort and can be a struggle for many students that have outside factors affecting their ability to attend school. Following a few simple steps can help students manage their lifestyle and continue academic success. Goal setting, thinking critically, understanding the writing process, and decision making are all steps to continuing academic success and avoiding road blocks. The first step to continuing academic success is goal setting. Setting S.M.A.R.T goals or goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely can help make a huge endeavor seem attainable. Psychologist Camille Rodriquez states that “any goals that students set should be meaningful to them, not just words on paper.” Students that take the time to truly understand what they want to accomplish and set goals to get them there are 83 percent more likely to achieve that goal. According to a study at the University of Michigan 70 percent of college students drop out because of lack of time and being burned out. Setting small attainable goals can help keep a student focused on something small that may not be as daunting as four years of school. Setting goals can help with time management and avoid the dreaded burned out feeling...
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...Critical Thinking in the Workplace Critical Thinking in the Workplace There is an art and craft to critical thinking and understanding the process can be very overwhelming. According to Paul & Edler, “Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving” (p. 4). Retaining employees who use critical thinking skills in the workplace is vital for an organization to be successful. Critical thinking helps to improve the decision making process that occurs in the workplace. When staff use critical thinking skills they are better equipped to rationalize the situation presented and deal with it accordingly. When a person can identify, analyze, and evaluate a problem before creating a solution they are thinking critically. This paper will explore critical thinking in the workplace and how thinking challenges can obscure the process of critical thinking. Most people process their thinking based on how and where they were raised, their religious beliefs, values, and ethics. Critical thinking involves analyzing and evaluating ones thoughts while eliminating all the biases one may have acquired overtime. When critical thinking skills are practiced in the workplace mistakes are normally at a minimal. Critical thinking allows employees to make decisions in a clear and concise manner. In the workplace today, most organizations are successful as a result of employing personnel who possess critical thinking skills or by training staff on...
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...affect me would probably be stress. Stress is one of the things that affects almost every aspect of my life. I don’t know why I tend to let stress get to me but I do. I have seen in the past that stress has made me not think as critically as I could thus making it hard for me to achieve my goal of critical thinking. The stress factor has overwhelmed me in thinking critcically by not allowing myself to throughly working problems through like I should. I also have seen where it has made my thinking not as effective as it could have been simply because I didn’t allow myself time to adequatly follow through with the steps to thinking critically. The second barrier that affects me would have to be anger. I tend to be a short fuse. Well I use to be anyhow. Growing up I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and there for a while I was a real short fuse not knowing how to deal with it as I should have. I just recently in the past 5 or so years with the help of my wife learned to cope with my anger and thus for being able to think more critically with my anger. I use to before the problem even occurred already blew it out of proportion and simply not think critically at all. I have become less angry over the years and have made it a better attempt to think critically without...
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