...In her article What's Wrong With Cinderella, Peggy Orenstein discusses the recent "princess" craze that has spread amongst young girls, and how this trend could affect their personality later on. Orenstein states that there has been an enormous spike in the commercialization of princesses by Disney and other companies, which has led to most toys that are sold to girls being princess themed. The issue with this is that the idea of being a princess causes girls to try and be "perfect" when they grow up, and Orenstein says that many girls feel immense pressure to succeed in everything they do as well as be beautiful like the princesses they grew up with. However, Orenstein is overreacting by trying to prevent her daughter from purchasing princess merchandise, because in doing so, she is also trying to confine her daughter to a certain role. Instead of doing this, Orenstein should just try to introduce her daughter to other toys, like toys for boys, because that way it is giving her daughter the freedom to choose what she wants to play with. I understand Orenstein's point about the negative influence that princesses have on young girls, but I feel like the more pressing matter is that recently children have been confined to these gender roles from an early age. In most toy stores, there are split sections between toys for girls and toys for boys, and in her article Orenstein states that the difference between the toys in these sections is incredibly visible. I agree with...
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...Laurens Grisel Grisel 1Mr. WillseaEnglish Language and Literature8/31/11 What’s Wrong With McDonald’s? The leaflet entitled What’s Wrong With McDonald’s was written by Greenpeace in order to raise awareness and persuade people about McDonald’s dealings that are not typically made public. This includes where McDonald’s gets its meat, how it treats its workers and many other aspects of its business. It does so through the use of various literary techniques and the layout of the leaflet itself. The leaflet depicts McDonald’s in a negative light and tries to obtain money in order for Greenpeace to continue its struggle against McDonald’s. Layout of a persuasive piece is imperative and the leaflet uses not only how the writing is spaced out but also a picture to illustrate what it’s attempting to achieve. This picture depicts a cigar smoking overweight businessman hiding behind the face of Ronald McDonald, who is the businesses’ mascot. The stereotypically evil portrayal of a corrupt businessman is chosen carefully to infuriate readers and catch their attention. This is then done further by the use of headings for each separate paragraph that include sentences such as “EXPLOITING WORKERS” that are meant as attention grabbers. Each heading states something negative about McDonald’s through the use of verbs that give the feeling that they are doing harmful things to the world at this very moment such as “EXPLOITING, ROBBING, DAMAGING” etc. This serves to make the situation feel...
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...FDENG 201 Analysis 11/24/2013 What’s Wrong with the Grading System? In “From Degrading to De-grading” by Alfie Kohn, he introduces the idea that the traditional grading system is detrimental to how kids learn. In his article, Kohn gives many different reasons of how the grading system negatively impacts students. Kohn believes that the grading system encourages students to care more about their grades than what they are actually learning. Students get caught up thinking “is this going to be on a test” instead of thinking “how can this be applied in the real world.” Kohn also believes that students will choose easier assignments over harder ones, if given the choice, keeping their grade in mind. This causes students to not challenge themselves, or think as deeply as they could. Kohn’s article is effective because he provides many reasons to switch from the traditional grading system, he cites many studies that support his ideas, and he gives ways of how we can make the transition from grade oriented education to learning oriented education. Many Reasons His three main reasons for switching from the traditional grading system are that grades tend to reduce students’ interest in learning, grades tend to reduce students’ preferences for challenging tasks, and grades tend to reduce the quality of students’ thinking. As if these three reasons are not enough, Kohn gives six more reasons: grades are not reliable, grades distort the curriculum, grades waste a lot of time, grades...
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...Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 85:147–156 DOI 10.1007/s10551-008-9934-6 Ó Springer 2008 What’s Wrong with Executive Compensation? Jared D. Harris ABSTRACT. I broadly explore the question by examining several common criticisms of CEO pay through both philosophical and empirical lenses. While some criticisms appear to be unfounded, the analysis shows not only that current compensation practices are problematic both from the standpoint of distributive justice and fairness, but also that incentive pay ultimately exacerbates the very agency problem it is purported to solve. KEY WORDS: executive compensation, distributive justice, pay disparity, incentive alignment Introduction Few academic theories have been adopted as widely as the application of agency theory (Jensen and Meckling, 1976) to the structure of executive pay in modern corporations. After prominent suggestions that the inherent conflict of interest that exists between stockholders and corporate managers – or ‘agency problem’ – could be mitigated through the structure of managerial incentives (e.g., Jensen and Murphy, 1990a), the prevalence and size of stock option grants to senior executives have expanded increasingly and substantially (Hall and Murphy, Jared D. Harris, Assistant Professor teaches both Ethics and Strategy courses in Darden’s MBA program, and a doctoral seminar on corporate governance and ethics. His research centers on the interplay between ethics and strategy, with a particular focus...
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...What’s wrong with school systems today? What is wrong with the school systems these days? In the book Friday Night Lights it says “It’s just a part of our lives. It’s just something that you’re involved in. it’s just like going to church or something like that.” Is it talking about the presents of drugs? Is it talking about all the alcohol that is consumed by high school students? Or is it the fact that they spend all of their time chasing after someone? Nope, it’s talking about sports. Sports in most public high school allow most kids to just slid by with their grades. I asked my boss at work once, how his school treated sports players. He answered “well I played both football and baseball so I didn’t have to do crap in school they just let my slid by with the easiest class.” He also added that “even if you were failing a class if you were valuable to the team the coach would call your teacher and tell her to give you a D for right now so you could play.” If you ask me that is kind of messed up like in the section of the book They Say I Say, by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. The authors state “what happened to personal responsibility” this it talking about why do people take responsibility for their own actions and that is so true. If you do this then what are you teaching these kids? Are you teaching them to work hard for their grades or are you teaching them to just be good in one category in their lives? If you think you are actually going to go pro here are so...
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...defined meanings, understood the read lines clearly and enables to relate to with the speaker. We may have encountered poor listening habit which contributes to repetitive of tasks, poor quality output, customer’s dissatisfaction, wrong interpretation and waste of raw materials. How does a poor listening skill affect the overall operation? Several times when I order the required food and beverages at Mamak restaurants, there is bound to be a mistake. I ordered Tea but the waiter shall bring Ice Tea. One of the key weaknesses I noticed in a Mamak restaurant is their waiters shall take order without jotting down in their order record. Another incident related to poor listening skills was with Astro. I called their customer care line to inform the defects on the decoder due to lightening. Their customer representative had wrongly inserted my address and I had to wait up to 10 days for a new installation. Worse I had to call them every day to find out what went wrong. They only found it out one the 9th day that the address was inserted wrongly. My colleague who works as Quality Manager stated that his newly recruited foreign operators from Bangladesh had caused a delay in customer delivery. According to him, his supervisors had carried out the wrong instructions in their operation. The situation fused further as the foreign operators had poor understanding, language barrier and poor listening skills that resulted repetitive of tasks, time and cost. Poor listening occurs at top...
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...Organizational Ethics Jonathan Zelsnack ETH/316 December 8, 2014 Carmela Davis Organizational Ethics There are a lot of different ways that the external social pressures that have an effect on the organizational ethics of a company. All companies have certain things that happen in the business because of what happened either when they were trying to figure out when setting up the company or from the ways that companies can be affected anymore these days. Back in the day Companies actually didn’t really have a lot to worry about when conducting business. They use to only have to worry about word of mouth and the news that’s how information got spread. Now anymore these days they have so much more to worry about. The reason why I say this is because of now the internet has changed a lot of how things are thought about and done. There is a lot of ways to affect companies on the internet because of things like Facebook and different types of things. The way that Facebook has such an effect on the culture of today employees of companies have to be careful on what they do or say. Most companies anymore if they hear or see that an employee has said something bad about the company then they think that they have the right to fire the employee. Mostly because it can look bad on the company wand with the search engines and everything else anything said bad about the company can actually hurt the reputation of the company and it is so easy to find information on the internet news...
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...Individuals’ varying backgrounds result in different sets of ethics. Without this uniqueness, the world would be very plain. Ethics help guide people to make the decisions they believe are just. There are many situations every day that cause people to decide their right and wrong. In scenario one, one of your friends asks about what questions were on the exam you recently took. Several students, however, do not believe that asking about the material and questions on the exam is a form of cheating. By giving out this information, it is cheating. It is important to look at the ICARE Guideline Process to evaluate this situation. The issue in this scenario is whether or not to tell your friend about the types of questions on the exam. This scenario challenges your integrity, honesty, and professionalism. The second step is considering the facts. By sharing the information on the test you are hurting yourself and others. The consequences of cheating can have lasting impacts. Sadly, not everyone gets caught cheating. But in the long run, these negative choices will come back to bite. It may be a professional exam or final exam in which the student will eventually pay the price. The third step is assessing the alternatives. One option is to ask the friend what questions they are struggling with and help them. You could recommend the student meet with the professor or teaching assistant about concepts they do not understand. Another recommendation would to have the student revisit...
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...In the excerpt “What’s Wrong with Adultery?” by Bonnie Steinbock (“Adultery” 1886), Steinbock explains valid arguments for why we morally disapprove of adultery, but questions if adultery is wrong. Although adultery is not comparable to theft or murder it's illegal in some states, but rarely prosecuted because it is a private matter. Our view of adultery is shaped through our thoughts about love, marriage, and fidelity. Steinbock claims adultery breaks trust and creates deception, but also argues that open marriages have no deception since sexual fidelity is not promised. Steinbock agrees in some cases adultery can be morally acceptable. Essay 1 “What’s wrong with adultery?” by Bonnie Steinbock explores the immorality of adultery in a changing modern world. Steinbock agrees adultery violates trust and creates deception, but also validates open marriages as being an exception. Steinbock concludes you may accept or deny adultery and decide what is moral to you in your life. Morals are a set of...
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...at home and in public as well. One should have a positive ethical perspective in all environments within which they find themselves. Ethics boils down to not only knowing the difference between right and wrong, but also displaying to your environment that you know the difference between right and wrong. Body Paragraph 1: I will discuss what it means to possess a positive ethical perspective and the positive impact it has on my peers and me in the classroom environment. Body Paragraph 2: I will discuss my ethical perspective as it pertains to an educational environment, as well as work and home environment. Body Paragraph 3: I will define good ethical character. I will also discuss how it relates to all areas of life, and how a large part of possessing good ethical character deals with honesty. Conclusion: Having a positive ethical perspective will determine how successful you will be in life ranging from the classroom environment to the home environment. Honesty is of key importance to one’s ethical character. It also will determine the level of respect that you are shown by others. Having a positive ethical perspective shows yourself and others around you that you know the difference between right and wrong. If you accidentally do something wrong, that does not necessarily mean you possess a poor ethical perspective if the mistake was...
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...Daniel Howard Assignment #1 – “How Personal Can Ethics Get?” Professor: Ronnie Holmes Leadership and Organizational Behavior 4/24/2011 1. Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. Personal differences and preference strongly impacts organizational ethics in an array of ways. Who decides what is right and wrong in the organization? Does the organization cater to diversity? Are the organizations codes and conducts pertaining to ethics being followed and enforced? Personal difference and preference are major determining factors that impact what is considered ethical from an organizational perspective. Diversity is the most important competency that impacts organizational ethics. In an organization there are many categories of diversity that distinguish each of its members. There are key attributes of the diversity competency that include the knowledge, skills, and abilities of individuals, teams, and the organization to be effective. Those attributes include fostering an environment of inclusion with people who possess characteristics different from themselves, and learning from individuals, teams, or organizations with different characteristics, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. Diversity of thought and behavior is vital to stimulating creativity and innovation, embracing and developing personal, team, or organizational tendencies—such as conscientiousness and attitudes that demonstrate respect for people...
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...Janet Lever, Gail Zellman, and Stephen J. Hirschfeld, “Office Romance: Are the rules changing?” Reviewed by, Robert Nzioka, 09-0199, Feb 2010. The corporate world has for a long time been bedeviled by the issue of office romance. In addition to meeting corporate challenges, companies must effectively deal with the likely impasse posed by office romance. It is imperative that companies effectively rise up to these challenges posed by the controversies of office romance which they often view as a thorn in the flesh in order to guarantee their survival in a highly competitive environment. Lever, Zellman and Hirschfelds article “Office Romance: Are the rules changing?” is based on research done on office romance in American companies. The authors offer a pragmatic and cautionary view of the dangers of office romance and strive to offer solutions to the pitfalls of that can afflict companies if office romance is not handled in a professional and ethical manner. The authors are quite categorical that office romance cannot be completely eliminated. They point out through statistical information that office romance is a growing phenomenon that can be viewed as a double edged sword bearing potential dangers but also carrying inherent benefits for innovative companies. The authors’ tone is indeed cautionary and they attempt to offer solutions that comprehensively cover the crisis that is office romance. The title of the article is indeed telling of the fact that as much as companies...
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...Jordan Gentry Brother Fisher ECEN 398R October 30, 2015 Henry’s Daughters: Ethic Issues 1. Prioritize the examples of ethical issues you found from most critical to least critical. Include some explanation to justify your choices. There were a wide range of ethical issues that were brought out in this video clip. Many of them I didn’t recognize nor don’t remember but I did see a few examples of sexual harassment, decisions based on politics and social influences, conflicts of interest, bribery, invasion of privacy, and people taking credit for other people’s work and ideas. Sorting by most critical to least critical I would say that the politics and social influences were the most critical. From the beginning it shows Henry on a yacht bribing someone from DOT to choose GUIDEME. Henry is only worried about person gain and interests and doesn’t seem to have the benefit of the public in mind at all. The oldest daughter, Laura, quickly figures this out and points out that there isn’t even a competition between GUIDEME and OUTOCAR because GUIDEME has already been decided by Henry’s bribe and influence. The next (2nd) issue I would say is the conflict of interest. Not only does Henry know a lot of people to persuade and ask favors from but he also used that power to hire his daughter’s on the project. He could use Laura to help persuade DOT with the final decision but he could also use Julie to get inside information about the work that OUTOCAR was doing. He wanted to make...
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...investments can be an obstacle for business owners. Convincing investors or shareholders the company is worth investing in. Companies have to educate the shareholders and explain why they would benefit from investing. Another challenge is being successful in programs within the company. Programs that flop can cause company crisis and can result in damaging the company’s reputation. What is Management’s Responsibility in Addressing These Issues? Management has the responsibility to deal with these issues in a professional manner. Researching every aspect of the issues and deciding what would be more beneficial in the areas that need attention. Making the wrong decisions can hurt the company. Management’s role in facing ethics is to educate the staff. Show them and explain to the employees the rights and wrongs. Explain to them the consequences of their actions and reward those who follow the policies. Protecting the reputation of the company is one of the important roles in social...
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...a general point of view to approach ethical issues. According to EAI ethical decision making is compose of three important factors, awareness, articulation, and application. These factors develop my understanding and identification of my CORE believes, which will reflect my personal ethical perspective and style. According to the Ethical Awareness Inventory my ethical perspective is least closely aligned with equity. My interpretation of this result indicates that the perception I use to identify my Ethics Awareness Inventory is base in my perception of fair/unfair point of view in the components of awareness, articulation, and application. Pretty much my values and ethics are attached to my consideration to do and choose between what is wrong or right (Kudler Fine Foods, 2003). According to my reflection from EAI I concluded that Kudler Fine Foods value as an organization the References Kudler Fine Foods (2003). Strategic Plan 2003. Available on the University of Phoenix student/faculty website:...
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