Amtrak’s Sunset Limited and M/V Mauvilla – Corporate Social Responsibility 1 It has been called the worst train disaster in U.S. history. The wreckage of the Sunset Limited on September 22, 1993 took 47 lives. There are many circumstances surrounding this wreck that affect the many stakeholders involved. Certainly, CSX Transportation, Inc., Amtrak and Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company (WGN) and their employees, the passengers on the train and barge, the
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short-term effects, then no environmental problems will be solved. Jeremy Bentham follows the quantitative approach, which is where the cause of the action outweighs the maximisation of higher pleasures for the present and future generations. Bentham would weigh up the pleasures and pain for all those involved. For example, a quiet lake with loads of wildlife being used for water skiing and other recreational activities. Bentham would weigh up the pleasure of the people and the amount of income against
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Women and Religion in Brazil Faith has always been considered to be a strong source of motivation in the lives of many Brazilian men and women. For many years, Brazilian women from African decent in particular have been regarded as the backbone of the church. Many congregations of churches are predominantly women, while spiritual leaders of many churches are nearly all male. Brazilian women have experienced a system of oppression, racism, and sexism, yet have remained supportive of their
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morally in producing the greatest “good or benefit” possible to any number of people (Manias, Monroe, & Till, 2013, p. 127). Over time, the principle of utilitarianism has expanded and cultured so there are different variations of the principle. Jeremy Bentham uses terms like benefits and harms and describes or refers to them as pleasures and pain. In today’s Unitarian terms of benefits and harms are associated with satisfaction of personal preference or purely economic terms. Utilitarian’s can
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Driverless cars will allow the transfer of driving functions from a human driver to a computer which should reduce the amount of traffic accidents by removing the most common cause; human error. While there is a lot of potential for good with the introduction of driverless cars, there is also the problem of ethical, legal, financial and economic issues. Self-driving cars can’t be brought further forward until certain issues have been solved, such as safety requirements for the cars. A key legal
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separates the different types of virtues and moral dilemmas (Peinado, slide 22, 2014). The Utilitarian Theory refers to a team or community; the benefits the larger group has, the greatest good for the greatest number. The British philosopher Jeremy Bentham defines the utilitarian theory as usefulness to the team or community, and maximizes pleasure while minimizing pain. Another
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most of us live in the world the modern day penitentiary has some philosophy and design history thanks to such British thinkers (philosophers) as John Stuart Mill (Utilitarianism) and those who took some of his writings a step or two further: Jeremy Bentham and Thomas Robert Malthus. This radical experiment was based on principles of separation from the moral contagion of their former lives, religious contemplation, and rigid structure. * * The state can respond to crime in a number of ways;
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Ethical Theories In today’s society, especially in business the question of what is ethical is a dilemma that a great deal of individuals is faced with every day. Ethics vary from person to person and culture to culture. What is unethical in the United States of America may be completely ethical in China. Dictionary.com defines ethics as the moral principles that govern a person’s or a group’s behavior. There are many different theories of ethics, and which one a person chooses to live by, depends
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written by Professor Alan Dershowitz. Then identify and describe the critical issues addressed in the article. In your paper, thoroughly discuss and evaluate the following concepts: the ticking time bomb hypothesis; Dershowitz's comments regarding Jeremy Bentham as well as his comments about Voltaire's views; and the three ways to deal with the use of torture in the ticking time bomb situation, as stated by the Israeli government-appointed commission of the late 1980s. As part of the discussion about
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Animal Testing Traditionally, animals have been used to ensure the safety of our consumer products and drugs. Yet around the world, scientists, regulators and animal protectionists work together to develop alternatives to their use. The use of animals in the life sciences dates back to ancient Greece and the earliest medical experiments. To learn about swallowing, physicians cut open into the throat of a living pig. To study the beating heart, they cut open into its chest. For centuries physicians
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