practical implications from nonanthropocentrism; it undermines some of the common attitudes – love, respect, awe – that people think it appropriate to take toward the natural world. KEYWORDS Anthropocentrism, environment, ethics, Norton, value Environmental Values 16 (2007): 169–185 © 2007 The White Horse Press 170 KATIE MCSHANE For at least the last 30 years now, there has been a running debate among environmental ethicists about whether anthropocentrism can serve as an adequate foundation
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Week 4 Tutorial 1. What is Hypothetical Future Value (HFV)? How did this contribute to Enron’s downfall? A: Hypothetical Future Value can be defined as the value has not been earned but it is believed to be received in the future. The Enron used fair value accounting to make the balance sheet and, the money which has not been earned was written down as profit. For example, if a house worth $10,000 today, and the price increases to $20,000 tomorrow, however, if do not sell this house, there is no
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Ouroboros Cloud Atlas “The important part of this responsibility becomes manifest when we as ourselves: out of the system of values giving consistency to culture, which ones shall we choose for making them the sense of our life? The answer is based, of course, on free choice. But this implies a great responsibility, because we have to decide which values we choose for guiding our being: placing us in a ridiculous and ephemeral world, or those which offer depth to our personality and elevate
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The theme of the documentary “The Corporation” focuses on the nature of corporations today on how they influence change, damage culture, society, and our living environment on a daily basis all in pursuit of larger profits. The producers of the film explore the views and actions of corporations by interviewing people from all sides of the debate. The word “corporation” is defined as a group of individuals working together to accomplish a goal, that goal being making themselves
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Participative Discussion pt.4 Steve Jobs created one of the most valued companies in the world. The changes he made to Apple’s strategic plan were essential for the company’s success and in keeping the values that it stood for. Is the product high value to customers and does it make you stand-out from the competition? These were major factors that led to Jobs’ success in the industry. The intuitive user-interface that Apple provided was breakthrough in its day, and Apple has continued to create
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communication issues we now turn our attention to monochronic versus polychronic cultures and the impact that can have on communication. Monochronic cultures like to do just one thing at a time. They value a certain orderliness and sense of there being an appropriate time and place for everything. They do not value interruptions. They like to concentrate on the job at hand and take time commitments very seriously. In addition monochronic people tend to show a great deal of respect for private property
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1. List and briefly discuss your core values: The “Funeral Exercise” should have helped you to tap into your deep, fundamental (core) values. Drawing from what you learned during this assignment about what you value most in life, and what you hope to accomplish in it, describe your core values. The following excerpt from the book Giving Voice to Values (GVV) should help you complete this assignment. “The word “value” refers to the inherent worth and quality of a thing or an idea, and we often talk
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JDT Task 3 (1113) value: 0.00 value: 1.00 value: 2.00 value: 3.00 value: 4.00 Score/Level Articulation of Response (clarity, organization, mechanics) The candidate provides unsatisfactory articulation of response. The candidate provides weak articulation of response. The candidate provides limited articulation of response. The candidate provides adequate articulation of response. The candidate provides substantial articulation of response. A1. Benefits The candidate does not present
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Business Ethics: Enron Case Study Introduction Enron was a very powerful company that was doing very well in the market. The value of its share was high and the company was enjoying an overall healthy position as a business. The employees were happy and new recruits would have killed to get a job at Enron. However, this was not to last. Enron enjoyed so much success that it got to its head and it started making all sorts of problems. Enron decided to change its organizational structure by employing
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make the most of their service delivery potential and manage the related risks and costs over the full life of the assets.” KC Leong, 2004, The Essence of Asset Management. A second definition reads thus: Asset management is the process of creating value within the owner’s objectives through acquisition, use and disposal of assets. Gordon MacNair, 2010. In the second definition the owners objectives is an essential ingredient of the Asset management hence getting it right involves the activation of
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