Essays on Principles

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In the wide sense, the meaning of the business ethics can be explained as a complex of ethical values and standards that the company and its members in the area of management and entrepreneurship should follow while performing its activities. In the economic world, ethics issues are strongly linked to matters of money. The money is not considered a general means of payments to suppliers anymore. It is a measure of the holder’s achievement, an entrepreneur who can (or cannot) generate enough to be perceived a successful (Audi, 2008). Corporate social responsibility is known to be not only ...

Nursing care models are distinct frameworks used in care settings to deliver care services. The type of framework adopted in an organization is determined by various factors, including economic factors, leadership, recruitment and retention of staff members, and type of decision-making models used in the organization (Fairbrother, Jones & Rivas, 2010). The type of care model used determines the quality and effectiveness with which care services are delivered. There are four main types of nursing care models, which can be broadly categorized into task-oriented or patient-centered. Team-nursing and functional care models are task-oriented, while primary-care nursing and total patient care ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is an independent body which was formed with the intent to develop and improve the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (Financial, 2017). The financial accounting guidelines and reporting standards promulgated by this body are aimed at protecting the interest of the public, as per order by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FASB has a role in protecting the public interest, thus it shares a collective mission with with the FAF and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). These agencies have a mission “to establish and improve financial accounting and ...

What does the court mean when it says "Stare decisis is not an inexorable command; rather it is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision"? Stare decisis is a Latin word that means to stand by what has already been decided. Therefore, in criminal law it is defined as the adherence of the current court system with the principles that has already been established by previous court decisions or rulings. In other words, it can be stated to be a principle of policy. Hence, it promotes reliance on the judicial ...

Where did the idea of the American Dream first originate? Immigrants to the New World were bent on creating a new society, one that thrived on democratic principles, where they could worship freely and having equal standing in the eyes of the law regardless of their financial situation or social status. We believe these ideas to be our own, but they are not; these ideas are not uniquely American ideas. They are drawn from the beliefs of the early Protestants, specifically the ideas of separation of church and state, equality for all and hard work and integrity. The first ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to expand the readers’ awareness about the philosophical and ethical principles that may be associated with abortion. With that, the topic that will be discussed in this paper is abortion. Abortion can be defined as the process of ending a pregnancy. It is important to note, however, that an abortion can happen intentionally or unintentionally. Unintentional abortion typically occurs naturally. Examples would be when there are birth defects that have been found during pregnancy; this is otherwise known as spontaneous abortion or simply a miscarriage. Intentional abortion, on the other hand, is done ...

Principles of Delegation

It would be easier for me to engage in the delegation process, using the principles of delegation, with an aim of ensuring that each of the patients receives the best quality of medical care while in the facility. In addition, these principles will also play a central role in building an environment of trust and confidence between members of the team, thus, allowing them to engage in effective performance.

Determination of Duties to Delegate

The first principle that would apply to the case is a determination of what is to be delegated based on the number of patients that the team would handle at ...

Abstract

Scholars across the board have been persistent on the need for the near perfection of the concept of vital signs monitoring. Prior contributions to this field of knowledge all seem to bend towards correcting the wrongs that at times overwhelm the nursing practice, while at the same time constructing updates and ingenious suggestions towards the bettering of methods of monitoring vital signs. This paper cuts across the dimensions of nursing practice as applied in a reflective situation, and the evaluative outlook into the perks of vital signs monitoring as a physiological assessment process, its outcomes, and its repercussions both ...

Differences between Classical and Operant Conditioning

In Behavioral Psychology, the term ‘conditioning’ is used to refer to a theory that learning can allow a human being or animal to modify the response (reaction) to a stimulus (event/object) (Hill, 2001). There are two types of conditioning: classical conditioning and operant conditioning with distinct characteristics. When the two types are contrasted, it is easily noticeable that both approaches involve diverse learning patterns. As far as classical conditioning is concerned, it involves “learning by association, and refers to the conditioning of reflexes – how animals learn to associate new stimuli with innate bodily reflexes” (Hill, 2001). According to operant ...

Management Theories

Management Theories

Introduction: Overview of Management

Human beings will remain to be the most complicated assets to manage in an organization unless probably the day computers will think, feel, and learn to do things without human intervention. Until then, every manager needs a management concept that will assist him or her to manage these complex resources. Management refers to the process of locating, organizing, planning, leading, and exercising control over the workforce among other resources. Every manager needs to have the necessary skills in making decisions and resolving issues for him/her to be effective, efficient, and beneficial.

In essence, managers’ primary role is ...

Integration of rhetoric on health and medicine provides a platform for scholars and students to explore the different schools of thought that contribute to the practice of modern medicine. Additionally, health researchers use rhetoric to understand the various resource backgrounds which enables them to share knowledge and experience in the shifting landscape of health and medicine. It is understood that the healthcare industry loses billions of money in cases where patients are negligent of the instructions and advices given by their doctors leading to high rates of non-compliance. In the recent past, scholars in the medical and health fields ...

A state has been perceived as a vital component of social and economic development. Most people regard effective administration as a main agent in the implementation, as well as the formulation of development programs. In the 1950s, several developing countries embraced various mechanisms for delivering political and economic benefits to people. This led to the expansion of public administration (Shafritz, Russell, & Borick, 2015). Additionally, the States took a leading role in accelerating development. The theories of public administration also developed during this time. However, tracing the point at which theory and practice of public administration began is not possible. ...

In every single discipline in the world, one of the most important and vital part of their foundation, is ethics. Ethics, or the set of moral principles whereby a field bases its conduct, is something that is necessary to ensure that the practices exhibited in the field promote moral uprightness. Often times, a field’s code of ethics is something that limits and sets the standard of how and what a practitioner should only do while fulfilling tasks or duties. This is because these principles are made to ensure that the practitioner and other people who would be interacting ...

Economists tend to relate to the subject of research with scientific objectivity (Mankiw, 2015). They develop theories, accumulate evidence and then analyse them in an attempt to prove or disprove the theoretical concepts. The main tools of the economist (and other scientists) are theory and observation, but, in contrast to the natural sciences, in economics it is almost impossible to set up an experiment to confirm or deny a new concept. In order to somehow compensate for the absence of the possibility of carrying out laboratory experiments, economists are paying close attention to natural experiments offered by life. An ...

Business ethics

Business Ethics

Walmart Stores Inc. is founded on value-based and code of ethics principles. The value based and code of ethics helps the organization’s leadership in making appropriate decisions. The basic beliefs of the Walmart Stores Inc. focus on excellence achievement and code of ethics. The vision of the Walmart Stores Inc. is based on the global ethics in promoting ethical culture to its global stakeholders. Business codes of ethics are essential for an organization in making right decisions and acting with integrity (Kenny, 2007). Walmart Stores has strived in serving its customers with acts of integrity within ...

Cultural competence in medicine is the ability of health facilities and health professionals to take into considerations the cultures and beliefs of other people apart from one’s own (Horvat, Horey, Romios, & Kis‐Rigo, 2014). Cultural competence is necessary within the health sector because it will assist in understanding the attitude and perception of patients towards certain illnesses. In addition, cultural competence will help in determining the right medication and diagnosis of patients in accordance with beliefs and values of different societies. As a leader in the health care, it is appropriate to think of the most suitable strategies ...

The legalization of Euthanasia is an ethical concern in Canada. Euthanasia refers to the process of medical assistance in dying. It is one of the easiest methods to terminate the life of a person who may be having a terminal illness like cancer and HIV/Aids in their lasts stages. However, some people argue that the individual must be sure that they have to die in the end. Recently, the Canadian legislator changed the rule and advocated for euthanasia among the terminally ill patients. The law is unethical as most people do not identify with the effects of the law ...

With the recent increase in global warfare, there has been an influx of refugees throughout the world. The immigrant opts to seek a safe heaven in the European countries, however; the Europeans are angered by the increase of immigrants. It is worth noting that, the issue of refugee was the one of the factors that facilitated Britain to leave the European Union. There are two prevalent schools of thoughts with regards to the increase in the number of refugees. According to the liberalists they uphold the asylum principle and still hold onto the fallacy that a boarderless world can ...

One of the main advantages of literature lies in its ability to communicate various cultural experiences and provide greater knowledge and deeper understanding of foreign traditions for the reader. In the Western civilization, Eastern religious traditions and cultures informed by them are perceived with interest, fascination and even fear; while lack of understanding can often impair successful interaction and communication. In addressing the issue of religious values, the authors of two books, Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West and Children of Dust: A Portrait of a Muslim as a ...

Abstract

The aim of the experiment is to plot the calibration curve for deteremination of antigen 4D5 by performing ELISA experiment. The primary antibody was blocked by bovine serum albumin, then it reacted with IgG (secondary antibody). Then, the system was washed with carbonate, blocking and substrate buffers. Three replicate experiments were performed, and the experiment was performed with the serial dilutions. By measuring the optical density of the diluted solutions, the calibration line was obtained and the region with the linear dependence “concentration – optical density” was determined. The callibaraion line can be used for the practical tasks: for detecting ...

Kantianism is an ethical theory developed by the German philosopher, Immanuel Kant. The theory focuses on the correctness or wrongness of the actions themselves, as opposed to the correctness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions or the disposition of the actor (Holzhey and Mudroch 35). Kant's ethics further hold that people are bound to an ethical duty by universal ethical rules. Therefore, to act right in accordance with Kant's ethics would be motivated by appropriate universal principles that treat everyone as an end rather than just a mere means. The philosopher further asserts that being motivated by ...

Social changes refer to changes that happen over time affecting the behavioral patterns and accepted social norms and practices. Marketing as a practice has both a philosophical and practical definition with regards to its applicability in society.it can basically be defined as the activity and set of institutions for creating, communicating and delivery of offerings that have impacts on clients and society alike. By implementing social changes in the field of marketing, the benefits accrued from such endeavors are plentiful and more often end up having long-term social and economic effects. Examples of social changes that have been implemented ...

Abstract

Some theories focus on explaining developmental changes that happen to humans. The Social Cognitive Theory represents one of the many theories of psychology that explain human behavior. The theory was introduced by Miller and Dollard in 1941 and later advanced by Bandura and Walters in 1963. The main concepts of the theory are personal, behavioral, and environmental factors. Other concepts including self-control and efficacy, observational learning, and many others help in understanding the interaction between the environment, person, and behavior. On the other hand, the theory operates on five assumptions that relate the theory to learning, language self-control, and ...

People often speak about morality. They do it when they want to criticize someone or to justify their own behavior. They use the word morality freely enough, without giving a second thought to what they really mean by the word. Besides, it can hardly be denied that different people and especially different communities may act according to different moral principles. Thus, something which is considered quite moral in one community may look absolutely immoral in another, which leads to a conclusion that morality is, in fact, a very relative thing. Speaking about morality, people usually operate such concepts as ...

Aboriginal peoples and communities are among the first inhabitants of Canada and are thus considered as one of the founders of Canada. Aboriginal peoples already had legal systems and governance structures even before European settlers arrived in Canada. With the advent of European settlers, Aboriginal peoples were forced to either assimilate to the foreign systems and culture or ignore the immigrants and keep their culture. The latter, however, resulted in conflicts between the European settlers and the local Aboriginal communities. Such conflicts were settled through the signature treaties. However, the signing of the agreements did not guarantee that the ...

The British novelist, critic and essayist Virginia Stephen Woolf is considered one of the most authentic writers of England in the period between the First and the Second World Wars. Being discontented with the novels on the basis of the well-known, actual and apparent, Woolf went on her own experimental way. Walking along this path, the writer discovered a more internal, subjective interpretation of life experience, which is reflected in all of her creative works. It is also worth mentioning about the impact of such famous people such as Henry James, Marcel Proust and James Joyce on her work. ...

Introduction

The research was carried out to establish the results of a three-year training program which is founded on the learning principles. The effectiveness of the program is being evaluated in promoting authentic Leadership (AL) the participants’ mindfulness. The reason for carrying out the evaluation is due to arguments between various authors who reasoned out that the adoption of authentic leader method is attributed by coherence between the actions undertaken and espoused values and clear intentions. The characteristics are required to attain sustainable business performance (Baron, 2016). Throughout the world, there is a call for genuine leadership which will guide ...

In Tom Regan's article “The Case for Animal Rights,” he makes the case for the rights of animals on the basis of equal treatment of all living things that possess inherent value. He argues that morality should be centered on the equal treatment of all living entities, rather than the reduction of suffering and the amplification of pleasure. Consequently, Regan's involvement in the animal rights movement is based on three issues: the elimination of all commercial forms of animal testing, animal agriculture and animal hunting. Ultimately, Regan's argument stands as a sound defense for animal rights on the grounds ...

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are closely linked to each other, but they differ from each other. Job satisfaction refers to the affective attachment of oneself to the job viewed either in its entirely i.e. global satisfaction or with respect to specific aspect like facet satisfaction (e.g. employee’s perspective of quality of supervision). On the other side, organizational commitment is the emotional response to a favorable appraisal of the work environment (Stewart, 2008). Usually, job satisfaction leads to organizational commitment (Stewart, 2008). BMW is considered as the top employer in the U.S. due to high level of satisfied ...

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Legal Positivism Under the direction of legal positivism understood in law, which advocates limited jurisprudence the task of studying the law in force with the formal dogmatic positions. The emergence of legal positivism refers to the first third of the XIX century and it was associated with the processes of approval of industrial capitalism in Western Europe. A crucial role is played by the processes of formation in the most developed countries of the national market, demanded the elimination of the vestiges of medieval particularism, expanding the scope of legal regulation of public relations and the establishment of a ...

Wooden on Leadership

A famous basketball coach John Wooden developed his Pyramid of success nearly 70 years ago. Nevertheless, it is still relevant nowadays. Moreover, this model can be accepted not only in sports but also for business environment. The main reason why this pyramid became so popular in different spheres of life and has not lost its relevance yet is that it does not focus primary on the results (victories) but on identification and implementation of the maximum capacities. Thus, Wooden likes to say “"success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the ...

Introduction

The broad issue of gender equality and empowerment of women has been discussed in length and depth by various stakeholders in society. In fact, the topic stands out as one of the most highly debated issues through the years. The continued occurrence of incidences of gender discrimination clearly points out that the debates are yet to yield their ultimate objectives. The primary contention in all such arguments is the continuous portrayal of women as a lesser gender and thus belittling the morality and feminine’s obligations in society. Male chauvinists, who consider themselves superior and more potent have continuously ...

1. Describe the company in terms of industry, size, number of employees, and history Amazon was founded in 1995, now it is the largest bookstore in the world that operates in 185 countries. In 2011, Amazon employed 30 thousand employees. Amazon expected that earnings will increase at the expense of the volume of business, as the company works with a large number of clients and offers many diverse products. Amazon has distribution channels, which are provided by a network of giant warehouses located around the world. Amazon takes the goods from the seller to their warehouses located throughout the ...

Introduction

Leadership is a necessity in any social setup and is more specialized when it comes to the medical setup. This is because it involves various parties, ranging from doctors, nurses, patients, staff and other people within the system. However, nursing leadership stands out as specialized because of the need to have a sense of direction. Leadership in nursing involves the issue of influencing and making people follow instruction as well as adhere to authority and set up social control systems. In this paper, there will be a detailed discussion about nursing leadership, personal perceptions on the values and beliefs ...

Introduction

A comparison of engineering licensure and regulation in the United States and Canada reveal critical differences between the two countries. Nonetheless, the licensure and regulation between the two countries converge at the point where government intervention in the profession offer some level of autonomy for engineers in their duty to promote public welfare and consumer protection. It has to be noted that privileges given to engineers in Canada present tremendous responsibility to the players. Besides, state regulation and licensure in the United States gives the state the watchdog powers to oversee the operations of individual engineers and corporate entities ...

Search and seizure legal procedures draw much controversy because most people have a high level of expectations regarding privacy. This high level of expectations can be traced back to England’s ‘castle doctrine’ wherein the law recognizes the right of a person to defend one’s home or property from unlawful entry (U.S. Government Publishing Office, 1992, p. 1199). Such expectations regarding privacy, however, is not absolute. In fact, the law provides that intrusion on private property can be made lawful under certain circumstances prescribed by the law. There are several provisions under the United States constitution that can ...

Introduction

When it comes to discussing about values, they should be reported to different levels: individual, organizational or national, as at each level there are different values that prevail (Clothier, 2011). In the case of United States of America, in 2010, the top three most values prevailing individual values were family, caring and honesty customer satisfaction and continuous improvement, the top organizational values were ethics and continuous learning, and the most representative national values were bureaucracy, corruption and blame (Clothier, 2010). While Bellah et al. (2007) indicate that the most important political and philosophical principles of the USA are republicanism, ...

In order to ensure peace and prosperity of a country, most governments have employed the use of stringent rules and regulations to govern people. However, some people stray away from the common perception of government and embrace anarchy. Anarchy is basically opposite of what the government stands for, anarchism is a political ideology (Carter, 1971) that holds the state undesirable and harmful while advocating for stateless institutions. The view of anarchists stray away from the commons masses and more often they tend to go extreme and cause social disturbance and unrest (Gage, 2009)as was the case of the ...

Aims and Objectives of the Experiment

This experiment aims at studying the characteristics of titrations with the strength of different acids used in these titrations. This is done by drawing the titration curves of the different titrations that are carried out in this experiment and interpreting those curves. The units of measurement for this experiment are the standard units that are used in titrations. These are molarity (moles/liter) of substances while the quantities are measured in mL (milliliter).

Theory and Principles

Conductometry is a type of electroanalytical method in analytical chemistry. While other electroanalytical methods use equilibria or electrodes, conductometry is different and employs the conductance of materials ...

Introduction

Regulation and licensure is the act of giving a permit to those qualified in particular field of specialty while at the same time keeping in checking their activities. It is usually established under a variety of jurisdictions that aim at promoting the welfare of the public. Licensure is the process under which engineers receive authorization to practice as well as provide professional engineering services to people [5]. Just like any other profession, engineering is usually protected by the law under some jurisdictions. In the United States, the practice of architecture is often governed by individual states. The licenses are ...

The concept of free trade has indeed presented some industries as more appealing to the consumer than others. For instance, the standard practice is that most agricultural food processing and manufacturing industries are liked and loved by the public while the agricultural non-food processing industries such as the tobacco industry have been continuously subjected to criticism and unjustified treatment from the larger public. The tobacco industry, in particular, has been subjected to excessive taxation, stringent operational rules and regulations and publicly portrayed as a health hazard primarily because tobacco smoking and usage is associated with liver cirrhosis and some ...

The main objective of any health care system is to provide patient care with desirable patient outcomes. Simply put, a health care system strives to promote well-being and heath status of all human beings. It is also important to note that most aspects of the healthcare focus on prevention and management of pain among patients because freedom from pain is an essential dimension of health. Additionally, pain among patients is a multidimensional phenomenon that requires a broad, integrated and a comprehensive care model (Glare et al., 2014). Many studies that have been carried out by various scholars on health ...

LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) rating systems such LEED-ND are designed for the certification of exemplary neighborhood development projects which show exemplary performance in relation to smart growth, green building, and new urbanism. Contextually, such development projects include whole neighborhoods, multiple neighborhoods, and even parts of neighborhoods. By reviewing the Pilot version of the LEED-ND 2007 certification document, it is evident that LEED-ND systems are designed to drive the marketplace towards acknowledging the central doctrine of green building i.e. the simple fact that our personal, economic and environment health is significantly influenced by our immediate surroundings which include the places ...

Abstract

This paper offers an analysis of Christian and Buddhist perspectives George’s case, eventually making a recommendation that his Primary Care Physician should take him through euthanasia. George is an ALS patient in his mid-fifties, who is considering euthanasia as a quick solution to future suffering. However, based on Buddhism consider the fact that there is no need for George to suffer during his last days alive. On the other hand, while they value respect for persons, Christians grapple with the idea that George has no moral mandate to take his life. Nonetheless, an application of these worldviews in ...

The article is impressive in the manner it discusses issues regarding the challenges that people face in their bid to achieve social justice. It is particularly remarkable given that it exposes a contemporary society that is geared towards prosperity by all means possible while disregarding equally important conservative principles. The aspect of fighting for social justice is apparent when the author observes how the Buddhists embarked on a mission to address a local problem of deforestation and destruction of the ecosystem after realizing how harmful the trend was to the community. From the article, the use of religion by ...

Introduction

Ethics came from the Greek word ‘ethos,’ or character. In the modern context, ethics refer to the study of normative behavior. It is commonly understood as standards of behavior that ought to be followed under certain circumstances and the moral reasoning behind such actions. Ethics does not necessarily make people do good; nor is it an attribute that is only exclusive for good people. In fact, there are good people that exhibit unethical behavior, especially when under pressure. Professor and author, Denis Collins, for instance, observed that there are many good individuals who engage in unethical behavior because they ...

In the past 3 decades, there has been a significant increase in nurse shortage with the numbers expected to fall even more by the end of 2020. Most researchers, healthcare managers, and nurse leaders assume that the issue has been resolved but the truth is it is far more disastrous. Nursing shortage has many negative implications within the healthcare system. Registered nurses have a high demand in the market place, wherein the current RN workforce of over 2.7 ˘million is expect to grow above 3.5 million by 2022 (AACN 2014). Due to the increasing number of elderly patients, acute ...

Step 1: Develop ethical sensitivity, integrating personal and professional values (Welfer, 2016)

The situation, described in a case study, demands the integration of the best professional and personal values, which in cumulative effect are powerful enough to overcome the toughness of dilemmas.

All the facts of the case are to be clarified with the help of all accessible tools. As regards stakeholders, they include the intern, his/her direct supervisor, current and perspective clients (especially those, whose cases are unique and complex). It also should be emphasized that the sociocultural context of the events also plays a crucial role, as it is new for the intern, who is not duly acquainted with ...

The Society of Jesus is a religious group that has a history of almost 400 years. Members of this society call themselves Jesuits. Faith and Leadership states that: “The Jesuits have seen the training of religious and lay believers as core to their mission for more than 400 years” (Faith and Leadership 2017). Since Ignatius Loyola is a founder of the organization, most of the educational principles are based on his experience. Education is viewed as the main focus of the society (Jesuits West 2017). Loyola created a set of “spiritual exercises” that help one to understand better oneself ...

Introduction

Since the dawn of human civilization annihilation of millions of people has been occurring. After the two World Wars, this annihilation took place through many civil wars fought within the nations all over the world. The Genocide or the mass killing of a particular ethnic group has been a common phenomenon in civil wars. In 1990s, the Kashmiri Hindus were expelled by Muslim terrorists through severe massacre. The question is whether mass massacre is the answer to any problem. There is a universal agreement that genocide is immoral and unethical (Jones, 1999). Still even after the horrified consequences of ...

Black (2016) defines philosophy as the study of principles that underlie the conduct, thoughts, and universal nature. Philosophy entails how people find meaning in different aspects of life in the universe. Philosophers develop the philosophies out of curiosity with the intention of explaining or understanding underlying realities about various aspects of life. Philosophies can also be developed by individuals unintentionally as they mature and set definitions and guides for their conducts. Such philosophies are referred to as personal philosophies. A personal philosophy is a blueprint and guide to a person’s values and belief system (Black, 2016). Personal philosophies ...

In the past few decades, homebuilding industry has been highly fragmented, with various builders delivering diverse new homes every year. Recently, the industry has undergone rapid transformation and consolidation to address the new demands in the market. Pulte Homes is one of the top companies in the homebuilders industry in America specializing particularly in building homes as well as residential community development. According to National Association of Homebuilders (2010), Pulte Homes is a top 500 company in the list of the key American public corporations based on their contributions to the American economy. It is the focus of this ...

There are some approaches to natural law. The first conception assumes that it exists independently and does not need to be recognized, found by anyone or declared. On the other side, the positive law has to be approved according to certain procedural standards. The positive law is limited, while the natural law of God or of Reason is limitless and universal (Silving 477). In other words, they are of different origin and have different power and procedure of adoption. These concepts fit into my understanding of the role of law in the community. Thus, it is well-known that there ...

The chosen theorist is Dorothea Orem, who was born in 1914 and died in 2007. She started her career after earning a diploma at Providence Hospital in Washington DC. In the start of her career, she worked as a nurse staff and then she became a nurse educator as well as administrator and nurse consultant. Also, with the help of her experiences, degree of doctorate level, she successfully introduced her general theory of nursing related to self-care, self-care deficit, and nursing system. However, the main focus of Orem was on self-care theory. Orem has defined four meta-paradigm concepts in ...

End-of-life care refers to the provision of care to patients with incurable terminal illnesses and patients who are in a permanent vegetative state, and that type of care is one of the most commonly debated ethical issues in contemporary health care for two reasons. First, because of the development and advancement of medical techniques and technologies, physicians and nurses are now able to prolong the patients’ lives, but those interventions do not always improve the patients’ quality of life or maintain their human dignity (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). Second, the human population is aging, so the prevalence of terminal illnesses ...

Business Model Generation

Toyota seeks to reduce its cost of production by outsourcing most of the parts that are used in the assembling of its vehicles. For this purpose, Toyota has various key partners from who it outsources its various parts. Simchi-Levi, Kaminsky & Simchi-Levi (2008) argues that Toyota produces 30% of the automotive parts in-house while the remaining 70% of the parts are outsourced. All the engines of the company are produced in-house because the company possesses the capacity and knowledge, and would also want to exercise all the control with regards to the quality of its engines (Simchi-Levi, Kaminsky & Simchi-Levi, 2008). ...

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Introduction

In 2000, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Qwest, Joseph Nacchio, was charged civil and criminal liabilities after it has been found that he violated the provisions of GAAP against fraud and insider trading. He was sentenced to six years in prison in 2007 and was slapped with a $19 Million fine and a forfeiture order for proven illegal stock sales transactions worth $52 Million. In this memo, the author discusses the different aspects of Qwest’s case, emphasizing the role of GAAP and the PCAOB.

The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) refers to a standard framework of ...

Judicial Activism of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Since the ECJ handed down the 2005 Mangold v. Helm case, there have been several criticisms provided by different scholars of the decisions it made and what they believed had various consequences for the European Union law. Essentially, the decisions made by the court involved several queries, but the main one was applicability of European Union age‐based anti‐discrimination law in situations involving the fixed‐term employment contracts. The contracts were founded on the law that permitted the fixed‐term contract with no demands for the objective reasons that justified the limitations of the employment period past the ...

The paper presents a review of the book known as “Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy." The book is divided into four parts and 17 chapters. Part one addresses understanding the advantage in changing competitive environment, part two addresses anticipating competitor’s actions, part 3 addresses formulating dynamic competitive strategy and the last part addresses choosing among alternative competitive strategies. This paper reviews part one of the book that covers chapters one to nine. The review involves a critical evaluation of the chapters and presentation of personal views on over the content of each chapter. The book brings together an ...

(the author’s name) (the institutional affiliation) Currently, the population expresses interest in the influence of companies’ activities on modern life. In turn, companies feel inclined to legitimate their practices to society. The interest is connected with the moral aspect of pursuing profit and implementing regulations of companies’ activities. Such practices reveal the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) which presents a complex area as it centers on issues of humanity, sustainability, and environmental responsibility (Crane, Matten, and Spence, 2013, pp. 3-4; Fleming, Roberts, and Garsten, 2013, p. 340; Wright, 2010, p. 1). In this regard, the following social ...