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Most people have only heard of the rhetoric concepts of ethos, pathos, logos, Telos and Kairos, but they do not know what they mean. These terms are used mainly by Aristotle (book writer/author) in explaining how rhetoric functions. In ancient Greek, the works corresponded with rhetorical situations (Aristotle 33). The terms are used in advertising, especially in persuading the audience. The three common basic words used in persuading are ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is referred as credible or the ethical appeal (Aristotle 89). Therefore, it means convincing people based on the character of the individual, for example, in ...

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Our company, here in referred to as Greene’s LLC, is suing Jennifer Lawson, a former employee for breaching a confidentiality agreement signed during the course of her employment and subsequently breached after being dismissed from the company. Jennifer Lawson has subsequently countersued Greene’s LLC for wrongful termination. The substance of the matter is that Jennifer Lawson was summarily dismissed from the company by the HR officer Lisa Peele. Lawson subsequently went on to seek employment from a competitor, Howell Jewelry World, a competitor to Greene’s LLC. The bone of contention for our company is that in ...

The case involves a guest of the hotel in Jamaica, where a guest was severely injured while working out in the fitness center of the hotel.  

Issues:

What jurisdiction and law should apply for the case? The jurisdiction and law that should apply here is the Jamaican law, in Jamaica. The US law in Miami cannot apply because, as stated in 28 U.S.C subsections 1391(a), a US court only has jurisdiction in such cases over the defendants where at least one defendant is domiciled in the particular judicial district. This principle has been affirmed in the case of Steven ...

A Report on Internet Misuse in Business Firms

Business organizations rely heavily on internet enabled systems in the present age. This has necessitated unrestricted use of internet in business firms, especially in creative area like graphic designing. This report addresses the same issue in a graphic design firm where the author works as an account manager. The firm is doing well and currently has a strength of 14 employees. However the owner is concerned about the unregulated use of the internet which allows the employees to download almost anything or view inappropriate web content in the workplace. The concern of the owner is justified because the irresponsible ...

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It is universally accepted that illegal and unethical activities of businesses and companies could lead to a significant negative impact to the welfare of the society (Schwartz, 2001). In addition, following or embracing a proper business ethics is also a necessary element in the success of the businesses, organizations and companies. In general, the success of every business, organization or company is based on the trust between the employees, customers and the public. People commonly do not trust an organization which does not follow a universally accepted code of ethics (Matthews, 1987). In most cases, it is recommended that ...

In a video posted on July, 22 2016 comedian Mike Ward was fined $42,000 for using a disabled child as the butt of one of his jokes. ("Political Correctness Gone Too Far? - Canada.") While it is easy to agree that Ward deserved to be fined for what could be seen as an attack on a child and a disabled person. On the other side comedians argue that political correctness and thin skin have had a negative effect on doing their comedy. This is understandable as comedy has always been a way to look at the flaws of ...

The lights play a very significant role in driving a vehicle and are considered to be an essential element of every car. Lights provide a driver with a possibility to see in darkness while he is driving. If lights function right and are bright enough, then a driver is able to see what is in the road ahead. As opposite, if lights are poor, the risk of accident is much higher. Further in this essay I am going to describe and explain several reasons in detail, why it so important to drive with lights on. Different types of lights ...

In Corbin v. Safeway Stores the plaintiff “sued Safeway Stores for damages resulting from injuries suffered when he slipped on a grape and fell” in the produce department of a supermarket owned by Safeway. The evidence established that the plaintiff slipped “directly in front of the self-service grape bin” (Corbin v. Safeway Stores). The plaintiff testified that “he saw no mat or other flooring covering of any kind in the area where he fell” (Corbin v. Safeway Stores). On the other hand, Safeway’s employees testified that company policy “required mats in front of its grape bins” because Safeway ...

What is Artificial Intelligence?

Intelligence in computing is defined as the computational ability of machines to achieve desired objectives. Artificial Intelligence is the “scientific understanding of mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines” ("AI Overview", n.d.). The concept of artificial intelligence systems is formed around information processing systems that perceive, learn, and think about what they want and how they feel. A.I. is the science and engineering involved in the design of intelligent machines including computer programs that try to learn and understand human intelligence. However, AIs do not necessarily simulate human intelligence but instead apply mechanisms that solve ...

The plight of the black started just before slavery. With the slave trade, the black Americans were exposed torture, oppressions and all kinds of dehumanising things. After the end of slavery, there were hopes that the status of the African Americans will improve and their plights will reduce. However, the plight of the African Americans is getting even worse than ever. The racial discrimination and segregation have become worse than it initially was (Berg 19). Various figures have come upon to fight for the rights of the African Americans but all have ended up failing or being assassinated. The ...

<Institution Name> The news article chosen by me discusses murder and rape committed as an act of violence against an innocent woman. The crime covers one of the most serious acts of violence that can be committed against humanity because it is a crime which goes against decency and humanity. According to the story, the rapist murdered a woman and then murdered her, while dumping her body at a distance from the beach. Rape is defined as sexual assault against a person, which can involve sexual intercourse and sexual penetration of any sort to a non-consenting party, against ...

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For many years, financial crises have been pervasive. According to Collardi (2012), the frequency of occurrence of financial crises in the recent decades has doubled the occurrence during the Bretton Woods Period and the Gold Standard Era. Nevertheless, the occurrence of the 2007-2008 financial crisis came as a great surprise to many individuals. Initially, the crisis was seen as difficulties that were being experienced in the United States subprime mortgage market. This, however, spilled rapidly to the financial markets before spilling over to the real economy. This paper discusses the causes of the financial crisis and the measures that ...

Lachman, M. E. (2004). Development in midlife. Annu. Rev. Psychol., 55, 305-331. In this article, based on the analysis of contemporary foreign and domestic philosophical, sociological and psychological literature have been considered theoretical interpretation and empirically recorded phenomenology "midlife crisis / mid-life." Author used the method of biographical interviews and have shown the common strategy for coping with the crisis, the dependence of its manifestations on the type of self-identity and gender of the respondent. The author rightly suggested that the crisis could be caused by the coincidence in time of several adverse events related to deviant factors: divorce, ...

The Name of the Class

In recent years, the Earth’s climate varies considerably: some countries suffer from heat waves, the others from too harsh and snowy winters, unusual for these places. Environmentalists talk about global climate change, which includes an increase in mean annual temperature, causing the melting of glaciers, and rising sea levels. In addition to warming, there is also imbalance of natural systems, which leads to changes in rainfall patterns, temperature anomalies and the increased frequency of extreme events such as hurricanes, floods and droughts (Biello, 2016). According to scientists, humanity cannot fully prevent climate change. But the international community is ...

Human Behavior – Development in Midlife Lachman’s (Lachman’s, 2004)

The purpose of the author is to summarize the findings relating to salient issues and themes of midlife such as physical and psychological changes brought by aging, and the balance between work ad family responsibilities. This objective arises from addressing the need to explore midlife developments considering the large demographic shifts in the population. In order to accomplish this, the author reviewed previous studies and summarized the findings from the reviewed research. Furthermore, the concept was highlighted in the article using conceptual frameworks encompassing the study of multiple patterns of changes in midlife. Conclusively, the author was able to ...

1. Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma? This is an ethical dilemma because Dr. Yeung has an ethical obligation to maintain the confidentiality of her client but he has also made a veiled threat of violence on her answering machine. This puts her in the position of determining what threat level this message poses and if or should she override her professional duty to maintain confidentiality in order to prevent violence from happening. The APA ethical standards which frame the nature of the dilemma are Confidentiality and Privacy.2. ...

Humankind is susceptible to many situations which are sudden and take people unawares, wrought by both nature and mankind. These situations are known as emergencies and wreak huge losses to life and property. Although modern technologies have devised sound meteorological systems that may warn us of impending natural calamities such as earthquakes, volcanoes, cyclones, Tsunamis etc., the losses suffered cannot be fully recovered because Government machinery is never sufficient to deal with the magnitude of the disaster. Modernization of facilities to make living style easier has in its wake exposed human kind to many dangers. Exposure to these dangers ...

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The performance of the business is critical for the investors as well as stakeholders. The discipline of corporate finance offers a variety of the techniques for reviewing the financial performance of the business. In the modern competitive world, a financial performance of the business is not enough for the success. Instead, it is critical to have success in multiple dimensions that ensures sustainability. The underlying report is a comparative assessment of the two brewing companies from UK FTSE 250 listing from the Travel & Leisure sectors and Restaurants & Bars subsectors.

Introduction of Greene King Plc and the Marston’s PLC

The selected companies include Greene King Plc and the Marston’ ...

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The media greatly influences our perceptions about an event; it determines how we are likely to perceive the event. The media is the main channel through which the ordinary person gets all the facts about an event. Misleading information from the media is likely to lead a person astray. According to psychologists, first impressions about something really matter. Whatever we hear, see experience or feel during the first encounter with something solely determines how we perceive the rest of it. If the media draws attention to certain facts or details, it can change the prior information that we already ...

These short stories are both written in English and deal with the past history of Empire. However, they differ in significant ways as this essay will demonstrate and, in their differences, they exhibit very different views of European colonization. ‘An Outpost of Progress’ is very critical of the notion of colonialism, while ‘The Outstation’ sees colonization in a more benevolent light.

Conrad’s ‘An Outpost of Progress’ is set in the Belgian Congo towards the end of the 19th century. We can tell the colony is Belgain partly from the names of the characters (one is Flemish, the other French), ...