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    Title: Application of ethical principles; utilitarian‚ moral rights and Justice Models to an Australian case study As demand and competition increases‚ companies have reduced their cost and increased their profits by turning to countries with less expensive labor. Roberts (2013) revealed that workers at the Indonesian Nike factory are being forced to work for less than minimum wage and being threatened through the hiring of military personal. Harrison (2010) when obtaining goods it is important

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    optimize utility in the situation; this will make the utilitarian point always abjectly correct. Under this systems your personal intentions count just like one vote and your fate can be decided by other people. As an example of this moral theory in practice you can observe: the human sacrifices

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    same idea; if an act creates positive results‚ then it is thought to be good. Utilitarian’s must consider each separate case on its own facts; there is no wrong or right action‚ only that which extends the over-all happiness. Therefore‚ how a Utilitarian chooses to deal with the issue of abortion would be decided on a case by case basis. They

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    1. From a utilitarian point of view‚ we could generally say that it is permissible to test on living creatures‚ because by finding a cure for pancreatic cancer we would help a large amount of people‚ while only hurting a few in the research process. According to Singer’s concept of speciesism‚ there is no significant difference between the human and the chimpanzee that we should take into account in making this decision. It doesn’t matter what species you belong to‚ and just because the human belongs

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    there was a mishap of the usual transportation. This request was very short notice and I already had some of my notebooks in the car. I quickly evaluated my situation and used the criteria to see what would be the most beneficial. As a result of my utilitarian perspective‚ I lent my mom my car and I decided to carpool with someone else to get to campus. This was the best course of action in order to maximize pleasure for all parties involved. The intensity was immense because I felt better about saving

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    the Laws of Supply and Demand The simulation in the text is about a small city by the name of Atlantis. Atlantis is a well-maintained city with many positive aspects for the community. All of the aspects make it a pleasant living environment. For example‚ the city has maintained streets‚ maintained sidewalks‚ large parks and jogging paths. To rent an apartment in the community of Atlantis an individual would have to go through Good life Management. The current vacancy rate is at 28 percent of availability

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    Summarising articles for thesis: Example 1 Karim‚ Zaidi & Wahid (2004) studied the performance of zakat distribution in Perak‚ Kedah‚ Negeri Sembilan and Selangor. The objective of the study is to compare the trend in zakat distribution in the selected states. They used the financial report of 1990 to 2001 from the respective State Islamic Religious Councils to analyze the trend in zakat distribution. They found that‚ on average the respective SIRCS only distributed 69% to 80% of the amount of

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    which is no less serious than narcomania or alcoholism. For instance‚ in August 2005‚ a report surfaced about the death of a 28-year-old southern Korean gamer who had spent 50 hours playing a real-time strategy game (BBC). For another significant example‚ one needs to look no further than July 2012‚ when a Taiwanese teenager fatally collapsed after a 40-hour game session (Crawley). Cases like these are actually quite numerous and happen all around the world. They make additional arguments to the negative

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    Social Mobilization Theory -  an interdisciplinary study within the social sciences that generally seeks to explain why social mobilization occurs‚ the forms underwhich it manifests‚ as well as potential social‚ cultural‚ and political consequences. The three current‚ leading theories explaining these phenomena include:  Resource Mobilization- The assumption here is that for a social movement to first exist and then to thrive‚ it needs to operate similar to a business which makes efficient

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    rigid in its emphasis on duties‚ utilitarian ethics too keen to override basic human rights. Deontology and utilitarianism are both types of ethics referring to how one reacts in a certain situation. Deontology is based on following a set of duties and sticking to these duties no matter what the consequences whereas utilitarianism is based on choosing the best outcome over a short term and long term even if it means depriving people of basic human rights for example. However does this mean that

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