Discuss ethical implications related to the PR issues Merriam-Webster defines ethical behavior as “the discipline dealing with what are good and bad‚ with moral duty and obligation” (Ethical‚ 2008). In the recent years it has been said that good ethics can mean good business. When it comes to reputation and public image an ethical business is better off than an unethical one. Ethical issues can be directly or sometimes indirectly from the strategic decisions that are made to meet public
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Drinking Age “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy‚” was once said by a very smart man named Benjamin Franklin. He lived in a time when there was no minimum drinking age. Before the 1900’s there wasn’t any kind of drinking laws anywhere in the United States. The drinking age was regulated by society which was family‚ church‚ and communities. Yes‚ some kids probably drank too much back then‚ but I’ve learned that the current laws aren’t doing much to stop it now either. At
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Frankie Cline Ms. Erby English 108 Fall 12 12/4/12 The drinking age of 21 should be lowered to the age of 18. Many rights have different ages of initiation. A person can obtain a hunting license at age 12‚ driver ’s license at age 16‚ vote and serve in the military at 18‚ serve in the U.S. House of Representatives at age 25 and in the U.S. Senate at age 30‚ and run for President at age 35. At 18 years old you ’re considered to be an adult. You can get loans‚ buy a car‚ house‚ get marry‚
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Drinking Age The drinking age was moved from 18 to 21 for a reason. The higher drinking age of 21 has saved many lives‚ helped reduce the amount of underage drinking‚ and therefore should not be lowered. Many studies from a large variety of sources have proven higher drinking ages have a positive effect on society. Alcohol is harmful to the development of younger people. Research has shown that an adult is less likely to binge
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Should the Legal Alcohol Drinking Age be Lowered to 18? Should the legal alcohol drinking age be lowered to eighteen? At the age of eighteen years old‚ you are eligible to vote‚ you can legally purchase cigarettes‚ you are eligible for the military draft‚ you are willing to die for this country‚ you are even able to serve on a jury‚ and you are titled as an adult at the age of eighteen. Why can’t someone at the age of eighteen not drink alcohol? Who is to say that just because someone is twenty-one
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Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered All fifty states set their minimum drinking age back to twenty one in the 1980’s because they felt that eighteen wasn’t the appropriate age. Some people did not agree with this change because at the age of eighteen people can vote‚ drive cars‚ fly planes‚ pay taxes‚ marry‚ become a legal guardian‚ own a gun‚ risk their lives a member of the U.S. armed forces. Honestly‚ today the drinking age doesn’t matter‚ whatever the age a person will always try and find a
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older kids to get the driver license at the age of 16? Maybe they do it because they have not really focus that all types of crashing accidents teenagers are the more involve than any older people. Alcohol and No Seat belt are the factors more mentioned in all car accidents. For the fallowing reasons‚ the driving age should be raised to 18‚ Safety and financial problems will get better. The first reason should be because financi the driving be raised to 18 years old is because teenagers have more
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Draft #4 Increasing the drinking age from 18 to 21 caused a lot of debate. Many believed it would have done more good than it actually has done. Lesley Stahl‚ the CBS journalist‚ once said‚ "It hasn’t reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground‚ behind closed doors‚ into the most risky and least manageable of settings." As Stahl states‚ the drinking is “underground” to an extent and very visible in universities. Underage drinking‚ and drinking in general is very visible
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Since 1933 until 1984‚ the national minimum legal drinking age in the United States had been continuously changing. Especially in 1984‚ the minimum legal drinking age has been increased to 21 years old because it was reported that over two-thirds of car accidents were in consequence of drinking alcohol in the mid of 1970s (Tietjen‚ 2014). Most states in the United States set their drinking age to 21 but some set it lower. The minimum legal drinking age has been the subject of controversy around the
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abysmal failure. It hasn’t reduced or eliminated drinking. It has simply driven it underground‚ behind closed doors‚ into the most risky and least manageable of settings‚"(Debate) said John McCardell of “Choose Responsibility”. Choose Responsibility is a non-profit organization that is for lowering the drinking age to 18. Young adults can vote‚ fight and die for their country overseas‚ and purchase tobacco at age 18‚ but why cannot they have a beer? Drinking among the youth in the United States has escalated
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