Communities of Practice (CoP) & Communities of Interest (CoINs) Prepared By: Trung Phat Lam (LAM09310251) For: Villem Van Ree Date: 21 March 2011 Course Title: Diploma of Business [International Business] Course Code: BSB52004 Module Title: Analyse Consumer Behaviour for Specific International Markets Module Code: BSBINT502A Executive Summary * The report was created in order to learn about Communities of Practice and Communities of Interest and the differences between
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it’s the primary goal of this brief article to differentiate the concepts of self-interest and selfishness: to praise the concept of self-interest as the catalyst of moral action‚ therefore worthy of admiration; and thus to admonish selfishness as the instigator which often leads to immorality and inconsiderate hedonism. Consequently‚ containing these two sentiments from one another in order to redeem the term self-interest and to specify its appropriateness becomes an intellectual
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Katherine Hua Mrs. Grubbs Freshman English H‚ Period 4 26 May 2013 Self-Interest Motivates Humans have always wondered what drives them to make the choices the make. One of the theories people have come up with is that self-interest primarily motivates mankind. This theory is defended in the actions of Luba and her suitor in Angels of Bergen-Belsen‚ the decisions made by Ilsa Hermann and Hans Hubermann in The Book Thief‚ and the struggles with death in Night. In Angel of Bergen-Belsen‚ Luba
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Adilet Karatayev‚ IUP201430 А)Political self-interest In Kazakhstan a lot of politician that abuse their position. They are do everything to the own interests. One of the main problems in Kazakhstan is corruption. All levels of the social society rotten corruption. Nowadays in Kazakhstan to solve problem as place in hospital or school‚ not enough only be rich‚ you must have a connection with public officials. Otherwise you will have to wait a long time. For example In 2004 Transparency International
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of his plays‚ The Crucible‚ was based on the witch hunt trials that took place in puritan community of Salem Massachusetts. This play captured the mood of a time where no one was safe. Because too much self-interest leads to the harm of others‚ Abigail fosters the witch trials throughout the play in hopes of being with John Proctor. Self-interest lead to the harm of others. Abigail shows immense self-interest when she threatens the other girls that she will “bring a pointy reckoning” if they were
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I. Introduction Homo economicus‚ the Economic Man‚ represents a rational human being formalized in certain social science models‚ especially in economics‚ who acts in self-interest to achieve in a goal-oriented manner. As John Kay puts it‚ "He is self interested‚ materialistic‚ and obsessed with calculating his worth." In the world of economics textbooks‚ "... he is the mainstay of economic life." The edifice of modern economics is built on the foundation of Homo economicus‚ where the behavior
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claim that ethical judgments could be founded on self-interest alone Egoism is the idea of putting the interests of oneself before the interests of others when making a moral decision. This idea is often perceived in a negative way because people generally don’t like to think that they are selfish or making decisions based on their own self-interest. I believe that there are a variety of judgments and decisions that are based on self-interest. If you explore deep into why a person made a particular
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Altruism vs. Self-Interest; Who is the Real Winner? Altruistic acts extend across the whole world‚ from humans to all different kinds of animals. Soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy for the freedom of our country to Vervet monkeys sounding loud alarms to warn of threats even though it draws a predators attention to themselves (Crowl 1). Altruism and self-interest are inherent motivations in all species and will continue to be forever. Personally‚ whenever I hold the door for someone it
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According to Adam Smith‚ self-interest should not be denied. In the ‘Wealth of Nations’‚ he asserts that self-interest in the market is to encourage the growth of society through the division of labour and the maximization of wealth. For him‚ self-interest is enough to motivate the exchange of goods. The butcher-brewer-baker example (p.19) says that their willingness to offer us a meal is dependent upon their own interests‚ not their kindness. Coase agrees in principle‚ stating (p.534) that the
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of Turkey’s Self-Interest” written on December 28‚ 2015 by Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi is about the way that Turkey is going about accepting Syrian refugees. Al Makhzoomi blames the mass amount of refugees for Turkey’s lack of food and housing and makes the claim that a lack of border encourages jihadists to join ISIS. He goes on to say that Turkey is actually supporting the Islamic State by providing them with money‚ training‚ and weapons. Al Makhzoomi believes that Turkey’s self-interest is accountable
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