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    proven that they are truly innovative leaders. Ford Motor Company has fought their way up through the automobile industry from the great depression to the almost collapse of the automobile industry. Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company have played a vital role in history and America’s economy. They have managed to build a company based on value‚ customers‚ and tradition that is still going strong. Ford has made their supply chain a critical aspect of their company by promoting long-term relationships with

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    PLAY What is play? Definition of play. From an early age‚ play is important to a child’s development and learning. It isn’t just physical. It can involve cognitive‚ imaginative‚ creative‚ emotional and social aspects. It is the main way most children express their impulse to explore‚ experiment and understand. Children of all ages play. (Dobson‚ 2004‚ p.8) This essay will describe the defining features of play‚ understanding of the roles and functions of play in early years. Play is not

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    individual and/or group of people a framework to understand the world that they are living in and how to respond or behave to experiences. Furthermore‚ religion does not require ones belief in a high power or supernatural being. It just requires a belief in something that a group or individual deems sacred. Religion fills an essential role in society because it is the framework that groups of people use to understand the world around them. Every group has a common framework that they use to make

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    Natalie Shapiro 4/9/13 Lesson 18 Was the Renaissance more Medieval or Modern? Identify : Petrarch‚ Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michangelo‚ Rafael‚ Sofonsiba‚ Castiglione‚ Machiavelli Petrarch: Leonardo da Vinci: A citizen of Florence‚ he did much of his work in Milan and Rome. He is best known for the Mona Lisa‚ a portrait of a strangely smiling young woman in Florence. Michangelo: Began his career as a sculptor in Florence. There he did a famous marble statue of David ‚ after the heroic biblical

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    What role does a judge play in a legal system? Does he/she make law or merely play a role in interpreting law? Discuss. A judge’s role in a legal system would be more of playing a role in interpreting law as compared to making a law which would not be a main role of the judge itself. As laws will fall under many different parts‚ the written law and unwritten law will be the basic ones that separate the two. Written laws will be such as firstly‚ the constitution which

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    Gorgias. In this dialogue‚ Plato discusses virtue originated upon rhetoric‚ which relates closely to his theoretical scheme of defining the suitable existence of humans. Plato does an impeccable job mapping out rhetorical situations to construct this piece as a well thought out rhetorical figure. While focusing on the first sections of Gorgias‚ Gorgias himself tells Socrates that rhetoric relates “to the greatest…and the best of human things‚” however‚ Socrates does not seem to believe Gorgias. While their

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    Virtue 1: Machiavelli‚ in dedicating the work to Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ reminds the young prince that greatness awaits him because he is endowed with both fortune and admirable qualities. Machiavelli uses the term "virtue" to describe the positive qualities of a prince. In Daniel Donno’s notes‚ he writes that virtue is a word which "implies physical and mental capacity-intelligence‚ skill‚ courage‚ vigor-in short‚ all those personal qualities that are needed for attainment of one’s own ends." (p. 125)

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    Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 –1527) was an Italian historian‚ politician and philosopher based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of modern political science‚ and more specifically‚ political ethics. He wrote his masterpiece‚ The Prince‚ which is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern political philosophy in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that

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    Notably‚ the corporation was acting in this way due to benefits that it was gaining through the supporting finances. Therefore‚ the author wants to stress that Chiquita in its accomplice role is nothing less blameworthy than the AUC for the mass killings of Colombian civilians. The plaintiffs are survivors of the by AUC targeted groups claiming their rights under the ATCA. The reason why the US Court is dealing with this international case is founded on the fact that Chiquita is based in the US‚

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    As Aristotle stated‚ “What then is choice‚ or what sort of thing is it‚ since it is none of the things mentioned? It is obviously something willing‚ but not everything that is willing is something chosen” (Ethics‚ III‚ 1112a‚ 10). Leadership is something willing‚ but also something chosen. By making the choice to lead you are an embodiment of virtue. This thought does not start and end with Aristotle‚ but also with a more modern writer‚ C.S. Lewis. In his essay “The Way‚” the second essay in

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