Is Teaching a Profession? For the last 50 years educators have devoted a great deal of energy to the debate over whether teaching can be considered a profession. Unfortunately‚ this turns out to have been the wrong question‚ and so led us to the wrong sort of answers. For example‚ there was a very heated debate in the 1960s and 1970s over whether teachers could organize strikes and still claim that they were members of a professional association‚ rather than a union. This controversy only makes
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 The definition of Confucianism 2 Implications of Confucianism for East Asian accounting 4 The reform of Chinese accounting 5 The influence of Confucianism in Chinese accounting 7 1.) The Government 7 2.) Accounting Ethics 7 3.) Conservatism 8 Japanese Accounting and Confucianism 8 Conclusion 11 References 13 Introduction In order to understand the present day accounting methods and principles of China and Japan it is essential to understand the history of both
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Nursing as a Profession Lisa Renfrow Oklahoma Wesleyan University Nursing as a Profession The question of whether the practice of nursing is considered a profession or an occupation is an ongoing debate‚ much like the ongoing debate over what defines a profession. Several scholars have outlined criteria for considering an occupation to be a profession. Given a list of scholars and their criteria for what characteristics define a profession‚ I have chosen the list formulated
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Accounting Information Systems: An Overview The ’systems’ concept was created in order to minimize common errors such as duplications and‚ overall‚ encourage ‘integration’. Systems are almost always composed of subsystems‚ which are in charge of specific functions needed to support the larger organism. Subsystems are expected to follow the main organization’s goals even if it implies not meeting their specific targets. The value of the information reported by an entity is the difference between
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The manual system is very time consuming.This is really only suited to extremely small restaurants because otherwise the accounting and stock control will become very time-consuming indeed. The computer technology is integrated with manual procedures. In this case the computer system will deal with billing and keep a record of which stock has come out of the business‚ but the ordering itself will be done by manual means. Most businesses tend to go for a fully integrated inventory system‚ so that the
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Mara Kaouzova Professor Anthamatten Philosophical Ethics April 3 2013 Utilitarianism: ------------------------------------------------- The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number In the ethical debate‚ a divide has long existed between two models. One school of thought‚ notably Immanuel Kant’s Deontology‚ emphasizes the importance moral motivation‚ the other‚ represented by Consequentialism‚ emphasizes the importance of the outcome. Consequentialism is distinguished from the deontological
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Ethical Vignette Paper 1 Tanya Pamplin COUN 501 2/3/2015 Liberty University Dr. Alyson Pompeo-Fargnoli Ethical Vignette Paper 1 SUMMARY: The vignette video covered ethical issues such as; duty to report‚ duty to warn‚ confidentiality and privileged information. The first case scenario was about a foster child by the name of Dominic who was taken to the emergency room by his foster parent. Dominic was unconscious when he arrived at the hospital and he had a bruise under his eye and several
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Utilitarianism is the ethical viewpoint that every decision should be based on trying to create the most amount of “good” for the most people. The “good” in this case is the utility – the positive consequence we should strive for. Utility is the foundation of utilitarianism‚ as the name suggests‚ and it keeps the welfare of people as its highest consideration. Jeremy Bentham‚ an English philosopher‚ proposed his own idea of how utilitarianism should work. He determined that utility could be measured
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A major case that helped further clarify the exclusionary rule in the justice system was the Davis v. The United States. The case regarded the admissibility of evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures derived from the fourth amendment. The implications for law enforcement and prosecution were also clarified by the exclusionary rule during the trial. Case Background Willie Davis was stopped by officers at a routine vehicle stop where he was asked for his name and decided to
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The ethical theory that an act you choose should produce the greatest amount of pleasure or happiness and the least amount of pain or suffering‚ is known as Utilitarianism. However‚ this theory is not about your happiness alone‚ but about making the greatest moral choices‚ that brings the utmost happiness to everyone. This theory comes from consequentialism which is a family of concepts that share the same idea; if an act creates positive results‚ then it is thought to be good. Utilitarian’s must
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