Luiz‚ Bruno de Paula Organization Behavior – Professor Joe Chevarlley Page 1 Personal Application Assignment– Theories of Managing People A. What is your own theory of management? You can describe it in words or draw it as a model. First‚ I would like to define theory as “perspectives with which people make sense of their world experiences” and as “a systematic grouping of interdependent concepts (mental images of anything formed by generalization from particulars) and principles (generalizations
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Political Efficacy The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau Without a belief that political efficacy is strong‚ and each citizen making a personal input into society‚ it is the belief of both Rousseau and myself that “the State is not far from its fall.” Faith and activity in the political system has been replaced with financial activity. Rousseau states that‚ “In a country that is truly free‚ the citizens do everything with their own arms and nothing by means of money; so far from paying
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Sonksen 1 Connor Sonksen Connorsonksen1@gmail.com Topic #2 Dr. Graff HON171 11/02/2012 Social Contracts and Responsibility The best and brightest of history’s philosophers have dedicated great amounts of time to describing the best forms of social and political organization with the hope of discovering the best way of life for humanity. Aristotle and Plato are certainly no exception. The teacher and the student‚ defined by each other’s works‚ have taken historical and groundbreaking positions
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claims one has to first understand the arguments that Rousseau makes. Rousseau states that the social contract is the process of the people coming together to form an agreement dealing with individual rights‚ self governance‚ and freedom. At a certain point humans need to depend on the cooperation of others because they can no longer fulfill their needs on their own. As a result of the social contract each person enjoys protection and security of their liberty through the common force. The source
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land” (Historical Background p. 34). The Church might have been one that majority of the French people attend‚ but the wealth and perceived abuses displays the people lack trust in the system. We need to come together and demonstrate Rousseau’s‚ Social Contract. Rousseau believes we need to stop making decisions based on our own needs and think about
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Throughout history and in modern society‚ the relationship between law and justice has been examined and debated resulting in the creation of various theories attempting to outline systems of a just society. Some of these theories revolve around a central notion of a ‘social contract’ in which society is formed through a theoretical agreement between a group of people about their moral and political obligations. This concept has been used by theorists such as Mill and Rousseau‚ to explain why the
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SOCU 301 Social Research Design Exercise 6.2 Name : Social Research Ethics For each case‚ (a) identify what you believe to be the one or two ethical issues that are most apparent in the situation‚ drawing from the ethical issues discussed on Babbie‚ pp. 63-81‚ and (b) explain why you think this case represents a minor‚ moderate‚ or severe ethical violation. 1. A political science instructor asks students in an introductory class to complete questionnaires that the instructor
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The Social Contract The three philosophers‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were three key thinkers of political philosophy. The three men helped develop the social contract theory into what it is in this modern day and age. The social contract theory was the creation of Hobbes who created the idea of a social contract theory‚ which Locke and Rousseau built upon. Their ideas of the social contract were often influenced by the era in which they lived and social issues that
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Major Ethical Theories • Utilitarianism • Deontological Ethics • Justice & Fairness • Virtue Ethics Utilitarianism ➢ Study ethical behavior in terms of the result or consequences of ethical decisions ➢ Evaluate decisions whether good or bad in term of impact of the decisions ➢ Decision maker must take broad perceptive concerning who‚ in society‚ might be affected by the decision Weaknesses in Utilitarianism ❖ The distribution
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pursuit of self interest‚ or for firms profit maximisation when actions of individuals or firms affect others. There are many notable theories that have been put down trying to form a guideline on how to solve the problem of what is right or wrong good or bad‚ below are three theories I have listed: 1. Utilitarianism Ethical Theory: J. S Mill The view of this theory is among competing alternatives one ought to do that which produces the greatest happiness overall for all concerned. A key aspect in
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