Case Study of Enron’s Fall Enron‚ once one of the leading companies in the United States‚ experienced one of the most notorious corporate collapses in recent history. The fact that Enron was‚ indeed‚ corrupt is no question. The question is‚ however‚ who is to be held morally responsible for Enron’s wrong doing. Along with figuring out who is to be morally responsible for Enron’s ethically wrong doings‚ it is essential to explore the systemic‚ corporate‚ and individual issues presented within
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Assisted suicide Assisting a suicide is in itself another form of suicide in which a person decides if wants to end his life but cannot do it alone for lack of means to suicide. Normally in assisted suicide‚ the individual is too sick‚ even almost paralyzed‚ so the person has to ask someone’s help to achieve the goal. Then‚ this person is who gives aid drugs or equipment to commit suicide. Thus‚ assisting a suicide - to maliciously incite a mentally ill person to act on his self-destructive impulses
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However‚ some philosophers have argued that all time is unreal. Kant‚ for example‚ claimed that time both the subjective time we experience as flowing‚ and objective time as the fixed series of all events is a construct of the human mind (Manuel Velasquez‚ 244). For Kant space and time are not real things‚ but are modes of experience. Kant’s solution was to say that there is something in our mind‚ that makes everything that we experience to our sense be located
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determine which choice is more beneficial for more people. This point system provides a logical and rationale argument for each decision and allows a person to use it on a case-by-case context (Rainbow). In Utilitarianism Ethics developed by Manuel Velasquez‚ Claire Andre‚ Thomas Shanks‚ S.J.‚ and Michael J. Meyer‚ the example used to illustrate this theory was the case of Oliver North when he was asked to explain why he lied to congressional committees regarding his role in the Iran-Contra affair
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Do ethical relativists‚ who believe in tolerance as a principle‚ believe people must tolerate intolerance (Velasquez et al.‚ 1992)? Another‚ more concrete criticism is that many people believe there are ethical systems that are so odious that they should not be tolerated for the good of humanity (Velasquez et al.‚ 1992). Slavery‚ for example‚ most people would agree‚ should not be tolerated‚ though it may not be consistent with the ethical positions held
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to choose to take their life or not but‚ my opinion is that it is still wrong to take your life. 3. Physician assisted should it be legalized My support on this claim it is assisted suicide a right way or wrong way By Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez “Supporters of legislation legalizing assisted suicide claim that all persons have a moral right to choose freely what they will do with their lives as long as they inflict no harm on others. This right of free choice includes the right to end
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procedures and others proceed in painful ways. In the article “Animal Testing Necessary in Medical Research” Lauren Myers points the importance and necessity of animal testing in medical research‚ while on the other hand Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez oppose to the researches and express the cruelty these animals are going through. Though controversial I presuppose that animal research is inevitable to avoid unforeseen side effects‚ cure more diseases‚ and in the long run saving human
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focuses on three dimensions of the impact of the proposed action: (1) whether it provides a net benefit to society; (2) whether it is fair to all stakeholders; and (3) whether it is right. The moral standards approach was developed by Professor Manuel Velasquez in 1992. Although some overlap some of the first approach‚ the focus is less company centred‚ and is better suited for the evaluation of the decisions where stakeholders are the ones who are impacted‚ outside the company is most likely to be
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empowered to pursue‚ or must be left to pursue‚ or must be helped to pursue‚ as he or she chooses (Velasquez‚ 91)." Relative to this‚ throughout history‚ American law has "held to the theory that individuals have an absolute right to do whatever they want with their property and that government has no right to interfere with or confiscate an individual ’s property even for the good of society (Velasquez‚ 177)." However‚ it becomes apparent by exercising these rights individuals often interfere with
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equally even if they are dissimilar in other‚ nonrelevant respects” (Velasquez‚ pp.369). Discrimination in the workplace also violates justice as it judges people on a set of beliefs that are not relevant to their job position. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 “made it illegal to base decisions on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin; it created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to administer the Act” (Velasquez‚ pp. 352). This Act addresses human rights as well as justice as women
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