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Ethical dilemmas in healthcare: the Dr. Arafiles case

Confidential information generally consists of non-public information about people or institutions that if it were to be disclosed, could be expected to place either the person or the institution at risk.

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Online marketing and social innovation in global corporations

It is clear that online marketing is becoming popular in all global corporations. Just as most things in life have shown significant progress, companies such as Wal-Mart and Apple are seeking for convenience.

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Ken Ewert's defense of capitalism against Christian socialist moral criticisms

Moral Criticisms Market This assignment requires read article Ken S. Ewert (found Reading & Study folder). Note article, Ewert defending free market "Christian Socialists." He states position a rebuttal

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Defining honor and integrity across cultures and contexts

"the greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be" (Socrates). If ten persons are asked to define "honor" there will likely be eight or nine different answers, and perhaps even all ten people will have a different response.

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Merck's ethical failures in developing and marketing Vioxx

How could Merck management have handled the research, development and marketing of Vioxx in a more ethically responsible fashion, if at all?

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Fear appeals in mass communication: traps and effective strategies

What traps should communicators avoid in using fear appeals in their messages? Fear is an emotion and messages that appeal to emotions must tread not so much lightly, but rather, quite meticulously, especially when calling upon an emotion such as fear.

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Coca-Cola's organizational structure and management systems

The Coca-Cola Company's organization is a double-edged sword. The Company's structure is one of global decentralization in which the Company manufactures and sells concentrates, bases and syrups, owns the brands and conducts marketing initiatives, while its global "partners" manufacture, package,…

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Competing philosophies in tourism research: quantitative versus qualitative methods

The relatively young area of Tourism Research borrows heavily from social science in its use of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.

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Sir Gawain and the contradictions of the chivalric code

The chivalric code is a paradigm that is both poorly understood and was even more poorly applied, not because the code was not clearly written down and able to be transferred among the people who it applied to but because of its very confusing historical development and even more confusing…

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Moral rights and justice versus utilitarian benefits in Caltex's South African operations

In your judgment, were the possible utilitarian benefits of building the Caltex plant in 1977 more important than the possible violations of moral rights and of justice that may be involved?

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