Persuasive Essay On Cheating And Failure

The function of the education system is to improve students education and prepare them for the real world. Students within that system should receive an “A” when they have mastered the information they are being taught. However, grades no longer accurately reflect how much students have learned. Since 1998 teachers have handed out more A-grades while the average SAT scores have actually fallen. In fact, as Greg Toppo states, an author for USA Today, the amount of A’s handed out actually went up close to ten percent (4). Students can manipulate their courses so that they can get good grades without actually learning much of anything. With grades not accurately representing what students have learned and charter schools failing to solve problehms, teachers need to change how they structure their class or grade assignments.

Zinc Iodide (ZnI2) was an interesting binary compound to experiment with. In this experiment, weakly acidified water (25mL distilled water with 18 drops 5M acetic acid solution) was used as an aid to bring molecules of the zinc and iodide atoms together, by dissolving iodine molecules, so that bonding would transpire to produce a reaction. Deprived of water, the Zn and I2 molecules would not be capable of moving close enough to each other, and a reaction would not occur. Deprived of acid, the reaction of Zn + I2 would have resulted in 2HI(aq) rather than ZnI2 (s), and it wouldn’t have appeared to follow the Law of

Companies betrayed their employees, consumers, supplies, shareholders, and the government by using unethical techniques and being dishonest to keep their company on top. For example, Volkswagen Company is now in a business ethical dilemma, because the company wanted their latest cars to pose as a diesel friendly. In 2015, “the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that many Volkswagen cars being sold in America had a defeat device or software in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested, changing the performance accordingly to improve results. The German car giant has since admitted cheating emissions tests in the U.S. VW has had a major push to sell diesel cars in the U.S, backed by a huge marketing campaign trumpeting its cars’ emission. The EPA’s finding cover 482,000 cars in the US only, including the VW-manufactured Audi A3, and the VW models Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Passat. But VW had admitted that about 11 million cars worldwide, including eight in Europe, are fitted with the so-called “defeat device” (Russell Hotten).” “Volkswagen had been intentionally and scandalously cheating on their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions for

It is not hard to see that the scandal would cause a horrid blow to VW’s image. Until the incident, VW had, like many other German companies, the reputation of “German engineering” (Robertson, 2013). However, instead of using that innovation to develop diesel-fueled cars compliant with U.S. standards, it decided to try to scam its way in the market. Not only did the company admit to having 11 million cars with software intended to cheat tests (Gates, Ewing, Russell & Watkins, 2017), it also plead guilty to “destroying evidence in an elaborate cover-up” (VW Admits Emissions Cheating and Cover-up, 2017); building further distrust among its consumers.

One sunny morning Shawn and his friend Joe did the usual routine of going to school. It was a private school. They would get up take a shower, then they would get dressed. After they would get dressed, they would meet up in the town park and decide where they were going to get breakfast. Shawn said let's go to McDonalds so they went and got breakfast. After they ate, they would start on the two mile hike to school. On their way to school they would run, play tag, and just have fun because having fun at their school was prohibited.

In today’s society we often come to many debates on several issues that go on in our world today. Recently there was an ethical debate on whether or not it is ethical to release vehicles with software that defeats emission testing by the EPA. Volkswagen is being accused of using illegal software designed to hide emissions during testing by installing cars with a software. The EPA accused Volkswagen of using the device in nearly over a half a million cars (Davenport). The cars are reportedly to have been installed with a software that had the ability to turn off the emissions controls when driving normally and turns them on when the vehicle is undergoing an emissions test. With all of these assumptions of Volkswagen cheating the emissions testing does that question their ethical corporate responsibility?

There were multiple things I did wrong, I lied and cheated. I was dishonest to Josh and Hayden. The reason this is a bad thing is that it hurt people I love. Lying will ruin relationships with people who are the closest to you. If lying was a regular thing, life would be difficult. People would have to figure out right from wrong and not even rely on books at that point. To lie is to achieve a purpose that has no beneficial ending. In the end of this grounding, I can definitely assure you I will not be lying again. This was not worth every cent of lying. In my life, I can’t imagine someone doing this to me. If Hayden lied to me, I honestly wouldn’t know because Hayden is a very good liar. I’m just joking, but it wouldn’t want to talk to them or trust them anymore. I couldn’t understand someone close to me, lying. In the end, the biggest person I hurt in the end was me.

On September 18, 2015 Volkswagen hit the news with a scandal relating to unethical practices involved in the production of its diesel cars (McHugh, 2015, October 12, para. 3). Volkswagen used a device to pass the emissions test when the emissions on these cars were higher than the allowed levels; thereby the company cheated the system.

The company as big as VW was not engaged just in a minor rule-bending but the company outright lied to its regulators and customers regarding a key aspect of its cars’ performance. The company installed a software “defeat device” in 11 million Volkswagen and Audi diesel vehicles that are sold worldwide led to a massive vehicle recall in the United States. The system detects when the cars were undergoing emission testing. It allows the engine to run cleanly during the testing and automatically switches off the emission during normal driving that leads allows the spew up of the nitrogen oxide 40 times more that the U.S. environmental Protection Agency allows. Experts considered this act as a “serious, massive corporate maleficence that affects people’s health” (Patel, 2015). Everyone involved in the scandal knew that it was unethical and failed to protect the public. This scandal puts a big question mark on the company’s business ethics and its integrity. It clearly shows that the top management lapsed in integrity by crafting and supporting the lie that their cars could deliver outstanding mileage and performance while also being

Academic learning in today’s changing world brings demands to future professionals. Whether in a traditional classroom, or through distance learning, one thing is similar and which cannot bring forth a successful educational future. One thing that can damage anyone’s academic future is plagiarism. Whether being the future of a straight “A” student, or a student who is just getting by. The fact remains that anyone can fall victim to plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use of other writer’s words without acknowledging the source and taking those words and passing them off as one’s own ideas (Jones, 2001). Some people may think plagiarism is just copying someone else’s work but in reality plagiarism is much serious and hold very serious

Kim Harrison say that “ Breaking rules isn't bad when what you're doing is more important than the rule itself.” In discussion of rebellion, one controversial issue has been showing that everyone's bewilderment. On the one hand, people argued that it is unsuitable to infringe the rules. On the other hand, people demonstrate that it is justified to contravene the rules. However, I believe that it is right to break the rules when it support a cause you believe in, unfairly and understandable.

Honesty is one of the driving forces of the medical profession such that when cases arise where this duty has to be broken in order to uphold other duties, a careful consideration of both codes of conduct in conflict is imminent. Dr. Rivera finds himself in such a difficult position and ultimately decides to be dishonest in order to avoid causing harm to his patient. It can be argued that Dr. Rivera’s actions are justifiable because of therapeutic privilege and the duty of nonmaleficence but this justification would be mistaken on the grounds of beneficence and respect of autonomy.

School discipline is to ensure that students and the campus staff are safe and peaceful. According to the U.S. Department of Education on Rethinking Discipline (2017), “Teachers and students deserve school environments that are safe, supportive, and conducive to teaching and learning.” The idea is to decrease bad behavior and school violence which will lead to fewer suspensions and expulsions. There are rules and limitations when it comes to student discipline; there are acts in which students can and must be disciplined. For examples, if a student quality’s for special needs some different guidelines protect them under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s (IDEA). Furthermore, the Education Code, Section 48900 was implied to discipline students who committed any wrongful doing such as attempting or threatening to physical harm another person. In the case f any wrongfulness, the student is forced to be disciplined by being suspended or expulsed from school.

For most, it is their worst nightmare to be caught in situations of misconduct. Starting with a simple problem—an unfinished test or loneliness—,these situations entice an act of terrible character. In most instances, the immoral choice stem from a yearning of something positive: a passing grade, attention, a win by attaining what they want. Although it can make a heart race, this act does not risk bodily injury (nothing similar to skydiving or roller coasters). The act is not not revealing a crush or stumbling over words during a public speech; it is sinister, scandalous, and selfish. Most do it, yet all fear it—cheating.

Did you know that 60.8% of college students admitted to cheating? The thing is cheater’s also have higher GPA’s. There are many types of cheaters in school and even out of school. Everyone at least cheats once in their life and it might not be in school, but in a work place. People can either not get caught or caught. Most cheaters just boast on how they don’t get entangled for cheating. When they actually get captured, they are frightened and nervous. If somebody doesn’t get captured, the individual would still get a bite in the butt later on in life reminding that guy or girl who cheated a lesson. It all really depends on how most people are raised. Are you an individual who is honest? Are you somebody that is a cheater? Well that plays out later in life when that person grows up. A teacher once said people are either born a cheater or not a cheater, and whatever that certain character does, they can’t really change who they are.