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    “Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its highest levels in more than three decades. An entrepreneur flipped on the lights in her tech startup, and did her part to add to the more than eight million new jobs our businesses have created over the past four years. An autoworker fine-tuned some of the best, most fuel-efficient cars in the world, and did his part to help America wean itself off foreign oil. A farmer

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    but now it is more flexible and decentralized (437). Second of all, since Ralph’s leadership style has changed from charismatic leadership into transformational leadership. According to the textbook, “as a manager, you can shape the culture of your work environment, sometimes as much as it shapes you” (490). Transformational leadership provided the foundation to inspire his employees to transcend their own self-interests and who are capable of having a profound and extraordinary effect on follower

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    A Summary of “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go for It?” The purpose of Dennis Mclellen’s “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go for It?” is to show the readers the opinions of Ellen Greenberger and Laurence Steinberg, they state that the jobs we give kids today are not the same as the jobs people had in the past which taught them more skills. The author begins the essay by giving the opinions of 3 students who work, of the students one seems to think that there are more benefits for working

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    Introduction This document presents my opinions about the cases presented in (Boatright, R., John (2003). Ethics and the Conduct of Business. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.) and articles from (Ambrose, John (2009, January 16). My Own Opinion, The Washington Case#1.1: Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Crisis This case study was a powerful example to illustrate the presence of ethics within the business environment today and the impacts they can have on not just shareholder’s earnings

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    In “The Ethics of Work-Life Balance,” Bruce Weinstein explains that one of the fundamental ethical principles is fairness, and people demonstrate fairness in their everyday lives through their resources. Time is the most precious commodity in both one’s professional and personal life. As a manager, one must constantly ask themselves how he or she should manage their time wisely. But a good manager should always be a good human being just by managing one’s time among the projects and people he or

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    Values. Those core values included, but were not limited to; Honor, Courage, and Commitment. One Core Value that isn’t actually referenced in the oath but should be, is Integrity. Integrity to me is the ability to follow a legal and responsible code of ethics, regardless who is around and who will or will not know about it. In this paper I will explain how even after years of following this code, I breached my duty of loyalty as well as my duty to act in good faith. Throughout the course of my four year

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    doctor’s office or a fast-food restaurant, can transform a person. Jobs tend to educate employees both about themselves and life in general, either indirectly or directly. In Climbing the Golden Arches, nineteen year-old Marissa Nuñez discusses her work ethics regarding her job at McDonalds. Within her essay, Nunez mentioned how she faced both pleasant and unpleasant circumstances, all which prepared her for her future. As an individual who worked at McDonald’s in order to begin her career, Nuñez learned

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    The transition from the first semester of high school to the second semester marked a significant change in my work ethic. During the first semester, I lacked motivation because of unexpected events during that summer. Eventually, the stress caught up when I received my report card and saw three B’s. Receiving those grades was a warning to work harder. After the first semester, I started to push myself to become more involved in the school. During my freshman year, I competed in band competition

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    CEE 440 Ethics Exam Winter 2013 This exam is for you to do individually with no collaboration with fellow students. Hello, this is an ethics exam. The subject of the exam is engineering ethics and professional responsibility. The exam is based on material in the documents listed below. DUE: March 8th at noon in the Dropbox at the course web site. Resources Attached: ASCE Code of Ethics ASCE Ethics Guidelines Case Studies Exam Questions: All questions are of equal value: 10 points

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    (Lindsey Pollak). Some people think that their dress code has an effect on their work. For some people that is the case, but for others it has no effect on their work. Everyone has there opinion, but their dress attire has nothing to do with their work ethic. People wear clothes to work every day and go through the day without worrying if there clothes make them a stronger or weaker employee. They go to work thinking what they have today, whats going on, do they have any meetings, any projects

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