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In 1940 the Nazis and Hitler were rapidly spreading through Europe. Only sixteen days after Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of Britain were the British Expeditionary Force and the First French Army trapped on the beaches surrounding Dunkirk, France (“Battle of Dunkirk”). There were 400,000 troops trapped on there, with the Nazis surprisingly halted….

The country is India. A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests — army officers, and government attache’s with their wives, and a visiting American naturalist —in their spacious dining room. It has a bare marble floor, open rafters, and wide glass doors opening onto…

Piaget’s theory of child development is an explanation of how a child constructs a mental model of the world in which they are born. Piaget does not agree with the idea of intelligence in children being a fixed trait. Rather, it results from biological maturation and interaction with the environment. The theory is aimed at…

The epic poem “The Odyssey” by Homer not only enthralls with its fascinating stories of monsters and sorcery, but it also offers a rich insight into the family and social values of ancient Greece. The story illustrates the extent a Greek hero will go to defend these crucial social norms via the lengthy and difficult…

Plato, a Greek philosopher, authored a book titled the ‘Republic’ during the period of 428-347 BCE. Within this work, he elucidated his theory of the World of Ideas and the Natural World through an analogy known as the cave. This analogy serves as an explanation of ‘the truth’, asserting that to uncover it, one must…

Ethical issues in OD involve how practitioners perform their helping role with clients. As a profession, OD always has shown a concern for the ethical conduct of its practitioners, and several ethical codes for OD practice have been developed by various professional associations. Ethical dilemmas in OD arise around misrepresentation, misuse of data, coercion, value…

According to William Arthur Ward, true religion is not something we only practice on the Sabbath and then forget about for the rest of the week. It should be a way of life that we embrace continuously. “Religion is a topic that individuals can generally tolerate but never reach consensus on. Every belief system appears…

Whether in large corporations or small businesses, individuals across all types of business often face ethical dilemmas concerning employee conduct. These dilemmas involve various situations, including the permissibility of using work time for personal email accounts, how managers address harassment claims, and the extent to which managers can display favoritism towards certain employees when it…

This paper examines Strategic Ambiguity and the need to have an ethical direction for a favorable outcome for any business model. I will bring to light how unethical behavior can decrease a favorable outcome, and could in fact taint a company forever, such as it did with the case of “Strategic ambiguity and the ethic…

Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin are two major figures in history. Edwards was a very religious Puritan minister, and Benjamin Franklin was the opposite; a diplomat, inventor, negotiator, merchant along with many other qualities. Each man had goals in their life. Though the reasons for the goals may be different, they both were very serious…