Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

One impact Bill Gates has made for us is his foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This organization influences so many people and does so many great things. One of the many great that they do is vaccine delivery. In further detail, vaccine delivery they provide 73 of the world’s poorest countries with immunizations. GAVI, a global group of scientists, health experts and government leaders, provides technical support to the countries in the greatest need and money for vaccines. $2.5…

Should a Billionaire Give” discusses the harsh truth of global poverty that many individuals suffer through due to living in a developing country. In his essay, he tells the story of Bill and Melinda Gates making the decision to take it upon themselves and donate to those in need via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For any human, it is his or her civic obligation to care about the needs of others, whether the needs are physiological or based on safety. In order to provide for the basic…

operating system was a great improvement to the computing universe. When the operating system and all the pieces fell into place small companies like Linux were able to compare to the huge corporation that includes Microsoft which was created by Bill Gates. Torvalds' contribution to the open software movement Linux distributors such as the Redhat Linux has capitalized through their stock and worldwide use. Torvalds has had a major hand in the…

Irving Goffman’s dramaturgical approach to the Interactionist perspective states that there are two sides to every situation and every one’s life. In other words, he insists that there is the front and center “performance” that we put on that the whole world sees, and there is the “behind the scenes” work that has gone into making the performance what it is. The key aspect of this approach, at least in my opinion, to keep in mind is that others interpret your “stages” and you interpret other…

Gates licensed MS-DOS to IBM, which it had acquired from a local computer manufacturer. The story of how Microsoft acquired the original system (QDOS) has inspired much folklore, which often portrays Gates pouncing on a trivial mistake by Digital Research and stealing that company's lead in microcomputer operating systems. It is frequently cited by those who accuse Gates of unethical business practices. In reality, IBM did approach Digital Research for a version of CP/M for its upcoming IBM PC,…

countries within Africa work with institutions such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Due to their work, the number of people in poverty has decreased by half. The primary focuses of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty by helping citizens invest in their own state through agriculture. It is important to note that private sector organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation do not only benefit LDCs, but developed countries as well.…

Angus Deaton’s main argument in Response to Effective Altruism is that it is extremely difficult to help the poor people of the world. Deaton also states that foreign aid and other charities are an ethical problem. Arguing against effective altruism, Deaton says that the proof of charity effectiveness is based on technical outfits which are inaccurate. The charity GiveWell is the Consumer Reports for altruists according to Deaton, which means GiveWell creates a minimum cost for saving a child’s…

Langston University Biology professor Gnanambal ( Charmaine) Naidoo spent seven weeks during the summer in South Africa as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. Dr. Naidoo collaborated with Professor Mark Laing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Dr. Naidoo reviewed the both the undergraduate and graduate Plant Pathology curriculum and the laboratory exercises. She also mentored graduate students and postdocs and presented seminars at two locations of the host institution.…

leadership in a morally correct manner. As President of the United States, Ronald Reagan conducted business with class and honor. As a cofounder of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates led his company with passion, humility, and respect for others with whom he worked. Although Bill Gates has generously donated an enormous amount of money to the less fortunate, Ronald Reagan’s legacy has changed American politics forever. Ronald Reagan grew up in Tampico, Illinois, with one…

should morally help the poor because it makes the nation better overall. The rich should not be forced to help the poor, but they should follow in the footsteps of people like Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates. Gates form of assistance is The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, through programs such as these Bill Gates and others like him can contribute to the growth of society as a whole. The wealthy has the money to…