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When using information systems, it is essential to ask, “What is the ethical and socially responsible course of action?” A MODEL FOR THINKING ABOUT ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES Ethical, social, and political issues are closely linked. The ethical dilemma you may face as a manager of information systems typically is reflected in social and political debate. One way to think about these relationships is given in Figure 4-1. Imagine society as a more or less calm pond on a summer…

revolutionary voices that were raised, back in the day, are more thoroughly crushed in this film than all the might of U.S. imperialist military, police, intelligence and public opinion creating machines were ever able to do in real life. The great power of cinematic art, like most art, is what one chooses to include or exclude. Philosophically, “Selma” chooses the most capitulatory, aspect of the movement of the sixties and kind of affirms…

that He loved cats and kept one Himself. In the Hadith it tells of a time when Muhammad cut off His own sleeve, rather than disturb the cat who was sleeping on it. “He was endlessly patient. The Qur’an enjoins patience in over seventy passages. It states: ‘How goodly the reward of those who labor, who patiently endure, and put their trust in their Lord!’ (29:58-59); and ‘Verily those who endure with patience shall be rewarded: their reward shall not be by measure.’ (39:13). “He taught people to…

desert land on earth to isolate a narrow green valley. The ancient Greeks called this land Egypt. For more than five thousand years, great and often mysterious civilizations have thrived along the banks of the Nile. About 450BC, a Greek historian named Herodotus called Egypt the "Gift of the Nile" because the Egyptian civilization depended on the resources of the great river. Every spring, the snow in the mountains of East Africa melted, sending a torrent of water that overflowed the banks of…

goals, and maintaining self-respect. Their societies and governments place individual social-economic interests over the group, maintain strong rights to privacy, nurture strong private opinions (expected from everyone), restrain the power of the state in the economy, emphasize the political power of voters, maintain strong freedom of the press, and profess the ideologies of self-actualization, self-realization, self-government, and freedom. At work, collectivist cultures value training,…

“On May 1, 1962, guests in the Twin Cities area wake to the news of Target 's first grand opening in Roseville, Minnesota. Heralded as a, "new idea in discount stores," Target differentiates itself from other retail stores by combining many of the best department store features: fashion, quality, and service with the low prices of a discounter” ("Target through the years", 7). Target Corporate reports, “by the end of 1962, Target opens additional locations in St. Louis Park, Crystal and Duluth,…

With the economy in a state of panic, there are many people who are still spending way too much on their daily expenses and habits. Is this because they do not care or simply because they do not know how to change? If you are someone that does not have millions of dollars sitting…

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Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…

"Well, use your head, son," he said, smiling. Which really meant, "That's all I'm going to tell you," or "I don't know the answer, so don't embarrass me." A Partnership Is Formed The next morning, I told my best friend, Mike, what my dad had said. As best I could tell, Mike and I were the only poor kids in this school. Mike was like me in that he was in this school by a twist of fate. Someone had drawn a jog in the line for the school district, and we wound up in school with the rich kids. We…