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    making them a lie. It doesn’t matter what your end goal is, never use shortcuts when telling the truth. 4. Be truthful to yourself – People, when consumed by their desire to feel happiness, resort to rationalization, denial or repression when in stressful situations. When you practice rationalization, you try to justify situations according to conditions that are favorable to you. By doing this, you are filtering parts of the truth and only acknowledge those that will make you feel good about…

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    utilized to commit and conceal the fraud scheme. Therefore, the individual violates company trust by using his or her position and knowledge to commit fraud. In addition, he or she must be able to continue the fraud scheme unsuspected. Finally, rationalization is when individuals justify their fraudulent actions as being acceptable. Fraud perpetrators believe that the company is not going to notice the funds missing or that they consider the funds as a loan to be paid back later. Dr. Donald…

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    According tp professor Magagna said in class, “Confucianism has already in rationalization. Rationalization also mean by simplification is use a different way to consideration of how to write and speak the Confucian tradition” (Prof. Magagna, 07/13) After different ideologies emerged and change, Confucianism became more complicated in its language;…

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    Although it may be the product of mental instability or our own rationalization, as is the case in some instances, such as the food or fashion industry, with the many iterations of our rationalization of cruelty’s justification for profit, it is now, today, considered a federal offense. There are three important things to remember about putting an end to animal cruelty. First of all…

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    “The Mother” is a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks that is about the complexity and controversy of abortions. I have previously analyzed through a new critical lens and discovered that its meaning was to show how a woman can still be a mother, even if she does not give birth to her child. Upon closer reading, using the techniques of marxist and psychoanalytic critics, we see the poem evolve in its connotation. A marxist critic could read this work and see a women who 's social standing could…

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    Individuals no longer feel a connection to the changing norms, nor to their prospective divisions of labor. Consequently, citizens no longer know how to interact appropriately with people and anomie ensues. Well Durkheim believed that capitalism created the forced division of labor, where one’s earnings and status are determined by outside sources rather than by one’s talents, he nonetheless condoned the practice as it benefitted the entirety of society. Durkheim’s emphasis on social norms…

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    in a kids' life. Some people may say that homework can bring families together. I am here to tell you that that is a load of crap. Honestly, I don't ask for help that regularly. Even if I do, it doesn't bring the family together. It's just a rationalization for homework being valuable. So, why do teachers appoint homework? Why do they stress themselves, parents, and students out? Homework should just not be mandatory for…

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    their thinking about using drugs, or any form of object or activity for an addiction. In my opinion, CBT is one of the most powerful and effective forms of counseling and therapy available. It ultimately challenges an individual to think and rationalization. It challenges older behavioral and thinking patterns, making the person adopt and adapt to newer…

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    Ethics as described by most scholars defines a field of philosophy that prescribes what is right or wrong in a given societal setting. It is mostly concerned with personal conviction on what is wrong or is acceptable by a society. Ethics therefore derives most of the principles from the law of morality. The role of ethics is therefore to sensitize, defend and promote the concept of right and wrong behavior in the society. In the conduct of normal business, there exists situations that are…

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    What Is Manipulation?

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    We all want to get our needs met, but manipulators use underhanded methods. Manipulation is a way to covertly influence someone with indirect, deceptive, or abusive tactics. Manipulation may seem benign or even friendly or flattering, as if the person has your highest concern in mind, but in reality it's to achieve an ulterior motive. Other times, it's veiled hostility, and when abusive methods are used, the objective is merely power. You may not realize that you're being unconsciously…

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