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    another individual (Hughes,p. 91). He believed it was important to understand the purpose and reason behind one’s actions. One of Weber’s main themes was to understand the process of rationalization and how it has had an effect on capitalism and the way our world is today.…

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    our department should consider establishing. Rationalization Impact Despite the best of intentions, it is vital to avoid rationalizations that can have a negative impact on ethical decision-making. A bad ethical decision can especially destroy the trust I have built with my co-workers and hinder my ability to encourage innovative changes. However, this should not be confused with my earlier statement of making a rational decision since rationalizations are concerned with justifying a decision…

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    Mcdonaldization

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    While although extreme rationalization in the form of mcDonalization has numerous negative effects on society, it has had a wide range of benefits for industries. Rationalization in it’s less extreme form as identified by Weber has provided society and creative industries with much value by replacing simple family values with everyday practicalities…

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    4 Defense Mechanisms

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    mechanisms allow us to redirect the negative emotions that stem from these situations, and allow us to escape from our failures. Sigmund Freud identified many defense mechanisms that we use, but the most common four are rationalization, displacement, repression, and projection. Rationalization is the use of excuses to divert our failures away from ourselves and create explanations for them. We deeply believe in these excuses, and they allow us to feel better about our losses. Displacement is…

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    at the workers class as well. For weber, there were differences in the way that people think, and so he focused in three aspects: rationalization, bureaucracy and social…

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    From sea to shining sea the United States of America is idealized as a nation that leads the world in every category imaginable, yet only places principally in three. The first being the amount of men, women, and children incarcerated per capita, the number of people that believe angels exist, and the United States leads the world in defense spending at 640 billion dollars, more than 20% of the yearly budget. Conversely, we are near the bottom in one specific classification that can lead to the…

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    psychology , cognitive neuroscience, behavioral economics and philosophy to explain this phenomenon and tries to capture all aspects of human capabilities. The book is divided into six parts, Prospection, Subjectivity, Realism, Presentism, Rationalization and Corrigibility. The first…

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    Sykes and Matza assert that these justifications are rationalizations that protect delinquents from self-blame and the blame of others after they have committed a delinquent act. But they also suggest that these rationalizations could precede criminal acts. They went on to divide these justifications of deviant behavior, which they called techniques of neutralization, into five major types: 1. The denial of responsibility: The delinquent claims his actions were accidental or that some other…

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    aspect of this research only consist of how character of this tv series defense their anxieties or their defense mechanism. Defense mechanism by Sigmund Freud consists of rationalization, repression, regression, denial, projection, reaction-formation, sublimation, and subtitution. However the writer will only explain rationalization, regression, denial projection and reaction formation. It is because the writer can see those aspects from HGAM. 3.2.2. Freudian Defense Mechanism Before we go…

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    Fraud Triangle Case Study

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    The Fraud Triangle In order for fraud to occur, three elements need to be present. There is a pressure on the employee to perpetuate a criminal activity. Then with pressure comes rationalizations and then there is opportunities for criminal act. 2.5.1. The Diagrammatic Approach: the Fraud Triangle Source: (ACFE, 2009) 2.5.1.1. Pressure Pressure forces a person to commit fraud. Pressure can include almost anything but the major ones…

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