Ethical Perspectives - Cross-Cultural Perspectives Vina Baptiste ETH 316 March 4, 2013 G. Edward McCullough Ethical Perspectives - Cross-Cultural Perspectives The Global Company I chose to research as a global organization is PricewaterhouseCoopers, known in the United States as PwC. I will identify ethical perspectives in this global organization and compare the ethical perspectives across cultures that are involved in this global organization. This company delivers assistance in quality assurance, advisory services, and tax. The company consists of a network of firms that offer these services. This network thrives on helping large and small companies to reach independent strength by showing in many ways how to survive form business to cultural and ethical diversity.
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust” * Walden, “Economy” Henry David Thoreau, an esteemed philosopher, among a multitude of other things, had immense influence on the world of philosophy in the late 19th Century through his original and strong views on human nature. Thoreau’s unique contributions to the areas of ontology, epistemology, and ethics will assist to postulate his inferential position in regard to the controversial issue of capital punishment. An illustration of this exceedingly contentious issue is the recent affairs of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, two Australians put on death row in Indonesia on drug trafficking charges. Through the three main areas of philosophical thought, Thoreau’s position on capital punishment will be hypothesised in this essay. The theory of ontology, a branch of metaphysics, is concerned with the nature and relations of being (Meriam-Webster, 2015).
Environmentalist would later argue that the environment in which one is brought up had a much larger role in shaping the mind; these two contrasting views have set the stage for this much argued debate. More recently, nature-nurture, research has been aimed at answering “how much” of our genes or environment have an effect on specific traits and behavior, such as intelligence, and which of these two elemental factors is more important on the development of such traits. Much insight into the debate of nature-nurture is afforded to the research and data obtained through twin, adoption and family studies; with identical twin studies being the most valuable. I have chosen two studies to compare and contrast over the debate of nature-nurture. The first is a longitudinal adoption study; Nature, Nurture, and Cognitive Development from 1 to 16 years: A Parent-Offspring Adoption Study (1).
The company also advises and hold ups the Save-a-lot's administration in developing into the company of preference through staffing, growth, and use of A gifted, varied workforce. Kroger’s are enhancing awareness of the environmental hazards the planet has today. Today, measures acquired by millions around the earth are being borrowed on a hefty level by management and business. While the thought of ecological responsiveness may seem at odds with taking full advantage of profits, Kroger’s knows that business performance can be changed to profit together the planet and the bottom line. Many times customers are insisting ecological responsibility from businesses.
Georgia O’Keffee and John Marin: An Exploration The American Transcendentalists of the nineteenth century believed the key to spiritual enlightenment lay in the study of nature and natural forms -- in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "to look at the world with new eyes." At Alfred Stieglitz’s Intimate Gallery, a legendary photographer and art dealer, is where the circle of artists that he managed and represented enveloped themselves in the essential belief in the purity of an unrestricted vision. Rather than create an exact likeness of nature, these artists, including Stieglitz's wife, Georgia O'Keeffe, attempted to reduce it to its most essential forms, which then served as a framework upon which to express and interpret their individual
Shelley warns the audience that we, as the creators, must take care of our surroundings or the outcomes could be fatal. These warnings continue to resonate with 21st century audiences, and it seems that the warnings are almost more important today, in an age of environmental breakdown and the use of nature as a commodity. Shelley also examines the moral responsibility of the scientist, and how far humans can go in their quest to be the creators. This moral responsibility is also examined in Scott’s Blade Runner. In Frankenstein, the ideas of cloning and the ability of human science has only started to catch on with small numbers of scientists such as Frankenstein, whereas in Blade Runner the human ability to create and control has manifested itself on a global, corporate scale.
In this paper I will discuss the philanthropic acts of Prometheus from Hesiod's Theogony and how they reflected on John D. Rockefeller Jr and his contributions to society. I will also explain the hectic relationship between Zeus and Prometheus and relate it to the relationship between Nelson Rockefeller and one of his artists Diego Rivera. Lastly I will propose that the Rockefeller's saw some aspects of themselves in each of the mythical artworks in the Rockefeller Center. In Hesiod’s Theogony, Prometheus loves human beings. He wants them to progress civilization so he does what is necessary.
Shelley and others hoped to integrate the best advances in thought of the previous generations and animate these with insight of great thinkers such as Wordsworth, Coleridge and even her father, William Godwin, a supporter of social justice that sought to bring about an egalitarian change. Film for Scott was the appropriate median to raise questions about unchecked scientific technological advances and the emphasis of the primacy of progress in the business spheres. His film ‘Bladerunner’ is heavily influenced by socio-economic and political events of the 1980’s, indeed the same period in which he composed his film in 1982. The film was made in the context of the 1980’s Reagan era and this was a time of significant change, where most held pessimistic views of a potentially nihilistic future. Frankenstein and Bladerunner challenges the notions of “men of genius” and raises the critical concern of the dangers of obtaining and acting upon scientific knowledge.
Frederick Henry Hedge had been the founder of what we remember today as the Transcendental Club. The club would consist of the greatest transcendentalist leaders and philosophical revolutionaries of America. Members of the club included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Fredrick Douglass, and briefly, Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of the Scarlet Letter. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a transcendentalist writer whose works included “Nature” and “Self Reliance”. “Nature” is an accurate illustration of the views that the transcendentalists had on the natural world.
In what ways has the comparative study of Frankenstein and Blade Runner enhanced your understanding of the interaction between humanity and nature? The comparative study of ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelly and ‘Blade Runner- Directors Cut’ by Ridley Scott explores many aspects of the interaction between humanity and nature. As we compare the two texts we gain thorough insight into what the composers are trying to portray. In ‘Frankenstein’ Shelly communicates the idea that during such context, humanity’s desire to triumph nature was only just beginning therefore the affects are less intense, however in the much later context we see in ‘Blade Runner’ Scott further demonstrates the affect of what happens to society when humanity continues to advance