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The Asian Values Debate, 2008.
Looks at Asian values as they apply in the debate of political freedom vs. political power.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 103.95
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This paper explains that at the center of the Asian values debate is the contention by its proponents that the cultural and social fabric of many of East Asia's and Southeast Asia's societies are radically different than many of those found in the West and therefore cannot support the Western values and ideologies founded upon liberal democracy and human rights. The paper then points out that the alternative Asian paradigm envisions a benign but autocratic type of government, which makes decisions based on the collective good as a way to promote social harmony, such as Communist China. The paper then describes Asian values and how they apply to issues of freedom and power.
Table of Contents:
Overview
What are Asian Values?
The Politicization of Values
Political Freedom or Power
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"The inverse argument to the Asian values debate is that while many might concede that there is a legitimate rationale to this viewpoint, it in no way substantiates the claim that liberal democracy's ideals are somehow invalid. Mahbubanin tends to argue that Asian values are not only a sound alternative but a legitimate moral philosophy that in certain respects is less strident that liberal democracy and even more rational in some cases when he observes that the free press in most liberal democracies is in fact not such a free press after all"
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The Asian Brown Cloud Debate, 2002.
An extensive study of the Asian brown cloud debate, which questions if it is a regional issue with global consequences.
5,270 words (approx. 21.1 pages), 21 sources, APA, AU$ 209.95
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This research paper examines at length a huge cloud of industrial air pollution and dust that now covers over 10 million square kilometers of the Southeast Asian region, which is called the Asian brown cloud. The paper discusses the global relevance of the cloud that scientists know affects air quality as far away as the United States, with potentially damaging environmental and health effects. The paper describes the UN-backed international environmental study performed in the late1990s called the Indian Ocean Experiment and a recent report indicates that the cloud is linked to negative impacts on human health, regional temperatures, precipitation, and agricultural productivity. The paper calls on the international community to take greater responsibility for climate change and related remedial efforts.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Background
Problem Statement and Contributing Factors
Facts and Figures
Problem Assessment and Analysis
Confounding Factors
Current Remedial Actions
Future Implications: Regulatory, Economic and Social
Managing the Problem
Conclusion
References
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"International leaders face an imposing new environmental challenge in the new millennium's discovery of a huge, hazy cloud of industrial air pollution and haze spread out like a blanket over most of Asia. United Nations scientists recently issued a report detailing the preliminary findings of an environmental risk assessment study on this cloud, and initial indications about the cloud?s effects on human health and the environment are discouraging. The global implications of this study, known as Project Asian Brown Cloud, or Project ABC, have attracted the attention of environmental specialists, lawmakers, and citizens worldwide."
A team of scientists is researching a huge cloud of industrial air pollution and dust that now covers over 10 million square kilometers of the Southeast Asian region. The cloud is known to travel long distances from its source region, affecting air quality as far away as the United States, with potentially serious environmental and health effects. The research currently being done on this cloud is based on data first revealed during a UN-backed international environmental study performed in the late 1990s called the Indian Ocean Experiment. A recent report indicates that the cloud is linked to negative impacts on human health, regional temperatures, precipitation, and agricultural productivity. However, these findings are being challenged by top regional scientists, presumably out of fears that in the wake of the issuance of this report, Asian nations will be pressured by the international community to take greater responsibility for climate change and related remedial efforts. The debate continues, but in the meantime, remedial action may still be necessary. Given the considerable effects of the cloud and its ability to travel to other regions, this issue has significant international regulatory, economic, and social implications for the future."
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Victorian Moral Values, 2008.
This paper looks at Victorian moral values and how they were applied differently in different sections of society.
823 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 47.95
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In this article, the writer assesses the nature and characteristics of Victorian moral values. The primary values are highlighted and examined in turn. The work specifically shows, however, the extent to which such values were not equally applicable to all. The writer discusses that differing social, economic and legal conditions dictated that certain sections of Victorian society were removed from this system of values. As such, the writer maintains that it was the unequal nature of Victorian society that guided the extent to which individuals would adhere to the fundamental values of the day.
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"However, although in principle such moral values were intended to equally apply to the full cross-section of Victorian society, practically this was impossible due to the extreme social, economic and legal conditions in which many people were forced to exist. On the one hand there existed a sincere willingness to instil a common public morality, but this was often contradicted by the very real poverty and statutory discrimination that was engrained into certain sections of Victorian society. A clear example of this disparity is provided with the issue of women. The two primary texts of analysis used here are Henry Mayhew's observations about the plight of London's needlewomen, published in the Morning Chronicle, 1849 and John Stuart Mill's work on The Subjugation of Women, 1869. Both provide validation to the claim that in many cases; economic, social and legal limitations dictated that Victorian women were simply unable to pursue the moral societal aims of their male counterparts. Each work is discussed individually."
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Public Service Values, 2005.
A discussion on reconciling contradictory public service values.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 532 sources, AU$ 85.95
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The paper discusses how the Public Service has a designated set of public service values, which all public servants are required to abide by. The paper examines how there will be times when there are contradicting values in the public service. The paper analyzes how we can reconcile values at such times. The writer proposes that it can be constructive to examine a real life scenario where values have clashed, in order to investigate how to reconcile contradicting values.
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Cultural Values and Personal Ethics, 2004.
An analysis of cultural values and personal ethics regarding decision-making.
1,294 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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This paper contends that there is a close interconnection and relationship between the areas of personal, cultural, and organizational values and decision-making. The paper explains that decision-making is based on personal values, which are influenced and impacted by cultural values, ethical systems, and other cardinal aspects. Organizational values, which are often influenced by cultural values in a society, are very important, especially with regard to the decision-making process in the lives of professionals.
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"Both the military and law enforcement share a strict hierarchical and very rational process of decision making. They have an essentially logical and shared decision making process, which takes into account the greater good of all and not merely personal needs or desires. The important aspect of all organizations is that they usually have a set of rules and ethics intended to control and direct personal values. This is particularly the case in an institution like the military, where the good of the organization supersedes the needs and wishes of the individual."
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Formation of Values, 1990.
This paper examines the development and formation of values by individuals: Society, education, religion, family, social pressures, individual development, role of educational leadership, relationship of attitudes and values.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 19 sources, AU$ 166.95
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"This research examines the development and formation of values by individuals. Additionally, consideration is given in this research to the implications of individual value development and formation for educational leadership.
The concept of value has several distinct meanings. To many, a value seems to be synonymous with attitude; an attitude being a predisposition to act in a certain way. An attitude is a mental and neural state of readiness, organized through the process of experience, exerting a directive or dynamic influence upon an individual's response to all objects and situations with which he or she is related. Perhaps more basic than an attitude, ... "
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?Environmental Values?, 2002.
Examines this chapter from the book "Environmental Values in American Culture" by Willett Kempton et. al.
804 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 45.95
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In the chapter titled ?Environmental Values? from the book, "Environmental Values in American Culture" by Willett Kempton, James S. Boster and Jennifer A. Hartley (1995), the authors try to find out about American?s feelings and ideas about the environment. The paper shows that one of the key terms in this discussion is the word ?values.? It shows that, according to the authors, the word ?values? means rules followed by people in their relationships with themselves, other people and living things. By interviewing different people and dividing their opinions into three sections, the authors attempt to form a general idea of the environmental values of Americans.
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"The authors think that most Americans relate to the environment in three different ways. In the first section, the authors assess how Americans look at the environment from the point of view of traditional religion or other forms of spirituality. Although the Bible contains sayings that seem to encourage human beings to control the environment, the respondents do not agree. They believe that God has created the environment for all living creatures. To them, it is not right for human beings to destroy the environment, so that other living things such as certain types of animals disappear forever from the planet. In this section, it is interesting that although people can believe in the same religion, their interpretation of the Bible can be different (Kempton et al., 1995, pp. 89-91)."
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Values in the Workplace, 2004.
A examination of values as a management concept.
2,807 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 134.95
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This paper provides an overview of the importance of values in today?s workplace from a management perspective. Initially, a definition is offered as to the meaning of values within the workplace. It presents the arguments and rationales offered for the presence of values in the workplace as compared to a workplace in which values have no role. Assumptions associated with both perspectives are reviewed as the arguments for each are presented. Fallacious reasoning, if used in either argument, is also identified. Finally, conclusions are offered as to the merits and strengths associated with both arguments.
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"In order to fully understand the current interest in values in the workplace from a management perspective, it is important to examine recent linkages between business ethics and values. There has been a growing interest in the application and practice of business ethics within the workplace (e.g., Davis, Johnson, & Ohmer, 1998; Duizend & McCann, 1998). In the study of business ethics, some researchers have also made an effort to focus the influence of work values (Cressey & Moore, 1983; Mitchell & Scott, 1990) and personal values (Barnett & Karson, 1987) in business practices. Overall, the findings of such research suggest that differences in individuals' behavior and the degree to which they adhered to ethics and/or legal principles was largely determined by their deeply-held work and personal values."
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Personal Values Development, 2005.
Describes the student's personal values development.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 0 sources, APA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper describes the student's personal values development--the people and other factors that have influenced the development of personal values, and what some of those values are.
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The development of my personal values has come about through a variety of sources. One of the first influences was my close relationship with my grandmother who was a Greek immigrant..."
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Cultural Values, Personal Ethics, 2004.
A personal narrative comparing the writer's cultural values and personal ethics.
1,353 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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This paper attempts to show the connection between the writer's personal life and values and the values instilled in him by his corporate life at IBM. The paper explores the writer's childhood and discusses the important roles played by his mother and grandmother. The writer examines the positive influences his career at IBM had on his personal values and ethics.
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"Preppy, Wasp, Conservative?Republican. These are the adjectives frequently given to the upstate New York State culture from which I hail, so memorably depicted in the fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, herself a proud product of this ?stock? and geographical region, as depicted in short stories such as ?Where are you going, where do you come from?? Or the culture, one could add, so memorably satirized in Lisa Birnbach?s The Official Preppy Handbook, although I like to think that the New York working class WASP culture has a slightly less noxious sense of entitlement than the New England WASPs the handbook chronicles. My own upbringing placed a strong stress upon hard work and core, American values, contrary to some of the attitudes expressed in the Guide as well."
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Media Influence on Teen Values and Behavior, 2004.
Examines some of the research findings regarding the influence that the media have on teen values and behavior.
5,173 words (approx. 20.7 pages), 26 sources, MLA, AU$ 207.95
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This paper discusses some interesting research findings with respect to the impact and influence of media on teen values and behavior. The paper discusses media influences on violent and aggressive behavior, its influence on sexual attitude and behavior, and its influence on health, racial perceptions, and religious beliefs. The paper then discusses the measures that can be taken to minimize the negative impact of media on teen attitudes, values, and behavior.
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Influence on Violent and Aggressive Behavior
Influence on Sexual Attitude and Behavior
Influence on Health
Influence on Racial Perceptions
Influence on Religious Beliefs
Controlling the Negative Impact of Media on Teen Values/Behavior
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Clearly, teenagers have ample amount of violence to see, observe and adopt. The negative influence of this violent behavior not only affects the teenager?s attitude towards handling conflicts, but also has an impact on how he feels about others. Teens under high influence become less caring and less sensitive towards others. They become disrespectful towards their parents as well as teachers and develop an attitude of being right and of being master of their own life. "Being bad is cool," says fourteen-year-old Rayelyn Rodriguez, when asked about the impact of so much violence freely available on common media."
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Personal Values, 2005.
Examines personal values in business and personal life.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 42.95
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This paper discusses the personal values of the individual in relation to business and personal life. It further discusses how the cultural values of the corporation and the beliefs or ethics of the individual are incorporated into the employee's decision making. The paper also discusses how cultural values belong to the group, and personal ethics are individual. These two concepts must match in order to create an effective personal value statement.
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"In developing a personal values statement for personal and professional life, it is important to consider the effect of organizational, cultural, and personal values on the individual. Bond, Boonstra, Cheosakul, Fu, Higashide, Howell, Kennedy, Koopman, Lacassagne, Pasa, Peng, Prieto, Strinivas, Tata, and Yukl (2004) contend that values are "long lasting" (p. 284). These authors further state that there is a significant difference between the beliefs of an individual, and the values of a group or organization (Bond et al., 2004, p. 284). The theory of "beliefs" suggest that a personal viewpoint is being evaluated, while values suggest that a large number of people are sharing in one set of behaviors that will be best suited to the organization."
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Objective Moral Values, 2006.
This paper discusses whether moral values could be objective if God did not exist.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 142.95
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In this article the writer looks at concept of moral values in relation to the existence of God. The writer discusses in this essay the possibility that God does not exist. The writer points out that given that people had previously lived for so long in an intellectual and moral world, in which most people had assumed that objective moral values derived from the wishes of some or other God, this has had important implications for ideas regarding moral values.
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"Ever since great thinkers such as St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, and Bertrand Russell pointed out the so-called "problem of evil," philosophers and theologians have been acutely aware of the possibility that God does not exist."
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American Family Values, 2007.
This paper examines the decline noted in the American family values.
988 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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In this article, the writer points out that there are many studies which assert that there has been a strong and even radical decline in American family values since the 1950s. The writer maintains that one of the main aspects leading to this decline is that the centrality and importance of marriage in society has also suffered a steady decline since the 1950s. Firther the writer claims that the values associated with different gender roles have changed as a result of the changes in the nature and structure of the family. In conclusion, the writer points out that the decline in traditional family values since 1950 is a fact that is evidenced in many research studies.
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"This is supported by statistics which show that the proportion of adults who have never been married rose from 15% to 23% between 1972 and 1998. There has also been a concomitant increase in the divorce rate. These aspects have all contributed to the changing values in the family."
"For example, the values associated with different gender roles have changed as a result of the changes in the nature and structure of the family. The value system in the traditional nuclear family was dependent on gender role differentiation and responsibilities. These roles, which created certain values and norms associate with the sexes, were disturbed by social events such as the increasing participation of women in the workforce since 1950. This altered the responsibility structures and values attached to the concept of the mother as the 'homemaker'."
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Teaching Family Values in Schools, 2002.
This paper is a persuasive essay on teaching family values, the basic code for all civilized societies, respect for one?s self and for others.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 62.95
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This paper discusses that ?family values? goes back to the Founding Fathers and was once as important as intellectual development. The author feels that changes in the ?family? mean that the schools are in a better to explore social issues and citizen responsibility. The author suggests that a child?s curriculum should include honesty, respect, citizenship and a respect for others.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Family Values
Variables Affecting Families
Importance of Teaching Values in Schools
Conclusion
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"Teaching values within the educational system in this country goes back to the days of our Founding Fathers. ?Thomas Jefferson?s ?Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge? argued for an educational system that would fortify citizens with moral probity to resist the schemes of the enemies of liberty? (Bennett 1995). Benjamin Franklin in his ?Proposals Relating to the Education of the Young,? ?prescribed the study of ethics in an instructional program that would seek to instill ?benignity of mind?? (Bennett 1995). Citizenship awareness is as important today as it was in the 18th Century."
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Ethical Values Compared, 2004.
Compares the values and ethical principles of Saint Leo University and the American Psychological Association.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 45.95
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This paper begins with a summary of the main values and principles of The American Psychological Association (APA) and Saint Leo University, a religious institution of higher learning. The paper then presents a comparison of the two organizations and discusses the similarities and differences in their ethical values.
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"Another problem that psychologists face is that they must maintain confidentiality, which sometimes inhibits a free disclosure of information between patient and doctor that would allow for a better and more honest discussion (Hughes, 1986). Because of this, some treatment cannot progress as well or as quickly as it could if the parties involved could talk more freely. While this confidentiality is not openly mentioned in the University's conduct code, it would seem that it is implied by the request to have respect for others and the community."
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