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Introduction Business ethics is a field of study that analyzes all the moral and ethical principles that govern the conduct of all the involved parties in commercial relations. This basically implies that business ethics is normative and it requires the formulation and application of certain standards which establish ways of deciding between right and wrong. This essay seeks to analyze the concept of business ethics in the Islamic religion as an indication of how decency, morality and fairness have been reflected in Islamic commercial transactions. An evaluation of what is allowed and what is disallowed in the religion will be conducted as a way of explaining why business transactions involving Muslims have to be conducted with certain levels of specificity. Most of the research will be guided by studies of different forms of literature. However, most of the consultations will be from the Qur’an and the Teachings of the Prophets. Ethics in Islam Islam is one of the religions that greatly emphasize ethical values in all elements of living. Moral codes and ethical codes are entrenched in all elements of a practitioner’s life, and these are substantiated by scriptural presence in verses of the Islamic Holy book, the Qur’an. From Islamic teachings, individuals are encouraged to be conscious of how they carry themselves both in private and public as this will determine the nature of their relationship with fellow human beings. There are rules governing personal life, other social dealings. When it comes to business relations Islam has a categorical value-based system that dictates how individuals on either side of the transaction will behave in order for fairness to be attained as well as for the relation to be genuinely ethical. The tenets of Islam as a religion outline specific principles that have to be maintained in regards to business transactions. These elements have been explained below: Freedom of Enterprise Muslims are allowed to choose make their own decisions when it comes to economic enterprise. Every practitioner of the faith is subject to the freedom of earning a livelihood and this, as spelt by the requirements of the religion can be attained through entrepreneurship or employment. However, each and every undertaking that an individual involves him/herself in must reflect a sense of responsibility. Persons are allowed to take up any career or business as long as works in tandem with the code of conduct outlined by the specific profession that the individual chooses. This basically implies that the individual chooses to do things that are allowed by law and stays away from those things that are considered illegal as per provisions of the law. The Qur’an and the teachings of the Prophet are used to establish the parameters that distinguish what is allowed and what is illegal whenever it comes to distinguish means of earning livelihoods. These stipulations also ban everything that is by average social standards considered illegal or unacceptable. The religion disapproves everything that harms both traders and consumers in a market. This makes the element of a free market prevalent such that
When searching for new business opportunities, entrepreneurs should be aware of some barriers and pitfalls that may occur. One of them is the irrelevance of the planned idea to a specific market environment. For instance, expanding a restaurant business and opening a private coffee shop near Starbucks or establishing another popular brand is a deliberately wrong decision. Such a site is unlikely to be able to withstand the competition of a well-known market participant and will be forced to suffer losses incompatible with income. In addition, in a competitive environment, the current resource base is of great importance. If the target market environment is competitive, ongoing investment and upgrades to the current material base are powerful tools to build customer loyalty and maintain stable profits. Nevertheless, as an alternative solution to expand the business, this option is not relevant and may be fraught with financial risks. Another pitfall to take into account when searching for new opportunities is the threat of the inadequate assessment of the work ahead. When moving from one industry to another, entrepreneurs should understand that specific conventions and requirements are imposed on respective businesses. One of the examples is significant tax liabilities imposed when on enterprises operating with harmful production. In this case, analyzing the balance of profit and costs is a mandatory activity before taking any steps. Otherwise, the costs of tax payments, documentation, and other expenses may exceed the planned benefits, which contradicts the initial idea of ​​entrepreneurship. Moreover, additional challenges with the law may arise, which is a threat to any further work. These pitfalls are crucial to consider when looking for new business opportunities.
Introduction Oedipus Rex is one interesting story that leaves the reader with mixed feelings about the ill fate that followed Oedipus. The narrative ends with a sad note that leaves the reader wishing that all the effort that Oedipus and Jocasta put in ensuring that they did not end up fulfilling what the oracle had predicted about them. The essay intends to look at the life of Oedipus who is the main character of the book and how the gods were responsible for his downfall after the struggle he had gone through to make sure that he does not fulfill what the oracle had predicted about him. The gods against Oedipus The story is in a Greek setting where there are ancient aspects such as oracles and gods. The narrative revolves around the life of the main character called Oedipus who is born after a prophecy is made to Jocasta that she will give birth to a son who will kill his father and bear children with his mother. To avoid the fulfillment of this upsetting prophesy, once Oedipus is born Jocasta decides to get rid of him. She gives Oedipus to a herdsman who is supposed to get rid of him. Her husband Laios believing that the kid had been left out in the wilderness and Jocasta beli
Living in a brand new world can turn out less pleasant than one could have expected, leading to the gloomy jail of anti-utopia. Telling the story of Offred’s miserable life and frightening liberation, this dark anti-utopia gives plenty of food for thoughts. Because of the aggressive environment and the oppressive atmosphere that Offred was growing up in, and the fact that she did not even have the real name, – there will always be a speck of doubt inside her, no matter how much time passes or what world she would run away to. Once a miserable character that could not think of disobeying the orders of the Commander, Offred overcame the influence of her husband and the society; however, this journey has been long and complicated. It is amazing to watch Offred’s personality developing with every page turn; starting from the faceless creature that she has been turned into by her husband and the society, she finally starts searching for her true self – but her attempts are far too weak to turn into a revolt. Even tasting the freedom, she still cannot overcome the feeling of strain within. This is how Offred responded to her freedom: “Moira was like an elevator with open sides. She made us dizzy” (45). Liberty made Offred feel uncertain. Indeed, the Offred that the reader sees in the first chapter does not look like a fighter at all. Considering the role that she played in the Gilead society from the very beginning, one can claim that this was an intimidated and forsaken woman, just like the rest of the girls left with their serving to those beholding the power. That is what Offred was at the beginning of her journey – one of the “girls, felt-skirted as I knew from pictures, later in mini skirts, then pants, then one earring, spiky green-streaked hair” (3). Does Offred change? There is no doubt about it. Like a caterpillar that is to become a butterfly, the woman changed from within; she does not have the name yet, but this is no longer an Offred we used to know – this is a personality changed unrecognizably. However, she still remains the slave of those beholding the power, and there is hardly anything that Offred can do about it. “I have failed once again to fulfill the expectations of others, which have become my own” (Atwood 73) – these simple words filled with regret and shame, show that Offred still remains a slave from within. It is clear from the very beginning that her identity has not been wiped off – Offred still asks herself the questions that help her define her role in the society and find her real identity, her own self. Compared to the helpless subject of the male kingdom, the Offred, changed, looks much more decisive and determined: “There is more than one kind of freedom… Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don’t underrate it” (24). One of the most important
Introduction People relocate to new residences with the intent of attaining diverse goals. Evidently, such persons may relocate within their countries or cross their nation’s boundaries. Diverse repercussions often exemplify the livelihoods of citizenry who relocate to a novel environment as illustrated in the paper. It is imperative to acknowledge that Immigration connotes people’s relocation to diverse nations with the intent of enhancing their livelihoods. Interestingly, immigrants may move willingly or relocate since the situation in their countries may be dire. Notably, professional immigrants engage in work processes after their willful relocation. Additionally, immigrants who reposition regularly often become refugees in the novel nations. Emigration connotes abandoning one’s own nation of birth thus moving to another country. This rearrangement assumes a permanent dimension thus depriving the origin nations, the necessary expertise that can spur progress. Migration connotes the movement of a person from their entity of origin or part of a nation to another with the intent of engaging in diverse activities. Concurrently, migration focuses on temporary change of residence. It is remarkable that these movements culminate in diverse benefits and drawbacks to a nation or her citizens. This paper investigates the effects of these movements on religion, women, and minority entities in Egypt Overview of Migration, Immigration, and Emigration in Egypt Apparently, shifts in locations by individuals in Egypt have been evident for decades. It emerges that emigration rates continue to escalate as evident in the last four decades. Initially, legal restrictions controlled rates of emigration to curb magnanimous numbers of professionals who preferred Western countries. Egypt’s adoption of her 1971 constitution, spiraling fuel prices, and augmenting requirements for the migrant workforce elicited monumental emigration from Egypt (Sika, 2010). It is notable that most emigrants still head to Western countries. Sources establish that migration to Europe is increasing. However, this process culminates in an unbalanced nature of migrants. It is evident that Egypt hosts massive numbers of migrant workforce. Similarly, the country amasses huge proportions of immigrant registered as displaced and asylum seekers from diverse countries. Interestingly, the refugees house Palestinians uprooted from their habitats during the 1948 hostilities (Sika, 2010). Further, refugees dominating Egypt emanate from “Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Eritrea” (UNFPA, 2011). It is also outstanding to mention that emigration to Europe is attributable to gender equity and elevated skill levels arising from professionals. However, relocation to Arab countries encompassed massive proportions of males with minimal training and diminished skill levels thus seeking employment (Sika, 2010). Likewise, the proliferating immigrants hardly obtain opportunities to add value to Egypt’s progress because of their dire
Introduction The purpose of this blog is to discuss personal social work practice skills gained by participating in the field education experience. The practicum encouraged the social work intern to apply academic knowledge in real-life situations and understand the actual needs of diverse clients. The intern was expected to obtain social work skills at the practicum agency to offer effective interventions and quality service to their future clients. Main body The professional growth of the social work intern participating in the practicum at Vatsalya Adult Medical Daycare Center was assessed through self-reflection. The method allowed to analyze individual field education experience and social work skills acquired throughout the practicum (Laureate Education, 2013). The field education experience at Vatsalya provided the social worker with a set of essential professional skills and allowed them to acquire active listening, cultural competency, confidence, and problem-solving abilities during the practice at the agency. The generalist practice promoted at Vatsalya involved the social worker’s use of critical thinking skills to recognize truth and formulate opinions about certain situations (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2018). The practicum setting including the sessions with vulnerable African American, Hispanic, and Asian clients taught the intern how to use the standards of the NASW Code of Ethics. The case of the rehabilitating client requiring occupational therapy taught the intern about the need to apply public policies and regulations for the benefit of vulnerable clients (Garthwait, 2017). It should be noted that ethical decision-making is an important social work skill allowing professionals to select appropriate interventions according to ethical principles. In addition to the profession-specific skills and competencies, participation in field education experience helps master organizational and time-management abilities to improve the effectiveness and productivity of counseling sessions. Reasonable time allocat
A budget is a financial list of all planned expenses and revenues. It shows saving, borrowing and spending habits. The budget of a government summarizes all intended plans of revenues as well as expenditures. It consists of a plan developed in monetary values (Cooper, 2006: 23). Budgeting keeps economies active. It is worth noting that the budgeting process is a system of financial planning and management that guides both public and private sectors within the economy. Private and non-governmental organizations have established financial departments that are charged with the responsibility of drawing the financial plan for every financial period. In the same manner, various governments around the world also have finance ministries which are tasked to provide financial roadmap for the government’s spending activities within a given year. In the light of the above, budgetary processes of the private sector still emerge to be better than the public sector especially based on the principles governing both budgetary processes. The budgeting process in the private sector is systematic and strict. Usually, private organizations engage in budgeting processes once in a year. In this context, various leaders within different departments in the organization are charged with the task of developing the budgetary estimates for their respective departments. These leaders are then supposed to submit their budgetary proposals to the top level management for consideration and approval. Once the executive arm of the organization receives the proposals, thorough analysis is done to the proposals from every department. Since the organization is guided by a series of principles and culture, the budgetary proposals are approved based on such terms. As a result, there are high chances of fairness to all the departments as concerns their budgetary proposals. Similarly, the executive branch of the organization ensures that only pertinent elements within all the budgetary proposals from the departments are approved based on the policies within organization. This means that chances of equality and fairness are high in private sectors (Fry, Brian and Raadschelders, 2008: 78-79) On the other hand, budgeting processes in the public sectors are often unstable and full of partiality. Since governments are composed of three arms (legislature, executive and judiciary), the bud
A multimedia piece created by Katherine Schreiber in the format of a magazine article with photographic illustrations by Nathaniel Welch is devoted to the identification of toxic or oppressive behaviors in the workplace. The context for the article is the increasing number of “poison people” who manipulate, demean, and deflate others through negative attitudes and toxic behavior (Schreiber 51). The content includes the author’s explanation of toxic individuals, their behaviors, and the ways of coping with them in the form of written pieces of advice and illustrative photographs. The idea of toxicity is used consistently in the piece; it is evident in the font chosen for headings and the stylistics of the photographs, in all of which there are yellow and black stripes implying toxicity. The creator of the piece is a freelance writer who writes from the perspective of an individual who has experienced toxic communication and knows how to deal with it. Since the article is written in an explanatory and advisory tone, the target audience includes people who are exposed to toxic relationships either at home or in the workplace. The piece is created by means of a thoughtful combination of text and images for the purpose of enhancing the message of negativity of toxic people and the necessity to manage them. In response to the analyzed piece, I would suggest the following ideas:   * Compose an audio-visual blog post;   * Add posters with concise and clear pieces of advice and tools for dealing with toxic people;   * Include more positive examples of preventing bullying in the workplace;   * Add videos;   * Add photos portraying interpersonal interactions showing how to withstand manipulation. Reference Schreiber, Katherine. “Chopin, K. “Poison People.” Psychology Today , 2017, pp. 51-88.
After carrying out any research appropriate strategies should be put in place to ensure that the data is presented in the most effective way. The first strategy is always to define the goals of the research by trying to answer some questions about the findings. For instance some of the questions to be answered include; the lessons are drawn from the data, the primary message you intend the data to communicate to other people, what you expect after you communicate the data and lastly stating your main goal. The three selected audiences are also paramount and it is always important to have them in mind while presenting your research findings. This is because these are the people you expect to be influenced directly by your findings. It will be of no use if you neglect your audience since the information and the resources used in the research would have gone to waste. The other important strategy is to choose the communication methods that are best suited for the audience to whom you are going to present the information. This is highly dependent on the way communication mediums will be used in the presentation and how the presenter will influence and appreciate the audience (Sevier, 1992). This is because some mediums might not be suited for some kind of audience, for instance the youth might not be well reached by the use of long scripts as compared to using movies and other current communication sites. The other strategy for the appropriate research finding presentation is through the adoption of good communication principles. These are basically the global rules applied for good and effective communication. The major rules for any commun
Introduction Laws are established to guide human behavior and interactions and ensure this country promotes moral and legal practices in its systems. The need to amend laws is motivated by various factors, including lack of a proper description of policies, violation of human rights, absoluteness and expansion of legal frameworks that guide the conduct of stakeholders. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was enacted by the 105th United States Congress and started to be implemented on October 28th, 1998 (Reyman 2012). This discussion explores various issues about this act and evaluates its effectiveness and weaknesses in transforming the lives and activities of Americans. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act The DMCA (The Digital Millennium Copyright Act) is a United States law that strengthens the treaties of the World Intellectual property Organization of 1996. The focus of this act was to criminalize the production and distribution of copyrighted technology, services, products, or devices and promote the protection of Digital Rights Management (DRM). It is now part of the Copyright Act Title 17 of the U.S. Code (Library of Congress 2011). This act updated the U.S. Copyright Laws to ensure the demands of the digital age are met and conform to the treaties and World Intellectual Property Organization that this country signed in 1996. There are other legislations that protect and control the access to information, but the DMCA is focused on protecting the rights of copyright holders. It regulates several sensitive studies and research by stating that the U.S. Copyright Office is the sole body mandated to do this (Hobbs 2010). New Prohibitions on Circumvention of Protection Technologies This section prohibits the unauthorized access, use, and change of technological security and protection measures like encryptions used by manufacturers or copyright holders to control access to their contents (Mulligan 2012). This means that copyright holders have the right to sue people or companies that access their materials without their permission to do so. Also, it protects manufacturers that have copyrights from the competition that arises from the production of devices or services that are aimed at threatening the performance and market of existing effective protection measures. Lastly, it ensures the fair use doctrine is followed and respected but highlights instances where it may be waived to protect the interests of copyright holders. Limitations on Online Service Provider Liability This section exempts carriers of digital information from being responsible for copyright liabilities caused by third parties that include consumers of services and products. For instance, it exempts libraries from liabilities that occur as a result of poor usage of
Introduction For people, endowed with an analytical mindset, it is being utterly clear that the realities of today’s living differ dramatically from what used to be living realities even as recent as through the 20 th century’s seventies and eighties. For example, unlike what it used to be the case thirty years ago, due to continuous progress in the field of informational technologies, it now does not represent any particular challenge to transfer huge amounts of information from one corner of the planet to another via Internet, in essentially instantaneous manner. Moreover, in ten-twenty years from now, it will become a commonplace practice among people to learn foreign languages instantly, by inserting microchips in their brains, to modify the physical appearance of their children, by taking practical advantage of genetic engineering techniques, and to even go as far as attaining virtual immortality, by the mean of saving their consciousness (soul) onto computer’s hard drive. In other words, there can be very little doubt as to the fact that we indeed live during a ‘modern era’. Nevertheless, even today, most historians and political scientists do not quite agree as to what can be considered the modern era’s starting point and as to what should be considered a proper definition of modernity. For example; whereas, Walton (1987) suggests that it was named the process of industrialization that had brought about the initial pha