As a result, the company filed for bankruptcy in 2011 after the Federal Government paid out $527 million in loan money, causing a substantial loss to taxpayers. ... In addition to investing in Solyndra, Kaiser also raised a large sum of money during Obama's presidential campaign. ... He also says that when a person is not spending their own money, they are not as careful in how they choose to spend it (Ross, 2011). ... Although it resulted in them paying out a large settlement, it likely saved them money in the long run as there was evidence of their wrong-doing and a drawn out legal bat...

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With only 13,206 kidney transplant surgeries performed in the United States last year, it is easy to understand why MIT student Joanna MacKay stated, "If legalized and regulated, the sale of human organs would save lives" (96). ... What is morally wrong is telling a poor person that if they want money then they should sell their kidney or remain in poverty. ... Now, if you first create poverty and then tell poor people that you'll give them money but only if they give you their organs in return, then you add insult to injury. ... A financial reward will have no effect on thos...

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If one is willing to save the child drowning in the pond, they are agreeing that the situation is 'something bad' and accept principles of equality and impartiality; hence the same principle should be applied to rendering monetary relief to someone from afar as it ultimately does not make our moral duty less worthy. ... Referring back to the example of the drowning child, if the child is drowning in the presence of an individual and others, but none offer help, the individual still has the moral obligation to save the child as if there was no one around. ... However, there are situa...

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For example, money can be chosen as a means for happiness, or enjoyment as a means for pleasure, or honor as a means for politics. ... As another example, if a man who ran into a burning house to save a little child ended up saving her life but became paralyzed, would he be happy or miserable? ... How can we prove that understanding, or using our rational mind or virtuous action with reason, is higher than sensing, feeling, intuition, or love itself, when any one of these might be what triggers someone to jump into water to save a person or to run into a burning house?...

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Although it is strongly suggested that she was accepting money for sexual favors, it is only implied, making it so the producers cannot be penalized for it. ... However, when Dennis offered her money, she claimed "you know it wasn't like that, " indicating that the dynamic between them was not mutually agreed upon. In addition, she also said "guess I'm not used to sleeping nights, anyway." " Women during this era were obligated to save themselves for marriage and to treat themselves with respect; Vantine was young, beautiful, and persuasive, so many people feared she would influen...

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Madoff Investment Securities, a wealth management business, with 5,000 dollars he saved while working as a lifeguard. ... No one in the history of investments has ever defrauded so much money from banks, companies, and individuals as he did. ... In 2009 Madoff was convicted of eleven felony charges that include, fraud, perjury, money laundering, and false filings with the U.S. ... The fact that his own family: his wife, children, and in-laws allowed Madoff to manage their money spoke highly of his ability and sucess. ... One of his victims later narrates, "Madoff put his arm around my sho...

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Some businessmen may feel that their job is to make the firm as much money as possible while increasing shareholders wealth. ... In Tamra Kaplan's article, "The Tylenol Crisis", she shows how CSR was adopted to save the company. ... The firms and large companies of today have the most money. ...

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In discharging this trust, I pledge myself never to undertake work or approve work which I feel to be beyond the limits of my knowledge nor shall I allow any non-certified superior to persuade me to approve aircraft or equipment as airworthy against my better judgment, nor shall I permit my judgment to be influenced by money or other personal gain, nor shall I pass as airworthy aircraft or equipment about which I am in doubt either as a result of direct inspection or uncertainty regarding the ability of others who have worked on it to accomplish their work satisfactorily. ...

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Smith sneaks into the bathroom and drowns his cousin who is taking a bath in order to inherit a large sum of money. ... If there is no distinction between killing and letting die then we should feel equally as morally responsible for the deaths of thousands of starving children and homeless every year because we did nothing to save them as if we had killed someone. ...

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Issue 1 In 1990, O' Sullivan said that business and personal ethics are ripe for a comeback as the era of the Me- generation and its obsession with greed and profit at any cost draws to a close. The presumption she made a decade ago has seemed to come through in the new millennium, as companies a...

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