The information contained in this resource is, to the best of the project team's and publisher's ... more The information contained in this resource is, to the best of the project team's and publisher's knowledge true and correct. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, but the project team and publisher do not accept responsibility for any loss, injury or damage arising from such information. While every effort has been made to achieve strict accuracy in this resource, the publisher would welcome notification of any errors and any suggestions for improvement. Readers are invited to write to us at [email protected]. Business Works is a series of training and assessment resources developed for qualifications within the Business Services Training Package.
Utilitarianism is a moral philosophy where the moral justification of a course of action is estab... more Utilitarianism is a moral philosophy where the moral justification of a course of action is established based on its ability to accord tangible benefits to a greater number of beneficiaries than those who lose out. Therefore, utilitarianism justifies its decisions based on establishing the amount of benefits against that of losses. If the former exceeds the later, then the course of action was justified. Such decision-making processes that pit morality and the balance between benefits and harm have long been a source of great scholastic and social contention. This short essay uses the utilitarian method of making moral decisions to analyze the justification in government surveillance over its citizens. The utilitarian method of making moral decisions is a unique process that involves establishing the possible benefits and harms of each course of action associated with the same decision. This process involves first identifying all possible courses of action that are directly applicable to the issue in need of attention (Białek and De Neys 634). In this scenario, all possible courses of action are listed down and established as feasible solutions based on both merit and outcome. Afterwards, each of these possible solutions is analyzed individually and its benefits and harms identified. Lastly, the course of action that offers the greatest number of benefits as opposed to harming its subjects is chosen. Many governments have adopted the much criticized approach of surveillance on their citizens in order to identify terrorists, public enemies, and major criminal activity before they become a reality. However, there is a moral dilemma in doing so because although these Surname 1
It is a RFP for some ground ambulance service contract bidding process. Rough draft that became r... more It is a RFP for some ground ambulance service contract bidding process. Rough draft that became redundant but it may help someone out there... :)
Designing a Research Compliance Program is an important part in ensuring that healthcare research... more Designing a Research Compliance Program is an important part in ensuring that healthcare research process undergo the appropriate levels of oversight. Read on for more into the subject matter...
A short paper summarizing the tools used by CIA personnel as reported by WikiLeaks in a report ti... more A short paper summarizing the tools used by CIA personnel as reported by WikiLeaks in a report titled 'Vault 7'.
As American adjusts itself to Donald Trump's presidency, the debate on immigration rages on. Inte... more As American adjusts itself to Donald Trump's presidency, the debate on immigration rages on. Interestingly, the majority of opponents are themselves third or fourth generation children of immigrants. Additionally, America's greatness in terms of science, technology and industry owes the majority of its success to immigrants. This paper reminds Americans to be wary of the instinct to turn away immigrants at a time so similar to that decades or centuries ago when their forefathers were welcomed in and established themselves. It investigates the issue from the perspective of biased media in the late nineteenth to early twenty century...
While Columbus Day continues to elicit joy and pomp in many parts of the US, the historical impli... more While Columbus Day continues to elicit joy and pomp in many parts of the US, the historical implication of his actions remains part of the skewed history of America. This critiques not only the widely popular notion that he 'discovered' the 'new lands, ' but also puts him firmly in his place as another clueless emissary of a greedy Europe.
The information contained in this resource is, to the best of the project team's and publisher's ... more The information contained in this resource is, to the best of the project team's and publisher's knowledge true and correct. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, but the project team and publisher do not accept responsibility for any loss, injury or damage arising from such information. While every effort has been made to achieve strict accuracy in this resource, the publisher would welcome notification of any errors and any suggestions for improvement. Readers are invited to write to us at [email protected]. Business Works is a series of training and assessment resources developed for qualifications within the Business Services Training Package.
Utilitarianism is a moral philosophy where the moral justification of a course of action is estab... more Utilitarianism is a moral philosophy where the moral justification of a course of action is established based on its ability to accord tangible benefits to a greater number of beneficiaries than those who lose out. Therefore, utilitarianism justifies its decisions based on establishing the amount of benefits against that of losses. If the former exceeds the later, then the course of action was justified. Such decision-making processes that pit morality and the balance between benefits and harm have long been a source of great scholastic and social contention. This short essay uses the utilitarian method of making moral decisions to analyze the justification in government surveillance over its citizens. The utilitarian method of making moral decisions is a unique process that involves establishing the possible benefits and harms of each course of action associated with the same decision. This process involves first identifying all possible courses of action that are directly applicable to the issue in need of attention (Białek and De Neys 634). In this scenario, all possible courses of action are listed down and established as feasible solutions based on both merit and outcome. Afterwards, each of these possible solutions is analyzed individually and its benefits and harms identified. Lastly, the course of action that offers the greatest number of benefits as opposed to harming its subjects is chosen. Many governments have adopted the much criticized approach of surveillance on their citizens in order to identify terrorists, public enemies, and major criminal activity before they become a reality. However, there is a moral dilemma in doing so because although these Surname 1
It is a RFP for some ground ambulance service contract bidding process. Rough draft that became r... more It is a RFP for some ground ambulance service contract bidding process. Rough draft that became redundant but it may help someone out there... :)
Designing a Research Compliance Program is an important part in ensuring that healthcare research... more Designing a Research Compliance Program is an important part in ensuring that healthcare research process undergo the appropriate levels of oversight. Read on for more into the subject matter...
A short paper summarizing the tools used by CIA personnel as reported by WikiLeaks in a report ti... more A short paper summarizing the tools used by CIA personnel as reported by WikiLeaks in a report titled 'Vault 7'.
As American adjusts itself to Donald Trump's presidency, the debate on immigration rages on. Inte... more As American adjusts itself to Donald Trump's presidency, the debate on immigration rages on. Interestingly, the majority of opponents are themselves third or fourth generation children of immigrants. Additionally, America's greatness in terms of science, technology and industry owes the majority of its success to immigrants. This paper reminds Americans to be wary of the instinct to turn away immigrants at a time so similar to that decades or centuries ago when their forefathers were welcomed in and established themselves. It investigates the issue from the perspective of biased media in the late nineteenth to early twenty century...
While Columbus Day continues to elicit joy and pomp in many parts of the US, the historical impli... more While Columbus Day continues to elicit joy and pomp in many parts of the US, the historical implication of his actions remains part of the skewed history of America. This critiques not only the widely popular notion that he 'discovered' the 'new lands, ' but also puts him firmly in his place as another clueless emissary of a greedy Europe.
This is some short memo I wrote to an imaginary company's CEO as his CFO advising him on how best... more This is some short memo I wrote to an imaginary company's CEO as his CFO advising him on how best to solve the issue of excessive cash reserves. Nothing serious but it might be useful to Finance and Accounting guys...
Many scholars, practitioners and experts in the field of human resource management agree on the e... more Many scholars, practitioners and experts in the field of human resource management agree on the existence of a phenomenon where the political environment directly affects human capital sourcing in Kenya. The phenomenon is especially pronounced in the civil service structure where many human resource positions are influenced by various politically-influenced factors. Akong'o Dimba (2010) stated how political influences created by the ruling party in Kenya as well as the opposition affected the process of sourcing for human capital. Additionally, Kimenyi, (2013), reiterated the presence of distinct political influences operating on tribal lines based on the tribal disposition of Kenya’s ruling party in the face of its main opposition. These influences, according to this research, continue to affect the processes associated with human resources development where certain tribes cannot get employment in certain areas due to these political issues. More on the issue emerges in the form of subtle tribalism where the current political environment in Kenya seems to have pitted the Kikuyu against the Luo communities from the perspective of Jubilee party and Orange Democratic Movement. Consequently, as demonstrated by Ng’ang’a Njuguna (2015), these issues seem to have permeated into the Counties after devolution. Based on the distinct political influences created by the current political climate in Kenya, sourcing of human capital has suffered from the negativities of tribalism and other biases. Nyambegera (2002) also identified that most of the regions in Kenya have experienced problems associated with sourcing human capital brought about by the existence of, and the alignment with political parties and their ruling figures’ tribal affiliations. Omwoha (2016) stated the seriousness of the problem when her research finding exposed the hardships some parts of the country experience when sourcing human capital. Although the role the media continues to play in propagating the rift between the two main parties is significant to the issue, politics have been identified as the main source of hardships when sourcing for human resources at the county level in the country. Although the issue continues to benefit from ongoing research, the stage has already been set for significant attention to be directed towards the role of politics on human capital dynamics at the county level in Kenya.
I wrote this draft for some work I was doing on polarity in the current international relations (... more I wrote this draft for some work I was doing on polarity in the current international relations (IR) system. The draft introduced what polarity is in the IR environment and stated the four types of the same. It proceeded to introduce an example of each before finally landing on the current global system consisting of four main players. I hope it helps...
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This critiques not only the widely popular notion that he 'discovered' the 'new lands, ' but also puts him firmly in his place as another clueless emissary of a greedy Europe.
This critiques not only the widely popular notion that he 'discovered' the 'new lands, ' but also puts him firmly in his place as another clueless emissary of a greedy Europe.
More on the issue emerges in the form of subtle tribalism where the current political environment in Kenya seems to have pitted the Kikuyu against the Luo communities from the perspective of Jubilee party and Orange Democratic Movement. Consequently, as demonstrated by Ng’ang’a Njuguna (2015), these issues seem to have permeated into the Counties after devolution. Based on the distinct political influences created by the current political climate in Kenya, sourcing of human capital has suffered from the negativities of tribalism and other biases. Nyambegera (2002) also identified that most of the regions in Kenya have experienced problems associated with sourcing human capital brought about by the existence of, and the alignment with political parties and their ruling figures’ tribal affiliations.
Omwoha (2016) stated the seriousness of the problem when her research finding exposed the hardships some parts of the country experience when sourcing human capital. Although the role the media continues to play in propagating the rift between the two main parties is significant to the issue, politics have been identified as the main source of hardships when sourcing for human resources at the county level in the country. Although the issue continues to benefit from ongoing research, the stage has already been set for significant attention to be directed towards the role of politics on human capital dynamics at the county level in Kenya.
The draft introduced what polarity is in the IR environment and stated the four types of the same. It proceeded to introduce an example of each before finally landing on the current global system consisting of four main players.
I hope it helps...