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Psychological conflict in literature
Psychological conflict in literature
Psychological conflict in literature
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Richard Pompeo
May 12th 2014
E Block American Fiction
In Marcelo in the Real World, Marcelo is thrown into a world where he experiences things he has never seen during his protected life at Patterson. Even though MArcelo is working in the mailroom, he is still forced to make decisions that go against his moral values. He s forced to choose between doing what he believes is right and what others are telling him is right. This is the internal battle that everyone must face in life and often one has trouble choosing what side to follow.
Marcelo makes a constant effort to maintain his moral and spiritual code when he is employed at Arturo’s firm. Marcelo really wants to be successful in the “real world” by making it through the summer in the mailroom so he can go back to Patterson in the fall. When he begins work, he really tries to follow all of the rules of the real world, and do his job correctly. The only thing that comes before all of this is Marcelo's moral code. The first place he shows that his morals are the most important thing to him is when Mr. Holmes calls him into his office. Mr. Holmes says to Marcelo ““Jasmine, Jasmine. What your father sees in her is beyond my comprehension.” Suddenly my head feels hot. Even though I don’t fully understand, I sense that Stephen Holmes is attacking Arturo, the one thing that always makes me angry. Without thinking I say, “Jasmine must be a good worker if Arturo likes her.” I don’t care if what I say and how I say it sounds disrespectful.” (67) On Marcelo’s first day on the job, he already disrespects his boss because Marcelo thought he spoke poorly about his father. This shows that Marcelo’s morals are very important to him because he would risk getting in trouble and ri...
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...o maintain their moral and spiritual centers.
It takes a tremendous amount of work to be able to maintain your moral and spiritual centers and still be successful in an extremely competitive world. Most people cannot balance these things and are forced to pick one side. Marcelo was able to experience his live and pick both. Marcelo is one of these people, and he eventually chose the moral path, and because of that his summer in the mailroom, in the eyes of his father, was a failure. He was not going to be able to attend Patterson in the fall, and he sacrificed all of this, so he could maintain his moral and spiritual center. To maintain one’s moral and spiritual codes in a world driven by competition, you must give a constant effort to maintain your code, be willing to make sacrifices, and be willing to risk failure to maintain your moral and spiritual center.
In the book, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris argues that the teachings of the ancients can and should be applied to today's corporation. His message is that the four virtues - truth, beauty, goodness, and unity - form the foundation of human excellence. Putting them into practice leads not only to self-fulfillment, but ultimately to an open, nurturing, and ethical workplace that is more productive and successful in the long-term. The purpose of this essay is to examine how Morris treats the system of ethics in relation to these four virtues.
The Ins and Outs of Ethics is a Business Week Online magazine article from May 13, 2001, it was written by Eric Wahlgren. In the article he interviews Michael Rion, the author of The Responsible Manager. Rion is also a leading business ethics advisor who consults many Standard and Poor’s 500 companies. In the article Wahlgren asks Rion why it is important for businesses to have a high ethical standard. In his responses, Rion explains that effective organizations utilize ethics programs to clearly define ethical expectations, resolve ethical issues quickly, and to remove moral constraints. Additionally, employees who understand how to deal with ethical dilemmas will also be more productive and have strong core values to guide them. According to scripture, Rions concepts are biblically sound, relevant, and desirable, proving that ethical organizational behavior is shaped and influenced by sound ethical principles.
The case study of Jacob Franklin, aged 25, offers an analysis of how unethical decisions can damage a company and the repercussions that these decisions cause. Jacob was aware of the unethical situations happening around him, but he was new and unexperienced to the business and it seems that at some point, his hands were tight and he did not have much control to change them. On the other hand, he had plenty of opportunities to make ethical decisions.
Not everyone sees the world the same with equal understanding. Marcelo has autism and he goes to a School called Patterson where Marcelo gets help and improves a lot. Autism affects many social abilities in a person like reading facial expressions. Marcelo is told that he is ready to go to a public school, but he believed it was his choice because he can make his own decisions. Marcelo has always wanted to be independent, but was afraid something would go wrong. He got an offer to work at his father's law firm and it changes him completely because now Marcello had that choice to be independent. In the book Marcelo in the real world, Marcelo came of age by getting past his challenges. In the beginning of the book he didn’t know much about the
The human moral compass serves the purpose of regulating judgment and deciding what is morally and socially right and wrong. While Walter White’s moral compass originally guided him toward legitimacy and integrity throughout his teaching career, he is eventually forced into a business filled with danger and corruption due to the financial demands of his chemotherapy bills. Existentially, our moral compass can deteriorate and be altered to become an impressionable state of mind, which can be influenced through choices and consequences in life. At first, Walter White is a virtuous, credible man who earns his living to provide for his family. But White’s career takes off and steers his ethics away from honesty.
Rosenstand, N. (2013). The moral of the story: An introduction to ethics. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Incorporating ethics into everyday decisions in the business world can greatly reduce the scandalous behavior that has as of late has run ramped. Obviously, we have seen the results and consequences of business conducted absent any moral or ethical boundaries. When decisions are made without the consultation of ethics there is no direction from the moral compass and surely consequences will follow. Choices contemplated by managers may often seem difficult, but assessing the options against ethics can assist the manager in making the best decision.
Choose between doing and not doing, or take a path or other (any choice implies a loss) suggests that the best ethics is that produces more benefits to all those involved. Reality has permanent and changing situations. The individual is a being bodily and spiritually able to configure his life with responsible freedom always referred to God, to others and the world, and all of this flows from circumstances, different situations that must respond to the practice of ethical virtues for its further development. Therefore, different situations do not arise for an ethical subjectivism, but precisely because human beings are imperfect, the various changes and circumstances are called or moral challenges to be major human being and a better person. The responsibility to choose and act according to the straight conscience as moral ultimacy in case of serious conflict that cannot delay and be determined. Even with the possibility of error, which means the ethics of well-understood situation, and what distinguishes one situation of another shall base on reciprocity, in the love for the
Sims, R. R. (1992). The challenge of ethical behavior in organizations. Journal of Business Ethics, 11(7), 505.
Through discovering my senses of self, I have reaffirmed the most important parts of my life, validating them on what seems like a value-scale. Because my bonds with God, my family, and friends are so strong and crucial, I know not a day could go by without consulting each of those elements. However, in considering my role as an athlete and student, I have noticed that while sports and my growing knowledge base give me great pleasure, my life would certainly hold many of the same core values, even if those elements dwindled or even escaped my everyday life.
Badaracco’s book follows the accounts of Steve Lewis, Peter Adario, and Edouard Sakiz, three different managers, as they encountered their “right versus right” dilemmas. He uses those scenarios as examples to guide the process of resolving right versus right dilemmas. With the insights and knowledge gained from moral philosophers, Badaracco constructed a realistic framework focusing on the method of knowing one’s own values and questioning how big of a role the values play in one’s life as the fundamental ste...
The term “ethics” discusses how one’s morality needs to take acknowledge that of the rest of the members of the group or community t...
Velasquez, M.G. (1997). Ethical Principles in business. Business, Ethics and Society. Simon & Schuster Education, Needham Heights, pp. 19-72.
Ethics are known as understanding what is right and wrong. It means more than just abiding the laws, which include lists of ‘to do’ and ‘not to do’. Every individual responds differently towards ethical behavior. It depends on one’s personal core values to shape their self-identity. (Kerns 2011) With the set of morals and values, it serves as a motivational guide in life, helping one to differentiate what are the appropriate actions to be taken in dealing with ethical issues. In this society, people are often influenced by temptations around them; this applies even to an ethical individual.
Ethical behaviour is what all career people should aim to have. Not just the ethical attribute but exceptional behaviour with this regard.this is because in order to build a career, one must be governed by the rules of ethics to safeguard oneself and others. Ethics are essential in the workplace because a tough ethical code provides a non-threatening environment with high employee morale. The corporate social responsibility is important to everyone,therefore it should not be neglected by the employees and the organization. Ethics purely center on personal conduct. It involves personal choices that can make or break a person in the workplace or business. The major importance of having good conduct is to maintain a high level of respect not just for people but for the proffession. Most people who begin their working career have aspirations of excelling at their jobs and reaching the pinnacle of their profession while maintaining a sense of values; however employees often become blind with ambition and put aside their sense of ethics in order to obtain financial security and recognition for their efforts. There are many things that one can gain from having good behavioural ethics in the workplace. It will develop a discipline which will propel the work practices to a higher level and will help set a high standard. It will promote teamwork among the workersand will also buil...