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Critical Communication

 Instructions:  You will compose an initial alert and warning based on a series of two suspicious bombings that occurred at noontime in the commercial/downtown district of your community (or nearest city). This alert and warning must be less than 160 words, so conciseness and brevity are important. Due to the bombings, the local police department […]

Response to Readings

1. Cristina Gratorp explores what she calls “the materiality of the cloud.”  After reading her piece, how would you describe the geology of the Internet? 2. The authors of the NYT article consider the growing energy requirements of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.  According to the authors, how many terawatt-hours of electricity does trading, creating, and spending Bitcoin consume […]

Code violations

      Review the following factual scenario. A man entered into a lease for an apartment with a landlord. The lease stated that the term was month-to-month. After one month, the man while taking a shower, noticed the drywall crumbling. Under the drywall was a build up of harmful mold. Rather than informing the […]

The genesis and history of current-day business ethics

          What value is knowledge about the genesis and history of current-day business ethics? In other words, in the arena of ethics, does history matter? Should it matter to organizations as much, and in the same way, as to individuals? Why study the history of ethics and ethical thought? What does […]