Essays on Do The Right Thing

Georgia recognizes the doctrine of employment at will. Employment at will means that in the absence of a written contract of employment for a defined duration, an employer may terminate an employee for a good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all, so long as it is not an illegal cause . An employer cannot terminate an employee for discriminatory reasons, a breach of employment contract, or in retaliation for exercising their employee rights. Discriminatory reasons include race, color, sex, religion, national origin, etc. In order to better understand how at-will employment works, I will provide three different scenarios ...

“Gone Baby Gone” is a mystery film masterfully directed by Ben Affleck, an actor and a screenwriter. The kidnapping story set in the criminal districts of Boston depicts the characters and their neighborhoods as backward and appalling. At the very beginning of the film, we find out that Amanda McCready, a little girl, has gone. Thus, her aunt and uncle decide to involve two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, into the police investigation of the girl missing. Meanwhile, Amanda’s drug-addicted mother does not skip any episode of Jerry Springer Show, even though her child has disappeared. ...

Modern life is a constant rush, stress and bustle. I may be late in some cases, because I believe that we need to take the time to stop and begin to live fully. Tardiness fits into my concept of a happy life and I think it helps to “encourage people to speak up for the right reasons, i.e., to help the organization to improve and better fulfill its mission” (Marshall, 2014). I believe that life in a hurry does not allow to pay due attention to friends and family, and hasty decisions depriving a person's ability to think. Many ...

Discussion Question Journal

Chapter 14: The Social Contract Tradition Problems and Prospects Is it immoral to be a free rider? Is it irrational? Does the existence of free riders raise a serious problem for contractarianism? Why or why not? Take for instance a borehole constructed in an arid region by villagers. All member are to participate in contributing cash for this purpose. The water will serve the interests of the villagers. If say one or a group of members chose not to contribute but still got to use the water once the borehole was made, they would be referred to as free ...

The transformation of Google into Alphabet holding company brought in the new code of conduct titled ‘do the right thing.' This was a slight change from the previous conduct by Google- ‘don’t be evil’. This new code of conduct demands all employees of Alphabet holding company and its affiliate to do the right thing- follow all the laid down law, act honorably, show integrity and respect each other at the workplace. The impression towards this new code of conduct is that employees will continuously comply and promote a good sense of values and culture. It is worth noting ...

Abstract

Green, fair trade companies, face unique problems since they are not oriented to maximizing profits. Indeed, they aim at improving the welfare of the members and create social and environmental impacts. As such, there is a conflict of interests from the multi-objective stakeholders. However, the study shows that careful analysis of the problems and initiating problem-solving techniques such as participatory management, strategic plans and use of qualified personnel reduce the challenges. 1.0 Background of the Study This section entails the history of the company, vision, core values as well as the vision. Additionally, it outlines the events and activities ...

Part One

The worldview refers to a theory of the world which is used understand life. In other words, worldview refers to a mental model of reality that provided answers to various life questions through providing a framework of attitudes and ideas about life, ourselves and the world. Therefore, it creates a comprehensive system of beliefs.

Part Two

Question One According to Genesis (1:1-2), the bible accounts that God created earth and heaven. However, there was no life yet. The bible further acknowledges that God created all that is on earth through the account of creation, as detailed in Genesis 1, in six ...

The film Do the Right Thing was written, directed, and produced by Spike Lee in 1989. Set in Brooklyn neighborhood, the film depicts the racial tensions that existed in America at the time. The film brings to the fore the widespread discrimination and social injustices against Blacks through the effective use of loud, earnest, and angry sounds. Lee's careful choice of the film's characters helps bring out the themes in the film such as racism, violence, and peace. The opening scene of a female dancing aggressively to “Fight the power” in a boxing outfit sets the tone of the ...

Movie Review: “Do the Right Thing” by Spike Lee

Individuals who are able to talk to one another in a constructive way and those who are not Mookie a 25 year old pizza delivery man of African-American decent is able to communicate in a constructive manner with his boss, Sal (Do the Right Thing). Sal is an Italian-American who has lived in the neighborhood for over 25 years; even though, Sal and Mookie come from different racial backgrounds and are able to talk constructively, there seems to be racial or ethnic tension between different races in Brooklyn. Sal’s elder son Pino does not get along with Mookie; ...

The film “Do the Right Thing” illustrates a day in the life of a predominantly black neighborhood in Brooklyn. The growing tension and feelings of frustration which increase throughout the day, determine the characters to become impatient and violent and to rise against racial discrimination by the end of the day. The morale of the story is not difficult to understand. However, Mookie’s action, which attracts the attention of the crowd and determines them to destroy the restaurant, is ambiguous. While the violence escalates quickly and unexpectedly at the end of the hottest day of the year, the ...

Do the Right Thing is a film which deals with different topics related to the life in a community which is culturally diverse. Brooklyn is a place where mostly black people live, but there are also white people, Italian Americans, Latin Americans and Koreans and all of these groups have prejudice against one another. The conflict arises from people who lack tolerance and the main issues are great misunderstanding, feeling of powerlessness, wish for belonging and the feelings of love and hate which are interchangeable. The lack of tolerance leads to great misunderstanding in any community where people from ...

Two key issues emerge from the film, Do the Right Thing - race relations and the use of neighborhoods in cinema. Young, in her book entitled Fear of the Dark, explains how race and racism are often heavily highlighted in movies. It is as if Hollywood draws breath from them. Mennel in her work, Cities and Cinema, she observes that the use of cities and neighborhoods is provides powerful excitement to scripts. Even if the movies themselves are potent in dazzling viewers, the cities and neighborhoods that are used give a unique feel and realism. This paper discusses the ...

My personal understanding of human nature theories is that they try to show what type of person we are, and we have infinite potentials for good. Mostly, human nature guides people how to do the right thing. For instance, I believe that a real leadership happens when I have a positive impact and influence on others. Human beings learn from the environment as well as the role nature plays in our society and us as human. It is believed that since the origin of humanity, there is an inevitable phenomenon that people will persistently be in a state of ...

Introduction

Argument for Moral Struggles: 1. The fight between good and evil as the Force is identified somewhat with the God of Christianity and other godlike figures. 2. Moral struggle between natures over technology 3. Struggle of the hero to reach his destiny despite many obstacles

Other heroes that had to overcome many obstacles such as Superman, King Arthur, Oedipus.

The advances of technology in the film are far into the future. What products are currently available in our world? The force is similar to a supreme being what is the similarities in the role that the Force plays in the film

Academic Sources

Abeljawad, Lara. (2006) Jihad: The Holy War or Inner Struggle. Oklahoma State ...

Cities in Cinemas: “Gone Baby Gone” by Ben Affleck

Gone Baby Gone is a film from 2007 and it is about the dark side of humanity, selfishness, but also about caring and about being moral and righteous. These themes are present in the film Gone Baby Gone and the film is successful in depicting major social and family issues. The story follows child kidnapping, two private detectives, the police and their attitude towards what means to do the right thing. The protagonist is a private detective, Patrick and he is a man of high integrity and moral standards, focused on doing his job consciously. The dark side of ...

My personal values are very stalwart in nature like I do not play video games until all my work is done or until I have done a certain amount of work for that day, and I also value respecting and trusting people until they give me a reason not to. I value honesty above all else, there is not a lot of things that set me off but a person being dishonest will definitely upset me; the way I see it, if I can be honest then why can’t that person be honest with me.

I can safely say that I was ...

The two movies have different ways to convey the interest of the viewers. The concept revealed in the movie, “Innocent Voice” (Voces Inocentes) is about poverty that surround in the country during civil war. It imprisoned the humanistic side of war through the eyes of children. The movie is set in a fictional and remote village that is comparable to the real life town of Cuzcatazingo, El Salvador; a real life event describes the political, social, and military combats that happened in El Salvador during the civil war in 1980s. The movie, “Do the Right Thing” probably caused a real ...

Background

Every society has a set of values that individuals, businesses and governments are expected to uphold. These are values that the society holds dear, and each of the members is expected to meet a set threshold. Some of the most important values include honesty, truthfulness and integrity. For businesses, the bar is set a bit high because the appetite for profits may make organizations seek shortcuts and annihilate some of these values. This makes operations that businesses engage in remain under sharp focus. Businesses are expected to uphold the integrity for the benefit of consumers, employees and shareholders. If any of these ...

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Film Response for ‘Do the Right Thing’ The United States of America has a long dark history of racism, discrimination and subsequent terrorism emerging within the different ethnic groups. Several books and movies are written in the past highlighting the racial oppression, loss of human values, and anguish and suffering of victims through vivid, realistic, harsh and dreadful picturization and description. Writer, director and actor Spike Lee’s 1989 film ‘Do the Right Thing’ based on the similar theme recounts the events taking place within a day in the lives of the people belonging to the working class of Brooklyn ...

Introduction

The conceptions of law and justice vary across nations and regions. The differences in the conception of law and justice between Western and East Asian evidently compares with each other. The comparative criminal justice and law notions between East and West depend on culture and historical backgrounds. The cultural diversity in East Asia makes its law and justice perceptions vary with the West. The concept of crime and justice in the West ends up based on the individualistic concept in which units for examination are individuals. On the other hand, East Asia concept reflects on the notion of crime ...

- According to philosophers, stress is supposed to be understood as a response to particular environmental stimuli, for instance, loss of a job or exposure to excessive noise. However, according to research that was conducted by Holmes and Rehe (1967). The Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) method was dissatisfied to the research since most of the events listed, they relatively rarely occur in anyone’s life. The researchers could use a scale that could reflect the greater degree of the daily variation experience of people in levels of the stress they are experiencing. Their approach measures one aspect of stress that causes ...

- Ethical business practices that take into account the needs of the major stakeholders. - Conclusion - Cultural differences and racial tensions. - Peaceful coexistence and doing the right thing’. - The right thing to everyone

Introduction

The film reviewed, Do the Right Thing. The film is the 1889 creation of Spike Lee. The film revolves around one day in the life of the people of Brooklyn with a focus on the underlying social and racial strains in the neighborhood. Thesis: In a society, “doing the right thing” is not only relative but also premised on a number ...

There are clears facts here. First, CareFree Jet focuses on cutting costs and maximizing profits and is, as part of this goal, using Ace (underpaid and used as the manager deems fit). Second, CareFree Jet’s emphasis on profits is putting at risk the lives of passengers (such as mechanical problems to the planes. This raises an ethical issue. Ace, aware of the situation, is divided between his civic duties (as a pilot) to report the matter to concerned authorities and just go on an act like nothing is wrong, considering his private plans and financial needs (which might ...

As far back as I can remember, I have always been a female who always did the right thing when I was told to and sometimes even when I was not told to. When there was work to be done then I put everything on hold until that work was done, and it gave me a sense of accomplishment after the job was done. I have always been a huge believer in work first and play later, I never ever did it the other way around because I always knew that the consequences of play before work was severe. The thing is, ...

Is Obedience essential for being a

Fifty years ago, parents found that disciplining their children at that time was a piece of cake as they did not have to worry about any fierce counterattacks or the possibility of a coup d’etat or rebellion as it were. Back in the old days, parents demanded obedience from their children and they got it much to the chagrin of the child, but the child obeyed. A mandatory teaching of a righteous moral compass was the goal of every parent that did everything from discipline their child with belts to their hands. In the article titled The Punishment of Children, the ...

Integrity in Business

Integrity in Business Integrity in business is one of the virtues that the society and the corporate world at large endeavor to uphold. Integrity can be explained as the quality of an individual to always behave according to the accepted moral principles. According to businessethics, every businessman should strive to maintain the integrity at all times. Business ethics demands that the business professionalsshould act responsible and uphold integrity when reviewing sensitive financial information. For instance, when creating or updating profit and loss account, trading account of an organization or any other form of account involving financial information, a business ...

Cross Cultural Management in Indonesia

Introduction In setting their analytical and business priorities, it is essential for entrepreneurs and businessmen to recognize and make use of cultural advantages to propel and achieve success in their business. It to a large extent involves the ability to take advantage of cultural differences and in this particular case between Indonesia and Australia. Entrepreneurs and Australian business leaders should indulge in plans of seeking opportunities and conduct their businesses in an advantage seeking manner to predict demand for products that are novel to consumers in Indonesia and other parts of the world (Basri and Indonesia Update Conference. (2004, ...

The film Do the right thing, was produced and directed by Spike Lee. It is elevated towards identifying with the life of a Brooklyn neighborhood. In addition, it also directed different notions that imply the presence of racial tensions. Ideally, this film makes an effort of highlighting the dynamics related to modern urban neighborhood. Ideally, this has been done by the use of casting differentiated personalities within the movie. The major theme that stands out in this film is the peace versus conflict. Ideally, there is a static race between the perspective of conflict and peace attributes. Accordingly, the outstanding performance ...

Context of the Scene

The scene is more of a situation in which Terry faces his conscience. Terry has mixed feelings about doing the right thing because of a past attachment to Johnny Friendly. Furthermore, he feels that telling Edie the truth might affect the social connection that they have established as he cares for her deeply.

Textual Details

Based on the script it is evident that the location of the conversation is somewhere private. The choices of words by Father Barry need to be observed carefully as they seem to send a specific message across. In certain statements, tone variation is required to provide an impact of ...

Management is the act of coordinating the efforts of individuals to accomplish desired goals and objectives via the usage of available resources efficiently and in the right manner. This comprises of acts of organizing, leading, planning and controlling and organization. On the other hand, integrity is the aspect of reliability of actions, methods and outcomes (Bass & Bass, 2009). Basing on this presumption on what management and integrity is, it is therefore clear to enumerate that management can be trusted to act with integrity in today’s complex and variable business world. This is so as the incorporation of management ...

Background

The importance of doing the right thing, socially, economically and environmentally by organizations cannot be overstated. In response to the economic, ethical, legal and discretionary expectation that the society puts upon businesses, organizations and individual personnel have a responsibility to do good to society. Nonetheless, implementing strategies that are in line with social, economic and environmental expectations and which ultimately benefit the society, remains quite challenging within the business environment in the 21st Century. It is challenging for organizations to create a balance between shareholders’ profits and serving the social interest of the communities in which they it operates (Chaisurivirat 2009 ...

The portrayal of civil rights and the black experience in cinema has been a multifaceted and fascinating one. From early depictions of blacks as sexual predators and threats in D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation to Tarantino’s blaxploitation ex-slave savior in Django Unchained, the black experience in America has been charted through cinematic journeys that reflect the time the films were created just as much as the eras in which they are set. In this paper, the films Birth of a Nation, Do the Right Thing, 2011’s The Help and 2012’s Django Unchained will be examined as cinematic ...

Do The Right Thing

Introduction Spike Lee’s incendiary, stylish film Do the Right Thing is a wonderful example of race relations in the late 1980s; in the face of police brutality and gang warfare in the ghettos of America, a fine line exists between black pride and equality, portrayed elegantly and energetically by director Spike Lee. Multiculturalism is at a razor’s edge in this film, with many members of the community being one arbitrary offense away from being beaten or killed by an insensitive police force, or prejudiced, conflicted whites in their own neighborhood. The events of the film are representative of the ...

Spike Lee’s incendiary, stylish film Do the Right Thing is a wonderful example of race relations in the late 1980s; in the face of police brutality and gang warfare in the ghettos of America, a fine line exists between black pride and equality, portrayed elegantly and energetically by director Spike Lee. Multiculturalism is at a razor’s edge in this film, with many members of the community being one arbitrary offense away from being beaten or killed by an insensitive police force, or prejudiced, conflicted whites in their own neighborhood. The events of the film are representative of the theory of ...

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REF; REPORT I hereby humbly submit to you a report of a research program entitled “corporate social responsibilities and ethics). The research covers the following topics and sub-topics. - Corporate social responsibilities to the society, environment - Economic social responsibilities - Benefits of corporate social responsibilities - Reasons why it is difficult to apply ethics in the business organizations. - Discussion on findings - Recommendations. I therefore humbly request to have a look ...

A Comparison of Updike’s Dog’s Death and Dubus’s A Father’s Story A Comparison of Updike’s Dog’s Death and Dubus’s A Father’s Story Upon first read, John Updike’s poem, Dog’s Death, and Andre Dubus’s short story, A Father’s Story, appear to have few similarities. In form, genre, disciplinary conventions, style, syntax, and mechanics, it would be easy to claim that the two pieces have nothing in common. Despite having many differences on the surface, after reading the two pieces, it is apparent that the subjects the ...

ESSAY: RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION According to Banerjee (2007) doing the right thing is fundamental for a business organization. However, it is prudent to note that in this 21st century, it is not easy say and do the right thing. This paper aims at critically and coherently discussing the reasons why doing the right thing socially, economically and environmentally is a complex personal and corporate business decision. Before, we proceed, it is prudent that to define what is corporate social responsibilities. This is because, the whole discussion of this paper revolves around the corporate social responsibilities. Corporate social responsibilities is the responsibilities of ...

Spike Lee’s incendiary, stylish film Do the Right Thing is a wonderful example of race relations in the late 1980s; in the face of police brutality and gang warfare in the ghettos of America, a fine line exists between black pride and equality, portrayed elegantly and energetically by director Spike Lee. Multiculturalism is at a razor’s edge in this film, with many members of the community being one arbitrary offense away from being beaten or killed by an insensitive police force, or prejudiced, conflicted whites in their own neighborhood. The events of the film are representative of the theory of ...

Application of theories depends on various factors. For instance, some people may use a theory in presenting different points of view, while others may use the same principles in envisaging different things. Often people agree with a portion of the theory rather than the entire concept. In order to help solve difficult situations and assess situations into right perspectives, most people prefer applying them. The virtue theory, the utilitarianism theory, and deontological theory have similarities and differences. These theories also address ethics and morality differently. For instance, there are theories used in making a decision, while others evaluate the outcomes or the ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, even up to the early 1990s, African American film was experiencing a renaissance. In this time, following the Civil Rights Movement, African-American youth needed new heroes to follow, navigating this post-segregation period of lingering prejudice and the pressure for black Americans to "make good" on their chance to make something of themselves. The pressures of the inner city and gang and drug influences profoundly impacted the black community, and raised racial tensions even further between blacks and whites. However, throughout the years, these pressures were explored in black films of that era, presenting heroes for ...

Ramayana is a mostly read ancient Indian epic that forms important Hindu norms that are followed up to date. Ramayana means the march (ayana) of Rama in search of human values. It contains 24,000 verses in seven books and 50 cantos. The Ramayana is part of Hindus sacred literature for it speaks about the meaning of life and how one should learn from it and it is used as a guideline by the Hindus. It is a story of friendship and adventure at the same time it is a psychological insight that has spiritual meaning and wisdom .The story tells us about ...

Introduction

Socrates and his student Plato are distinguished philosophers of all times. Their philosophical studies have immeasurably contributed to the today’s philosophical works such as justice, ethics and knowledge. The two philosophers have shown great similarities in almost all their pursuits. They both hold tightly to the value that moral values are of utmost priority in any civilized society. They both cling to the old saying that “virtue is its own reward.” Also they both have a common propelling force in this area of study. Their idea behind this subject matter is an interesting concept that “virtue is the health ...

1. Although Zeitoun wasn’t the only person who stayed in New Orleans and certainly he wasn’t the only person to help others, what do you think drove Zeitoun to help the people stranded in New Orleans? More generally, what drives many people who risk their safety and even their lives to help others in need? Zeitoun was a man of good moral values and wanted to help others who were in need of help after the hurricane Katrina. He stayed in New Orleans to look after his house. He sent his wife and kids to Phoenix because ...

The opening scene of the movie “Do the Right Thing,” directed by Spike Lee in 1989, indicates that the movie will cover racial issues. However, the movie does not have a coherent story. Several random situations are presented through the day, and each situation creates more tension in the viewer. Finally, the tension explodes when a fight starts at Sal’s Place and results in one death, a demolished store, and a fight between the local community and the police. Although the quotes by Martin Luther King and Malcolm X at the end of the movie provide a form of conclusion to the movie, ...

Spike Lee’s incendiary, stylish film Do the Right Thing is a wonderful example of race relations in the late 1980s; in the face of police brutality and gang warfare in the ghettos of America, a fine line exists between black pride and equality, portrayed elegantly and energetically by director Spike Lee. Multiculturalism is at a razor’s edge in this film, with many members of the community being one arbitrary offense away from being beaten or killed by an insensitive police force, or prejudiced, conflicted whites in their own neighborhood. The events of the film are representative of the theory of ...

Spike Lee’s incendiary, stylish film Do the Right Thing is a wonderful example of race relations in the late 1980s; in the face of police brutality and gang warfare in the ghettos of America, a fine line exists between black pride and equality, portrayed elegantly and energetically by director Spike Lee. Multiculturalism is at a razor’s edge in this film, with many members of the community being one arbitrary offense away from being beaten or killed by an insensitive police force, or prejudiced, conflicted whites in their own neighborhood. The film takes place in a predominantly black neighborhood of Brooklyn, ...

How does the divine decree relate to the attributes of God?

Answer

The divine decrees regulate the operation of the attributes. The actions of God can no more be separated from the decrees of God than the actions of a man can be from his decisions. The divine decree relates only to God’s opera ad extra or transitive acts. The divine decree, consequently, comprehends only those events that occur in time.

Application

In our Christian walk, we must always take into consideration the fact that the attributes of God are a direct reflection upon events in time. As we strive to be good Christians, we must be aware of the temporal ...