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Amnesty International global ethics series Applied psychology (New York, N.Y.) Giants of psychology Great courses (Compact disc) Health collection (New York, N.Y.) Language of photography Simple machines and work Social venture network series Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm)) Ultimate media librarian collectionFilter By Series
Amnesty International global ethics series Applied psychology (New York, N.Y.) Giants of psychology Great courses (Compact disc) Health collection (New York, N.Y.) Language of photography Simple machines and work Social venture network series Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm)) Ultimate media librarian collectionSummary: This groundbreaking special presents viewers with profound moral, ethical, and social dilemmas to spark conversation about the tough decisions each of us face in this modern world. The show fuses dramatic storytelling, web interactivity, and expert panel discussions to create fun, enlightening debates in which viewers can participate. With daily revelations of fraud in corporate boardrooms,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Summary: Many businesses abide by a code of conduct, either company-specific or industry-wide. This timely program distinguishes between ethical behavior and social responsibility by spotlighting two well-known Australian businesses that exhibit both qualities: Bendigo Bank and its Community Bank initiative, a cooperatively spirited venture that teaches solid commercial principles to franchisees, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The relationship between students' values and daily choices is discussed in this video, which also connects values to career decisions. Students identify some of their key values and consider how personal background may have shaped them.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What does it mean to be an industry leader in the 21st century? Having the greatest market share is no longer enough-a successful business must now set an example as a good corporate citizen. This program examines key policies and practices that integrate ethics and responsible management into all aspects of business operations. Viewers are introduced to Australia's Corporate Responsibility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Baggini, Julian.
Summary: In [this book] Julian Baggini, one of Britain's best-known philosophers, condenses complex, contemporary issues of right and wrong into 20 key questions. He examines how we can start to answer them, what they might mean to us and how they influence the way we choose to live our lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 BAGSummary: What are values? What are goals? And how are they connected? These questions are easy to ask, but they're not so simple to answer. This three-section program combines commentary from educators and students with in-class exercise segments to explore the meaning of values and goals and illustrate how they steer and shape a person's life-in college and beyond. Correlates to National and State...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Thompson, Nadine A.
Contents: Establishing a clear and profitable vision -- Defining your market -- Building strong distribution channels -- Empowering your way to success -- Educating your partners -- Creating valuable strategic alliances -- Celebrating achievements -- Do values really sell?.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.85 THOBethea, Nikole Brooks
Summary: "In this book, early fluent readers will learn how social media works and how we interact with it in our daily lives. Full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the social media's invention, who keeps it working, and possible advancements in its technology. A Take a Look! infographic aids understanding, sidebars present interesting,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pogo Books, published by Jump! 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 302.23 BETSocial Distortion (Musical group)
Contents: So far away -- Let it be me -- Story of my life -- Sick boys -- Ring of fire -- Ball and chain -- It coulda been me -- She's a knockout -- A place in my heart -- Drug train.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SOCGrim, Patrick.
Summary: Philosophical examination of the wide range of decisions all of us encounter in pursuing our lives. Professor Grim places the accent on individual choice covering questions about evolution and ethics, about whether punishment is justified by retribution or by deterrence and about the differing lessons drawn from life's worst horrors by both religious and anti-religious traditions.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 1 of 2Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 2 of 2
Hammel, Laury.
Contents: Customer and community first -- Values-based financing -- Partnering with your employees -- Business networking for local value -- Creating partnerships with non-profits -- Making sustainability your competitive advantage -- Collaborating with government -- Building a bridge to the future.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 HAMSummary: Photographs have the potential to present powerful truths-or to create convincing fictions. This program uses case studies involving Iwo Jima, Elian Gonzalez, and O. J. Simpson to show how images can be manipulated to influence the way viewers perceive events. The ethics of photography and the positive and negative impacts of digital technology, which is steadily eroding the border between...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Imagine that it’s the week of the football championship game, and a star player may have an undisclosed head injury. Everyone wants him to play. If you were the coach, would you let him? Or picture a talented WNBA hopeful who has torn her ACL—for the third time. Add in bouts of bulimia and her lifelong dream of going pro. As her adviser, what would you do? These are only two of the agonizing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Directly or indirectly, people working in the education and social services fields make their living by helping others live better lives. This program profiles a preschool teacher, a vocational education instructor, and a school administrative assistant as well as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor, a social and human services assistant, and a recreation worker. Correlates to all applicable...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Ever since there has been work to do, people have looked for easier ways to complete their tasks. These imaginative videos offer fresh perspectives on how machines are used to make work easier. Animation, graphics, video, and narration are combined to vividly explain the basic physical concepts associated with work, energy, and the six simple machines. Special appearances by a hard-working...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Crawford, Matthew B.
Summary: In this wise and often funny book, a philosopher/mechanic systematically destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one's hands.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business CrawfordSummary: Psychological experiments have shown that the natural human desire to conform can lead people to mistrust their own experiences, turn a blind eye to the suffering of others, and even inflict harm on the defenseless. But these findings have come at a price: the potential emotional damage of those being studied. This three-section program grapples with some of the thorny ethical issues arising...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This episode of The Green Interview features British lawyer Mumta Ito who began her career as a high-powered corporate lawyer. She found herself questioning the human value of her work. During a leave of absence, she experienced a profound spiritual transformation and joined the entourage of Amma, one of India's foremost teachers, healers, and humanitarians. Using her legal training to serve...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2014
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Broken Social Scene (Musical group)
Contents: Our faces split the coast in half -- Ibi dreams of pavement (a better day) -- 7/4 (shoreline) -- Finish your collapse and stay for breakfast -- Major label debut -- Fire eye'd boy -- Windsurfing nation -- Swimmers -- Hotel -- Handjobs for the holidays -- Superconnected -- Bandwitch -- Tremoloa debut -- It's all gonna break.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arts & Crafts 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BrokeSummary: Albert Bandura’s work has become basic to an understanding of how social forces influence individuals, small groups, and large groups. From his early BoBo doll experiments up through his work with phobias and self-efficacy, Bandura has given researchers a sense of how people actively shape their own lives and those of others. Utilizing archival materials and newer visuals, this program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Is today's corporate culture, characterized by exorbitant CEO salaries, downsizing, and benefit reductions, alienating employers from employees? What moral obligations do companies have to the people who work for them, and to the communities they serve? In this program, a group of business experts examine these issues, and discuss how companies can do "the right thing" and still improve their...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Along with the interventions that can sustain the life of a terminally ill senior citizen or a severely impaired premature baby have come a host of ethics-related dilemmas, and chief among them is when to suspend treatment. In this program, renowned theologian Martin Marty, of The Park Ridge Center; members of Lutheran General and Good Samaritan Hospitals' ethics advisory teams; hospice...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Broome, John
Summary: Discusses the climate change debate, including the science of greenhouse gasses, offsetting carbon emissions, and the choices facing policymakers by filtering the issues through the universal philosophical standards of goodness and justice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.1 BROMooney, Carla
Summary: "Although they started as a place to socialize online, social media platforms have increasingly become a place where people get their news worldwide. According to a 2022 Pew Research Center study, approximately 70 percent of Americans get at least some news from social media platforms. Concerns have risen as more people turn to social media to get news. While some information on social media...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2024