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Security and Fence: A Retail Perspective

December 06, 2019 by Joe Gray in Business, Cultural Musings, Ethics, Management, Retail Perspective

At a high-risk retail location such as the one I have been working at these past three years there comes a time when you are asked to be both a security guard for the products you sell and fence for the thieves that steal them.

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December 06, 2019 /Joe Gray
blog, blogger, business, capitalism, cashier, commerce, contradiction, corporation, crime, culture, fence, loss, profit, retail, retail perspective, security, shoplifting, store, thoughts
Business, Cultural Musings, Ethics, Management, Retail Perspective

Re-Post: More than Justice

November 30, 2019 by Joe Gray in Cultural Musings, Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts

Why are we not satisfied with the prosecution of a mass shooter or terrorist?

Maybe it is due to the mysterious nature of these crimes that we crave additional action. They come out of nowhere and strike the innocent with violence that shocks and infuriates. These acts remind us that we are not in total control over the environment and that the barbarism of our past has not been lost to modernity. While violence in the world is going down we still find ourselves subject to nature's wrath but when it is by human hands we seek explanation and prevention.

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November 30, 2019 /Joe Gray
crime, culture, family, ideology, philosophy, psychology, reason, religion, resentment, sadism, shootings, terrorism, violence
Cultural Musings, Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts

Who is this "We" you speak of?

November 08, 2019 by Joe Gray in Cultural Musings, Balance, Ethics, Free Will, Philosophy, Rants

When I listen to certain people prognosticate about what we all are doing or should be doing I can't help but become curious about what they mean by "we". "We" is a collective noun that takes on different forms depending on the context it is used in. A Christian can address a group of Christians and say the word "we" and it is to whom they are referring. Namely, Christians. But if that same Christian was in a room full of atheists and used the word "we" he might be referring to his fellow Christians or he might be appealing to a more general "we" as in "we are all humans," or "we are all Americans".

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November 08, 2019 /Joe Gray
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Cultural Musings, Balance, Ethics, Free Will, Philosophy, Rants

Some Questions about the Justice System

January 05, 2019 by Joe Gray in Cultural Musings, Ethics, Philosophy

If someone kills my son by running them over and it would have been morally and legally justified to have shot them before they ran over my son then why can't I simply walk up to them anytime after they killed my son and shoot him in the head? Why can I shoot someone who breaks into my house tonight but I can't go to their house and kill them tomorrow? 

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January 05, 2019 /Joe Gray
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Cultural Musings, Ethics, Philosophy

Online Ethics: Some Thoughts

September 28, 2018 by Joe Gray in Cultural Musings, Ethics

What considerations should be examined when looking at business ethics on social media?
Is it OK to promote yourself through multiple accounts? Why not just create thousands of accounts and follow yourself? 

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September 28, 2018 /Joe Gray
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