Business ethics: The day of Compassion Assignment

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Business ethics, Compassion Assignment

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Compassion is a deep feeling inside me of sympathy, kindness, consideration and concerns someone who needs to help. It is when you are affected by its situation, when you perceiving suffering of others and involves an authentic desire to help. I believe that compassion is a feeling that drives me to help people who are in need (hungry, in distress…).
I define compassion as caring for others that needs help without wanting any compensation. However, this action to others provides satisfaction to the person, which performs. Compassion can take diverse forms such as helping the most vulnerable, care about his circle of acquaintances, and so on. Show compassion, it is imagined what can feel people around us, and make what seems goods and right, and try to find a solution if it is possible.

In Romania, I know few people, so I chose directing my effort with people I meet every day in the street, but who I never speak. I also chose to follow seriously my convictions.

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[...] Business ethics: The day of Compassion Assignment 1. How did you define compassion, and who were the recipients of your efforts? Compassion is a deep feeling inside me of sympathy, kindness, consideration and concerns someone who needs to help. It is when you are affected by its situation, when you perceiving suffering of others and involves an authentic desire to help. I believe that compassion is a feeling that drives me to help people who are in need (hungry, in distress I define compassion as caring for others that needs help without wanting any compensation. [...]

[...] I think compassion has a deep positive influence on whatever we do. I found something very interesting: Dalai Lama has funded research that shows meditation and compassion and the positive effects on the brain, which lead to longevity and improved overall health, especially in the workplace”. Google is a good example of acting compassionately, they pay attention to their employees, with many advantages: maternity leave longer, time for personal projects during the hours of work, free healthy food, nursery and so on. [...]

[...] We can encourage people to participate to this day by promotion on social networks. For example in Facebook, we can invite friends to join us for the Day of Compassion and prepare together this day, it is more motivating with your friends. Take an example for show how business ethics can foster a compassionate society; often the company chooses to offshoring for cost reasons (cheap workforce, less restrictive law and so on). These companies should not only exploit local populations, and now with the media, everybody can know the horrible condition of work of each company. [...]

[...] How can business ethics be used to foster a more compassionate society? If I were to promote Day of Compassion and persuade people to do it, I would organize special event. For example, during my first student exchange in Chile, for the Day of Compassion the faculty organizes a day in an orphanage near Santiago. With the others foreign student, we spent the day to play with children, we prepared a meal and we organized activities (make up, music, sport We can also organize other actions at the faculty or at work such as: collecting food, collecting money for associations. [...]

[...] To conclude, I like the both me, but I have a preference for me during the Day of Compassion, because I stopped to eat meat, I applied really my convictions and principles like a moral job. As an explanatory factor, sometime I am less compassive due to the stress, when I have so many work to do. Economic instability is another block in the path of being compassionate. I am sometimes discouraged of beign compassionate, when I am not well, and among the people I helped, nobody are compassionate towards me What are the costs and benefits of behaving compassionately? In your view, do the benefits outweigh the costs? [...]