...How can sociology help us think about civility and being civil? In sociology, the topic of race proves to create an issue with civility. In chapter 10 the significance of race as well as different forms of racism are expressed. As we see these inequalities, it can open our eyes on how to fix these issues to become civil. In chapter 10 we see how race can ultimately effect how you are treated and seen in society. In a country like America, we are seen as diverse, although whites are the dominate group. Due to this grouping of society, we can easily see the inequalities in society. You are either in the minority group or dominate group. Since there are differences that separate society this opens the door for discrimination, stereotypes, prejudice,...
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...observe Karl Marx's theory of alienation, which simplified is the antagonist dynamic placed between things that is properly in harmony. It describes a sense of social Alienation that exists amongst all classes and caste of a society throughout human history. A perfect example is the caste system of India were people are assigned there role in society given by birth. They are known as the Varnas. The caste labels given to people in India they are the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and a Shudras. Amongst these groups in society there is much Discrimination and social alienation. This belief system goes back 1000's of years although India is certainly not the only nation with a caste system in society of people divided by wealth. The people on the deserted island would find this difficult because the values and caste in society would no longer hold true. Perhaps Marx had some insight into the future of the world when he proposed this theories and the theories seem to be right on the target. The premise here was to take 6 groups of people and look at how they would interact with each other. So we take 6 groups of people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds they add up a total of thirty people and place them on an island. How would they interact? In my opinion this relies on circumstance as well as social design. Our opinions and perceptual outlook on the world defines how we see others and act towards them. A perfect example involves ethical standards, beliefs...
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...assumes it takes a more realistic view of the causes of crime and deviance. Right realists believe crime and deviance are a real social problem that requires practical solutions. It is said that right realism perpetuates moral panics as a means of swaying the public to agree with their views. For example, the media claims that elderly people are scared to be attacked when venturing out, when in actuality crimes against OAP’s are minimal. (0.3 against men 75+ and 0.2 against women aged the same). Right realists believe that official statistics often underreport crime. But right realists believe they are able to paint a more realistic picture of crime and deviance in the UK. Right realists believe that crime is a growing social problem and is largely committed by lower working class male juveniles, often black, in inner city areas. Right realists believe that there are six causes of crime: The breakdown in moral fabric of society; a growing underclass in the UK; a breakdown in social order; opportunity for crime and that some people commit crime as a deliberate and rational choice. As more crime is committed, society itself deteriorates and this in turn leads to more crime. Marsland in 1988 stated that crime and deviancy is linked to the breakdown in the moral fabric of society. Schools and religion have become less effective agencies of social control and that the moral glue of society, which gave it its authority, has gone. Marsland believes that this has led to a decline...
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...Words can be used as weapons, but they are free to be spoken if they are not continued harassment and threatening violence. The fact that kids as well as adults can be cruel and insensitive is unfortunately never going to change and it would unduly infringe upon many freedom of speech rights. While it is both wrong, unethical and cruel, it should not be illegal. Just because foul words were thrown on social sites doesn't mean antagonists should be forced behind bars. Most of the "criminals" are kids, and they're expressing their feelings in ways they think are appropriate. Think about this, as a child, have any of your siblings ever made fun of you? Many say yes, and those who do admit that this early bullying occurance only created thicker skin. Later in life when people made remarks about them it didn’t matter, and they could easily brush these rude comments off. Bullying teaches you how to deal with the world. Notice how after we started clamping down on the issue, our countries obesity rate increased. If you can not deal with rude comments get off the internet, so you dont see it. In my opinon, normal bullying should be prosecuted beacause...
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...Jeane Paul Enc 1011 Kristen Clanton 17 October 2012 Peering Through the Curtain Although today’s teens look very much as their predecessors did in 1977, they could not be more different. In physical appearance there is little difference although many of today’s teens are altering their appearance through the use of tooth whitening systems, colored contacts, hair extensions and some teens even going so far as to have plastic surgery to fix the things they do not like about themselves. Peer pressure, low self- esteem and the pressure from social media seems to be causing teens to strive for a physical perfection that can never be achieved. But the most profound changes are those not visible. The rapid growth of technology is behind most of these changes. If one were to peer through the curtain of a 17 year old girl’s bedroom in the year 1977 you would see the normal things, bed, bureau, maybe a desk and night table. On the bureau sits a record player and a small radio. The girl is lying on the bed reading a book and listening to the music on the radio. The pink princess phone rings and the girl reaches over to answer it. Her laughter rings out as she talks to her friend, making plans for the weekend. When the teen hangs up the phone she reaches for her journal and starts to write…..jump ahead to 2012…peering through that same curtain you see a similar girl but nothing else is the same. The girl is sitting in front of her computer posting her latest status on facebook...
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...the team at Hancock Manufacturing, where creativity and innovation abound! | | | | Contact Us * H.R. Manager: Name * H.R. Supervisor: Name * H.R. Secretary: Name Phone: 1-800-HANCOCK 1-800-426 - 2625 Email: hrm@hancockmanufacturing.com Web: www.hancockmanufacturing.com | | | Hancock Manufacturing 2014 University Dr.Suite A.Salida, CA., 90000 | | | | | | Hancock ManufacturingHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT“THE FUTURE IS YOURS” | | Hancock Manufacturing | [Brochure subtitle or company tagline] | | Changes in HRMTechnologyA primary focus of the HRM team is taking care of our people. Technology has radically changed the way we to achieve this goal. The use of online career search engines and social media greatly enhances our ability to find the most capable pool of potential employees. Online training provides an excellent opportunity to provide current employees the innovative training needed for success in the modern workplace. Programs and applications available for use on personal computers and smart phones allow employees to actively review and manage his or her pay and benefits, which enhances retention. HRM also plays a key role in the strategic management philosophy of the company. Each system used by HRM enables the organization to streamline tasks by simplifying applications; this enables...
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...Assignment 2: Ethical and Socially Responsive Business John M. Jones Professor Mark Malone BUS100058VA016-2411-016: Intro to Business February 24, 2013 Abstract The Code of Ethics and the Code of Business Conduct for the Cheescake Factory. “Oscar and Evelyn Overton realized their dream - to own a successful business. Evelyn created her Original Cheesecake recipe that everyone loved. By the late 1940's, she opened a small shop in Detroit. In 1972, Evelyn and Oscar, now in their early 50's, decided to move their cheesecake business to Los Angeles. 1975 marked the beginning of the most creative and productive period of their business endeavors. With their new and improved bakery, Evelyn created over 20 varieties of her delicious cheesecakes and other fantastic desserts. The restaurant was an immediate success! Just over 30 years later with close to 170 locations, the success of The Cheesecake Factory has even surpassed the Overton’s wildest dreams making The Cheesecake Factory a great American success story.” http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/aboutUs. All organizations and businesses have a standard by which they hold their employees too. A code of ethics and in the business world there is the “Code of Business Conduct.” The Cheescake Factory has both. There is the Code of Ethics for Executive Officers, Senior Financial Officers and Directors. The Cheescake factory also has a Code of Business Conduct. A Code of Business Conduct serves as a guide for the actions...
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...The essay focuses on the social construction of crime, and the possible reasons for these social constructions. In the first section, the essay explains what crime is, and the constructionist perspective theory. In the Second section my essay focuses on the crime as socially constructed and why it is socially constructed. In the third section essay explains, three levels of explanation in the study of deviant and criminal behaviour. In the final section, it focuses on the historical theoretical periods, which plays an important role in revitalising past discoveries. Crime is a term that refers to many types of misconduct that is forbidden by law. There are a number of different reasons as to why crime can be viewed as a social construction. There cannot be 'social problems' that are not the product of social construction - naming, labelling, defining and mapping them into place - through which we can 'make sense' of them' (Clarke, 2001). In this essay I will explain what is social construction, also what crime is, and why we think, that crime is socially constructed. Furthermore, I will explain how media construct crime and the stigma of black crime. In the last paragraph I will explore the importance of Marxist and Durkheim's theories on the emergence of crime....
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...SURVEY: NEW MEDIA Among the audience The era of mass media is giving way to one of personal and participatory media, says Andreas Kluth. That will profoundly change both the media industry and society as a whole [pic] Apr 20th 2006 | From The Economist print edition THE next big thing in 1448 was a technology called “movable type”, invented for commercial use by Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith from Mainz (although the Chinese had thought of it first). The clever idea was to cast individual letters (type) and then compose (move) these to make up printable pages. This promised to disrupt the mainstream media of the day—the work of monks who were manually transcribing texts or carving entire pages into wood blocks for printing. By 1455 Mr Gutenberg, having lined up venture capital from a rich compatriot, Johannes Fust, was churning out bibles and soon also papal indulgences (slips of paper that rich people bought to reduce their time in purgatory). The start-up had momentum, but its costs ran out of control and Mr Gutenberg defaulted. Mr Fust foreclosed, and a little bubble popped. Even so, within decades movable type spread across Europe, turbo-charging an information age called the Renaissance. Martin Luther, irked by those indulgences, used printing presses to produce bibles and other texts in German. Others followed suit, and vernaculars rose as Latin declined, preparing Europe for nation-states. Religious and aristocratic elites first tried to stop, then control...
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...“ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE & HIP-HOP” The degradation of women of VH1’s reality show “Love & Hip-Hop” and Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” “And what of the black woman? I most seriously doubt that any other race of Women could bring up its fineness through such devilish fire.” -W.E.B. Dubois W.E.B. Dubois said it the best. The black woman. She faces adversities that are unknown to any other race. She received her rights well after justice was a commodity, and still struggles today. Though her struggles have been evident she has worked to the top… Why is she continued to be made a mockery of through Reality television? Networks like VH1, and Bravo, all have had a hand in the degradation of the black woman for over a decade with shows like Love & Hip-Hop, Single Ladies and Real Housewives of Atlanta are a prime example’s. The Black Woman is no longer a symbol of power and positivity but of greed and pettiness. It is safe to say that, the Claire Huxtable’s and Moesha’s of the 90’s are no longer found on your television set teaching a lesson of what a woman should be, or how she should act in certain situations. Reality television has definitely taken a turn for the worst and cannot be taken serious on the grounds of : it doesn’t show Black women in all aspects of their lives, but more so fortune seeking, self-centered, disrespectful and moral-less women, and secondly it seems to show only one type of woman, it glorifies one specific lifestyle, and lastly it seems...
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...you submit it. Section 1: Name of the chosen social location/situation supermarket and Dandenong road. Section 2: Observations Observation 1 Date 20/03/2024 Time 15:53 to supermarket Describe, in detail, the social location you have chosen. When you were there, was it noisy, quiet, calm, busy, etc? Is it warm/cold? Are you inside or outside? Where are you located? Feel free to attach a diagram if you wish. For online situations, describe...
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...have motivational issues from time to time, and as for problems, most of us have lots of those to deal with. Although our focus is on normal behavior, we will look at what happens when our psychological self becomes overloaded, and we will examine ways to cope. We will see how individuals act and react within a group context. Throughout the course we will see real life applications for the material that we are learning. Course Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce the beginning student to the history, theories and methods of the science of psychology. The course is designed to provide a conceptual and practical approach to the understanding of human behavior in various social systems. We will explore both normal and abnormal behavior. Students will use multi-media instructional technologies and conduct library and internet...
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...assumes it takes a more realistic view of the causes of crime and deviance. Right realists believe crime and deviance are a real social problem that requires practical solutions. It is said that right realism perpetuates moral panics as a means of swaying the public to agree with their views. For example, the media claims that elderly people are scared to be attacked when venturing out, when in actuality crimes against OAP’s are minimal. (0.3 against men 75+ and 0.2 against women aged the same). Right realists believe that official statistics often underreport crime. But right realists believe they are able to paint a more realistic picture of crime and deviance in the UK. Right realists believe that crime is a growing social problem and is largely committed by lower working class male juveniles, often black, in inner city areas. Right realists believe that there are six causes of crime: The breakdown in moral fabric of society; a growing underclass in the UK; a breakdown in social order; opportunity for crime and that some people commit crime as a deliberate and rational choice. As more crime is committed, society itself deteriorates and this in turn leads to more crime. Marsland in 1988 stated that crime and deviancy is linked to the breakdown in the moral fabric of society. Schools and religion have become less effective agencies of social control and that the moral glue of society, which gave it its authority, has gone. Marsland believes that this has led to a decline...
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...Terrorism In The Homeland June 12, 2016 Terrorism via mass murder and self suicide doesn't seem to be going away and further our ways of dealing with it are getting more and more successful due to the hard work of our security agencies and law enforcement efforts but apparently and at times, ineffective at best. Granted, this is an intricate and wide spread problem all around the world however and disturbingly enough, it appears to be picking up here in the United States more then we would like to admit. I think terrorism is only the symptom to a multi leveled problem and not the entire problem within the act of terrorism itself as like any act of depravity. There are many other hidden factors contribute to this act of finality, a last malevolent act of desperation and hatred that we have all come to know as ‘radical terrorism’ that procreates unbalanced views leading to horrendous and violent outcomes in what would typically be orderly and civilized societies. A radical view starts out with disenfranchisement fro society itself and then graduates to resentment, hate and finally, the last great act of defiance against a society that has no idea of what's going on in the twisted and suicidal mind of a given perpetrator of terrorist activity. Now, I could speculate on the cause of terrorism by offering a theory as to why this fatal ideology is occurring by giving several examples of root cause such as, pollution and or, chemical additive found in our food, water...
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...Economic System Three types of economic systems: Capitalist, Socialist, Mixed. Classification based on dominant method of resource allocation Market allocation Economic Environment * Economic environment is major determinant of global market potential & opportunity * World economies can be categorized into market allocation systems, command allocation systems, & mixed systems * For many products, most important indicator of market potential is income Cultural Diversity * Impact of social & cultural environments on marketing industrial and consume products * Industrial products might exhibit lower and higher levels of environmental sensitivity respectively. * Culture is changing so rapidly that innovative marketing may be able to change established consumption patterns rooted in cultural differences * Companies realize the importance of training and supporting people in cultural awareness Political, Legal and Regulatory Environment Political: Government institutions, political parties, and organizations Legal: Laws, courts, attorneys, and legal customs and practices Regulatory: Governmental and nongovernmental agencies Political Environment Nation-states and sovereignty: ①a country’s stage of development ②the political and economical system Political risk: The less developed a county, the greater the political risk....
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