...and traditions in the host country. This creates social cohesion while the immigrants who adopt the host nation's culture because they are a minority and clear. However, globalization leads to an increase in the number of immigrants from Mexico. Because of high numbers, the Mexicans in the US have been able to form small uniform communities. Light and Johnston observe that Mexican immigrants to the US tend to be "concentrated in a few states and metropolitan areas" (5). The immigrants are able to shape communities who are made up of people that share cultural experiences and traditions of their home country. Instead of adopting the cultural and traditions of the US, the Mexicans immigrants are able to preserve aspects of their home culture including language. While other migrants are forced to adopt the language and cultural practices because of majority group in the US, the Mexicans have been able to maintain their home language and traditional cultural practices (Perreira 262). The refusal to incorporate in the host country's culture has caused some important problems in the United States. The Mexicans immigrants stand out as immigrant’s community and this increased the levels of racial stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. The government of the US has forced to make accommodations to Spanish speaking Mexicans who have...
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...Culture, like society, could be defined in many different ways. The word “culture” came from the Latin word “cultus” which means “to care”, and from the French word “colere” which means “to till” as in “ground-tilling”. Culture, in the early days, was used to describe lands that are cultivated, grown, and made under controlled conditions. Thus, culture meant the process of making something stable and ready for growth. People in the present time, however, define culture as a compilation of attributes and actions that make up society. It is somehow related to the early definition in a way that when somebody says that a community is cultured, it means that that person sees that particular community as an established society, independent to its...
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...survey is conducted to observe the health of the community and its members. The factors affecting health is collected and community health nurses intervene to create a difference either to the entire community or its members. Community assessment helps identify community needs, clarify problems, and identify strengths and resources 351. Even though I lived and worked in this community, I have noticed many disturbing facts that have not changed in the past few years. The town of Sunnyvale is very diverse in terms of ethnicity, age, religion and shares both rural as well as urban areas. After conducting an extensive research, I discovered multiple health problems that required the intervention of Community Health Nurses. I selected three common community nursing diagnosis. The first diagnosis is the rise in cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stroke , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and obesity. The second diagnosis is the lack of physical activity leading to obesity. The third is, fall in the elderly age group. The first diagnosis I would like to address is the rise in cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The rise in these deadly diseases is majorly due to the unhealthy lifestyles adopted by the community. Members here were observed to be smoking, obese, unhealthy diet, and not many were physically active. Nursing interventions which can change this picture is to conduct regular meeting within the community to discuss about...
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...NATIONAL ITEGRATION National integration is the awareness of a common identity amongst the citizens of a country. It means that though we belong to different castes, religions and regions and speak different languages we recognize the fact that we are all one. This kind of integration is very important in the building of a strong and prosperous nation. India is a country with innumerable diversities, an entity composed of many communities, races classes, languages and subcultures. In any such nation, there are many obstacles to the achievement of national integration. In India the following hindrances are obstructing the growth of national feeling, casteism, communalism, linguistic fanaticism, social disparity, economic inequalities and immorality, regionalism etc. 1. Casteism: Caste is an imported part of our social fabric. This was developed in the past on the basis of division of labour in the society. But now casteism has segregated the society. Unity and integrity has become a dream in a caste ridden society. The feeling of socially neglected scheduled castes under the suppression of upper caste ruined the sense of we feeling and unity. It becomes a problem for national integration. 2. Communalism: Religions antagonism has posed a i serious challenge to national integration in India. India is a multi- religious land. Political manipulation has projected one religion against the other which resulted in communal riot, bloodbath, mutual, distrust and...
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...Issues in PPQ Part’s Expansion Plan Student’s Name Course No Course Name University Name Instructor’s Name Date Host Foreign Country’s Concern in Expansion Plan Foreign nations faces various obstacles in adoption of new business ranging from infrastructural issues of technological advancement, network problem, lack of skilled resources, etc; investment issues in inter-organization communication, network establishment, etc; security and privacy issues of customer information in transaction; government regulations for legal protection of consumer rights; logistics issues of distribution; lack of physical and social interaction in virtual environment for purchase; and returning policy of traders (OECD, 2004). Although infrastructure and deregulation governs the success of commerce, transactional trust is mandatory for encouraging the participants to pursue the shopping from foreign firms (Oxley & Yeung, 2001). Socio-cultural characteristics of these countries also raises concern of institutional trust in the new business as substitute for social milieu lacking in personal touch or localization of product (Efendioglu, Yip, & Murray, 2004). Temporal and spatial separation requires radical shift in consumer pattern to create trust between parties involved in transaction occurring in trading based on agreed contract. Delivery of products to the increasing number of customers in new system brings challenges for seller to keep the promises of order fulfillment...
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...Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Public health nursing involves a community and the overall health of the community. A community is a group within an area or region. These groups vary through various areas. According to Stanhope & Lancaster, they cited the World Health Organization’s definition of community as a group of people in a defined geographical area that share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure based on the community’s development over time. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 397, 2012). There are three factors in community: people, place and function. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 397, 2012). These three factors are what we as potential community health/public health nurses examine to develop a plan of care for the community. As community health nurses, the community is the client, with the focus being the collective and common good of the population; the individual patients we care for are now expanded into a whole populations benefit. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 398, 2012). Community health is collective needs being met and is done by identifying problems and managing behaviors in the community. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 401, 2012). Improving health can be achieved through community partnerships. This can be done by partnering with other organizations to identify community health needs and create programs to facilitate bringing together community members to advance health. (Gamm, p. 51, 1998). A first step to do this...
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...science of management at least since the direction of the development of human relations, highlighting the importance of human interaction methods for the efficient functioning of the organization. The concept of organizational culture, however, is still a matter of debate and controversy. This is somewhat understandable given the one hand, the ambiguity of the concept of culture, on the other hand - the diversity of expectations about the possibility of explanation in terms of the cultural analysis of various organizational phenomena. What is culture? It is difficult to clearly define but generally we sense intuitively, what is meant by this term. Edward Hall, a famous scholar of culture, he writes about culture as a system of communication. Culture provides us with both the language "heard" that and "inaudible", gives us a common image of the world, ourselves, and our role in it. Culture teaches us how to move in the world, how to evaluate - what is right and what is wrong - and you can manage the rules of social intercourse. Culture is not a product of nature, but of human communities. We receive it as a gift from others - from those of us who have been participants. At the same time, however, it is a living thing, because we live in it, and we contribute to it throughout our lives. What creates a culture? What part of this extremely complex system of communication? Edgar Schein, a famous scholar of culture, presents culture as a multi-level system, similar to an iceberg. Some of...
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...Patterns of Discrimination Student Name Class Instructor Date Deep in the veins of American history, discrimination is an issue that the country is still working to overcome. Throughout history, there are reports of police abusing discretion to satisfy their prejudiced beliefs. Some examples of this are the beating of Rodney King in 1991, the deaths of African American citizens during the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in 2005, detainment of Professor Gates, and, of course, the abuse of African Americans during slavery in the early days of America (Walker, Spohn, & DeLone, 2012). It seems eliminating all discrimination in law enforcement is close to impossible. Today, institutionalized, contextual, and individual acts of discrimination keep the attainment of pure justice just out of society’s reach. Types of Discrimination Institutionalized discrimination is not always intended, but occurs when a policy or procedure inadvertently leaves or singles out a specific group of people. In modern law enforcement practices, this form of discrimination is reflected through the war on drugs. Through research and years of enforcing drug laws, it has come to be expected that the common drug player will be an African American male. Hispanics are also commonly singled out through the war on drugs. While this discrimination is unintentional, African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to be arrested for drug related offenses than their white non-Hispanic counterparts. Because this...
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...various factors that contribute to the rising workplace diversity. These include increasing numbers of immigrants, company mergers and joint ventures in different countries, increased engagement of business consultants and temporary employees, international competition and the phenomenon of globalization, which has transformed the world into a global village. Globalization has occurred because of a combination of factors such as improved infrastructure, advancements in technology. Infrastructure and technology have not only provided cheaper means of communication and travel, but have revolutionized the speed at which individuals and businesses communicate with each other. Domestic companies are also spreading their operations to new territories across the globe in search of new markets or outsourcing some aspects of their production process. Management of employee cultural diversity, through the integration of suitable strategies plays a key role in improving the competitive advantage of the business, especially on the global platform. Globalization calls for specific approaches that promote harmonious working relationships within increasingly culturally diverse workplaces. Hansen (2002) observes that workplace diversity is critical to the existence of businesses and identifying key strategies to ensure harmonious working relationships among culturally diverse employees is integral to the survival of any business. Diversity in this case means the differences between individuals...
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...Position of English as a Global Language: Political and Cultural Factors English has achieved a global significance that no other language has ever been able to do so, in such a scale. A language earns its global status when it culturally and politically dominant across the continents. Also, it is notable that the most salient feature of a global language is not how many people use it, rather how strongly the people who speak this language is socially and politically established. In fact, perhaps the most significant force that makes a language global is political power of its speakers. The spread of English beyond Europe and the British Isles is accredited to four centuries of colonialism and British imperialism, which led to English being spoken by over three hundred million people. (Crystal 14) The first significant stride in the advancement of English towards its pre-eminence as a world language occurred during the early trade in the Atlantic. Crystal also articulates that by the year 1600, England had gained trading contacts across three continents, which retrospectively provided a powerful platform on which the English language was to flourish and become the globally dominant medium of communication that it is at present (39). Trading companies such as the Newfoundland fur trade, the ivory and gold trade on the western coast of Africa and the East India Company brought speakers of English into economic contact throughout the world. English and the English-based pidgins...
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...2010[3], has always been thought to be in a unique social state of racial harmony, Ever since the 1964 Sino-Malay riots and the 1969 racial riots, Singapore has not seen any significant violence between the various ethnic groups. However, while it might look as though Singaporeans live in harmony, inherent differences exist and a certain degree of racial discrimination remains prevalent. Despite the efforts by the Singaporean government, the sub-dominant groups such as the Malays are still being marginalized by the Chinese in the society. In this paper, I will focus on the various interactions between the Chinese and the Malays, specifically, the political representations of these races, the prevalence of social discrimination and how language ultimately acts as a barrier between racial...
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...Introduction Immigration represents one of the most significant social phenomena of our times. Whether immigrants arrive as refugees, guest workers, or the seekers of a better life; they often find themselves in a crossfire of social and psychological forces. Immigrants who reside in the new country begin to adjust themselves into the new society, but this immigration process itself can be stressful and can lead to poor self esteem and inability to adjust to the new society. Immigration for adolescents in some cases involves the loss of the familiar, friends, language, attitudes, values, and social structures. These adolescents experience multiples stresses trying to adjusting to the new culture that can impact their well being. According to Carhill, Gaytan, and Suarez, “Immigrant youth in particular face many changes that can have a lasting impact on their development.” (Carhill, Gaytan, and,Suarez 2007). My research seeks to examine how stressful it can be for immigrant adolescents coping in a new country? My expectation from this research question is to find out how well an immigrant adolescent will adjust to the new society. Immigration can be defined as the process of going from one country, region or place of residence to settle in another country, region, or place. The immigration process itself and adjusting themselves to the new society can be very stressful; this stress can include culture shock and conflict, both of which may lead to a sense of cultural confusion...
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...to enforce the law, how to work in the legal profession, how to do science, how to educate children – when we ask how any profession should be done – there is always more than one possible answer. We have to decide which answers work best, and the research almost always provides some evidence for both (or many) sides. Facts mean nothing without interpretation – we have to decide what the facts mean, what their consequences are. So we need to get used to using facts, not just reporting them. We need to write expository essays that include our own opinions and points of view. Ethnography is a science that allows for this kind of writing. Ethnographers study social communities (“cultures”) from the inside out – the researcher lives in and among the people she studies for months or years, speaking the language, participating in daily life. He or she takes copious notes on the details of everyday life. He transcribes thousands of...
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...Shuang Cen Nichole Poss Music 226 01-28-2012 Backyard Ethnomusicology If we observe meticulously what are happening in such small towns like Ashland, then lots of things are spring-like spewing out, of which, the creativity always goes along with cultural diversity. And it makes this small town forgotten by God more and more dynamistic and attractive. Among these new things happened in Ashland, different kinds of cultural music show an important position since there are more and more foreigners studying and working here, whose cultures are totally different from the traditional cultural in local. Without a doubt, music is one of significant aspect in their cultural life, which may includes holiday celebrations, religious beliefs and gathering activities, etc. The first experience is from my own country, China. As our student planer noticed, January22 is Chinese New Year; we call it the Spring Festival generally, since this is the beginning of spring. In recent twenty to thirty years, most Chinese families always get together for a family reunion dinner, and then watch the Spring Festival Gala held by China Central Television. In this year’s gala we watched last Saturday morning which was broadcast live, there was a very creative show performed by two young musicians, Leehom Wong and Yundi Li. The instruments they used were two pianos; they played a very famous Chinese folk music, Widely Dancing by Golden Snake. This piece of music usually was performed y Chinese traditional...
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...such an exercise., We will also study the ethics of public relations with special reference to the professional conduct and character of the public relations consultant. Moreover, the students will also be told about the market and its related dilemmas as well as the public relations role in educating the market. Definition of A PR Consultant? " It is the provision of specified & creative services by an individual or a group of individuals qualified to do so by reason of experience and training by way of professional fees paid for its services by clients under an agreed contract." Advantages Of A PR Consultancy ·It is an independent advisor, able & willing to criticize. ·It has wide experience gained with many clients requiring diversity of techniques. ·It is familiar with more media than the staff PR manager. ·It has more facilities & has access to specialist services with whom good working relations are enjoyed, like printers, photographers, research units, translators etc. ·It has skilled specialist staff. ·It may have central urban location close to media, venues for receptions & suppliers of services. Disadvantages ·It is remote from the internal organization of clients. ·Generally works through only one person in the client organization, or at best through only a few people & lacks internal line of communication. ·It is limited in operations to the size of fee unlike the staff PR manager who works full time. ·It has to share loyalties between clients....
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