...Chapter 1 1.) What is the focal organization in this case, and what is the main issue it faces? The focal organizations in this case is Disney because it is in their perspective that the analysis is being conducted. The main issue that this focal organization faces is whether or not to let this local developer called SunCal’s development, which has arranged to buy a 26-acre site in the resort district to build 1,500 condominiums which fifteen percent of them will be for the below-market rate rental apartments. 2.) Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? The relative market stakeholder in this situation is the local developer SunCal’s because they want to engage in economic transactions with Disney to provide low-market rent apartments for lower income families. The nonmarket stakeholders which are the affordable housing advocates, unions representing Disney employees and other individuals and groups. 3.) What are the various stakeholder’s interests? Please indicate if each stakeholder in favor of, or opposed to, SunCal’s proposed development. The market stakeholders interests are drawn by the prospect of reducing long commutes and that these homes would enable many families and communities to live closer to their work place and therefore reduce not only congestion on highways but also less air pollution. The non-market stakeholders which opposed Suncal’s plan argued that the land should be used only for tourism –related development such...
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...Katie Kostorowski Mrs. Stroup Honors Language Arts 14 March 2015 Protecting Society: One Shot at a Time Measles, a disease that once was thought to be practically extinct in America, is unfortunately again on the rise. In the year 2000, national leaders in the United States declared that measles had been eliminated within the country, however, from January 1, 2014 to August 29, 2014, there were 592 Measles cases in the United States (Koplowitz 1). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have attributed these cases to parents refusing to have their children vaccinated. Within the past two months, there have been 102 cases of measles reported in 14 states (Grady 1). Vaccinations have proven to be extremely effective. After receiving two doses of the measles vaccination, 97% of people are immune to this disease (“For Health Care Professionals” 2). It is completely unacceptable to have an outbreak of a disease that is almost completely preventable and was eliminated from the United States 15 years ago. In order to protect citizens against communicable diseases, it should be mandatory for almost everyone to receive vaccinations. There are two types of immunizations: active and passive. The more common of the two is the active immunization, which stimulates the body’s immune system to fabricate a defense against a disease-causing microorganism (“Immunization” 1). The first recorded active immunization was Edward Jenner’s use of the cowpox virus to produce immunity...
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...Kesey and Weir both explore the struggle for independence by enforcing similar settings and contrasting characterisation in their two individual texts, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Dead Poet’s Society. At first glance, many would argue that there could not be two settings more dissimilar than a men’s mental institution, and a boy’s private school. However, both texts are set in heavily instituonalised arenas, where the individuals within the communities have had their independence and freedom stolen by overpowering figures of authority. Although the setting of the two institutions is contradictory in various ways; the warm, bricked and neat academy against the blinding white hospital walls; the oppression and rigidity between the two is evident. Both pieces introduce an...
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...characteristics of a society without study of the cities that are part of that? Sociologist have a wide variety of technics that help them to find main features of a society such as study major cities, study works of literature and study monuments. There can be no doubt that study major cities of a society can make a significant help to understand that society. In my view, study major cities is not necessary for discover important characters of a society. First and foremost reason why study major cites does not make help is that a territories if a society my be spread among many countries and sometimes many continents. For instance, Western society is spread between North America and Europe therefore study a city such as New York City and Paris not help us but also distract sociologist. For example in New York City people always in hurry and usually eat fast foods on the other hand in Paris people pay more attention to their mealtime so eat their food in peace and some times take more than an hour to eat their main course. Thus who only studies these two cities cannot understand whether people in Western society have their meal in a hurry or peace. A second instance in which study a major city is not necessary is that it takes long time for a society to form, so study a city only shows the contemporary situation of that city. For instance, study a current situation of Beijing - capital city of China - does not help us to understand important characteristics of East society. These days...
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...The topic of immigration and multiculturalism is a highly debated one with pro- and anti- groups each presenting strong and applicable arguments towards why immigration is damaging or enriching. Immigration has both the ability to damage and enrich a host society, however the affect it has, ultimately depends on the attitudes, policies and beliefs of the society’s people. The reception of migration may be influenced by personal values and way of life of citizens, however it can also be seen to be hugely swayed by political leaders. This essay will demonstrate these points through explanation and the exploration of the thoughts of those, both anti- and pro- immigration with within Australia. It will highlight the assets which migration can provide Australia – economically and culturally and give reasons why anti-immigration policies would damage the society instead of enriching it. Reasons why immigration is seen in a negative light will also be addressed, including national identity loss, unemployment and negative economic effects. Over the last fifty years, Australia has encompassed a large-scale immigration policy predominantly “concerned with population building and importing human capital and skills,”(Jackubowicz 2006). Multiculturalism, strongly linked and interchangeably used with immigration came around as a term in the 1970’s and was initially strongly advocated politically. However in more recent years questions relating to whether or not multiculturalism should...
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...control. Farmers turned to slavery to try to cut labour cost for their survival in this situation by the low prices. Slavery on farms is illegal in the Ivory Coast but the law is rarely enforced. But the government from their country has their own situation, a shortage of enforcement officers, the willingness of local officials etc. The case information we found it by some website: http://www.foodispower.org/slavery_chocolate.php http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/index.html And we also got some useful information from the book in page 64-67. Division of labour and schedule including presentation preparation: We followed the question below the case from the book to division of labour. Each question was answered by one or two group member, the number decides by question. Presentation follows the report, which part of report you did, then which part of presentation you do. Initial findings: After read the case and discussed, in our view, the situation made by the basic reason of our consumer, like us who buy chocolate from these company. The most of consumers did not know about this situation, they just know something good about chocolate and did not know something bad. Affect global market through our consumer, and made a good plan to solve the situation. Media’s power is great....
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...In our society today, there are three theoretical perspectives that act as ways to view our lives. Symbolic Interactionism , Functional Analysis, and Conflict Theory. All of which are centered around the people they derived from who are : George Herbert Mead, Charles Horton Cooley, Robert Merton and Karl Marx. With these theories being a major part of sociology, the research that is collected to study the people in these societies should be looked at as a whole ,for, sociology comes in many forms. Symbolic Interactionism is the idea that one puts meaning to something. We attach our selves to names of certain people or things . Symbols are used to describe the relationships that we have with one another. Without symbolic Interactionism there would be no names to associate with people like a sister or brother . This also includes a teacher , an associate or a co-worker, These people may have names but they have a certain name that categorizes them into where they are related to you and how you should act towards them. Our actions towards people depend on the symbols we associate society with such as how you treat a boss compared to a sibling. Without this type of perspective there would be no way to socialize things such as the government which would mean that the most common things that are used in everyday life wouldn't be here. This theory is used describe things that are untouchable such as love, marriage or being a parent . It all goes back to how you rationalize these...
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...Mercantile society mercantile society (or commercial society ) is that one society that intends the one accomplishment or more transactions commercial or, generally, a subject activity to Straight mercantile . Civil society is against to . Like all society, they are beings which the law recognizes legal Personality own and different from its members, and that also counting on own Patrimony, canalizes their efforts to the accomplishment of a lucrative purpose that are common, with vocation like the benefits that are from the realized activities, will be only perceived by the partners. Antecedents The old one straight did not know Institution mercantile society with legal personality, the one that is creation of the modern world. Decrees of Bilbao only regulated the collective societies and the silent partners. Elements In the Mercantile Societies there are three fundamental elements: the social ones, patrimonial and the formal ones: • Personal element: It is constituted by the partners, people who contribute and reunite their efforts (goods, capitals or works) • Patrimonial element: It is formed by the set of goods that are contributed to form the share capital, the goods, work, etc. • Formal element: It is the set of rules regarding the form or solemnity with which one is due to have to the contract that gives rise to the society like a right individuality. Classification The mercantile Societies can be classified according to several criteria, between...
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...perspective is a view of society that focuses on the way various parts of society have funtions and live in a consensus that maintain the stability and social order of the whole society. Functionalism is seen as a macro scale approach to society; it sees society as a whole rather than just focusing on some parts of it. Because of this, functionalism views society as a body (organic analogy), all institutions works together to make the society. This is particularly useful when observing the society in order to understand the way it functions and how all the institutions work together to sustain society as a whole. This can also be denoted as one of its strengths. Functionalism is also seen as a consensus theory, it sees society as fair and just, and it acknowledges that many societies including the majority of western ones, have democracy and all individuals within a particular society share the same or similar norms and values. This also could therefore be seen as a strength as it acknowledges that democracy does exists in many societies. Functionalism emphasizes a societal equilibrium. If something happens to disrupt the order and the flow of the system, society must adjust to achieve a stable state. According to Durkheim, society should be analyzed and described in terms of functions. Society is a system of interrelated parts where no one part can function without the other. These parts make up the whole of society. If one part changes, it has an impact on society as a whole. He...
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...When it comes the Plato’s methods in the natural world, I look at it as if he ranks people in society as to how well they can perform for certain duties/jobs. Like Plato mentioned, he felt that not everyone was capable of holding public office. Plato looked at humans having different parts of their “souls” that make up how they are able to function in society. He says that individuals are characterized by rational elements such as the soul being motivated by one wanting to obtain wealth/sexual desire, one wanting to be courageous wanting to win honor for doing good in life. Plato felt that these parts of the human soul could become off balance and one could begin to overpower one another causing a person to have problems in society with one...
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...Traditional Society and Modern Society Tradition and modernity are two differing principles which continue to manifest across the world and there have been societies which have retained these traditional values and others which have shifted either partially or completely towards a modern society. Even though there is no such thing as a completely traditional or completely modern society at the present time, the collision between the two forms of organization has great significance for everyone alive today. Man is a social animal and has been living in groups since the pre-historic times. With time, these groups have evolved to become organized and civilized societies and have adopted different norms, cultures and trends that distinguish them from the other societies. But the process of evolution did not stop and continues till date, leading to the formation of the modern society by putting the traditional society behind the scene. The question of preferring the modern society over traditional one or vice-versa is a highly debatable issue and cannot be adequately answered without taking into account the pros and cons of both forms of the societies. While the traditional society boasts the value and worth of its traditions and its long-cherished culture and norms the modern society is proud of the amazing technology and the freedom of choice and expression to its dwellers. The beliefs that traditional society has are different than the ones of modern society. Some are the exact...
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...Phil 101 Having knowledge is important in every society, whether it be a totalitarian society, or a democratic society. In Plato's Republic, Socrates and his interlocutors discuss how to educate children. Is it right to keep them censored, or should they be allowed to study all and every subject(s). The education of children is very important because they are the future of the society. They are the possible rulers, philosophers, guardians, and so on. So, it is important to shape them wisely. This concept is no different than what shapes our society today. It is well known that one of the many qualifications of a good leader is that who can improve the country's educational system. Why?, because the youth are our future leaders and teachers. A parent would rather pick a private school over a public school, and a job interviewer would look more highly on a private school graduate over a public school graduate. You can say that education is important in today's society, as well as Plato's society. The youth can be educated in many different ways, either by keeping them in the shadows, or exposing them to the light. this means that the future of the society can be either ruled by a person who is oblivious to the society's past, or by a person who has been fully exposed to the society's history. If a person is censored from education, then they love their life as a perfect world. this is best described when Socrates says that a Guardian should...
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...Connected Branches From 10 years till now our world is constantly changing , technology is advancing , communications are much easier .Never less, we cannot simply ignore that human being are the main reason of this technology , because in the 21 century , human being where capable of advancing prior inventions like Television , cars , radio , computers and finally cell phones . Moreover, as cell phones are a part of communication which is an dispensable tool that we cannot life without, since simply cell phones reasonable our daily life in a communicated way . Moreover, cell phones are a machine that human invented in order to make the communication between the part of the society easier, as the society is become bigger and bigger , the ways of communications is more increasing . Cell phones , now a days becomes the most important way of communications between the individuals even if they are in different nations .Beside, a mobile phone is a device that can make and receive the telephone calls over a radio link , whilst moving around a wide geographic area . It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator , allowing access to the public phones , network .In addition to telephony , modern mobile phones also support wide variety of other services such as text – messaging, MMS, email , internet access short range wireless communications , business applications , gaming and photography . Mobile phones that offer these and...
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...these categories, suggests that the main cause of conflict in society is inequality, and this inequality brings about disadvantages to workers and benefits to the owners of capital. Although this perspective is backed by strong examples in today’s society, such as the decline in skilled labour leading to greater inequality between the proletariat (workers) and the bourgeoisie (capital owners), it spends too much time on blaming the structure of the system for making inequalities worse, without taking into consideration how much worse these inequalities would be today if the system were not structured the way it is. Therefore, when criticizing systems such as government, and its ability to organize and manage society, it is essential to recognize that without a government in place, and if society were to be adhocratic, the world would be chaotic and not nearly as efficient as it would be if a government were established. The government plays key roles in not only the stabilization of society, but also in helping it prosper in the long run. In this paper, I will argue through a functionalist perspective in that the government has a key function in organizing the regulation of both physical and human capital such that society may achieve prosperity, and that current issues within society would only get worse if the established government were to be abolished. A significant role that the government plays in society is to create...
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...modern trends and rapid technological advances of the society are still haunting and dividing the members of the society. The perfect society does not exist. This Utopia does not physically exist, but in our minds, it goes something like this. In my ideal society, every person is treated as an equal. No one person would think or act as if they were better than someone else was. There would be no racism present, all types of people would reside here and get along together. It would not matter if you were African, Caucasian or any color of the rainbow everyone is treated the same. In addition, there also would be a diverse amount of different religions that would coincide with each other in the ideal society. Today religion is one of the most controversial topics in society. There are countless numbers of active religions coinciding with and contradicting each other. In the ideal society people would love their religion and respect the others. All religions would co-exist peacefully. An ideal society should not be bound to the oppression of the wealthy and powerful. This society should not be unfair or unjust to the citizens that are of a different color or race that of the minority. An ideal society is one in which people act together as one for the greater good of the society, rather than the individual. In a rational society, people know their place and their duty. In my ideal society, everything would be uniform, a by the book world,...
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