...will be placed in the category of “The unskilled laborer.” During the 19th century, the American economic engine made the transition from an argricultltural based economy to one of industrialization. Factories sprung up and fueled an age of prosperity for many that were considered “unskilled laborers.” Throughout much of the 20th century, simultaneous technological improvements in both agriculture and industry happened to create conditions that were favorable for people with less skills. The development of mass production allowed low- skilled farmers to move to the city, get a job in a factory and typically make more money than they ever had on a farm. What economist deemed the “Great Compression” – (the time when the income of the unskilled came closest to the income of the skilled), raised the standard of living for unskilled laborers. A few things have changed since the dawn of the 21st century. America is walking the transition from an Industrial/ manufactory based economy to that of information and knowledge. The duel edger sword, we are experiencing now is globalization. The computer aided industrial productivity. This shift economic direction has had is an opposite impact on the American standard of living. Whereas the “Great Compression” equalized the living between the skill worker and the unskilled worker. Globalization and computers aided industrial productivity as it has widened the income gap...
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...Over centuries, we have tried to discard practices that treat women any differently. Measures have been implemented and the international standards have been thoroughly discussed, aiming towards gender equality. Such measures include access to education, health, economic opportunity and political empowerment. Despite these, gender biasness still exists even today. During US President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address in , he claimed that “Today, woman make up about half our workforce, but they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns…in 2014, that’s an embarrassment. It is wrong.” Although there have been evident progress, alarming issues regarding gender bias still prevail in various areas in society: (i) In the workforce; (ii) Education and career; (iii) Politics; (iv) Stereotypes at home; and (v) Violence and discrimination against women. The gender gap has been decreasing as more girls are receiving proper education and graduating from colleges. While education means that women are theoretically able to seek out jobs with equal wages as men do, an improvement in gender equality does not always lead to equality in the workforce. Even today, women face obstacles in the workforce. The first obstacle is the persistent wage gap. Equal pay should be given to ensure gender equality is present. However, in the United States, in spite of the wage gap closing from 62 percent from 1979 to 82 percent in 2011 for both men and women, a gap still persists with older...
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...because they believed in the idea that everyone had the right to equality. They founded America on the belief that hard work will lead to prosperity in the land of opportunity. All the ideas we associate with America: capitalism, the free market, education, elections, these all came about because people wanted to have power over where their life took them. Being able to make decisions in your own interest: the founding fathers based America on that principal, and they structured the government so it would protect those interests. Today, this is not the case. Although it may appear that America has come a long way since the civil and women’s rights movement, increasing inequality and discrimination in the 21st century has created a democracy that no longer represents the interests of its constituents but its ruling elite. Despite people’s preconceptions that our society represents a shining beacon of equality and fairness, society today faces similar issues to the same one’s we did 50 to 100 years ago. Discrimination still represents a serious issue with regards to an astonishing array of things and staggering economic inequality has devalued the average American’s vote creating a government not based not on a democracy that represents a common...
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...Research Paper Racism and Immigration Rémi Drapeau Student ID: C3623 Mailbox # SH649 Work presented to Kimberly Cook, course professor Social Problems & Their Impact on the Workplace BA Organizational Management, OM3413 Degree Completion Program Crandall University April 12th, 2016 Introduction 5 What Is Racism and who does it affect? 6 Challenges in the labour market 8 Who are the Muslims in Canada? 10 Aboriginals in Canada 11 References 13 Introduction Racism, immigration and exclusion are topics that seem to go hand in hand. From what I have learnt in the past few weeks, they are all far more present than I had realized. We see it in schools, justice system, job market etc. In the next few pages I will explain how they correlate in Canada today. More specifically relating to aboriginals and Muslims. Canada is home to more than 200 ethnic groups, with 16% of its population (over five million individuals) identifying as a visible minority. Information from the Census showed that Canada’s visible minority population grew 27% from 2001 to 2006, five times faster than the population as a whole. The diversity of Canada’s population is expected to continue to increase over the next two decades. According to projections by Statistics Canada up to 14.4 million Canadians (or about one-third of the population) will be members of a visible minority by 2031. The religious composition of the country is also changing, with some of the largest...
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...Living in the 21st century, society may believe that we live in a world of gender equality. A belief that is in fact idealistic. Gender inequality stems from deep rooted cultural ideologies. The enculturation process plays a role in learning gendered norms. Gender roles ascribed to men and women have affect in our society. Social inequalities affect many women in different walks of life. It can be seen in the type of work women obtain and which accounts for the gender wage gap. Gender inequality can also be seen at the educational level. Even though there is gender inequality all around us we we can all strive for gender equality by diminishing the causes of gender inequality. Lets take a step back and analyze what gender inequality truly...
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...It is said that men outnumber women in the world; this is the case in some countries such as the United States however it is the opposite in China. In other words, half of the Chinese population are men. It is believed that the motive behind gender inequality between Chinese males and females is due to their one-child policy . Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping has established the one-child policy in 1979 as a solution to limit China’s population growth. Although it was implemented as a ``temporary measure, `` the one-child policy still exists twenty-five years later. Luckily, in the era of 21st century, in North America, for example, there is no such policy that entails gender discrimination since both males and females have similar rights as well as privileges. However, even in the 21st century, China is still struggling with its enormous gap that exists between genders because males are more valued than women. Therefore, women are not expected to place in a inferior place as opposed to men and this is why Chinese families seek to have more boys first than girls. The aim of this paper will be to prove the gender inequality within the Chinese inequality, from different perspectives, Sociological, psychological and economical studies. Sociological Chinese gender discrimination persists everywhere, especially in the labour market since some women are being segregated in various occupational categories. Sex segregation refers to the chances of entering a certain occupation or...
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...Cunningham, 2009) connected these statistics with a long history of racism towards indigenous. Furthermore, in 2016 BeyondBlue released a video illustrating how Australians display ‘casual’ racism towards Indigenous Australians and how this form of racism can lead to depression. For example, in the video a young girl is discriminated against, being described as “un-reliable” because she was Indigenous Australian. This example ties in with conclusion that a history of racism has caused these disadvantages for indigenous Australians, as it connects high unemployment rates. To summarise alcohol, drug abuse and racism are some issues indigenous Australians face in the 21st Century as both issues contribute to additional issues. For example, poverty, imprisonment and more. These issues are simply steps towards closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous...
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...1. Everyday life in the eighteenth century improved because of the scientific developments, advances in public health, and medicines. The one big change was people were moving from the country to the city in search of a better life. This was not realized by ordinary people. The living conditions in the urban society did not favor well for this class. They thought they would have better opportunities in this society but things did not change much for them. The increased population led to many problem including poor housing and meager wages. Many people suffered and died from diseases caused by such deplorable conditions. Another major problem was the sanitation of the city. The poor people lived near and around raw waste that caused illness and death. Scientific discoveries and applied technology of public health and industrial production to save lives and drive continued economic growth improved the lives of many. Industrial cities would be disciplined and would lead to improved progress and change in the living conditions of the urban society. Moving toward the nineteenth century people began to place value on education and family. I believe that this realization drove many changes in the urban society. Families stopped having large families so they could provide better for their children. Improvement made in public health, urban planning, and transportation were the major agents that improved life in the urban society. 2. In my opinion, the life of ordinary people deteriorated...
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...Clinton. America was the “indispensable nation,". Currently today the US is a deeply divided country in social terms. Thiers’s a big gap between rich and poor such as the day of the recession. The country is fighting with itself internally. It has a Congress where there is conflict between the right (Republican) and the left (Democrats) and where they don't even want to talk to each other to discuss on a resolution for Americas bankruptcy problems and threats. The reason the U.S became great was because of its openness and democratic way. Now, it has become distrustful against foreigners, and anyone who is different which is not the theology the U.S was founded on . In U.S territory now we hunt down illegal immigrants and many people can still not accept having a black president in the White House. It’s interesting to see in the article how the event of 9/11 is attributed to the decline of America. No matter how you measure it, the United States remains the single most influential country economically, politically, diplomatically and militarily. For most of the past years, the U.S. economy has grown at a steady, generating higher incomes and wealth for American people. But since 2000 there has been a sharp decline in that trend of growth. The past decade has been the worst for the U.S. The U.S has been faced with high unemployment, stagnant wages, the protracted debate over raising the government debt ceiling and the downgrade of U.S. The problem of America’s decline is worsened...
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...Society during the Late Eighteenth Century 1774: Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France. Under Louis XVI, France helped America in gaining their independence from Britain. France was experiencing financial instability due to the long years of wars fought by her and the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the palace of Versailles. Taxes were increased for meeting the expenses of maintaining an army, the court and running government offices or universities. The French Society was divided into three estates– First Estate: Clergy Second Estate: Nobility Third Estate: Big businessmen, merchants, court officials, lawyers, peasants, landless labourers and servants. The first two estates enjoyed certain privileges by birth which also excluded them from paying any taxes to the French government. The members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the State that included a direct tax called taille and a number of indirect taxes levied on the articles of daily consumption. Peasants served in the fields and houses of the privileged classes and they also built the roads and served in the army. The Church collected taxes known as tithes from the peasants. The price of the food grains increased with an increase in the demand for the same. Fixed-waged workers could not afford the expensive food grains. Hence, the gap between the poor and the rich widened. A growing Middle Class 18th century: France witnessed the emergence of...
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...has been a major goal in the female community for the past few decades. Even so, countless limits and stereotypes are put on women of this era. Due to salary gaps, biased position placement, and misrepresentation of women in the workplace, even since the adoption of the 19th amendment, the idea of the glass ceiling still exists for women in the United States. First, the substantial salary gap has been an increasing issue. The salary gap has increased a great deal between men and women over the years. In a recent poll, it was found that there is now a gap of 21.7 percent in wages of men and women (Rosser). That means that a woman makes over 21 percent less than a man, simply because of her gender. By age 65, the average working woman will have lost more than 430,000 dollars over her working lifetime because of the wage gap (Rosser). Looking at these statistics, it is obvious there is a large salary gap due to the existence of the glass ceiling for women. This is keeping women from reaching their full potential and being able to help support their lifestyle. Having these discriminations against anybody regardless of the reason, is unacceptable. These limitations not only affect the women, but her family and children as well. The salary gap is just one of many reasons the glass ceiling must be broken for women. Closing that gap would bring America one step closer to winning back women’s equality in America. Women who are working for other businesses are not the only ones being cheated...
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...they have a great impact on decision making. Some of the stakeholders are: 1. Customers – Is a stakeholder group that has the most impact in business’ decision-making process. Let’s face it, without customers or clients, there will be no business. So managers should ensure they maintain an open, honest, and transparent communication with this group (Kokemuller, 2013). 2. Communities – The decisions managers make in their organizations can directly affect the community that surrounds it. Organizations should also partake in the local events and give to the charities within the community in order to gain cohesion, as well as, the potential for lastingness based on public support (Kokemuller, 2013). 3. Employees – In the early 21st century, employees became recognized as stakeholders. Managers who make a conscious effort to treat their employees amiably usually results in loyal and committed employees (Kokemuller,...
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...Current skill gaps in the Hospitality Industry The main objectives of the assignment is directed towards determining impact of skill gaps on the UK hospitality industry and on the services provided by the entire industry. To be able to address this objective, the researcher would recognize the present recruitment strategies of the hotel, as literature shows that hospitality industry is having a lot of problems in their internal and external recruitment strategies. Also, the assignment shall discuss the skills requirement by the hospitality industry. The study shall also analyze the skill gaps and shortfalls and how these affect the performance of the hospitality industry. Similarly, it is important to discuss the current practices within the industry with regards to training and development which are supposed to contribute towards the enhancement employee skills and talents. The assignment shall also study the state of services provided within the industry in UK wherein customer satisfaction would be discussed and the researcher shall find out about the needs of the customers within the industry. The three main objectives of this assignment are as given below: To investigate the current needs of hospitality industry in the United Kingdom To analyze the current skill gaps and training requirement within hospitality industry. To recommend suggestions for improving the existing or upcoming skills development issues within the industry. Executive Summary The assignment...
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...workforce. Human resource practices and policies may be influenced by the overall mindset of a company. The barriers that prevent women from achieving management and executive positions are the same barriers that prevent human resource policies and practices’ from being applied. The gaps in gender equality and wages, created by the barriers, can be discouraging to women from achieving high-level positions. Overcoming the barriers is a task in undoing the mindset that has been instilled deeply within society. Introduction Studies have shown that companies who promote female gender equality surpass their competitors on every measure of profitability, yet women are failing to attain high-level positions. Possible reasons for the persistent wage and gender gap between men and women in senior leadership positions can be found by reviewing current data on women in the workplace, studies on the correlation between gender diversity in senior management and company performance, and literature on gender behavioral differences in the workplace. Women play an increasingly significant role in today’s workforce. “Women make up almost 73 percent of the healthcare workforce, yet there still remains a significant gender gap in management and executive leadership positions” (Lantz, 2008). Even though women’s educational attainment and workforce ranks have increased, their advancements into the higher management ranks is plateauing. The four categories of barriers that prevent women...
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...Race vs. Class From the time of slavery until the twenty-first century, race has been the driving element regarding opportunities for people of African descent. The question of whether this has changed presently is ambiguous. America has certainly evolved from a place of slavery and segregation to the self-proclaimed “Land of Opportunities” offering equal rights and prospects to all, yet there are still signs of inequality within the social construct of the nation. If one were to take a look at the American work field, they would notice the differences in positions acquired by African-Americans and Caucasians. African-Americans typically work minimum-wage jobs, living paycheck to paycheck and if they are fortunate enough to acquire an adequate paying job; their employers are Caucasians who usually own the major businesses and corporations. This inevitable conflict has emerged from America’s past history of unfair and unequal treatment of people of color. The American society has not completely eradicated the problem with racial discrimination and inequality within the workforce which has created the growing wealth gap. In the United States, issues of race and class are tied to together like a chain of DNA; one cannot address the issue of class without referring to the demographics of race. The methodology of determining the variations in social class was established in the mid-1960s and has not changed in the most latter years. Within the time span, there have been many studies...
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