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    popular slogan for working women during WWII. How did women contribute to the war? When the U.S. was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor‚ America decided it was time to join the war effort. This required men to leave work and home to fight for their country. Before the war‚ women who worked had “traditionally female” professions which were sewing‚ typing‚ and stay at home mothers raising their children. When war began‚ “quickie marriages became the norm” as teens were getting married before their men

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    How do the main functional areas of a business interact and contribute to its effective management?’ The main functional areas of a business are marketing‚ human resource‚ finance‚ information systems and production. All these interact with each other in different ways but all contribute to effective management. Management would not be completely effective if one of the above areas are missing. They are all needed in different ways to make sure that the business reaches objectives‚ achieves effectiveness

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    follow: waking up‚ eating breakfast‚ getting to the train on time‚ attending classes(trying not to fall asleep)‚ disciplining myself to do homework and to getting to bed at a decent time. Maybe you follow my schedule‚ maybe you don’t but indeed‚ after reading this you could possibly ask yourself “Wow‚ is that really all I do?”. Indeed‚ it is. Breaking these norms can sound like a waste of time

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    American Norms vs. Japan Norms In sociology‚ when we discuss culture (which is the totality of learned socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior (Schaefer 2010:50))‚ we discuss how culture includes such things as; language‚ beliefs‚ values and norms. When sociologists studied culture they mainly looked upon the norms of society. Norms are "the agreed-upon expectations and rules by which a culture guides the members in any given situation"(Cultural Norms). There are

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    Norms And Rules

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    UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Norms and Rules Ways in which a family can contribute towards good behaviour and conduct. Nowadays children are raised in families that only have one parent and that really makes it very difficult for children to be raised up with good manners but all this can be prevented. This can be done by introducing norms and rules in a household. When children are born they should be brought up in a very good manner

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    In our lives there are certain norms that we should uphold within our society. Whether petty or significant‚ these norms are a large basis for many of the ways we act‚ think and live. For this paper‚ I was given an assignment to go out and take on a challenging experiment to break a norm‚ detail my experience and record the reactions of observers. I figured what better setting to break a norm than downtown Atlanta at the Five Points Marta Station where there are a mixture of lots and lots of people

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    religions. Citing the 30 Years’ War‚ the Spanish Inquisition‚ and his own native France’s crusade against the Huguenots‚ Voltaire argued that religious intolerance lead to violence and bloodshed. Instead‚ he viewed England as a prime example as to how religion in society ought to be. People could freely practice their beliefs without fear of grievance and oppression. The world‚ he maintained‚ would be much more peaceful and prosperous in people embrace the large plurality of religions in society

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    PAPER # 1: BREAKING A NORM NAME: Nisha Tommy A norm is a principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide‚ control‚ or regulates proper and acceptable behavior. Social norms are group-held beliefs about how members should behave in a given context. Sociologists describe norms as informal understandings that govern society’s behaviors‚ while psychologists have adopted a more general definition‚ recognizing smaller group units‚ like a team or an office

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    Social norms are rules of certain kind of behavior that society uses to evaluate the population and provides normalcy. When it comes to responding to the breaking of social norms people have different ways to cope or react to it. Some reactions can be pleasant‚ some could be horrible or even judgmental. Some people believe breaking a social norm could be needed to help govern or control the society. On the other hand others believe breaking social norms are un-normal and that no one should break

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    Do international norms have an impact on security issues? Why? Norms can be understood as rules for standard behaviour. Norms are a common belief or understanding usually shared by a majority. International norms are determined by the international community and they usually set the stage for the behaviour of individual countries. These norms shape international as well as domestic security issues. These norms shape inter-state behaviour‚ they also shape the security policies of nation-states

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