White Privilege Article Review Although the conditions that Peggy McIntosh writes about in her article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” are not as present as they were in the past and the United States has been moving away from race being and identifying factor of a person‚ RACISM is still a modern issue in the US. I would say about seventy percent of what is on that list still is in effect today. Being Latino has proved this to me. Living in specific areas or cities where youth
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CITY TACKLES HOW TO ELIMINATE POLLUTERS The article was written by Katherine Poythers and was posted on July 28‚ 2012. According to the author of the article‚ National City‚ a suburb in An Diego County leaders try to convince both homeowners and business owners to work together to get rid of the businesses that pose health and safety hazards to their neighbors. The main reason for the eviction is because National City is known to be one of the cities that have the highest asthma rates in San Diego
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precise and distinctive. These three articles focus on the application of cognitive‚ social and psychosocial theories and their implications within an effective classroom. Each individual psychologist puts into practice learning practices that can be executed within a classroom to increase student’s success and achievement. Piaget’s article stresses the educational practices of peer learning‚ and depicts possible outcomes from this strategy. Vygotskys article highlights the importance of developing
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Business Ethics Reflection XMGT/216 Business Ethics Reflection Morality and values-based dilemmas in the workplace are difficult to handle when employees have to choose between what’s right and what’s wrong according to their own principles. Many ethical choices are clear cut in the workplace because we can easily think about what is ’right’ in the workplace and what is ’wrong’ in the workplace. Other times there are situations that arise in the workplace setting that two or more important
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NUS rolls out “grade-free” system for its freshmen By Ong Hwee Hwee‚ The Straits Times‚ 23 January 2014 In this article‚ the author addresses the issue of having a grading system in the National University of Singapore (NUS) where alphabetical grades will not be given anymore; instead‚ the only “grades” given will be a distinction‚ pass‚ or fail. A similar approach has been taken by the Singapore University of Technology and Design‚ and in certain modules in Nanyang Technological University and
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businessmen speak eloquently about the “social responsibilities of business in a free-enterprise system‚” I am reminded of the wonderful line about the Frenchman who discovered at the age of 70 that he had been speaking prose all his life. The businessmen believe that they are defending free enterprise when they declaim that business is not concerned “merely” with profit but also with promoting desirable “social” ends; that business has a “social conscience” and takes seriously its responsibilities
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Article review by Dawn Drake – Writing sample 5/2008 dawn.drake@yahoo.com Lieff‚ J. (1982). Eight reasons why doctors fear the elderly‚ chronic illness‚ and death. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology‚ 14(1)‚ 47-60. Jonathan Lieff‚ author of this article‚ holds a B.A. from Yale College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical College‚ and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry (Ages Health Services Inc.‚ 1996). When the article was published in 1982‚ Lieff had developed services
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Running a business requires adequate consideration to a number of issues outside the traditional scope of making money‚ of which ethics is most certainly one. As our business grows and becomes more significant‚ we impact on the lives and circumstances of people in ways we can only imagine - through bringing jobs‚ creating wealth and inspiring others to grow their businesses. An important part of engaging in this process is understanding your business ethics‚ which if not up to scratch can leave you
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Review of Accounting Ethics Nikholas Martin Dr. Bell ACC 557: Financial Accounting Tuesday‚ 22 January 2013 Review of Accounting Ethics Accounting profession requires a lot of skills and ethical knowledge. This is because there are numerous temptations that accountants face such as pressures to satisfy investors or to maintain an upward revenue growth (McPhail & Walters‚ 2009). As such‚ ethics are essential since accountants who maintain ethical behaviours are able to develop inner
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within international business and discuss why companies fail to underline the need for cross cultural understanding. Introduction In today’s world‚ culture is hard to ignore. It affects the way people dress‚ what they eat‚ what religion they follow and also the places they go. Culture is essentially a set of shared beliefs‚ social norms‚ organizational roles and inherited values (Lee‚ 2005) that affects everyday life in informal and formal settings. When two different cultures mix‚ the understanding
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