Bias Case Studies Samples For Students

Floating point is a numerical-interpretation system in which strings of digits or bits represent real numbers. A system of arithmetic is defined to permit these representations to be manipulated with resultant being similar to the arithmetic operations done over real numbers. The representation uses an explicit designation of where the radix point should be located relative to the string. In computing, fixed-point number representation is a real data type representing a number with a fixed number of digits before and after the radix. The most common way of representing floating-point numbers in computers is the IEEE 754 standards or IEEE floating point. Several ...

The name of this case is stated as R.V WILLIAMS. This case is basically a case where it is presented as Victor Daniel Williams V Her Majesty the Queen. The interveners into this case
Included the Attorney General of Canada, Attorney General for Ontario, Aboriginal Legal services of Toronto Inc, the African Canadian Legal Clinic, the Urban Alliance on Race relations as well as the criminal Lawyers’ Association which was based in Ontario. This case report was obtained from File No.24 June the 4th in the year 1998.The people present when the case was presented includes: Lamer C.J, Gonthier, ...

Factual Background

The Respondent in this matter, Abel and his friends were indicted with bank robbery in the District Court, with his cohorts pleading guilty to the charge as framed. The respondent however, denied the offence and the matter went for trial whereby one of the cohorts named Ehle agreed to testify against him. The respondent then made known to the court of his intention to discredit the testimony by Ehle by calling a witness named Mills who would testify to the effect that Ehle had admitted to him that he intended to implicate the respondent so as to obtain favorable treatment ...

H.R. 1412, the Justice and Integrity Act of 2009

H.R. 1412, the Justice and Integrity Act of 2009
A Report from Rep. Steve Cohen (d-tenn.), Discussing Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System That He Can Use To Move This Bill Forward in Congress

Introduction

According to Research Advocacy for Reform (2013), male Americans of black descent are six times more likely to be imprisoned than white males. Additionally, they are 2.5 times more likely to be incarcerated that Hispanics. If this trend continues, it is clear that every black American born today should expect to go to prison ...

According to me, social identity refers to the manner in, which an individual compares himself or herself with other people for categorization purposes. Social categorization considers different aspects in an individual such as his or her religion, education, personality, height, social class and culture among others. People can understand and appreciate the social identity of others by monitoring their characteristics as well as how their relationship with other people. Individual mobility is essential in social identity because it improves dissimilar characteristics of individual hence encouraging positive results.

Describe the positive role of change and diversity in the world, and its affects the early childhood classroom.

Change refers to the process of navigating from one place or situation ...

Abstract

The essay looks at the social problem of racism in society. Racial and ethnic minorities are seen a poorer quality of health care as compared to the White non-minorities. Although the sources of these disparities are complex, they are rooted in historic inequities. Racism in health care industry involves many participants and at different levels, such as the healthcare systems, healthcare professionals, and the patients. Stereotyping, biases and uncertainty contribute to disparities in the treatments provided. Minorities experience a range of barriers when accessing health care. The purpose of the essay is to study the social problem and what ...

Communication Barriers

Introduction
Communication involves a sender transmitting information or an idea to the receiver. Communication helps better understand a person and enable to resolve disputes that may arise. It is important for information to be simple for it to be effective. The receiver must understand the information that is being delivered to eliminate misunderstanding, which most of the time cause frustration and misunderstanding. Excellent interpersonal communication skills create a productive work environment because one can be able to connect better with the work makes.

There are many barriers to effective communication. Barrier may occur at different stages in the process of information ...

Background

According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2019) in 2018, the total number of offenses committed by young offenders was 728, 280. The major crimes committed by young offenders include simple assault (125,030), drug abuse violations (90,670), and disorderly conduct (57, 760). The most significant crime committed by young offenders was violent crimes (46,140). Although the overall crimes committed by the young individuals dropped by 10 percent from the 2017 calendar year to the 2018 fiscal period, these crimes still baffle the relevant authorities and the public. The major question that accompanies the ...

The Control Room is a really irresistible documentary of interest that features a very exceptional as well as rare view into the manner in which the international communities perceive the war at Iraq. The documentary was produced in the year 2004 to covers Al Jazeera and its associations with the United States Central Command. It also covers other news groups that also covered the war at Iraq. The documentary film was the work of an Egyptian-American filmmaker known as Jehane Noujaim. Among those in the video are; Lieutenant Josh Rushing, the officer in charge of the media dealings at the US ...

Wal-Mart Class Action Case

In June, 2011, the Supreme Court came up with a ruling that would restrict the ability of employees to band together and bring a class action against their employers on basis of discrimination. This is a landmark ruling that would affect the nature and ruling of future class actions brought before judges. The ruling delivered on June, 2011 threw out a class action against the Wal-Mart company that had been presented by 1.5 million employees. The plaintiffs stated that the company’s policies and practices promoted discrimination against women when it came to pay and promotions.
The judges threw out the case ...

Question 1

In designing a new system for corporate governance, one must consider the principles of integrity, fairness and equity that business advances an ethical business practice towards shareholders and stakeholders (GC-11, 2008). In this sense, the shareholder-centric system, with the unitary board and non-executive directors that oversight the control answers the criteria of fairness towards shareholder, as it is comprised of both members of the companies and of unaffiliated corporations, which met separately to assure righteous oversight (CG-11, 2008). The stakeholder centric system with non-shareholder controlling owners assured a separated oversight from management through its two-tier board, which raises criticism ...

Article Evaluation

Article Evaluation

A. Introduction

- Does investigator report on relevant literature?
- How many sources were used and how many were recent (i.e. within five years of publication date of the article)?
There was an apparent use of relevant literature in the study, which is evident in the linking of theoretical underpinnings of the study itself and those of the literatures being used. For example, the study establishes the relationship between academic, first-semester academic achievement and psychological attitudes. The relationship in these variables constitutes understanding of resilience among first year college students, which was reinforced by the findings ...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant
Program.
Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555
Analysis of Case Study
John Canon is a graduate of the prestigious American west coast university. He has majored in International business. After his graduation, he became a very successful biotechnology marketing analyst very early in his career. He became an expatriate in Germany working for IML (International Medical Laboratories). He is appointed by IML to become marketing product line manager for cardiovascular instrumentation. ...

Overview

The paper will present a case study of the terrorist attack on the United States – US on 9th September 2001. The terrorist attack will be analyzed in the area of upcoming events, actual attacks and its consequences. The primary perpetrators of the attack were members of the terrorist group al-Qaida. The goals of 19 affiliated men from different countries were attacks on the American symbols. The targets chosen include the capitol White House, World Trade Center and Pentagon. A tactic used was plane hijacking and the larger issues at stake went beyond the domestic politics into the international politics, ...

In order for people to understand others, it is important for them to first understand and know themselves. How others treat and perceive us is often a reflection of how we treat and see ourselves. Each person in this world has their own unique sense of self, because it is through people’s experiences that they begin to discover and establish their own perception of themselves. At first, the concepts of “I” and “Me” may seem similar, but George Herbert Mead’s discussion has shed light on how these two concepts differ in the context of the society. The ...

Health care management plan

Sparks Health System is a hospital based in Arkansas, pirating since 1887. It is a hospital committed to prioritizing the well-being of its patients by making use of modern technology, applying deep research into the clinical field and having informed healthcare policies. The hospital has a utilization review committee entitled with the task of coming up with procedures which guide the process of necessary medical admissions, determining whether the situation is suitable or whether a prolonged stay in the hospital for a patient is justified and whether it is necessary to provide a patient with professional services. (Sparks Health ...

1. Introduction
Oman Oil Company (OCC) is one of the biggest commercial organizations of Oman, undertaken by the Government of the country. The company was set up in 1966, headquartered in Muscat, Oman (Oman-oil.com, 2016). Pursuing the investment opportunities in oil and gas and other energy sectors, Oman Oil Company has become one of the leading companies of Sultanate of Oman. Identifying the investment opportunities both inside and outside the country, the company has developed an impressive HRM to manage the organizational operations affirmatively. The HRM of the organization supports the employees to deliver their best performance for organizational ...

1. Clearly define the problem to be solved or identify symptoms that suggest an underlying problem.
The problem at hand in this situation is that of stereotyping at the healthcare institution. Stereotyping patients may have a negative impact upon the patient’s overall health. Doctor’s for instance, may not take the grievances of female patients as seriously as male patients. Moreover, doctors may have a different attitude towards patient’s belonging to an ethnic background. For instance; sick people of the Afro-Caribbean group areconsidered as having a laid back attitude by the doctors. Therefore, doctors may have varying attitudes with ...

Organization Background

AMCOM Communications Limited Inc. is an Australian company that deals with varied investments in technological and high speed connectivity service products such as cloud computing services, speed connectivity, communication tools, and internet communication tools to government, corporate, and wholesale customers (White, 2011). Consumers can access these technological products and tools from mobile and web platforms. Marketers, traders, and other users can easily connect with their audiences using these technological and financial products offered by AMCOM Communications Limited Inc. Over the last five years, the company has faced financial trouble and declining revenues forcing the company to implement a strategic therapy ...

LOLA’S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

QUESTION 1: Evidence that this case provides for formulating and implementing a systematic approach to performance appraisal
For performance appraisal to be successful the following should be put into consideration; Measures and standards-this involves strategic thinking, job knowledge, setting standards writing and setting objectives and identifying competencies. Communicate expectations-this will involve verbal communication, listening, negotiating and reaching agreement. Plan-this involves planning, decision making, problem solving organizing and budgeting. Monitor assists and control-this involves problem solving, coaching, counseling, instructing, training and giving feedback. Appraise- this involves observing, recalling, judgment and data analysis. Feedback-this involves listening, empathy, planning, negotiating, conflict resolution ...

The Company: Al-Zulfi Group in Qatar

Issue: Reservations about hiring women
Expansion plan: Due to market saturation coupled with growing competition in India, SSSL aims to target international geographic segments with excellent demand for security system products (Zain, 2017).
Partnership: SSSL proposes a partnership to Al-Zulfi Group because it is legally bound (as per foreign investment laws in Qatar) to partner with a local company with 51% share to be held by the local company to expand to Qatar (Zain, 2017).
Conflict: Samir Singh, the CEO at SSSL wants Seema Saran to lead the project in Qatar, while Zulfi Khan, the Director of Al-Zulfi Group ...

Visualize a particular time when you needed to acquire a new mobile phone. The processes of deciding on a particular model are usually complicated and thus as a prospective buyer, you may have opted to acquire one of the most popular brand. Another method of simplifying that decision would have been going for the brand that worked well for you in the past and opt for the newer improved version of the same. In other cases, a recommendation from a friend or just copying what your peers are using may have influenced your decision to go for a particular ...

MANAGEMENT

Part 1
In today’s world of global challenges and competition, the role of managers and leaders is of critical importance. Managers need to make sure that the right kind of people gets hired for the right positions so that they are able to perform better. Managers also make certain that employees are given access to necessary resources so that they can deliver results precisely. The role of leaders is more pronounced than managers (Zaleznik, 1992). Leaders serve to motivate employees not by force, but through their charismatic persona and timely guidance and feedback. Without leaders, the employee would ...

Introduction

The case presented brings to forefront the issues relating to the biases and differences based on race, gender and culture. The case specifically highlights the one time where Coca Cola had to pay a humongous sum of $192.5 million to Linda Ingram and three other African American former employees of the company in a case filed against the company on the grounds of racial discrimination. According to these plaintiffs, the top officials of the company Coca Cola would continually abuse them by way of name-calling, even hindering their career growth. This particular case brought to light one of the ...

Coach Boone’s Tough Approach on the Team

Coach Boone’s strategy to handle the situation at T.C Williams Football team was right. Many people can argue that it was a tough approach on the team, but it was the best way to handle the situation to enable the team achieves its mission. The team that comprised of people from different races was not united as expected because of the racial issues that existed between the team members. However, due to the “toughness” of Coach Boone, the team was united, and they were inspired to follow their mission as a team. Additionally, his approach to dealing with the team ...

Part I

Answer 1
It is a static budget in since the planner had already set the expenses together with the expected revenues. The fees each student was to pay had already been determined and accounted for. Each student was required to pay, the estimated grants to expect and the expenses that would go to salaries, purchase of equipment and other miscellaneous expenses.

Answer 2

The total revenues for the 120 students less grants was 802,567-(50,000+10,000+5,000+10,000) =727,000. Total revenue per student727,000/120=6058.3333. The total revenue less grants for the 100 students was: 681, ...

Article Analysis: “Data Collection Mode and Social Desirability Bias in Self-Reported Religious Attendance”

In this article, Stanley Presser (University of Maryland) and Linda Stinson (Bureau of Labor Statistics) research inaccurate data in regards to whether or not self-administered studies and time usage reports are beneficial to studies. In this report, the researchers investigate religious service attendance numbers and how truthful people are when it comes to self-administered studies.
One would imagine that people would tell the truth and fear no judgement during a typical “interview” style of collecting data. However, when the participants in these studies on religious ceremony attendances were asked questions during a typical interview-administered style, their attendance numbers were not ...

According to the demands of modern life, education is considered to be the inherent component of success. In order to become a well-rounded personality ready to face different challenges, one is expected to study. However, obtaining education is a difficult process that consists in both triumphs and failures and depends on extrinsic factors, which are usually not controlled by students. Among many other impacts that may be encountered in the course of learning, attention should be drawn to such factors as society, race, and home life, together with parenting.
Firstly, learning process can be discussed from the viewpoint of the ...

Abstract

Data collection is vital for any aspect of any research study. However, inaccurate data collection can lead to poor results and ultimately be, a waste of time. There are two main strategies of data collection these include quantitative method and qualitative method. Quantitative data collection, relies on structured methodologies and random sampling. As a result of good quantitative method, research results are in many cases easy to generalize and summarize. In comparison, qualitative data collections are equally important in evaluating and establishing information needed to understand and assess changes in people’s needs and perceptions on smoking. These writing observes how ...

The organization may benefit and the investors or the users of financial information who rely on the information to make a decision may be harmed. They are likely to be harmed if they make a decision to invest in an organization which has manipulated the financial information. The investors may end up losing their money. The right to know adequate information about the organization which is fair and true is violated. The claims made by the investors for their money may also be violated. The interests of the organization and the statutory requirement to report correct financial information is in conflict. ...

Introduction

Wine Lovers Enterprise reels under issues of gender tension as well as market saturation. On the one side, Ted faces challenge to build a relationship with employees to mitigate their concerns, there are tests ahead to mingle Chinese consultants into a colossally different American culture. As such, Ted needs to emphasize his role as relationship builder, and devise effective ways to address cultural diversity in the organization. Simultaneously, he has to increase organizational performance by aligning employees to his vision. It is, thus, required that he share his power with employees and empower them to improve their skills' base and make ...

Business

Govindarajan and Trimble (2010), in their article ‘Apple Beats Microsoft at Change Management’, assert the importance of innovation in the growth of organizations. The article outlines common mistakes that corporations make with regards to implementing innovations and managing change. It asserts that the main reasons why corporations fail at innovation include failures at imagination and failures to execute. It further explains that the former is hardly applicable for many organizations because they have an abundance of brilliant minds to generate new ideas. According to them, failures to execute are the major reason since these organizations have intense internecine warfare ...

Introduction

A woman in Palestine has a major role in her society, which is being part of the formation of the family. The formation of the family has different units, nuclear, transitional, or hamula or the extended family. Hamula or the extended family is the most common family formation in the Palestinian community. The tradition and teachings of the Quran have significant influences for the rights of women in Palestine. Hanan Riyan Bakri, a counselor of Women’s Social and Legal Center based in East Jerusalem traveled throughout the Occupied Territories to lecture Palestinian women about their rights . Generally, parents who are ...

I. Introduction
Journalists have a responsibility to the facts of an event. This is an aspect of journalism that is often lost in the sensationalism that often follows the news in the modern era. Ethics and standards in journalism are principles that give the journalist a structural framework for conducting the practice of reporting on events, people, or places; they are designed to help the journalist navigate specific situations and challenges that journalists often face. Journalists do not exist in a vacuum; they are people with their own opinions and feelings about the things that they are reporting, and it follows ...

As a fundamental of contemporary society, law is crucial in enabling society coexist and interact in an orderly manner. The case in study suggests a typical case scenario where an official happens to be related to a potential case defendant, abate on current bitter terms. This may be a reason for the official’s procedure to prosecute the brother-in-law, bringing about the issue of discretion. It is present when an agency has two or more alternatives, to a given case, with regard to case proceedings and prosecution. In this case under study, it may hold true or not that the official’s brother-in-law is ...

Management

Abstract
Companies have come to realize that Human Resource is key element to remaining competitive in the global advance and market towards their goals. Human Resource in Coca Cola Company is facing challenges of fighting racial discrimination in United States. . The issues that Coca-Cola is facing in relation to human resource are critical and more so threaten its survival. The paper discusses racial discrimination in the Coca-Cola Company. The paper analyzes the case study of Coca-Cola Company that dwells on racial discrimination. The recommendations to the problem are also highlighted at the end of the paper.

Summary

The lawsuit, ...

The American society has an estimated population of 1.5 million children in being homeless and lacking shelter, healthcare or education. These statistics are detrimental and shows that the government is failing in provision of services and thus undermining the liberties of the US citizens who lack housing. The HEARTS was established as an action plan towards addressing homelessness. The plan based its actions on six areas of the project development. These are housing, public policy, evaluation, services, education and collaboration with economic partners. The plan directs its efforts and resource base towards housing and serving the chronically most homeless ...

Inequity

Comparison often gives rise to inequity perception or feeling within employees. This is quite similar to the case at Plantir, where the management observed dissatisfaction and lack of motivation in the employees which eventually resulted in the retirement of Colin (production manager). Although, the company was able to gain its desired objectives (i.e. increase in the level of sales and the generation of cash) but the obsession to increase sales and profit to reduce cash pressures led to the dissatisfaction of several employees, even including the production manager. The sales team was awarded with lucrative bonuses and rewards, whereas ...

Part One

3. Sociology, social inequality and social structure
On sociology, I have learned about means through which human status can be improved in terms of social and economical development. The major components of sociology entail organizations in form of cultural practices, human activities, religious practices and policies governing these organizations. Sociology aims at developing effective and efficient techniques of improving social life through human activities. Sociology concepts have been formulated by various sociologists such as Max Weber. Sociologist aimed at defining sociology in terms of interactions, cultural practices and resource management.
On social inequality, there is uneven distribution ...

Schema refers to organized body of knowledge that has been collected over time and stored in the memories of individuals. This knowledge makes one make expectations on certain issues. It is created through experiences of individuals or information collected from the others. Schema is what causes prejudice and bias in the expectations of individuals. This is because the information already stored may be based on assumptions or may be wrong. Since the individuals have strong beliefs based on the information they have, people become biased on certain issues. The concept of schema was proposed by Frederic Bartlett who was a British ...

- Description of the case
- Appellant:
- Appellee:
- Plaintiff below:
- Defendant below:
- Appellant attorney firm:
- Appellant attorney who argued the case
In the above mentioned case, there was an appeal against the court’s actions. This was during the course of a trial, where the actions might have been questionable. It argues that the court abused its power of discretion because; it, Deutsche Bank, had the intention of severing the sanction as a result of circumstances surrounding the case. It is a case that originally emanates from a foreclosure action on ...

The business industry has been marked by an increasingly rising number of litigation cases in the recent years, employment issues being the most common ones. Perhaps this increased trend of employees suing their employing companies for discriminatory acts has come into play due to the growth in the number of laws protecting group rights particularly after various movements that characterized the twentieth century. Employee discrimination against women has been targeted after the civil rights Act of 1964 when the female gender was added to the list of the protected people. Moreover laws such as Title I of ADA (Americans ...

This piece of paper reports an analysis of a research carried out by Jared Wadley in October, 1, 2008. The research was carried out to investigate the effects of gun shows that were becoming so rampant not only in the USA but also globally. The research involved the sampling of the population samples that were used to represent various parts of America.
The hypotheses of the study were 1. Do gun shows lead to increase in the number of the gun related homicides? 2. Do gun shows lead to increase in suicidal cases in USA? 3. Do stringent regulations ...

Vision of a Model Research Center

Rachel’s style of leadership in ICCR is definitely a transformational one given that the research center was her idea and all other employees seem to be following her vision. One of the assumptions of this kind of leadership is that it believes that people tend to follow those who inspire them. This is evidenced in Rachel’s leadership as she even has women in her organization looking up to her as a role model. Rachel is also a transformational leader as can be seen by the fact that she believes in injecting energy and enthusiasm into ICCR; this is why she ...