Essays on Affluent

Psychology

Hypothesis: Intelligence is not genetically inherited. Intelligence has less to do with genetics than with the socio-cultural environment in which a person has grown. The rise of genetics gave people a chance to prove that intelligence is genetically inherited. However, deep studies suggest otherwise. It is the environment and availability of resources that shape the intelligence of an individual. If people who are considered non-intelligent, are provided the same educational opportunities and social environment, then their display of intelligence will be on par with other people who developed in the same environment. Turkheimer and co-researchers (623) in their article ...

Introduction

The desire to conform to the norms is what makes the foundation of a civilized society. Social order, for instance, is a desired attribute that is founded on established written and unwritten rules that are being observed by most people within a society. Deviation from these established rules is considered as undesirable and people who deviate are considered as having abnormal qualities or malfunctioning (Merton, 2002, p. 672). There are instances, however, wherein some people are observed to deviate from the standard pattern of human behavior. This deviation has captured the interest of many social scientists and have been ...

Background of the Study

The problem of HIV and AIDS has become a global one in the short time since the identification of the virus. Although there is no vaccine to protect against the virus, knowledge and education are two powerful shields against infection—and it has become clear in recent years that impoverished women in the developing world are particularly heavily impacted by HIV transmission and development of AIDS (UNAIDS, 2016). The goal of finding a way to slow or completely halt the spread of HIV and the development of AIDS has been an epidemiological conundrum for many years. Promoting health and ...

Inspired by real-life events of the Lima Crisis, the novel Bel Canto creates an eloquent – and probably rather unexpected – image of the terrorist-hostage situation: Ann Pratchett drives the plot away from political and economic intricacies and moves it into the realm of real human relationships and life experiences. Pratchett places people of different occupations, languages, dispositions and tempers into one presidential mansion where – captured by the terrorists for four months – they find new ways of looking at the world and can finally take a fresher look at their lives, passions and desires. It is pure humanity in the multiplicity ...

The world today is seeing more immigration than ever before, both legal and illegal. While countries forging solid links with one another in the vein of the European Union (hereafter referred to as EU for brevity) has encouraged legal immigration of all kinds, while war and deprivation in various other parts of the world has led to a burgeoning refugee crisis, with more people entering Western countries than can be adequately or carefully handled at any one time. These forms of immigration can be seen as quite different to each other at face value; however, when looked at in ...

There can be no denial about the fact that Peter Singer goes on to leave no stone unturned to put across his point of view with utmost persuasiveness and perfection in the seminal essay, Famine, Affluence, and Morality. The sheer success of the writing lies in its effectiveness in highlighting the moral standards that ought to define the actions of human nature. The author goes on to explicate his perspective and eventually convinces the avid readers about the matter by bring into juxtaposition the lives of the haves and the have-nots of the world’s society. Singer delves into ...

Spirit Aero systems Company is best known as the largest aerostructures manufacturer across the globe. The company is the leading distributor of structural aircraft equipment such as the wing system, propulsion system, and fuselages. Lloyd Stearman established it in 1927 and the headquarters are based in Wichita, Kansas (Jonathan et.al, 2013). The company is the main distributor of aerostructures to Airbus and Boeing, which are considered as the largest aircraft across the globe. The company’s high-quality products are made from composite and metallic materials, which help it to earn some competitive advantage in the aerospace market. The company’ ...

Background to Interview and Interviewee

One of the most threatening challenges the healthcare industry faces today is that of providing treatment to terminal diseases. When the disease or the health condition is further associated with a sense of taboo, the provision of healthcare services and addressing the health issue becomes furthermore difficult . HIV/AIDS is one such healthcare evil which is spreading rapidly and alarmingly throughout the global society as more and more people are being tested positive for the condition. This presentation focuses on the healthcare service providers who are engaged in the field of providing treatment to patients suffering from HIV/AIDS. The objective ...

Introduction

Visited the GAP store in New York and filled this market and consumer analysis pertaining to how the retail store carries out its activities. The walls of the store are made of glass with various attires being displayed and hence this gives one the chance to be able to window shop. The store was well lit with varying colors on the walls depending on the aisle that the individual was at. Once I entered the store I was received by an attendant how was all smiles and willing to help me out to effectively be able to look for ...

Overview

The company upon which this market analysis is based is Estee Lauder Cosmetics INC. The history of Estee Lauder Cosmetics INC. can be traced back to 1946 when the company began operations. The founder of the cosmetics company was Estee Lauder. The premise upon which the company was founded was that there is an inherent beauty in every woman. The company has added more products its product line as a mark of its continued growth over the many decades the company has been in operation (Estee Lauder Cosmetics INC., 2016). Over the seven decades in which the company has ...

Abstract

Marketing strategy is the one component of a business organization that determines its relevance and sustainability in the contemporary market. An outdated marketing strategy or a poorly informed model of doing marketing leads to the inevitable failure of a business organization. Zappos, TOMS, and Payless are shoe companies that originated in the U.S., and each one of them has positioned itself to its clients’ uniquely and differentiated its brands to establish a territory in the expansive global shoe market. Zappos is quite established in social marketing practices, specifically customer relations. However, it spends more than average revenue to finance ...

Shot as a film within a film, La Chinoise that can also be referred to as “The Chinese,” involves five youths in the late 1960s in France who had come together to constitute a rebel Marxist group where they decide to stay together in a loft. The film comprises of five main characters: Véronique, a philosophy student, and the main leader of the sect, Guillaume who depicts himself as a theatrical actor, Yvonne, a young woman brought up in a farm in France, Henri a member of the group and Serge Kirilov a Russian pessimist. The revolutionary group ...

Evolution from Hunting and Gathering to an Agricultural Society

The Neolithic Revolution is also known as the Neolithic Demographic Transition. Data indicate that this began about 12,500 years ago. People formed communities and they developed settlements as they began to domesticate certain species of plants (Tignor, 23). This “revolution” occurred in several places around the world. The earliest revolution occurred in the Fertile Crescent area of Mesopotamia between 10,000 to 8,000 BC, in the Kuk Early Agricultural Site of Melanesia at about 8000 BC, and in Subsaharan Africa at about 2500 BC. One theory that is used to explain this phenomenon is that agriculture was ...

Introduction and thesis

Dexter is a young man with humble background who catches works hard through university, borrows money with his degree certificate as security and works on a laundry business that expands and makes him one of the richest young men in the region. He is given a pass to the golf club by one Mr. Hart, where he feels comfortable despite the fact that he does not belong to that class of society. He sneaks for some moments to a piano playing from the other end, and his solitude is distracted by a girl called Judy, of affluent means, who ...

The Company

Ancestry unique selling proposition as a company is to provide family history and DNA testing facility for prospective consumers to primarily tie up the relationship found in the family tree in lieu with the genetics and health history that helps consumers to gain a new level of understanding about their family history. The company is a leader in the family history market and is considered the pioneers when it comes to the online research of family history; the belief system at the launch of the company in 1983 was to connect with people who wants to know their family ...

Introduction

Diego Rivera is a Mexican artist famous for his painting of murals. Julia Alvarez is a native of the Dominican Republic, and is a famous writer. These two artists have many similarities. They were both raised in affluent families. They both were exposed to cultural revolution, and they both portray their life experiences in their art. However, the two artists have a significant number of differences. These dissimilarities can be attributed to the level of acceptance and popularity that both have received.

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera was an artist who lived from 1886 to 1957. He was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. ...

I. INTRODUCTION The cultural dimension of Christian experience, which Niebuhr attempted to typify, is essentially more complex that he himself appeared to recognize. In fact, in order to deal with this complexity, Niebuhr categorized Christianity as inextricably of a Western culture to the clear disregard of the realities of Christians in the East, which the apostles too have built into a community of the faithful under Christ. Nevertheless, he dealt with the complexity by presuming that Christianity is essentially a Western cultural community while referring to the target culture as “not a particular phenomenon but the general one”. While ...

The history of the relationship between Cuba and the United States was rich and strong until 1959 when Fidel Castro took over power and created a Communist government on the island. Due to this, relations between the United States and Cuba was strained and it has been uneasy since the 1960s. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze and review the relations between Cuba and the United States and the cultural features and elements of the two nations in this process of transition.

Research Methodology

This research is done on the basis of secondary research with an interview with ...

At least 9 million people die because of hunger and malnutrition, sadly 5 million are children. In a world of plenty, a huge number go hungry. The biggest percentage of the people who go hungry live in the developing countries. Three-quarters of all the hungry people in the developing countries live in rural areas, mostly in the villages of Africa and Asia. Despite this worrying trend, food wastage in the developed countries is very high. For instance, in the United Kingdom, close 40% of food is never eaten, in U.S., 40-50% of all food ready to harvest is never ...

However, by living an affluent life in a community dominated by the Caucasian community, Johnson’s wife and children tend to develop a blind eye towards their skin color. They believe that the fact that they are black has nothing to do with their identity. However, Johnson still sticks of the fact that there is a great difference. He compares the current black identity with the identity he had as a black boy. He realizes that there have been a lot of “imagined” changes that he feels that are not realistic (Cara). To him, a black will always be ...

Gossip Girl explores the world of upper class society through fashion and consumerist taste of young affluent women. Jennifer craik argues that fashion has the ability to convey disparate messages about society and economics. It has a message about cultural identity and distinctiveness. It also is an integral part of local inflections, shared knowledge, cultural sophistications, traditions and societal revolutions. Most of all, fashion sends messages about an individual’s social or economic wellbeing. One is able to easily discern that an individual works in a corporate or entertainment world by how they dress together with other cues like ...

Outsourcing of Low-Paid Jobs to Developing Countries

With the increased globalization, a large number of multinational firms that are located in developed countries are turning to developing countries to establish firms and carry out a number of their business activities. This practice has for a long time been referred to as outsourcing, which simply implies the transfer of a few aspects of an organisation’s business activities to another firm that has been established in another nation. According to the law of international relations, there is no undertaking that involves two nations, which will lead to an equal effect on the countries considering that one of ...

Lives of women in the ancient and early-modern world

During the ancient and early modern days, women were characterized by some Christian beliefs as either being corrupted or saintly. For instance, Judeo-Christian belief portrayed women’s righteousness to that of Virgin Mary while their corrupt nature was linked to Eve of the Holy Bible. And as such, there were a lot of literature that intended to teach women on how they should behave and carry themselves. Women of these days were not only denied legal persona but were also subjected to control by their male counterparts. In China, for instance, this act was manifested by Neo-Confucianism that gave ...

Introduction

Making sweeping social changes in any educational system is a hard and often-times very long process. The changes are made even harder when they are indirect, and not necessarily institutional. The way students are taught and awarded for achievement has evolved over time in order to create a more balanced structure for them. Yet, even with these changes, bullying still occurs at all grade levels in primary school. There are multiple ideas on how legislatures can handle this issue, by introducing bills that incentivizes anti-bullying programs, by requiring schools to have specific programs, by ensuring that bullying can be ...

Book Review Pride and Prejudice

Historical and cultural context of Pride and Prejudice One of the cultural change that occurred during Jane Austen’s lifetime was the expanding of literacy and print culture in England. By the year 1800, most of the people either in the middle class or above could read. The novel Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen has been a very popular novel since its original publication. It has attracted wide coverage in reviews across different members of the society. From the literally reviews, academic, novelists and general public readers. The novel has sold more than 20 million copies since the ...

Life is a journey that meanders as one grows old with all the experiences. With time and understanding, people come to ascertain their respective goals in life that work as a guiding force for them. Every person should know where to reach by the end of the journey as a journey without any knowledge of the destination would be nothing but meaningless. The vision of life works as the driving force as it guides the individual to go ahead braving all the odds that come in his or her way. In my own case, I gave it quite a ...

Epicurus viewed death as annihilation. He observed that people fear death because they think they will have unpleasant life after death. He says this fear can be removed when a personal understands death as an annihilation since the atoms that make life disperse after death. He thinks that death is neither harmful for the people who are living nor to the dead. This, he argues, is because the living are not dead while the dead do not exist. He also thinks that when people anticipate death it is erroneous for them and irrational since there is no life after ...

The study of human beings and their ways of living has been an ongoing activity for many scholars for as long as the human race has been in existence. Different populations of human beings exhibit different social, economic and political ideals and the degree of variations depends on the regional distance one population is from another. Variations are notable in human elements such as culture orientations and cultural beliefs, the social activities embraced by these population groups, the major economic activities and occupations of members of these populations and the political ideologies subscribed upon by these population groups. One ...

MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON LABOR MARKET OF UK

Migration and Its Impact on Labor Market of UK Migration refers to the movement of an individual or groups of individuals from their places of origin to another place. The movement of folks from one country to another is called international migration. People leaving the country are emigrants while for the country they move in, they are immigrants. In many cases, people within a country move from one place to another, particularly from the rural to the urban areas and this is also a migration referred as rural to urban migration. Asylum seekers form another type of migrants who ...

L’Oréal’s approach to the market expansion in the other countries changed over the years. The company used to rely on own brands, but later it realized that it could become a global company if it acquired the foreign brands and made them available in the other countries. When L’Oréal bought several American brands, it achieved many important business objectives. First of all, it gained access to the large American market. Secondly, L’Oréal started to use these brands to attract the very diverse customers in terms of culture, origin, income, etc. Thirdly, the ...

Deviant behavior does not adhere to the cultural norms and social accepted norms (Akers, 2011). Deviance comprises of behavior that violates expectations and standards of conduct of a group or society. Crime is one of the forms of deviance. In this paper, crime has been described as major type of deviance. Crime is considered as an act of deviance because in crime norm as well as law is broken. Crime as deviant behavior can be minor or it can be major such as it can be picking an individual’s nose or it can be commitment of murder. There ...

Introduction

Texas is one of the fascinating yet dynamic States of America. In 1980, the total population of Texas was around 11 million which got double in the 2000s. Today, this developing state population is around 23 million. Every developing state or country faces few public issues which need to be overcome to augment the welfare of human beings. Texas ranks considerably lower than the other states in many service provision areas. The emerging economy still faces numerous challenges but unable to deal proactively. There are different public issues that are faced by Texas people. Among all, the selected public ...

Introduction

Human trafficking is the trade of persons, usually for sexual exploitation and slavery, for forced labor or for commercial use for the financial gain of the trafficker (UNIDC, 2011). Almost every country in the world is affected by this crime. The most common form of human trafficking is the sexual exploitation of women. The other forms are forced labor and slavery-like servitude and organ removal. Almost 8 out of 10 of the victims of human trafficking are women and children sold as sex slaves (UNODC, 2016). Human trafficking can be conducted by an individual with a few victims, or ...

Introduction

A removal of the adverse practices of child labor forms the central goal of the International Labor Organization (ILO). There are more than one challenging illustrations pertaining to the poorest methods of child labor, which are elaborated in different economic studies. A research conducted by a group of scholars reveals that the assessment of the worst procedure is about child labor . The notion is found to be specifically significant due to the central objective of ILO to eliminate the adverse practices of child labor. The International Labor Organization in the year 1999 showed the initials on convention C182. The ...

Introduction

The disruptions from natural and unnatural disasters exposes salient and pertinent long standing social structures into people’s consciousness, and forces individuals and institutions to confront problems—some of which had already existed but have become more evident and alarming after disasters, while some are produced or are resurfaced by disaster events. Weak social structures, for example, such as unpreparedness, power struggles, corruption and evident biases towards the affluent tend to become more evident especially in post-disaster evaluation and rehabilitation. This paper explores on two articles that discusses the current normative state of disaster response and rehabilitation politics in ...

Ecological Struggle in the American Society

The current society has been characterized by rapid developments on all facets of life, that is, political, social, economic, and technological aspects. As a result of the progress witnessed, the human society has responded in a similar fashion as the human race has progressed far beyond that of the past centuries. The accompanying change has in the same way instigated individual lifestyles and also group dynamics regarding issues of communication and interrelationships. Human beings are differentiated from other species on the basis of the availability of their social or cultural aspects (Stephan, 2001). In this case, in addition to ...

American Express is one of the most respected companies within the United States. Their cards have wonderful services that have historically appealed to the elite and affluent of American society. Where American Express has a major weakness in how their business progresses as a whole is their approach to making their services less “American” and being accepted at more globally recognized cities. Having traveled a great deal, this seems to be the best direction for American Express to travel to in the future for their business model. This paper will explore why American Express should take this approach and ...

Political

Zanoni (2011) defines the political environment as one that is affected by government policy. In this regard, the hospitality industry is influenced heavily by government intervention. The realization of the contribution of the sector to the national economy prompted the government to provide a conducive environment in order to facilitate growth in the industry. In this regard, the government, through the Chamber of Commerce has introduced supportive legislation policies that have branded the city as the ideal location that appeals to high net worth (HNW) individuals. In this case, the Chamber of Commerce has consistently worked with local business ...

Need Identification

The following paper addresses the issues faced by non-English speaking students. There are a plethora of needs that these students possess that should ideally be addressed in order to solve this issue effectivelyThere are a number of needs that can be addressed to solve this issue. The first need that should be addressed is the importance of the student to feel as if they belong at the school. The first need is for the students to feel a sense of belonging in the school If the students do not understand their respective environment or the rules of engagement for ...

Media Capital: A Critique

The media capital is a new cultural analysis concept proposed by Curtin (2003). In lieu of conventional analysis of media and, for that matter, cultural patterns based on national boundaries, media capital is used. Given how an increasing number of capitals are adopting multi-channel satellite networks for broadcasting glocal TV content, media capital can be employed to better analyze TV content becoming increasingly uncategorizable as of one national character or another. The provided examples of Hollywood, Chicago and Hong Kong (Curtin) represent only an initial step into using media capital as an analytical method for media / cultural analysis. ...

Education has done little to improve social mobility. To what extent does this statement provide an accurate reflection of the role of education in contemporary Britain?

Introduction

The impact of education on equal opportunities and social mobility has been an important concern thoroughly explored in the field of sociology. An early British sociologist of education, Olive Banks, systematically tackled the issue of how an educational institution that establish hierarchy in schools in accordance to a hierarchical labour market could bring about 'parity of prestige' or, in simple term, equal opportunity (Irvin, 2008). There are conclusive sociological findings which reveal how ...

Key Strategies Employed by Coach, Inc.

The first strategy employed by Coach is that of expanding in emerging markets. It is strengthening its sales in China, and has begun to expand as well in India, which it considers to be an emerging market and a potential source of growth in terms of sales. It also would like to increase its presence in Europe, South America and the rest of Asia. It also desires to increase its presence in the United States and in the rest of North America. It plans to do this by increasing both the number of full price stores and factory outlets. ...

Introduction

Critical Management Studies (CMS) is founded on the idea that there is only one way to manage and that only a prescribed path of following the leading thinkers in the area will produce a positive outcome. As I begin my process of opening a Public Market I am finding that several different management styles and theories are necessary and not one size fits each situation. In an attempt to use the learned critical management studies for the new business venture I am finding that Critical Management Studies are helping in understanding what is involved in beginning a business, it ...

TIME

Cover Layout Color design- TIME’s cover layout has been consistent from preceding editions. They often whiten or darken photos or illustration areas for the readability of their texts. Typography- TIME has always shown the reader that certain articles are more important than the rest by creating readable structures within the cover with the assistance of topographical hierarchy. This is achieved by making important articles to have larger fonts than the rest of the cover headlines.

Guidelines

Use of imagery- Always when the photograph of an individual is used, especially in their famous feature “Person of the Year”, the TIME ...

Question 1

Nobu Restaurant based in New York is designed for business executives and celebrities. However, it is dominated by celebrities who have high disposable income with the capability to afford host entertainment shows in the restaurant. The brand has its menu that is appealing to people from the affluent backgrounds. The Restaurant is famous for appealing to celebrities who purchase innovative style cuisine with a high-end appeal. The brand focuses on giving celebrities a podium to host parties and negotiate deals with the parties involved. Nobu focuses more on client’s value to attract and retain customers (Nobu Matsuhisa). The ...

Influence of Black Greek Sorority: Recruiting and Retaining African American Women Leaders in Higher Education

20 pages 20 references

Introduction

A demographic shift is happening that can potentially be an opportunity for African American females to step into leadership positions in community colleges. In 2007 60 percent of the presidents were 61 or older meaning that they are ready for retirement (Weisman and Vaughn 2007). The ageing of the baby boom generation means that the anticipated level of retirement for community college presidents as a whole was 15 percent for 2015 (Shults, 2001).Forty nine community college presidents retired in 2011 (AACC, 2012). The large turnover due to retirements is an opportunity to fill executive ...

Part A

Marathon County resides in the State of Wisconsin and it is the community of focus in this paper. Having worked briefly in this region with a community health promotion program for up to three months I developed a special interest on health matters within the region. The survey was conducted on the afternoon and early evening of Friday 26th February. The survey was accomplished via a road trip that lasted for up to 7 hours.

Part B

Housing and commercial buildings The majority of the buildings in this region in both the residential and commercial areas are made of bricks. Apparently, ...

The bourgeois was a new social class that emerged during the 19th century, between the working class and the ruling class. As they rose, they brought to prominence a different set of values, and priorities than those seen in other classes. As a result, a variety of writers and thinkers created a written commentary, both positive and negative, regarding the bourgeois values and what those values either offered to society or took for granted. Two writers who specifically criticized the bourgeoisie values included Benjamin Franklin and J.S. Woodsworth. The bourgeois were made up of merchants, artisans and affluent professionals, ...

[Class Title]

John Rawls and Robert Nozick are two remarkable philosophers who proposed two opposing views regarding what an ideal social justice system should be. Rawls, for instance, believe that social justice should be based on fairness; that is, the burden and benefits of society should be distributed among its members in a reasonable manner (Rawls 10). For the same reason, it can be deduced that Rawls advocates for an expansive state that cares for the welfare of its citizens. On the other hand, Nozick believes that it would benefit society more if people are left to live and ...

Introduction

The terms “Sin” and “Crime” share some relationship however, they are significantly different from each other. Sin is behavior that falls short of the spiritual expectations. It evolves from the rules set by religious beliefs. All crimes qualify as sins however; not all sins qualify as crimes. During the early days of society, there was no concept of law and order. Hence, sins determined moral obsoletes for observation within the societies. Crime points to actions that determine legal acceptance of a particular community (Toigo, 2005). This paper explores the origins of sin and crime from ancient to medieval times.

Concept of Sin in ancient times

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The series of photos are used to describe the relationship between diverse cultures and photography. The events recorded in the picture series are all set in bicultural settings, and their moods and activities are at this moment discussed below. For instance, the first picture from the movie ‘the American dream’ describes a couple in a kitchen. The kitchen furnishing is modern. The kitchen sink depicts the modernity of the kitchen. However, the utensils are antiques, showing that they were not sourced from the modern era. The lady standing is probably western, judging from her jawlines and height. The hair ...

William Faulkner’s "Barn Burning" reveals the rebellion of one person’s against the economic, social and cultural changes during the Great Depression. Arguably, Abner Snopes rebels against powers that control the economic and social power over his lie. The rebellious nature serves as a danger and a threat as Snopes is a sharecropper and as a result, Snopes will always be the victim of the wealthier and more powerful men in the society. The relationship between Abner and his son, Sarty reflect the socio-economic inequality that occurs between the white tenant farmers and the white landowners and the ...

Definition

After the wave of industrialization, wherein factories dominated the landscape and manufacturing was the means by which companies grew, globalization became a byword. Globalization, in simple terms is the internationalization of business, of the products and services attached to it. Globalization is a result of the accessibility of travel, further enhanced by technological advances, which renders physical barriers as non-constraints but simply as geographic facts. Along with this kind of development, businesses were forced to adapt their reach to a global audience, else be devoured by more able competitors. Thus, global strategy was born. Global strategy is defined as ...

Poverty is one of the far-reaching and long-standing causes of chronic suffering. The degree of poverty is particularly ironic in the United States where one out of six people live in poverty or near poverty. In the case of children, the poverty rate is higher. The public and presidential concern for poverty within the United States has been minimal for years in spite of a drastic increase in wealth and income inequalities during the past decades (Singh, 2015). The concentration of poverty in a specific geographic area in the US is a result of various factors, such as higher ...

Income Inequality

Income Inequality

The income inequality or the wide gap that exists between the highest earning worker and the lowest earning in the United States is widening. Income inequality started with technological advances, which benefited higher skilled workers more than the medium and unskilled workers. This consequently led to limited job opportunities available for individuals, particularly for those who do not possess a college degree. Income inequality is also linked to educational attainment disparity.

Initiatives that could help address income inequalities

Retail, restaurant, childcare and Eldercare are among the fastest growing jobs. However, these jobs pay very little. To make work pay the federal minimum wage has ...

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Introduction

Deviance and criminal conduct can be perceived as the “outcome of rational choices based on efforts, rewards, and costs involved,” citing Cornish and Clarke (1998). Moreover, Wang (2005, p. 105) posits that offenders are logical in their thinking patterns and will opt for choices that will reward them. This factor emphasizes the fact that even the most incorrigible and dangerous criminals and offenders will evince a reasonable thinking pattern. This is particularly true for serial criminals who exhibit intelligence to avoid capture. Over time, offenders will be to enhance their decision-making processes. Offenders will look to optimize opportunities ...

Diane Sawyer’s presentation, dubbed Waiting on the World to Change revolves around the documentation of life in Camden City, a territory that earned the title of the United States’ poorest and most dangerous in 2004 and 2005. Concurrently, the interviewed subjects include Ivan and Billy Joe, both of whom are residents of Camden without proper and sustainable access to the necessities one needs for a quality and healthy life. First, the families of both boys lack adequate shelter as the houses in which they live are either someone else’s property or are of poor condition. For instance, ...

Identifying Competitive Environment for Fundraising in Canada

Identifying Competitive Environment for Fundraising in Canada It is a known fact that assistance and contributions from profitable business organizations and affluent individuals are the lifeblood of any not-for-profit organization. However, reaching appropriate donors and contributors have become more challenging and difficult (Gierczak et.al, 2016). On one hand, there is a fierce rivalry and on the other hand, there are many issues pertaining to gain donor’s attention towards the issue on hand. Therefore, in order to grow in this competitive environment, not-for-profit organizations require to be more engaging with donors (Global Philanthropy, 2016). Although this has been the ...

Impact of Contraband, Bootlegging and Peddling on Inner City Small Business Success: A Millennial’s Perspective

Abstract Inner cities were the business hub for a long period of time. However, in the last 30 years, many large and small businesses have closed down their shops and moved out of inner cities to more affluent city suburbs. Especially noteworthy is the fact that small essential businesses such as grocery stores and drugstores are closing down their stores in inner cities despite a huge demand prevailing there. There are many reasons attributing to the problem. Contraband, bootlegging and peddling definitely have forced some of the small business owners to shut down their business. They are unable to ...

In his article, Furstenberg has raised the issue of challenges faced by young people as the consequence of their social class belonging in the American society. The author demonstrates with various examples of children’s restricted social mobility shaped by their parents, both intentionally and unintentionally, and other caregivers. Statistics is used in the article to illustrate the difficulty of moving up the social ladder. Even though the notion of social class is denied in American society, differences in values and skills can either constrain or accelerate economic success depending on a child’s family background. According to Furstenberg ( ...