Essays on Baur

during Times of Uncertainty during Times of Uncertainty

Introduction:

Times of uncertainty lead the public to seek both leadership and answers. They need answers, and ways to organize around issues of social significance which have created doubt, and indecision. In essence, they need help understanding the issue at hand and being offered an acceptable frame of reference when they, themselves, do not have the experience to come up with constructive solutions. Often this leadership comes out of the academic community. As such, the purpose of the current essay is to determine in what ways academics can contribute on issues of ...

Human Sexuality Behavior at the Nightclub

Introduction A night club is always composed of different individuals of different genders, ages, and even different sexual orientations. This is so in instances when one visits the club on a normal night when the club does not have the various shows, for example, the 80’s show or when somebody visits a gay or lesbian club, since the composition of the club on that particular day or time will not really have variety as desired by this research. I visited the Sambordia Nightclub on a warm Friday evening in order to carry out the research and was able ...

Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ) represent an employment practice that allows discrimination in specific cases, when an applicant’s religion, age, gender or national origin, when such discrimination is justified by the need to ensure normal performance of a job. While BFOQ frequently serve as an important tool of distinguishing between the cases of justified and unjustified discrimination, the practice of applying the BFOQ is associated with a significant degree of controversy (Shaman, 1971). For instance, a question remains whether the gender-based discrimination in the military shall be considered in light of the BFOQ clause, contained in the 1964 ...

Armstrong, Ruth M. (2007). Obesity, law and personal responsibility. Medical Journal of Australia; Jan 1, 2007; 186, 1; ProQuest Central. pg. 20 Personal responsibility is the key to obtaining good health eating habits but under the influence of law, it is more enhanced. This journal talks about obesity law and personal responsibility in regard to both adults and children. For adults, the food properties and qualities should be labeled in the most appropriate manner. This is because, an adult has the capability of distinguishing the good from the bad choices of food produced (Schlosser, 2012). While for ...

How we view ourselves as male or female

Human beings have always viewed themselves as male or female through an individual’s genitalia and their reproductive organs. This is one way that has been used to describe humans for a long period. When the sex of a person is mentioned, the physical features are the main items that are checked to ensure the sexuality of the individual in the case. People therefore; think of their sexuality by linking it to their physical appearance and to their reproductive organs. This is taught from an early age and children can distinguish between males and females at such a young age. An example ...

Introduction

Childhood obesity as a medical condition affects a lot children across the world. According to Dieticians Association of Australia (2014) childhood obesity is when a child has too much body fat and the child’s weight is well above normal for his or her age and height and this puts their health at risk. In Australia as well and in fact, across the world, the community is becoming increasingly concerned with the rising prevalence of childhood obesity (Jacqueline. 13). The health consequences for obese children at their current status as well as in the future has acted as an impetus for raised ...

Any individual who has an interest in a business is termed as the stakeholder of that business; this also means that someone who may contribute in some way towards the growth and the success of the business is known as the stakeholder of that business. All the stakeholders differ in their roles and also in their involvement level. When considering the role of particular people, their roles and responsibilities tend to evaluate how critical they are for the operation of the business in reality. The Chief Executive Officer or the CEO is the term used for the head of ...

Synopsis

The rise in obesity in the worldwide population, particularly in children and young people, has clearly become a world-wide public health crisis (Lobstein, Baur, and Uauy, 2004). This crisis has spawned extensive attempts at legal responses to the issue in an effort to counter the rise in the numbers of overweight and obese citizens. Some of the legal initiatives and proposals have been initiated include taxes on certain foods and beverages, bans on certain sized food portions, limits to commercial advertising, bans on certain foods within schools, and even compulsory physical exercise for obese employees (ten Have, de Beaufort, Teixeria, ...

Introduction

The era of new century has opened new and wide horizons for technology and comfort for the mankind. Such technological gadgets are being continuously invented and introduced to the world which can make lives more comfortable and luxurious. New thoughts and ideas are coming with every passing second and what started as only a blurred vision; now became a necessity for all mankind. But apart from many of lavish advantages which technology has brought to us, there are as much of the side-effects as well, one of which is obesity or simply “being over-weight”. Now- a-days, people are more luxurious than ...

Arguably, the issue of attraction among individuals is a concept that cannot be avoided. As a matter of fact, people become attracted to others on a daily basis. There are various aspects of attraction taking place between individuals in society, which has led to the identification of various factors that cause individuals to be attracted to another person. In some cases, these factors that cause attraction among people may differ for men and female. The mystery of attraction in society is unraveled by identifying responsible factors that will assert the meaning of various types of attraction among individuals. Perhaps, the mystery of ...

Annotated Bibliography

Crooks, Robert and Karla Baur. Our Sexuality. Belmont: Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.

The authors Robert Crooks and Karla Baur discussed the various issues regarding a person's sexuality and how the society deals with these issues. In the issue on LGBT employment and discrimination, Crooks and Baur noted that the US military had held resentment and the position that LGBTs should not be employed in the corps considering the hindrances and distractions they could give to other military employees. The authors also noted that gays are usually faced with great hostility, and many were removed because of their sexual orientation.

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Mental Sets In Everyday Life

Mental sets are the systematic ways that individual follow to respond to situations that are contrary to their expected outcomes. People mostly go about problems in comparable ways from time to time despite the fact that they are not sure if that is a proven response. This is an example of a mental case. Solving problems using a particular trend that succeeded in the past.

How might a mental set (i.e., the tendency to approach or respond to a problem in a particular way) related to major life changes (e.g., marriage, divorce, death of a loved one), career changes, or other situations changed as you have ...

Evolution of Human Factors in Crew Resource Management

Executive Summary

Most aspects of aviation have radically changed since the advent of the first aircrafts in the late 19th century. With increasing technology in flight development, crew management protocols have also been changing ever since (Helmreich, Merritt, & Wilhelm, 1999. pp23-24). However, the last 50 years has witnessed the greatest improvement in the way crew management is carried out in various aviation settings. This paper shall determine the evolution of crew resource management considering all the factors that have changed in one way or the other, culminating into the modern aviation management protocols. Validation of the crew resource ...