Essays on Confrontations

Introduction

Marriage is the central issue of the family relations. The people of different religions, status and nationality enter into marriage in order to create valuable element of the society. For significant amount of people, the marriage plays crucial role in the further establishment of the priorities for living. Hence, the marriage can not be regarded as the trivial issue due to the consequences it causes. Besides, the current state of the globalization of the society and ongoing changes of the moral values have resulted into appearance of new social institutions as same-sex marriage. In fact, there are extremely opposing ...

Introduction

The performance and behavior of an employee are expected to contribute to the overall achievement of an organization’s goals and objectives. However, unsatisfactory behavior or performance from an employee must be corrected through appropriate actions (Hvidman & Andersen, 2013). Corrective action follows a progressive discipline process when the situation is as a consequence of inappropriate behavior or unsatisfactory performance yet the employee has the capacity to perform and conduct himself or herself at an acceptable level but chooses otherwise (Van den Brink, Fruytier & Thunnissen, 2013). The essence of this paper is to address employees’ conduct at the Acme Company ...

Violence and Revenge

Violence and revenge only hurt people. Human beings are known for their innate desire for revenge, which makes vengeance part of our survival mechanics. However, those with mental illness pose more danger of harming others since they are driven by their subconscious mind to revenge against physical and verbal abuse and could use weird forms in the process. Revenge is often cruel, lustful and insatiable to the extent that a provoked mentally ill person would do anything to ensure they make others pay for physical or verbal abuse. Such acts of violence and revenge pose major problems in the ...

Democracies do not go to War with One Another

The correlation between democracy and war has been a major concern for various political commentators globally. The statement that democratic states rarely go to war is correct and is supported by many scholars. According to Rummel (1999, p. 10), democracy abhors any conceivable form of politically instigated violence. The statement that democratic states do not go to war is, therefore, justified and this behavior can be attributed to the makeup of a normal democratic country. Aspects such as respect for human rights, compliance with the rule of law and the presence of a competitive political setup have arguably contributed ...

Section 1

One of the cultural myths about the United States of America is that anyone can become filthy rich in the country and it is the land of opportunity. Popular culture and media does not leave any stone unturned in making people believe it is a fact, as several movies and television shows are made on the same theory that helps in solidifying the myth. The reality is far from this myth as there are many people to come to America dreaming of making it big, but fail and turn to ordinary life or return home. Though there are some ...

Introduction

The 2nd amendment is one of the most important parts of the American Constitution, which gives an individual right to bear arms. “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (U.S. Const. amend. II) has raised many public debates about the controversy of the topic with trying to limit and even ban the right of the firearms from citizens. The 2nd amendment added to the Constitution on the December 15, 1791 has been questioned and seen different interpretations. The American ...

Factors Promoting Middle East Conflict

The countries in the Middle East have never had peaceful coexistence for more than a century. There has been series of complicated blood-letting confrontations orchestrated by different factors among them the totalitarian nature of political leaderships, religious diversity and scramble for oil resources. Specific conflicts in the region might have been occasioned by one of these factors or a combination of all of them. This article explores how religious diversity, management of oil resources and totalitarian leadership have contributed to conflicts in the Middle East region. The Middle East is the territory that has the abundance of totalitarian countries, ...

According to Lance Stell’s 1979 publication dubbed “Dueling and the Right to Life”, the legal definition of dueling refers to it as an “act of fighting with deadly weapons between two persons in pursuance of a previous agreement” (p.7). Apparently, in the case of a dispute, the opposing individuals take it upon themselves to deal with their disparities without the interference of a third party, especially the law. Hence, “Dueling as Politics” by Joanne Freeman promptly informs readers that duelists were often victims of matters beyond their control, “haunted by private demons” (1996, p.290). Thus, upon the issuing ...

The personal turmoil of a soldier fighting at the battlefronts during the Second World War of between 1939 and 1945 is evident in With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge. In the book, Sledge describes his experiences as a United States Marine. Accordingly, while serving on a mortar faction, Sledge was part of the “Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, [and] 1st Marine Division” during the New Britain campaigns in Peleliu and Okinawa. In that sense, the first person account allows readers to delve into the realities of World War II through the confrontations between Allied forces ...

The text “Pedro Naranjo and Josephe. Testimony of Pueblo Indians” reports the declarations of Pedro Naranjo and Josephe, two Indians involved in the rebellions against Spaniards in South America during 1860 – 1861, captured by the Spanish soldiers. The text was created by Marcus in 2007, as a reproduction of the events involved in European campaigns for conquering America, the land of the Indians. It is destined to everybody who wants to understand the historical and social context of the Indian uprising against Europeans, including the ancestors of the Indians or of their conquistadores. The intention of the author is ...

Union Leaders and Organizational Management.

Management and union leadership are two different centers of power that hold significant power over the employees. Changing dynamics that are prevalent in management circles over the years are affected by external and internal factors. According to Booth (1995) primary focus between management and union leaders is different from both sets of leaders have specified objectives that serve various interests to a common population that is within their domain. Therefore, it is expected there will be adversarial relationships between the management and the union as management serves the interest of the company while union is concerned with the benefit ...