Essays on Desirability

1. Choose one of the following issues: depression, drug addiction, workplace fatalities, or obesity. Describe a specific way that a community that has a high number of people with that issue could help fix this issue by using methods based on each of the following: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. [6%] Primary care in general is provided by a nursing staff or a physician or an assistant. One is responsible for the maintenance of health and for treating the illness in patients or refers the patient to specialists if needed. Obesity is a growing concern in US and in ...

Physical Activity and Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome, defined as a constellation of risk factors that include dyslipidemia, abnormal glucose tolerance, increased adiposity, and hypertension, has been linked with type 2 diabetes (Liu et al., 2006). The prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is disproportionately higher and increasingly rapid amongst Aboriginal Canadians than among the non-Aboriginal Canadian population and has reached what some consider as “epidemic proportions” (Ghosh & Gomes, 2011; Sharp, 2009). Diabetes results from an interaction of a host of risk factors. This paper will review a study by Liu et al. (2006) that investigates the etiology of metabolic syndrome which is ...

Problem Statement

There is a problem in my company as the management has ignored the need of providing leisure facilities at the workplace. Often, the company’s employees complain of long working shifts without rejuvenation. It is important for organizations and corporations to let their employees take quick short breaks. They also need to provide additional recreational facilities within the office space in an effort of enhancing the employee’s productivity. Moreover, according to Olstad, Raine, & McCargar (2012), recreation and leisure are essential components of a healthy lifestyle. Most of the employees at the workplace suffer from obesity and overweight. In ...

There are probably very few people who have not heard the words from their wife or husband, “How much do you love me?” There are uncounted numbers of poems and song lyrics dedicated to the topic of the breadth and depth of undying passion. A constant stream of books such as “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” and “Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships” tout philosophies for providing understanding and excitement for couples. Romantic love may lead to the life-long commitment of a monogamous relationship, but it is generally known that the first ...

Ethical situations require that businesses make choices out of competing interests. It is in the best interests of businessmen to foster virtue oriented ethical mindset. The paper will explore various ethical virtues in business field. The paper proposes the argument that the development if a universal law governing business ethics is difficult. Realization of ethics thus depends on the virtues of the practitioners in the areas of businesses. Still, the paper fosters the argument that ethics is individual born, and depends mostly on how individuals respond to situations.

The exact meaning of ethics is hard to capture. What is “ ...

Introduction

Different protocols are in use to ensure end-to-end delivery of data packets between networks. These protocols use different types of metrics in determining the best path to take in delivering a packet to a destination network. The use of routers in internetwork communication necessitates ensuring that the routers have the required information to determine the paths to a destination network. Some of the information needed by a router to route packets between networks include the destination address, the routers connected to it, the possible routes to other networks and the best route to networks. A router determines information about other routers especially the ...

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 ...

Affirmative action, or the practice of choosing one candidate over another based on race, gender or other defining characteristic, is a very contentious topic. There are a number of differing views on the topic, and affirmative action delves into a number of areas that are very problematic, including race and gender divides. Hettinger (1997) and Pojman (1998) are divided on the issue, but both make very salient points insofar as the philosophical basis for affirmative action is concerned. Hettinger (1997) and Pojman (1998), while taking opposite stances on the issue of affirmative action, do not necessarily disagree with each other on every ...

Culture

Ethnography: Same Race Dating Introduction In many ways race is regarded as the physiological differences among people, which are being codified by language, values, culture, and other explicit sorting that comes to everyone’s head when talking about segregation by characteristics. Among the many factors that determines racial identity is through skin color where light colored skin were identified as someone from the Western hemisphere. Even in the Western regions where the majority of its population was identified as light skin individuals, the mix of other skin tones creates another set of racial subtype. One example is ...

Nelson, K. M., McFarland, L., & Reiber, G.

Research Article Critique

The ability to locate and critique relevant research evidence is an essential evidence-based practice (EBP) skill (Titler, 2008). This paper will critique a research article on a pertinent health issue that is diabetes care amongst veterans by Nelson, McFarland, & Reiber (2007). The article is entitled “Factors influencing disease self-management among veterans with diabetes and poor glycemic control”. The critique will focus on the various sections of the article with a bias towards the methodology section.

Overview of the Article

The problem noted by the authors is the relative lack of research on diabetes self-management amongst veterans. The author cites ...

The issue of female genital modification (FGM) has been a controversial and complicated one, largely revolving around the construction of female sexual pleasure through the alteration of women’s genitalia to make them ostensibly more attractive to heteronormative society. In Braun and Khau’s scholarly work, the differences between Western and African approaches to FGM become clear. The ‘designer vaginas’ of Western America are treated as more of a high status symbol – an indicator of a woman’s genuine search for female pleasure and desirability, while African practices of labial elongation are more of a restrictive, patriarchal sexual practice disturbingly inflicted on young ...

Quantitative Research

This paper will identify the quantitative research design employed as well as threats to validity in a study by Weng et al. (2012). The study is entitled “Is there any relationship between dietary patterns and depression and anxiety in Chinese adolescents?” It sought to determine the link between major dietary patterns and the risk for symptoms of anxiety and depression among adolescents. The study employed a correlational research design. Correlational research designs are quantitative research designs where the researcher has no control over variables. In addition, participants are not assigned randomly to treatment conditions. These designs are used to infer ...

Introduction

The research on this topic generally focus on various sources to determine if there is a casual relationship between attractiveness and success. This is a subject that has been under increasing amounts of scrutiny as more medical, cosmetic and surgical techniques are developed to alter an individual’s appearance. This paper will focus upon three areas where prior researcher have determined that there might be a direct relationship and look to determine if this relationship can be substantiated. The subject areas covered by this Research Paper are the effects of attractiveness, perceptions of performance, and social interactions.

Research Question:

Does appearance have an effect ...

PREVENTION OF ABSENTEEISM, PRESENTEEISM AND TURNOVERS

Abstract Any business enterprise that fails to introduce strong organizational policies and strategies is bound to face problems. Problems such as employee absenteeism, presenteeism and turnover are some of the problems that these enterprises face. If left unattended, these problems can cause inefficiency, and monetary damage. The consequences of these actions are multifold as they can destroy the image of those organizations and lead to its ultimate downfall. Keywords: absenteeism, presenteeism, turnover, lackadaisical, revolt, motivation Absenteeism at work is failing to report for work. It is considered a violation of a social obligation toward work at a predetermined and predefined ...

William F. Willoughby, The Movement for Budgetary Reform in the States, 1918

Thesis: In this article Willoughby discuses about the reforms and the spectrum to which such reforms can be applied in the political scenario from the budgetary perspective. The budgetary has been defined in this article as the tool for implementing democracy and correlating Legislature and the Executive of the United States of America. “A new spirit in American politics is manifesting itself in the powerful movement for the reform of government organization and procedures” (Page 40) “It is a canon of administrative science, however, that when discretionary powers and authority are increased a corresponding increase should be made in ...

Introduction

Ethics refer to the question as to what is right or wrong. Consequently, ethical behavior in organization essentially defines practices which are right, moral and in line with public policy. In the cut-throat competition in the business industry that exists in modern day, some organizations tend to circumvent the requisite laws and policies in a bid to remain relevant in the market. In the quest to stay afloat, these organizations may have little or no regard for ethical behavior which is of key significance. Indeed, in the business industry, there is more pressure to increase the sales an organization makes, ...

(1) Many mid-to-late 20th century Humanistic psychologists such as Abraham Maslow and Martin Seligman noticed that the field of psychology was largely successful in addressing the negativities and shortcomings revolving around the life of human beings. They ultimately led to the introduction of positive psychology which majored its focus on man’s potentialities, achievable aspirations and virtues. There are various positive psychology researches conducted by different scholars that sets the context for the Karris and Craighead 2012 study as discussed in their article, one of them is the development of the classification also known as the Values in ...

Just to begin with, I would like to bring to your attention that for the purposes of this project, I met one of the senior executive officer who is responsible for marketing for a fast growing frozen yogurt chain with the name Yogurtland. After the executive officer provided us with a brief overview about the company, we were given the responsibility to conduct a comprehensive marketing research after which we were to develop a marketing program from the information obtained after conducting the marketing research.

Objectives

The following represent the fundamental goals or aim for developing this marketing program. After thoroughly performing our ...

Analysis of US Corporate Income Tax Reform

A tax system should meet its objective of raising revenue for a government in a manner that meets the principles of equity, efficiency as well as complexity. Consequently, the essence of these principles is to ensure that any tax policy promotes economic growth as well as seeking to improve individuals’ social welfare. However, US corporate tax rate has been one of the highest even in comparison with the other OECD countries hence a need to reform it to meet the above principles as well as serve its key purpose of raising revenue. In this respect, this analysis seeks to analyze and present ...

Thesis Statement

The State Department is concerned about the declining number of qualified candidates willing to accept diplomatic posts abroad. According to GAO (2012b), the State “faces persistent experience gaps in overseas Foreign Service positions, particularly at the midlevels, and these gaps have not diminished since 2008”. In 2008, there were 1,169 vacant foreign service positions. Since then, the number of vacancies gradually increased and in 2011, there were 1,296 vacant Foreign Service positions. USAID also reported the significant decline in the number of Foreign Service officers assigned abroad. In 1992, USAID hired 3,163 Foreign Service officers but ...

Abstract.

Ethical situations require that businesses make choices out of competing interests. It is in the best interests of accountants to foster virtue oriented ethical mindset. This paper explores the role of virtue ethics in the field of accounting. The paper proposes the argument that the development if a universal law governing business ethics is difficult. Realization of ethics thus depends on the virtues of the practitioners in the area of accounting. Still, the paper fosters the argument that ethics is individual born, and depends mostly on how individuals respond to situations. i. Introduction The exact meaning of ethics ...

The ability to influence situations is directly related to how one behaves and communicates. Together, positive factors conglomerate to a strong, and positive attitude. Measuring attitude is a complicated thing. Probably, the most progressive way of finding out an individual’s attitude is asking them. Nonetheless, attitude is related to self-image, and social acceptance, so one would be willing to open up on other weaknesses. In order, to sustain a positive image, people’s responses may be affected by social desirability. Given this dilemma, several methods of measuring attitudes have been designed. Different measures handle different components of attitudes such as cognitive, effective, ...

Social desirability bias is a factor which could affect the results of any research study which involves methods of self-reporting by participants. Human beings have an inbuilt desire to portray themselves in the most positive light possible. Sometimes they are unaware of this tendency altogether and do not realise they are being dishonest in their answers. At other times, people are aware and deliberately respond in a way they believe to be socially favourable. Furthermore, social desirability bias can apply to everyday life, in addition to research studies.

According to Anton J. Nederhof (2006), “Social desirability is one of the most ...

Explanation/ definition social desirability bias

Researchers have been employed by the university to collect data and information from post graduate students of a diverse nature. The data collected it to detail how much time this group spends on academic work. Furthermore, it is to establish what they do during such a time. The study by the researches would be affected in a way that the results would not be accurate. This would be because of social desirability bias. Social desirability bias can be detailed as a situation during the research process whereby the respondents try to give responses or answers that they deem to be socially accepted ...

Stoeber (2001) has noted in the European Journal of Psychological Assessment that social desirability bias is when people respond to interview questions in ways that will be viewed favourably by others. Usually it occurs when an individual under reports a bad behaviour or over reports a good behaviour. In these instances, the social desirability bias poses a big problem to researchers who rely on self-reports, and more so for the researchers who depend solely on questionnaires. When individuals realize that they are being watched or are being observed, they will tend to act in ways that are socially acceptable and socially ...

One of the most enduring subjects for art through the ages is the female figure often identified as “Venus”. From the earliest times to the present day, the feminine form has intrigued and inspired artists through the ages. Venus of Willendorf is one of the earliest works of art ever discovered. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus has remained a classic image of feminine beauty since its creation in the 15th century. For many Marilyn Monroe was the living breathing embodiment of the love goddess for the 20th century. When she died, Andy Warhol attempted to capture the mortal and ...