Essays on Earner

Verification and Accuracy

The passport application form filled by Mr. James Doe has several notable mistakes. In essence, a passport application form, and any other form for that matter needs to be correctly filled with all the details correctly indicated. For instance, one is supposed to indicate the full names as they appear in his or her identification documents. However, Mr. Doe has not indicated it like that. He has used initials for one of his other names, which might raise confusion. Apart from that, there are some areas in the form that Mr. Doe has failed to fill. The sex specification, ...

Business Analytics

Executive Summary This study sought to assess whether customers who bought the African adventure will be willing to provide feedback. The study revealed that there more customers who are unwilling to provide feedback compared to those who are willing to provide feedback. A regression analysis was used to determine the factors that influence WOM intentions. WOM intentions were modelled as a function of age, income, trust and attitude. The analysis revealed that the demographic characteristics (age and income) do not influence WOM intentions. However, trust and attitude influence WOM intention. The paper recommends that smart marketing and advertising should ...

Most families today are dual-earner, as many women have entered the workforce, either because of financial needs, or because of their wish to pursue a career and to be financially independent. While the gender gap is closing on the labour market, at home, the patriarchal ideology is reaffirmed by means of the division of household chores. Whereas men had to assume a share of the household chores, in most families, women continue to perform most of the chores which have been traditionally assigned to them. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the current gender division of ...

Undoubtedly, tourism is one of the largest industries in the world and is a major source of revenue for any given country. The tourism industry generates billions of dollars for the host country and creates jobs for thousands all over the world (Chambers, 1997). A number of countries, especially the developing countries, view it as the only tool for development and also an avenue by which the quality of life can be improved. As a result, the tourism industry has witnessed massive growth over the years stretching from the small villages to the big cities. In as much as ...

Catharine Beecher

Catherine Beecher was an educator who was years ahead of her time and discussed the importance of educating women. She was also keen on experimenting with food and believed strongly in making palate pleasing food (NWHM). She would converse with Fannie Farmer over her career as a culinary expert and would probably discuss that during her time, women did not have the same opportunities. She could also discuss with Fannie about the relevance of gender roles in the families and how they both remained unmarried but contributed significantly to food in America. With Fannie Rogarshevsky she would discuss the ...

The Reasons Explaining Why Governments are involved in Tourism Development

“The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.” –Martin Parr The above quotation by Martin Parr illustrates one of the negative attributes of tourism, which is to sell a fantastic presentation of a country rather than the real aspects of it. However, it should be understood that this is done to market and brand the country as an attractive tourism product. However, tourism is not a source of income that can be relied on throughout the year by governments. This is because tourism relies on specific seasons and ...

Commission Report

The Ventura County Transportation committee sat under the auspices and stewardship of the able chairman of the committee on the first Friday of April, this year at the county offices. In attendance were the transport committee board members, consultants contracted by the county to give technical expertise on transport matters and the members of the public. There were a number of issues that were raised, discussed and resolved by the meeting. First, it was a review of the bicycle and pedestrian laws so that there will be set rules in line with the national rules to govern bikers and pedestrian safety ...

The U.S tax system can be classified as progressive where tax rates increase with increases with taxable base or the gross income (Amico 2003, pp 14). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Federal Government defines gross income as any income from whatever source except for the items excluded by the state. Sources of income in this case include compensations such as service, income from insurance (except death benefits), interests, pensions, and annuities, gross profits from businesses, income from corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates, amongst others (Lymer 2004, pp 144). The state excludes death benefits accruing from life insurances, ...

Question 1

Deb and Ron act as the main characters in the video ‘Dual-earner Families. The story behind this video revolves around the day to day lives of both Deb and Ron. Both Deb and Ron are engaged in hectic jobs as they try to earn an income with which they hope to use to support themselves and their children. However, there is a major problem that results from both Deb and Ron’s hardworking and busy lifestyle. Since both of them spend most of their time at their respective jobs, they have been unable to dedicate enough time between ...

Business Analysis

The PESTEL Analysis is a strategic framework designed to analyze the external macro environment of an organization. PESTEL strategic framework stands for Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental and Legal. However, in this paper, only the five strategic factors will be analyzed.

Political

Legal issues and government regulations are the two essential factors to determine how an organization will operate in an industry. Costco is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the USA. Regulations applicable to the Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters are primarily related to size and pricing. For example, as per the requirements of some state laws, minimum markups need ...

Tourism Business Analysis and Planning

Tourism has today become one of the fastest growing industries. The rapid expansion of the industry globally contributes to economic improvement by creating employment opportunities and especially developing foe host countries like Malaysia. Statistics put it that in 2005 there were 806 million tourists worldwide, and the number of tourists is expected to increase to 1 billion tourists annually by 2010 (Bok and Holland, 2007). Malaysia is a South East Asian country that covers an area of 336,700 square kilometers and has two regions, west and east Malaysia. The Western region shares its borders with Thailand to the North ...

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Cultural Affiliations:

QUESTION 1: The client belongs to American Hispanic or Mexican group. The client has been actively indulged in practising her culture.

QUESTION 2:

The client was born in Mexico. QUESTION 3: Values Orientation: QUESTION 1: The dead are kept in the home overnight dressed in a special costume called as la mortaja so that friends and family can pay their tributes. Health issues are mostly dealt using traditional medicine rather than resorting to allopathic medicine. After birth, ...

The fight for equal rights for women can be said to have existed since the dawn of civilization and a stratified culture based on patriarchal ideals of male supremacy; despite the tremendous advances that have been made since that time, there are still many instances of inequality based on gender. Social, economic and political stratification based on gender are still alive and well, though the past hundred years have seen incredible strides being made on the part of women’s rights. Many believe that gender equality has been successfully achieved, or that women should not get equal rights. These opinions ...

The effect of minimum wage on employment has been one of the most explored topic in the discipline of labor economics. During the global recession that plagued the world recently, the rate of employment for the low-skilled and young workers (who comprise the largest component of all minimum workers) worsened disproportionately. Traditionally, some economists have argued that the imposition of a minimum wage that is above the market clearing equilibrium wage reduces employment and at the same time contributes to unemployment particularly among the relatively unskilled as well as the young workers. This is quite ironical given that this is ...

- What is meant by traditional pension? Since pension is defined as a fixed sum of money given to an ex-employee, usually after their retirement from service, a traditional pension plan can then be described as a retirement plan in which the employer does all the work, including the calculation and collation of the money and deciding where and how the money is invested. This type of pension plan promises an employee a certain payout once they retire, based on their salary, and the number of years they worked for.

The rapid development of the traditional pension plan was as a result of ...

In Support of Legalizing Marijuana

Abstract Marijuana and it medicinal use continues to be a controversial topic. Surprisingly, marijuana has been around for centuries and many early doctors used the substance to treat a number of medical ailments. The Chinese wrote numerous literatures on the medical uses of marijuana and it is no surprise that modern-day doctors seek to improve to the ancient art of using marijuana for medical purposes. However, as with all substances, there are side effects that cause damages in its users. The excessive use of marijuana cause serious hallucinations, but these dangers are not fatal. There are no records to suggest ...

Barbara Ehrenreich’s presents a clear and concise account of the methods that millions of American uses to survive the economic struggles in American. In addition, the 2001 book, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America” analyzes how individuals survive on minimum paying jobs. Ehrenreich postulates that even though these individuals work under poor economic conditions, there is a strong “work ethic” present. But, this work ethic does not help to provide the basic necessities of transportation, food, and shelter. For those individuals who work in hotels, restaurants, retail stores, and a number of other service jobs the wages are not ...

Introduction

Minimum wage has always been a contentious issue in the United States. The federal minimum wage has for a long time been placed at $7.25. However, recent years have seen the debate intensify on whether this federal minimum wage should be increased especially given the current tough economic times. Some have advocated for it to be increased while others have vehemently opposed any policy meant to increase the minimum wage arguing that it will have more negative repercussions than benefits. Various arguments have been forwarded either supporting to disapproving an increase in the minimum wage. This paper adopts the position that ...

Kingsborough Community College

Identify the Problem The problem is about the minimum wage experienced by most of the people working in public or private levels. Minimum wage is one of the challenging actual problems faced by many companies; however, there is always a possibility that this type of problem can be solved accordingly.

Explain the Problem

Minimum wage as an actual problem faced by many companies in public and private levels, probably the most talked about problem in the community. This problem does not matter how big or small is the company, it usually occurs when work and wages are involved. However, minimum wage has a ...

Introduction

Tourism is a fast-growing and dynamic constituent of the economy sector in the United Kingdom. Tourism is assimilated into the economic system in such a way that it has considerable direct and indirect impact to the overall performance of the economy. The United Kingdom is a favorite destination for many domestic and international tourists, because of its geographical endowment, heritage, sporting activities and art creations. The United Kingdom is ranked sixth in the world by visitor numbers (Office for National Statistics, 2012). In terms of visitor expenditure the United Kingdom is ranked seventh in the world (Surugiu, 2009). According to the ...

Introduction

Societal social segmentation in the urban has been in existence in the past and having its social and economical impacts to cities and towns. The great Australian dream of owning a house is an iconic culture of every Australian. Housing being one of the social acquaintances of development both has a factor and a cause of development. There is therefore a need to analyze the real trends of social polarization in Australia. The essay seeks to address the developmental process of polarization and its impact in Australian cities and towns.

The concept of polarization and its evolution

Social polarization is a process involving the segmentation that may exist within a society arising ...

The ability to support families with children is of great concern for many countries in the world. Many studies on family policy regimens have focused on the effect of women equality; and found that dual – earner regimens, wherein the husband and wife both work and care for the child have been the most contributive to promoting women in the work place (Engster & Stensöta, 2011). Sweden is considered one of the most “women – friendly” countries in the world (Nyberg, 2000). It supports not only women with children in committed relationships, but also single women, by providing them a high quality ...

An injury of a batsman during a cricket match, a car accident, and the new venture of a famous company, are among some of the important contents of the news which is displayed via the different forms of media. Regardless of the vigilance, presence and the pace which are the primary principles for a successful news channel, the quest of getting more viewers and the highest rating often results in a fallacy. Despite the doubtful reliable news reports, newscasts and news stories have a special importance in the life of every individual which does not only help people with their school assignments and business trends, but ...

What are the purposes of a family? What purposes does your family serve? What do you think are the most important elements of family life for the well-being of society? A family is a fundamental social institution that has been in existence since the creation of man. It is made up of two or more people who live together and are related by blood, marriage or adoption. The main purpose of the family to offer protection to the children, from physical, psychological and social harm that may lead to improper functioning in the society. It gives a sense of security ...

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify how the healthcare system has notable affects on social and functioning bodies dependent on the healthcare system. Healthcare is also affected by decisions from nationwide governing bodies distribute financial and medical aid where individual people can make their own decisions and play out the key microeconomic concepts to achieve the most beneficial medical plans. The healthcare system in North America constantly experiences changes to its healthcare plan regardless how protocols differ between the U.S. and Canada. The decisions implemented by individual members act as the instigators to change when they foresee ...

Introduction.

Keynesian theory argues that, in short term, total output is determined by total spending, which mostly consists of investment and consumption, this is the reality for any economy in the world but it doesn’t hold all the time as its subject to alterations caused by microeconomic factors particularly inflation which brings about increased interests rates raising the cost of production and unemployment as firms layoff some workers in order to reduce their cost of production. During the 2008 crisis which was one of the worst worldwide economic downturn one on the worst hit sector was the housing ...

Kenya

Unemployment Unemployment refers to a situation in which people are looking for jobs, but can not get even if they are qualified for them. It is one of the major challenges which have been facing Kenya for a long time.

Causes

Some of its major causes include: - Overdependence on agriculture Just like in any other developing country, agriculture is the chief exchange earner for this nation. At least 75% of its population depends on agriculture as the main source of income. However, this leads to seasonal unemployment because of the poor agricultural practices, unfavorable climatically conditions and aridity ( ...

The purpose of this essay is to advocate for the continued advocacy for women's rights in America. I hope to make people understand that there is a significant gap between the perceived status of women in society and what they actually go through. The staggering statistics on women's domestic violence must also be shown, so that people understand there is still more work to do.

In completing this assignment, I learned that the status of women in America is much worse than I feared. I felt that I came to a greater understanding of the significant wage gaps and social barriers ...

Human Resources: A Review of Bermuda Employment Act of 2000

A Review of Bermuda Employment Act of 2000 What about it?

The labor sector on the island of Bermuda have triumph when after long years of legislative process they have finally established a strong employment law that the main objective is to impose justice for all employees in the state. The Bermuda Employment Act of 2000 ascended as a law on December 8th, 2000 which targeted the 1st of March, 2001 for implementation. The focus of the law mainly to provide Bermudian employees a clear statement of their employment, leaves and termination. One of the highlights of this law is the imposition ...

Resolved we Should Increase Taxes on the Rich

Should we Tax the Rich More? It’s the right time that national leaders had the great courage to push higher tax on the well-off. There are other solutions available to the country’s federal debt problem that will not require increasing taxes paid by the average earner than to target the one that has the larger means. The government’s decade-long avoidance to the term tax and relying on the silly euphemisms of surcharges and revenue enhancement should end. President Barack Obama has done a significant decision by pointing out the idea of imposing higher tax to the ...

Occupy Wall Street is a continuing series of protests that were started by a Canadian lobby group called the Adbusters. The protests begun on 17th September, 2011 in Zuccotti Park which is located in the financial district of Wall Street in New York (Stelter 1). The main issues that the demonstrations highlight are corruption, economic inequality, undue influence of large organizations, and high rates of unemployment. Occupy Wall Street is a movement that intends to support a creative strategy for economic justice in the United States of America.

Background

Though the Occupy Wall Street campaign begun officially on 17th September, 2011, its origins can ...

Is Paternity Leave Reasonable?

Maternity leave for women is acceptable throughout the world and is enforced through the respective labor laws of every country. The significance of maternity leave is realized due to the responsibility of women towards their newborns and the vitality of mother’s presence for the survival and care of infants. With the importance of maternal care being realized at universal level, the significance of paternal care for the infant is still under discussion and receives little support from corporate and industries. Though several studies have established that father’s care is also vital for an infant, the concept of ...