Essays on Equal Opportunities

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The positive impact that gender equality and diversity produce on companies’ financial performance and success has already been proven. However, these aspects are still the acute problems in business. The process of fostering a diverse workforce implies accepting and supporting differences in the population and promoting a supporting working environment for every individual, regardless of race, religion, sexuality, gender, age, etc. In addition, it is particularly important to understand and meet the demands of the diverse customers, and diversity in the workforce is the answer. Moreover, companies should introduce mentoring and coaching programs to regulate gender equality issues and ...

Coca-Cola is the dominant market leader in the manufacture and distribution of refreshments and beverages. It produces over 4300 brands of sparkling, diet and still beverages. The company targets the market in seven key segments including Asia Pacific, Eurasia and Africa, North America, Europe, and Latin America. These market segments are designed to meet market-specific needs such as delivering broad-based products, developing consumer needs and implementing packaging strategies to respond to consumer needs, meeting affordability needs and enhancing market investment levels. According to the Forbes Magazine, Coca-Cola has a net-worth of $ 192.8 billion, return on equity of about 23.41% ...

Discussion of Banyan Tree Green Homes Program

Banyan Tree Green Homes Program 3 Introduction 3 Concepts and Theories of Sustainability 3 Analysis of Banyan Tree Green Homes Program 5 Sustainability Motivations 6 Sustainable Business Practices 7 Benefits of Adopting Sustainable Business Practices 8 Challenges Facing Sustainable Business Practices 9 Recommendations 10 Conclusion 10

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Banyan Tree Green Homes Program Introduction The hospitality industry is an important part of social, economic and environmental development given its role in leisure services and tourism throughout the world. Given the rapid changes observed in the industry, it is important to understand the potential threats that the various activities undertaken in hospitality ...

Critical Management Exam

Gender Gender equality has been a subject of debates and long discussions of human rights protectors. Equal access to education, equal opportunities to professional growth and equal rights in advancing careers are the key goals of the governments of the most developed countries in the world. Gender inequality has been considered as the cause of many imbalances in society that often lead to decline of its overall level. Modern world’s conditions and technological developments allow women and men to leave gender stereotypes in the past and discover opportunities on the equal basis (Linstead, 2000). Equal opportunities start with ...

Investing In Saudi Arabia Market

Investing in Saudi Arabia market Introduction The Saudi Arabia economy has for long been driven by the performance of the oil market. The entire economy has also been primarily managed by the government leaving little room for the private sector. The existence of many government bureaucracies has also in the past hindered the development of the private sector. The strict Islamic culture has also been a challenge for the operation of the business from the open economies. The period 2003 to 2013 marked one of the largest oil booms in the history of the country. The oil prices in ...

Education system in the US – Argumentative essay (outline)

Introduction Context: The US is the focal point of the entire world. Even amid receiving various criticisms from different corners of the earth for its foreign policies, stand on fighting global terrorism and various other factors, US is one of the most appealing nations for individuals to live and work. The US is currently considered one of the best destinations for getting quality higher education. Importance of main idea: In light of youngsters from various parts of the world coming to the US to pursue higher education, they need to have an overview of the US education system. Analyzing ...

Managing diversity in the business management context

Ethnicity and discrimination based on gender in the labour market have been highly prevalent in recent years with many nations and their governments searching for alternative strategies and developing policies to reduce it. Education has for so long been perceived as the only avenue through which this menace can be addressed, and policymakers have been trying to regulate it in such a way as to offer equal opportunities to all individuals. There has been a marked improvement in registration into institutions of higher learning by young BME people in recent years in the UK. This is mainly fueled by ...

A leader is an individual with ability and power to influence, inspire, and motivate people in a particular direction. Leaders of organizations set the vision and create a roadmap to achieve the goals of their organizations. For example, Alan Mulally, who is the CEO of Ford Motor Company is known to be a transformational leader because he has contributed to the success of the company by transforming various facets that previous leader failed to achieve. Leaders like Alan know how to set smart goals and mobilize resources in order to achieve those goals. They utilize their talents and innate ...

INTRODUCTION

Nowadays a key success to an effective management of any organization is flexibility and creativity of the workforce, therefore hiring potentially brilliant candidates is an important step in human resources management. Taking into consideration a contemporary vector of human development, which is certainly globalization, people are more and more facing the challenges and benefits of diversity at the workplace. Generally speaking, diversity comes from different national roots, social and economic backgrounds, as well as individual views and lifestyles. More companies came to understanding a vitality of diversity through an increased productivity of their organizations, which practically proved that not ...

Management: Managing Diversity and Equal Opportunities

Part 1 There has been the rise in the number of the financial crisis as well as poor corporate governance problems that have prompted the question as to whether having a corporate world run by women would yield fruitful results. Amid the multiple opinions on the topic of the glass ceiling, some people still contest the advantages of workplace diversity and equality. There has been the long pressing issue of the equality of the treatment of women in a similar manner/ equal to men, in the labor market (Gregory‐Smith, Ian, Main, & O'Reilly 109). According to Adams and Funk ( ...

Introduction

The MENA Countries are the countries in the Middle East and the North Africa. Many of these countries are in the process of developing and some are less developed than others. As emerging economies, these countries are still spending the effort to develop their labor markets and human resources. Considering that the number of youth in the population is an advantage for economic development, the MENA Countries seem to have an advantageous position; however, before making this comment, one needs to analyze the labor markets in these countries. The basic statistics about unemployment exhibits volatility, and the unemployment rate ...

Barbara, who is just returning to work from maternity leave, is requesting her supervisor for evenly spaced breaks and a consistent lunch hour break so that she can milk for the baby and feed her baby at an adjacent day care center. The question is whether Barbara is entitled to this provision. If the business can accommodate these requests, the manager is obliged to make the working conditions comfortable for Barbara to allow her to carry out her work and childrearing roles smoothly. Genuine differences between men and women have been used to justify different treatment, which is considered ...

First and foremost according to my understanding if the readings women are human beings who deserve the chance to develop and enhance their human potential. The debate over the very status and special nature of women has raged many nations socially, politically and economically. I believe that time has come towards true equal opportunities for women as well as the full equal partnership between the sexes (Chichester, 32). Throughout the history of the United States of America some of their citizens where denied the suffrage based on their sexual orientation, race and even their age. The women’s suffrage ...

Equal opportunity is a concept that advocates and emphasizes the fair distribution of chances and resources so that there is no discrimination based on any personal attributes or background. The equal opportunity calls for fairness in all resource allocations in the fields of a person's endeavor. The principle discourages discriminations by race, gender, religion, disability, sexuality and any other individual differences in the allocation and distribution of opportunities and resources. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the concept of equal opportunity with an objective of evaluating its effectiveness in the United States of America. Gorge is rich ...

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Analysis and evaluation of alignment4 Strategic Contribution 5 Personal Credibility 5 HR Delivery Metrics6 Key Performance Measurements6 Action Plan7 HR Mission 9 HR Vision 10 Conclusion11

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Executive Summary This project report is a Human Resource Strategy for an organization in the power electric industry named Titan Electric, Incorporated. A human resource strategy is a model which begins with research into employment and moves into a framework which articulates the organization's and the human resources department main values. The HR strategic plan consolidates and presents the policies of the department in light of how individual functions operate. It then explains ...

The Declaration of Independence is the basic legal instrument that serves as the background in forming the equality of the society and protecting its rights. The Declarations presupposes all human beings to be treated equally and possess equal natural rights. According to the basic principles of the Declaration, the humankind has been created by God to be equal at all times. As it has been stated by Lincoln, equality is an abstract truth, so every man must be treated equally in the society. As the Declaration is a legal instrument, it predetermines the Government to be responsible for the ...

In resonating with the residents of the Tenderloin in San Francisco, my personalities have over the years been influenced by my unique environment similar to the Tenderloin thus shaping me into an individual with diverse and affluent values and beliefs. I come from China, Asia and this makes my environment unique similar to that of the Tenderloin. The residents of the Tenderloin are known to have a unique background with many racial groups and people of different walks of life. As such, factors such as race, gender and poverty are issues common to the region with the region also ...

There are various issues in this society that can be controlled if the education system of US will be changed by using effective and efficient strategies. A well-designed education system is necessary for the growth of a country and individuals. Therefore, the education system is getting better with time. However, there are people who are being affected by racial differences, poverty, and disabilities. Within the education system, mostly Asian, African, and Latino Americans experience inadequate services. For example, students with disabilities are not provided equal opportunities for sports. Moreover, appropriate skill development programs are also required for disable students ...

Rhetorical situation is an occurrence of rhetorical events consisting of a specified issue that is to be addressed to specific audience under some constraints (Cunningham et al. 184). Therefore, the rhetorical situations constitute of exigencies prevalent in the world, which through persuasion can be positively modified. The audience is another constituent, as the persuasion of the problem has to be addressed to a set of affected individuals. In this case, the decisions and actions of the audience act as the mediator towards modifying the problem. Lastly, there are the limiting factors towards the relevant decisions and actions, which are ...

Introduction

The education sector is among the most important sectors in a country. The society relies on the schools to provide better learning facilities and quality education to their children. There are various social issues that are associated with education including class, poverty, and resources. All these, among others, define the type and quality of education offered by the institutions. Every individual would like his/her children to get quality education to better their future. However, not all individuals have the ability to afford the best education that they would like to give their children. All social issues are important and ...

In the course of time the society has changed much – people are fighting for their rights and for the equality. This struggle has become prior in every sphere of life as everyone wants to be treated on equal terms with other people. Nowadays most people following the democratic principles have the right to express their position in the society. This issue touches the problem of gender equality which is commonly discussed in the world. In today’s democratic society women do everything for being treated equally with men. It is quite difficult to break the stereotypes of the society ...

The Key Constitutional Concepts is a film that focuses the creation of the American Constitution during the historic Constitutional Convention (Key Constitutional Concepts). It has three segments that examine the creation of the American Constitution and two constitutional conflicts that were landmark cases of the Supreme Court. The cases include Youngstown V. Sawyer and Gideon V. Wainwright and Youngstown v. Sawyer. Specifically, the first section of the three-part documentary examines the creation of American Constitution (Key Constitutional Concepts). In 1787, the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall brought together the Founding Fathers who faced the daunting task ...

Introduction

Over the decades, the minority groups in America society such as the blacks, American Indians, and Asians as well as women have been discriminated. Mainly, the discrimination of these groups has been manifested significantly in education, career opportunities, and in employment. To curb this racial and gender prejudices, the American Federal government and Supreme Court have enacted numerous legislation to support for equality of these underrepresented groups in the society. One of the most apparent and profoundly supported legislation is the affirmative action. In this paper, we analyze the actual meaning of the term Affirmative Action. Next, the paper ...

POVERTY AND CRIME

Introduction to background study Crime and poverty are some of the challenges that different societies face, and they have the effect of hindering attainment of a country's economic development. Through the development of practical policy issues, different governments struggle to eradicate crime and poverty, with the aim of achieving economic growth (Saunders, 2015). Crime has adverse effects on business performance due to instability and uncertainty issues. Different bodies are concerned that crime has put various governments at stake from achieving economic development, especially in the developing countries. Crime, as a setback to economic growth in the society, contributes to ...

Introduction

The World Economic Forum stated that the gender pay gap may take 118 years to close. The gender pay gap is the average disparity in men and women’s total hourly wages earned, which can be attributed to different factors such as level of education, expertise, type of industry and length of work among others (Grimley, n.p). Statistics showed that despite the increased participation of women in the labor force, their salary remains to be significantly lower than that of men, even in highly industrialized countries. The existence of a wide gap between men and women’s average earnings ...

Economic development, as scholars have cited, is synonymous with the concept of modernization (Diarsi 1996). Modernization and development refer to the progression of society from conservative opinions towards an inclusive and liberal approach where people enjoy equality irrespective of their gender or race. Modern society also assimilates the concept of a 'just' society where women have equal access to resources as their male counterparts and disparities regarding job opportunities, wages, and social status are either non-existent or negligible. Theoretically, modernization should be one of the automatic outcomes of economic development; however, practical examples may not testify this theoretical hypothesis. ...

Income Inequality

Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to establish income inequality as a serious socio-economic issue. The views of various social and economic writers have been explored to prove that the unfairly effects the low income class. A critical examination is made regarding inequality of opportunities available to low income class, as compared to the higher ones. Several studies conducted by prestigious institutions are cited to back the claim that income inequality hinders economic growth by increasing poverty and unemployment. Other aspects, such as the effects on the affordability of education and healthcare, are uncovered. An evaluation of ...

Introduction

Over the decades, the United States of America has been an egalitarian human society that has dedicated its resources to the eradication of women inequality and racism (Katz & Moore, 2004). Besides, it has formulated numerous legislations to push for equality for women, emancipation of slaves, and civil rights movements that aimed to promote equal treatments of the American Society (Katz & Moore, 2004). Despite these tremendous steps, racism and gender discrimination in the workplace still continues to be prevalent. In particular, women and minority groups like African-American have been the main target of this discrimination. The discrimination takes various forms ...

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Women and veterans have long been ignored as far as combat is concerned. Health issues associated with women could easily be controlled, if the issue of women and combat was carefully legislated. However, recent changes in the United States military organization have stressed that women should be given equal opportunities to participate in combat as men. Therefore, this research paper aims at analyzing various constraints to organizational behavior that led to such legislation. Furthermore, analyzes of the best organizational behavior theory that can best enhance the performance of the organization, and hence eliminate cases of women and veterans facing ...

The two articles bring into perspective how the economic position of the United States of America has affected promptly the welfare of workers in the American job market. The question of whether the American Dream is attainable or it is just a perception that most people have in their mind. It is in this regard that the American economy has deteriorated over the years and has emerged to level disappointments among the citizens and migrants who aimed at making it in the country. Income inequality is one of the vices affecting the American economy, leaving the country that was ...

For one to understand Michelle Alexander’s ideologies on the barriers that hinder the success of African-Americans, an exploration of her arguments is necessary. Accordingly, the author insists on the existence of a “rigid social stratification” that seeks to instill the values of white supremacy in the United States through the mass incarceration of colored persons (Alexander talk, par.1). Now, while the physical separation of whites and other racial groups is evident in the country’s present-day prison systems, the method is merely the latest invention by the supremacist Caucasians. Initially, in the antebellum period, the institution of slavery ...

Introduction

The Fourth National Mental Health Plan 2009-2014 resulted from a collaborative action in the Australian government. The plan was aimed at developing a mental health system at the early stages of the illness to ensure efficient recovery, detection, and prevention (Lawrence et al., 2015). In addition, the plan also aimed at ensuring that all the Australian people access appropriate and useful community support and treatment so that they could totally participate in the community activities (Commonwealth of Australia, 2009). The plan emphasizes the methods of reforming the mental health sections related to the policies developed by other portfolios in ...

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The following table outlines the number of allegations that has been received in the Fiscal Year 2015 based on the age, race, sex and disability of an individual. The figures that are being provided herein below are as per the records of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("Enforcement & Litigation Statistics", 2016): The total charges’ number is a reflection of the number of singular charges that has been filed. As there are often cases wherein an individual has filed a charge based on different types of discriminations. It is to be mentioned here that the total number of charges ...

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Diversity is indelible, so are the inherent challenges for leaders. Leadership skills are duly put to test when it comes to dealing with a diverse workforce or diverse marketplace. This paper is a tableau on diversity management and leadership that highlights the importance of diversity, its educational value, leadership challenge and recommendations. The paper has been divided into different sections for the convenience of readers. Having briefly reviewed the literature, the author identifies that most of the nations and organizations are failing in their diversity endeavors. Their initiatives are just limited to adhering legal laws and hardly go beyond ...

The Glass Ceiling: Women are under-represented in Management and Leadership Positions

Gender equality is a social issue that has invited the attention of policy makers as an important part of social justice. There are legislations enacted to give equal status to women in every area including the work place. Australian legislative body has passed a law in 1984, strictly specifying that no discrimination may be made against women at workplace regarding promotion, compensation and other facilities. Known as the sex discrimination act, it recommends legal action against discrimination on the basis of gender, sexuality, marital status, family responsibilities or pregnancy. It advocates for equal opportunity, status and respect enjoyed by ...

Race can be seen as how people are taken in respect to any particular social group as well as their differences as noticed from the visual point. As compared to the earlier days, racial issues are less burning in the context of the present-day society amongst American people. Basically, in the contemporary society, a number of racial equality measures have been undertaken in order to make sure that all the people in the United States are resolved as within the single nation ("A Growing Divide on Race"). Introduced as a tool in the fight against racial, ethnic and gender ...