Essays on Humiliated

Discrimination at workplace

Abstract A number of citizens have fallen victims of discriminatory practices at their work places. The effects of discrimination in the workplace may be so severe, some causing serious traumas and emotional problems. Discrimination at work place occurs when an employer takes an adverse action against an employee or even a prospective employee due to protected attribute. Such discrimination leads to inequality and unfairness in the workplace where some employees are denied basic rights compared to others. This paper presents a proposal on how to end discrimination at work place. The paper argues that ending discrimination in the workplace ...

People services Inc. whose foundation is providing quality services to its customers. Its employees are the key to efficient and productive services. Hence, conduct of employees is taken very seriously in the company. The employees have to be loyal, efficient and productive. The case study is of an employee whose performance fluctuated. At first, the employee known as Maryam had an outstanding performance. A hardworking employee. She came to work early. She did her work very efficient in doing her work. The management of the organization praised her for her good work. She was above average in her performance ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in July 1968, grief and frustration broke across America. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for equality and was an anti-racist crusader. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death had an impact on one person in Ireland, thousands of miles away. Jane Elliot, a third-grade teacher wanted to set the records straight, as she said that she has talked about racism from the first day of school. She wanted to teach her third-grade students about Martin Luther King Jr., and knew that there was only one way she could do that. A Class Divided is ...

Chapter 1

risks. I’m not much of a risk taker. As such, although the business world seems exciting, I feel a bit intimidated by the fact that I have to face all these risks once I join this world. Also part of what makes it intimidating for me is that I think that the skill of knowing when to take risks and when not to take risks is not something that can be effectively learned from school or from reading books. Instead, I think that this skill is best learned through experience. This then means that I would have to make a lot ...

The question of whether or not the Holocaust was a unique event in history is quite a trivial one. In a sense, every historical event is unique since such an event is never identical to another one. It is not the uniqueness of the Holocaust that matters; rather what matters is whether there is some important distinguishing feature because of which historians regard it as a unique occurrence (Marrus 18-25). Indeed, there is such a distinguishing feature, and those who have debated over the uniqueness of the Holocaust have overlooked it. This is what shall be argued in this essay. Many historians share ...

First, Danielle does not know that Tasha is going to be humiliated by reading her writing in public, so she can only anticipate that lying will result in Tasha feeling good, about herself and Danielle feeling good for complimenting her friends, so everyone is “happy.” Aristotle said “lying is mean and culpable” and truthful statements are always “preferable to lies in the absence of special considerations.” Not wanting to hurt your friends feelings could be seen as a special consideration. Furthermore, motive is important – is the lie aiming for the good and for happiness? Aristotle sets out that anything done ...

While bullying is not a new element of concern it is certainly changing with increase in diversities in the use of computers, smart phones, and network. The reason behind its popularity in the recent times is as a result of it happening in more places and more people than ever before. In the past, bullying only happened at schools or neighborhoods, and by children or teenagers. Currently, as the use of social media and internet increases, children, teenagers, and adults are bullied in all locations and time. Cyber bullying can be defined as “willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use ...

Introduction

Handling drugs and alcohol addicts require specialized care. The therapeutic approach requires that the members of the patients’ social circle confront the person with regards to the damages experienced as a result of the drinking behavior. Families normally procure services of interventionists to assist them, and advice on the actions that the members should take if the patients are to under a given treatment. Mainly, it is the family members and close friends who confront the addict. During the conversation, the patient is informed about the negative impacts of the drinking habit to the family and what the behavior is likely ...

INTRODUCTION

A lack of time is one of the most common problems people face in 21st century. The average people who have nine to five jobs piled on top of personal stress of life, is carried around on their shoulders all day. When they get home they want to be able to relax after work and be entertained. In today’s media driven society that means spending more time in front of the TV. Because of this, the entertainment industry has been more and more focused on the idea of producing TV shows that will claim their attention and keep ...

There are some choices that one is forced to do and live with. In George Orwell’s essay “shooting an elephant,” he recounts some life event when he was forced to choose between two evils. Several years later this episode still haunts George. This story takes place during five unhappy years of the writer. He hates his life and when a dilemma faces him, he is forced to kill a valuable animal at work in order to save his pride. In his own thinking, George is justified in killing the animal. His character in the essay has been demonstrated as one ...

Critical Mixed Race Theory

When the question of mixed race is brought up, it comes with complications to the existent black/white double system. The Critical Mixed Race Theory would give race a new way of being theorized but people of mixed races have lived under the same existent social and political dimensions. The way that mixed races have been viewed socially and how racism has primarily been a black/white issue, has made the mixed races be a direct receiver of the racist perception. When an individual of mixed race has had to identify him or herself by verifying how equal the whiteness and blackness is, they ...

The Second World War of 1939-1945 is noted by historians as the war that killed many civilians from each side. The war that have started with the German invasion of Poland kick-started German leader Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, as well as his vision in ridding the Jews in massive concentration camps and executions – the Final Solution or popularly known as the Holocaust. The Holocaust eliminated many innocent lives due to the Anti-Semitism in the European region, and a group’s desire to be claimed the superior race. The Holocaust paved the way for new methods of mass killing ...

Harassment

Harassment is clearly understood as behaviour, which is intended to hurt or disturb. It is of an offensive nature, done in a repetitive manner aimed at threatening the victims by creating a hostile or unpleasant situation. This could be through uninvited and unwelcome physical conduct or verbal (Epstein & Gang, 2009).

There are different types of harassment. These include:

Psychological harassment: This is when a person is humiliated, intimidated by gestures or which hurt his/her emotions. This could be in form of abusive behaviour, verbal comments or playing jokes as a way of degrading someone (Epstein & Gang, 2009). It is repetitive and creates a harmful working environment. Racial harassment: When individuals are ...

Abstract

Currently, it has been assumed that with the declining prevalence of racism and seemingly reduced rate of bullying in the neighborhood, schools in the United States of America are no longer affected by the negative vices of bullying, whether based on the race, gender or otherwise. In this regard, it is further assumed that the counselors within the schools have the ability to eliminate bullying within the schools. However, there is a very great difference between the reality and the assumptions taken so far. In addition, there are several reports on studies that have been developed with an aim of ...