Essays on Labors

Indentured Servants

Indentured Servants

Introduction

At the beginning of the seventeenth century a lot of labor market institutions were created with the purpose of promoting the movement of labor. The majority of plantations in Southern English America, which were involved in the cultivation of tobacco, sugar cane, indigo and rice, began to feel an urgent demand for labor. Modern machinery was definitely providing considerable solutions, though human blood and sweat was still essential for the planting, cultivation and reaping of these commercial crops. As a result, many planters started to gradually introduce the idea of indentured servitude. This system, created because of ...

Background

Recently, Apple Inc instituted few changes in the Company’s Code of Conduct, particularly in China. It must be notified that more than 90 percent of their products are manufactured and assembled in China, which enforced the company to conduct operational audit and environmental audit in order to measure the tendency of deviation in production standards. The reasons for conducting the audits were the controversies related to labor mismanagement and environmental unfriendliness in China. According to Guglielmo (2013), Apple Inc announced that the inspection of facilities would be done by “Fair Labor Association” in order to evaluate the quality ...

Question/Problem Definition

In a global and competitive world of corporation, each organization aims to acquire a significant share of market and earn lucrative profits from loyal customers. On the contrary, the customers want products and services from organizations that ensure their quality at least possible price. In order to produce and deliver a quality product and/or service to the customers, it is important to have an in-depth customer orientation and standardization in production processes. The two aspects need a strong synchronization with the organizational culture and strategic decision-making. Organizations need to sustain a strong compliance with quality guidelines and factors that ...

It is necessary to consider welfare of employees, their salaries or wages, pensions, benefits, and administration of contracts of employees in accordance with their grievances in order to allow employees to work in most effectual manner. However, this is also essential for ensuring satisfaction of employees. Union movement started in Canada as there was fight for wage cut, workers were discriminated, and labor conflict was increasing because of arrival of immigrants from Ireland, Britain, and Scotland, who became involved in the crowd behavior for protesting alleged injustices of employers. Further, in 1990s, variations in trade agreements, economic system, and ...

Business

Financial Analysis The financial condition of the company, which is evident from balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement, is indicative of the fact that the financial strength of the company is satisfactory. The horizontal analysis of balance sheet of Lowes Company is also showing improvement in performance of the company. Such as it can be seen from the Horizontal and vertical analysis that account payable of the company has increased, which means that there is improvement in payment of debts, and total shareholder’s equity of the company has also increased. Similarly, the horizontal analysis of income ...

Forces of nature shape the surface of the earth, but there are also the manmade industries that can largely reform and alter the landforms. Quarrying is also one of the men invented industry that has a different impact on the people and the environment at large. Focusing on the problems associated with the environmental effects, it can largely impact the health of the people through inhalation of dust and listening to loud, noisy sounds. Indirect problems of the quarrying include the calamities that can cause greater damages such as through land sliding and flash floods. Major negative effects of ...

Classical economics also known as liberal economics was first developed by the father of economics, Adam Smith. His book "An Inquiry into the Nature and the Causes of the Wealth of Nations" was written in 1776. This period is considered as the beginning of classical economics. Adam Smith contributed to economics with his moral thought. He has given our capitalist economy a different form. But Karl Marx first used the term classical economics . He was the most influential thinker and most controversial in his time. He was a great philosopher, social scientist and revolutionary. He is the main person ...

The Dutch East Indies, today known as Indonesia, has through the history seen different colonizers that governed the country in different periods of time. There were and still are different perceptions of the different colonizing countries among Indonesians. The Netherlands and Japan are one of the most important countries that impacted the country’s nation building. The paper will answer the research question in what ways were the Japanese different than the Dutch regarding nation-building in the Dutch East Indies. There were some similarities and a lot of differences in governance. The historical context played a vital role in ...

The Australian Worker’s Union is the oldest and largest trade union of the country. The Australian Trade Union was founded in the year 1886 due the revolution of the Australian Mining Industry. It is estimated that the Union has around 100,000 members all across the country. The trade union works as a mediator between the employees and employers to solve all problems related to employment. Another function of the Australian Worker’s Union is to maintain a healthy relationship between the employers and staffs. The Australian Trade Union grew with the popularity that becomes a regulating body, ...

Summary (Heracles)

Heracles is considered a half-god; of course he was the son of the gods (Zeus) and a human mother. He is equally portrayed as the strongest man who has ever lived. He showed his extraordinary force and strength with the desire to win during his early life, for instance, when he fought a snake which slithered right inside his baby cradle (Caruth, p. 1-12). However, the most saddening incident throughout his life comes after his marriage with Princes Megara with whom they got three children. Because she cannot forgive Zeus, her husband, Hera’s jealousy prompted her to make ...

History

The Great Depression of 1930s has played a very important role in changing views of Americans regarding labor and unions. There were many people employed, but after elections of the year 1932, the focus of government and courts shifted towards pleasing the labor. In the year 1935, National labor Act was passed. This act is also known as Wagner Act, which justified the rights of labor or workers for changing their representatives in democratic manner and gives right of bargaining collectively with employees. This act has ensured protection of labors from injury and interruptions by removing unrest from the ...

Business Plan

Contacts: [Toronto, Canada] Business Description Foodies Company is a for profit company that is going to offer dairy products, free of artificial flavors and chemicals. The fresh products will be offered to the consumers. The purpose of the business is to increase the health awareness among the people, offering them healthy, quality and free of the artificial flavored products that directly impacts on their health. Initially, the company will offer milk, butter, yogurt, cream and cheese. No artificial sugar, carbohydrates and sodium and any other flavors as well as chemicals for its preservation and sanitizing will be used in ...

Introduction

The internationalization and the globalization have changed the business strategies from trading, exporting and investing to the incorporation of the alliances, managements, business activities and operations. The transformation is resulted in the impacts and affects the human resources and management practices. Now, the firms have the employees from different countries of the world. The global workers are mainly categorized into three types include host country employees, expatriates and third country nationals (Sims & Schraeder, 2005). The paper is going to argue about the pros and cons of the global talent and supporting the restrictions from the U.S. federal legislation for ...