Essays on Stanger

IMPACT OF A MANAGER’S BIAS AND STEREOTYPES ON THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF A WORKPLACE

IMPACT OF A MANAGER’S BIAS AND STEREOTYPES ON THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF A WORKPLACE

Introduction

Bias and stereotype have always been under debate since the start of business on earth. In general, both are concerned with prejudice for or against a certain kind of group of people. Both can be negative or positive and of many different types. However, one thing is crystal clear in the light of various studies is that both are injurious to the profitability and reputation of any organization or corporation. That is why, most of the companies, in the modern age, are striving hard to ...

Introduction

Stranger with a camera is a documentary film directed by Elizabeth Barret in 2000 that tries to shed some light to the murder of Canadian television journalist, Hugh O’Connor, in 1967, at Lecher County, Kentucky. O’Connor was shot by a coal miner named Hobart Ison, when he was trying to document poverty and living conditions in Appalachia, and interviewed Ison’s house, without Ison been there at the time. When Ison arrived, he asked O’Connor and his crew to move away from his house and when they did, he shot O’Connor to death. In this documentary Barret ...

Post-feminism is a very complicated term in the sense that it encompasses contradictory and pluralistic discourse within our modern society. Both authors Portwood-Stacer and Arthurs focus on the relationship between feminism and consuming behaviors that are depicted through television. Portwood-Stacer argues reality makeover television both reflects and perpetuates the ideology that individualist consumption is an important means of feminine empowerment. (Portwood-Stacer 196) Both authors also agree on the fact that the physical appearances are often emphasized as an empowering device for women in the television shows and for audience viewing the show. According to The Oxford English Dictionary, Post Feminism ...

Mandated Benefit and Their Impact in the Labor Market

Mandated benefit refers to additional entitlement by the employee beyond salary or wage. According to Baker and Stanger (1999), mandated employee benefits legislation is a basic prerequisite for small and medium enterprise but-not big corporations. There are various categories of mandated benefits. They include contributions to Medicare and social security, Unemployment compensation and Compensation insurance. In addition, mandated benefit programs are more efficient but less equitable than standard public programs. The existence of mandated benefits and government funded programs arise from government paternalism, the existence of externalities, and adverse selection effects on firm survival if only some firms provide ...