Essays on Unfair Treatment

Introduction

Social discrimination is the unfair treatment or making a preference in courtesy of or against an individual in the society based on either class or group among others (Hogg, 2016). The society is characterized by differences in terms of wealth and power as well as status. The differences in such status and privileges lead to stratification in the society (Hogg, 2016). The inequality in the society brings uncalled for treatments and thus the discrimination. According to Karl Marx, the society is only composed of two groups of people. These include those who own the means of production and the ...

Pros of Ethiopia As An Investment Opportunity

The Ethiopian economy is essentially centered on agriculture, which actually account for more than 85% of Ethiopia’s total employment and 46% of its GDP. Similarly, the country has shown an impressive economic growth from the past few years. Ethiopia is one of the largest landlocked countries in sub-Saharan Africa and it is increasingly becoming a central point for the foreign investors seeking forthcoming investment opportunities in that particular region. According to IMF, Ethiopia is one of the firmest growing economies with approximately an average growth rate of 8.2%. The economy brightly expected to grow further. It grew 9.6% ...

On July 4, 1776, the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. While this was not the first act in the American Revolution, it was a definitive act which the colonists felt was necessary for their intentions to be known. After years of unfair treatment with no representation within the British parliament, the colonists were tired of Britain’s actions against them. While often represented as a simple issue with taxes, there were far more grievances the colonists had with their treatment at the hands of the King. As stated in the Declaration of Independence, the colonists felt ...

Thesis

Racism is still a very big problem in the world and America in particular. The gains of the civil rights of the 1960's have been washed away, partly, by the rise of the ‘political correctness' era that designed things to be said in a certain way, and, a pluralistic ignorance that came out as an offshoot of political correctness, where, people speak about racism in acceptable terms while believing in the opposite to avoid appearing insensitive and racist. Just as racism was rampant in America in 1930’s as brought out in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird, ...

Thesis statement

Effective labor relations help identify different systems and mechanisms necessary for successful implementation of the reform process to streamline organization operations (Castro, 2014). To justify the rationale of active labor relation, the paper outlines the various demerits of having a bad industrial relation in organizations and why voters often become reluctant to implementing change. The essay takes account of the views of different scholars on the subject with a justification of the existing theories on the matter. In the first section, the critical analysis justifies the need to conduct the study, indicating that the concept of workplace relation has ...

Introduction

The existence of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has been a commonplace issue for continuous national and international debate. This paper seeks to give an objective insight into the LGBT community with specific regard to the USA. The paper seeks to explain the kind of lives lived in the community and their interaction with the other members of the society as well as the legal system of the country. The paper will also highlight the kind of issues/ordeals the community members go through either due to their actions or the responses of the other citizens towards them. ...

Executive Summary

The recruitment and retention process are the critical activity that ensures the organization has the right personnel with the qualities and skills that the organization demands to achieve its objective. This is clearly explained in the introduction part of this paper. The process needs a strategic plan to ensure its success hence the paper is giving the steps and activities to be useful in making the best recruitment for the post of human resource coordinator. There is job analysis that incorporates the full description of the position, and personal specifications we admire to see in our candidate. There is ...

In this paper, we would like to dwell on some issues concerning knowledge, religion, and women rights. Things that would appear impossible to link are actually strongly connected. As an object for our discussion, we took a book ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ written by Khaled Hosseini. One of the main topics of the book is an unfair and abusing treatment of Muslim women and their luck of knowledge to deal with it. What is knowledge itself? Due to the Oxford dictionary, it is a fact, information, or skill that a person receives through experience. This definition could be used ...

I agree with you that Malcolm X knew a life full of hardships but he did not want any of the hardship, or past experiences get in his way of being an influential and valued member of the society. This man was an idealistic believer of social change especially at the time when the black people were experiencing unfair treatment as members of the community. He decided to stand up for himself and the rest of the community and advocate for the rights of the black community. He was significantly influenced by those who came before him including his ...

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 ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) There is, undoubtedly, a stigma that surrounds rioting and protesting in the United States. If you turn on the radio, you can hear music glorifying riots, talk show hosts discussing recent developments in large metropolis areas, and the collection of opinions surrounding police brutality, the use of military force, and the freedom of speech. In the midst of negative finger pointing at the radicals and crazies that initiate riots, the root cause of the problem is often lost and the public categorizes the group involved in a riot based on the most obvious commonality; race, ...

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

The NLRB is a government agency with two major responsibilities which include conducting elections for the labor unions representation and conducting investigations and remedying unfair labor practices in the country. The body ensures the protection of the employees' rights by the employers through justice to the employees and also protecting and promoting the collective bargaining power through labor unions. The body was formed in 1935 at the heights of US industrialization where labor unions formed to protect the rights of the employees by the employers. Its mandate was primary to reduce the unfair labor practice and to strengthen the ...

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 ...

Introduction

Gender disparity is a common element in any society coupled with controversy and extensive debate due to the biological differences between men and women (Ridgeway, 2011, p.62). Are men and women equal despite these obvious differences? This is the major question posed by society in relation to gender equality. However, the dimensions of gender inequality offer valuable information in understanding this issue and identifying areas that require urgent attention. Social inequality is apparent in almost every society. Throughout many decades, women have been struggling to be equal to men. The purpose of this paper is to explore the inequalities ...