...INTRODUCTION Discrimination within the workplace is a serious issue that many people face due to personal attributes in the face of ignorance. Unfair discrimination within a human resource management context can be defined as withholding benefits or opportunities and providing burden to a person due to their race, gender, sexuality, religion ext… Australia has implemented several anti-discrimination Acts over time, concerning discrimination such as age, disability, sex and race. However, these Acts cannot monitor every discriminatory deed within a workplace, though they can make sure that there can be consequences for it if brought up by an employee. Within the case study shown, the unfair discrimination employed by the Apple store can be...
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...‘Illness is simply a matter of bad luck, bad judgement, or bad genetics’ is a statement that expressed how health can be affected by the ‘luck’ of the environment that an individual is born into. The aforementioned statement expressed how health can be affected through a bad judgement of misdiagnoses made by health practitioners. The statement then declared how having bad genes allows an individual to become more susceptible to specific disease (Marvell, 2012). This statement focused on how health is influenced by psychological (bad judgement) and biomedical (bad genes) determinants, for example, being overweight is seen has having bad genes however, sociocultural factors such as gender, media and age can also largely affect an individuals’ health status. In 2002 the World Health Organization (WHO) released the Madrid Statement, saying: "to achieve the highest standard of health, health policies have to recognize that women and men, owing to their biological differences and their gender roles, have different needs, obstacles and opportunities." Meaning that the needs and barriers of both women and men (for example, women are more likely to develop breast cancer than males) are a major influence on the health of the individual and if the Government wants to achieve high national health, knowing the needs and overcoming the barriers must be addressed. A bad luck obstacle males have to face is the expectancy to participate in labour intensive jobs such as being a constructor and...
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...The idea of “racist anti-racism” proposed by Ghassan Hage has prompted political discourse through continuity and change in Australia. Over recent decades, the empirical evidence displaying the extent of racism has emphasised “newly ethnicised and/or racialised groups” (Hage, 2014) that constantly shape the Australian landscape. It is particularly seen that racism is conceptualised as a “broader phenomenon of oppression which also includes sexism, ageism and classicism” (Berman, 2010, as cited by Paradies, 2006, p. 4). This recurring issue is manifested in “several forms and different intensities” (Hage, 2014) which highlights the severe implications experienced by Australians who belong to certain cultural groups. It has “constructed fearful social environments that have deprived...
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...Labor and skilled labor shortage: 3 Age barriers: 4 Managing an aging workforce: 5 Fair employment practices and recruitment policies: 5 Training, development and job’s design: 6 Flexible working practices and outsourcing 7 Changing attitudes within organizations 7 Conclusion: 9 Word count:2,087 words Introduction: Managing the Aging Workforce today is one of the important topics for the world’s organizations. The increasing average life expectancy of populations does not only affect economic, social systems of countries and communities, but also has a strong impact onthe business activities of enterprises.The demographic changes rapidly will not only hitcountries such as United State, the Western European countries, Australia, or Japan, but also the upcoming countries as China, Singapore or Hong Kong. There are more than two million Australians aged 65 and over, and the number will double in the next 40 years. In Hong Kong, 11 percent of the population is 65 or older and this will increase to 25 percent in less than 30 years. Japan, with 20 percent of its population aged 65 years or over, has become the world’s most aged society, and this, combined with its extremely low birth rate means its population is projected to shrink by 20 percent over the next 50 years. Europe too faces similar demographic problems. By 2020 more than one in three adults will be at least 60 years old. (Raymond, 2010). How do organizations anticipate their workforces and even jurisdictions...
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...Demography Population growth * Demography: is the study of population, including factors affecting its size and growth * Whether a population is growing, declining or stable is affected by four factors: * Births and Immigration increases the population * Deaths and Emigration decreases the population • Natural change: is the number of births minus the number of deaths • Net migration: is the number immigrating into country minus the number emigrating from it • The UK’s population grew from 37mil in 1901 to 61mil today and should reach 71mil by 2031 • Growth has been mostly due to natural change rather than net migration Births There are two measures of births 1. Birth rate 2. Total fertility rate The birth rate • The birth rate: is the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year • There has been a long-term decline in the birth rate • In 1900, it was almost 29 • By 2007, it had fallen by more than 60%, to under 11 • But there have been fluctuations • There were 3 ‘baby booms’: 1 after each war and another in the 1960’s • The rate fell sharply in the 1970’s, rose during the 1980’s and early 1990’s, and then fell until the recent increase since 2001 The total fertility rate • The total fertility rate: is the average number of children a woman will have during her fertile years (aged 15-44) • In the 1960’s baby boom, it reached an average of 2.95 children per woman, declining to an all-time low of 1.63...
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...RLL NURS1101 Week 3: Nursing as an Art & Science Week 3’s NURS1101 class commenced with a DVD lecture on seizures & the different type’s people could succumb to. The level & seriousness is determined by the seizure classification indicator. First it is divided into being a partial or generalised activity, a partial seizure is one originating in one part of the brain & is diagnosed as simple or complex, whereas a generalised seizure’s activity involves the entire brain & diagnosed as absence, myoclonic, tonic clonic, tonic or atonic. The information is set out in a table for on the website: www.epilepsy.org.au/aboutepilepsy/understandingepilepsy/seizuretypeclassification. Discussion about the different types of seizures people can have is included in the opening tasks of this week’s tutorial. Displayed for students information & awareness on the room display boards is “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs”, students are asked to interpret this information, discuss & describe how a nurse needs to apply it as professional activity during working hours, keeping in mind OH&S & the level of safety & security. Included in Maslow’s Hierarchy & displayed as a pyramid connecting on thing to the one above are self actualisation, esteem, belongingness & love, safety & physiological needs. For the first case study you have to apply Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Mrs Wall the 80 year old with history of MRSA, diagnosed early dementia & dysphagia. Also discuss the risks for the attending nurse, the...
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...Demography Births page 47 The number of birthdays affects population sizes. Sociologist uses the birth rate to measure births. The birth rate is… the number of live births per 100 of the population per year. In 1900 the birth rate was 28.7 In 2007 the birth rate was 10.7 This shows there has been a flucation in birth. Was high in 1900’s as after the war people had babies. A baby boom is… when a lot of babies are born in the same short space of time. The total fertility rate Factors determining the birth rate are… the proportion of women who ar child bearing, and how many children they can have. Total fertility rate is… The UK’s TFR in 2001 was… 1.63 2006… 1.84 1964… 2.95 These changes in fertility and birth rates reflect that… More women are remaining childless than in the past, and women are waiting longer to have children. Reasons for decline in the birth rate are.. Abortion | better nutrition | better medicine | improved housing | divorce | women do what they want | jobs | better knowledge of hygiene. Future trends in birth rates – page 48 Birth rates – fertility rates – family sizes are… falling. There has been a slight increase in births since 2001, because immigration. The projection for the period up to 2041 expects… annual number of births to be fairy constants, around 700-720,000 per a year. Effects in changes in fertility – page 49 Changes in the number of babies being born effect several aspects of society like.. family...
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...2016, p. 7). Due to these findings, it is vital that falls prevention programs are implemented, as Mrs Field would be a high-risk of additional falls following her several others; preventing falls not only improves the health and wellbeing of Mrs Field, it promotes hospital avoidance by preventing the main issue, in this case falls (College of Nursing & Health Sciences 2015). Relevant programs that are available in Mrs Fields district is a private in-home physiotherapist offered through the (Government of South Australia: SA Health 2017, p. 15) to provide fall prevention strategies through assessments, education, exercise, balance training, care plans and regular consultations; this service, Xtra Homecare, is designed to allow older adults to live independently as long as possible in their own home. Home assessments and therapy of community-dwelling older adults has proven to have a client centred impact on health, attitude and confidence while also supporting hospital avoidance strategies (Chase et al. 2012, p. 285). Falls prevention will be effective in hospital avoidance due to its nature of building independence and knowledge in avoiding falls, therefore injuries, furthermore hospital visits. Mrs Filed will be provided with the tools and knowledge...
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...Introduction Globalization is the worldwide trend of economic integration across border that allows businesses to expend beyond their domestic boundaries. It means that the companies are no longer limited by their countries and may conduct their business anywhere in the world, which produce numerous effects on management such as how management localization, global coordination, managing global talent and global performance management. To develop and manage a global organization implies developing and managing people who can think, lead, and act from a global perspective, managers would be able to face at different challenges, like different cultures, new global work force trends, ethics and social responsibility managing global talent. Culture Culture Culture is the total of human being knowledge, beliefs and other capabilities adopted by individuals or groups. In the multicultural environment, the aspect of culture must be identified. For example, the Chinese get used to use chopsticks for eating food, but Australian tends to use fork and knife. Not knowing these, the American company would fail to sell thousand millions of wood-chopsticks to China and lose the opportunities to earn. The culture environment affects the global management process. For many managers of U.S. organizations, the highest priority is profit maximization, but for many managers of Japanese organizations remains and increases the market share (Rodrigues, C, 2009). Therefore, the...
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...The Canadian pension system, funded from the Government of Canada’s general revenues is comprised of three programs. The Old Age Security (OAS) program includes the basic OAS pension, the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and the Allowance for Survivors.(social work) Old Age Security provides benefits to Canadian residents at the age of 65 and who have resided in Canada for more than 10 years after age 18. To receive the full monthly benefit of $540.12, an individual must have lived in Canada for a period of 40 or more years after the age of 18. OAS benefits are not dependant on paid employment or the income of a spouse or partner. Individuals who earn more than $69, 562 will have their OAS benefits “clawed back” and those with an income exceeding $122, 772 are not eligible to receive the OAS benefit. The Guaranteed Income Supplement provides benefits to low income seniors who are also receiving OAS. The federal government has recently introduced policy changes to the Old Age Security and (GIS) benefits, specifically increasing the age of eligibility from the current age of 65 to 67. These changes are to be fully implemented by the year 2029. As an advocate for low income seniors, the policy changes to the OAS/GIS eligibility requirements will be analysis and recommendations will be made that there is no financial reason to amend the Old Age Security Act and in doing so the adverse affects to lower income earners will be numerous. The Canadian government, under Conservative...
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...POPMUS 305 The Punk movement as a reaction to stagnant music scene of the 70s Ivan Stevanovic 3461726 The Punk movement is often seen as a reaction to what was regarded as a blown up and stagnant, self-indulging music scene in the mid-70s. In wider perspective, it is considered not merely as a music genre, but more as a complex mixture of social, cultural, rebellious upheaval of the marginal, disillusioned young white generation, first in the US and UK and then in the rest of the western world. This essay will try to explore these statements and find out whether any of the two can be considered as the only cause for the emergence of punk. MUSIC INFLUENCES AND BACKGROUND One would say that any form of modern music in its initial phase is a protest, by default. That could be supported by numerous examples throughout the music history when rebellious young artists were crossing the boundaries of the conventional music genres and styles and often rejected from the music establishment. The stylistic music origins of punk could be found in second half of the twentieth century. First it was rock’n’roll of the fifties that shook the post war society with its wild rhythms and raw cords played on electric guitars amplified to produce more “noise”. The other influences were R&B, country and rockabilly and in the 60s many sub-genres that emerged on the rock music scene like: garage rock, frat rock, psychedelic rock, pub rock, glam rock, and proto-punk. Although its origins...
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...SOCI 1301 Final Exam Review The final exam will cover chapters 1-16 and in class lecture notes. Theorists: Robert K. Merton Erving Goffman Karl Marx Ferdinand Tonnies Theoretical Perspectives: Structural Functionalism Conflict Theory Symbolic Interactionism Matching: Match the following key words with the definitions below. a. Corporate Crime b. Social construction of reality c. Socialization d. Culture e. Culture Shock a. Norms b. Social Control c. Subculture d. Popular Culture e. Cultural Transmission a. Ethnocentrism b. Family c. Status d. Ascribed Status e. Achieved Status a. White Collar Crime 1. __CULTURE___ is the values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that together from a people’s way of life 2. __CULTURE SHOCK____ is the personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. 3. __CULTURAL TRANSMISSION___ the process by which one generation passes culture to the next. 4. __NORMS____ are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members. 5. ___SOCIAL CONTROL__ is the attempt by society to regulate people’s thought and behavior 6. The term______ refers to cultural patterns that set apart some segment of society’s population. 7. ___POPULAR CULTURE___designates cultural patterns that are widespread among a society’s population. 8. __ETHNOCETRISM____ is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture. ...
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...Franco, Reina L. Mrs. Luningning O. Marcelino BSN – 4B, B1 Ageism - also called age discrimination is stereotyping of and discrimination against individuals or groups because of their age. It is a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify age based prejudice, discrimination, and subordination.1 Gerontology - is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging. It is distinguished from geriatrics, which is the branch of medicine that studies the diseases of the elderly.2 Geriatric Nursing - Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc.3 Issues Facing the Elderly Being old can mean being sick, poor, hungry and depressed, even in developed nations like Australia. What are the issues? In Australia, the ‘elderly’ is generally a reference to people over the age of 65. Lots of over 65ers lead healthy and empowered lives, and many are involved in community volunteering. But for the elderly, health can be a big concern. Their bodies are more susceptible to illness, they may be physically frail, and many are on medications which are costly and ongoing. An elderly person who is able to fund their own retirement is called a retiree. This means they had a job that paid them enough superannuation. Someone who is unable to fund their own retirement, and is paid welfare money by the government is called a pensioner. Pensioners...
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...01 May 2012 1. Background The literature being studied is an article written by Hellen O’ Sullivan, the Director of Scientific Methods Australia. The article entitled “Business ethics are set to stage a comeback” was published on the 75th page of The Australian Financial Review on the 6th February 1990. 2. Literature Review Basically, the article discussed several important issues about business ethics. One of the most prominent was the remark she made about business ethics making a comeback. The conclusion was made upon the fact that business ethics are becoming more and more popular among business practitioners as the era of ‘Me-generation’, and its obsession with greed and profit at any cost draws to a close. Besides that, another notable issue addressed was the positive correlation between business ethics and corporate performance. She suggested that recent corporate failures resulted from a singularly motivated strategy of making profits. She also noted that the 1990’s avalanche of corporate collapse could be all attributed directly or indirectly to the decline in business ethics. The third issue raised was the role of managers or business leaders to actually uphold business ethics. She suggested that the formulation of a sound ethical code of practice should be a part of every company’s strategy and that it is the first responsibility of every business leadership. 3. Procedures I have made a research regarding the issues identified...
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...Crimes against the elderly in socially organized and disorganized communities Table of Contents Introduction 4 Defining Elderly Abuse 7 Traditional Societies 8 The length of the problem 9 Institutional Settings 9 Risk factor for Elder Abuse 10 Individual factors 10 Factors of Relationship 11 Factors of Community and Society 12 The result of elder abuse 14 Domestic Settings 14 Treatment in institutions 14 Preventing Elder Abuse 15 Feedback from national level 16 Responses from local people 18 Social Service 19 Health Care 20 Legal Proceeding 21 Campaign to generate public awareness 22 Recommendations 23 Greater Knowledge 23 Causes of the abuse 24 Impact of abuse 24 Evaluating the process 24 Stringent laws 24 Basic Rights for Elders 25 Traditions 25 Other preventive measures 26 Conclusion 27 Reference 28 Introduction The history of elderly abuse is not a very new phenomenon. It can be traced back from a very early age if we flip through the sociological status of yesteryear. However with the passage of time and further defining a goal to reform child abuse and domestic violence, the objective of elderly abuse has also been considered in the agenda. Unlike other form violence, the elderly violence has come into limelight with the progress of public health and criminal justice. The issue of these two forms has paved a way to view, analyse and curb the issue on violence towards senior citizens of a society. This paper...
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