...shape the consumption of work, goods and services by my family and myself. This section will also consider how the psychological aspects of consumption could be affected by income inequality and deal with the social ramifications of this inequality and look at any possible changes to our consumption from a cultural sense. This essay will argue that income inequality can have significant potential to change the future consumption of work, goods and services by myself and my family. The concept of income inequality is not new it has been discussed by politicians and economists for a number of years if not centuries, as the old adage says ‘the rich get richer the poor get poorer’. The ministry of social development defines it as, “The extent of disparity between high income and low income households” (Ministry of Social Development, 2010) and it essentially deals with the fact that the majority of the wealth in New Zealand resides with a minority of the people. In recent years there has been a large amount of press about this issue, “Anger over income inequality has already sparked popular backlash in the form of Occupy Wall Street and other similar demonstrations.” (Gore, 2013, para. 3). This garnered a lot of press because every country has a large...
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...SECRET LANGUAGE of • HOW LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION THROUGH NARRATIVE The LEADERSHIP STEPHEN DENNING John Wiley & Sons, Inc. More Praise for The Secret Language of Leadership “Out of the morass of strategies leaders are given to transform organizations, Denning plucks a powerful one—storytelling— and shows how and why it works.” —Dorothy Leonard, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business, Emerita, Harvard Business School, and author, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom “The Secret Language of Leadership shows why narrative intelligence is central to transformational leadership and how to harness its power.” —Carol Pearson, director, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, and coauthor, The Hero and the Outlaw “The Secret Language of Leadership is not only the best analysis I have seen of how and why leaders succeed or fail, it’s highly readable, as well as downright practical. It should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in engaging a company with big ideas who understands that leaders live and die by the quality of what they say.” —Richard Stone, story analytics master, i.d.e.a.s “A primary role of leaders is to create and maintain meaning for their organizations. Denning clearly demonstrates that meaningmaking comes from stories well told.” —Thomas Davenport, President’s Distinguished Professor of I.T. and Management, Babson College, and author, The Attention Economy “Steve...
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...motivators for individuals to exhibit ethical behaviors in all areas of their lives. Modern thought tends to see religion as one sphere of society, alongside politics, economics, science, family, morality and so on. There is much written about business and organizational ethics but there is little written about the behaviors that people display to demonstrate they are ethical humans. It is almost as if an organization is perceived as an entity capable of doing behaviors without the human element. Decisions within the corporate world are shaped not merely by ethical ideals but also by economic, social, political and legal constraints. Christian ethics, for most people, becomes the art of discerning the morally "more or less," the less than perfect "better or worse," in the myriad of trade-offs among competing values and interests. Modern thought tends to see religion as one sphere of society, alongside politics, economics, science, family, morality and so on. There is much written about business and organizational ethics but there is little written about the behaviors that people display to demonstrate they are ethical humans. It is almost as if an organization is perceived as an entity capable of doing behaviors without the human element. This paper investigates the interrelation of religious principals and beliefs, and its influence on business and social ethics. Introduction “At the Hyatt resort in Bali, 80 percent of its November bookings -- British car dealers...
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... Whereas before I was more about practice and ‘getting it done’, it has become apparent that theory generally is an intrinsic element in advancing our understanding of our environment, culminating in improvements in practice. It is not a means of simply explaining or predicting behaviour, nor is it there only to serve as a framework for further inquiry (although these are important benefits of theory). Theory has a much more significant and elegant role to play in accounting than simply to reason and articulate the current status quo. Theory’s importance, relevance and effects have been eloquently summarised by Jonathan Culler (1997) when he writes: Theory is often a pugnacious critique of common-sense notions, an attempt to show that what we take for granted as 'common sense' is in fact a historical construction...an exploration of...
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...known only by the individual or person himself. Whereas the outer self is that which we let others know. The capacity for self reflection is necessary for people to feel as if they understand their own motives and emotions and the causes of their behaviour. The self is heavily influenced by social factors that is the way we manage ourselves is influenced by the people around us and the situation at the time. The A, B, C of the self could be examined in three major domains; that is the affective, the cognitive, the behavioural. From the cognitive domain one will ask questions like- How do people come to know themselves? How do the social self, self concept, self esteem, self presentation. They develop a self concept and maintain a stable sense of identity? From the affective or emotional domain, we will ask questions like: How do people present themselves to others? How do they regulate their actions according to interpersonal demands? What is the self? The self refers to a person’s inner being including the mind and spirit. Here, we are referring specifically to the ego which is the conscious self, the real person. A person’s nature or personalities are the personal qualities that make up one individual. For example, we usually say that he or she is not his/her cheerful self today. Self Concept (Cognitive Component) Although we usually talk about the self-concept as a single entity. It is actually a multifaceted structure (Mischel and Morf, 2003). The self concept is an organised...
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...Democracy Democracy is a word frequently used in British Politics. We are constantly told that we live in a democracy in Britain and that our political system is "democratic" and that nations that do not match these standards are classed as "undemocratic". The concept of "democracy" is contestable. It is understood by many people to mean a form of government in which a significant portion of the governed society has a franchise to elect members of the governing body. Other observers would argue that a "true" democracy is a system of government that embraces a universal adult franchise. While flaws exist in all democratic systems of government, most advocates accept Churchill's dictum that contemporary democracy as we know it is the least bad of all systems of government. What is democracy? The popular understanding of the term "democracy" is that there are three basic forms: direct, representative and constitutional. Direct democracy is a form of government in which the right to participate in making political decisions is exercised directly by all citizens, acting under procedures of majority rule. In large states, direct or participative democracy is not possible. Representative democracy is a form of government in which the citizens exercise the same right of participation in making political decisions, not in person but through elected representatives. However, different representative political structures can produce substantially different outcomes. There is no simple...
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...The electoral college even distributes the popular vote so each state has a say, much like the how the House of Representatives is structured (Kimberling). The current political system contributes to the political stability of the nation as a whole. Some may say that because electors are not required to vote in accordance with the popular vote the system is flawed, but it may actually be a perfect system. The idea of the electoral college is derived from the fact that some Americans make uneducated votes and need to be saved from putting themselves into anarchy (Duncan 10). Perhaps the electoral college is not a terrible system, but it still has flaws like every other government system in the...
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...Critically reflective essay Emma Purnell: 0522771 “Our planning (or worrying about) what’s happening next gives us little opportunity or inclination to examine what has just passed” Wallace (2005) Writing from a student teacher perspective I thought it was very apt to start with the quote above. I believe I, like many student teacher colleagues, spend so much time worrying about what I have to do next, that sometimes I need to have a gentle prod or reminder that I need to be critically reflective of my actions in order to improve my future teaching performance. Sometimes if a session goes wrong I would rather not dwell on it and re-examine why it went wrong as it hurts my pride. However, this would be the easy option and how many times in future situations could I close my eyes and pretend bad experiences hadn’t happened? So regardless of how painful the experience it is vital that we critically reflect on everything we do as teachers, after all we reflect automatically on events in our personal life that we do or don’t want to happen again yet we find it harder to do it in our professional lives. The idea of the need for reflection goes back to the time of Socrates who claimed that the unexamined life was not worth living. More recently however, the idea of reflection in learning was radical in the times of traditional educational institutions. John Dewey as early as the 1930’s wrote and advocated the need for reflection in learning. Dewey, the father of experiential...
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...Research on Earnings Management in Listed Companies Name: Jing LI Table of Contents 1.Overview of earnings management theories 3 2.Motivations for earnings management in listed companies 7 3. Means to do earnings management 12 4.Conclusion 17 1.Overview of earnings management theories 1.1 Meaning of Earnings Management To research on earnings management, we must understand the meaning of earnings management. In financial accounting theory, different researchers have different understandings of the meaning of the earnings management. First, researchers mainly hold three opinions: First one is that earnings management is due to a keen interest of managers on the choice of accounting policies. Mangers will choose those accounting policies that maximize their own utility or market value of the company. Meanwhile, the accounting policy will not exceed the scope of the accounting standards. The second one is based on the information concept. In this view, earnings management is the concept of a "disclosure management", or to say that the management of the company (including the board of directors, managers, department heads) for certain private interests to control financial statements when disclosing. The third one is from the objectives of standard-setters. Earnings management is that the authorities use professional judgment to prepare financial statements and through the planning transaction to mislead the stakeholders’...
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...general background about humor. Questions like why we should use humor, whether we should use it at all, etc. will be answered in the “Why” section of this paper. And finally, the “How” section will explore some basic rules on how to use humor in the workplace appropriately. There will be some suggestions even for managers who lack a sense of humor. So, enjoy and remember the most important aspect of humor in the workplace: Your employees should laugh with you, not at you! WHAT Humor is a quintessentially social phenomenon, since every joke requires both a teller and an audience. A sense of humor is a different and positive perspective on events and things. It can be utilized as an instrument to develop an atmosphere that is conductive to motivation. Laughter itself has physical, emotional, and moral benefits. Humorous people tend to be more adaptive, more capable of handling stress, more intelligent and more analytical. They are also more open, articulate, and optimistic. A survey conducted among Fortune 500 Company executives revealed that a sense of humor is the third most important factor needed to succeed in business. A sense of humor is nothing more than a different perspective, a more positive spin on things. This study will examine how humor can be a strong managerial tool. Does this mean...
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...young boy’s noggin. Some symptoms that definitely stand out include (but are not limited to) Roger’s extreme violence, indifference to the pain inflicted on others, and his impulsive actions. Yes, Jack only had a few of the listed symptoms for PTSD, but what’s really chilling to the core is that Roger fits one disorder to the letter. Many people who have this condition can only be diagnosed at the age of eighteen or older, but often show signs and symptoms before the age of fifteen! How old is Roger again? Although Golding never specifies his age, Roger is noted to be younger than Jack, and Piggy, and Ralph (who’s said to be the eldest at only twelve-years-old) but older than those designated as “littlun’s.” In short, Roger fits into the perfect time frame to be showing signs of a disorder known as “antisocial personality disorder.” Now antisocial personality disorder is nothing to be taken lightly as stressed in a report on the subject in Conditions & Procedures InBrief. The author, Laurie Rosenblum, MPH, lists a few symptoms such as, “repeated law breaking, repeated lying/deceitfulness, impulsiveness, irritability and aggression, disregard for safety of oneself or other, lack of guilt over hurting others, destruction of property, bullying or cruelty to animals and/or other humans,” and so much more! Overlooking such an extensive list, one cannot help but wonder if William Golding read these symptoms when designing the character of Roger. From jabbing a pig up the derrière to killing...
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...clinically recognized pregnancy. These secondary mechanisms may occur either before or after fertilization. Postfertilization effects would be problematic for some patients, who may desire information about this possibility. This article evaluates the available evidence for the postfertilization effects of oral contraceptives and concludes that good evidence exists to support the hypothesis that the effectiveness of oral contraceptives depends to some degree on postfertilization effects. However, there are insufficient data to quantitate the relative contribution of postfertilization effects. Despite the lack of quantitative data, the principles of informed consent suggest that patients who may object to any postfertilization loss should be made aware of this information so that they can give fully informed consent for the use of oral contraceptives. Arch Fam Med. 2000;9:126-133 Oral contraceptives (OCs) are among the most extensively studied and used medications in the world,1 and are accessible without a prescription in some countries, although still virtually unavailable in others. In America, OCs have contributed to an increased acceptability of birth control,2 although, for many patients, decisions about contraception still have moral, ethical, and religious implications.3,4 For patients who believe that human life begins at fertilization (conception), a method of birth control that has the potential of interrupting development after fertilization (a postfertilization...
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...historiens behagelige rum. Og det gør man, fordi det begge overlever og bliver hos hinanden. Dansk, d. 17/08/2012 Læs teksten ’’Helle Helle: En stol for lidt’’ Vi har om åbne og lukkede tekster, og ’’Helle Helle: En stol for lidt’’ er en åben tekst fordi man har så mange overvejelser, og tænker videre på slutningen. En åben tekst: Er en tekst fuld af tomme pladser, således at læseren har frit valg på mange fortolkningshylder. En lukket tekst: Er en tekst, der forsøger at skabe en lydig læser i den forstand, at læseren loyalt fortolker teksten sådan som forfatteren lægger op til, at der skal fortolkes. Teksten handler om et par, der forbereder sig til deres egen fest, men alting går dårligt, og de skal til at lave maden færdig og gøre toilettet rent. De mangler også at tage deres fine tøj på. Men den ender meget sær, fordi kvinden i historien forlader pludselig huset, og så ringer døren på. Så man ved ikke hvor kvinden går hen, man ved ikke om hun forlader manden fuldstændig, eller hun tager hen til naboen for at hente en stol, som der mangler ved spisebordet, fordi de for 14 gæster på besøg. Vores opgave: Mie og jeg Vi skal udfylde de tomme pladser i en lille del, som vi selv vælger. Hvorfor begynder han at græde? Fordi han føler, at hun ikke...
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...Herman Miller, Inc. Traditional Case Study June 18th 2012 David Maillie Andrew Hatfield-O’Hern Andrew Withers Isil Ecevit Nawaf Nizamudeen Current Status History Herman Miller began in Zeeland Michigan as a manufacturer of high quality furniture and bedroom suites entitled the Star Furniture Co. In 1909 the company’s name was switched to the Michigan Star Furniture Company. At the same time, Dirk Jan De Pree was hired as a clerk. Just 10 years later, Mr. De Pree became president of the company. Mr. De Pree saw great potential with the company and soon after talked his father-in-law, Herman Miller, to purchase the company by buying up the majority (51%) of the company stock in 1923. The company name was then changed and named after Herman Miller and remains that way today. Early on, Herman Miller became a company that treated workers very differently. Most manufacturing companies, De Pree stressed that all workers are important individuals with special talents and potential (Adams, S. B., Manz, C. C., Manz, K., Shipper, F. (2010). He saw that workers were more than just hourly labor and knew that if he could encourage them to expand their horizons and broaden their knowledge and interests that the company would also benefit from this. In the early 1930s, the Herman Miller company was known for producing high-quality, traditional furniture. However, this was the time of the Great Depression. A very trying time with unemployment rates as high as 25%...
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...C O D E C ODE v e r s i o n 2 . 0 L A W R E N C E L E S S I G A Member of the Perseus Books Group New York Copyright © 2006 by Lawrence Lessig CC Attribution-ShareAlike Published by Basic Books A Member of the Perseus Books Group Printed in the United States of America. For information, address Basic Books, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016–8810. Books published by Basic Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02142, or call (617) 252-5298, (800) 255-1514 or e-mail special.markets@perseusbooks.com. CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-10: 0–465–03914–6 ISBN-13: 978–0–465–03914–2 06 07 08 09 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Code version 1.0 FOR CHARLIE NESSON, WHOSE EVERY IDEA SEEMS CRAZY FOR ABOUT A YEAR. Code version 2.0 TO WIKIPEDIA, THE ONE SURPRISE THAT TEACHES MORE THAN EVERYTHING HERE. C O N T E N T S Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Chapter 1. Code Is Law Chapter 2. Four Puzzles from Cyberspace PART I: “REGULABILITY” ix xiii 1 9 Chapter 3. Is-Ism: Is the Way It Is the Way It Must Be? Chapter 4. Architectures of Control Chapter 5. Regulating Code PART II: REGULATION BY CODE 31 38 61 Chapter 6. Cyberspaces Chapter 7. What Things Regulate...
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