...Dissent in organization was a topic I had little knowledge of before this class even though I manage a construction company. Before this class, the word dissent was not even in my vocabulary. The book helped me out with that and laid out step-by-step guide to what is organizational dissent and walked me through the process: from understanding organizational dissent, to some of the motives that might cause dissent, and concluding by giving suggestions what organizations can do to encourage dissent. Within the course, I found five main points that I would consider to be the biggest lessons I have learned about organizational dissent. I will accomplish discussing these points by breaking them out into two perspectives I have: the perspective as...
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...Dissent homework Dissent means, as a noun, strong difference of opinion on a particular subject; disagreement, especially about an official suggestion or plan or a popular belief; or, as a verb, to disagree with other people about something (“Dissent” Cambridge Dictionaries Online). Its synonyms are disagree, differ, objection and protest, whereas its antonyms are assent, agree and accede. Civil disobedience is, according to John Rawls, “a public, non-violent and conscientious breach of law undertaken with the aim of bringing about a change in laws or government policies”, and “given its place at the boundary of fidelity to law, is said to fall between legal protest, on the one hand, and conscientious refusal, revolutionary action, militant protest and organised forcible resistance, on the other hand” (“Civil Disobedience”). For example, the Boston Tea Party is generally considered as an action of civil disobedience, as well as legal protests. Puritans were dissenters, because they were against the unnecessary ceremony, rituals and hierarchy in the Church of England. They believed these things are obstacles between God and humans. Antinomian means one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation (“Antinomian” Merriam-Webster). They, who were “some Puritans in both England and Massachusetts Bay,” believed, under the covenant of grace, “an individual was virtually freed from the...
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...Whistleblowing is a new label generated by awareness of ethical conflicts encountered at work. They sound an alarm in the organization that threatens public interest * Whistleblowing has high stakes * Moral conflicts on several levels whether to speak out about abuses or risks or serious neglect * Things to consider? - ARGUMENTS * Is speaking out in fact in the public interest * Does speaking out, outweigh the his responsibilities against his colleagues and institution he works for * If 1 and 2 are valid, what about the fear ot the results * Can be threatened to undergo psychiatric fitness test, declared unfit, fired etc, marked as crazy * Like all dissent, whistleblowing makes public a disagreement with an authority or a majority view. * Dissent, breach of loyalty and accusation. Is there ways to find alternatives in-order not to breach these things? * You could be harming something bigger by being a whistle blower * Most important question, whether the existing avenues for change within the organization have been explored * Whistleblowing should be last alternative because of its destructive side affects, only chose when all other things are considered and rejected. * Does it infringe personal or private matters that we have no right to invade. Animal Rights – 135-164 * 200 million animals were used for scientific purposes * in the name of improving the quality of human life * vivisection is to dissect...
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...Introduction Whistleblowing refers to disclosure of suspected wrongdoing at work by a worker. All workers have the right and the capability to report inappropriate actions such as illegal transactions and operations or neglect of duties among others. The Sarbanes-Oxley due is a policy that sets the standards for the United States public company offices especially the boards, management and public accounting organizations. The paper describes a whistleblower and provides an example of a whistleblower case. The paper also analyzes the whistleblowers actions according to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As stated earlier a whistleblower is the individual that tells of an inappropriate action or operation in the organization. Whistleblowers have the following characteristics. Whistleblowers are never interested in changing their behavior or characteristics (Near& Miceli, 1995). Whistleblowers are normally having an educational background and have professional positions in the workplace. The whistleblower is intelligent as such can think through situations clearly and make concise decisions (Near& Miceli, 1985). They are pragmatic and will deal with situations in realistic ways rather than theoretical considerations. They are self-conscious hence not easily carried away by other people’s beliefs and attitudes. Whistleblowers are morally obligated to help others in the best possible manner. They have a high sense of morality (Near& Miceli, 1985). A former Zillow employee Chris Crocker...
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...Name of the Student Submitted to Name of University Date Course Abstract Generally, whistle blower is a person who tries to expose wrong doing inside an organization either to the public or to the authorized people. Whistle blowers disclose information regarding any misconduct at their work place which they think may be against public welfare or law. They speak out to expose corruption or to expose any kind of danger to the public or the environment. Whistle-blowing can be internal or external. The whistle blowers are often well educated people holding professional positions and are altruistically motivated. They allow themselves to be guided by their own attitudes and hold utilitarian beliefs. However, in case of being found out, the effects can be vastly debilitating for them including losing the job, isolation and personal life being put in jeopardy. The Dodd Frank law provides the whistle blowers protection from retaliation from the companies. If companies retaliate to whistle blowing the employees reporting wrong doing are protected by the Dodd Frank's anti retaliation statute and liable for double back pay (Miceli, et. al. 1984). Introduction Recently, a case of whistle blowing had come to light in September last year when Khaled Asadi filed a complaint that G.E. Energy (USA) violated the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. He alleged that he had been...
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...Groupthink is the concept of having many people go along in agreement with a decision essentially because, either someone of authority has spoken and others are afraid to contradict their idea, or because in the silence of a discussion, each individual believes that others agree with the “apparent” consensus and don’t want to demolish the group cohesiveness . For example, have you ever thought about raising an issue or question in a group meeting, but then abstained because you didn’t want to destroy the consensus view the team had spent considerable time forming, or because you didn’t want to appear to be the only unsupportive member of the team? Conversely, have you ever been a manager who has had to force a team through change when clearly the team was hesitant and not expressing their true opinions? or have you ever been in a situation where you have a team school project and all of you just agree with a certain suggestion because you just want the meeting to be done as soon as possible? The answer to these questions is groupthink. Along with this, the only thing that can help managers combat the groupthink effects is staying aware of the number of key indicators, or symptoms that this mentality presents. The four main symptoms of groupthink are: illusion of invulnerability, self censorship, direct pressure and an illusion of unanimity. One of the most dangerous symptoms of groupthink is the illusion of invulnerability, in which the entire group believes to have...
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...1.In the Us, and other democracies, it is typical for people to joke about different political issues, disagreements that they may have with another person. They may poke fun at friends and family, or themselves (by using disparagement humor) as well. In the Us, and other democracies, it is typical to use humor as a stress reliever and as an ice breaker to meet new people. In autocratic regimes, like Egypt, citizens tend to joke about political issues also.Egyptian citizens also use jokes as a form of tension relief. However, it does not appear that Egyptian citizens joke about people they like or about themselves. 2 .When citizens in Egypt joked about Mubarak through his regime, they did so to relieve tension.Some Egyptian citizens may have used jokes to show that they were not afraid of Mubarak, and by telling these jokes, they were showing that they (Egyptian citizens), were not afraid to make it known that they did not approve of Mubarak’s regime. 3. Disadvantages of using these types of jokes about Mubarak include the possibility of losing friends. If one Egyptian citizen was against Mubarak's regime, and joked about it to another friend who thought Mubarak was a wonderful person, there could be a problem. Also a second disadvantage could be the fact that they could be killed for what they believe in. 4.Jokes that were told about Mubarak portrayed him to be a violent individual (which he was). Also the jokes told presented Mubarak to be...
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...The documentary Preempting Dissent directed by Greg Elmer and Andy Opel showcased many issues in how police and security deal with protests. Some of the main issues include such their inability to handle protests, excessive resistance tactics, quick draw with weapons and the seemingly radical perspective of domestic security. Throughout the documentary there was an abundance of footage reveling police punching, threatening, beating, pepper spraying, shooting rubber bullets at and arresting innocent peaceful protestors. The police and other security forces began treating any big negotiations such as the G20 Summit as national security events. Although the police force is doing what they are instructed to they often infringe on the rights of...
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...Throughout the course of the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, an obedient and naïve girl named Juliet displays an ongoing transition of dissent. At first, Juliet comes across as the antithesis to a voice of dissent and a girl compliant with her parents’ wishes. Juliet stays optimistic towards the idea of marriage as it would satisfy her parents despite the fact that she does not intend on marrying or falling in love with anyone anytime soon. Juliet is revealed to be a perfect example of the expectation of young women in Verona during the Elizabethan Era before she transitions into a voice of dissent. As Juliet’s mother tries to persuade her to pursue the idea of marriage, she informs Juliet that “Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, are...
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...A People Suppressed The suppression of women has occurred since the beginning of the century. There have always been women who have expressed their feelings on the matter in many different forms. Two such women are Virginia Woolf and Louise Erdrich. They use their cultures and time periods to show the ways in which women are suppressed, as well as, a silver lining for women to become empowered. These authors express their views through their literature, especially in their most well-known works, Mrs. Dalloway (Woolf) and Love Medicine (Erdrich). The women in their novels are suppressed in multiple ways. The characters are emotionally, physically, and sexually, and within their marriages. In Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway, the main character Clarissa Dalloway is a suppressed middle class wife, who enjoys throwing parties for guests. Clarissa is suppressed internally or emotionally by her time period and culture. She lives her life according what is and isn’t appropriate. Virginia Woolf wrote her novel with an emphasis on description, however in her writing she doesn’t go into much detail on certain incidents. Such incidents are those of intimate nature. Woolf writes these scenes with barely any description compared to the rest of the book. One such scene is that of Clarissa kissing another woman named Sally, when she was a young girl. The absence of depiction of detail on the matter shows the sexual suppression of women. “In her novels, sexual passion becomes masculine property...
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...The women show courage and intelligence even though they are culturally suppressed. Discuss. The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie highlights the often challenging lives of Nigerian women living in Africa, but also abroad in the United States. It is however, not the difficulties which Adichie is ultimately focusing on, but the courage and intelligence of women who are able to make ‘small victories’, overcoming various attempts of cultural oppression. Adichie’s characters are subject to cultural suppression in several of the short stories. This is most pronounced in ‘The Arrangers of Marriage’ where Chinaza is forced by her husband to assimilate to her new surroundings by ridding herself of all signs of being Nigerian, as ‘to get anywhere you have to be as mainstream as possible’. This included giving up her native dress, language and food in order to fit into American culture. Furthermore, Dave’s request that she change her name, is perhaps the most significant sacrifice, as she became Agatha Bell, while ironically, her neighbor, Nia, had taken on an African name. This essentially makes her disappear in much the same way as Akunna in ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’. Akunna is striped of her Nigerian family through winning the ‘Visa Lottery’ and is then forced from her ‘uncles’ home due to his inappropriate actions. This lands her at the ‘last stop of the Greyhound bus’ in Connecticut and working in a café. The patrons regularly mistake her for Jamaica, as she...
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...Collective Dissent The very foundation of the United States was built on civil protest. The Boston Tea Party being one of the most well known examples from an era of struggle with the crown. But we also had the abolitionists in the 1800s, and the suffrage movements in the 1900s, to the labor groups in the 1930s, anti-war movements in 1960s, all the way to the Occupy protests in 2011, and The Women’s March only a few weeks ago. So when the opportunity arose to protest President Trump’s Secretary of Education nominee from Michigan. I decided to participate in this staple of our democracy and take the journey to Holland. *** Betsy DeVos, a Holland native, is the billionaire wife of Amway inheritor Dick DeVos. She is a strong Republican philanthropist....
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...American Propaganda and the Suppression of Dissent in World War I “May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. “ – Dwight D. Eisenhower On June 28, 1914, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated. That event marked the first phase of World War I (Grayzel 10). Soon afterward nations throughout Europe announced declarations of war. By the end of October countries as far away as Japan, China and Brazil had become involved (Grayzel 11). Susan R. Grayzel in the “Introduction: The First World War and the Making of a Modern, Global Conflict” from The First World War: A Brief History with Documents”, explores a variety of contributing reasons for the Great War (Grayzel 9). The causes most often cited included the rise of nationalism, increased militarism, imperialism, and a willingness among the population to allow their governments to persecute a war (Grayzel 9-10). Ironically, it was a complicated series of competitive alliances and international peace agreements that caused such a rapid global escalation of hostilities (Grayzel 5). With its vast immigrant population, and their own ties to European and Asian interests, America was not immune to finding itself dragged into the war. Hence, during the first years of the war, President Woodrow Wilson struggled to maintain neutrality. So much so that he issued a declaration of neutrality to Congress on August 14, 1914. In his speech he entreated Americans to remember, “Every...
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...realize that they are being treated unfairly and being band together to fight injustice”, is called a dissent. The history of an American change the world into a better place. Additionally, America is becoming better than before. Dissent plays an important role in shaping the American history is because it made people believe that there is hope. The dissenters back in the days would give up the world to just fight for their children and relatives freedom. For example, women back in the era did not have the rights to vote nor have freedom, they were unrecognized. Susan B. Anthony was one of an astonishing dissenter who fought for women’s rights and suffrage movement. Her goal is to lead women into the right...
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...Defending Justice Douglas’s Dissent of Terry v. Ohio Defending Justice Douglas’s Dissent of Terry v. Ohio Terry v. Ohio is a landmark supreme court case that started on October 31st, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio, when police officer Martin McFadden observed three men engaging in suspicious behavior. At first, two men, John W. Terry and Richard Chilton, were taking turns pacing up and down Euclid Avenue, stopping to peer into a storefront, then congregating at the street corner. Later, a third party (Katz), met the two at the corner then left abruptly after brief conversation. Officer McFadden then confronted the three men, searched their outer garments under the suspicion of criminal intent, and found a pistol on Terry and another on Chilton. Terry’s defense argued the gun found on Terry was inadmissible in court as evidence, stating that his 4th Amendment right to protection from unreasonable search and seizures was violated. The court denied the defendants' motion on the ground that Officer McFadden, on the basis of his experience, "had reasonable cause to believe . . . that the defendants were conducting themselves suspiciously, and some interrogation should be made of their action." Purely for his own protection, the court held, the officer had the right to pat down the outer clothing of these men, who he had reasonable cause to believe might be armed. The Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed their appeal on the ground that no “substantial constitutional question” was involved...
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