...Plagiarism and its negative effects are unjust, lack moral and can have serious consequences on both the student and the authors. Plagiarism has become what some are calling a trend due to the influence the internet has had on students, high school and college as well as some educators. Although plagiarism has been playing a negative roll in academics for a considerable amount of time, access to internet cutting and pasting has made it a more talks about subject. While reading the online article on plagiarism, Lines blurred for students in a digital age (Gabriel, 2010) I learned of a student that was reprimanded for copying from Wikipedia. The argument the student gave in defense of his ignorance to what he had done, was that the information he obtained had collective writers and was common/public knowledge. What makes this unjustifiable is the ideas were not his own. Although it may have appeared the student did not have knowledge of plagiarism, he was still reprimanded for plagiarizing. What he did was unjustifiable and unfair to the collective writers and he should have been held responsible. Many institutions enforce a policies apposing plagiarism. These policies protect the authors and encourage students to be more creative, (Gabriel, 2010) relaxing plagiarism standards “does not foster creativity it fosters laziness”. Plagiarism in academia by Syed Shahabuddin has a very strict approach to plagiarism. Shahabuddin speaks strongly about plagiarism and seems to have...
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...Diversity Worksheet Nora Shamblin ETH/125 July 16, 2015 Tabitha R. Barrett Diversity Worksheet 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is differences. These differences can be age, race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. Diversity is valued because it is through our differences that we are great. I think it is important to explore our differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. I also think diversity should be valued because they enrich a society because they allow people to experience different thinking processes, to see that there is more than one way of approaching issues or living one's life. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. An example of this is how we talk about written Hebrew as reading "backward." Why not just say "from right to left". Ethnocentrism is detrimental to a society because it leads us to make premature judgments. It also leads us to make false assumptions about cultural differences. 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigration is defined as leaving a country to settle in another. If you emigrate, you leave your own...
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...Diversity Worksheet Katrina Altizer ETH/125 03/31/2014 Ryan O'Kelly Diversity Worksheet What is diversity? • The quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc. • • The state of having people who are different races or who have different cultures in a group or organization. (Dictionary, 2014) • • Why is diversity valued? • We can all learn from the differences in people regardless of skin color or race which at times is mistaken for diversity. What is ethnocentrism? • Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view the world through the lens of one's own culture. That is, individuals tend to judge others' behaviors, customs, beliefs, and attitudes by their own cultural standards. ( • • Baumeister & Vohs, 2007) In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? • There are many ways in which ethnocentrism can prove detrimental to society. One of the hugest is world peace. Many wars and deaths that have been caused by differences of opinions. Define emigration and immigration. • Emigration leaving a country to settle • • in another. • • Immigration coming into a new country • • as a permanent resident. ( Schaefer, 2012) • • A student studying abroad from Mexico leaving Mexico and studying in France. This is not permanent. • • An example of immigration would be an adult family man from Mexico moving from Mexico to the United States of America for work to become a permanent resident. What...
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...U.S. population diversity. Workplace issues related to employee diversity in terms of gender, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and cultural background are emphasized. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Harvey, C. P., & Allard, M. J. (2009). Understanding and managing diversity (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Schaefer, R. T. (2011). Racial and ethnic groups (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Workplace Diversity | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives |Recognize the dimensions of diversity. ...
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...Ethics 125 Cultural Diversity Racial Diversity in Society Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. The political, social and economics standings for the Hispanic America/Latino have been getting strength during the years. At the beginning the Hispanic American/Latinos came to the United States with low income and they work in whatever was available to make some money. The social aspect of the Hispanic American/Latino where that they move to a few states only and stayed there, one of those state would be New York. In the political standing the Hispanic American/Latino has none. In these days the Hispanic American/ Latino a lot of them have move to medium or high income. The social aspect has change, now you can find Hispanic American/Latinos in the fifty states of the United States. And in the political aspect in the last decade we have Hispanic...
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...Calendar | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Week 1 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | Post Bio | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2Diversity Worksheet | | | Week 2 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2Stereotypes & Prejudice Worksheet | | Implicit Association Test (IAT) | Week 3 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2Discrimination Worksheet | | Who Am I? PowerPoint | Week 4 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2 | | Religious & Ethnic Diversity Paper | Week 5 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2Historical Worksheet | | Historical Report on Race | Week 6 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2 | | Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet | Week 7 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2Gender & Sex Worksheet | | Diversity Organizations Worksheet & Paper | Week 8 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2 | | Aging & Disability Worksheet | Week 9 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | ETH 125 | | | DQ 1 | | DQ 2 | | Final Project...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is when people come from different ethnics, races, religions, etc. Diversity should be valued because without diversity everyone will be same and there is no fun in being the same. You do not get to learn or experience different things. Knowing different cultures makes you open to new experiences, things and places. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is the way you look at the world based on your culture or beliefs. Also when one thinks that their beliefs are better than others. I think ethnocentrism can be detrimental to society because you will make assumptions based on your ethnic and cultural beliefs. Not everyone or everything is the same. 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigration is leaving a country to settle in a different country to live. Emigration can occur due to a better job. Immigration is coming into a new country as a permanent resident which one is not a native. 4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? Race, ethnic, religion, and gender are some groups people can be identified by. The racial group is broken into Black, White, Asian, etc. Then we have ethnic group with consist of Hispanics, Polish American, Japanese Americans, etc. Religion...
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... | | |Cultural Diversity | Copyright © 2010, 2005, 2004 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course focuses on the issues, challenges, and opportunities presented by U.S. population diversity. Workplace issues related to employee diversity in terms of gender, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and cultural background are emphasized. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Harvey, C. P., & Allard, M. J. (2009). Understanding and managing diversity (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Schaefer, R. T. (2011). Racial and ethnic groups (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is a mixture of race, culture, personalities and beliefs. I feel as though individuals value diversity because a diverse population spurs brilliant ideas, opinions, and talents, but also shows individuality. A diverse community helps an individual to become more open-minded by being exposed to different ways of living and walks of life. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is when a race, group, or culture is superior and all the other races, groups or culture are not worthy. One main way that ethnocentrism can be detrimental to society has been talked about in history. When the Europeans use Africans as their slave. Ethoncentrism is the cause of many deaths in America due to gangs and religious views. 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigration is when there are a group of people leaving one country so settle into another country. Immigration is when there are a group of people are going into a new country to settle with the intention of becoming a permanent resident. The root word for both of these terms is migrate which means the transfer of population. 4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? One major way that people identify groups of people...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is the presesnce of people from different backgrounds and different walks of life. Diversity is the differences with are age, race, ethnic origin, culture, physical abilities, religion and sexual orientation (Kokemuller,N). Diversity is valued in so many ways from education to business it is also valued because it shows the difference side of people. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism refers to someone’s culture or the culture of any group of people (Ellis.T 2013). Ethnocentism can be detrimental to a society when the negative effects strats to show meaning when one group of people start to think that they are better then another group. For example when the KKK Klan went around the south harming Afracian Americans are anyone who was not like them (Sinarta.A,2007). 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigrations is to leave one country or to settle in another (n.d.,n.a.). immigration is the The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country or A government department dealing with applications from foreign citizens who wish to live in a particular country. 4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? Groups of people can be identified by their age, race...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? According to “Luther College” (2013), “Diversity encompasses complex differences in perspectives, identity, and points of view among individuals who make up the wider community. Diversity includes important and interrelated dimensions of human identity such as race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, nationality, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, ability, and age” (para 2nd). Diversity is valued because it powers the way people understand and interpret the world. Multiple identities, ideas, thoughts, emotions, moral and values makes the community and society work better. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? The "Dictionary. Com " (2013) website indicates that ethnocentrism is the propensity to evaluate other groups according to values and standards of their own ethnic group, particularly with the belief that their own ethnic group is superior than others group. Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society because of peoples false assumptions toward culture differences. It causes misjudgement and misinterpretation in the society and distorts communication between human beings. 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigration is leaving the country or region you live in to settle in other country. For example...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? There are a few different types of diversity such as ethnic, gender, and age. Diversity by definition is the state or fact of being diverse, difference, unlikeness, variety;multiformity or a point of difference. Furthermore diversity is any dimension that can be used to differentiate groups and people from one another. Diversity is valued because nobody is completely the same as anyone else as described above there differences in all and I know personally I feel life would be boring if everyone was the same or thought the same it would be almost like the twilight zone. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism can be defined as the preferencing of an individual’s culture over the cultures of any other group. It is also defined as the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture. As well as a tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own. There are some positive effects of ethnocentrism but the negative effects like a highly excessive form of ethnocentrism can be detrimental on society such as in the early 20 century. 3. Define emigration and immigration. The chapter this week discussed emigration as leaving a country to settle in another. An...
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...------------------------------------------------- Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, variety, especially the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization. (http://www.merriam-webster.com ) I think diversity is valued because it gives everyone the opportunity to being themselves and create groups or organizations to be with others who share the same interest. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocentrism) I think that ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society in many ways; first it can make people judge before they actually know what is going on. We can think wrong of certain people and then we decide not to get to know them because we judged before we tried to get to know them. This can harm anyone and make us not like each other and create hate towards each other. 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigration- leaving a country to settle in another country. Immigration- Coming into new country as a permanent resident. (Racial and ethnic groups, Richard T. Schaefer). 4. What are some of the...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is having different elements such as, different religions, different values, different races and different cultures. Diversity if valued because it is an important part of what makes America, America. We like to eat foods from different cultures, we like to learn languages and we like to explore what is important in different cultures, like their beliefs. It is important to respect what makes people different and share with other cultures. It is how we learn what this great world has to offer. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is the belief that their own group is superior to all other groups. This can be detrimental to a society because they are not open to the experience and knowledge of another group. They may dismiss a good idea or solution based on their own belief that it would not be a good one. They are limiting themselves and the other people in society. 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigration is the people who are leaving a country to live permanently in another country. An example would be people who are leaving Mexico to come to be in America permanently, they are leaving a country (Mexico) for another country (America). Immigration is a person coming into a new country...
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...Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. Response: Well, there could be numerious reasons why Hispanics are not doing good. From prior experience in the Interactive Scenario’s city, in that area where education isn’t a prime, it is obvious that people will not get a great job or a legal job. Being that there’s such a small community of Hispanics in the area and that of it being a legitimate worker or a cut above the the average person in Philadelphia, it’s small. That, and being the jobs are scarced already in the area where they could pay good enough money that doesn’t just make ends meet. Part II Answer the following in 50 to 150 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is racism? In what ways does racism affect diversity? Answer: Racism is where you discriminate against other people based on racial profiling. That means that if a person of another race does...
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