...Associate Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Physical issues such as loss of vision, hearing, etc. 2. Welfare issues such as loss of income, harder to get a job, 3. Discrimination and stereotype issues Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? According to ageismhurts.org, “Agesim is stereotyping or discrimination of a person or group of people because of their age” (2014). Ageism influences the presence of diversity in a society because there is a lot of discrimination and older people tend to be a diverse type of group amongst the younger population. Older people are being competed against younger people for many things. Agesim can cause a lot of cause and effects such as older people losing their job or getting ill due to their age. No matter the cause, the effect causes a more diverse population and it influences the elderly population, as well as people younger than them. What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)? How does the ADEA address issues for the aging population? The ADEA prohibits employment discrimination against persons 40 years of age or older. The ADEA addresses issues for the aging population by “Specifically dealing with discriminatory policies involving employers, employment...
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...be able to revive himself in certain conditions. As a technology, it also has technological system which various aspects. The first aspect is the techniques or human activity-form. In the Cryonics, it was seen on how people preserved a dead body. In Egypt, the dead people were mummified and preserved in order to reach the second life. In Cryonics, they also want to follow this ritual or activity. They want to preserved a dead body in order to revive it and not for the preparation of the afterlife. With this technology, they can prolong the life of a person or they can make people “immortal”. The technique that they will use in technology is the power of ice to preserve a dead body. Their example is a frog that was frozen to dead and was still able to revive itself when the ice melted. The second aspect of the technological system is resources, tools, or materials. In studying Cryonics and to further develop its technology, they are using dead bodies that are stored in a freezing apparatus that has liquid nitrogen to preserve a body. All the tools that they will be using are located in their laboratories. Their tools and apparatus would enable them to further study and analyze their research on how to revive a frozen dead body. The third aspect is the technological products and...
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...back in 80s and 90s went hand in hand. It was very interesting to read the "Dark Alliance". I found out a lot of interesting staff of which I didn't know before. Of course, not every black american was involved in drug distribution and consumption. There were the ones who worked hard to pursue their dreams; however, there were more people who consumed and distributed than those who didn't. Rappers raped about it in their songs. The song "White Lines" describes how at parties MC and other party people consumed it. MC also tells us about his feelings and illusions he had. Once, people get involved into the crack epidemic, it is hard to stop. Also in the song, MC tells that every time you want it more and more. So, the dosage increases and money decreases. Some still suffer from the crack epidemic. People who used to party and play cool are now addicts who just think about getting drugs. The Crack Epidemic brought violence and sickness. People on crack are not stable and can think straight. As a consequence they are more violent and uncontrollable. People also become sick addicts. They can't live without it and do everything they can to get drugs. As an example in the song "White Lines" about a girl who sells herself for a dose of crack. Males act the same. If they don't have enough money to buy drugs, they'll do everything even if it's against the law. So, violence and sickness arise in the crack epidemic time period. Youths learn about drugs from songs,...
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...Essay Arise of conflicts tend to be unavoidable in most all aspects of one’s life due to different ideas, personalities, morals, work ethic and everything else that make us an individual. It is state that conflicts occur when ‘incompatible goals, attitudes, emotions, or behaviors lead to disagreement or opposition between two or more parties.’ However, just because conflicts are bound to arise in both personal relationships and in the workforce, does not mean there are not multitudes of resolution and avoidance techniques. There is not one right way to resolve a specific conflict because each case is unique in its own ways, just as the reasoning behind the conflict arising. Assertiveness is one of my strongest personality traits; I don’t back away from or easily give up something I want to fight for and that I want or work for. However, sometimes my assertiveness will clash with my urge of wanting to help someone and see the best in them. Although helpful, in some situations that emotion unwillingly takes control and I become over-cooperative. In my personal experience, it is much harder to come to a win-win resolution when it includes relationship conflicts, when comparing the task and process conflict. Relationship conflict includes emotion, and uncertainty about the other individual or group’s intentions. Even with trust and your own instincts, either party in the conflict can end up being steered because of emotion and interpersonal issues. Relationship conflict, I feel,...
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...cold out, very cold my feet are yellowed with infectious disease I know it will be another 2 full hours till the doctor can tell me if I have to get leg amputated with the carpenters tool. I fear that it will hurt or I can just go home I enlistment ends at the end of April beginning of March, March 1st to be exact. What will Washington think about I leaving , after all he brought I here to spy on the British only 18 miles away in Philadelphia. I have been here since December 1777 and I don’t plan to leave till June 1778. A question arises: if I had been a soldier at Valley Forge would I have quit? Quit - Leave, usually permanent. It can come down to the final straw. While I are waiting I start thinking of the reasons to stay. Three main reasons to stay I think for staying and re-enlisting, the cheerful willingness of the soldiers, we are trying hard to abolish tyranny, and...
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...Date: October 8, 2013 To: Engel From: Danny Brooks RE: age and employee ethics and how it influences Business Ethics. Context In this business memo I will first be discussing how age and employee ethics influences business ethics. Secondly, I will be discussing how age plays a part in employee ethics. Business ethics is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arises in a business environment. It applies to all business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations. Employee ethics is our actions when at our work place. Our actions at our work place are defined and directed by a set of rules called employee ethics, also commonly known as a code of conduct. Assertion #1 Age and employee ethics play a role in business ethics. Both play a role in business ethics because within a business or corporation, the environment may be filled with employees of diverse ages and people who act ethical in different ways. Although a business or corporation may have employees of many different ages, it is a moral responsibility of all the employees to maintain a healthy work environment by maintaining their ethical standards and procedures to the utmost precision. However, because there may be a diverse age group of employees within a business, you may find in a business that younger employees may have problems with acting responsible and with high diligence. You may find this...
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...evolve into. OD is giving the company the tools to make it successful in the long run (Brown, 2011). Before this class I did not understand all the concepts associated with OD or how they could benefit me in the future. I now will be able to develop diagnostic skills to identify OD issues, problems, and opportunities; acquire the ability to apply OD knowledge to organizational situations, and identify organizational situations that require professional assistance, thus achieving my personal and professional goals. Part of OD is being able to anticipate the need for change. This need for change may arise because of issues, problems, or opportunities within a corporation. For example, when companies are in highly competitive markets they must continuously change and adapt (Brown, 2011). Also, when companies fail to be financially viable they must look for ways to increase profitability. Failure to perform at previous levels is another reason companies look to OD as a way to change (Brown, 2011). These are all issues and problems that OD professionals aim at changing. I work for a small non-profit housing corporation. We help people who are at risk of foreclosure and other financial housing matters. In the past year the foreclosure department has been declining. This would be the exact reason a company would hire an OD professional. Problems do not have to arise to call in an OD professional. If a company sees an opportunity and can gain something this could be reason for turning...
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...some of the various alternative forms of energy readily available. Where I live there are several homes that have added solar energy as an alternative to the current energy that is run in our area. Solar energy is talked about in our book “The Sciences: An Integrated Approach” as a huge resource here in the United States. (Wiley,2013) According to the author, there are two methods of converting this energy from the sunlight into electricity. The one method is called “solar photovoltaic” which involves using a semiconductor to convert energy produced from the sun into viable electricity. These kinds of innovations will take us a long way in converting from our dependency of fossil fuels to a more infinite sustainable source of energy. Switching over to this or one of the other types of sustainable energy would not be an easy transition. There are so many variables to consider before making the leap to this technology. Space is one of the first variables. It will require a significant amount of land to establish a wind or solar farm. In an area like Harford County, this wouldn’t be as big of an issue compared to other places. There is plenty of land that could be purchased and utilized to create this alternate energy. Another variable to consider would be money because setting up these kinds of technology is not cheap. Finding the money to fund these sort of projects is also a problem. In an article I found from the “Asset Securitization Report” , the author...
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...The thesis philosopher Martha Nussbaum advances states that the constituents of an emotion are simply the evaluation of an object. In other words, emotions are evaluative judgements where the judgement of an object gives rise to the emotion one feels. However, as simple as Nussbaum wants to make her theory of emotions seem, it appears that there is a missing component which has to do with a person’s disposition. In light of the Neo-Stoic view, which encompasses how judgements are constitutive of emotions, Nussbaum argues there is nothing beyond the evaluative judgements that will give rise to an emotion. First, judgements are assents to an appearance, specifically how something or an event appears to you. Second, there are three possibilities...
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...How far will two people go when they love each other? In Romeo and Juliet, two young people fall in love. Problems arise because their families are enemies, and it makes it very difficult for them to be together. Fate has a greater impact on the characters in the play than their own personal choices. Fate took its toll on Romeo and Juliet from when they first met each other. They were destined to eventually be torn apart by family conflict. Fate ultimately lead both Romeo and Juliet to their deaths. It was fate from the very beginning for Romeo to fall in love with Juliet of all girls. Romeo’s first sign to meet Juliet is when a servant walked up to him. “ I pray, can you read…” (Shakespeare, Page 192). Romeo would of never found out about the party if the servant didn't ask him what the party paper said. Romeo arrived at the party and saw Juliet. They began to interact with one another, but then they noticed who they really were. “ Prodigious love to me is my enemy”(Shakespeare. Page 204). They realized that their families were enemies, but they still loved each other. They wanted their love to prosper without their families knowing. They were destined to meet, but their love would be difficult....
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...actions. Essentially, he is arguing that humans are not responsible for their psychological makeup, and therefore cannot be held morally responsible for their actions. He then advances this basic argument to the following argument: (P1) For one to be held morally responsible, they must be responsible for their own personality. (P2) No one can be held responsible for who they are. (C) Therefore, no one can be held morally responsible for their actions because they lacked the choice of personality. I agree with Strawson’s argument to a moderate...
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...Situation Analysis 2.1 General Environmental Analysis (i) The economic forces The sales that generated by TomTom are impacted by the economic fluctuations of the market in which it competes. If the economic is downturn, it is limited the capacity for business and consumers to spend, as a result, the level of revenues for TomTom are going down. For example, the economic recession in year 2009 was brings a huge impact to TomTom. The economic recession in year 2009 is considered the “dark side” for TomTom, it brings a huge impact to them and enables TomTom almost go into troubles and crisis situation. Until the huge recession in 2009 has passed away, the economics of TomTom still unable to fully recover and the revenue is still affected. The economic recession has brought more impact on TomTom in term of their sales and revenue growth. It leads to a significantly dropping of the sales and revenue growth of TomTom, for example “on 22nd July 2009, TomTom reported a fall of 61% in its net income at the end of 2nd quarter 2009”. TomTom has a significantly dropping of their sales and revenue growth because there have a price war exist during economic recession, especially in mature industries of TomTom such as in US and European, it was affected the profit earned by TomTom. Besides that, another reason is almost customers were reducing their expenditures and avoid buying the unnecessary things such as devices since it is still seen as luxury products during economic recession, and...
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...Gun Control It has been debated whether or not American citizens should have the right to own firearms. Some may argue that most Americans don’t have the proper gun safety education that should be required before someone owns a gun. Few may even assert that everyone should have the freedom to own guns regardless of their education and experience with firearms. I believe that most Americans don’t take a strong stand on either side of this issue. Nobody wants to completely eliminate all guns in America. Likewise, I don’t think anyone wants to give people full access to guns. The issue that I’m arguing is simply whether or not the government should permit gun control by restricting the use and/or possession of firearms for American citizens. I believe that restricting guns would violate our personal freedom to bear arms. The problem with violence isn’t the gun itself, but the problem rests on the people who choose to use guns to commit acts of violence. To solve the ‘gun abuse’ problem, why doesn’t the government impose stricter consequences for people who still choose to commit acts of violence involving firearms? That way it would only affect the criminals, and the law-abiding citizens could continue to live in freedom. In an article titled “Gun Control: Does it Really Matter?”, Will Fawcett states, “There is no logical reason to believe that making it more difficult or impossible to own or poses guns, would deter individuals who already are taking part in illegal behavior...
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...national income can be defined as the sum of all the output of the economy nationwide, where the gross national product (GDP) measures the value of that economy. Though not all economy inputs are considered in the GDP measurement, and then arises the question of the uncertainty or shortcomings of the national income account. I remember when I first came in the United States my householder does not have laundry machines; the household wash their clothes themselves so I do, we cannot afford a Laundromat for every dirty cloth. I understand now such input does not affect the GDP, our action is simply ignores by the nation because there is no payment burden by the state tax. Still our household complained about the water bill in the house, consequently we pay tax anyway. Similarly some activities such as drug trade and babysitting are not considered in calculating the national income. Recalling the household above, the householder’s wife babysits children that their parents bring into the house and pay her directly. I heard that the lady was trying to get a babysitting license, which means she was operating and the nation does not know. Other non-marketed activities such as services from person to person and prostitution do not include in the GDP. I think some activities out of our standard of living that the nation does not rely on, their use might encounter some inaccuracies and defect the national income account. We will not accurately measure black market activities and inflation...
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...believes that each individual era’s means of production defines who the upper and lower class are, but eventually problems arise. New ruling classes arise after a revolution caused by the unfair relationship between the classes and the forces of development. This cycle is repeated over and over again. Marx also argues against Capitalism. He states that modern society always creates a conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Marx also believes that capitalism will soon cease to be productive because of this conflict. In an age of strikes, how long can you go before everyone is on strike? Following the same pattern as before, he sees the working class leading a revolution and winning. However, there will be a slight twist. Whereas previous revolutions just reallocated ownership of property, this new class will have no way of doing so. Instead, they will cease all ownership of private property. Because classes are based on the ownership of property, this revolution will essentially end the notion of “classes.” To Marx this development is inevitable and is actually seen as natural. He also sees the revolution as being a requirement, for without it he does not see any change. While it may be a telling tale, Marx’s conclusion perplexes me. Marx truly believes that capitalism will inherently collapse leading to a wave of a classless society. For one I believe there will always be classes. Marx distinguishes people into being in...
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