...Slide 1 * So what il talk to you about is what we thought was a relevant article because it grouped the majority of society in to it and could we could get an idea of why controversial products may be judged to be so controversial. * The article was about religion influences our attittudes towards controversial products. Slide 2 An overview of the findings were that * Because we live in a society which has multiple religions such teachings and knowledge is spread around and that it is religion and these values that we live by that defines the way society and individuals shape their behaviour, beliefs and attitudes. * This means that without segmenting a certain religion or non-believer can be said is to love our fellow mankind and develop virtues, avoid hate, anger and greed along with treating others as you want to be treated * Hence using this principle of everyday life we can see that this culture directly or indirectly influences attitudes and behaviour in which we can then see the relationships this may have when it comes to advertising that is deemed to be controversial. Slide 3 So how we relate the religious culture to the advertising of controversial products is first we define the controversial as everything * everything that causes the reactions of distaste, disgust, offence, or outrage when mentioned or when openly presented * so what happens is advertisers in attempts to break down clutter barriers have to capture attention ...
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...A great strategy used by Blue Nile is the offering of a wide array of products; a great strategy to take advantage of the e- market. Nevertheless, many customers will buy online because the products are less pricy, and often times the collection of goods is larger, and products can be shipped directly to their households. What its more, less expensive items tend have lower shipping and handling, which it’s always a great incentive for any online shopper. Conclusion Technological changes and increasingly aggressive use of information systems by businesses have several consequences. Technology affects individuals, their jobs, educational systems, governments, and society as a whole. Although computers and MIS contribute a lot to business and e-commerce, managers need to understand how businesses, technology, and society interact. Dealing with changes in privacy and security threats are increasingly important to managing a company. Evaluating changes in society also gives a manager an advantage in the marketplace. As citizens, managers should be aware of the negative and positive effects of technology. In particular, changes in technology can often lead to changes in political power and control. As a manager and a citizen, you are obligated to make ethical decisions and to understand the consequences of your actions. Increasing dependence on technology brings with it new threats to the security of the firm. Managers need to recognize and evaluate these threats and understand...
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...are interested in such as mathematics, current news, exchange rates, other countries' cultures and so on. Apparently, people may become more useful and civilzed if better educated. In areas where residents are not able to receive an appropriate education, life cannot be as thriving and properous as locations where there is a high standard for education. Secondly, education plays such a rudimentary role on our society that we cannot even imagine a life without it. It is a determined element for the civilization of human society. Not only does It helps us develop healthy surroundings but it also generates an advance community. As a matter of fact, everything we create today is based on the knowledge that we obtain throughout our life by way of education. This assists scientists in inventing equipment and devices, resulting in a high technology nowadays. The more developed life becomes, the more necessary education is for everyone. Although education has a significant influence on life, the average education is not the same in different areas. As a result, strategies are being made to resolve the problems. Without education, life would be disastous and detrimental. Consequently, to this day, we are trying...
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...Corporate Culture, Environment, and Strategy The purpose of this article is to discuss the nature of a corporate culture in terms of the systems that are designed to support it. While it is true that cultures cannot be designed, the point we make is that the various control systems of the organization can work to shape through judicious reinforcement and feedback the desired attitudes and behaviors that are consistent with a particular strategic direction. The "culture" of the organization can therefore be defined as the emergent pattern of beliefs, behaviors, and interaction that uniquely characterize the organization as it operates within an industrial and a societal context. From a system perspective three levels can be distinguished from the start: (1) the societal level, (2) the industry level, and (3) the organizational level. Importance of culture in understanding behavior in different societies From this perspective, then, a "corporate culture" must necessarily be at least minimally consistent with the societal culture it is derived from. Societal exposure and heritage foster a labor force with a given value orientation, beliefs, and expectations about work and the work environment that are the "raw material" of corporate cultures. These points suggest that, in addition to societal culture, the specific industry a firm operates in is an important context for understanding corporate culture. While a complex array of internal dimensions affect...
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...clothing, and shelter. Poverty is primarily caused by hunger, illness, and thirst and affects the entire society by generating many problems and making people to live substandard lives. It is normally classified in absolute and relative poverty. Absolute poverty refers to a state of not being able to obtain basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing that are very important in sustaining life. Relative poverty, on the other hand, is a state of not being able to obtain resources in relation to a certain mean resource and normally applies to people who are not able to meet societal social needs. According to Townsend (1979), a family is considered to be in relative poverty if it is not able to afford the required diet, get involved in societal activities, and use basic health and educational facilities. Problems connected to poverty bring political, economic, and social disorder in the society. There are two theories that apply to poverty; conflict theory and structural theory. Conflict theory explains that poverty leads to class conflict in a society (Giddens & Simon, 2006). This comes as a result of the oppression of the poor by the rich. It says that conflict must remain in order to create a positive change in the society and that the wide gap between the rich and the poor is very significant. Structural function theory explains that poverty has a purpose in the society since it motivates people to work hard (Andersen & Taylor, 2006). This ensures that all jobs are attended...
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...Chapter 1: What is CSR Organizations can be classified in 3 categories: 1) For profits: Seek gain for their owners 2) Government: Exists to define rules and structures of society within which all organizations must operate 3) Non-profits: Emerge to do social good when the political will of the profit motive is insufficient to address societies needs Stakeholders: Includes all those who are related in some way to a firm “A stakeholder in an organization is any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the organizations objectives” could range from clearly defined customers, employees, suppliers, creditors, and regulating authorities, to other more amorphous constituents such as local communities CSR is both critical and controversial; It is critical because the for-profit sector is the largest and most innovative part of any free societies economy. However CSR remains controversial; In spite of the rising importance of CSR today for corporate leaders, academics, and bureaucrats alike, many still draw on the views of the Nobel Prize- winning economist Milton Friedman, who argues against CSR because it distracted leaders from economic goals. Friedman believed that the only “social responsibility of a business is to increase its profits”- that society benefits most when businesses focus on maximizing their financial success. David Packard, a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard however, believes “a group of people get together and exist as...
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...what ways has technology made our lives worse?” Irreverence aside, the question opens a door to many interesting avenues of exploration on the topic. Technology pervades nearly every aspect of modern life, and as such it has profound effects, both positive and negative, on us as individuals and as a society. Technology pervades nearly every aspect of modern life, and while we tend to focus on the numerous positive effects of technological advances, there also exist equally profound negative impacts, both to individuals and to society as a whole. Types of negative impacts to investigate: 1. Education a. iLearning: The future of higher education? b. Millenials will benefit and suffer due to their hyperconnected lives 2. Health a. Distracted Driving and Implications for Injury Prevention in Adults b. Distraction: an assessment of smartphone usage in health care work settings c. Technology and Well-being – An Evocative Essay 3. Environmental a. Paradigms to Assess the Environmental Impact of Manufactured Nanomaterials b. TiO2 Nanoparticles are Phototoxic to Marine Phytoplankton c. Management of Electronic Waste by Employing Combined Technological Strategies 4. Security & Privacy a. Mobile Security: Finally a Serious Problem? b. Elementary Information Security 5. Economy a. A “Kill Chain” Analysis of the 2013 Target Data Breach b. The impact of eHealth of the Quality and Safety of Health Care: A Systematic Overview c. Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer...
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...have made their society static. While the Sealand woman can be seen as democratic based on how she rules her society, which does not practice any source of prejudice, she, herself, is intolerant towards the non-telepaths. This also reveals the hypocrisy in her; in the light of Emily Storm. She calls out the Waknuk society and criticizes them for living "very dull, stupid lives" (146). The extremity in her actions, that include mass murder of the non-telepaths, reveals how dangerous she is to people whose views are not in tandem with hers. She is potential hungry and only protects the telepaths because of the benefits that these people might bring to her in future. This can be seen when she protects Petra and argues that she must be protected at all costs so that when she grows up "she must have babies who can make strong think-pictures" (145). Thus, therefore, the Sealand Women is an effective character who helps the readers understand how hypocrisy and desire for power may contribute to/lead to the theme of...
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...Business ENIVERONMENT | | UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND, LONDON CAMPUS TEAM MEMBERS: * 139130119{MICHAEL DAMILOLA OLAGBENRO} * 139088348{ABIOLA BANJO} * 129142654{YAKOOB MULLASSERY} * 139131770{OPEYEMI ADEKOLA SADIQ} | [topic:ARE CULTURES CONVERGING ACROSS THE WORLD] | The information and research was provided by the term members | ARE CULTURES CONVERGING ACROSS THE WORLD? INTRODUCTION The best way to describe or explain culture is to have a deep think of people and its natural environment in terms of language, dress style, education and the way people interact with one another in different ways of life. ORIGIN OF CULTURE The inception of society is Atlantis, the lost island, minutely gathering data from aged sources and mythology. (Dietrich, 2014) As regards this investigation, Morocco is one of Atlantis' first states, from where Atlantic culture spread first to Ireland, and to Libya and Egypt. Public opinion spread from West to East, while improvement spread from East to West. He accurately differentiates between pop culture from one viewpoint and human headway on the other: By public opinion he infers religion, divine creatures, myth, science, history, rationale. Public opinion is a significant fact that transcends this world. (Dietrich, 2014) Kauffman proposes an option situation that does not involve the synchronization of various implausible occasions. He recommends that...
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...most useful impacts is the information should get the privacy because there is information can't be read shared with the other of the non-owners whether in the level of individuals, companies, or governments, so if the information should be public, this will be entering in the people's privacy. For example in the level of companies, the companies try to stay the information about their strategies away from their competitive companies in the same range of the work. The second reason of the privacy of the information is the protection of the privacy of the information helps its owners to avoid many problems for example, the thefts and blackmails. For instance, if the banking information is public, everyone can steal lots of money from banks, so the banks need to protect the privacy of the banking information to avoid the thefts. The privacy is useful and for the owners of the information to get a security and a peace. Recently, the emergence of the most dangerous role played by the computer in socially isolated individuals and the dismantling of the relations between individuals in society. Individuals are spending more time in dealing with computers and the Internet, which leads to isolation from the others during the period of use. Also, it leads to an addiction to the computer. In short, the use of the computer through the Internet have benefits and drawbacks, which impacted on the lives...
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...Project Proposal Thesis: Social media connects the world and empowers us to make better decisions about our lives, however the interactions with our phones, documenting rather than experiencing, and the increasing reduction of face-to-face interactions is ultimately leading the global social society down an anti-social path. Issue Summary The belief that social media is making people anti-social is becoming a popular discussion. How else can we explain the trends we are starting to see as a society when entering any and all public environments? When you go into public these days people are no longer as approachable as they may have once been. People are starting to look at casual conversation with distraught. It is becoming more common to find individuals who are willing to talk online rather than in person these days. The previous definition of the classroom, marketplace, coffeehouse and nightclub are now being shaped and hosted by the internet. Rather than being in these classic social environments people are inclined to be updated and involved socially online even when in social settings provided the recent years of mobile improvement and service. Even scenarios that seem less socially weighted such as phone calls are now being considered awkward and weird. A quick phone call just to say hi or to catch up is looked at with extreme distraught causing people to think: “Why didn’t you just text me instead?” People are now missing out on social opportunities that are standing...
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...Issues Facing Today’s Organizations Jessica Kemske June 3, 2012 Organizations today face many different challenges. Some challenges are based on the nature of operations and some challenges are more common and are faced by most organizations. A couple of the more common challenges would be technological advances and societal views. In my opinion, technological advances are the biggest issue that organizations face today. If we look back even just ten years ago we have come such a long way with technology. Now someone could just pick up an iPad and have a face to face conference with someone on the other side of the world. Most companies, 20 years ago, didn’t even have websites, nowadays that would be considered appalling. Going back twenty years companies were just developing email. Now just about everyone in an organization must have their own computer or at least have access to one. Twenty plus years ago there was no need for such a large information technology department or computer specialists; now there is a high demand. This demand has required companies to either create or hire an outside entity to provide them with “tech-support.” This requirement costs incredibly large sums of money. Companies have to keep up with modern technology in order to offer services that are compatible with societal needs. One of the technological issues is the lifespan of the equipment. Companies must be able to reinvest and keep up with current technology. This can cause a problem...
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...study confirms that Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps lack the necessary equipment to fight crime in Nigeria. They are also inhibited by factors like dearth of manpower, corruption, illiteracy among others based on the foregoing the Corps lacks the necessary weapons and gadgets to check the rising wave of crime in the society especially the with the emergence of Boko Haram. It was recommended that: government should as matter of urgency provide more modern and sophisticated equipment that can match, if not surpass, those of armed bandits, Government should also embark on a very thorough and massive recruitment of able young men and girls to address the issue of death of manpower and finally government should also address the issue of corruption in Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps by punishing member of the corps that involve in sharp practices in the society. Introduction The most rampant phenomenon ever witnessed in virtually every part of Nigeria today is crime; it is escalating grossly in a higher proportion. Although crime is as old as human society itself, it 2 can be traced to the primitive pastoral and horticultural societies when Cain and Abel, brought their harvest and gave to the Lord as offering but that of Cain was rejected by God and he became furious and angry which...
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...Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England First published in 2005 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 13579 10 8642 Copyright © Jared Diamond, 2005 All rights reserved Maps by Jeffrey L. Ward LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed/Jared Diamond. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-670-03337-5 1. Social history—Case studies. 2. Social change—Case studies. 3. Environmental policy— Case studies. I. Title. HN13. D5 2005 304.2'8—dc22 2004057152 This book is printed on acid-free paper. 8 Printed in the United States of America Set in Minion Designed by Francesca Belanger Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or...
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...The first social revolution is that of the hunting and gathering societies when the transformed to horticultural and pastoral societies. This kind of society enabled humans to stop moving around and make more permanent living areas. With dependable sources of food, human societies grew bigger, as well as the evolution of tools. This induced trade and set the stage for social inequality. Materialism brought about war. In return, wars brought about power and wealth. The second is the agricultural society. This kind of society emerged after the invention of the plow. The plow brought forth an even larger supply of food, which encouraged the evolvement of cities. People then had more time to engage in other activities such as philosophy, art, literature, and architecture. This period is typically known as the "dawn of civilization" because the changes are so abundant and profound. Social inequality increased. There were taxes and the elite surrounded themselves with what amounted to personal militaries. The third is the Industrial revolution that began in Great Britain. The steam machine was introduced to operate machinery. This tool opened the door for even bigger social inequality, more than any other ever seen. Those who first used the technology became very wealthy, and other peasants were made to leave their lands and had to move to the city, where they faced several hardships like starving, minimal wages, and stealing. This revolution brought...
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