...Problem The history of women and minorities in the American workforce has been shaped by diverse cultural, legal, demographic, and ethno-racial influences. African American men had to prove themselves worthy to fight alongside white Americans in past wars for the same rights. Women had to fight for their rights to work along men whether it was for paid or unpaid labor. Minorities have had to prove themselves to others to advance to a higher position. Sometimes after proving their skills and leadership abilities, the job or else the opportunity still does not get delivered. Minorities have been struggling to get notice in America for hundred of years. Many people have been paving the way for future advancement of people no matter the race, sex, or national origin. Whenever a minority has the opportunity and skills to advance in the workforce, but is not given a fair chance, this is commonly known as glass ceiling. According to the online database, Answers, glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination. This situation is in reference to the term glass ceiling because there are limitations of upward movement or advancement. The word glass comes from being transparent because the limitations are not immediately apparent and is normally an unwritten or unofficial policy. This barrier prevents large numbers of women, ethnic, and sexual minorities...
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...is a modern phenomenon, it would not be possible without the pioneers of the Women’s Rights Movement; however there are still challenges women face, such as gender discrimination. Gender discrimination is treating individuals differently in their employment specifically because the individual is a woman or a man. Currently the federal law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protects individuals from discrimination based upon sex or gender. This law makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate against individuals because of their gender in the following actions: hiring, firing, and other terms and conditions of employments, such as promotions, raises, and other job opportunities. Title VII covers all private employers, state and local government, and educational institutions that employ more than 15 individuals. Even though gender discrimination is illegal for companies to discriminate against, it seems to still be an issue in the 21st century. The focus of this research paper is on gender discrimination in the technology industry in Silicon Valley as recent news scandals by companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter have made mainstream media, the reasons why women are behind in the technology industry and how companies manage or should manage their operations in order to prevent gender discrimination. It is an unfortunate fact of life that much of Silicon Valley and the technology industry is...
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...Diversity Competency Case: Women on Corporate Boards Samantha Bunn Bus 520 May 10, 2011 Dr. Johnny Eluka Running Head: Diversity Competency Based on the stories presented, discuss the characterizations of the female board members in relation to the behavioral model of leadership. When I reviewed this case of women on different boards serving a variety of positions, I felt that there was a comparison with all these individual women whether they are the only woman director on board or whether they are among other women directors on board. However, it’s obvious that when the board only holds one woman the level of office difficulty is higher. The three stories of female board directors where they are the only females on board are very common. These women set a picture showing that they have to give 150% in order to be heard as well as a make a difference. Women who serve as the only female on boards are almost pushed out of the way, their opinions seem to not really matter. Their voices seem not to be heard either. The first woman states that: “You can make a point that is valid, and minutes later a male could make the same pointâ€, however the male will get congratulated where as the female will not. She also mentions that until the males in the board room realize that the females are not going anywhere, the respect is not given. Basically, the women have to work harder than the men to fit in, establish themselves as well as have their voices heard. The second...
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...That is simply part of being a teenage boy and learning how your body functions. But, as you grow to become a man and have numerous sexual experiences under your belt, you should be able to gain control of your urges yet that is something that eludes many men. Why Do You Experience Premature Ejaculation? There are actually dozens of different reasons why men experience premature ejaculation, and they run the gamut from psychological, emotional, physical, and chemical, too. Just as in the movies, it is possible that you are so sexually stimulated by woman that you cannot control yourself. If this happens once or twice this is not a problem. On the other hand, some men have gone through sexual experiences that have somehow traumatized them in some fashion so that they are unable to last, no matter how hard they try. For men in this position, there are treatments that can really change things. Finally, there are certain health conditions and medications that men take that are prone to creating premature ejaculation on a regular basis and these can often be combated with premature ejaculation exercises and other...
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...Journey” to illuminate these changes a person goes through. These are a set of stages a hero, or person, go through during a significant time. Campbell writes, “Stories of these mythological adventures are really metaphors and symbols for the “journeys” in life that all of us go through as we pass from one stage to another” (par.2). Everybody goes through these stages one way or another. That’s life. We see these stages in Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use.” Mrs. Johnson, the hero, changes from a quiet, unconfident, passive woman to a woman who at the end of the story finally stands up for herself. She changed because of the situation and people that were placed in front of her. Mrs. Johnson begins the story “Everyday Use” as unconfident and passive. Her oldest daughter Dee is coming home for a visit and she doesn’t believe Dee will appreciate all that she is. She doesn’t seem to think much of herself. She describes herself as “a larger big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands” (Walker par.5). Her words make it seem as if it is a bad thing to be sturdy. Mrs. Johnson is timid. She makes a remark about who could look a white man in the...
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...it. Groups like the EEOC (equal employment opportunity commission) were created to enforce laws against discrimination in the work place. Some things we can do to change this is to look at person for their work ethic and quality and ignore the color of their skin or whether they are male or female. Through history we have tried to make everyone have the same standing in society which is called pluralism. We would take groups and “Americanize” them; you can see this in what we did to the Native Americans. Also we have segregated groups some by force, like the Jim Crow laws in the south, but others are by choice like the groups of the Amish. Reaction: In my life I have seen this happen on the news and in newspapers multiple times. That is why I have known about this social problem since I was younger. I think it’s shocking that companies can’t discriminate when it comes to hiring employees and yet they still do it. I hope that when I get out of college and looking for a job that I won’t be involved in some time of discrimination. I believe I won’t do this personally because I grew up in a town with a diverse...
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...Michael Moore. The Documentary investigates the American health system and compares it to the National Healthcare Service in many other parts of the world. One of the countries that have socialized medical care sits directly above the United States. It is Canada. The horror stories I heard about the HMO has made me think twice about our health care system. Can we honestly say that we are doing everything we can to ensure all Americans (from the bottom of the totem pole to the very top) get the quality medical treatment they deserve? This movie has inspired me to compare the two and venture into the world of politics; a topic many individuals would astray from. All my information and resources are congregated from this very movie. HMO Approximately 250 million Americans have Medical Insurance. There are about 50 million Americans who do not have the luxury of being medically insured. 18,000 Americans will die of no insurance this very year. These are numbers that are hard to fathomed; even harder to grasp as only a statistic. These are not just numbers; they are actual Americans who have been wronged by our very own health care system, and died as a result. Let’s start from the beginning. How did the HMO start in the United States? Who were the “brains” behind this operation? Feb 17, 1971 Richard Nixon and Edgar Kaiser came up with HMO plan. The Idea was to charge all Americans for health care and then deny coverage. This concocted idea of theirs fell into place exactly as...
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...Many episodes of Grey’s Anatomy implied that individual hospitals have the power to distribute organs, often given to the surgeon’s friends. The show has had many other storylines that involved donation and transplantation. A woman was prematurely declared brain dead and was sent to have her organs removed. An intern realized the mistake and fought successfully to have the procurement stopped. Another episode showed an abusive father who killed someone through drunk driving received a living donation from his son, enforcing the fear that if the viewers are donors, the recipient of their organs will be undeserving. This can also be seen in the drama Lost. As a child, one of the characters was forced to donate a kidney to his birth father, but after the operation, the father did not want to continue a relationship with his son (Morgan...
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...but not least, a special thanks goes to my husband, family and friends for putting a smile on my face every single day. ABSTRACT The topic of the thesis is Women in Leadership and Management. This essay concerns the subject of thesis work is to make research of women leadership attributes and management styles. In order to get clearer details about that, I have made some investigations or researches on women leadership starting from definition of it, followed by the data collection in order to strengthen the research topic. Data shows that women continue to increase their share of managerial positions but unfortunately the rate of progress is slow and uneven. Therefore, I decided to examine the barriers experienced by a woman leader and how a woman managerial approach, such as transformational leadership style, can be effective for organization to reach their goals. It is so obvious that leadership is normally dominated by men. While women have some advantages and disadvantages, also prejudice and differ style of leadership. It is very...
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...and Other Stories Arthur Dobrin © 2010 2 Arthur Dobrin CONTENTS Passing Stranger — 3 Love the One You’re With — 19 Lemon — 40 Shila — 59 Ayew’s Last Letter — 73 Girls in Paradise — 80 The Coriolis Effect — 98 The Train to Amsterdam — 121 Black Ice — 134 (E)ruction (D)isorder — 154 Coral Fish — 169 In Treasured Teapots — 179 Deep Well — 196 The Harder Right — 210 Notes — 222 THE HARDER RIGHT 3 Passing Stranger A WOMAN. Perhaps that’s why. The first and still the only in the clergy association. Or maybe it is because of where she is from. No one from San Francisco had come to live here before. Occasionally an outsider moved to this town, in the northern tier of the state, but the flow is almost always in the other direction, away from, not into. And the few that do come to stay aren’t from California, a place that to this day, decades after it had long faded, is believed to be an incubator for radical lifestyles and subversive politics. 4 Arthur Dobrin Or perhaps her name—Ailanthus—a strange one, where here, if you are named after flora it is Rose or Violet or another sweet smelling flower that could be grown in the garden. It must be a name given to her by a hippie mother, a band given to bestowing peculiar names on their children. No one knows of a girl being named after a tree. They never heard of an ailanthus...
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...gender discrimination 6 Pregnancy as a basis for discrimination 7 Family responsibilities lead to gender discrimination 8 Research Methodology 9 Target of respondents 9 Methods of collection 9 Ethical considerations 9 Types of data analysis method 9 Expected result 10 Questionnaire 10 References 13 Nature of data sources What is data? Data, basically, represents facts which were transferred to a state which is more appropriate for a process. After processing the data, it converts into information which is very essential for life of people, organizations and other work processes. Globalization and current trends demand from businesses actively reacting to any variations in environment or preferences of clients. As for that potential for collecting, analyzing and data processing is tremendously significant for any business. (Hox & Boeije, 2008) All above-stated, data, firstly, have to be collected. There are 2 main natures that data can be in: Qualitative data Based on the collection and analysis of non-numerical data qualitative data are used opinions, beliefs, motivation, criteria are needed to be found out. Commonly used questions in this case are "how?" and "why?" Qualitative data is less clear than quantitative, so their usefulness is largely dependent on the skills of the researcher. Group discussions, individual interviews, observations, and etc. usually are considered to be qualitative in nature. Qualitative research is often seen as preparation...
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...wanted to get rich, how would you do it? I think your best bet would be to start or join a startup. That's been a reliable way to get rich for hundreds of years. The word "startup" dates from the 1960s, but what happens in one is very similar to the venture-backed trading voyages of the Middle Ages. Startups usually involve technology, so much so that the phrase "high-tech startup" is almost redundant. A startup is a small company that takes on a hard technical problem. Lots of people get rich knowing nothing more than that. You don't have to know physics to be a good pitcher. But I think it could give you an edge to understand the underlying principles. Why do startups have to be small? Will a startup inevitably stop being a startup as it grows larger? And why do they so often work on developing new technology? Why are there so many startups selling new drugs or computer software, and none selling corn oil or laundry detergent? The Proposition Economically, you can think of a startup as a way to compress your whole working life into a few years. Instead of working at a low intensity for forty years, you work as hard as you possibly can for four. This pays especially well in technology, where you earn a premium for working fast. Here is a brief sketch of the economic proposition. If you're a good hacker in your mid twenties, you can get a job paying about $80,000 per year. So on average such a hacker must be able to do at least $80,000 worth of work per year for...
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...BED The essential guide for any man who wants to satisfy his woman siski green MIND IN BED HOW TO BLOW HER MIND IN BED The essential guide for any man who wants to satisfy his woman HOW TO BLOW HER siski green Copyright © 2008 by Siski Green Cover and internal design © 2008 by Sourcebooks, Inc. Cover design by Kelly Letros Cover photo © iStockPhoto.com, JBryson Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. P.O. Box 4410, Naperville, Illinois 60567–4410 (630) 961–3900 Fax: (630) 961–2168 www.sourcebooks.com First published in 2007 by Piatkus Books Ltd, London. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Green, Siski. How to blow her mind in bed : the essential guide for any man who wants to satisfy his woman / Siski Green. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1358-8 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-4022-1358-1 (alk. paper) 1. Sex instruction. I. Title. HQ56.G68 2008 613.9’6082—dc22 2008032076 Printed and bound in the United States of America DR 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Josecito, te amo más! Contents ...
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...rights in Bangladeshi factories supplying garments for Nike, Puma and Adidas. Their findings, while depressingly familiar, are still shocking: all factories visited were illegally employing staff for more than 60 hours a week, and five of the six failed to pay the legal minimal wage. But UK Feminista's protest demands that we rethink Nike’s exploitative practices as an explicitly feminist issue. Eighty five per cent of Bangladesh’s garment workers are women, and as such they experience distinct rights abuses as factory workers; 1 in 10 women workers are threatened with being made to undress, with 1 in 10 workers experiencing other sexual harassment. Many are refused maternity rights or simply fired when discovered to be pregnant, an indication of the profound disregard by firms like Nike for women’s reproductive labour. These statistics are enough to send any feminist out onto the street in protest. But an interrogation of the reasons why these low paid jobs are consistently filled by women reveals a web of structural and cultural relations of power that are built gender norms. Women lack other employment opportunities due to poor access to education, and are affected by entrenched gender stereotypes around what constitutes ‘women’s work’. These include assumptions around...
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...There are certain business leaders who make an impact on their companies and often on the world of business because of their philosophies, actions, and businesses they lead. For your paper, select a major business leader from the following names: 1) Steven Jobs, Apple Computer Co. 2) Oprah Winfrey, Harpo 3) Anita Roddick, The Body Shop 4) Vera Wang, Vera Wang Fashions 5) Alan Mulally, CEO Ford Motor Company or 6) Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Describe the business leader’s primary business or business’, highlighting how the leader got started and analyze the leaders three (3) major business challenges in establishing and/or running the company. According to (Ferguson, 2012) the name Vera Wang is synonymous with weddings and bridal wear. Her story began in 1989, when her impending marriage prompted her to search for a suitable gown. Not finding any gowns fitting the look and style she envisioned. She sketched her own design and hired a talented dressmaker to turn her design into reality. According to (Vera Wang, 2012) the year following her wedding, with some financial backing from her father Wang opened her own bridal boutique in the upscale Carlyle Hotel on Madison Avenue in New York City. Catering mostly to celebrities and socialites, the Vera Wang Bridal House initially offered couture gowns by the famed designers Guy Laroche, Arnold Scaasi, Carolina Herrera, and Christian Dior. Over the next few years, Wang honed her skills as a fashion designer and eventually launched a...
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