Applied linguistics

Bușe Ionela Monalisa Coordonator: Lect. univ. dr. Sibișan Aura Braşov 2015 TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV FACULTY OF LETTERS DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS MA PROGRAMME: LINGUSTIC STUDIES FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION MA DISSERTATION Tess of the D’Urbervilles, an unfair existence…

Communication is a paramount tool not only when it comes to business but also in all round life. In the society, everyone tries as much as possible to ensure that their communication process impacts on someone’s life positively. The main aim of communication is to convey messages either with the purpose of passing instructions or educating people on certain issues or also advertising products. For effective communication, it has to have clear intentions, thoughts, and objectives to the…

However, some differences exist between the two in business. Ethics are a set of rules or codified system implemented by a company that explains how one should act on-the-job whereas morals are set in stone and is principles by which an entire society is supposed to live by. One can distinguish between ethics and morals by understanding that ethics is the action or conduct of what an individual deems right or wrong, therefore morals are the basis to which ethics stand on. For instance, if two…

Identifying Stakeholders I think it’s important to identify who is being affected by Company Q’s current attitude toward social responsibility or Company Q’s lack of social responsibility. These groups are composed of primary stakeholders and secondary stakeholders. Primary stakeholders for company Q would be its employees, customers, investors, shareholders, governments, and communities that provide necessary infrastructure which are crucial to company’s Q’s survival. (Ferrell, Fraedrich, &…

Nelson & Prilleltensky (2010) provide a template for devising “value-based interventions in multiple settings - schools, workplaces, hospitals, communities - and with a variety of foci - health promotion, drug-abuse prevention, teenage pregnancy, formal and informal support, minority rights, and child abuse”. Their research shows that “Community psychologists are interested in values that promote the well-being of disadvantaged people. However, given that people’s needs vary according to their…

What are some of the potential issues associated with an SHRM agenda developed without reference to the local issues you face in your country of operation? SHRM agenda is an essential and critical part of a company’s expansion goals. It requires research and strategic planning and one of the important factor which should considered is local issue in the country of operation. We have taken New Zealand as our home country and will discuss the potential issue which will arise if these factors are…

Ethical Climate Power In order to establish an ethical climate at Paradigm Toys I would use a reward power. There are multiple reasons why this power is the most effective at this time. For starters the buy-in and support for this program is critical and must come from every manager, supervisor, and executive. In order to achieve this a method must be chosen that everyone can apply, and the reward power is the easiest. Also, the reward power is one of the best powers for quick changes.…

(a) The National Urban League (NUL) mission statement The NUL is a nonprofit civil rights organization that advocates on the behalf of African Americans. In addition to this, they work “ enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights” .To achieve this objective they provide assistance to low-income individuals in multiple programs separated into four different goals: Education, Occupation, Housing and Health. The education aspect of Urban League…

The film simply analyzed the ethical dilemma between the life of people in the developing countries and the maximum revenue needed to be made by the pharmaceutical companies. The ethical dilemma is when we need to choose between what is right and wrong to save humanity. It is any situation where there are ethical reasons pointing towards two different courses of action. In this film, the pharmaceutical companies have two different moral obligations which are to make profits and supplied drugs…

The Business Ethics of a Cable Company The ethical failure by management was instrumental in the degeneration of positive social change for TKR Cable Company. Prior to TKR Cable Company’s acquisition by Cablevision, the company decided to make their independent contractors, independent-licensed cable installers, sign non-compete agreements (Battilana & Casciaro, 2012). TKR Cable Company was a cable provider who serviced the tri-state area of New Jersey. The non-compete agreements company…