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14. Which, if any, of the following scenarios would support an employee’s claim of discrimination on the basis of national origin? Answer Yes or No to each part. a. The owner of a large US staffing agency that does 100% of its business with US companies refuses employment to a Korean woman applying for a receptionist position although she speaks perfect English albeit with a very thick, hard to understand Korean accent. b. An Indian restaurant seeks to fill a wait staff position. The…

Introduction What is a community? A community is a group of people that inhibit the same area or neighborhood; they are a group of people bond by social, religious, cultural, race, economic, ethnic and professional ties. Examples of that would be the church community, African American community, educational community, homeless community, homosexual community, business community, medical community, and the elderly community. This paper will highlight the workings of the organization Women…

Newberry Award Winners: DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Candlewick Press, 2000. Summary: Because of Winn-Dixie is a story of a young girl, Opal, who moved from one small town in Florida to another with her father who was a preacher. Her mother left them when Opal was very young and she struggles with this throughout the book. While in the supermarket, Winn-Dixie, Opal found a dog that was tearing apart the store. She claimed the dog as hers and she and her father took the dog home. She…

as an individualized personality but as an example of some vice or virtue type, such as busybody, a superstitious fellow, a fop, a country bumpkin, a garrulous old man, a happy milkmaid, etc.(Holman). The novel GRENDEL by John Gardner is a fiction based in the 6th century in Denmark. John Gardner was born in July 21, 1933 in Batavia New York. He married Joan Louise Patterson on June 6, 1953; they had some kids but later got divorced in 1980. Later he got remarried to Liz Rosenberg which later…

When using information systems, it is essential to ask, “What is the ethical and socially responsible course of action?” A MODEL FOR THINKING ABOUT ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES Ethical, social, and political issues are closely linked. The ethical dilemma you may face as a manager of information systems typically is reflected in social and political debate. One way to think about these relationships is given in Figure 4-1. Imagine society as a more or less calm pond on a summer…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…

There are also two- to three-year junior colleges and vocational colleges. Elementary schooling is compulsory, with an enrollment rate of 100 percent. Compulsory middle school education for three additional years was implemented in 2002. * Secondary education According to APEC website, there are two types of high schools in South Korea, general and vocational. Combining the two types of high schools together, the ratio of middle school graduates advancing to high school was 99.7 in…

today, who will try to foment a race war pitting whites against blacks. There are also many blacks in the U.S. today; who believe that blacks should go it alone in their struggle because of petty betrayals in the past by petty individuals based on race. There’ve been betrayals by blacks. There are indeed pockets of racial haters among all nationalities, but history indicates that the vast majority…

Other languages spoken in India come from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman language families. India has no national language. Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government. English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a "subsidiary official language"; it is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education. Each state and union territory has one or more official languages, and the constitution…

Corpuz, Raymundo, Sediaren Oct. 16, 2014 COM101: Synthesis Mrs. Cheryl Nasol The Road to Stardom The 21st century is a world where human life revolves around technology. This is most likely because technology has become and is continuing to become more portable and accessible as time passes-- from personal computers to laptops, landline telephones to…