Issue tracking system

Omar S. Thorton, 34 an employee of Hartford Distributors located in Manchester Connecticut arrived at work at seven am on a Tuesday morning for a scheduled disciplinary meeting. Mr. Thorton had been recently observed on the companies surveillance cameras stealing beer. Mr. Thorton had only been employed with the family owned company for approximately two years. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Thorton was provided with a choice, quit or be fired. As a result, Mr. Thorton drew a hand gun…

I later on, decided that I wanted to attend a 4-year University. In the midst of dealing with personal issues my brother was killed in 2011. There was an effect that changed in my life; I could no longer look at life the same. I never had experienced what it was to grieve or even how it felt to be depressed. I felt that a change was needed and a new environment…

thirty thousand new wells were drilled in the U.S between the years of 2011 and 2014. Vaughn talks about some of the benefits mentioning cheaper gas prices, the thousands of jobs, and doubled the crude oil production. But then he talks about the issues and concerns associated with fracking “concerns include contamination of water supplies, seismic activity” with certain chemicals and sand being used brown water is a common side effect and the fear of threatening “the development of…

homophobia, poverty, mental illness are some of the reasons why many young adults today are facing the issue of homelessness. We know that homelessness is a social problem because “one-month prevalence estimates of homelessness among public high school students ranged from 3.9 percent to 5.9 percent of all students in Connecticut, Delaware, and Philadelphia.” (Cutuli et al., 2015). Not only does the issue of homelessness affecting adults, but it is affecting vulnerable youths. There are many…

Many different societies around the globe experience many different social issues that affect the population. These issues affect the population in different kinds of ways. In the book The Giver written by Lois Lowry, Jonas struggles through making people realize emotions and finding a new way to live without the rules showing censorship. In the novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen struggles through poverty, loss, and dealing with an oppressive government as her…

As is today, unfortunatley a politiians general belief may conflict with what they "know" is the right thing to do in the situation. Take the Louisiana Purchase by Jefferson. We see earlier that unless the Constitution stated a power was specifically granted to the federal government, it would be transfered to the state. However, at this time, Jefferson as president, was altering treaties and ultimately buying land when he himself admitted it was unconstitutional in private. Jefferson believed…

Issues of social disorder are more likely to involve youth. They are mainly committed by young people. We will be discussing three social disorders, graffiti, youth gangs and alcohol related street based violence. It is agreed among criminologists that the best response to youth deviance is to divert them away from the criminal justice system. Most of the debate surrounding social disorder involves public space. A limitation is that most solutions put forward by, including environmental…

“Leaning In: A Student’s Guide to Engaging Constructively with Social Justice Content” by Robin DiAngelo and Özlem Sensoy which appeared in a 2009 issue of Radical Pedagogy. In this article, DiAngelo and Sensoy inform students about the possible difficulties that can arise in an academic social justice course, and steps a student should take in to achieve in the course to gain a higher understanding of the material. DiAngelo and Sensoy tells us that it can be difficult for students to accept and…

how people, organizations and nations are joining hands to come up with positive changes especially in light of sustainability problems that include global warming that is a threat to humanity and the environment. The book tries to lay emphasis on issues of sustainability which have brought about a global dilemma that affects nearly all of us. Their arguments are based on the unity of mankind in trying to alleviate these sustainability problems before things get out of hand. They try to explore…

a solid foundation. It is also likely to make the book appealing to those more familiar with current affairs than academic discourse, likely broadening the impact of the work. The Spirit Level is also comprehensive, it scrutinises numerous social issues across many countries and territories. This provides breadth of analysis and depth which enhances the credibility of the book. The use of national and state level samples is particularly helpful, as it to some extent protects the authors from…