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This paper seeks to analyze the article “The carbon trading truth: it will cost jobs” by Michael Pascoe (2009) with the same purpose of determining the basis for agreement or disagreement about Australian Accounting Standards and business. The article talks about the effect of implementing carbon reduction in Australia, which is the possible loss of jobs (Pascoe, 2009). This researcher agrees with this assertion. The author fears that implementing a reduction of carbon emitters will result in the relocation of companies to places where there is cheap cost but the decision will also cause loss of jobs. The author is, however, doubting the seriousness of the planned carbon reduction since no one in Australia has proposed serious green gas reduction which would in effect assuring everybody not to worry yet about the loss of jobs (Pascoe, 2009). This researcher can only agree as efforts to reduce gas is yet to be seen. Pascoe (2009) saw difficulty for heavy carbon polluters needing to migrate to the value chain of low emission industry and he cited an example of the world’s greatest polluter telling the world about is future smelting with the coal power station. However, the idea that Australia may be protecting economic objectives over environmental objectives may not be completely true because the fact the Australian Accounting Standards Board has proposed for carbon pollution reduction scheme to commence in 2010 would belie seeming lack of decision to implement the importance of environmental standards in the business. Therefore, the author’s argument that the move to control carbon may entail protecting the nations from economic effects like the loss of jobs since it will go against economic objectives cannot be given a strong degree of belief. Australia is part of the bigger world of business, it cannot live in isolation by not adopting what other advanced countries have done in combating the effects of global warming and global climate change to the world of business. To conclude, protecting the environment may indeed result in loss of jobs in the short run but the long-term effect would be to increase in jobs because of sustainability, thus, decision-makers must see it that way to cover the seeming lack of seriousness of protecting the environment.
A multi-tiered system of support is an approach that focuses on solving problems using evidence-based interventions for improving student academic achievements and social behavior. This model is aimed to provide high-quality instructions to students by using a team approach. It allows educational institutions to organize resources to improve student performance and behavioral expectations according to academic standards. To implement a multi-tiered system of support in a school, the key stakeholders such as principals, teachers, curriculum directors, and superintendent should come to the consensus regarding methods of implementation of the multi-tiered system. It is achieved through the discussions of the educator’s expectations towards teaching and student’s learning and dividing into teams to ease the process of implementation. It is noted that evidence-based practice, which includes effective strategies based on research, should be utilized in the process of implementation of this approach (Jimerson et al. 121). Therefore, students will receive equal and continuous support through detailed instructions and interventions according to their needs. The visual below represents a possible multi-tiered system of support in a school. Figure 1. Visual of Multi-Tiered System (Self-Generated). The approach includes three tiers to assure an intense influence on the academic performance and behavioral patterns of the students. The first tier refers to core instructional practices used on the class and school level, which are designed to improve the performance of students within a standard curriculum. The interventions are performed by a leadership team. Thus, such interventions might assist in improving skills in English reading among the students throughout the academic year. The second tier consists of targeted interventions for a group of students who have low results according to standard instructions. These interventions might be performed by a leadership team or a department team. If a student fails to achieve better results after the targeted interventions, the third tier is utilized to provide individual interventions which are aimed to be more intensive. These interventions are performed by a problem-solving team according to the reports from a leadership team and a department team. The role of an EDU student as a classroom teacher in this system is to secure that every student receives appropriate instruction and track student academic progress to identify the individuals who need targeted interventions. One should evaluate the skill level of the students by using different instructions for various groups of students. Special measurement tool should be used by an EDU student to evalu
Essentially, the process of translation is a complicated endeavor of decoding a message in one language in order to render its meaning to a target one. However, apart from the lexical peculiarities of the text’s journey, every single message bears a certain emotive meaning behind it, urging the respondent to react to the words in a certain way. When transferring these ideas from one language to another, people deliberately alter some parts of them to adapt to a new culture. As a result, a part of the message’s uniqueness can be lost during the translation for the sake of feeling welcomed elsewhere. The same dilemma is ironically faced by immigrants who seek to find understanding and acceptance in the context of the foreign environment. Eventually, they tend to lose a part of their identity driven by the fear of unacceptance and marginalization. Some people make the conscious choice of localization, assimilating themselves to the extent where they are no longer perceived as a stranger to the community. Others, in their turn, opt for foreignization and draw a line between the person they are and the person they are expected to be. However, in most cases, in the pursuit of finding balance, immigrants find themselves lost somewhere in between, in the agony of creating a new version of their identity without losing the fundamental components of values, beliefs, and culture. The family of Kimberly and her Ma is a prime example of the journey of self-discovery and disorientation in the new, frequently hostile environment. Ma and Kim, who move to the US from Hong Kong with the help of Aunt Paula, feel the obligation to repay their debt to Aunt Paula by working in the fabric factory. As a result, Ma embarks on a journey of hard work in order to allow her daughter to live through the ups and downs of the American dream. At the very beginning, Kim realizes that no matter how hard she tries to fit in with her new circle, she will always be different from any of her newly acquired friends. Soon after moving, Ma warns her young and hopeful daughter: Don’t get too close to the other children here. Ah-Kim, you must always remember this: If you play with them, learn to talk like them, study like them, act like them-what will make you different? Nothing. And in ten or twenty years, you’ll be doing precisely what the older girls are doing, working on the sewing machines in this factory until you’re worn, and when you’re too old for that, you’ll cut thread like Mrs. Wu. (Kwok 49-50) Undeniably, Kim is smart enough to understand that the gap that exists between immigrant ethnic minorities and the rest of the country’s population cannot be bridged by language, wealth, or the ability to sing the national anthem by heart. However, at the same time, she remains a vulnerable and sensitive teenager who hopes to become a part of something bigger i
Regarding the increased topicality of such issues as tolerance, democracy, and multiculturalism in the modern world, ethics becomes one of the crucial aspects that should be considered in decision making. One should realize the fact that individual lives in society, and all his/her actions might impact surrounding people and precondition the appearance of different processes. In this regard, moral becomes one of the landmarks a person should consider when solving a particular problem (Hoffman, Frederick, & Schwartz, 2014). Especially important this statement becomes for leaders who are engaged in strategic planning as their decisions affect a particular unit with all its workers and might either improve its functioning or precondition its collapse. Under these conditions, biased attitudes and perspectives among people responsible for planning might have a pernicious impact on future development and precondition the appearance of ethical dilemmas or other problematic situations. Therefore, enhanced self-awareness could be considered one of the possible ways to improve decision-making and minimize errors. Realizing the most common biases, stereotypes, and the way they affect people, a leader, will be able to avoid ethical barriers and make appropriate decisions. However, if desired self-awareness is not attained, results could be crucial. For instance, using biased perspectives when looking for an efficient solution to a problem, a leader will not be able to choose the most appropriate approach because of the lack of tolerance, mistrust, etc. (Donaldson, Werhane, & Zandt, 2007). Second, the lack of self-awareness might also result in the deterioration of relations within a collective as its leader adheres to biased practices and uses stereotypes when delegating duties (Halbert & Ingulli, 2014). In such a way, his/her efficiency decreases significantly. Moreover, he/she destroys a team and contributes to the appearance of numerous conflicts based on ethical and cultural issues. Finally, poor understanding of the modern environment preconditioned by stereotyped thinking might result in the significant decrease of the leaders authority and deprive him/her of an opportunity to control the situation. Therefore, the inability to overcome stereotypes also affects long and short-term strategic plans and outcomes. For instance, a leader responsible for strategic development might feel particular emotions, both positive and negative ones, towards a company or an actor. If these feelings serve as the basis for the decision-making or financial agreement, results will be unpredictable or even poor. Strategic thinking demands a comprehensive investigation of a situation, all factors that impact its development, and barriers that could deteriorate results (Jennings, 2011). That is why a leader should be able to ignore his/her emotions and use a lean approach to guarantee positive outcomes. Moreover, the current business environment requires innovative and revolutionary techniques to attain success and become a leading actor in a certain sphere. A p
The Innovation Case Introduction The audio music industry is a diverse and dynamic environment where innovations take place rapidly. The record music labels found themselves faced with fierce competition when Fraunhofer in Germany developed an algorithm that enabled music to be compressed and distributed as MP3. Later, Shawn Fanning, a student, developed Napster that enabled people to share music files through the internet. This led to high levels of music piracy. The record companies had to delve into the technology using iTunes where customers would purchase and buy music legally. The record companies had to decide whether to make iTunes technology open for use by other companies. Innovation There were certain audio innovations that took place in the industry. These innovations were spurred on by the customer’s increasing demand to share music. In 1991, a German called Fraunhofer IIS invented the MP3, a technology that enabled music to be compressed to a tenth of its size. The compression did not have an adverse effect on the quality of the record. This enabled the people to share and distribute music easily. As people shared their music online, the use of the MP3, grew by huge numbers. Many other companies aiming to cash in on the innovation decided to produce different variants of the MP3. Fraunhofer had two choices, to patent the innovation in order to prevent other companies from cashing in on his profits or let the companies use the innovation. The consumers are the major stakeholders who benefited from the innovation as they were able to share music online. In 1999, Shawn Fanning, a student at Northeastern campus of Boston, came up with a software program that enabled customers with internet access to share the mp3 files. The software was very friendly having a search box enabling someone to look for another person in the network with whom to share music. The software did not have a database filled with the mp3 music rather it was filled with people who were in possession of different kinds of music. The consumers demanded the interchange of music over the net. People had started trading the copyright materials via the internet. When Napster was shut down through legal action by the record companies, parallel companies cropped up. The music companies had no choice but to respond to market demand.The music labels teamed up to provide Music tunes and Press play. These services enabled people to download music from the net legally. However the people preferred the illegal sites that had cropped up after Napster was shut down. The music labels did not have a
Overview, Inhabited Localities, and Topography Culture or simply a set of values observed by people seems dominant in each society differing from tribe to tribe. As a result, it sounds rather interesting to engage an individual in an interview where you expect him/her to give you at least a hint of his/her culture based on the various parameters that the paper tables from the perspective of the Luo community of Kenya. I interviewed a 74-year-old woman namely Maria Atieno from Kenya, an East African country. She is temporarily living in the U.S on a six-month visit with her grandchildren, who are the US Citizens by birth. Her daughter migrated into the US over four decades ago in pursuit of higher learning and better economic opportunities. Local rumors (back in Kenya) had it that she could work while studying and land a luxurious job soon after her graduation. However, another major reason for her migration was to escape the political instability in her native country as there was a lot of civil strife between her community and their neighbors over land, demarcation and cattle raiding which took many lives, including that of her elder brother. She studied her undergraduate course at the University of Oregon, got a Business degree, and then attended the University of Cincinnati for masters in Finance. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at Leeds. Maria says that education back home is very tough for both students and parents. There are many economic hardships in terms of affording fees and other basic amenities while supporting a large family. As for her occupation, Maria is a substantial farmer. She says she was lucky to have married a very wealthy railway worker who possessed a lot of land and livestock. However, he passed away almost 30 years ago, and these resources are what she used to educate her eight children. She engages in farming every year selling the produce to make ends meet. Communication Maria speaks fluent Luo and some Swahili (Kenya’s national language). Consequently, I had to get a translator to communicate with her and her eldest son, Thomas proved resourceful at this. Her voice is pleasant, and she was very open and willing to share with me. She maintained eye contact throughout the interview, and she said that in her culture, it is important to do this so as not to appear timid or weak. However, she also said that other cultures in Kenya find maintaining ey
Wells Fargo, one of the largest and most profitable banks in America, struggles to repair its dented image after it was caught in a mega fraudulent accounts scandal. The San Francisco-based bank had its management pressure on its employees to meet unrealistic sales targets, which led to the fake account incident. The customers were forced to pay bank charges they did not know about, and it was much later that the scandal was unraveled. Between 2011 and 2015, more than 1.5 million accounts were opened by Wells Fargo employees, and 565,000 credit cards were applied in customer’s names without their authorization (Arnold et al., 2019). During a lawsuit by the government regulatory bodies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Reserve, it was established that Wells Fargo blatantly falsified its bank records (Arnold et al., 2019). Apart from the hefty fines that have been imposed on Wells Fargo, there are lessons that can be learned from the fake account scandal with regards to ethics and leadership, and the role of government in corporate America. The Wells Fargo fake account incident has shown that performance targets should be aligned to achievable and supported goals. Although leaders are committed to business models that call for annual company growth, they should consider the feasibility of their targets and the available resources. Pushing for high sales quotas by the management at Wells Fargo forced their employees to open fake accounts through cross-selling. Customers had to pay for credit cards and bank charges that they did not authorize or know about (Arnold et al., 2019). The Wells Fargo scandal shows that employees in organizations will indulge in unethical practices to meet the sales quotas. Employees at Wells Fargo tried to voice their concerns about the non-achievable targets, but the management fired anyone who showed dissatisfaction. Wells Fargo employees, therefore, engaged in unethical practices to avoid losing their jobs (Arnold et al., 2019). Company leaders should not be opposed to bad news, and if the set targets are too high, they should be open for discussion with their junior employees. Feedback from the sales team is imperative if any organization is to succeed. The fake accounts incident at Wells Fargo has been an eye-opener to many organizations who think that an employee’s misconduct is an isolated case. The management at Wells Fargo never investigated the reason as to why their employees became involved in the opening of fake accounts. When the vice became rampant and called the management’s attention, a workshop was conducted to warn the employees of opening fake accounts. Still, with the lofty targets, their employees could not change their nefarious ways. More than 5,000 workers got fired from Wells Fargo over the scandal (Arnold et al., 2019). Apart from firing employees who violate company rules, the management should investigate what caused that company rules to be neglected. If the reason is
Large corporations have countless resources and can address various issues, but they still depend on their customers’ attitude and behavior. The use of technology has brought to the fore a number of concerns related to people’s privacy. Companies produce products and provide services that make people’s life easier and more comfortable, but they ask for a valuable asset instead (Bannan). Corporations collect data and use this information in different ways, which is often associated with threats to people’s privacy. Many criminals have used people’s data to steal their money or data that can be even more valuable than bank notes. Contemporary consumers can be divided into several groups based on their attitudes towards their privacy. These are Savvy Shoppers (35%), Eager Extroverts (15%), Sunny Sharers (20%), Cautious Communications (9%), Walled Worriers (9%) (McCann 10). The largest group is comprised of people who value the comfort provided and are quite ready to share some information. They have some privacy concerns but are still optimistic. At that, they expect that companies will ensure their privacy and data security. Clearly, these customers will buy from companies they trust. Therefore, corporations will have to find ways to ensure privacy and data security as it will translate into the increase in the number of loyal customers. Some agencies focusing on privacy issues exist, but industries are self-regulating (Bannan). Hence, each corporation has to focus on this aspect to remain competitive. Algorithms The use of algorithms has proved to be beneficial for people in general and numerous websites in particular. At that, there are cases when the benefits are considerably less valuable than downsides and potential threats. Surveillance algorithm developed by JPMorgan is an illustration of this case. The company developed an algorithm that helps monitor employees’ communication within the organization (Son). The algorithm analyzes communications carried out through electronic channels or telephones. Of course, the major benefit of this use is the chance to predict some criminal activities. For instance, the company may identify whether an employee is planning to provide some sensitive
Gifted education refers to the special measures, theories, and practices that are used to educate students who are brilliant in special ways. It is a way of educating students who are gifted in special talents. To educate these students, differentiation is applied where the curriculum is modified to meet the special needs of a gifted student. The teacher modifies the content and the process of learning in order to get the product. This article shows the benefits of a differentiated curriculum in the classroom of gifted students. Differentiated curriculum has a lot of benefits to the student. It is student centered and it is the role of the instructor to determine the students’ interest, readiness, and learning profile. The instructions are individualized and this enables students to learn according to their abilities. This helps the students to perfect their talents. The instructors create individualized learning programs depending on the needs of students. They set the goals and objectives to be achieved during the class work. The instructors in a differentiated curriculum provide an opportunity for the students to be involved in the learning process. This is important for students to participate fully without being left behind. The differentiated curriculum gives the students a challenge to involve themselves in the new ways of learning. It helps the students to engage in classroom activities and thus they do not compete with each other. It also prevents underachievement for it gives many choices to process the information given where the students are involved in activities (Gardener & Whittaker, 2006). The content is organized according to student’s interests and it motivates critical thinking. The content can be enriched depending on the students’ rate of understanding. Affective curriculum is used to educate gifted students on ethics, emotions and social development. Gifted students can also be put in heterogeneous group to allow them mix with students with different talents. This encourages them to appreciate each other’s talent. They can also be grouped depending on their talent. This means students with the same talent grouped together. This allows them to receive all instructions during class time and they can learn from the students with the same talent in order to furnish their talent. The barriers that can be encountered in teaching gifted students include; some students not being interested in other learning activities or they may not respond properly to differential curriculum. In such the individualization program is applied to educate students specifically on their talents (Sriraman & Dahl, 2007). Enriching and accelerating the deferential curriculum depends on