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Introduction There is no doubt that the approaches to economical development that are used in our world are constantly changing, and these tendencies are reflected in new initiatives and programs that are being implemented in many countries. One of the most important processes that take place nowadays is globalization that is often referred to as an effective way to solve some of the most urgent problems of our society. Globalization is integration between different countries that allows them to share ideas, cultural assumptions and propel economic cooperation to the next level. Speaking about the modern world and the particular changes that take place, it is necessary to say that the process of globalization in many countries including the Gulf countries is represented by a lot of tendencies such as the introduction of a fair trade system that is supposed to be especially helpful for companies in poorer countries producing important goods. Fairtrade is an important and unique example of globalization as this social movement is aimed at protecting workers and producers in the countries that are in a bad economical situation. The commodities produced to support the program are labeled to help the customers to distinguish the products that have been created about the principles of fair trade. As for the reasons why I have decided to write about this particular example of globalization, it needs to be said that this movement supports a really good and fair idea. Due to their concerted efforts, different countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait that support the principles of fair trade can both help other countries and strengthen their own social and economical development. Among other things, United Arab Emirates collaborates with foreign producers and distributors to contribute to promoting the internationalization of organic products supporting the principles of fair trade (“International exhibition”, 2015). In general, a lot of companies represented in the Gulf countries are working by these principles, and fair trade can be regarded as a movement that produces important results and helps to protect workers in developing countries. Analysis A lot of companies including Starbucks working in the Gulf countries collaborate with the World Fair Trade Organization (“Proud to support Fairtrade”, 2013). There are a lot of benefits of the fair trade system for the countries and the particular companies that are ready to apply these principles and protect fair standards for producers and distributors. The existing benefits are connected both to economic and political globalization. To begin with, the movement is important for the countries because there is a minimum price for the majority of products that helps to cover the costs of production even when the prices are falling sharply all over the world. Furthermore, the companies that become the members of the discussed organization have an opportunity to significantly increase the quality of lives of their workers. The producers who collaborate with World Fair Trade Organizat
Introduction In the recent past, the world has recorded a proliferation of annual events and festivals. These festivals come in the form of sports, conventions, or cultural festivals. Literature suggests that these events and festivals come with massive benefits to host regions. As Raj & Vignali (2010) note, festivals boost the economic and cultural advancement of host regions. Jones (2012) also argues that festivals can generate unequaled volumes of tourism, grants, and sponsorship. Moreover, due to the widespread publicity associated with festivals, they enhance the image of the host region thereby promoting tourism. This paper thus examines the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in a bid to understand its historical development and current trends. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival in Perspective The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is an annual event held in Santa Barbara, California. In its eleven-day span, the festival aims to enrich the local culture and enhance the awareness of film as a form of art. The festival debuted 29 years ago and has grown over the years to become internationally renowned (Withoutabox, 2014). The festival features quality American, European, Latin American, World, and documentary films in some of the world’s historical cinemas in downtown Santa Barbara. This presentation comprises over 200 films airing to about 75,000 film lovers (Withoutabox, 2014). The audience derives from the Santa Barbara locality, the US at large and other parts of the world. It comprises students, families, tourists, local and regional leaders, as well as local and international entertainment industry experts. Apart from the presentation of films, the festival includes numerous other activities. Some of these activities include the famous “10-10-10” program, which seeks to horn the filmmaking skills of the youth through a filmmaking competition (2014 lineup announced, 2014). Additional activities include “Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies” and Applebox. Further, the audience attends seminars, facilitated by renowned industry experts. Participant ticketing falls into five different categories with varying privileges for each category. The private access pass, sold at $7,500 for the 2014 festival, is an all-inclusive ticket that admits the holder to all events. The state street pass, sold at $325 for the 2014 event, offers the lowest level of access. It only admits its holder to off-peak events (2014 lineup announced, 2014). The festival also recognizes talent in the entertainment indus
Values, Assumptions, Beliefs and Expectations (VABES) – Leadership Leadership is an elaborate term, which cannot be explicated in definition alone. It often requires contextualization and examples to be clearly understood by anybody seeking its true definition or explanation. Leadership involves the changing of attitudes, believes and the direction of people in a managerial context. The role of a leader in the modern society is extraordinarily complex. Therefore, it is difficult to find an accomplished leader. Leadership is an activity that has been undergoing evolution for the past one century. As it is today, leadership is centered on four main paradigms; which are behavioral, trait integrative and contingency (Clawson, pp. 1). With the increased call for holistic leadership in business and other organizations, it is essential to be clear on which attributes a person will be looking at in assessing leadership. This is made clear by understanding the values, assumptions, beliefs and expectations of what leadership is or how leaders should conduct leadership. The VABEs of leadership are many, but they revolve around a number of key points. The main assumption of leadership is that, leadership is pegged on an individual. The other VABE on leadership is that, successful results of leadership often come when leadership is inclined towards development. Even in management today, there is a call for leadership. Also, another assumption on leadership is that productive development in leadership is reached through collaboration. The units of leadership in an organization effect on the context of unity or collaboration. It has been assumed that everybody in leadership strives to maximize and realize his or her best potential. This is subject to more discussion because there are leaders who end up failing in leading raising questions on the utilization of the full potential (Best, Para. 1). The assumption by a number of people that leaders are born and not molded bogs the minds of people. Most people in the current times believe that leadership is developed and is built on personality of an individual. This is something which many scholars of leadership have been discussing. The other belief of leadership is that holistic collaboration in leadership requires the understanding of the participants and respecting them. Leaders must be in a position to realize the best potential of individuals in their team, and this can only be achieved through an iterative process. Therefore, leaders must initiate iterative processes to help in understanding on the potential of those working under them. Leadership today is mostly talked about in the context of organizations. Leadership is about guiding and mentoring a group of people or groups of people towards a given course. Therefore, leadership cannot be talked without putting a person in the context of an organization which will often involve other people. Therefore, objectives must prevail in leadership as they guide the leader and the team that is being led towards fulfilling a course. Another crucial point noted from the VABEs is that collaboration or un
Introduction The provision of high-quality healthcare services during the pandemic is a critical initiative for guaranteeing the wellbeing of citizens while the needs of hospital employees are frequently neglected. The events of this nature are particularly seen in the area of mental health issues which are typical for personnel due to increased stress levels (Chirico et al., 2021). Therefore, it is important to examine the ways to prevent adverse outcomes among them while ensuring the continuity of care for critical patients. Background The selection of the topic, mental health of healthcare providers working with critical patients, is conditional upon its applicability to the needs of both patients and medical specialists. Hence, it was formulated as a challenge of a multi-faceted nature which should be a priority of corresponding organizations. For the examination of the specified problem, the suitable setting is one of the local hospitals willing to participate in the project, and the contact there will be an administrator with access to the essential information. The perceived need for this initiative is the importance of establishing new guidelines for healthcare professionals to avoid burnout or post-traumatic stress disorders, which are emphasized as the main issues stemming from workplace conditions (Chirico et al., 2021). This necessity is
The person addressed by “you” in the poem is the oppressor of the Woman. The tone of the poem can be described as arrogant. The Woman tells her oppressor that she will rise like dirt despite the unfair treatment she receives. She confronts the oppressor using accusing dialogue. The Woman goes ahead to ask if her arrogance bothers them. The effect they had on her oppressor is that they had surrounded the Woman with despondency. In my view, the tone does not remain consistent. This is because she does not show any hostility to anyone but rather stands steadily in her position, and finally, the tone at the end is joyful and relieved.
Abstract As media evolved, it gave a life to the words inscribed in black and white. Today, although more people read as literacy is increasingly at an expeditiously great rate, they prefer different electronic media over books which are simply filled with text. Besides, the electronic text is more conveniently revised. Books with pictorial illustrations and colors are still, comparatively, a pleasure reading. No matter how expressive the plain words are, the power of linguistic signs, gestures, tone of voice and the body language cannot be denied. These make it easier for the mind to absorb, understand and even feel the underlined meaning the words convey. However, critics argue that technology is constrained by circumstances and eras whereas the books and the written word lives forever. The Nature of Inscription and Its Place in Our Current Electronic Life Suppose that, instead of displaying the Stars and Stripes, we were to write the words “American flag” across a piece of cloth and to display that. While the symbols would convey the same meaning, the effect would be quite different. (McLuhan, 89). Introduction Just as the conversion of colors into words would be to take away the intangible attributes and values associated with the flag, the translation of imagery, sound and gestures into prose would, probably, be deprivation of related emotions and feelings. Today, even bear facts stated in black and white are supported by pictures, images, graphs or charts and other pictorial representations such as in newspapers. These are not just to attract the attention of the reader and keep his interest alive; they also assist in better comprehensive of the text and help in recall. Electronic media has brought about a revolutionary change in the method of inscription in the modern era. One of the main benefits, other than the use of special image and sound effects, is that text can be revised and updated as and when needed without having to reprint repeatedly. Impact and Interpretation of Words It is considered common knowledge that the same words, either when spoken or written, should convey identical meaning. However, this is not always true. The way those words are inscribed is the real determinant of how they are construed. The use of different fonts and imagery in case of written text and the usage of different phonetics, sound effects and signs in case of verbal prose actually have a great impact on how the message is received by the recipient. Emile Benveniste discusses the theory of Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist, concerning the use of words and language. The premise on which Saussure built his philosophy was that language is composed of signs which connect with the worldly entities. Benveniste explains the relevant terms of the theory, “signified” and the “signifier”. One calls sign ‘the total resultant of the association of a signifier [=sound image] and what is signified [=concept]’ (Benveniste, 43). The signifier is either the words we read on paper or the words that we hear. The signified is the “concept” or the idea which evokes when the words are interpreted in the mind. The main conjecture is that the relationship
Not so long ago, the experts and analysts began to discuss the benefits of Apple’s potential acquisition of VeriFone, the company that has been handling electronic payments and providing payment terminals. This prediction is based on a set of conditions and circumstances. To be more precise, due to the rapid development of the phenomenon of mobile payments, VeriFone has been gradually losing its revenue under the impact of mobile payment options enabled by Apple and Google with the help of their respective apps Apple Pay and Android Pay. Moreover, VeriFone, weakened by the reduced income, is now a convenient target for the larger and more successful businesses. In particular, the one corporation that could be interested in the acquisition of VeriFone is Apple that is currently in need of the fresh and diversified sources of revenue to end its period of slower growth (Gennaro, 2016). This acquisition could be beneficial for Apple because the two companies operate in a manner where certain actions of Apple influence the retailers’ reliance on VeriFone and significantly increase its growth of revenue (Shah, 2014). However, it is important to evaluate the types of challenges that Apple would be likely to face after this potential acquisition. To be more precise, to integrate VeriFone into its organizational structure, Apple could have to implement several changes and prepare for some difficulties. For example, this acquisition would not go unnoticed by the competitors of both Apple and VeriFone such as Google and PayPal. Now that this acquisition has been discussed for a while, it is extremely likely that the competitors have already prepared strategies to respond to this potential development. Moreover, the new set of systems and operations presented by VeriFone’s services would need to be integrated into the existing markets of Apple. There may be an obstacle here in the form of the clashing services because it is being said that the growing popularity and use of Apple Pay can make electronic payment obsolete (Saintvilus, 2012). In that way, Apple needs to adjust its operations and services to prevent electronic payments supported by VeriFone from going extinct and also support and drive them forward. This can be done with the help of the NFC-ready payment terminals ( Apple Pay drives VeriFone sales , 2014; Shah, 2014). In terms of the organizational culture and the adjustment of the VeriFone’s workforce to the philosophy of Apple, there could be challenges based on the unconventional approach practiced by Apple that is not typical of many other corporations. However, VeriFone has quite a progressive organizational culture that supports autonomy and c
Stop and frisk is unconstitutional In Floyd v. NYC, the court ruled that stop-and-frisk practices in the City of New York are in contravention with the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments (Silverstein par. 1). The ruling was reached by the court based on evidence obtained from statistical analysis of more than four million stops in the City of New York from 2004 to 2012. When interrogating the issue, the court of appeal examined the term “suspicion” in relation to whether, based on the conduct under probe, it was predictive of criminal activity (Boyette and Martinez par. 2-4). The court refused to go by the police evidence, such as those who were stopped were acting in a suspicious manner. On the allegation of race discrimination, the court supported the analysis that was carried out and ruled that the benchmark used by police in NYC was flawed (Center For Constitution and Human Rights par. 1-3). Beyond the empirical and statistical evidence, the court indicated that there was evidence of racial profiling through an assessment of practices in various institutions, particularly the premeditated inconsistency of the police to patterns of racial profiling in the practices of stop-and-frisk. What also emerged during the case was that there was sufficient proof that officials at NYPD were more motivated to conduct the process based on racial lines. In the end, the court held that all these factors resulted from the fact that the NYPD failed to train, take disciplinary actions against police who violate provisions of the law with respect to practices of racial profiling or discrimination (Rudovsky and Rosenthal par. 3-5). Stop and frisk does not result in a safety Since it was given legal weight in the early 2000s, no study has proven or can prove the success of the stop-and-frisk policy in New York City. In fact, the almost negligible number of summonses, arrests, and guns recovered show that the policy has not been successful. In addition, crime data do not prove or support the allegation that since it came into effect, safety has increased in New York City (Rudovsky and Rosenthal par. 3). Whilst from 2000 to 2011, the rate of violent offenses dropped by twenty-nine percent in New York City, other large cities and towns in the United States recorded larger declines in violent crimes without the policy of stop and frisk. For instance, in Los Angeles, abuses dropped by fifty-nine percent, New Orleans recorded a drop of fifty-six percent, Dallas recorded a drop of forty-nine percent, and Baltimore recorded a drop of thirty-seven percent. Evidently, abuses associated with Stop-and-Frisk wear away trust between the security personnel and people, an aspect that undermines community policing (Rudovsky and Rosenthal par. 4). In 2000, according to Ray Kelly, the former NYPD official, in the mid-1990s, the cooperation between communities and police was positive than the current situation. This was the time of community policing. However, with the adoption of stop-and-frisk tactics, community distrust has been increasing. Before Bloomberg was elected mayor of New York City, police had recorded close to 600 cases of people who had succumb
One of the impacts of globalization is that communication networks have become interdependent. The interdependence is the cause of system vulnerability. This means that localized large-scale disasters in an area can cause the failure of communication systems in large geographical areas. This situation makes businesses with large supply chains vulnerable to risks associated with supply chain disruption. To make matters worse, many companies opt to outsource some of their functions in order to optimize their business models. In the process, they inherit supply chain risks. Logistics companies are becoming more important in ensuring that supply chains remain active. Many companies use the services of logistics companies to coordinate their supply chains. This decision usually comes from the economic advantages of outsourcing of logistics. It frees the company to focus on its core business. It is vital for every company to entrench resilience its supply chain. This involves ensuring that large-scale disruption caused by severe weather, political turmoil, or cyber warfare does not cripple its operations. The company needs to ensure that it has communication options that can continue to operate even under severe supply chain disruptions. Analysis of the risks associated with supply
Introduction The use of current techniques and approaches to business activity is a significant aspect of successful entrepreneurship since in today’s competitive environment, much depends on a well-chosen working strategy. The evaluation of potentially effective steps allows finding and implementing an optimal action plan and applying those tools that can expand the sphere of influence. As one of the mechanisms that are common in business management, the 7FE project framework will be analyzed. Utilizing this system in the context of business activities and, in particular, its component related to findings and solutions makes it possible to eliminate mistakes in planning and take effective steps to develop projects. Peculiarities of the 7FE Framework This framework is the tool used in the business field for thorough planning and evaluation of all the aspects of entrepreneurial activity. According to Jeston and Nelis (2014), it can be utilized both for organizational work aimed at increasing productivity and for change policies, for instance, in the process of reorganizing growth and development strategies. The name of this framework is explained by the components that form it – 4 Fs and 3 Es, and in general, it includes various criteria and factors that serve as the determinants of a successful business. The effective application of this methodology may allow distinguishing among the areas of intervention, for example, work with the equipment, personnel, or production strategies and creating a reliable and sustainable model
Introduction Preserving assets, preventing cyberattacks, storing data safely, and other valuable prospects are achieved through implementing adequate and sustainable security tools. In the e-Commerce realm, appropriate frameworks are applied, which may be based on distinctive workflows but are geared toward supporting cybersecurity in a business. According to a recent study, most organizations use cybersecurity frameworks (“Trends in security framework adoption,” 2016). An Information Security Management System, or ISMS, plays a crucial role in companies’ IT Governance, IT Management, and Risk Management activities. According to Mbanaso et al. (2019), such an algorithm helps create a sustainable infrastructure that keeps corporate data safe and, at the same time, contributes to easier monitoring. ISMS builds a model of relationships between the aforementioned activities, and, as Almuhammadi and Alsaleh (2017) argue, companies “understand their cyber security risk management approach and what are the processes in place to manage the risk” (p. 52). Each of the IT departments performs its tasks comprehensively, which eliminates challenges and threats at different levels and creates a single secure network. Therefore, analyzing appropriate frameworks, evaluating their application in e-Commerce, and identifying potential optimization measures are valuable procedures to perform. Analysis of Standards and Frameworks ISO/IEC 27000 To address an organization’s cybersecurity-related risks, relevant frameworks may be integrated. One of them is called ISO/IEC 27000, a family of stan