ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Introduction Prejudice at workplace is a social malpractice having its origin from racism and segregation ideologies. Prejudice is manifested through cases of gender discrimination, racial outbursts and other associated work imbalances, which prevent development, and advancement of opportunities available in organizations (Mankin 18). Social interaction allows for exchange of innovative ideas as well as disbursement of opportunities that perpetuate career development and growth. Prejudice at workplace undermines any prospects for mutual interaction among employees that could lead to sharing of noble and innovative ideas. For instance, gender discrimination is a form of injustice preventing people from pursuing their careers satisfactorily. Employers with a chauvinist mindset have created barriers blocking women from advancing in the corporate ladder at workplace. In addition, recruitment and selection are sometimes pegged on gender parities and dimensions. Equity at workplace is therefore a complex phenomenon that is based on cultural beliefs and organizational culture. Conceptualization of discrimination and prejudice at workplace is an important parameter when pursuing equity and justice. The attitudes developed by employees in a work environment characterized by prejudice and discrimination are crucial in managing the vice. The perceptions and attitudes developed by workers, as regards to prejudice while on duty are a serious deterrent to achieving organizational goals and objectives agreed (McMahon & Niemeyer 12). Both the conscious and unconscious biases that manifest in work prejudice decrease opportunities available for constructive social interactions. Discriminatory decisions by management such as dismissals and salary suspensions are conceptualized as crucial workplace dynamics based on prejudice. Power differentials within management hierarchy constitute another institutional practice of discrimination. Disparate treatment theory Discriminatory bias is exhibited through gender disparities and racial segregation of workers. Managing diversit
The movie begins in Germany during the Nazi period when Jews were being persecuted by Hitler regime. Walter, a very successful and established lawyer is forced to flee with his family to a remote area in Kenya a country in East Africa. All Jews were perceived as enemies of Germany thus they were rounded up and placed in concentration camps, tortured and brutally murdered. Walter and his wife Jettel have one daughter who is called Regina. Being the only child coupled with the prosperous career of her father, Regina was brought up in a very affluent environment with lots of love and pampering. Jettel on the other hand is used to being a very influential lady in the society. Nevertheless, in order to save their lives the three have to leave Germany with absolutely nothing. A friend advises Walter to migrate to Kenya and he concedes given that the entry permit fee is also low. Coming from a country where they were very influential and could easily get whatever they wanted, this family gets it rough in Africa. Bildungsroman is depicted when though a professional lawyer, Walter is unable to get a well paying job and ends up as a farm manager earning a very low income. Consequently, Jettel finds it very difficult to adjust to life in Africa where she is not the high profile lady she used to be. It takes a lot of explanations from Walter for Jettel to accept the fact that she has to stay in this place for as long as it takes. The culturally insensitive Jettel has to learn to live with the African people though the movie depicts her discriminating against them. Regina is only six years old when they leave Germany for Africa. Consequently, though she used to live a comfortable life in Germany, change of events did not have any significant impact on her. The young naive Regina almost immediately falls in love with Africa and adapting to the new life proofs an easy task. She loves the serenity of the environment, the local language, culture and the people. On the same note, their houseboy Owuor becomes very instrumental in helping her learn the local language. Having settled well in Kenya and all the love from the parents and the houseboy, Regina feels at home and has no other problems. However, the government gives an order requiring all Europeans to take their children to school. Regina is at this point exposed to realities of life. The young girl is forced to leave the comfort of her parents’ house and travel miles away to a boarding school. Being the only child in the family Regina must have had a very good relationship with her parents and life was as smooth as anyone could imagine. Nonetheless, she soon discovers that in a boarding school life is not the same and she has to take care of herself. Life is complicated by the fact that she does not understand English a language that everybody uses there. In a nutshell, Bildungsroman is also depicted when Regina has to restart the process of adapting to a new environment. When World War II breaks out, Walter and his family are rounded up and separated. T
Introduction Pauline Wu attempts to explain the reasons and how imagery was used in classic Chinese poetry throughout her chapter on “Imagery in the Classic of Poetry.” She argues that the reason the poetry was written was to communicate something about the human condition, but how it was intended to do so remains a matter of conjecture. The degree to which the poems were intended to convey moralistic messages or were intended to reflect an aesthetic tradition has long been argued with Chinese saying the aesthetic qualities are more important and Western critics claiming more metaphorical meanings. Yu says the meaning should be based upon how the ancients understood them because this reflects how they were understood by future generations. “Whether or not the earliest statements about Chinese poetry point to a purely aesthetic function ‘ unrelated to ethics’ is an important question” (Yu, 1986: 46). Yu examines how pre-modern Chinese scholars read the songs of The Classic of Poetry and the multiple ways in which meaning can be taken from them to discover that while they are not metaphorical, they are meaningful. Main text She makes her case first by pointing out how, even though no specific reference is given to the idea of imagery in the text, deliberate use of this type of symbolism was widely used, accepted and understood in 6th century China. She supports this claim by pointing to another text written at about the same period, Classic of Changes, and by pointing to how several images of nature are used again and again to symbolize the same ideas. This suggests that they already had an established meaning within the society that would have read through these poems or that would have been familiar with them through an oral tradition. But at the same time, these images are not necessarily well-defined within the text of the poems. This is because much of the imagery included in the poems is of nature, which has multiple applications. “As in the Changes, so in the Poetry most images are drawn from the natural world, not surprising in an agricultural society whose major philosophical spokesmen looked to nature as the ultimate standard and source of validity” (Yu, 1986: 45). A long-term debate has raged regarding the use of this natural imagery, whether the purpose of the poems was to communicate a metaphorical meaning or whether they were intended instead to present simple views of nature and normal human conditions. Before Yu’s argument can be understood, it is necessary to understand what is meant by the term ‘metaphor.’ According to Richard Marius (1995: 171), a metaphor at its most basic is a comparison between two things. There are descriptive metaphors, which compare two concrete ideas such as “The trees swayed like dancers lost in reverie.” In this example, a person has a definite idea of what a tree is and a definite idea of what a dancer is and the two things are said to be comparable in some way. The abstract metaphor compares an abstract idea with a concrete idea, as in “my love is a flower that bl
Defense department strategy for protection of assets is a kind of military strategy sometimes referred to as an elastic defense strategy. This strategy aims at delaying rather than preventing the advance of the attacker, buying time and causing more casualties by creating additional space. The concept of defense strategy for the protection of assets is now broadly used to describe non-military strategies. The defense-in-depth strategy is aimed at concentrating and converging all the military resources at a given point such that when attacked all defenders would be outflanked surrounded leaving the supply lines vulnerable. The other feature and characteristic of defense depth strategy in asset protection are that the defense is supposed to deploy his resources like a fortification, fieldwork and military units at and in good position behind the front line. The defense-in-depth strategy is very much effective and efficient especially against an attacker who can concentrate his forces and attack a small number of places on an extended defensive line. A highly established and planned defense in depth strategy normally deploys forces in mutually supportive positions and prescribed functions and duties. For example, poorly trained soldiers are always taken to static defenses at the front line while well and highly trained soldiers who are equipped form a mobile reserve. By making the poorly trained troops in frontline and better-trained ones in mobile reserve will bring a lot of advantages in the military defense. Different layers have been formed with different names for example a row of dragons teeth may be a problem for tanks but no barrier to infantry. Therefore defense in depth allows defenders to maximize the defensive tactics and skills of natural terrain.(Jacob,1961,p.36). One disadvantage of defense in depth strategy in providing physical security is that at times approaches may not be accepted for a defender to plan and to give ground to an attacker. There is also defense in non-military. This includes defense in depth strategy to fire prevention which requires the provision of fire alarms, fire extinguishers, evacuation plans, mobile rescue, and fire fighting equipment. Since the nation is at war, it is very important to know the enemy in and out. Again the strength and weaknesses of the defense-in-depth strategy should also be looked at. The following are some of the strengths and weakness
Gabriel García Márquez is perhaps the most important Latin American writer of the second half of the twentieth century. His novels and stories are distinguished by a vivacity of style that clearly sets them apart from the pessimism often associated with early twentieth-century Western literature. Yet his characters’ acute sensitivity to the passage of time clearly shows the influence of one of the greatest twentieth-century American writers, William Faulkner. García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera can, in fact, be viewed as a novel both of tradition and of its own time. The story is a traditional love story focusing on two lovers who overcome many obstacles before they are united. Beyond that, however, the novel addresses the question of time and the related fear of death in a universe in which God’s existence no longer seems assured. Love in the Time of Cholera represents the author’s response to the notion that death is inescapable and final. García Márquez uses a framed plot, the interweaving narratives of Florentino and Fermina, and symbolism to assert that passionate love can transcend time and death. The frame emphasizes the seeming inescapability of death. García Márquez begins the novel with the death of Jeremiah de Saint-Amour, who has committed suicide at the age of sixty because he can no longer fully enjoy the human passion. García Márquez next presents the death of Dr. Juvenal Urbino, who proclaims his passion for Fermina at the moment of his death. After that, the narrative moves back in time to the stories of Florentino and Fermina. Only toward the end of the novel does García Márquez return to the deaths of Saint-Amour and Urbino, both of which in turn reminds the now-elderly Florentino of his own inescapable death. With this frame, García Márquez establishes a tension between death and love and suggests that there is no escape from death. Throughout the novel, constant references to cholera remind the characters as well as the reader of death. Regardless of Urbino’s efforts to find a cure for cholera, the disease remains a fatal presence. Further, in an interesting bit of symbolism, when Dr. Urbino and his wife Fermina celebrate the transition from the nineteenth century to the twentieth by riding in a hot-air balloon, they see below them the bodies of people who have been killed in the latest political uprising. The message is clear: Death is ever-present and inescapable. Yet the interweaving of the narratives of the two lovers reminds the readers that passionate love is not merely a constant in this novel but the only thing that allows the two main characters to transcend death. Florentino’s passionate love for Fermina sustains him through a series of sexual encounters that he uses to cope with the pain of having been rejected by her; likewise, Fermina’s love for Florentino, although she does not admit to it until old age, sustains her through the years of marriage to Urbino, who falls far short of being the man that she had hoped he would be. Following the funeral of her husband Juvenal Urbino, Fermina spends the night in bed unable to think about anyone but Florentino. Clearly, though she may
The civilization of China, the land of hills, rivers and plains, originated from its main river known as The Yellow River. The basic Chinese culture was founded on cultivation, enlarged by hunting and rearing animal. The tribes used stone tools, and animal games were conducted for entertainment. Tribal rivalries were common during that period and also they had some forms of ancestor worship. This vast region consisted of countless quantity of racial groups and languages. “In the Chinese version of history, however, history begins with three semi-mystical and legendary individuals who taught the Chinese the arts of civilization around 2800-2600 BC:” 1 The three popular folk heroes are Fu Hsi, who is regarded as the inventor of writing, hunting and fishing; Shan Nung, who devised the method of agriculture and The Yellow Emperor who made-up the form of government and Taoist philosophy. They believed in the existence of three Sage Kings namely Yao, Shun and Yu who reigned with ideal perception, simplicity and virtue and the last of the sage kings, Yu, established a dynasty of kings, the Hsia. The Hsia initiates with good value and wisdom, and finished with the rule of Chieh, who was depraved and brutal. War: fundamental to social organization After the time of Zhanguo or Chan-Kuo the city states come with existence in ancient China. When analyzing the history of ancient China, one can see that the nation has a history of internal warfare and crisis. During 221 B.C Chinn has earned a political and social unity. After the fall of Shan dynasty, Chi’n from Chao dynasty ruled the country. He concentrated on social and political unification of China. Huan of Chi (686-643) dynasty fought against the nomadic barbarians, and he encouraged agriculture by controlling rivers and irrigation programs. During this time, war became the part of fundamental or ideal. “He attempted to stop the constant wars by holding conferences, by saying within established boundaries, and by open trade.” 2 The war and beliefs of ancient people in China were interrelated. They had followed certain values and morals towards the opponent. Therefore, it is clear that war in ancient China helped the social and cultural organization of China. The principles of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius had a great influence on the social life of ancient China. The formation of the Great Wall in China influenced the feelings of nationality and national security. Many thinkers exerted their predominance in Chinese political and religious life. With their preaching, they advocated the ways for the union of China as an independent country, having all the rights of a nation. Most important among them is Confucius the foremost philosopher and sage. “He taught filial piety and piety towards the ancestors.” 3 Though a majority of the tribes came to Chin
Abstract This paper considers the current incarceration rates in the US as a cause for serious concern and highlights various causes for such situations. It quotes various figures and statistics that pinpoint the sorry state of America’s various jails and prisons and also studies the many causes for the same. The paper mentions that the massive and harsh drug control laws adopted by the state over the years have mainly contributed to the problem. The changes in criminal justice policy over the past decades and the alteration of the same from one of rehabilitative and social justice to one of retributive justice and increasing reliance on imprisonment as a correctional tool have been cited as major causes for the problems. The state policy affects women and men from colored communities like Afro American and Hispanics the most. The incarceration of women is all the more depressing in as much such incarceration affects the family and children of such women and also stigmatizes them from having a normal life after release from prison. In such a situation, ex-prisoners do not receive full welfare benefits, cannot vote, often find no employment, and are also socially and economically deprived. This makes them either mentally or physically incapacitated and generally, such ex-prisoners commit fresh crimes and re-enter the prison system. Large-scale prison expansion, overcrowding of prisons, and skewed policies have only exacerbated the crime environment instead of minimizing the same. As a result, the criminal justice system appears to be failing in both its crime-reducing aspect as well as the larger humanitarian and social aspects that necessarily characterize a developed and democratic country. Most authors who have studied the problem have termed the current criminal justice system as retrograde and retributive and as one needing replacement by a more humane and socio-economic system. Incarceration in the US: An introduction It has been well documented over the years that the US incarcerates the most people in the world and the rate of incarceration is also four times the world average (Hartney 2006). Hartney also observes that the US incarcerates the most number women than any other country. The situation creates various social and economic disparities. The problems are diverse and severe on the prisoners as also their families. Prisons are overcrowded and such overcrowding causes severe health problems while also impacting the security of staff and prisoners. Prisoners reentering society and the labor market face obstacles by way of lower employment opportunities, poorer wages, and social discrimination. Additionally, the state expends a substantial part of its funds on maintaining an elaborate prison system, which directly
Description The business sphere requires paying high attention to the constantly changing environment due to the necessity to adapt to the alterations to remain competitive on the market. In turn, the current role of the business analysts is highly underestimated, as the bias of the explanation is present in the modern world. The primary intention of the research topic is to emphasize the vitality of the business analysts in the definition of the flow of the organizational processes. This subject highly interests me, as it has a direct application to my future careers and helps depict the interdependence between the analysis and practical application of the findings. In turn, I would like to contribute to the development of my workplace while proposing the right solutions to the issues based on the analysis. Furthermore, the topic is highly relevant to the course, as it focuses on the professions in business research while defining the organizational benefits. In turn, it will address the core themes such as the ability to analyze big data and selections of the appropriate research design. In turn, the complexity and significance of the business analytics will be determined, as these matters were accentuated during the course. Lastly, the research will provide a portrayal of the critical aspects of the research profession, which were emphasized in the classes. Research Question Firstly, the rationale of the research topic has to be discovered, as it remains evident that the understanding of the potential ways of the business analysts’ impact on the functioning of the organization contributes to the discovery of the probable areas for improvement. Additionally, the outcomes of the research will highlight the significance of this profession to the ability of the firm to enhance its organizational performance. The perception of the researchers in the business area will be altered in a positive direction due to the beneficial implications of the analytics to the interpretation of KPIs’ results and adjustment of the corporate culture. Lastly, higher attention will be paid to the development of the skills of future research and business analysts. In turn, the research question has to be formulated to outline the flow of the research and determine the possible outcomes. The research questions can be defined as ‘Do the research of the business analytics contribute to the development and modifications of the strategy?’ and ‘How can they increase the competitiveness of the firm?’. Thesis Statement In this instance, the thesis statement can be described as the research of the business analysts has a positive influence on the development and modifications of the corporate strategy and increases the competitiveness in the future by interpreting the KPIs and modifying the organizational goals. Preview of the Argumentation The primary goal of this section is to outline the flow of the argumen