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To live in the Borderlands means you written by Gloria Anzaldua is a great example of love for culture and people. This poem belongs to the contemporary literature and it is often discussed. Gloria Anzaldua is a peculiar writer and as she describes herself “chicana dyke-feminist, tejana patlache poet, writer, and cultural theorist” (Curtright). Her poem To live in the Borderlands means you raises questions about the racial division of the people. This issue is urgent and contemporary for our society. Gloria Anzaldua does not want to make excuses for the way she is, but she is proud for her culture and race, and she does not want to change anything. Thanks to this poem, she describes the history and her culture. It is known that Gloria Anzaldua is a Chicana from Texas. It should be noted that she uses symbolism and special word choice in order to interest and impress the reader with the poem. Gloria Anzaldua is proud of her heritage, but at the same time the poem contains some echoes of anger, because some people do not want to understand the culture. These lines bring us into the verse: “To live in the Borderlands means you are neither hispana india negra espanola ni gabacha, eres mestiza, mulata, half-breed caughtin the crossfire between camps while carrying all five races on your back not knowing which side to turn to, run from” (Anzaldua). She describes people who live in the borderlands as a combination of all five races. “To live in the Borderlands means knowing that the india in you, betrayed for Soo years, is no longer speaking to you, that mexicanas call you rajetas, that denying the Anglo inside you is as bad as having denied the Indian or Black” (Anzaldua). This poem is very strong and contemporary, because it gives us a new perspective on ourselves. A person has a lot of cultures in himself; a person should respect and understand his origins, because they are with him through all his life. As Gloria Anzaldua puts it: “people walk through you, the wind steals your voice, you’re a burra, buey, scapegoat, forerunner of a new race, half and half-both woman and man, neithera new gender” (Anzaldua). The author explains that many races could live together and in such a way they create their own culture. Anzaldua uses the symbol of food as the unity of the cultures. “To live in the Borderlands means to put chile in the borscht, eat whole wheat tortillas, speak Tex-Mex with a Brooklyn accent; be stopped by la migra at the border checkpoints; Living in the Borderlands means you fight hard to resist the gold elixir beckoning from the bottle, the pull of the gun barrel, the rope crushing the hollow of your throat” (Anzaldua). Borsht, tortillas and chile are the products of different cultures, but they become one and the same unit in the Borderlands. The author uses a special word choice in the poem to emphasize the issue of the verse. She uses the blending of Spanish and English. For example: “Cuando vives en la frontera people walk through you, the wind steals your voice, you’re a burra, buey, scapegoat, forerunner
In ethics, the concept of moral agency is defined as an individual’s ability to act morally or immorally in reference to those around and harm them in an unjustified manner in cases of immoral behavior ( Moral Agent & Subject of Moral Worth , 2015). Businesses, just like people, have moral obligations and are to obey the rules of what Kant called categorical imperative in order to function as sufficient parts of human society ( Kant’s Moral Philosophy , n. d.). Besides, businesses have an ability to produce unjustified harm. The harmful actions of a business are usually determined by rational choices, and that is why businesses should be regarded as moral agents. Alfred North Whitehead claimed that morality is defined by the inclinations and likes of the majority of individuals. This approach can be characterized from the point of view of moral relativism, the concept according to which morality varies from one person to another based on their personal worldviews and there is no universal set of rules ( Moral Relativism , 2015). Writing about the contemporary business environments, Feldman (2012) seems to agree with this point of view saying that the modern business ethics are dictated by the society’s orientation towards profitability. However, just like decades ago, businesses of the present days earn their revenues due to the participation of the customers, and this means that the businesses are constantly evaluated by their clients from the point of view of morality. The core values deemed necessary for a business remain unchanged regardless of the historical period; they are trustworthiness, loyalty and integrity, respectful attitude towards the customers, products and services of high quality. In addition to the consumers, every business has the other key stakeholders – the investors, and the employees. These groups of individuals are also involved in the evaluation of the businesses. Truly, a degree of moral relativism as an explanation of varying from person to person values takes place in the evaluation process. At the same time, this relativity is partial while the main principles are the same. For example, one of the main competitors of Amazon.com, a Chinese online retail giant Alibaba Group has been operating based on the culturally biased ethics supporting the domestic manufacturers; and as a result, the Chinese counterfeit goods have flooded the online shopping platforms of Alibaba (Youderian, 2015). Today, to be able to compete on the global level and successfully follow through with the IPO, Alibaba Group is to stick to the global requirements of trustworthiness and integrity and eliminate the knockoff goods from its websites. One may think that this example confirms Whitehead’s statement as counterfeiting deemed acceptable in China is rejected in the West, which forces Alibaba to adjust its practices to be able to cooperate with the global firms. However, the fact that counterfeiting is widely popular in China does not mean that it is considered moral, and that is why Kantian cat
In recent years, the role of India and China has increased greatly influenced by new technologies and expansion of production. In regard to issues of changing world order, and to the resurgence of regionalism, in particular, these countries throw some doubt upon the ability of the mainstream to capture fully the complex nature and dynamics of the process of economic change at the international and global levels. Rooting around in the structure-agency debate necessarily uncovers issues of ontology and epistemology; of the philosophy and methodology of neo-realism (Jagdish, 2007). Chindia produces pharmaceuticals and medical technologies able to compete with American and European brands. As a consequence, not only do they remove or abstract states from their social and historical context, but so too do they remove themselves from the analytical frame; they self-consciously assume the role of an impartial observer standing apart from the ‘real’ world of social action. This has several related consequences. In the place of such an understanding, new economic and international relations lead to the re-distribution of material power resources between sovereign states (Jagdish, 2007). With the exception of their relative ‘sizes’, these states are indistinguishable from one another: an indication of the fact that new economic relations have no appreciation of the differentiation extant between socially contingent state forms. This inability to appreciate historically and socially determined differences between states leads to the conclusion that neo-realism has no appreciation of politics as a form of social struggle at the national level (Bade and Parkin, 2003). When comparing states, the size and dynamism of Chindia and the number and type of weapons systems in a state’s possession are taken as reliable indicators of relative national power. In combination, these lend stateless tangible but still undeniable benefits in the form of political power exercised through traditional diplomatic channels and through membership of international organizations. Thus, in order to achieve ‘hegemony’ one state must be clearly dominant in economic and military terms over all others in the international system. Such a reading is undoubtedly useful (Jagdish, 2007). Though, this conception of Indian ad China (and therefore its reading of hegemony) has, more than once, failed even in its limited claim to be able to predict the outcome of the conflict between states of widely disparate ‘power. Such a narrow conception of power can, furthermore, tell global consumers almost nothing about the form and durability of the social structure of any particular state-society complex. To the US Chindia debacle has been added, more recently, the disintegration of the new economic power, an event which has again confirmed that possession of great military strength is, in the end, u
Non executive directors are very useful members of the company boards. There is a big role played by the non executive directors that include reducing the level of conflict of interest between the company management and shareholders in the company. These directors also play a big part in monitoring company’s strategy implementation and their performances. In illustrating the useful role of the non executive directors, this academic research majored on monitoring role and the general corporate governance role of the non executive directors. For instance, the academic research states that the survey conducted positioned the presence of the non executive directors as the most crucial mechanism of corporate governance that people recommended (Bainbridge 165). This shows the preference that people have for these non executive directors. If the inside executive directors are on their own in the governance board, it will be more likely for them to manipulate the company’s records in their favor. They may engage in acts like checking their own remuneration packages to suit them best and securing their jobs in unauthorized ways. One role of non executive directors in company boards is to take part in the audit of the company (Bainbridge 113). This is a duty that these directors play whether there is an audit committee or not. Any doubted information or details are questioned by the non executive directors on behalf of the shareholders. In this light, it would not be easy for the inside executive directors to manipulate financial and other records of the company for their own gains. Another role that the non executive directors play is monitoring the company’s strategies. The implementation and performance of these strategies are the main things monitored. The academic research has also clarified this by emphasizing the need of an average number of inside and outside directors. This is where Mace (1986) states that too great proportion of either inside or outside directors can shift the balance in a bad direction. It is argued that too many inside executives can cause the board to make close-minded decisions. The non executive directors usually come up with independent decisions that turn out to be more effective. To enhance this, the Cadbury Report stated that the company boards could have a minimum of three non executive directors because they bring an independent judgment towards the strategy, performance and resources of the company (Romana 23). Recipe for a Good Board The recipe given for a good board in the literature is a good one. As per the literature, a good board is one which the members meet frequently. These board members should also be ethical and with high levels of literacy to enhance good and effective decision making. In a board, the major considerations are the usual balances of members, communications, selfless and unbiase
Introduction Racial discrimination in the American Justice system is an ongoing problem within the U.S. that indicates a deep societal inclination towards bias for certain ethnic and social groups within the general population of the country. Ever since the 1980’s a boom in prison construction has occurred fueled by America’s war on drugs wherein arrests related to possession and use has been met with ever lengthening prison sentences. Yet a majority of those arrested have been African Americans who actually represent one of the smallest percentages of drug users in the country. In fact various studies examining the proliferation of drug use within American society today all indicate that a majority of users are in fact Caucasians. Other studies examining the inter-relation between criminal arrests and race show that African Americans, Mexicans and even Latin Americans are more likely to be arrested as compared to Caucasians. The reason behind this is an apparent racial predilection connecting race to criminal behavior wherein police concentrate their efforts in areas with large groups of minorities as compared to areas with high percentages of Caucasians due to an apparent assumption that if a crime will happen it will most likely happen in those areas. The inherent problem with this is that it becomes a “self fulfilling prophecy” in that a higher predilection to suspect minorities for crimes does indeed result in minorities being arrested for crimes but this leaves out the much larger Caucasian population resulting in various individuals going un-arrested due to the lack of police suspicion in particular areas. It must be noted that this apparent racial discrimination is not limited to criminal arrests but rather extends to various social situations related to economic opportunity, education and even the way people are treated in public. This in effect creates social segregation wherein American society is becoming increasingly divided over racial lines. Today, forms of segregation are also evident in society where wealth is increasingly being isolated towards the majority; in the case of the U.S. this represents the Caucasian population. The end result of such actions is that minorities remain minorities with wealth, education and connections being increasingly isolated to the upper echelons of society. What this means for various businesses is that often when minorities apply for jobs they lack the educational capacity, experience and networks that a person from a majority possesses which affects hiring decisions despite the presence of affirmative action programs and reverse discrimination policies. Various studies conducted examining the hiring practices of various HR departments have also shown that despite the presence of affirmative action programs most HR personal tend to call people for interviews with names that
There are different architectural designs all over the world. Most of the architectural styles used in America’s buildings during the renaissance period were borrowed from countries such as France and Italy. Such a combination of designs from various areas resulted in cultural diversity depicted in form of structures. The civil war in America left the country in shambles with no influential building to be cited. The war had caused massive destruction to property and buildings. However, after the war was over, it was time for America’s rebuilding. It was necessary to put down roots, as well as come up with structures that were far more permanent and durable (Ingersoll and Kostof 23). Nevertheless, the challenge was that the architectural outlook of America was composed of a landscape that consisted entirely of replicas of Old World forms such as Victorian homes, neoclassical public buildings, as well as Georgian churches. For this reason, when Hobson Richardson came up with the reconstruction of America, it was all clear that reliable buildings would be put up (O’Gorman 14). Richardson is a renowned American architect known for most of the influential buildings in the world. He learned his architectural skills from Paris and has amazing expertise in the reinterpretation of European building styles and forms. However, the focus of Richardson’s building style was on the medieval Romanesque buildings that are dotted everywhere in Italy, Spain as well as in France. Richardson brought the Romanesque style of architecture when he developed the Trinity Church. The Trinity Church is built following the Romanesque architectural style and has been of much influence to American architecture as far as the American Renaissance period is concerned. Most of the time, people tend to ignore the great works of art without a second thought of how much work has been significant in the long run. Pieces of art can act as strategic turning points, with them being far much important than the common crises or politics in major parts of the world (O’Gorman 14). As such, a great musical piece, play, novel, or even an outstanding painting or building might seem way insignificant, but a critical review of the item can be a pointer of the future while drawing its inspiration from the past. For this reason, there are buildings, music, paintings, and novels that mark a given era. Any work of art often has a grounding feel. The Trinity Church is a perfect example of such a piece of work, drawing inspiration from the past. Figure 1: Trinity Church, Boston The Trinity Church is located in America, particularly in Boston city. The church is found on a land that was believed could not hold any form of structure. The Back Bay of Boston, as well as its neighborhood, was known to comprise of tidal marsh. In spite of this, the marsh was turned into an extremely fashionable en
Abstract The construction of The Pearl Qatar community housing was identified and chosen for this assignment because it is a significant development project in Qatar. It also represents the growth of construction technology, given that it is built on land reclaimed from the sea. The ambitious luxurious homes and commercial developments represent some of Qatar’s finest architectural designs. It is a combination of traditional, European, and modern themes. The research explored the available literature on the project. EBHOST and Google Scholar databases were used to access information for this assignment. A number of books and articles were selected depending on their relevance to the research topic. The project is located in the South East of the city of Doha. The project was designed and developed by United Development Company, a Qatari real estate developer. The literature revealed the magnitude of the project and the various districts and precincts that have occupied the 400 hectares island. The Pearl Qatar is a prestigious development targeted at both local and international investors, including short-term and long-term residents. A number of photographs are used in this assignment to show the development project. They include Porto Arabia, Medina Centrale, and Qanat Quartier. The project has been negatively affected by the failure of the contractors to meet crucial deadlines. It is recommended that the developer should urgently complete the project in view of the fact that the country is preparing to host the World Cup in 2022. Introduction The last decade has witnessed emerging planning of planning interventions in the urban architecture of Doha. The new interventions include the city’s mega projects that are large in size, strategically located, and targeted at the urbane population (Salama and Wiedmann 89). A robust economic growth that is supported by strong market forces and insightful visions on the part of the government are some of the factors behind the increased investment and development in the country. The efforts are aimed at propelling Qatar forward into the post-modern society. The government’s renewed development focus has enabled the country to secure the opportunity to host the popular World Cup in 2022. Winning the opportunity to have the World Cup has accelerated the inflow of investment and construction of infrastructure, social housing, h
Description of Training Needs Assessment to the Organization Training is a critical component of human resource planning and development in every organization. Working in the rapidly changing business environment that the current corporate climate has mutated into requires regular updating of skills to remain competitive. Organizations cannot afford to leave all the training needs to the academic and professional institutions of the graduates entering the workplace because each organization has a unique corporate culture. Training Needs Assessment (TNA) is the process of identifying areas where the organization has a weakness in its human resource in either skills or attitudes critical to remaining competitive. The overall organizational strategy plays a big role in determining the areas where the organization needs to train the staff. The strategy sets the optimum performance requirements for the organization and therefore reveals areas where it needs to strengthen its operations. TNA makes it possible for the organization to develop tailor made programs for its employees to take advantage of its strategic positioning in order to improve organizational performance. Two types of situations may necessitate the TNA taking place. The first one is when there is a mismatch in the job requirements and skills of a particular employee or a department in the organization. The second situation arises due to growth when the organization decides to expand its activities. It may find it prudent to conduct a TNA to ensure that all the employees are capable of handling the new duties. In the case of a TNA revealing a gap, then the organization would plan for capacity building activities to bridge the skills gap. Necessity of Conducting a TNA and its Justification Meddox as a company is at an important point in its organizational history. The company seeks to expand its presence in the market to improve its profitability. This situation calls for a TNA to determine the skills gap that exists among the employees responsible for the poor performance posted by the company. One of the key issues raised during my appointment as the Director of Human Resources was that there was a gap between the quality of staff hired and their performance, which was eating into the company’s performance. The company was not realizing the benefits it hoped it would get from hiring some of the most talented people in the market. This situation presents a unique challenge to the human resources section of the company. The que