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Bias and labeling of particular groups of people have always been a significant social problem. Discrimination is the key term of the issue that can be interpreted as behavioral biases against social groups, while prejudice is a negative emotional reaction to a certain social group (Fiske para. 2). Racial labeling is one of the most serious aspects of discrimination. The term racism implies that people of all skin tones belonging to the same race are subject to negative attitudes (Hunter 55). Colorism is another important notion referring to prejudice towards people based on their skin color regardless of their race (Hunter 55). Colorism is closely connected to racism and is considered its subsystem. The main difference between discrimination and prejudice is that the latter is not based on evident facts and is connected with an individual’s thoughts, while discrimination implies a more apparent expression of a negative opinion. Therefore, discrimination is the notion of behavioral bias, unlike emotion-based prejudice. It is also important to understand the differences between overt and covert racism. Overt racism includes explicit and public actions of hatred, such as Nazi abuse and Ku Klux Klan rallies (Solomos 147). On the other hand, covert racism is more subtle and does not imply obvious actions (Solomos 147). The examples may include racial steering, which is discrimination of customers in the sphere of real estate, and concealing racism behind liberal movements. Racial tensions remain an important problem in modern American society. The most recent and obvious example is the death of an African American George Floyd, which triggered mass protests across America. Other cases include the deaths of African Americans Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, proving the existing problem of colorism ( Response to Racism para. 1). Moreover, there is a tendency of both colorism and racism in schools (Hunter 55). To conclude, there are evident signs of spreading discrimination across the country, and proper measures, such as anti-racist regulations and raising society’s awareness, are needed to protect people of all races and skin colors. Works Cited Fiske, Susan T. “Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping.” Introduction to Psychology , edited by Jorden A. Cummings and Lee Sanders, University of Saskatchewan Open Press, 2019, Web. Hunter, Margaret. “Colorism in the Classroom: How Skin Tone Stratifies African American and Latina/o Students.” Theory Into Practice , vol. 55, no. 1, 2016, pp. 54-61. Response to Racism. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2020, Web. Solomos, John, editor. Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Racisms. Routledge, 2020.
Introduction to the Study McDonald’s Company is one of the largest businesses in the world, with branches in 119 countries. The company serves over 60 million people daily in over 24,000 operational business zones worldwide. The following report focuses on one of the branches and/or subsidiaries operating in the UAE. It gives a brief history and background followed by a strategic analysis of the company. The company’s chain of restaurants in the UAE will be discussed, including an assessment of their operations, investigation of the industry in which the business operates, and the market as a whole. The report also states the mission, vision, values, and goals of the organisation in terms of its delivery of services to customers in the region and beyond. The Porter’s five forces model that is applicable in the analysis of performance and competition will also be applied in the company’s analysis. This will be followed by the competition analysis from new entrants in the market as well as the existing competitors. An analysis of the company in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats will be done in the section on SWOT analysis. The entry strategies that were used in the creation of the international brand of McDonald’s will also be analysed, with the provision of appropriate recommendations to the same. A conclusion is also provided encompassing all the suggested recommendations. Background and History of the Company McDonald’s Company began as a small restaurant in California under the steer of two brothers, Maurice and Richard McDonald in 1949. One of the other individuals responsible for the international expansion of the company is Ray Croc who is the American businessperson with roots from the Czech Republic. Croc bought the two brother’s equity in the company, thus transforming it into a nationally and internationally renowned brand. McDonald’s business was listed as a public company in 1965 where it continued with its international expansion to markets away from America including Asia. The UAE subsidiary of McDonald’s Company was established in 1994. It has since been involved in the delivery of services in the area and in the region as part of McDonald’s Arabia Company. The company currently has over 100 restaurants that are spread all over the Arabian region. Industry Analysis The restaurant industry in the United Arab Emirates is one of the fastest growing indu
The annual vaccination against influenza was proposed for healthcare workers in 1984. Later, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) stated that unless the workers have contradictions to the vaccine, they are to receive it. Finally, in 2010, SHEA claimed that flu immunization was an obligatory condition for employment for the personnel involved in patient care (Thomas et al., 2010, p. 989). Despite its undeniable contribution to disease resistance, mandatory vaccination violates the human right to choose the appropriate treatment measures. In this paper, the unethical nature of compulsory immunization against influenza will be considered. Overwhelmed with concern for the patients’ health, hospitals required their employees to get the flu shot annually. The vaccination was aimed to prevent virus transmission among the clinicians and patients, and secure a steady workflow. Nurses, physicians, assistants, or other medical workers delivering patient care might jeopardize the recovery process, let alone their health. Moreover, clinicians who become ill with influenza usually use more sick days (Nurse Journal, 2020, para. 4). The medical organizations proposed that vaccination be made obligatory for those working in healthcare to prevent these deplorable consequences of the virus from spreading. The patient’s safety remains the highest priority for each medical institution. Specialists in the field state that health care workers have a moral obligation to protect their patients and themselves from influenza. The virus, “spread by droplets made when people with flu sneeze, cough, or talk, can land in the mouths or noses of people who are up to about 6 feet away” (CDC, Influenza Vaccination Information, 2020). About 35,000 deaths from influenza are registered annually, and its mortality rate equals rates of breast cancer (Holliman, 2015, para. 5). With this in mind, it is essential to remember that the workers who are at work while being ill might be a threat to the patients, as well as to their loved ones at home. According to Edmond (2019, para. 5), presenteeism – working while ill – is 47% for nurses and 63% for physicians. This point of view, therefore, undermines the notion of ethics. However, mandatory vaccination against influenza remains a highly controversial and unethical issue. First, the flu shot might cause side effects such as a high risk of Guillain–Barré syndrome, paralysis, and convulsions (Nurse Journal, 2020, para. 6). The right to refuse medical treatment, in this case, is ruthlessly violated and may come with grave consequences for the receiver. Despite its controversial nature, in 2018-2019, the flu vaccination coverage was highest among physicians (96.7%), nurses (98.1%), pharmacists (91.5%), and nurse practitioners and physician assistants (91.0%) (CDC, Influenza Vaccination Information, 2020). Th
As the average human lifespan increases, more and more people remain in the workforce for much longer that they used to. Many employees choose not to retire for several different reasons – some enjoy working as it keeps them occupied, and others rely on their income to sustain their living. While typically, generational research in the field of human resource management tends to be devoted to exploring and analyzing the emerging trends – primarily, the generations that are just entering the labor force – recently, the field has witnessed a significant shift in focus. More and more researchers and practitioners emphasize the importance of retaining older employees, as well as the need to address the concerns that are specific to this particular group. The aim of the present study is to assess and evaluate the current organizational policies and practices that concern older employees and identify the best practices in the field. Conceptually, the implementation of age-friendly workplace policies and processes has been linked to improved employee health and safety, enhanced knowledge exchange, and higher employee satisfaction and loyalty. The following objectives have been identified in relation to the study:  1. The study aims to identify the best practices in the field of human resource management, in particular, managing the needs of older employees in the workplace.  2. Consequently, the second objective is to develop a set of benchmarks and performance measures and metrics that will allow evaluating the current organizational processes, practices, and policies against the framework of best policies.  3. The third objective of the study is to identify the optimal workplace design configurations that make the workplace a comfortable environment for older employees to operate in. The analyzed design features are both object-oriented – that is, related to the equipment and materials used in the workplace, and process-oriented.  4. Similar to the third point, the fourth objective is oriented toward assessing how employee safety is ensured in the workplace. A specific emphasis is placed on the design and implementation of such policies that would benefit older employees – for instance, by reducing the amount or extent of physical labor they perform or introducing safeguarding mechanisms for them.  5. Consequently, the fifth objective concerns the specific health policies that the organization has in place to provide a safety net for its older employees.  6. Recognizing that older employees present not only a challenge to the organization in terms of developing better safety policies and processes but also an opportunity, the sixth objective is to analyze how and why knowledge transfer and exchange takes place in the workplace when older employees are present.  7. The seventh goal has to do
Introduction The term ‘vision, or spiritual vision, in this case, is a very interesting term in the modern world. It varies from person to person and situation to situation. There is a huge difference in spiritual vision in this context. However, there is a similarity among all and it is due to the social-economical fundamentals that we are presently situated. Main body In the context of spiritual vision, it can be stated that it is arguable that the emergence of rationality and individualism has led, on the one hand, to the erosion of religion as a communal phenomenon and, on the other hand, to the implausibility of many of its beliefs. Whilst this secularizing process is deceptively complex, the essential idea is simple: modernization leads to religious decline, both in society and in the human mind. In other words, not only do people stop attending places of worship and organizing society according to broadly religious convictions, but they no longer think from a religious perspective anymore. It is not so much that religion is explicitly rejected, but more the case that it just is not thought about. Disenchantment is the process whereby magic and spiritual mystery are driven from the world, nature is managed rather than enchanted, the spiritual loses social significance, and institutions and laws do not depend on religion for their legitimating and along with it the aspect of spiritual vision. Under such parameters, a modern woman would consider spiritual vision as a tool to visualize the betterment of her family in near future. A businessperson may see this as a mode of flourishing the business and a politician may consider this vision as a power-enhancing tool or betterment of the population. Whatever the wish or use of the spiritual vision maybe it is assumed that the end goal would generally result in ethically correct and morally enhancing. John Locke believed a baby at birth was similar to a blank slate. Giving the baby a variety of experiences was like writing on and filling the slate and this is the fundamental of selfhood and individualism. These experiences shape the individual and their personality, as they are not born with one. Locke shared the same ideas with Marx, believing that humans give up certain freedoms to have protection through their government. As a result, the basic nature of the human self is portrayed in the light of spirituality and individuality. Human nature along with its grace and flaws and it is done following the spirituality and ethical and metaphysical beliefs of the cultural environment of his time and today’s context the spiritual vision or spirituality, in general, would only help humanity in the long run. Darwin, in this context, believed that reality was a reflection of thought and rationality and thus spiritual vision could be taken as a pa
Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner’s analysis of the health issues A high body mass index (BMI) and an elevated lipid level are the major concerns in the current study. Lipids, such as cholesterol play an important role in many systems of the organism: cardiovascular, nervous, hormonal, and so on (Goldberg, n.d.). However, a misbalance in the lipid profile may be detrimental to health as the elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) may cause multiple disorders including atherosclerosis, and can increase the risk for the development of heart disease (Goldberg, n.d.). The situation may be aggravated by the patient’s overweight because, when combined with dyslipidemia (an increased LDL cholesterol level), it promotes insulin resistance, as well as various lipid disorders including those associated with obesity (Hirakawa et al., 2016). The given issues must be addressed first because, based on the analysis of the family history, the patient may be predisposed to Alzheimer’s disease from which his father suffered. Alzheimer’s is a genetic disorder that may develop in case a person inherits an altered gene from a parent. The recent research also reveals that the disease can be triggered and its development may be accelerated by hypercholesterolemia (which is also present in the patient’s family history) because cholesterol mediates the production of essential amino acids in the brain and defines the peptide balance (Ricciarelli et al., 2012). Due to the important role of cholesterol in the central nervous system, its excess presence in the organism may disrupt the metabolic processes. Therefore, it is critical for Mr. Wilson to improve his lipid profile promptly to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and other possible complications. The clinical scenario for the patient Currently, Mr. Wilson’s total ch
Issues in a New Group Among the most problematic issues of a man’s life is the relationship within the group to which the man belongs to. Whether (s)he will be accepted or not, how the rest of the team will treat him/her and the like are often the matter of life and death to an individual. Showing what place one takes in the given group is the key issue. Identifying ourselves in the company, we prevent ourselves from merging with the rest of the group, from losing our personality. The rank is the second thing to consider. Depending on the extent of control that one can take over the rest of the company, the social status may be changed into a higher or a lower one. Since every group has certain aims, it is important to realize whether your own needs and wants will be taken into account. Often connected with the rank and the amount of influence, this issue is extremely important for a healthy atmosphere in a group. Finally, it is important to realize the quality of relationships in the group as well. Often haunted by the fear of alienation, many people try to get as close to the new company as possible. In spite of the fact that warm and hearty relations in the group are preferable, one must keep in mind that there must be a certain border between the company life and the private sphere of each of the members. Thus, it is necessary to be a little bit distanced from the group – just to differentiate between the peers and the family, for example. Effective Goal Statements for Leadership in Group At the end of the course, I will be able to take an active part in the group discussions and suggest working solutions for certain problems. When the course is over, I will be able to make a distinction between the group goals and between my ambitions and compromise so that they both could coexist. By the next week, I will take a more active position in the group activities. As the course is over, I will try to change my current group status. At the end of the year, I will become the group strategist who considers every problem which appears in the group and helps to solve it. Reflections on Ricky Sherover-Marcuse’s “Towards a Perspective on Unlearning Racism” Article “No young person acquires misinformation by their own free choice. Racist attitudes and beliefs are a mixture of misinformation and ignorance which has to be imposed upon young people through a painful process of social conditioning. “You have to be taught to hate and fear.” It seems that if all people had an opportunity to read these words, there would be no wars at all. However, can it be that such a simple and natural idea could not occur to some people and trigger devastating wars and terrible misunderstandings? It seems that there much more to this problem than meets th
What is security airport? Airport security refers to the process of ensuring that passengers do not carry harmful, prohibited, or dangerous luggage during the journey. The process of ensuring airport security is made possible by the determination of the items accepted during the journey and the items prohibited during the journey. Some of the items prohibited during the journey include harmful drugs, military weapons like bombs, guns, and flammable items like petroleum and among others. There are many dangers associated with these items. For example, harmful drugs may interfere with the health of the passengers during the journey due to the exposition to a different altitude that causes different air pressure. Secondly, flammable liquids like petrol may catch fire during the journey hence resulting in unnecessary explosions during the journey. Many airport workers impose different regulations to enhance security in the airplanes. Generally, ensuring airport security benefits the passengers because they are protected from external dangers like fire and unnecessary diseases. Globally, different airports impose different airport safety measures. 1 Some weapons may be allowed in one airport but banned in another airport. For instance, in some countries like the United Arab Emirates, there is a minimum weight that goods should weigh before considered for the journey. Therefore, there should be clear and accurate procedures at the airport to ensure that airport security is upheld. Airport security has taken space in UAE airport due to cases l
Cardiovascular diet is the nutritional suggestions for obstruction of cardiovascular disease. Diet unswervingly affects the development of deposits which can hunk the arteries thus causing cardiovascular disease. Fast also affects blood cholesterol levels, body weight, and blood pressure in addition to the glucose levels. Changing daily life behavior including the way people eat, has long been known to be successful in managing these jeopardy factors of contracting cardiovascular disease. For the population, a healthy diet that can prevent heart and blood vessel disease needs to begin at an early age. More lately, an autopsy study of one thousand and seventy nine men and women who diet between the ages of fifteen to thirty four years showed fatty deposits and lesions in those with high levels of blood cholesterol. Considering the fact that eating habit which developed early can be complicated to transform hence advisable to give a needless fast for all offspring over the age of two years There is plenty of fast that a sick person is optional to use during cardio problem. Just to begin with is an abundance of fruits and vegetables in many ensigns, shapes, sizes that are good for the heart. You can absolutely lessen the risk of mounting cardiovascular disease by eating these foods every day. Certainly, fresh produce provide the foundation stone for a healthy diet because they help wash out free remains in the bloodstream thus defending blood vessels. Complete grains, legumes and beans, tea nuts and fish are among the significant contributions to all sorts of composite heart-protective phytonutrients (Dominiczak, 2007). It is wise to find ways to get all the diverse nutrients and stick to a heart-healthy way of life longer if variety of fast is chosen. To endorse on cardiovascular health, ingestion of inundated fats must be restricted to less than ten percent of daily energy intake for most people and to less than seven percent for lofty risk groups. Foodstuffs frequently used such as watery fats from coconut and palm oil contains drenched oily acids which restrains the amount of saturated lean acids that are consumed and can be accomplished by preventing the consumption of fat from dairy and meat sources and ensure usual intake of fish at least two times for each week. Day by day intake of about four hundred to five hundred grams of fruits and vegetables such as berries, olive verdant vegetables and legumes will help to decrease danger of coronary heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure. This utilization provides sufficient sum of potassium, which lower blood pressure and is defensive beside stroke and cardiac arrhythmias. Low amount of alcohol use may guard aligned with coronary heart disease but it is advisable not to encourage in its consumption because other healthy risks connected with alcohol using up may overshadow this payback. Forty five minutes of reasonable bodily action every day may be satisfactory to increase fitness