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Abstract Ethical behavior is one of the crucial factors for successful work. However, sometimes conflicts between employers and employees or dilemmas among co-workers are hard to resolve with guaranteed success. For this reason, many corporations organize training for their workers, so that they could learn how to act in different situations with minimum or no damage successfully using communication techniques. The following conflicts for discussion reflect circumstances that can occur in the workplace. Case #1—The Boss’s Expense Report In the first case presented the superior requires to fill in the report on the trip without any proof of expenses. However, the consequences are unethical and illegal; moreover, it can have negative consequences for both the leader and worker ( Ethics and the Administrative Professional. What would you do? , 2018). As an employee, one is obliged to follow the instructions; otherwise, one risks losing the job (Cahn & Abigail, 2014). The first step in resolving this conflict would be to collect all the information about expanses from the boss, and then call the places he or she visited to find out the amount of money spent, sum it up and see how much is missing. Since setting expectations is an important communicative technique; I would notify the superior about the refusal to participate in such an affair. Case #2—Lunch Reservations In the second case, the supervisor asks the employee to make a booking for a dinner with a lady who is not his wife. Work ethics dictates that the private life of one’s superiors and co-workers is irrelevant to the workplace. An employee should not pay attention to personal thoughts and preferences during work time (Einarsenet. al., 2016). It is the responsibility of an employee to follow the instructions; in this case, maki
Biodiversity is essential for survival of many living organisms on the earth (Duffy 438). Disturbance of the ecosystems on the earth results in many changes, some of which could contribute to human diseases. Pathogens and disease vectors are the major causes of infectious diseases in human beings. Diseases lead to poor health outcomes and unhealthy people who cannot be productive in the process of economic development (Chivian and Bernstein 287). The pathogens that cause infectious diseases include parasites, viruses, fungi, and bacteria. Diseases spread at high rates from one person to another. In some cases, infectious diseases may originate from animals; zoonotic diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) focuses on seeking remedies to clear the infectious diseases. WHO funds numerous projects dealing with infectious diseases, especially in regions of high pandemics and epidemics. African countries and other third world countries within the tropics are at high risk of infectious diseases (Chivian and Bernstein 296). The ongoing programs and research studies aim at reducing disruptions, mortality, and morbidity rates resulting from epidemics of infectious diseases. Research studies in major higher learning institutions and research institutes develop mechanisms of preparedness, prevention, recovery, and response with regard to infectious diseases. Some of the approaches have succeeded while others have stagnated due to limited funds and/or complexity of projects. However, there is hope that continued efforts will bear fruits in the long run (Chivian and Bernstein 289). The ecosystem of the vectors is complex and is influenced by human activities (Bradshaw, Sodhi and Brook 79). In fact, human activities like farming, fishing and deforestation have been shown to greatly impact natural ecosystems. Agriculture, being a major economic activity in African and other third world countries, may encourage breeding of vectors such as mosquitoes, snails, and tsetse flies. The chemical method of controlling the vectors may not be efficient because it results in the destruction of the ecosystem causing imbalance and destruction of useful resources for human survival. The diversity of the life cycle of the vectors is a protective mechanism for proliferation and increase in numbers (Chivian and Bernstein 300). The mode of transmission also varies among different vectors and infectious agents. The major route of transmission is penetration through the skin, ingestion, inhalation, and sexual intercourse. The vectors and infectious agents develop mechanisms of evading the human immune system in order to proliferate (Chivian and Bernstein 302). The ecosystem of infectious agents changes due to human disturbances (Duffy 440). The major human activities on the ecosystem are deforestation, agricultural activities, mining, and water management. The human activities cause degradation of land, which leads to soil erosion, droughts, and global warming. Pollution is rapidly increasing across the world due to the presence of nitrogenous fertilizers, pesticides and disposal of industrial wastes. The urbanization process is contributing to c
Almost every university has its symbol. It is pleasant when you hear about something and a bright and warm association is arousing in your mind. When people hear about Arizona State University, the first thing that leaps into their mind is Palm Walk. We have been so lucky to see this beauty with our own eyes! A person who has seen Palm Walk will never forget it. It is hardly possible to describe your feelings when you have a walk along this marvelous pedestrian mall for the first time. It is like magic; it is like being in another universe. Palm Walk sends inspiration, it is like the home of Muses and your soul wants to sing. Palm Walk needs attention, if you want to be inspired by it, you should devote some time to it. It seems that the palms have a secret. To learn this secret, one should not hurry; he/she should listen to the beauty of Palm Walk. In this essay, we will try to show how we have tried to learn the secret of Palm Walk. If you want to learn a secret, you should be as attentive as possible. Let us go along Palm Walk from the Student Recreation Complex to the University Bridge and listen to the palms, to the wind, to the air. We hope that it is possible to hear them speaking if you just want to hear them very much. Palm Walk is not so crowded now, it is very surprising and it plays into our hands. People are not so interesting right now, the palms are important, they are our company now. At first glance, they are motionless and quiet. Standing like gloomy fairy-tale giants, seventy feet tall trees seem detached and even arrogant. They are so tall; they are closer to the sky than we are. It seems that they despise people because we are so short and fussy. For the palms, our haste seems silly, unimportant, and prosaic. It can be compared to a situation when you see an ant, a tiny uninteresting creature that is always in a hurry. In a minute you will forget about this small insect as if it had never existed. Still, if you look at the palms more attentively, the situation is different: palms are talking to one another and they are talking to us as well, but the problem is that a human being has forgotten how to listen and talk to nature. A man is arrogant, palms are not! It seems that they have livened up when they saw that someone was finally interested in them, they started to talk. The light wind helped them to talk, though it was not a windy day. A light breeze was flying among the crowns of the palms; it was like a flying messenger, it reminded us of the Greek God, Hermes, with his winged sandals. The palms’ crowns were moving, the trees were whispering something and the breeze was carrying their whisper. We heard a breath of wind; it said that palms were happy to be among people, they loved people as they were their only family. The palms’ messenger, the breeze, told us about the birth of the oldest palms, “the veterans” of Palm Walk that were plant
Introduction Despite tangible progress in the recent decades, especially in developed countries, the gender pay gap continues to persist. This issue is stipulated by multiple prevalent reasons, the primary of which include educational characteristics, discrimination, types of jobs and industries, acquired experience, and numbers of working hours. In this regard, governments around the world adopted different respective policies, laws, and practices prohibiting inappropriate actions or encouraging employers to promote wage equality. Thus, this paper aims at examining and justifying the steps necessary to make proper moral action concerning the sex pay gap. Appropriate Steps Undoubtedly, in the case of the gender pay gap, moral actions should be primarily directed at aligning wages between males and females. This action can be implemented in several ways that have already demonstrated its effectiveness and feasibility. The first mechanism is establishing a specifically elaborated certification process requiring various governmental and business entities to show equal payment for men and women for the same job. This can encourage employers to assume moral ownership, and a sense of internal accountability for their own actions affecting personal lives and those around them (“Being your best self,” n.d.). Additionally, according to Wagner (2018), respondents engaged in different sectors agree that equal pay can improve the working environment, including employee relationships, and draw fresh talents, giving women additional stimulus to develop professionally. Indeed, workers value employers’ fair and impartial attitude towards them and are highly likely to repay by increasing their performance. Moreover, such practice aids in boosting corporate social responsibility and reputation accordingly, which favors companies’ growth overall. The second step that should be compulsorily taken in tackling any form of discrimination and biases against women in the workplace. This step is tightly connected with moral efficacy, a concept stating that individuals can ethically and urge others to do so despite moral adversity. For instance, in the sue against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Ellen Pao claimed that the main reason for her termination was absent clear policies that could forbid or prevent discrimination at the company (“Pao & Gender Bias,” n.d.). This also conditioned that men predominantly had much better opportunities to be promoted than women. Furthermore, Pao argued that women could be frequently subjected to harassment and excluded from meetings and gatherings. Ellen Pao also manifested moral courage implying the ability to translate moral intentions and decisions into specific moral actions (“Being your best self,” n.d.). Despite apparent risks, Pao stood up against the firm’s status quo by sending a formal memorandum to her superiors and the outside counsel. In this memo, she indicated incidents of harassment and articulated a resolute desire to enhance women’s work conditions. It is worth noting that decision to write the memorandum become one of the core cases of her dismissal. Overall, although Pao failed to prove the
The effective and competitive performance of a business in any industry is driven by the ability to use analytics to benefit the company. According to Davenport (2006), analytics is one of the key driving forces that contribute to businesses’ compatibility. Through analytics, companies are capable of understanding the current situation in their sector. Moreover, they can foresee possible shifts in customer preferences, industry trend changes, and other important factors, the knowledge of which might help align an organization’s business strategy to obtain competitive advantages. The apparel industry and the overall clothing sector are highly competitive due to the availability of multiple brands competing over customers throughout the world under globalization. The present case study essay is aimed to apply the concepts introduced by Davenport (2006) to the business operations of a Hong Kong Kong-based firm Cosmos Studio. Cosmos Studio is a fashion brand that was founded in Hong Kong and has occupied a significant niche in the local and international clothing industry. It is famous for its sustainability policy that appeals to many customers and creates a unique organizational culture and business image. Overall, analytics competitors invest much into predictive statistics and experimentation to identify the potential areas for profitmaking in the future (Davenport, 2006). The first criterion that allows for achieving successful results in business is the selection of the right focus. For Cosmos Studio, the right focus is on the utilization of environment-friendly materials and manufacturing methods to ensure that customers obtain a high-quality, sustainable product. The right culture is the second criterion that predetermines the analytics compatibility of a business. It implies that within the organization, a particular pattern of decision-making should be developed based on metrics measurement that would drive competitive advantage (Davenport, 2006). At Cosmos Studio, the organizational culture is built around the concept of high quality, standardization, and sustainability. For example, the company engages in collaboration only with manufacturers that “ensure safety and fair treatment of their employees” (Cosmos Studio, 2018, para. 3). In such a manner, the company cultivates high standards in performance and foresees customers’ perception of their brand image as a demanding company that prioritizes environmental issues. It ultimately contributes to the profitability and compatibility of the brand’s products. The right people concept implies that companies competing for analytics hire professionals in analytics to ensure high-quality work in this field. As the overview of Cosmos Studio’s performance shows, the company does not invest much in hiring analytics professionals or competing over talents in this area. However, the organization’s CEOs implement analytical methods to identify sustainability trends and envir
Introduction The movie Greta is an Irish-American thriller directed by Neil Jordan and was first introduced at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018. The film tells a story of a young lonely waitress, Frances McCullen (Chloë Grace Moretz), who rents an apartment with her friend Erica Penn (Maika Monroe). One day, the young girl finds a strange handbag in a subway, with a pinned address, which leads her to a mysterious widow named Greta Hideg (Isabelle Huppert). Although the widow seems to be a gentle and attentive woman, surrounding France with love and care, she has her skeletons in the closet, which Frances finds out soon. This paper aims at reviewing the movie Greta and analyzing the director’s principal claim, the moral of the movie, and the techniques which the director used to bring his ideas to the audience. Summary Greta is not only intended for thriller-lovers but also for those who are interested in sophisticated family relationships and who would like to see the emotional scenes of personal struggles, affected by tragic family events. The lonely widow Greta whose daughter committed suicide is trying to find young girls who could replace her actual child. After a particular chain of events, Francis finds out that the woman has dozens of similar handbags for other young girls and then realizes that the widow trapped her. However, it becomes incredibly hard for Francis to get rid of Greta because the widow starts stalking her daily. Unfortunately, the police ignore Francis’s requests for help, and Frances and Erica have nothing left but to try to get rid of the irritating widow on their own. However, the friends worsen the situation tremendously, which results in Francis’s kidnapping, and Erica needs to put enormous effort to release her friend. The main goal of the director was to display Greta’s superficial sincerity with an inner wish to manipulate the naivety and credulity of the “good girl.” By skillfully using her natural ability to feign, Greta effortlessly demonstrates to Frances what real friendship and bond look like, and naive Frances gets caught in this lie. The director tries to portray the inability of Frances to analyze the environment around her and the dreadful consequences, which happen because of the lack of this useful skill. The young girl feels much more comfortable playing an imaginary part of a daughter for the one who keeps controlling her mind, without realization. Furthermore, by filming the “sincere” emotions of Greta when she plays her role and by showing simple situations such as choosing a dog or cooking together, the director shows the real power of a human lie. Analysis It is widely known that any range of unique techniques used by the director in his or her movies is inevitably connected with the director’s previous works and personal
Introduction As it is mentioned by Liozu (2016), in the past two decades business and pricing complexity have increased significantly. Even though businesses attempt to employ the best customer strategies, the levels of churn are still considerably high, making customer retention to be a focal priority (Tamaddoni, Stakhovych, & Ewing, 2016). This paper aims to examine the most efficient techniques for convincing a previously refused customer to participate in the Federal Wage Survey, which aims to determine the prevailing wage rates for blue-collar wages civilian jobs. Techniques for Convincing Customers There are numerous reasons for the increase in the level of churn. As it is mentioned by Tamaddoni et al. (2016), the implementation of an effective retention campaign is a complex task, which involves accurate identification of best strategies for retaining customers who worth it. For this paper, the most efficient convincing techniques and approaches to retention should be identified. First of all, it is possible to review the study by Tarofder, Nikhashemi, Azam, Selvantharan, and Haque (2016). Their research is focused on the investigation of service failure explanation as to the means of retaining a customer. They argue that providing an explanation for the failure and offering compensation significantly decreases customer dissatisfaction (Tarofder et al., 2016). Another approach is to create a memorable experience for customers that would decrease the level of churn or convince them to come back (Tarofder et al., 2016). Additionally, they discuss the method of an excuse as the approach to shifting the customer’s opinion (Tarofder et al., 2016). Further, it is possible to focus on the article by Lemon (2016). The author states that “delivering a strong, positive and enduring customer experience is still a critical challenge” (Lemon, 2016, p. 45). In meeting this challenge, seven techniques would be helpful to convince the customer to retain by providing comprehensive and efficient customer service. Firstly, Lemon (2016) argues that it is essential to embrace complexity to give their customer an understanding of how complicated and dynamic the processes in the company are. Secondly, it is essential to make sense of all the data because the customer’s churn sometimes is related to the lack of awareness about the importance of data (Lemon, 2016). Thirdly, it is of high significance to rely on existing marketing frameworks since they offer an evidence-based practice approach to convincing customers (Lemon, 2016). The fourth approach is to give the client an understanding that he or she is the most important factor in the company’s decision-making process. The individual approach along with the increased attention to customers can be significantly convincing. Another technique that is offered by Lemon (2106) is to create agile teams with deep and broad skills. Thus, a company will be capable of bett
A mother of a young child has to face a number of challenges and difficulties that she has never encountered before (Jurkowski, Rivera & Hammel 2008, p. 145). As a result, the mother is capable of acquiring and processing new information, the better she can handle these challenges (Smith & Hopkins 2001, p. 1). Unfortunately, mothers with learning difficulties not only stumble upon a range of problems, but also endanger their own children (Brine & Waller 2004, p. 98). Therefore, a specific tool that can possibly enhance such mothers’ capacity of learning and memorizing new information quickly must be provided. In their not so recent research, Tim Booth and Wendy Booth have proven that photovoice is an efficient tool for enhancing progress in mothers with learning difficulties. The approach that the researchers use in order to define the efficacy of the photovoice use in enhancing disabled mothers’ learning capabilities is quite unique. Defined by the authors as “‘normative methodology’” (Booth & Booth 2003, p. 431), it provides a plethora of unique opportunities for a qualitative study. The authors have chosen a qualitative research, which is based on a major case study, which incorporates several cases of photovoice application. Thus, the method chosen by the authors allows for considering real life cases and evaluating the efficacy of the photovoice strategy in the realm of the XXI century and in a specific environment. On the one hand, the use of case studies gives the paper additional pints for observing the effects of photovoice application in real life (Cavanagh, Hogan & Ramgopal 1995, p. 177). True, the practical application of the given tool could have revealed a range of limitations, which would have hindered its efficiency. Therefore, the method in question clearly needed testing. On the other hand, it should be noted that, using specific cases, the researchers obtained very specific results, which needed generalization. It could be argued that, when applied in a different environment – perhaps, used for a patient with a different social or ethnic background, the results would have been quite different. Getting down to the details of the paper methodology, one must mention that each of the research participants (i.e., the mothers) was given a camera and asked to make pictures of whatever they liked and wanted to film or picture. In other words, the above-mentioned photovoice method was applied to carry out the project, sin