ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Introduction While couples subscribe to the religious moral perspective of remaining married until death separates them, cases of divorce and adultery commonplace. Where could have people gone wrong? Are they becoming more unethical in their decision-making process on matters of marriage? These two questions are intriguing while analyzing the social fabric of marriage. Therefore, the paper finds the topic on ethics and divorce incredibly important since it may help in establishing a paradigm of influencing people’s decision-making processes on matters of divorce. This paper’s findings will help in building more healthy and long-term marriage relationships, which are conducive for growth and development of children. Before analyzing the ethics of divorce, the paper first introduces the subject of ethics followed by the theme of divorce in the contemporary societal settings. Divorce Divorce constitutes a legal or criminal action that takes place between married people who seek to dissolve a marriage relationship. It terminates marriage before the death of either party. As Mohd asserts, in the process of terminating the marriage, laws that are applicable to a given jurisdiction are applied following the sanction by a court of law or upon the application of any legal process. 1 Concerning divorce, issues of child maintenance and support, parenting time, and property distribution and sharing may have to be considered. The couple may also have to share debt and gain permission to remarry. However, some nations do not permit divorce. Such nations include Vatican City and Philippines. Others have just recently made divorce a legal move. For example, Malta legalized divorce in 2011 while Chile endorsed it in 2004. For some couples, divorce comprises a stressful experience that influences their finances, schedule, and parenting roles. It also influences their living arrangements and children life outcomes. According to Rappaport, children of divorced parents may also fail to grow or progress through their developmental stages when compared to other children for non-divorced parents. 2 This finding suggests that divorce costs both the couple filing it and the children who comprise an important stakeholder in the decision to dissolve a marriage. However, amid the costs, some situations that lead to divorce may be costly to one or both partners and the children. A good example of such situation is domestic violence or domestic battering. Domestic abuse or violence involves the expression of certain patterns of behaviors that are abusive towards one’s partner in a relationship that involves marriage, cohabitation, dating, or a familial affair. As Mogford observes, domestic violence is acerbated in a number of ways, including physical attack, emotional maltreatment, sexual exploitation, economic deficiency, domineering, and threats among other forms of personal oppressions. 3 How
Statement of the Problem The problem in the research is presented in the process. The root of the problem can be traced back to the functioning of the blow molding and assembly processes. It is important to note that there are over 120 shells that go into waste every day. The target of the research will be to modify the process so as to ensure that there are no cold shells at any stage of the process. Cold scraps have the effect of increasing costs and lowering revenue. Due to cold scraps, the company is not able to maximize its profitability. Dealing with this problem has been identified as being one of the best ways to ensure that the company is back to its profit making ways. The project objective statement is: To reduce the number of cold shells scrapped to 0. Scope of the Project To better understand the scope of the project, it is important to look at the key terms used in the project. The term unit refers to scrap. These are the cold shells at the end of the project that cause high scrap cost. Defect may refer to a product or a process. The cold shells that are scrapped by the robot in the course of production are referred to as defects. Although the project is concerned with the entire production process, the focus will be on the cooling and assembly processes. The project seeks to establish the root of the problem through assessing the process of cooling as well as the assembly line. The fixtures and details contained in the cooling fixtures as well and in the assembly line will be the main focus of the project. Although the project is set to encounter constrains, the major constrain will be in regards to the two different customer programs which share the same blow molding process. Stakeholder Analysis An analysis will be conducted on the stakeholders to evaluate their position in regards to the goal of the project. Some of the critical analyses that will be conducted are in regards to the facility controller, VP operations, executive VP, and business unit management. In analysis of the Executive VP, the action taken will initiate a meeting with the DC to bring him up to speed. In analysis of the VP operations, the action taken will be centered on the great involvement from D and the excellent support since he has taken over the VPO position. In the facility controller, the action taken will be focused on the savings that can be realized as a result of achieving the goal of this project. In regards top the business unit manager, the focus will be on the assigning of staff members and the amount of personal involvement. The nature of decisions being made will also be an important factor to take into consideration.
Introduction The paper at hand discusses the problem of family relations aligning the course materials to the selected letter from the “Dear Abby” rubric. The problems brought up in the letter are interconnected with three modules from the course: parenting, divorce, and dating. Every piece of advice that Abby gives in her response will be examined through the lens of the acquired knowledge. Hence, there is an opportunity to apply the theoretical materials to the practical recommendations provided by the psychologist and test the validity of the latter. The course materials are expected to assist in performing a critical analysis of Abby’s advice. Background The letter under analysis is written by a single-parent mother who is concerned about the behavior of her ex-husband. The latter changes girlfriends on a regular basis and introduces them to the sons each time. The woman is worried that his private life affects her children negatively. The psychologist, Abby, criticizes the man’s behavior, pointing out that he sets a negative example. She is convinced that the father should be involved in the sons’ lives and interests rather than involve them in his relationships. This material has been selected for the analysis as it is associated with several course topics at once. Body The first point that should be necessarily elucidated in the context of the discussed problem is parenting. A large scope of the course materials was devoted to the role of the father in child-rearing practice. Hence, it is recommended that the father is involved in children’s lives and participates in the important activities such as school performances and conferences. In the meantime, the described situation reveals a c
Incarceration is one of the forms of punishment for committed crimes. The Prison system in the United States consists of many correctional facilities that are intended to rehabilitate criminals. It includes federal, state, and local (county and municipal) stockades. The modern U.S. penitentiary method has retained the influence of the Pennsylvania-Oborne system: prisons use strict policing measures, but there are some elements of a progressive punishment reflection. Penitentiaries can also be divided into several types depending on the form of imprisonment. Convicts expecting sentencing or being condemned for a misdemeanor offense are kept in jails (Wagner and Bernadette 2). People that are convicted of a felony are usually sent to prison. Those who have committed particularly serious crimes are often held exclusively in solitary confinement. The U.S. penitentiary system has many problems, the chief of them is the huge number of inmates. There are approximately 2,5 million people in prison, about 25 percent of the world’s jail population. They are so overcrowded that the Supreme Court has decided that the United States needs to reduce the defendants’ number. California has decreased the amount by more than 15 thousand people, but it has not lessened the acuteness of the crisis in which the whole penitentiary system is. Most U.S. prisoners are people of color, which means that the American penitentiary system does have a pronounced racial character. According to the federal Bureau, 38.6 percent of convicts are black, and 30.1 percent are Hispanic (Melossi and Massimo 61). The rest are white (27.5%), Native American (2.4%), and Asian (1.5%). The country’s jail population, which has grown to millions, is seen in the United States as a unique social phenomenon and is referred to as a policy of ‘mass incarceration.’ The term spread in America back in the early 1970s, when the number of people put behind bars increased exponentially. This course was largely due t
Perform an analysis of the social/Demographic, Technological, Economic, Environmental/Geographic, and Political/Legal/Governmental segments to understand the general environment facing Great Lakes. Describe how Great Lakes will be affected by each of these external factors There were alarming statistics about leaded gasoline. It was said to have a lot of effects on people and society as a whole. This is as far as their health is concerned. For instance, it caused blood pressure and other health risks to adults and on the other hand, affected their body systems. Children were also greatly affected. This can be explained from the fact that they absorb large amounts of ingested lead in their bodies. Also, children in developing countries ended up having low intelligence. In other countries like Egypt, it caused a lot of heart attacks and in extreme cases premature deaths. As a result of this, there was a lot of international attention and pressure. Many experts started advocating for lead to be phased and in the process reduce lead poisoning. On the other hand, it was also meant to reduce human exposure to lead. This will force the company to devise better ways of involving all stakeholders to come up with a long term solution. On the other hand, the company will continually be blamed for any health complications. Technologically, many cars in developing countries are still using leaded gasoline. This means that they have not embraced technology well to come up with better ways of eliminating lead as an additive. As much as this is being advocated for, the demand for leaded gasoline is still high. Also, Great Lakes did not anticipate that it will have to deal with this issue in any way because of such complexities. This can be explained from the fact that other developing countries don’t have refineries to produce unleaded gas. On the other hand, most cars don’t have catalytic converters. Leaded gasoline has been said to have a lot of environmental effects. For instance, it has adverse effects on the quality of air. It is extremely harmful. Lead particles are inhaled in air and absorbed by the soil. As a result, environmental groups have been putting pressure on the company to stop selling leaded gasoline. Most of these environmentalists have been arguing that the company should ban TEL by 2010. This seems to be unrealistic because developing countries can’t refine unleaded gas. On the other hand, it has forced the company to commit itself to a lot of environmental responsibilities. There is a suggestion that the company should use profits from Octel to transit away from TEL. The company admits that although lead additive is its greatest money maker, it is still harmful to the environment.
Nathaniel Hawthorn is often considered the most widely accepted short story writer and novelist in 18 th century American literature. Analyzing his works a reader can often find the glimpses of Puritan ideologies combining with ancient romance and symbolism. ” The Minister’s Black Veil “and “The Birthmark” are regarded as the most popular works of Hawthorne. His work “The minister’s Black Veil” is received and praised by both readers and critiques as the greatest American short fiction. The protagonists of both stories, Mr. Hooper and Aylmer suffer from pride and, instinctually cold and dreadful isolation. Hawthorn’s stories often lead the reader to believe the fact that most of his characters suffer from pride and cold intellectuality. The characters of Mr. Hooper in “The Minister’s Black Veil “and Aylmer in “The Birthmark “are suffered from the same type of isolation and severe pride. The veil has played a significant role in the story “The Minister’s Black Veil “.Mr. Father Hooper lives in the small town of Milford and he wore the black veil for the rest of his life. Both material and ideological isolation is the crucial problem of Hooper and he believes that he can overcome this problem through wearing the veil. Reader can see Hooper likes to wear the veil in his life because he did not like to expose his real face to the outer world. This veil therefore cut off him for the companionship of the other people in the society. Some people believe that he is affected by madness, and others laugh when they notice Mr. Hooper Mr. Hooper often points out that veil is the suitable symbol of the idea of secret sin. The first part of the story reveals that Mr. Hooper sinned, here reader can see that the murdering attempt of Hopper against a young lady. The shadow of pride haunts Hooper in his entire life and the author remarks that all people have been wearing the mask of the sin in the world. Mr. Hooper’s fellow beings suggest he leave the veil but his pride never permits him to obey their suggestions. Hooper’s efforts to hide the sin from others lead him to severe isolation and never-ending suffering. His extreme pride constitutes superiority complex and cold intellectuality. Mr. Hooper utilizes his intellectual abilities to hide the sin and this paved the way for unending sufferings. His justifications for the sin prove his cold intellectuality and he tries to find peace after the death. Hawthorne asserts; “When Mr. Hooper came, the first thing that their eyes rested on was the same horrible black veil ,which had added deeper gloom on the funeral and co
Introduction Discrimination and oppression are the best words that can briefly describe the entire history of the interaction between the colonists of any distant land and its Aboriginal peoples. The reason is rather simple: usually, oppressors were technologically advanced, and it had assured them with the power to dictate their rules to the local population. It happened in America, in various colonies around the world, and, of course, in Australia. This distant land eventually became the British colony and the place for the convicts to serve their time. It had caused the inevitable clash of the Europeans and the Aboriginal people. The local population was not protected by any laws. Death and suffering were the companions of the Australian Aboriginal people for a rather long time. Today, the situation has changed drastically. Considering the events during the last century, the paper aims at exploring the background of the interaction of the Aboriginal Australian with people from other lands on the Australian soil, reflecting upon the historical impact on the ethical practice of engineering, and evaluating the potential personal experience regarding the impact on communication with the Aboriginal communities of contemporary Australia. Background Indigenous people of Australia appeared to be in danger when the first colonist reached the Australian land. Starting from that moment and until the late 1990s, the Aboriginal Australians struggled for justice. Their native lands were occupied by the colonists from the British Empire, and these people were not the nicest, smartest, and the most ethical ones ( Indigenous Australian timeline , 2010). Before the first convicts followed by their guards stepped onto the Australian soil, Captain Cook visited Botany Bay and claimed the whole continent to be the possession of the British Empire. It was an empty land for him and his followers. In other words, the Aboriginal population was simply ignored. Later, with the arrival of the first ships from Europe, the life of the Indigenous Australians had changed forever. They were killed, tortured, and oppressed until then they began to fight back, and it was noticed by the newcomers. There were no battles in the traditional meaning ( Indigenous Australian timeline , 2010). Spears and bows used by the Aboriginal people could not have been compared with guns and powder, so the Aborigines preferred to use the tactics of hits and an immediate run to avoid face-to-face confrontation. The beginning of the 20th century was rather dramatic for the indigenous Australians as well. The Aboriginals were removed from the census and their law-making power in the parliament was banned by the Commonwealth Constitution of 1901. In other words, people who lived in Australia thousands of years before the colonists’ arrival were left without the right to influence their life. More to say, they were not even considered citizens of the state ( Indigenous Australian timeline , 2010). In 1902, according to the Franchise Act, indigenous people of Australia were not able to vote in the Commonwealth elections. In 1908, Aborigines were removed from the nat
Sustainability reporting is a process of disclosing information material to an organisation’s major economic, environmental or social impacts, and that substantially influence’s stakeholder decisions (Geraghty 2010). A company that is sustainability-oriented is one that is fully aware of its responsibilities towards the different stakeholders and adopts methods and tools that allow it to improve its social and ecological performance (Perrini and Tencati 2006). Sustainability reporting has been emerging globally over the last fifteen years (Hubbard 2009). In previous years, Organisations were required to disclose their financial performance exclusively (Economist Intelligence Unit 2010). In present times, increasing numbers of companies voluntarily disclose information about their social and environmental performance in sustainability reports (Perego 2009). Environmental performance is expected to cover key inputs and outputs resulting from operational activity. These issues include energy and water use, green house gas emissions and other wastes. Social performance, on the other hand, is expected to cover employees, customers and suppliers, community and political relationships (Hubbard 2009). This paper argues that Australian organizations need to adopt sustainability reporting in the 21 st century. It points out the reasons for adopting sustainability reporting and how organizations approach its planning and implementation. It then describes two Australian organizations that have adopted sustainability reporting and discusses how they differ from each other in that regard. Many organizations believe that sustainability reporting is an important tool in assessing performance. There are various reasons that have been given to explain companies’ desire to adopt sustainability reporting. They include market-based drivers, societal, political, regulatory and ethical drivers. Examples of market drivers are brand reputation. Organisations report to prevent negative perceptions of their brand (Geraghty 2010). Societal drivers may include internal stakeholders such as shareholders, employees and trade unions and external stakeholders like customers, s
According to Ho (2004), “the problem with (the) educational and social systems is not that (they) recognise differences. Rather, the problem is that (individuals) often make erroneous assumptions (regarding) the causes of differences and difficulties, and (the individual) either ignore differences or stigmatise those who are considered different” (p. 90). In seeking to bring about genuine inclusion, several issues arise. Some of these issues are addressed in this paper. What does this mean for Early Childhood Practitioners (ECPs)? According to Ho (2004), Early Childhood Practitioner should uphold the principle of inclusion. This means that every individual (read every child) is valued, respected, and given the opportunity to participate fully in the education process. Diversity should be regarded as a “….rich learning resource (for children)” (Connors & Stalker, 2007). Which are some of the messages that may be conveyed to the Children that One Works with through the Tendency to Ignore Differences or Stigmatise those who are Different? According to Exley (1981), and Early Childhood Practitioner may make some mistakes when they ignore differences or stigmatise those who are different. The child may think that they are being given things that are useless and which an individual wants to get rid of since they do not need it anymore. The child may also think that they are being “(regarded) as useless” (Exley, 1981: p. 90). What approach to differences may be helpful to inclusive practice and to the positive development of all children? An ECP should always avoid engaging in what Baglieri (2008) refers to as ‘othering’. They should try to “………identify with (the) marginalised persons (read children)” (Baglieri, 2008: p. 593). These are some of the approaches that may be helpful to inclusive practice. Considering the power of language and the impact this can have on children and families the ECP works with, what are the implications of terminology in relation to difference and disability for you as an ECP? The words an ECP uses with and around children they work with have far-reaching implications on them and their families. The words and opinions they express are especially informed by their understanding of the various models of disability. According to Baglieri (2008), the medical model- which categorises these children as abnormal and unfortunate- may make them feel excluded. This works against the inclusion principle. Children hold different views in relation to disability. In Connors & Stalker (2007), children share these views with the author. This raises several questions: Who needs to change? Is it the Individual who should change, or is it the Society? It is the opinion of this author that the society is the one that needs to change its opinion towards the individual with a disability. The children already seem to have accepted their condition, intoning “………….I am in a wheelchair, so just get on with it” (Connors & Stalker, 2007: p. 25). Is a child with a disability whole or broken? It is the opinion of thi