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Globalization is the international amalgamation of the economy, culture, technology and political forces. The globalization process has been necessitated by the advancement of technology which has enabled societies from all over the world to behave as if they are in a global village. With the improvement of infrastructure such as the internet, people are nowadays in a better position to communicate with individuals from any part of the world with great ease. The unifying of various economies, societies as well as cultures in a global network has improved the world in a number of ways. Globalization has resulted to a rise in the world markets. Nowadays, countries as well as individuals are in a better position to import goods and services that they cannot access in their nations more easily and conveniently. This has resulted to a greater rise in the movement of goods and services across borders which have triggered a great increase of international trade within the last 50 years. Globalization has enabled many economies of the world to have a greater access to funds since they can now have better access to external borrowings. Thus, globalization has helped the needy nations to borrow some funds for development from world banks which they pay later at a subsidized interest. Globalization has promoted Foreign Direct Investments which has enabled multinational firms to set up factories in regions where the costs of production are minimal in order to enhance their profits. These investments have enabled these firms to improve their performance greatly. Moreover, Direct Foreign Investment has also boosted employment opportunities in nations these firms invest. Globalization has also resulted to diversity of products and services in many countries which have enhanced growth tremendously. Presence of similar products and services among diverse societies has boosted unity greatly since different societies tend to adapt similar lifestyles. I agree with the article that globalization has greatly improved the communications process. This is because people nowadays are able to communicate more efficiently and effectively than there before. The globalization process has been accompanied by an increased advancement in the development of Information Technology. The emergence of cellular phones and the coming of internet have greatly facilitated the communication process. Business people are now at a better position to share businesses information efficiently, despite their distances. The advancement in Information technology has also facilitated the establishment of e-business that support electronic buying and selling of goods and services. This enables customers to have diverse products and services at their dispose to select from. I disagree with the article that globalization has improved the lives of people. As
Jean-Paul Sartre’s novel Nausea throws light on the philosophy of existentialism. The main character struggles to acknowledge the indifference of the physical world while searching for the meaning in his life. This paper is aimed at analyzing a quote from this literary work. In particular, it is necessary to show how this quote is related to the main ideas of Sartre. Overall, one can argue that this passage explores the feelings of a person who struggles to find the purpose or rationale in his own life. Moreover, the so-called nausea can be described as the state when an individual understands the senselessness of the material world. These are the main issues that should be discussed in this essay. One should note that Antoine Roquentin, who is the main character, is obsessed with the search of the meaning that the surrounding world should have. In turn the selected quote describes the experiences of an individual who cannot accept the chaotic nature of the material world. Moreover, he cannot understand why and how the world was created. The following sentence illustrates the feelings of this person, “I slumped on the bench, dazed, stunned by that profusion of beings without origin” (Sartre 1965, p. 190). Much attention should be paid to the Sartre’s ideas of nausea. This is a state when a person is acutely aware of the existence, but at the same time, the protagonist cannot see the forces that lead to this existence. This is the main question that puzzles this main character. Additionally, the main character is overwhelmed by the alleged senselessness of the physical world, especially its dynamic nature. This is why he utters the following phrase, ‘All of sudden they existed and then, all of sudden, they no longer existed’ (Sartre 1965, p. 190). On the whole, Antoine Roquentin cannot see the logic of this process (Sartre 1965, p. 190). This issue is of great importance for the protagonist, because this person understands that sooner or later he will also disappear just as the material objects that he observes on a daily basis. This thought causes the nausea that Antoine Roquentin wants to overcome. It should be taken into account that Sartre’s philosophy is aimed at showing that people should recognize the idea of their freedom; otherwise, the quality of their lives will be impaired. Moreover, they should not assume that they were created for some predetermined purpose. This is one of the reasons why Antoine Roquentin is so repulsed by the existence. The selected passage throws light on the attitude of the protagonist who cannot accept the idea that he is free and that his life does not have to follow a certain logic that could be imposed from outside. This is why he experiences emotional crisis. Overall, this quote is important for understanding the so-called nausea of the main character and existence. The passage shows that in many cases people strive to discover a pattern in the material world, and the absence of this patter bewilders and sometimes depresses them. This is one of the main issues that Sartre examines in his work
The most significant issue with the strategy of placing social workers in every school is the cost of maintaining the new workplaces. This proposal aims to provide funding by promoting a ballot measure to gain financing via extra gasoline tax and use it to pay the workers. It is also necessary to discuss the logistics of the plan’s implementation, including the details of the workers’ operation. Funding of the Project The salary of a social worker is comparable to the salary of a school teacher, and hiring a new teacher for every school is a significant financial endeavor. As such, if the proposal outlined in this paper is to be implemented, a source of financing must be found. This source has to come either from a redirection of an existing finance flow or a recent tax, the beneficiaries of which have not yet been firmly established. In order to search for a source of funding, the cost of the program has to be established first. The average salary of public school teachers in the State of California amounts to approximately $77,179, according to the California Department of Education (2017). Furthermore, the California Department of Education (2018) states there are 10473 public schools of different levels in the state. If a social worker is to begin working in every school, the rough annual cost estimate is $750 million. While this is a considerable sum, the state of California has recently introduced a new tax that is capable of providing the necessary funding. The policy in question is the November 2017 increase in the gasoline tax as described by Miller (2017). According to Miller (2017), the tax was primarily intended to help fund various road programs, but it is likely that some part of the income can be diverted to the funding of the proposed plan. The increase is expected to bring in $5.2 billion annually, according to Miller (2017), which is sufficient to cover the proposition’s cost without compromising the original goals, slowing down the road maintenance programs but not impeding them. Logistics of the Plan Social workers stationed in schools will mostly work on the micro level, such as counseling for students and parents. The sessions will help discover the reason for a student’s behavior that can then be addressed to the satisfaction of both the family and the school, and the personal approach will help deal with factors such as diversity. Additionally, social workers will work towards eliminating absenteeism and truancy by preventing them entirely through preemptive actions, identifying potential risk factors such as unusual behavior and counseling the troubled students. On the mezzo level, social workers will change the operating patterns of the schools where they work. Unlike teachers, who do not necessarily have the elimination of truancy as their primary goal, workers will be able to focus on their assigned target. As such, they will be able to understand students’ problems
Literary works reflect people’s longings and focus on particular facets of the human live. Thus, Morales and Hansberry tell a story of the life of minority groups who have to struggle with numerous issues. Importantly, each genre has its characteristic features which largely determine the development of characters. It is possible to trace this difference while considering the characters of Walter and Ramon. These two characters have a lot in common, but they also differ in a number of ways. At that, the development of these characters is also different. Thus, it is necessary to note that the two characters are males who are breadwinners and have to provide for their women. Ramon has a young pregnant wife, Walter lives with his wife and his son, his mother and sister. The two men are representatives of minority groups who have severe financial constraints. It is clear that the two men wish to be wealthier. However, they are hard workers and hardly have an opportunity to become richer in the nearest future. These financial problems and overall dissatisfaction with their life (as well as status) makes them abusive. The two men similarly try to assert themselves at the expense of their women. However, this is where similarities end as it is obvious that the two characters are very different in many ways. One of the most obvious differences is that Walter abuses his wife psychologically while Ramon often physically abuses his wife even though she is pregnant with his child. Ramon would beat his wife and poor woman “was scared he would hurt the little baby” (Morales 561). Walter is very rude and mean all the time he accuses his wife of being unsupportive, “moaning and groaning” even though she tries her best to take care of him and their family (Hansberry 494). Nonetheless, he never beats her like Roman does with his wife. Another important difference is that the two men have different aspirations. Thus, Walter wants to become rich and more powerful. He is tired of living in the minority neighbourhood and he is ready to take risks to earn a lot of money and to become a part of the majority group. Whereas, Ramon’s aspirations are not vivid but it is clear from the text that he is focused on his job and his household. The two characters’ attitude towards their background is also different as Ramon is proud of being Hispanic and he speaks Spanish with his wife when he pleads her to stay, “Si te vas me mato. Te lo juro” (Morales 562). However, Walter is willing to forget about his background and wants to enter the white middle class or even upper-middle class. He thinks he is “a giant – surrounded by ants” (Hansberry 530). He does not want to associate himself with the people living in his neighbourhood. At this point it is important to add that the development of the two characters is also different due to the genres chosen. In the play, the author reveals Walter’s aspirations and fears through his interactions with
Introduction Flash drivers are information technological devices that help in transferring and storing information since it’s a kind of non-volatile hardware that is re-writable and hence making it easy for an individual to move data back and forth more quickly. These drives are smaller than floppy discs and have higher capacities making them easy to carry or store large volumes of data. Since flash drivers do not have moving parts hence they are in a position to stay for a long period. Importantly, some of these flash drivers usually utilize the Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage standards that operate in support of operating systems including Windows and Mac OS X (Musburger & Gorham 45). These drivers are very reliable as nothing mechanical happens in computers as what is stored or transferred to these drives can be read by computers more easily. In this case, these drives are very robust in matters relating to mechanical operations. It is because of their simplicity in usage and reliability as far as storing and transferring information is concerned that they are preferred in storing information on students’ population in a school. It becomes very easy to alter or update information stored in flash drivers as the operation of a computer is the sole mechanical operation that is used. Reliability of flash drivers Flash drivers have the capacity of storing larger volumes of data as compared to CDs and they can rely on more than floppy discs. Their reliability can be seen when storing data since these data cannot be lost since the data is only readable within a computer. The size of the flash drivers is very small making it easy to be carried along and hence one can access the information about the students’ population even when using another computer outside the school compound. Notably, some flash drivers have a capacity of up to 7 GB making it easy for one to transfer or save videos, pictures, and presentations (Venkateswaran 541). Advantages of flash drivers Some advantages are associated with the use of flash drivers in information transfer and storage. In this case, the aspect of cost is very essential when deciding on the usage of these drivers. This is because they are very cheap where 4GB or even smaller drivers can be obtained at only $10 to $20 which is a very little amount of money compared to the amount of information that is stored and transferred through them (Shelly & Vermaat 212). It is very easy to use flash drivers an aspect that has made them be the most preferred choice for additional memories. In this case, they will be able to be used by any member of the staff more easily. Additionally, these flash drivers are very strong and hence durable and hence the information stored may not be lost easily. Types of flash drivers There are different types of flash drives which include; memory meter flash drive, credit card flash drive, and lighter flash drive among others. In this ca
Today, school administrators perform as the leaders to control the activities with the school environment and organize the work of specialists in order to respond to the organization’s purposes and complete the set goals. However, the world changes quickly and new skills and abilities will be required for the effective leadership in some years. School administrators’ leadership and associated actions contribute significantly to the effectiveness of a school as organization that is why much attention should be paid to the development of the appropriate leadership plan which can be successfully used not only today but also as the plan oriented to perspectives and potential progress (Dahir, 2009). A school administrator of the future is an active leader who uses the leadership qualities and attributes in order to improve the situation and create the conditions for the significant progress, thus, it is important to discuss the activities of school administrators in the future along with working out the leadership plan which can predict and meet the future changes in the sphere. A leader is a forward-looking person who can predict and analyze situations in several steps in order to choose the most effective variant of developing the definite situation or phenomenon. As a result, leaders are always ready to the changes within the industry which can affect their activities. In one year, school administrators will be expected to be more prepared to the changes within the industry and more flexible to adapt to the innovations and new tendencies because today it is possible to speak about the extreme speed of changing trends related to any sphere of the people’s activities. In three years, school administrators will be able to control more organizations such as schools and associated institutions or perform more duties because of the tendency to optimize all the processes (Baloglu, 2012). Thus, the public will expect more responsibility and more leadership from school administrators than today. The situation will develop in five years, and the responsibilities of school administrators will change in relation to focusing more on the managerial functions. In ten years, school administrators will become leaders operating with the support of new technologies and competent staff in order to complete the fixed goals appropriately (Baloglu, 2012; Dahir, 2009). From this perspective, the processes of optimization, expansion of the leader fun
In his book, a diplomat and a political scientist, Henry Kissinger states that, “It is above all to the drumbeat of Wilsonian idealism that American foreign policy has marched since his watershed presidency, and continues to march to this day” 1 . Here he implies that although Wilson failed to convince America that collective security represented by international organizations would guarantee peace in the world, his idea is still relevant today. I partly agree with this statement because today politicians do their best to avoid armed conflicts on the international arena, however, in certain situations foreign policy still follows the best interests of the United States. In the modern world, the peaceful coexistence of different countries is impossible without international relations, which is the foundation of diplomacy. Without these means of implementing the state foreign policy, political, economic and cultural integration is impossible. Initially, the U.S. diplomacy arose from the English model. The theory of international relations in American political science began to form in the period between the two World Wars. America has always been independent in decision-making and used manipulative tactics combined with old and new traditions. In the twentieth century, America became a global superpower and had expanded its foreign engagement. During those times Woodrow Wilson ruled the country and recognized the role of America in international affairs. He believed that the foundation of international relations was morality and law. The aim of his ideology was stated as “to entrench cooperation and interdependence among all countries around the globe, believing that cooperation will substitute anarchy with peace and prosperity” 2 . Political idealism holds that the democratization of international relations, combined with the introduction of norms of morality and justice into the world politics can eliminate armed conflicts and wars between different nations and countries 3 . Supporters of Wilsonian idealism tried to analyze the goals and objectives of foreign policy proceeding solely from moral, ethical and abstract legal norms. Following the views of classical liberalism, they believe that the primary task of the foreign policy of the United States of America is to defend the ideals of freedom and democracy throughout the world. Wilsonian ideology appears to have preserved in modern politics. Recent examples include George W. Bush, who “radiate
Introduction Inclusivity and diversity imply acceptance of differences, awareness of their value, and profitable use of the uniqueness of each. Inclusivity removes barriers that prevent a person from gaining access to a specific area: education, the ability to make political decisions, culture, and others. Primarily, it relates to ethical decision-making because all points of view should be considered in any workplace (Banks & Nøhr, 2012). The ethics of decision-making is choosing one of the alternative ways of solving a problem based on the foresight of the immediate and long-term consequences of the decisions made and their responsibility. Main body Decision-making is an integral part of the ethics of responsibility. At the level of everyday practice, decision-making is based either on intuition, impulsive impulse, or judgments based on personal experience, knowledge, and competencies. Intuitive solutions are not burdened with a conscious weighing of the pros and cons of each alternative and do not need a rational understanding of the situation (McAuliffe & Sudbery, 2005). Even though intuition constantly accompanies the manager’s activities, rationality is the primary factor in solving the problem. Hence, this paper aims to investigate an inclusive model of ethical decision-making and reveal its influence on the working environment. The inclusive model of decision-making was elaborated on the basis of numerous principles in such fields as healthcare, psychology, social work, legal practice, and others. It was first published by Chenoweth and McAuliffe (McAuliffe & Sudbery, 2005). It is built upon several essential dimensions responsible for the decision-making process and ensuring a safe environment for every employee. These dimensions are accountability, consultation, cultural sensitivity, and critical reflection. The first element is explained as the responsibility of “being called on to give an account of what one has done or not done” (Banks, 2004, p. 150). It is usually linked to blame because managers should be careful while making choices since unpredictable results may be. As an essential platform for an Inclusive Model of Ethical Decision-making, accountability focuses on the employee’s ability to formulate and justify the decisions made, considering the broader social context in which they work. This platform is tightly linked to critical reflection, which encourages managers to open up the decision-making process to test themselves and others in a way that improves organizational status (Banks & Nøhr, 2012). If this step is followed, workers can realize the structure of their values and their impact on t