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  • Socialism

    Socialism

    Socialism is a difficult concept to describe, partially because the concept has been continually developing over the last two centuries, and partly because no distinctively socialist template has ever become a successful technique of governing a modern nation. By asking a socialist as to the definition of socialism, the answer would more likely confirm what socialism is not. "Socialism is not capitalism. It is not exploitation. It does not mean that the rich get richer

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Support the Claim That Deviance Is a Social Construction

    Support the Claim That Deviance Is a Social Construction

    Support the claim that deviance is a social construction Deviance must have 3 things, expectation (the rules that society create), Violation, Reaction (society reacts, what are the consequences) Supporting that deviance is socially constructed recognizes that people can only understand the world in terms of words and categories that they create and share with one another. This understanding comes about by assigning meaning to these words and categories and interpreting these meanings in a social

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    Essay Length: 554 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Community and Social Structure

    Community and Social Structure

    Community and Social Structure By: Christopher Noyes E-mail: christophernoyes@hotmail.com AssignmentIII The idea of people being social in nature can be clearly illustrated by the groups, or communities that one sees all around them. Groups of individuals share a common perspective of what reality consists of, this is known as culture(Charon, 1997). This reality is perceived through our interactions with others in the group and by what our position is within that group(Charon, 1997). The way

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    Essay Length: 783 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: David
  • Social Groups in My Life

    Social Groups in My Life

    Social Groups Hope Martinez University of Phoenix Sociology 100 Fay DeMeyer Introduction When examining the numerous “groups” I’ve been a part of, it better explains the person I am today. Many groups do not fall into a specific primary or secondary. At different time’s in life they are different things. While something’s stay constant—like church—the actual facility may change, a new pastor may come to teach. It is everyday unexpected items that change the familiar

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Social Contract

    Social Contract

    "The current federal system of government in the United States is failing to meet its social contract obligations to the American people." There is nothing closer to the truth than this statement. While some may argue that the government is following the guidelines of a social contract, many aspects of the government have outgrown their britches and taken over. With over fifteen thousand jobs up for the taking in the government it is hard to

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: David
  • Social Isolation in the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

    Social Isolation in the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

    Olaudah Equiano in his Interesting Narrative is taken from his African home and thrown into a Western world completely foreign to him. Equiano is a slave for a total of ten years and endeavors to take on certain traits and customs of Western thinking. He takes great pains to improve himself, learn religion, and adopt Western mercantilism. However, Equiano holds on to a great deal of his African heritage. Throughout the narrative, the author keeps

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Jack
  • Social Awkwardness and Inappropriate Self Disclosure Within ones Family

    Social Awkwardness and Inappropriate Self Disclosure Within ones Family

    For many Americans, getting together with your family at Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to catch up with relatives you may not see often and relax. However, if you’ve ever wanted to run away from the Thanksgiving dinner table while covering your ears and screaming, you’re familiar with how social awkwardness can effect family situations. Whether it’s about your parent’s ‘personal’ lives or how your grandparents accidentally discovered a nude beach and joined in on

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    Essay Length: 1,270 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Social/cutural Immersion Essay

    Social/cutural Immersion Essay

    Social/Cultural Immersion Essay The subway is one of the most unique ways to travel. From the moment that you step on that last step towards the platform, to the time you’re sitting on the train, you’re immediately flooded with different sights, sounds and smells. Cultures clash, and for a spilt second of riding the train, everyone is moving and together as one. It is interesting to take a step back and to look at everyone

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    Essay Length: 728 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: regina
  • Social Capital

    Social Capital

    Knowledge, Skills, Trust Why this is a problem The lack of knowledge, skills, and trust is a major constraint in developing countries. On the consumer side, many technologies and services- such as mobile phones and bank accounts- simply cannot be used or understood by the poor since they may be illiterate, or unwilling to try a product that they are unfamiliar with. And in many cases, they might not have the aptitude to use the

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Total Quality Management REPORT ON PROMOTING QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WATERLANDER HOTEL PREPARED BY: DUE DATE: 5/12/05 WORD COUNT: 1513 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Global Marketing, Plastix International Plc hired Waterlander Hotel to host their annual banqueting. Global Marketing gave clear and specific details of their requirements to the hotel. However, WaterlanderЎ¦s failure to effectively plan and co-ordinate the activities resulted in the banqueting event been a total disaster and a embarrassment to the client. Waterlander

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Vika
  • Welfare in Our Society

    Welfare in Our Society

    Welfare in Our Society Welfare is a government program that provides money, medical care, food, housing, and other things that people need in order to survive. People who can receive help from these welfare programs are children, elders, disabled, and others who cannot support their families on their current income. Another name for welfare is public assistance. There are many organizations that supply this public assistance. Such as Salvation Army and other groups. Public

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    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Jessica
  • 12 Angry Men-Social Psych Review

    12 Angry Men-Social Psych Review

    One Belligerent Room There are few examples of group dynamics as complete and realistic as the film “Twelve Angry Men”. Recently I was required to view this film and had at first great reservations about its value as an educational tool, but soon after the opening credits rolled by and the deliberations began to take place I was caught up in the story. This film was not only entertaining, but it also serves as a

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    Essay Length: 1,458 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ethics and Social Responsibility

    Ethics and Social Responsibility

    Richie Dunn 2/4/2006 ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Ethics and Social Responsibility in business and government today are very important subjects. There are numerous reasons for businesses to operate in an ethical and socially responsible manner. There are government regulations, corporate belief systems, and basic common sense. There needs to be a overall intent to be ethical and socially responsible in today’s business environment in order to stay successful. Ethics in Business In business today there

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Social Vision Statement

    Social Vision Statement

    A world in which Government, Economics (Industry) and Religion are separate from each other and perform their own specific function in society, would be my “Happy Place”. The interdependence of these three aspects has led to a world that is divided not only on grounds of religion but also on how businesses should operate in terms of maximizing profit yet maintaining stakeholder interests. Government and Politician’s role in society should be to make policies and

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Time Machine - a Social Critique

    The Time Machine - a Social Critique

    Mischel Figusch About The Time Machine: "The Time Machine" is primarily a social critique of H.G. Wells's Victorian England projected into the distant future. Wells was a Socialist for most of his life with Communist leanings, and he argued in both his novels and non-fiction works that capitalism was one of the great ills of modern society. Rapid growth in technology, education, and capital had launched the Industrial Revolution in the 17th- and 18th-centuries, and

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    Essay Length: 581 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Artur
  • Social Status in Shakespeare’s Plays

    Social Status in Shakespeare’s Plays

    In Shakespeare's time, the English lived with a strong sense of social class -- of belonging to a particular group because of occupation, wealth, and ancestry. Elizabethan Society had a very strict social code at the time that Shakespeare was writing his plays. Social class could determine all sorts of things, from what a person could wear to where he could live to what jobs his children could get. Some families moved from one class

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Customers are the end users of a company’s goods and services (1). They are possibly the largest stakeholder group that can be greatly affected by corporate social irresponsibility. They depend on businesses to meet their expectations, and businesses depend on them to bring them revenue. When customers place a value on a company’s goods and services, they trust that the business will give them what they are paying for. If the company does not perform

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Max
  • Social Network

    Social Network

    Last week my local paper reprinted an article from the AP wire about Krispy Kreme's new chief executive Stephen Cooper. (You can also read it here.) The article focuses on Cooper's status as a turnaround specialist and shares some of his philosophy for fixing what's wrong with Krispy Kreme. Here's a sample of his thinking: "You can't rely on word of mouth to keep expanding the circuit of very loyal customers... You have to be

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Social Views in Cry, the Beloved Country

    Social Views in Cry, the Beloved Country

    In Alan Paton’s novel, Cry the Beloved Country, the author uses commentary and examples to depict his stance on South African society and politics. Paton was one of South Africa's greatest writers, he wrote Cry, the Beloved Country in 1948 before the apartheid laws were passed. His messages in the book were not understood at the time of the publishing and the racial segregation continued for a while after. South Africa was divided between the

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    Essay Length: 1,055 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Anna
  • Commitment to Planning: Connecting with Customers, Providing Value to Shareholders, and Remaining Socially Responsible

    Commitment to Planning: Connecting with Customers, Providing Value to Shareholders, and Remaining Socially Responsible

    Commitment to Planning: Connecting With Customers, Providing Value to Shareholders, and Remaining Socially Responsible “Making life easier to find a pair of jeans” is the basic principle Don Fisher along with his wife Doris envisioned when they opened the first Gap store in San Francisco, CA in 1969. (Gapinc, 2006) Since then, Gap Inc. has witnessed the company go from a once a thriving company selling over $30 per share in May 2001, to

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    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Gender Development: Social or Biological

    Gender Development: Social or Biological

    In a variety of contexts, the word “gender” is used to describe “the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, characteristics, or non-human organisms” (Wikipedia, 2006). More specific to psychology, gender role is a term used to describe the normal behavior associated with a given gender status. Those that do not follow this customary role given to their particular gender are said to have an atypical gender role. “A person who has normal male genitalia and

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    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Monika
  • The Public Social Security Budget

    The Public Social Security Budget

    SIMONA MARIA POP THE PUBLIC SOCIAL SECURITY BUDGET The budget of a government is a summary or plan of the intended revenues and expenditures of that government. In some countries, such as the United States, the budget is mainly prepared by the legislature, in others it is prepared by the government. Budgets are an essential element in the planning and control of the financial affairs of a nation or business and are made necessary essentially

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    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Social Darwinism

    Social Darwinism

    Something that many people still do not comprehend is that Indigenous people in Australia are actually very much a part of a system that has been a major part of their own oppression. The way that our society operates and the values we place on our community are a flow on effect, if you like, of the early ideas put forward by anti-Indigenous theorists. Social Darwinism has had a profound effect, and while some may

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    Essay Length: 3,752 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Most Important Social Issue in America Today

    The Most Important Social Issue in America Today

    Social issues have plagued the women and minorities of our country for decades upon decades, degrading them as if emotions and morals were not evident amongst them. The article entitled "Affirmative Action" states that as representation of minorities and women became more and more necessary, a movement called "affirmative action" became an important issue. Affirmative action is not limited to the uplifting of certain genders and races, but it focuses on establishing standards of certain

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Max
  • Comparison of Social Trends of the 1950’s and 1990’s

    Comparison of Social Trends of the 1950’s and 1990’s

    Comparison of Social Trends of the 1950’s and 1990’s We Americans have a fondness of looking back to certain times with bouts of nostalgia, clutching closely the burred images of better off and more secure conditions. We seek revive those past years, hoping to cure all of our current societal ills. Why can’t we bring them back? The economy was good, the family was happy, we say. We see the 1950’s in the United States

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Janna