Abstract This paper discusses research that reveals that academic success for children is strongly correlated with peer acceptance, friendship status, peer rejection, peer maltreatment, negative peer status, and the development of peer relationships. The writer sums up each of the five studies and points out its strengths and weaknesses. The writer explains how all five articles try to convey the fact that society needs to be more sensitive to social issues involving children that relate to peer acceptance since the level of peer acceptance for a child could potentially make or break the child's future chance for academic success.The writer concludes with recommendations for future research, such as a national standardized test, that would yield results that could be said to be typical of the entire country.
From the Paper "The group of articles all presented the same general result: peer acceptance is correlated to academic achievement. The methods used seem to be either the precursor or follow-up to each of the other articles depending on the order in which you read them. The studies used similar methods in order to find a correlation. The first two of the five studies used one-on-one interviews to determine how much of a factor peer acceptance played into academic achievement. Both of these studies used point scales in order to get responses from the participants. The last two studies were longitudinal studies that wanted to know if peer acceptance affected academic achievement in the long run. Both of these studies used self-reports and teacher-reports to determine the degree of peer acceptance."
This paper analyzes the impact of the practice of employees accepting gifts in organizations by highlighting the perceptions of employers, customers, stakeholders, and the public.
Abstract The paper explains that employers are willing to provide some freedom in accepting gifts of nominal value, subject to the provisions, rules, and codes of the organization's ethical policy. The author stresses that the practice of accepting gifts is an ethical issue because it involves a moral dimension. The paper relates that the refusal of a gift may cause embarrassment or offense to the donor and may ultimately affect relationships.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Employer Perception
Customer Perception
Stakeholder Perception
Employee Perception
Public Perception
Ethical Practices in Organizations
Ethical Codes for Public Sector Employees
Yardsticks for Decision
Conclusion
From the Paper "Ballard Power Systems Inc. has evolved comprehensive guidelines on corporate governance, which covers code of ethics in the workplace. The conflict of interest policy does not permit employees to accept money or gifts from suppliers or customers, especially where such an act could influence or there are reasonable grounds to believe that such acts may influence Ballard's business relationships with such suppliers or customers. However, the company allows accepting gifts of nominal value of less that $50; it also permits employees to accept customary and proper social invitations, as long as there are no reciprocal obligations. Ballard urges employees to use their personal judgment and common sense when they are trying to decide whether or not to accept a gift. It also strictly prohibits employees from soliciting gifts, whether of nominal value or otherwise."
Abstract The paper examines Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" where Morrison exposes and attacks all the people who disseminate the standards of social beauty and behavior that diminish Pecola Breedlove's sensitivities and contribute to her sad life. The paper discusses how Pecola's self-knowledge was fed only by her family and her social experiences that allowed her no place in either familial or social existence. The paper posits that Morrison has succeeded in embarking our society on its journey into self-acceptance by altering the perception of what is beautiful and socially acceptable.
From the Paper "The universe wants to remain chaotic. It is chemically natural for organic molecules and inanimate objects to resist any type of order. Think of the miles of wire behind your computer that tangle endlessly while you are away, or the complete disorder that a stack of books piled on the back seat of a car becomes when they reach their destination. Chemists have proven this phenomenon, called entropy, repeatedly in controlled experiments where organized molecules in a small closed system become chaotic and disordered without any outside interference."
Abstract This paper presents a personal narrative. It focuses on the writer's dreams and expectations with regards to being accepted into Florida State University (FSU). The paper describes the writer's hopes and goals with regard to a university degree and how his acceptance into FSU was the beginning of the fulfillment of those dreams and goals.
From the Paper "I have learned that if you have a goal, passion and endurance will get you there. Being a student at FSU is a dream come true, one which I have accomplished through hard work and perseverance. My biggest hope, and at the same time, perhaps my most important challenge at this point in my life, is to finish university, get my degree, and do so having no regrets. Reflecting on the goals that I have set for myself, the values I have acquired and the qualities that I possess, I would say that passion is what triggers self-improvement and evolution. However, knowledge and dedication play equally important parts in becoming not only a college graduate, but also a well-respected professional. Not a day goes by without learning something; life is full of possibilities, and being successful - I think - is very much a matter of knowing which ones to pursue."
Abstract This paper discusses the ideas of community acceptance of homosexuality. The author examines society's attitude to homosexuality by referring to four personal interviews which are personal accounts of criticisms of homosexuality.
From the Paper "In our community there is common debate about homosexuality and whether it is right or wrong. There are many people who believe that homosexuality is wrong, but where we find a common problem is in the fact that these people have no business worrying about homosexuality, since it doesn?t affect their life directly in any way. Accepting homosexuality in our community would help our culture expand, and promote harmony in our community."
Abstract This paper is on the topic of acceptable use policies of schools and libraries. The paper states what an AUP is, what should be stated in them, and how important they are.
Abstract A specific answer to a scenario set by a teacher regarding online commerce and how it works. This paper provides a scenario of on-line commerce where someone bets on a horse race on-line. The paper explains how the law could work to accept this postal bet as a real bet. Included are a number of scenarios to show how the bet would have to take place in order to meet the time and legal constraints.
From the Paper "When looking at the legalities of the Boniface betting scenario, it is important to define what is understood by the technical terms involved. It is a complicated process going through servers and ISP?s, one that can be defined by breaking the links down and analyzing where the individual links are. When using computers connected to ISP's and using betting webpages and their related servers, definitions must be made as to the process of the transaction."
The author of this paper discusses both the social consequences of infanticide in traditional third world countries and the social acceptability of neonatal euthanasia in Western cultures.
Abstract This paper discusses the social consequences that will result in traditional third world countries from gender imbalance due to a bias in male children, sex-selective abortion and female infanticide. Furthermore, the paper discusses the modern Western issue of the killing of infants who suffer from incurable illnesses. Specifically, the paper assesses the social acceptability of some nations in Western Europe that have in recent years attempted to enact legal protocols for neonatal euthanasia, by which the most severely ill infants may legally be killed following consultation between physicians, parents, and authorities.
From the Paper "In contrast to the problem of mass, sex-selective infanticide in traditional cultures, in the West the issue of the killing of infants who suffer from incurable illnesses has recently arisen. It is important to clearly distinguish such euthanasia from infanticide proper, although opponents of such euthanasia are likely to argue that the distinction is not valid ("Outrage," 2004). In fact, euthanasia of both the elderly, the incurably ill, and infants (especially newborns) with incurable illnesses has taken place as long in Western nations as it has in other cultures, but only in recent years has it become a matter of controversy. One example of the controversy coming into a public debate is in the Netherlands, where in 2002, medical doctors from the University of Groningen working in cooperation with state prosecutors worked out what has come to be known as the Groningen Protocol, a set of guidelines for physicians treating severely ill infants who may not be capable of survival. According to these laws, physicians, in consultation with the infant's parents, social workers, and prosecutors, have the prerogative of making a decision concerning euthanasia in select and clearly limited situations. Of approximately 200,000 children born in the Netherlands annual, it is estimated that 600 of the most severely ill may be subject to physician-assisted euthanasia (Verhagen & Sauer, 2005). Whether this new attitude toward neonatal euthanasia will prevail and become more widely accepted remains to be seen."
Tags: euthanasia, sex-selective, western eastern, social acceptability, neonatal
Abstract This paper explains that general accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide a consistent framework for the production and presentation of financial statements. The paper points out that GAAP provides easy interpretation and comparability of the statements between companies. The paper then analyzes Western Digital's annual report and projects that, because of its conservative outlook, the company will more likely spend its capital on organic growth or small acquisitions that will be easy to digest. Next, the paper reviews Toyota's annual report and surmises that the largest factor impacting US performance was an adjustment to meet a US accounting standard rather than any sort of sales or expense shift.
From the Paper "The difference between current assets and liabilities, and non-current ones, is important to financial statements. This distinction relates to the two main components of a firm's financial situation - the overall situation and the short-term situation. The short term situation directly relates to a firm's liquidity and solvency, giving a picture of the firm's ability to survive in the near term. This is specific information, and not necessarily related to a firm's long-term health. Liquidity issues can cause problems even for a very healthy company."
Abstract This paper aims to refute the idea that Confucius' acceptance of the Mandate of Heaven was influenced by his support for the Zhou Dynasty and that it conflicted with his humanist ethic. The paper looks at how the teachings of Confucius are sometimes judged to be humanist and utilitarian in the Western sense, but then goes on to point out the crucial difference. Western humanism aims to impose a rational framework on the world, but Confucius was a strict follower of the Tao, and accordingly he saw the function of reason as accommodating the world, not reordering and redefining it. From this point of view the king acquires a mandate from heaven to rule over his subjects, and they cannot acquire this right by mere force alone. The paper also quotes from the "Analects" and examines the views of Mencius as throwing light on the issue.
From the Paper "Max Weber identified Capitalism as an impulse to reconstruct society on the rational principle, and more crucially he went on to identify it with the Protestant work ethic. In his elaborate investigations he probed all the major religions in the world, and in the process the Chinese civilization, which modeled itself on Confucian empiricism, sprung up as the likeliest alternative springboard for Capitalism. Yet China is seen to resist all strains of commercialism, and Confucianism teaches the profit-motive to be part of the baser nature of man. Weber explained that in Confucianism "[e]verything remained at the level of sublimated empiricism." In contrast to the Western impulse, reason is not an end in itself. Its purpose is to "accommodate the world", not to redefine and restructure it (Weber, 151). Most read this analysis as pointing to the shortcomings of Confucianism with respect to adapting to the modern world of free trade. However it also suggests that there is a profound, even religious, underpinning to Confucianism, which helps us towards understanding the position of Confucius on Tian Ming. "
An analysis of the effects of two female characters' varying levels of self-acceptance in their relationships with males in "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison.
Abstract The writer discusses the experiences of Corinthians and Hagar's relationships with men in "Song of Solomon". The paper explains that Hagar pursues Milkman because she feels that with him she will always be content, but her lack of self-acceptance disables her from viewing herself as having the potential to be more than a positive asset to him, rather than desiring an equal partnership. It explains that Corinthians also seeks male companionship and that she is able to develop a fulfilling relationship only after she learns to accept herself. The writer explains that while Hagar becomes more critical of herself and her relationships become increasingly destructive, Corinthians becomes more accepting of herself and her relationship with Porter makes her happy. In conclusion, the writer feels that after analyzing the way these two women relate to others and perceive themselves, it is evident that while love is an important part of life, a person must reach a state of self-acceptance in order to establish a fulfilling relationship.
From the Paper "The fact that Hagar is unable to kill him when he finally refuses to fight back demonstrates her inability to understand her feelings or create healthy mechanisms for dealing with loss, since she obviously does not really want to kill him. Hagar does not genuinely intend to kill Milkman at any point, but without a solid base of confidence and self-esteem, his rejection of her ignites the rage in Hagar that stems from the poor image she has of herself. Milkman's love gives her affirmation that she is a good person, so when he takes that love away that affirmation is gone. Guitar tries to rationalize with Hagar when he says, "You think because he doesn't love you that you are worthless. You think because he doesn't want you anymore that he is right - that his judgment and opinion of you are correct.... You're turning your whole life over to him.... And if it means so little to you that you can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? He can't value you more than you value yourself (309)." Although Guitar's words are painfully correct, Hagar is unable to recognize the fact that the only judgment of herself that matters is her own. Without a way of dealing with her pain, Hagar lashes out at the man that she feels is the cause of it without realizing that her pain originates within herself. "
Abstract This paper compares and contrasts the themes of acceptance and inclusion in society that are found in Michel Foucault's book, "Power/Knowledge" and Richard Rodriguez's, "Hunger of Memory." Richard Rodriguez is a Spanish-speaking immigrant who broke the bonds of poverty and became an accepted member of wealthy upper-class and Michel Foucault is a a homosexual who broke the stereotypes to become successfully accepted into society. These two writers put forward the theories that there is an actual process involved in becoming part of society that is separate and distinct from what you receive in your individual family units.
From the Paper "Indeed, his most famous book, Hunger of Memory, is precisely about the way in which an individual can reclaim himself (or herself). This autobiographical book is structured in many ways as a travelogue, as the story of the journey that Rodriguez takes from his first schoolroom in Sacramento, which he enters speaking only a few words of English, to the reading room of the British Museum, an icon not only of the powers of the white establishment but also of a certain kind of intellectual power, a place where people whose ideas matter work."
Abstract This paper discusses the different methods of accounting that are being adopted to be used in both the public as well as private sectors. It particularly focuses on generally accepted auditing standards -- GAAS and the generally accepted government auditing standards -- GAGAS. The paper discusses each method and compares their use in private and public sectors.
From the Paper "Since the yellow book as well as the SAS No. 63 includes the function as well as reporting levels of the GAAS, the defining terms of reportable circumstances as well as material defects carry towards internal governmental regulation structural reports. The bearable limit in case of a situation of reporting is less compared to material form of weakness, even though a material form of weakness is a kind of situation of reporting. Nevertheless the dichotomy among a material form of weakness and other situations of reporting sometimes would be intricate to find out. Few illustrations of the internal regulation report areas as regards accounting in relation to revenue and receivables are (i) Criteria: The computer area of services operations symbolize a substantial part of the entity's net income. Correct data of revenue are important to make dependable statements of finance. (ii) Situation: Income from the new forms of computer services operations is taken by the accounting system of the computer services. The accounting system estimates the funds owed by the clients for usage of computer and assignments completed on task and contract orders, accounts receivable that are unbilled and income received. (Broadus, 8)"
This paper discusses the identity of the African American and the way in which all individuals should be accepted as they are, with reference to the Invisible Man, author Ralph Ellison, August Wilson's play Fences, Corregidora by Gayl Jones and...
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Abstract The following paper attempts to show how the identity of man is accepted or not, by the society within which he lives. The author makes reference to several novels and plays in order to show the challenge involved in communicating across our barriers of race and religion, class, color and region. He cites August Wilson's play Fences where he expores three generations of African-American men and the generational changes of each man from the Reconstruction Era to the late 1950's. In the other works examined he discusses the acceptance of individuals within a society, family identity and black masculinity.
From the paper:
?Go Tell It to the Mountain is Baldwin's examination into his own family, one that's more introspective, bound nonetheless by personal experiences. In the novel Florence shares some of Ursa's perception of love and men. Florence is unable to love because she's jealous of her brother Gabriel, whom their mother devoted her attention upon; the affect of her friend's Deborah's rape; and Gabriel's apparent life of debauchery. She believes all men are distrustful, driven by lust, desiring control of their women. Surprisingly, Deborah married a man to secure the material comforts she never had in life; in fact, she's become rather obsessive about materialism, preferring it to the humanism that she has discarded from herself. Her hostility toward men, particularly Gabriel, has sterilized her own happiness. The theme of sterility threatens family foundations, especially with Gabriel.?
Abstract This paper discusses several of the themes presented in Leslie Silk's novel, "Ceremony." This paper looks at the main character, Tayo's journey to self-acceptance of his roots through a journey he takes through the world of the white man and its many vices. The paper uses different examples from the story that follow the journey through to its conclusion. These include Tayo's contact with the white doctor, his feelings of invisibility and his search for spirituality. The paper continues this theme through Tayo's use of alcohol and how it serves as a symbol for both his thirst of learning about his culture and his continued abuse by the white man. It is through this journey that Tayo eventually returns to the medicine man and eventually inner peace and acceptance.
From the Paper "Tayo insists that he is invisible in the onset of the novel. He cannot speak because an invisible man has no tongue. The white doctor forces Tayo to feel. The doctor's voice lures Tao into the doctor's sense of reality. Tayo feels that he is part of the fog and "like brittle red clay, slipping away with the wind, a little more each day" (Silko, 27). Consequently, Tayo felt hallow internally. He didn't fit in mentally and wished to ease his internal pain by physically escaping into nothingness. Tao's desire for non-existence is symbolic in the novel's theme of self-discovery."
