Lifestyles of K-Pop Authors

Lifestyles of K-Pop Authors Kpop or Prison? South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, with many rules of etiquette and customs based on traditional Chinese ways, but moulded into a unique culture through industrialization, urbanization and westernization. The author, Sonja Vegdahl Hur stated that lurking behind the sometimes stoic Korean faà §ade is a multitude of emotions. However, in the Kpop industry idols are expected to show a profusion of emotions but have to refine them in order to create an image of complete perfection, this is to attract audiences and conform to the trends in their society. Kpop is a genre that originates from 1980s South Korea and is heavily based on audiovisual content and a fusion of foreign musical elements. They present idols in a debut showcase which consists of television broadcast promotions and online marketing instead of radio. But to get to the stage, idols must go through a tough training period for sometimes many years. Sixty years ago Korea was a war-torn country but is now flourishing. This has been achieved through hard work which has been transferred to education. But the globalisation of an already competitive system has caused too much stress from a young age.   Is being diligent in Korea worth the cost of their mental health? These companies obviously use idols dreams against them as in order to be the best, entertainment industries put idols through gruelling periods of dance, vocal training, learning many languages and instruments. Granted, this method does have strengths; the ingrained idea that success is key to a good life, no matter the cost is a great motivator, but is living their dream worth the stiff price in health and happiness? I dont think so. The proof is in the West. Many artists are extremely popular like Beyoncà ©, yet they never had to learn difficult dance routines or another language to rise to the top. But, this also shows where culture differs, the image of perf ection is not necessarily as important in the West as it is in Korea. Idols are mostly required to dye their hair, wear contacts and get double eye-lid surgery to remove the epicanthic fold in order to appear more perfect and European. All idols participate in music shows such as Inkigayo (like our MTV music charts) where all digital sales, physical album sales, streams and music video views are totalled up and the winner gains the trophy this is vital for the group survival in the industry as if their popularity is in constant decline with hardly no wins the company will most likely drop them and this usually means theyll lose their homes and source of income as its all provided by the company, yet they still have to pay a large proportion for it. Trainees are constantly disciplined by the companies theyre signed under. An ex-SM Entertainment trainee revealed, If you dont improve but youre pretty they tell you to stay underwater and hold your breath for 5 minutes and make you sit in a V and drop basketballs on your stomach when you breathe. This is apparently to encourage the trainee to work harder but it breaches human rights as Korean law prohibits such practices of inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. A famous law suit emerged in 2009. A popular group TVXQ, took their management to court over a 13 year contract which ended with success and the ruling prompted the Fair Trade Commission to bring a model contract in an attempt to improve standards. Another ex-trainee, Stella Kim was interviewed by Le Film Magazine and specified her ordeal during the period she trained under SM; If you were deemed overweight, then you would be weighed in front of everybody and shamed for it. Howbeit, the training affected her even aft er she quit, she went through a stage of anorexia and at her lowest point weighed 90lbs at 5ft 7 along with Korean students at her college in America recognising her and calling her ugly or fat. This shows that training in Korea needs to be reformed as the current method creates idols to develop feelings of self-worthlessness with a distorted set of social values. Soloists and groups need fans in order to keep gaining popularity. However, some fans go overboard and develop a harmful fixation on idols. In Korea theyre called Sasaeng fans. These people are notorious for engaging in actions that inaugurate an invasion of privacy. For example, a member of JYJ, Yoochun found that his home and parking lot had CCTV cameras installed by Saesangs. On the other hand is the opposite extreme, anti-fans. This refers to the torment of idols where people construct organisations to mentally and physically threaten idols. They have committed many crimes and go to extreme methods such as, Yoon Kye-Sang from the group G.O.D who received a drink adulterated with bleach and laundry chemicals which was drunk by his mother, who had to hospitalised. Idols are heavily criticised for appearance in Korea as there is a massive expectation of perfection. A case with girl group Red Velvet, included comments against their youngest member, Yeri who was only 17 at the time, w here netizens internet citizens wrote derogatory sexually explicit comments about her on a live show. In comparison to Western artists, Kpop idols work considerably harder for a little amount of freedom and profit. A comment on a website, Quora mentioned that, Kpop isnt about selling music its about selling idols people that fans worship.   Furthermore, Kpop artists are overworked; F(x)s Krystal collapsed on stage due to fatigue as sleeping only 2 hours a day became too much to handle, whilst forced to perform. Even after training life for idols is still stressful and difficult. 9MUSES ex-member, Sera mentioned in the documentary, No one treats me as a human being. But idols have to abide by the contracts and stick with the companies until it ends. The contracts allow the companies to take away human rights and basic freedoms which any ordinary person would have. For example, the right to contact family and under the Korean Labour Standards Act it says working hours per week should not exceed 40 hours. In the i-D Magazine (fashion culture magazine), 2NE1 member CL stated, You have to be perfect. You have to perform well, you shouldnt date anyone and fans have a standard image, especially with girls because boys can date anyone.   This conveys the issue of sexism in Korea. Statistics from a picture on Instagram revealed that there was at least a 10 million Won ( £6839.32) pay gap between male and female idols. An actress, Jang Ja Yeon, age 29 committed suicide and explained in a let ter that her former agency CEO, Kim Sung Hun had forced her to meet influential people at parties to provide sexual favours in order to keep her job. In conclusion, Kpop life and training is far worse than artists from Europe. They have more freedom and arent always faced with the difficulty of being from a different nation. To improve conditions, I think companies could (and should) let their idols sleep more, eat, wear and sing what they want. To be more equal, both genders should be paid for doing the same thing and whilst training be allowed more free time to rest and be treated more like a human being and not an object to gain the company more money and fame. Whilst netizens complain about idols low health, they should in fact criticise their companies more in order to make a change and the industry must realise that the combination of extremely high standards and a lifestyle that makes those standards impossible to meet wont make idols happy or able produce content to the best of their ability. Therefore, they deserve better working conditions. Bibliography Primary Source: Culture Shock! 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Case analysis: Deloitte & Touche Essay

In Deloitte & Touche, women had accounted for almost half of all new hires throughout the 1980s, yet by 1991, of the 50 candidates being nominated for partnership on that year, only four were women. There was serious imbalance of male and female gender in the workforce despite steps to ensure that the firm would be hiring women during the 1980s. Moreover, the high turnover of women leaving was accruing huge expenses for the firm . In this paper, I will first discuss the challenges faced in the organization and the reasons why the management saw a need for an organization change. Next, I will argue that the current situation favors the change process and despite the possible restraining forces; Deloitte & Touche is in a good position in successfully implementing the strategies. I will then discuss the possible restraining forces that would hinder the change and comment on the recommendations and strategies by the Task Force. Lastly, I will suggest further solutions that would help in overcoming the restraining forces so that this would further aid in the development of the change process. Mike Cook had initially assumed that the main reason why women left the workforce in greater numbers was due to family commitments. However, despite the strategies implemented in the 1980s to hire more talented women and ensuring that there was no glass ceiling for women in the firm, the statistics in 1991 proved that the previous solutions were not adequate and that the firm was incurring huge expenses due to the high rate of turnovers. Thus in 1992, a Task Force was formed whereby the firm hired outside consultants to find out why women were not advancing at the same rate as men, and why they were leaving at a higher percentage rate. After much investigations and interviews, the Catalyst report showed that the top two reasons for their departure was because the women had perceived that there was a male dominated work environment and that opportunities for career advancement was difficult. An imbalance work-life which was perceived by Mike Cook as the main reason was ranked third in importance. Clearly, the management had earlier identified the main reason incorrectly. When one examines the situation at hand, the firm is in a favorable position to execute the change. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, the critical mass, whom are the partners in the firm are suddenly aware of the  real problem the plagues the firm. Engaging the critical mass is crucial as their support for the change is important and their leadership would help transmit effectively the change strategies. Secondly, the firm is presently at the third stage of the development process, whereby they have diagnosed correctly the exact problem. In addition, Lois Evans, one of the top-ranked women in the firm had similarly echoed that the current work environment was a crappy place for any woman to be. By identifying the precise problem, the organisation can now tackle more effectively and implement the appropriate solutions to change the male dominated corporate culture. Changing a corporate culture is extremely difficult and this in my opinion is the biggest restraining force. The challenge for any organization is how to reinforce people in changing an old culture that has lasted for so long. The key to the success is not to impose cultural changes, but to facilitate an environment whereby employees are involved in finding their own new approaches to change. Another major restraining force that might occur is that many male employees might sense a threat in their positional power. In addition, many male workers might start wondering whether these changes would benefit them, and would start questioning the strategies suggested by the Task Force which seems to favor women only. The organization at present is still not accustomed in seeing women in positions of power and thus by developing leadership platforms for women such as an advisory council might bring about suspicion and insecurity for the men. In examining the recommendations suggested by the Task Force, I do agree that the firm should hold workshops and seminars to educate and communicate to the employees that men and women are colleagues . I would suggest that during these workshops, change agents should inform the male workers their subtle actions and words can actually create an unwelcome culture for women. Insensitive comments that make women feel uncomfortable in the workforce should also be avoided. For example, statements such as â€Å"someone working part-time is not interested in the career† or â€Å"she has kids, maybe he should handle the international assignments† should not be made formally, as well as in an informal setting. In addition, managers should also learn to avoid gender stereotypes that women are incapable to handle challenging  assignments simply because they are mothers. Therefore by increasing the awareness of the dangers of stereotyping, male employees would understand and be mo re acceptable when they recognize and see major changes in the work environment that might favor women employees. I similarly agree with the Task Force that the firm should build goals in their business planning and provide directional goals for women in leadership . Defining the criteria to measure and monitor progress for women is also crucial. This is because better information and improving access to career development and training opportunities are significant ways in educating the women their route of advancement. It is obvious that if you do know what is available, the possibility of you attempting to take part would be much higher. Thus it is important to ensure that women receive the same opportunities as men and this can be solved by designing a program to monitor the promotion rates among women and men. I would therefore suggest that the Human resource department have a program that tracks work assignments to ensure that women at Deloitte & Touche are considered for premier clients and projects at equal rates as their male counterparts. Offices should be evaluated annually, ensuring women are being offered fair shots at career-advancing assignments. Another solution is to include women as assessors and to ensure that they are included on senior promotion interview boards. However, one should be cautious and avoid achieving a fix quota. The firm must highlight that equality and meritocracy still exists in the workplace between men and women. This is crucial so that the firm would avoid to be seen as promoting a women-favored environment only. Besides the listed solutions in the case study, there are further considerations that Mike Cook might need to consider. Firstly, it is important to have a policy that is clear to the staff within the organization. Moreover, identifying the right people within the firm to implement the policies is vital as electing change agents who might unconsciously or consciously disagree with the new corporate philosophy might in return sabotage the whole change process rather than aid it.  Secondly, the creation of a positive environment has to start with the chief executive officer and the leaders, and they must set the example in creating an atmosphere of encouragement for the women. The management must also be prepared to provide sufficient resources for the training and development of women. Thirdly, in the creation of a flexible work environment for women as recommended by the Task Force, the challenge the organization face is to dispel myths that the only way a worker can contribute and have the potential for career advancement is on accumulating work hours or â€Å"face time†. While the management should allow women to work at home on occasional periods, and be connected to the work site via a computer through tele-working, the complexity of have this flexible work environment or working from home is in the method of supervision. Managers therefore need to plan and prepare for the experience of tele-work and develop appropriate communication and accountability strategies. Managers should also be respectful to the employee and their personal workspace and have to be careful not to neglect the worker, causing them to fall into the â€Å"out of sight† trap. In conclusion, Deloitte & Touche is in a good position in sustaining and implementing the change process. This is because the firm has correctly identified the root problem and possess a strong Task Force in recommending sound strategies. However, the firm must still be aware of possible restraining forces and also take time to set the right policies and choose the correct change agents within the firm to spearhead this change process. Managers should also be aware of the difficulties in having a flexible work environment, and thorough research and planning should be invested into this program so that they are better prepared to handle the transition.

The Psychological Effects of Diabetes on Patients - Free Essay Example

Sample details Pages: 8 Words: 2299 Downloads: 6 Date added: 2019/05/07 Category Health Essay Level High school Tags: Diabetes Essay Did you like this example? The Psychological Effects of Diabetes on Patients Currently, a disease is ravaging America as it turns into an epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC; 2017), in 2015, there were approximately 23.25 Americans that were diagnosed with diabetes. This number has been climbing steadily for over a century. An epidemic as fast growing as diabetes is studied rather closely. This disease can affect anyone at any age, though the types of diabetes varies from person to person. While it depends on how the individual is effected by the disease, they are always affected. The way they are raised by their parents, the way they live their daily lives, their self-control, and even their personality all determines how affected the patient is. Psychological effects happens to patients of all type of diabetes and, in the case of type one diabetes, extends to the parents of young diabetics. Don’t waste time! Our writers will create an original "The Psychological Effects of Diabetes on Patients" essay for you Create order As a brief summary, four types of diabetes exists: type one, type two, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes. Type one diabetes is considered to be a genetic disorder and happens at a younger age in most cases. With type one diabetes, no insulin is produced whatsoever and in order to stay alive, a type one diabetic must inject themselves with insulin when they ingest carbohydrates (CDC, 2018). With type two diabetes, the body does not make and use insulin very well. A type two diabetic injects insulin to compensate for the lack of body produced insulin. Type two diabetes is not genetic. Gestational diabetes occurs in pregnant woman who have never had diabetes (CDC, 2018). Gestational diabetes generally goes away after the baby is born. However, babies can be born with an increased risk of health complications (CDC, 2018). Lastly, prediabetes is simply when a person has higher blood sugars, but not high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes (CDC, 2018). While these different types of diabetes have different circumstances, they all affect an individual psychologically. Psychological development occurs most significantly during childhood and the adolescent period, especially during adolescence. Diabetes becomes a lifestyle in the way that one has to live their life with diabetes, especially type one, which requires a daily strict regimen. Without this regimen, the person would have severe health problems which could cause death. If the child is diagnosed with diabetes early on in their childhood and is incapable of injecting themselves and care for themselves, then the parents must do it. This may become a problem for some parents, as they feel they are hurting their young children and the child is most likely incapable of understanding why the parent is hurting them. According to an article written by Whittemore, Jaser, Chao, Jang, Grey (2012), there are four common themes that parents experience while raising their child with type one diabetes. Explained below is the psychological effects of parents and their experiences. Difficult diagnosis is the first barrier for parents raising a young child with diabetes. Emotional distress is the best word to describe the parents feeling, they have a mixture of guilt, stress, concern, and denial. The diagnosis comes as a shock and they are not ready for it. Many parents report that they feel guilty because they feel it is their fault that their child received diabetes from their genes (specific to type one) (Whittemore, et al., 2012). Family disruption is the next barrier to parents, things change on how a parent raises the child. The childs blood sugar must constantly be monitored, in doing so, the child will be unable to be as independent as their peers, and may possibly become socially isolated (Whittemore, et al., 2012). Along with that, parents must cater to the nutritional needs of the child. For example, if a child has low blood sugar, they must eat in order to raise their sugar levels. Meals must be custom made for the child. The child may not always be able to eat high carbs. Insulin compensates, but does not completely replace the loss of insulin production. The next barrier is adjustment. At this point, some time has passed and the parents have come to an understanding of their situation. They have realized what it is exactly that they have to deal with and the shock of the diagnosis is almost gone. The parents have learned how to manage the childs blood sugar and the care has been incorporated into the daily routine of the family. Now that the parents have gained control of the situation, they begin to try to make the situation for the child better, to make the child feel like they are normal. Though they are still protective of the child, the parents become more willing to let the child experience more things. As an analogy, the child had been kept on a tight leash, for the fear of high and low blood sugars. Now that they have gained more control of the blood sugar levels, they are allowed a longer leash, while still weary, the parent feels more comfortable that the child can take care of themselves to an extent. This process of feeling more at ease with their diabetic child is slow to start but once it begins and with a connection of support through health professionals and support from friends, parents are able to regain some semblance of balance. According to research, parents also utilize coping strategies that include the use of humor, maintaining a positive attitude, and being hopeful. They also maintained a sense of patience and persistence to help cope as well. (Whittemore, et al., 2012). The final barrier, and perhaps the barrier that has the longest time line, is called ongoing stress. Maintaining metabolic control is the first experience described in the article. The largest challenge here is keeping blood sugars at safe levels and maintaining them there without constant fluctuations of high and lows. The parents constantly worry about the blood sugar level of the child, even after they become an adolescent or even an adult. Furthermore, the parents found the daily regimen of caring for their diabetic child to be time consuming. They have a constant worry of whether or not they completed every single task out of the many they must complete daily. This responsibility can stress them out at any part of the day, and even if the parent were to complete every part of the daily regiment, the blood sugar of the child may still have gone high or low. In this case, the parents blame themselves for the fluctuations. What did I do wrong? How could I have prevented this? These were common thoughts from the parents, and cause yet another stress factor on the parents shoulders. Finally, the worry of the childs transitions in life were a stress factor. They worry how the child will cope in school without them and if their peers will accept them or discriminate against them for their disease (Whittemore, et al., 2012). Parents have many worries about their child with diabetes, but the child has even more concerns. Type one diabetes affects all aspects of life when the patient is diagnosed young, but it really comes to affect the patient in their transition to adulthood. This happens because this is when the patient becomes independent and must learn to manage their disease with little to no help from their parents. Development into young adulthood then consists of experiences in education, work, family, and intimate relationships with their partners (Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe, 2015). These experiences make up their existence as an adult and help to identify the patients self-identity. Naturally, a disease like diabetes that affects all aspects of your life, will affect development of self-identity among other things. According to the article written by Monaghan et al., (2015), a study found that type one diabetics scored lower on a resilience test, a test that examines self-esteem levels and optimism levels, against a control group that did not have type one diabetes. In a different study, the same groups were tested, but instead were tested on self-worth, and again it was found that type one diabetics scored lower than the non-diabetics. Yet another study from the same article tested type one diabetics and non-diabetics that were aged 18-25. This time the test was taken on responsibility, independence, and social maturity, and it was found there was no difference between the diabetics and non-diabetics. Being a less resilient naturally affects a persons emotional conditions and makes these people much more succeptiable to being diagnosed with a mood disorder. Depression is no exception. Cited in the article written by Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe (2015) was that a study that interviewed female high school seniors and assessed the subjects for major depressive disorder (note that these subjects were not selected for depression or diabetes). The study found that nearly 50% met the criteria for major depressive disorder across the five year period that the study was performed. The article also identifies that this data is consistent with other studies. Given this, it is determined that 50% of all high school students may be diagnosed with major depressive disorder, translate this with the low resilience of young type one diabetics and the chances for them being diagnosed with a depressive disorder increase. Not only depression, but they are also more susceptible to anxiety as their emotional distress is rather high. The daily regiment places a heavy burden on a type one diabetic as it is, and the daily life of a high schooler also places psychological burdens on a diabetic student. These two factors combined lead to a increased chance of anxiety and depression disorders being diagnosed (Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe). Stress is a common emotional distress that every person deals with on a day to day basis. According to a study that was summarized in Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebes article (2015), stressors that are specific to type one diabetics in young adulthood were identified. One such stressor included an emotion of self consciousness of their diseases and the management if it were largely present. This means that the young adults worried about the thoughts of how others viewed them and also worried about how people viewed their management of their disease (what they thought of them when they had to check their blood sugar levels or the thoughts of people when they had to bodice insulin due to their blood sugar levels). Another stress is the simple day to day management issues, specifically, the stress of maintain their disease and blood sugar levels, along with the constant fear of something going wrong that prevents them to manage their disease. This also include their worry of their ability to participate in normal life. Naturally, the struggles that these young adults must endure with the healthcare system is also a common stressor. The battles these young adults must fight with the unwilling to pay insurance companies and disruption of daily life for doctor appointments are common problems that these people must worry about. Overall, the stressors cause a heavy burden that results in fatigue as the type one diabetics fight the temptation to become loose in their daily regimen and take a break from the constant stress. Coping strategies are a must in order to deal with the stress, and while some might cope in a healthy ways, others might find themselves in bad situations as they engage in risky actions to cope (Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe, 2015). Young adulthood is a time in the lives of many that curiosity and exploration are at the high point of many people. Curiosity and exploration are not restricted or nurtured with diabeates, as diabetics have the same need for exploration as the general population (Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe, 2015). Along with that, drug abuse has a generality to increase in early young adulthood and start to decrease during mid to late 20s (Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe, 2015). This trend is also concurrent with diabetics, the big difference between the general population abusing drugs and diabetics abusing drugs are the effects on their health. While drug abuse deals out the same effects on diabetics as it does to the general populations, however, diabetics receive additional impact when partaking in drug abuse. As alcohol has carbohydrates in it, drinking it affects their blood sugar levels. Many type one diabetics that participate in underage drinking do not know how (or cannot due to impairment of motor skills which is a side effect of ingesting alcohol) to bolus insulin for the alcohol which increases the chance for uncontrolled blood sugar. On top of that, alcohol ingestion increases the risk for acute hypoglycemia. The article also reports that tobacco consumption has a direct correlation to poor glycemic control and increase risk for long term complications (Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe, 2015). Substance abuse is not the only problematic coping method. Unhealthy eating habits is another way to cope and rather common. However, since diet is such an important aspect in the daily regimen of a diabetics life, unhealthy eating habits cause big problems for diabetics. Specifically while a young adult, body image and physical appearance becomes an important aspect. With these two factors combined, type one diabetics are at a higher risk for having unhealthy eating habits than the general population. It was found that the percentage of overweight type one diabetics increased from 21% to 54% for women and 2% to 28% for men (Monaghan, Helgeson, Wiebe). References: Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (2018). 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To Play Or Not To Play Video Games - Free Essay Example

Sample details Pages: 2 Words: 664 Downloads: 4 Date added: 2019/04/26 Category Entertainment Essay Level High school Tags: Video Games Essay Did you like this example? To play or not to play- that is the question. Adults say kids spend too much time on video games, while kids say its a way to have fun. Why do kids like playing video games?They like playing cooperative games with their friends, and they like talking about it.They love the how many people play certain games so they get them too. They love the graphics in this game called shadow of the colossus remastered on the ps4.The new game has a lot better graphics then the old one ,for example the hair on the colossus actually moves with the wind.The most popular, least popular, most played, and most popular genre in video gamesThe most popular genre in the U.S is shooter games, so maybe you could play the most popular genre. The best game in the u.s. Based how many copies sold and how many people did play. IsTetris! know surprising right? The least popular game is E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial! This is not that surprising to me at all, it was so bad they buried millions of copies in th e desert! The top games in the world are WOW(World Of Warcraft), Dota 2, and LOL(League Of Legends). 27 million people play these games daily and 67 million play monthly that is surprising right, I mean 67 million people a month! Only about 1 million people live in all of Austin! 67 austins play those games a month! How many people play games in the U.S.?the answer is 150 million people play, which is almost half of the population of the U.S. The graphics of today have improved a lot since 1952.WOW is also the most grossing game which means brings in the most money.(the very first game is below) Graphics in the game Evolution.This is a 2017 game see how it looks realistic? Now, I will give you the worst game.Can you see how this is the worst game, I can. As you can also see the evolution of games from the assasins creed in 2007 to 2017. You can see how it has upgraded since 1970 a 50s. What happens when you play violent video games to long I will tell you.if your children play viol ent videoA mix of how many hours gamers play.It seems like most people play every day. Gamers spend at least 13 hours playing video games. Gamers play a video game or more a week.What is the best amount of time for people to play games daily? Scientists say that you should stay at 1-4 hours daily to stay happier than kids that play more often. many parents say so you can limit them to 1-4 hours a day at most they can play 28 hours a week 7 hours a least. So you can limit them but dont limit too much or they will not be as social or have a great satisfaction with life.but then what kids say is true they do have benefits unless they play too much.so kids should be able to play video games for benefits over people without video games.so kids if your parents say dont play video games you can tell them that it helps you if its limited to a certain time 1-4 hrs only! A day. Parents let your kids play but only for 1-4 hrs a day.sometimes if children play violent video Bad violence, and the good amount of hrs to play video games.the violent games would be bad for your children as I will mention latergames they can be rebellious and take more risks.they can also become avid to video games, like gunman an elementary school kid.now a quote from Shaun There are plenty of skills Ive learned from playing video games. Its more interactive than watching TV because there are problems to solve as youre using your brain. so there I leave my statement like that video games are good for you, in some ways. Don’t waste time! Our writers will create an original "To Play Or Not To Play Video Games" essay for you Create order

The Debate Over Stem Cell Research - 1685 Words

While the use of stem cells can offer a lot to the scientific community, the derivation of stem cells from embryos is ethically unacceptable; and the use of stem cells in humans should be completely prohibited. Since the first research on embryo stem cells in 1998 on mice the controversy has been relentless (Timeline), and even now, scientists have made great strides in waning off of embryonic stem cells and instead using induced pluripotent stem cells from adults, however these have their issues as well. Whatever the benefits may be, using stem cells to propagate differentiated human cells, tissues, or organs should be prohibited. The government has been addressing this issue since the arise of stem cell research. There are many†¦show more content†¦The two big issues that arise with this research is the way the stem cells are acquired, and what researchers do with the information gathered once it is acquired. According to an article by The Center for Bioethics Human Dign ity called â€Å"An Overview of Stem Cell Research†, â€Å"Human embryonic stem cells are the cells from which all 200+ kinds of tissue in the human body originate. Typically, they are derived from human embryos-often those from fertility clinics who are left over from assisted reproduction attempts. When stem cells are obtained from living human embryos, the harvesting of such cells necessitates destruction of the embryos.†(An Overview of Stem Cell Research). So basically, to acquire these stem cells which have the benefits of improving others lives, you must take away a potential life. The same article by explorable.com says â€Å"A life is a life and that should never be compromised. A fertilized egg should be valued as a human life even if it is in its very first weeks. Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical.†(explorable.com). The main problem with embryonic stem cell use is the ethical issues that come with it. But, one who t akes embryonic stem cells into their body must be on medicine to prevent rejection for the rest of their life, which can be extremely cost. Moving on, the not-so-unethical alternatives also have their plentiful of issues. According to John Hopkins medicine, in 2007 US

Theme of struggle Free Essays

The Struggle Struggle is when you make forceful efforts to get free of a restraint. Usually something critical happens that causes you to struggle frequently. This critical thing can happen over time, or it can happen all of a sudden. We will write a custom essay sample on Theme of struggle or any similar topic only for you Order Now Frequently struggling usually leads to depression, the same way that struggling can keep you depressed. Everything has to happen for a reason, and in this case struggling was the reasoning for depression. Since the beginning of his wanting to go to a very academic school, Craig studied crazily like. He studied so much that one of the times he went to his room to study â€Å"[he] got comfortable with [his] room for the first time. † Most depressed people like to stay in their room for a long time because they want to isolate themselves. Studying for three hours a day in his room, is one the things that allowed himself to isolate himself, even though it was not intentional. He, like many other depressed people felt safe somewhere, and for him, it was his room. When you cannot do anything about your struggle you tend to panic and/or stress which can dead to long term physical and/or mental pain. Most people who throw up are sick, but there are certain people who vomit because they are stressed and Craig is one of them. Within months of his new school, which is one of the hardest high schools there are, he had stress vomited. Craig stress vomiting is very significant in It’s Kind of a Funny Story because it is when all his struggling begins. It usually shows that that person is not strong as to how they came off to be. Towards the beginning of the kook, Craig had everything together, which is usually other people’s lives are as well, but as more goes on to their plate as they can chew, they vomit and it shows that they are struggling. This conveys that every person who has stress vomited because of all the things they had to handle, really believed they were that person, someone who could do everything with ease. Struggling sometimes makes you lose control, so it may seem like you are in control, but in reality you are Just pretending to be. Since Craig has trouble digesting is food he has to tell himself he is â€Å"still in control of [his] mind and [he] has medication and [he] is going to make this happen† (37-38). If anyone is taking medication for something that they cannot control, like Craig eating abilities, it means that they are already no longer in control of their mind. Craig thinking that he is still in control conveys that he has found taking medication a normal thing, that it is no longer something that sets him apart from others. When you think of someone who takes medication to help them with depression along with other things, you hint their name and you think depression and medication along with them. It has become one with them. Craig became depressed because he was continuously struggling with simple things and harsh things that were a struggle. It can be predicted that over time Craig will come out of his depression when he gets out of his comfort zone, when he actually does something about one of his struggles. He will learn how to do that with all struggles and that will slowly end his depression. How to cite Theme of struggle, Papers

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Questions: 1. What is the impact of diversity management at the workplace? 2. What are the factors affecting diversity management inside the organization? 3. What should be the recommendation for the business organizations for avoiding gender diversity at the workplace? Answers: 1. Business Research Topic In order to accomplish a research work successfully, the researcher should make an effective proposal first. It would help the researcher definitely to conduct the entire process in a systematic way. This particular research proposal is primarily concerned to deal with a specific business organizational issue. The impact of diversity management at the workplace has been selected as the primary issue (Barak, 2013). In a business organization, people of various culture and background like work in order to maintain their bread and butter. While maintaining unity or unanimous decision, executing team performance for achieving the business goal, people of different attitude face numerous problems. At the same time, business organization needs to follow diversity management for expanding their business beyond going the internal boundary. Therefore, the researcher has decided to make an effective research proposal in this particular topic in order to evaluate the importance of diversity management for business growth. In a business report of TESCO published in the year 2010 on The Economist, Sir Terry Leahy, the-then CEO of TESCO announced that before his retirement on March, this kind of diversity related issues inside the organization would be solved (Choi Rainey, 2014). People should be entertained within the organization based on their skills and competencies not on the gender or cultural diversity. 2. Literature Review In the literature review part, the researcher would focus to discuss on the various aspects of diversity management from different angles. The concept of diversity management: Diversity management is the systematic strategy with the help of which the business organizations like to deal with the people of various backgrounds. As stated by Hoogendoorn, Oosterbeek Van Praag (2013), Gender diversity is one of the major issues in every business organizations. Male and female employees do not get equal respect and dignity at the workplace. In addition, one female employee has to struggle immensely for holding a higher position than even the male employee holds. In this situation, implementation of diversity management bounds the business organizations to maintain diversity management at the workplace so that female employees as well get equal priority within the business organization. The importance of diversity management at the workplace: Customers like to purchase foods and products from the business organization if they get a service from the diverse employees. Customers of a business organization are not restricted within a specific culture, religion or background. Therefore, they feel comfortable to deal with the people of various culture and background. Moreover, the organization would be able to get the opportunity to hire skillful and competent employees only when the human resource manager would like to hire people based on their talent rather than their culture, religion or gender. Diversity management helps to enhance the communication among the employees of different attitudes (Kirton Greene, 2015). People get to know how to maintain unity at the workplace, how to respect the people of various culture and how to maintain discipline within the organization. In an occasion, TESCO former CEO Leahy stated that business organizations should hunt for the talent first. People who be appointed for a particular company, should have an in-depth knowledge and skill regarding the particular field. Therefore, efficiency should be provided more priority based on the skills and competencies. In this way, Diversity management helps the organization to expand their business in different geographical areas. The impact of diversity management on employees performance: The implementation of diversity management at the workplace is possesses with both of its positive as well as negative impacts. The employees of an organization belong from various psychologies and point of views. Before taking a vital decision regarding the business goal, managers get the opportunity to make a collective decision (Kulik, 2014). Moreover, employees inside the organization learn to respect various cultures and perceptions. As a result, they can easily handle numerous needs and demands of the customers from different backgrounds. The customers on the other hand would like to feel free for communicating with the employees effectively while using the services. At the same time, this particular strategy is not devoid of some of its negative impacts as well. People from different culture and attitude sometimes become unable to adjust with each other inside the organization. Barriers such as linguistic barriers, cultural barriers and psychological barriers take place among the employees (Madera, 2013). It hampers the entire rhythm of business. Employees fail to provide an effective service to the customers of different cultures and background. Customers as well do not feel comfortable to use the service of organization. Therefore, implementation of diversity management is endowed with both of its positive as well as negative impacts. 3. Research Question: Research question helps the researcher to identify the research issue properly. In this particular research proposal, the researcher has raised several questions. These are as follows: What is the impact of diversity management at the workplace? What are the factors affecting diversity management inside the organization? What should be the recommendation for the business organizations for avoiding gender diversity at the workplace? The solution of these particular issues would help the researcher to conduct the entire project successfully and to provide necessary solution in this regard. 4. Research methodology and techniques Research methodology is the balanced procedure with the help of which the researcher intends to conduct the entire research. This particular process helps the researcher to gather necessary information regarding the research issue (Martn Alczar et al. 2013). In this particular business research proposal, the researcher has aimed to collect data regarding the importance of maintaining diversity management within the business organization such as TESCO. Research methodology is constituted with appropriate research philosophy, research approach and research design. Research philosophy helps the researcher to analyze the source of data from detailed point of view (Olsen Martins, 2012). For this particular research work, the researcher would like to select post positivism philosophy for accomplishing the entire project successfully. Post positivism is a low cost effective philosophy based on repeated observation. Furthermore, deductive approach would be followed in order to acquire a clear knowledge and information regarding the business goal. Deductive approach can be dealt following the case study method. By following the case study of TESCO, their organizational plans and policies, the researcher would be able to collect necessary data and information. The way TESCO tends to maintain diversity management at the workplace would also be evaluated with the help of deductive approach. At the same time, deductive approach is time consuming. The researcher would get enough time and space to analyze the data and information properly. Furthermore, descriptive research design would be followed for this specific research paper. Descriptive research design helps the researcher to analyze the data and information in detailed manner. Descriptive research design is constituted with three factors that include observational, case study and survey. While dealing with a particular issue, the researcher likes to make a keen observation for few days (Patrick Kumar, 2012). After completing the observation period, the researcher likes to conduct an effective survey in order to collect detailed information. Based on the information gathered from the survey report, the researcher would like to make an effective case study on the specific topic. In order to collect necessary data regarding TESCOs organizational plan and process for implementing diversity management, the researcher focuses these three aspects of research methodology for accomplishing the entire project successfully. 5. Project Plan Project plan is the strategy to design the plan of entire research work chronologically. With the help of an effective project plan, the researcher would be able to fix a target or goal how to deal with the project. Without making a proper project plan, the researcher would never be able to conduct the entire work systematically. However, the project plan that would be conducted for this particular research proposal is as follows: Figure 1: Gantt chart (Source: Created by author) 6. Research process Research process is the systematic way of conducting the entire execution properly. In the very first part, the researcher would like to select the business topic or issue first. As per the research issue, the researcher would like to set the aims and objectives as well as research motivation. In the literature review part, the researcher has made an in-depth analysis about the entire research topic from various angles (Ratnadass et al. 2012). The concept of diversity management, the impact of diversity management and its importance have been discussed in detail in this particular part. Whit the help of an effective literature review section, the researcher would like to provide a deep insight about the research issue. Research question mainly allows identifying and specifying the research issue particularly. By setting a research question, the researcher can get an in-depth overview regarding the essence of research issue. Research methodology comes after that. With the help of research methodology, the researcher would like to apply accurate research approach, philosophy and design. These procedures are the systematic ways to conduct an in-depth analysis regarding the research topic. Different procedures of research methodology help the researcher to collect accurate data and information regarding the business topic (Richard, Kirby Chadwick, 2013). Diversity management and its effectiveness on the business organization is the main research issue for this proposal. TESCO had to face diverse issue at their workplace. Therefore, in the research proposal the researcher had followed this particular research process mentioned above in order to accomplish the analysis systematically. Throughout the entire process, the research may have to face immense difficulties to collect relevant data and information. However, the research process that the researcher has designed to follow is expected to be effective fo r gathering necessary information. 7. Data collection and analysis methods Data collection is the effective process of acquiring appropriate data and information in order to complete the research work successfully (Sabharwal, 2014). Data can be collected from two sources primarily that include primary data source and secondary data source. With the help of primary data collection procedure, the researcher can make a direct communication with the participants. Primary Data collection procedure includes survey, interview, group discussion, focal group and so on. On the other hand, secondary data can be collected from various journals, books, magazines, newspapers, online sites and so many. These sources are unable to make a direct communication with the researcher. However, primary data collection process consists of two parts that include qualitative data and quantitative data collection. Qualitative data is based on survey process and quantitative data is based on interview. For this specific research, the researcher would like to follow both the two methods. While collecting quantitative data, fifty-one employees of TESCO would be selected for the participation (Thomas, 2012). They would provide their own opinion regarding the business management process of TESCO. The participants would be asked whether diversity management is at all able to maintain the organizational discipline. The impact of diversity management on the business organization like TESCO is also a matter of question. However, with the help of qualitative data collection technique, the researcher would like to select three regional managers in order to make an effective interaction. Qualitative data collection is based on descriptive questions. With the help of qualitative questions, the researcher would come to know how the organizations or the managers have to face immense challenges in order to implement diversity management inside the workplace (Vidal et al., 2013). Various advantages and the disadvantages of diversity management would also be asked. These kinds of specific data and information would help the researcher to conduct the entire research successfully. 8. Expected outcome The researcher has tried the level best to make an entire research proposal by following a systematic procedure. The research questions that have been chosen are very much relevant to the research issue, its aims and objectives. In the literature review, every aspects of diversity management have been discussed in detail. As per the design of methodology formed in the research proposal, the researcher would be expected to collect necessary data and information regarding different factors of diversity management. Therefore, the outcome that would be rendered from the research work is expected to be positive. At the same time, the entire proposal is not devoid of some of its negatives factors as well. 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