PlatinumEssays.com - Free Essays, Term Papers, Research Papers and Book Reports
Search

Social Issues

230 Essays on Social Issues. Documents 61 - 90

Go to Page
  • Eng 1120 - the War on Drugs

    Eng 1120 - the War on Drugs

    Lovell Chase Lovell Mrs. Busby English 1120 26 February 2017 The War on Drugs African Americans comprise 14% of regular drug users, but 37% of those arrested for drug offenses. Racial discrimination along with other issues concerning with The War on Drugs have been a huge topic of conversation for years. There are many debates going on about the ending The War on Drugs. In the article, Race and the Drug War, the author has a firm opinion on how discriminatory our generation is in The War on Drugs. In another article, The Economics Behind

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,915 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2019 By: cjl0036
  • Eng102 Failing an American Dream

    Eng102 Failing an American Dream

    AMERICAN DREAM Failing an American Dream Xerx Aponesto English 102 William Hammersmith September 25, 2018 ________________ Abstract This Research Essay will analyze the American dream theme in the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller. It will examine the two versions of the American dream portrayed in the play. One version being a failure due to lies and fraud, and the other version being a success due to hard work. This essay will analyze four characters from the play. It will have information on Willy Loman, Biff Loman, Happy Loman, and Bernard. It will

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 2,003 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: February 9, 2019 By: Chompy The goat
  • English 102 Personal Position

    English 102 Personal Position

    Le Duy Le English 102 Professor Nancy Miller July 5, 2019 Week #1: Discussion Board From the very first sentence of the story, O’Brien begins to impress readers by the admission “This is one story I've never told before.” (Tim O’Brien). He was very skillful in using the concept It’s More Than Just Rain or Snow in How to Read Literature Like a Professor of Thomas Foster. Indeed, it is not just only Tim’s confession but also the way the story was established and created an immediate empathy between the reader and the O'Brien character.

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 694 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: July 9, 2019 By: Duy Le
  • English Is More Useful Than Maths

    English Is More Useful Than Maths

    English is more useful than maths. Hey do you ever see people struggling with their math? It’s no doubt it’s because they don’t know their English. English is obviously more useful than maths. English is more useful than maths because we use it to learn to read and write, it is useful when learning other subjects and it is used in everyday life. Students need to learn to read and write. Students need to read and write to get educated. Without these skills you wouldn’t be able to write essays and without reading you would

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 329 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: August 23, 2018 By: Noahzado88
  • Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant

    Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant

    MILESTONE 1 – INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION 1. Explanation of Organizational Issues Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant began operation in 1948 and operates out of Richmond, Indiana. The company is privately owned and manufactures mirrors for trucks and automobiles. In the 1990’s the company became unprofitable due to changes in technology and a plant manager who was not equipped to deal with complex organization and behavior issues. After this manager resigns, a new successful manager emerges. He evaluates the operational characteristics and implements an employee incentive bonus plan called the “Scanlon Plan.” Several years of success ensue

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 659 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2017 By: igetinvestments
  • Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad

    Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad

    Case Study: Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad Case Study Analysis: Milestone One Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad Adryon M. Forbes Southern New Hampshire University Introduction Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant is a privately-owned company that manufacturers mirrors for automobiles and trucks in Richmond, Indiana. The company is a rather small company with only about 209 employees. The company had major productivity issues from the beginning and quickly found a new bonus plan in attempt to increasing sales and getting their employees more motivated to sale and

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2018 By: adryonforbes1
  • Ethical Code of Conduct

    Ethical Code of Conduct

    http://cucpopculture.weebly.com/uploads/4/5/3/5/45359757/2569068_orig.png Mcdonald’s Ethical code of conduct McDonald's is committed to conducting business ethically and in compliance with the letter and the law. This commitment can be vividly seen in McDonald's Values. Each value is inherited with commitment to be ethical, truthful and dependable and this is vividly reflected through their Standards of Business Conduct which serves as a guide to making good decisions and conducting business ethically. Managers are committed to act in a best interest of the company , honestly, fairly, ethically and with integrity and conduct themselves in a professional, considerate and respectful

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 456 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: September 21, 2015 By: Ronak Parekh
  • Ethical Dilemma Within Planned Parenthood and Proposed Solutions to the Injustices to Taxpayers and Women

    Ethical Dilemma Within Planned Parenthood and Proposed Solutions to the Injustices to Taxpayers and Women

    ETHCIAL DILLEMA WITH THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD ORGANIZATION Ethical Dilemma within Planned Parenthood and Proposed Solutions to the Injustices to Taxpayers and Women Shannon McCullum Walden University Abstract The following paper addresses the ethical dilemmas within the non-profit organization known as Planned Parenthood®. A history on the founding of the organization is given as well as pertinent background information on the company. The advance of women’s rights over the past one hundred years will be introduced within the contents. Contributions to women’s health and reproductive health of both men and women can be seen from the

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 3,822 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: June 12, 2016 By: shannondixiem
  • Ethics and Legal Issues

    Ethics and Legal Issues

    WEEK 8 QUIZ QUESTION 1 1. Legal principles view the contents of a client’s counseling records as belonging to: Q A. The client’s counselor B. The agency where the counseling took place C. The client D. The court that has requested the records E. The insurance company that paid for the counseling sessions 2 points QUESTION 2 1. Counselors who use social media profile sites for professional purposes should not: 258 A. “Friend” their clients B. Establish an effective method for verifying client identity Y C. Provide a list of all their licenses and links

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,678 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: July 28, 2016 By: GddssCA
  • Euthanasia

    Euthanasia

    Euthanasia As a citizen of America we are all granted certain undeniable rights such as life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Along with those rights it is debated that the right to die is also protected by those constitutional safeguards. Euthanasia, the refusal or termination of life saving medical treatment has been a highly indignant topic recently. The word euthanasia originated from the Greek term meaning "good death". When a patient is diagnosed with a terminal illness which they will likely not survive they could have the option of a physician assisted suicide by

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,500 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 2, 2016 By: taadams
  • Ever Gold Legal Memorandum

    Ever Gold Legal Memorandum

    Legal Memorandum Memo Introduction: The plaintiff in this case: Greene’s Jewelry Wholesale is dealing with a fairly direct situation, where they have an employee who is in violation of breach of contract – (confidentiality agreement/contract), the defendant, Ms. Jennifer Lawson and her subsequent employer, Howell Jewelry World. Greene’s Jewelry Wholesale is under protection by the Uniform Trade Secret Act, published by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) in 1979, (section 350 B1). Though this violation is pretty much a clear and straightforward violation, the defendant is alleging that Greene’s Jewelry Wholesale is also in violation of

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 903 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2019 By: fritzchr
  • Examining the Relationship Between Childhood Social Influence and Criminal Behavior in Adulthood

    Examining the Relationship Between Childhood Social Influence and Criminal Behavior in Adulthood

    Examining the Relationship Between Childhood Social Influence and Criminal Behavior in Adulthood According to author Michael Shader, juvenile delinquency is influenced by many risk factors, which include weak social ties, antisocial peers, neighborhood crime, and neighborhood disorganization. (Shadler, 4). This argument begs the question, How do social relationships, economic status, and educational performance affect a child’s likelihood of criminal behavior later in life? One very controversial topic concerning criminal behavior is the debate of nature versus nurture. many people claim that genetic conditions, such as certain mental or behavioral disorders may enhance the likelihood for

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,404 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2018 By: SamuelOBrien
  • Exotic Decision

    Exotic Decision

    Exotic Decision Do you love your cat or dog? The state of West Virginia considering legislation that could allow the State Department of Natural Resources to seize and euthanize your pet. While the state is doing the banner of public safety, further encroaching on our civil liberties; they may wish to seize your family pet next. This bill will ultimately permit the state of West Virginia to declare what you as a citizen can keep and care for in your home. "Senate Bill 371 prohibits possession of wild and exotic animals" (Bill 371). This

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,646 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2014 By: als1102
  • Feminism: Why Girl Power Is Needed

    Feminism: Why Girl Power Is Needed

    Elsy Arévalo-Herrera Mr. Sisk English 13 November 2018 Feminism: Why Girl Power Is Needed For many years, women have not been getting the right they deserve. Men are seen as power figures while women are seen as weak. However, women deserve to have the same rights as men. Equal pay, equal jobs, and most importantly, equal respect. Without feminism, society will continue to degrade women for who they are. The amount of patriarchy might have decreased over time but it hasn’t been fully demolished. What feminists are trying to manifest1 is that, even though many

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,237 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2018 By: elsyarevalo
  • Financial Aid for the Proposed Construction of 2no Day Sanitary Blocks

    Financial Aid for the Proposed Construction of 2no Day Sanitary Blocks

    PROJECT PROPOSAL SCHOOL NAME : KALIATI MIXED DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICAL ADDRESS: KALIATI MIXED DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL : P.O BOX 1195, MERU LOCATION : MBEU DIVISION : URINGU DISTRICT : TIGANIA WEST CONSTITUENCY : TIGANIA WEST COUNTY : MERU CONTACT PERSON : MRS. CECILIA K. KINYUA PRINCIPAL KALIATI MIXED DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL MOBILE NUMBER: 0720816724 REV. JUSTUS MWENDA B.O.M CHAIRMAN MOBILE NUMBER: 0720237881 TO : THE MANAGER, TIGANIA WEST CONSTITUENCY FUND FROM : KALIATI MIXED DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL DATE : February 16, 2016 SUBJECT: FINANCIAL AID FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 2No DAY SANITARY BLOCKS,

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,596 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 11, 2019 By: Dickson Mwenda
  • Florence V. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, Et Al., 566 U.S. ____ (2012).

    Florence V. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, Et Al., 566 U.S. ____ (2012).

    LSTD302 Case Brief Professor Tamara Herdener July 24, 2016 Case Citation: Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, et al., 566 U.S. ____ (2012). Parties: Albert W. Florence, Plaintiff / Appellant Board of Chosen Freeholder of County of Burlington, Defendant / Appellee Facts: The appellant, Albert Florence, had been arrested on an outstanding warrant for a simple traffic violation, in which, it’d been determined and shown that the fine’d already been paid later-on. After being arrested, Florence was then taken to be incarcerated at the Burlington County Detention Center, where then, he

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,367 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: September 11, 2016 By: aram16
  • Food Terrorism Is the Intentional Act.

    Food Terrorism Is the Intentional Act.

    Tiffany Shelby 09/29/13 Bioterrorism John Genis CJC 3440 ________________ Food terrorism is the intentional act of trying to cause injury or death to civil populations by contaminating food with chemical, biological, or radio-nuclear agents. There are many ways that terrorist can sabotage our food supply. Tampering with crops during production, harvesting, or live stock are all ways that this can be done and is often referred to as bioterrorism. If a terrorist was to attack our livestock or crop this would be considered an agroterrorism attack. An agroterrorism attack on the U.S would cause our

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 854 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2019 By: Trobinson0312
  • Functional Fit Analysis Matrix

    Functional Fit Analysis Matrix

    Level of Compliance Description Comments 1 The software meets the requirement fully and completely without any modifications other than configuration. Comments are optional. Describe how your software meets or exceeds the requirement. Proposers must complete the technical system requirements matrix in this appendix by providing a level of compliance and comments for each requirement as follows: Functional Fit Analysis Matrix Proposers must complete the system requirements matrices in this appendix by providing a response to each requirement using the legend that follows: Note: Vendors may be tempted to answer Y, S or I to all

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 23,012 Words / 93 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2018 By: focoman
  • Gambling

    Gambling

    Introduction Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno, New Orleans. What do these cities all have in common? Gambling. Gambling is defined as putting something of value at risk on events whose outcome is uncertain. Gambling comes in many forms such as betting in casinos, racetracks, sporting events, lotteries, bingo games and even internet gambling. According to a poll by Harrah's Entertainment, approximately one-quarter of the U.S. adult population visited and gambled at a casino in 2004. These participants indeed "put something at risk" and that "something" was measured in not only dollars but also in the

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,420 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: October 21, 2013 By: cninam
  • Gap for Gay Rights

    Gap for Gay Rights

    Intro: • Gap Inc. is a retailer that sells clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, children and infants. This global enterprise house about 133,000 employees and about 1,300 company-operated stores and over 300 franchise stores. Gap Inc. embodies many brands such as Gap (including Gap, GapKids, babyGap, GapMaternity and GapBody), Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, Athleta and INTERMIX. Also, it has chains of outlet stores as well: Gap Outlet, Gap Generation and Banana Republic Factory Stores. Audience: • The audience for this ad is for everyone, however; it wants to appeal to

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 343 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: July 1, 2014 By: kameronb
  • Gender as a Theme in American Literature

    Gender as a Theme in American Literature

    Surname Name: Instructors’ Name: Course: Date: Gender as a theme in American Literature: Issues and Implications Introduction For many years, human societies have usually assigned different roles, codes of behavior and morality, and even different thoughts or feelings to women and men. I doing this, people use biological distinctions of gender, between feminine and masculine, to construct and enforce the social distinction of gender. Gender roles have been seen to affect access to many factors of individuals. Such factors which include experience, education, financial support and time, have their influence on the manner in which

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,589 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2017 By: cyprianm
  • Gender Stereotypes

    Gender Stereotypes

    Toys R Us advertises for NERF showing a picture of a young girl aiming with a toy gun and a young boy playing with a baby doll. The ad with the girl shows different kinds of nerf toy guns, however, the ad with the boy shows an image of what is included with the doll with the caption “Love N Care”. Toys are not gender specific, therefore children should not be obligated to pertain to same-sex toys. The intended audience for this advertisement are parents of young children. The image of the young boy and

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 405 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: September 6, 2016 By: kairo
  • Global Executive Gender Inequality

    Global Executive Gender Inequality

    DRU 503 Experiential Learning Exercise #2 Cast Study horizontal line Deliverables: 1. The Glass Ceiling V.S. Labyrinth of Leadership. * Glass ceiling The definition of a glass ceiling is referring to an intangible barrier to advancement in a profession. For many years, women and non-Caucasian have been suffering some unfair treatments due to the glass ceiling. 1. Corporate culture 2. People themselves * Labyrinth of leadership Nevertheless, these days, the public has been using a new term- labyrinth, which means a series of complexities, detours, dead ends and unusual paths. The real problems are how

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 636 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2019 By: mavy
  • Global Trends and Their Impacts on Career: A Personal Perspective.

    Global Trends and Their Impacts on Career: A Personal Perspective.

    Global Trends and their Impacts on Career: a Personal Perspective. The increasing rate of globalization being a major issue of concern has come with diverse opinions from scholars, experts, and world leaders in general. There are varied trends of globalization as projected by different scholars and writers among which are the creation of new communities, sustainable lifestyle, resource management, increasing information technology and communication, mixing virtual and reality, economic integration, conflicts just to mention but a few. There is no gainsaying the fact that these would have large impacts on people and well-being in the

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 1,183 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2012 By: tayodell
  • Gloria Jean’s Coffees Close, Bids Adieu to Vietnam

    Gloria Jean’s Coffees Close, Bids Adieu to Vietnam

    RMIT International University Vietnam BUSM 3311 – International Business A2 Subject Code: BUSM3311 Subject Name: International Business Location & Campus RMIT Vietnam , HCMC / Hanoi Class Group Number: 2 Student name: LE THANH BINH Student Number: S3618997 Your Teacher: TZach Ronen Word Count: Gloria Jean’s Coffees close, bids adieu to Vietnam. INTRODUCTION Gloria Jean’s Coffees established in Australia in 1996 which position “to be the most loved and respected coffee company worldwide”. They have more than 900 coffee houses across 39 markets worldwide. In Vietnam, Gloria Jean’s Coffees first arrived in 2006 Gloria through

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 927 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2018 By: Lê Bình
  • Government Surveillance for Protecting National Security

    Government Surveillance for Protecting National Security

    Government Surveillance for Protecting National Security Surveillance is the act of carefully watching someone or something especially in order to prevent or detect a crime. According to Marisa Taylor and Jonathan Landay, “The National Security Agency is turning down request from individuals who want to find out whether the agency is holding records of their telephone communications” (1). Since 2013’s revelations about the National Security Agency’s actions that are done in order to catch criminals, the spy agency has been overloaded with requests from people across the country wanting to know if it has files

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 794 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2016 By: breakfeastman51
  • Graphic Rating Scale Method, Challenges, Measure Action Taken and Its Effectiveness in Poultry Private Company

    Graphic Rating Scale Method, Challenges, Measure Action Taken and Its Effectiveness in Poultry Private Company

    HUMAN RESOURCE THESIS GRAPHIC RATING SCALE METHOD, CHALLENGES, MEASURE ACTIONS TAKEN AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL IN POULTRY PRIVATE COMPANY Nur Hazlizan Binti Sulaiman 1.0 INTRODUCTION Poultry industry in Malaysia is very competitive and challenging. In order to meet the demand of consumers, this industry has tremendously growth and successfully exceed the self-sufficient level (SSL). In order to ensure the company with agriculture poultry basis always competitive and move forwards, it is crucial for each employee plays their roles to achieve the objectives or targets set by company. Achievement of each worker can be

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 5,111 Words / 21 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2019 By: HazlizanSulaiman
  • Green Hotel

    Green Hotel

    Green Seal is a non-profit Organization. It works with state and local governments to attract more people to get their certified. They have two hospitality standards which is GS-33 and GS-46. GS-33 is the standard for Hotel industry and GS-46 is the standard of lodging property. Their main purpose is helping government improve environmental and Economic. According Green Seal's official website, they have seven objectives achievement including, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, saving energy, conserving water, reducing solid and hazardous waste, reducing exposure of workers, residents and visitors to toxic chemicals, educating the local workforce

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 422 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 9, 2012 By: manson.cheung
  • Grrek Euro Crisis Reaserch Papaer

    Grrek Euro Crisis Reaserch Papaer

    Greek Euro crisis Draft Since the fall of 2009, the European Union has been battling a slow-moving but unshakable crisis over the massive debts suffered by its weakest economies, such as Greece. The economy of Greece is the 32nd largest in the world in term of gross domestic product for the year 2010. After it’s entry into the Eurozone in 2000, Greece’s economy was considered to be one of the fastest growing economies in the Eurozone between the years 2000 to 2007, but after about fifteen successive years of economic growth Greece fell into a

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 944 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: September 21, 2015 By: Katie Cowan
  • Hea 540 Final Paper - Jamestown College’s School of Arts and Sciences

    Hea 540 Final Paper - Jamestown College’s School of Arts and Sciences

    Jamestown University: Program Plan Jamestown University: Program Plan Shanna N. Hayes Southern New Hampshire University Institutional Overview: Institution: Jamestown College, a privately funded higher education institution, was founded in 1975 within the suburban Rhode Island on 155 acres of open land. Today, Jamestown has approximately 2,750 undergraduate students and is home to a variety of degree programs. Of their program offerings, Business, Economics, English, Mathematics, and Science are amongst the most popular today (Case Study Scenario Jamestown College, 2017). Institutional Mission: Jamestown College exists to provide an efficient student learning environment focused on the discovery,

    Rating:
    Essay Length: 4,343 Words / 18 Pages
    Submitted: June 18, 2018 By: Shanna Hayes

Go to Page
Search
Advanced Search