Anxiously awaiting its contents, the high school senior stares at his mailbox. He has been awaiting a response for months from his dream college. He has endured the endless questions from friends and family, "Did you hear from that college yet?" He has spent many a night he should have been sleeping lying in bed wondering whether he would be heading to his dream school in the fall. He has read numerous books and has done serious research on just what it took to get where he wanted to be. He continues to stare for hours, shaking from either anticipation or fear, though he cannot decide which. Finally his parents arrive home and encourage him to open the letter. He then opens the box. Now I ask this. Should this senior’s ethnicity impact whether his envelope is thin or thick? Should he have a better chance to attend his dream school because he is a minority? Or do the questions go deeper than the single factor of ethnicity? The issue of Affirmative Action, preferences towards persons of racial minorities to compensate for prior discrimination, in college admissions is a quite complicated one. Many sides must be explored to gain a better understanding of the theories and views on this issue. It is not easily answered with a yes or no. Since its inception, Affirmative Action’s use has been a major debate in American society. Many questions are left to be investigated. Many believe that we should live in a society where preferential treatment could be eliminated, and admission to college is based solely on one’s merit and character, yet this view seems quite unrealistic. The United States Supreme Court handed down its first decision on this complex issue with the case of Allan Bakke. Allan Bakke was a white male who applied to ... ... middle of paper ... ...ns. The evidence supports the fact that if racial preferences are not used in admissions, the country will be withholding quality educations, both graduate and undergraduate, from large numbers of minority students. One of the staples of slavery when it is employed in this world is preventing those who are enslaved from becoming educated. We must work for the advancement of the human race as a whole, and this includes making sure that entire races of people are not left off prematurely on the road of education. Sources Cited Cross, Theodore. "What if There Was No Affirmative Action in College Admissions?" The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. No. 5. Autumn 1994. 52-55. Dreyfuss, Benjamin W. "Reverse Discrimination’ or ‘Equal Opportunity’?" http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~dreyfus/bakke.html. 1995. Mundy, Bob. Personal Interview. 27 April 2001
In his first game he became succesful he made his first goal. Every one thought he would be the next best soccr player. He was kind of sad because he had to leave his family for the medications and the team. He got his first ballon d’or in 2009, (Best soocer player of the year). He was rally happy about his accomplishments. Other than playing soccer he is also a children’s activist, In 2007, he formed the Leo Messi foundation to provide
Trade liberalisation and the reduction in bureaucracy has enabled overseas firms to enter the Chinese market to take advantage of cheap and vast labour, creating millions of jobs. However, the privatisation of state-owned enterprises in the face of international competition as well as economic restructuring has also simultaneously led to mass job losses, especially in rural areas, posing a challenge to the Chinese economy and the government. During the period 2009 to 2015, China’s urban unemployment rate averaged 4.8% which is lower than the world average of around 7%. However, the real unemployment situation is likely to be more serious as migrant workers and newly graduated students are not included in government statistics on unemployment. As well as this, China has had historically low levels of unemployment, thus, a trend of increasing unemployment levels indicates a worsening situation. We can see the extent to which the impacts of globalisation have had on China, through historical unemployment statistics. In 2009, unemployment reached a 30 year high of 5.4% reflecting the impacts of the Global Financial Crisis and highlighting that China is now increasingly exposed to external shocks. The movement away from labour intensive industries (i.e. manufacturing and agriculture) and the effort towards service based industries, due to the process of
Tanabe, C. (2009). From the courtroom to the voting booth: Defending affirmative action in higher education. Philosophy of Education Yearbook, 291–300.
Doing business in China is highly based on the development of good personal relationships over time. They consider relationships more important than tasks. The emphasis here is that they are doing business with people rather than companies so personal contact and loyalty are important. There is a huge importance placed on sincerity above all other qualities. Their communication style tends to be very indirect. It is not uncommon for them to say “yes” to acknowledge they are listening to you but it may not mean the same as it does in other cultures. Chinese have a hard time saying no and the organizational structure is hugely bureaucratic so things are unlikely to happen fast. Their teams are groups of specialists working under a leader who may not be a specialist but will have links to the head of the company. Their structure is vertical so consensus from the team on decisions is common so expect the process to be slow. Chinese are punctual, cancellation or lateness may be seen as insulting unless good reasons are provided. They are quit...
Discrimination is still a chronic global issue, and drastic inequalities still exist at the present time. Thus, the Affirmative Action Law is an important tool to many minorities most especially to women, and people of color, for the reason that this program provides an equality on educational, and professional opportunities for every qualified individual living in the United States. Without this program, a higher education would have been impossible for a “minority students” to attain. Additionally, without the Affirmative Action, a fair opportunity to have a higher-level career...
Affirmative action policies were created to help level the playing field in American society. Supporters claim that these plans eliminate economic and social disparities to minorities, yet in doing so, they’ve only created more inequalities. Whites and Asians in poverty receive little to none of the opportunities provided to minorities of the same economic background (Messerli). The burden of equity has been placed upon those who were not fortunate enough to meet a certain school’s idea of “diversity” (Andre, Velasquez, and Mazur). The sole reason for a college’s selectivity is to determine whether or not a student has the credentials to attend that school....
As an economic future for Chinese immigrants began to look bright, the job market began to be saturated by Chinese laborers working for low pay and long hours, eventually causing the growing sense of anti-Chinese sent...
Born February 5th 1985, Cristiano Ronaldo grew up on the Island of Madeira, located in Portugal. Raised by Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and Jose Denis Aveiro; Cristiano was the youngest of four. Maria Dolores was a cook, while Jose worked as gardener. Cristiano has admired his dad for his love and responsibility towards his family. He showed the same work ethic in soccer. His mom remembers “Soccer was his passion. When he got home I’d tell him to do his homework. But he would say he didn’t have any. I’d be making dinner and he’d jump out of the window, grab some fruit and run off. He wouldn’t come home until nine o’ clock or sometimes even midnight.” (HDDDocumentaries) From a very young age, Cristiano new what he wanted to do. He would carry around a soccer ball everywhere he’d go. He would be dribbling with a friend in a back alley, or shooting around in the park. His sister remembers “we knew he had a gift for football, but we never knew he would reach the top.” (HDDDocumentaries) Cristiano started playing soccer in a small town club called Andorinha, where his father was the kit man. It is at this club where Cristiano displayed his technique with the ball at such a young age. Word spread around the Island, that Cristiano had an amazing talent, shortly after Ronaldo signed f...
Luis Suarez from Uruguay made a transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona and helped Neymar and Lionel Messi to become the ultimate trio in Europe. They were considered the deadliest South American trio in Europe. With the help of Barcelona, Messi and Suarez, Neymar continued to do everything he could to stay on top and in 2015, Neymar was picked to be the final three alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi to see who would win the Ballon D’ Or. Neymar, unfortunately lost the award but he won many others like Goal of The Year and he was also placed in the World’s Best 11 Players which is a huge honor to be in. Neymar earned the respect of many different players at the age of 22 and he helped Barcelona to get 7 trophies in 2 years. He played a huge role in the success of Barcelona alongside his South American friends. Today, at the age of 23, Neymar Jr. is considered one of the best in Brazil and soon he will become one of the best in the world. Neymar has many years ahead of him and will learn to do more for his team and his country. Neymar has yet to win the World Cup and the Copa America for his country. He has a lot of talent and will be able to show it off to everyone in the world. Everyone considers him a great prodigy of Ronaldinho and he will soon be compared to other young talents that will come later
Summary. Competencies defined in this study corroborated with the notion that there are different managerial practices, especially leadership perception, in China and Germany. It is easier to transfer machine technology than its human counterpart. Although Western managerial approach has been dominating both in multinationals and joint ventures in China, it is still too early to argue whether there is a general organisational convergence. However, at current stage, Chinese style of personal management still prevails over Western style HRM practices.
Zhu, Y. & Warner, M. (2000). “An Emerging model of employment relations in China: a divergent path from the Japanese?” International Business Review, 2000, Vol.9 (3), pp.345-361. [03 April 2014]
In the category of individualism, China had a low score of twenty. This makes China a group oriented culture, and means that most of their decisions will be based on what would best benefit their own inner circle. In America, we consider employing close friends or family members to be a “conflict of interest”. However, this belief is completely opposite in China, and it seems to be the social norm.
China's development is praised by the whole world. Its developments are not only in the economic aspect, but as well in its foreign affairs. Compared with other developed countries, China is a relatively young country. It began constructing itself in 1949. After 30 years of growth, company ownership had experienced unprecedented changes. Entirely, non-state-owned companies can now be more involved in sectors that used to be monopolized by state-owned companies.
Born in 1987, in Rosario, Argentina, Lionel Messi is an Argentinean soccer player who is currently playing for a European soccer club called, FC Barcelona as a forward. He has played in Barcelona since his professional career as a soccer player started. Also, Messi is Spanish as well too; because he has lived in Spain for aver five years and therefore he got his Spanish citizenship. With only 169 centimeters of height, and 68 kg of weight, Lionel Messi has achieved lots of things with the national and club teams, but also many personal awards during his young career as a professional player that is still going on.
It is true to say that globalisation is a two-way street. As international business and trade continue to grow, models of organisations and approaches to management are beginning to merge; nevertheless it remains imperative for firms to understand and govern across the myriad of cultural differences which still exist. These differences seem most apparent in China, where managerial values are deeply rooted in archaic and powerful culture. Some authors argue that even with a certain degree of convergence between Chinese and Western cultures, such convergence does have its restrictions.