Historical Shortcomings of the US Census The civil rights laws of the 1960s made census to become a necessary tool for enforcing fair voting, employment, and housing. However, the undercounting of racial minorities proved that the census was already failing to do its main objectives (Carter, 2013, p. 161). As a result, the civil rights movement formed to fight for the rights of the racial minorities through lawsuits so that they could be considered in the census process. The increase in population had not been anticipated by the census bureau, which resulted in undercounts that the bureau could not adjust. Vincent Carraba, the bureau’s director, stated that the 1980 census was difficult for the bureau as they had to chase down a large group of illegal aliens unworthy of the effort. The 1990 census data also showed that there was a 2.1% undercount among the blacks, native Americans, and Hispanics (Carter, 2013 p. 162). This led to the formation of two leading organizations, Reclassify All Children Equally (R.A.C.E) and the Association of Multiethnic Americans (A.M.E.A), which were the 1990s multiracial…
Critical Synthesis of the Evolution of Political Philosophy Introduction Having read the political and philosophical ideas of many philosophers in the early and modern ears of politics up to and including Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rosseau and Mary Wollstonecraft, one is in a position to be politically informed. While appreciating the works of each and every single individual, it is important to acknowledge that there is a lot to learn both positively and negatively. This is to say that political philosophy comes with their strengths and limitations going by what most philosophers have opined (Hampton, 2018). While they all reserve their rights to hold their opinions, it is up to us the target audience to discern between what is good and what is not, what is helpful and what needs some tweaking to be politically correct in this modern world. That being said, assignment 4 seeks to take a critical analysis of the content of the named philosophers and make a crucial synthesis about them, along the lines of their weaknesses and strengths in terms of authority and…
Cultural Differences and Creativity Cultural differences are defined as behaviors, beliefs, languages, and practices. The patterns of cultures are determined by the differences in ethnicity, race, and country of origin. When a worker from different backgrounds brings different cultures into organizational management, the various practices can either improve the operations of the business or result in a culture clash. For instance, multinational companies from the United States and the western world have different management models with their Asian counterparts. Scholars have come up with various theories to illustrate the difference and creativity among the workers from both Western and Asian countries. Recently, China introduced a policy that advocated for creativity and innovation. The new slogan aimed at countering the paradox that the Chinese are not as creative as Americans. However, before the new policy, some inventions in China date back in Ancient times. Although Chinese were the initial users of paper, printing, and gun powder, they lag behind Americans in modern discoveries due to the differences in the cultural values. Hofstede’s cultural value framework According to the Hofstede cultural dimension,…
Ethics in Project Management It is important to consider ethical standards during project planning, or else the whole project would be improper. The increasing scandals in financial corruption, collusions, and conflicts at organizations demand considerations of ethics before commencing a project (Ljungblom & Lennerfors, 2018). The PMI ethical standards that apply at the project planning level include honesty, responsibility, fairness, respect, accountability, and integrity. Honesty is a crucial ethic to consider when planning a project. Abraham Lincoln stated that no human being has a good memory to become a successful liar because lies often trap people and consequently lose their trust. When planning a project, it suffices to have all stakeholders in the project tell the truth. Misleading and half-truths do not have ground in the planning of a project (Ljungblom & Lennerfors, 2018). Dilemmas arise when working with groups of conflicting interests. For instance, a project that involves influential executives may put pressure to ignore customers’ attention. The PMI ethical standards during project planning consider the project management professionals (PMP) responsible for their success or failure in making decisions…
Ethical or moral principles The post develops an issue of concern about ethical/moral principles. Does an ethical or moral perspective concern with how right or wrong an action or purely whether an action is right or wrong. Where do we draw a line of ethical actions, and from what point of view? Applying different approaches to ethics, one can derive different and opposing moral judgments from the ethical. The case established in the post develops initially as an apparent ethical dilemma. From many perspectives, the action has different consequences for different people. The decision rule within the consequentialist approach to ethics, as a normative theory, creates an element of pluralism and thus the need for a psychosocial perspective. In 2017, Franceschi-Bicchierai established that the hacker didn’t alert the customers of the company about the data breach for two months, during which data breach occurred. From a psychological perspective, one can examine the psychosocial factors that played out within the action and generate an ethical judgment of the action. Reply to Post 4 The post develops a general argument that ethical…
why fake news travels faster than the truth The author has used ethos to convince its readers that they can trust him to provide information on why fake news travels faster than the truth. He has engaged in thorough research to convince his readers that they can trust him to give an objective argument on the topic being explored. His work is free of bias as he has underpinned his arguments with empirical research that informs his topic. For instance, he has underpinned his arguments with research by researchers from MIT and the report by Robert Muller on the 2016 US elections. Further, the author has used pathos to connect with his readers. He has used examples that appeal to the emotions of his readers to connect with his audience. For instance, he has referred to the impact of fake news on the 2016 US general election (Chadwick, 2018). The general election is a topic very dear to all Americans because it is the time they get to exercise their civic duty. However, when it came to the attention of…
The Experience Machine Many theories of satisfaction and happiness state that pleasure can only be achieved by following what is moral and ethical. These theorists suggest that a human being is only happy when they experience what is considered moral or ethical (Gregory 45). However, Robert Nozick, in opposition to these claims, wrote the book “anarchy, state, and Utopia,” where he proposes a thought experiment called the experience machine. The analysis is meant to critique hedonism, which suggests that ethical and moral experiences are responsible for personal pleasure. Thus, Nozick’s experiment poses a test where a human being is put in a comma and exposed to his best experiences without knowledge of the past and whether they are in a comma. Since not many could agree to be put in such a state, Nozick concludes that there is more to personal pleasure, not just morals and ethics. In this easy, I agree with Nozick and provide instances where his claims have been used in modern culture. Indeed no one would like his brain to be deep in a fluid…
Bergson Introduction The world has condition use to perceive actions, memory, purpose and space in a given way; however, upon close examination, it appears that our conditioning is doing more harm than good. The conditioning is referred to as the “material-scientific-ego-centric” that is based on the spiritual orientations and scientific approaches that are being translated to material translations and these processes becoming more secluded in our egos. This results in the emergence of myths that hinder the understanding of the ways of knowing, conceptions of times and ways of viewing ourselves in the world. Examples of these myths include the definition of intuition as an incidence of chance insight, time being a linear force and memory being a physical computing system. I believe that Henri Bergson offers the best defence to the challenge by alluding to the fact that all concepts of duration, reality, memory and thought are a continuous passage. Discussion I begin by explaining the comprehensive meaning of the passage before embarking on the definition of the significant concepts that have been referred to in the text. Bergson…
American Nurses Association Code of Ethics and the International Code of Nurses Introduction Nurses all over the world are expected to follow a precise code of ethics in their practice. The two main code of ethics outlined are the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics and the International Code of Nurses. The two laws have so many aspects intertwined because the codes nurses use to cut across both codes. Similarities Between the Codes. First and foremost, it is evident that the main similarity is the functions of a nurse, which are to promote health, prevent illnesses, restore health, and alleviate suffering. The priority roles mentioned are stipulated in both codes of ethics. As a nurse, one is expected to care for patients while looking out for them to prevent depriving them of their human rights (American Nurses Association, 2015) . This feature is similar to both codes of ethics. In addition to this nurses are asked to maintain decorum while at work and maintain a cordial relationship with their colleagues to ensure proper healthcare is offered (International Council of Nurses,…
Ethics Questions Institutional Affiliation Date Moral relativism is the opinion that there is no absolute or universal set of ethical principles. There exists no single accurate morality, and whether something is right or wrong, it is a relative matter. Many people find it appealing because it encourages cultural tolerance (Blackford, 2016). The textbook explains that something can be right to one moral set of reference and be wrong in relation to another. Wreen (2018) explains that moral relativism is compatible with moral subjectivity and moral objectivity. Moral judgments correctness depends on psychological characteristics of the arbiter and sociological facts about the arbiter. Moral relativism is possible because there are considerable differences in the moralities that individuals accept and do not seem to be based on actual differences in circumstance or disagreements about reality. It appears that there lacks an objective way of settling conflicts such as abortion, egoism, euthanasia and capital punishment. This then leads to the possibility of moral relativism. A mother receives her daughter’s letter from her boyfriend and opens it. She…