Ethics of International Tourism: Health, Safety & Ecotourism
Extensive international travel even amidst the growing incidence of terrorism, accidents and disease give rise to various types of ethical concerns, which are normally not taken, into consideration by the present day…
Diversity Training Program Plan for Police Departments
In January 2012, Kenneth Riley was shot and killed in an incident which involved the policemen at the present Police Department. The victim's son claims that, before being shot, his father had been subjected to verbal abuses, among which the use of the derogatory N-word. The grand jury declared the policemen not guilty, but an investigation is still pending regarding the means in which the incident was managed.
Generational Gap in the Workplace: Four Generations Compared
Contemporary working age Americans are categorized into four distinct generations that, allegedly, have been made into what they are and their personalities formed due to the socio-political and economic as well as historical occurrences of their age. These four generations are variously known as: Traditionals, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. (Kupperschmidt, 2000).
There are at least two views regarding generational differences in the workplace. The first suggests that whilst individuals are distinct, nonetheless, shared generational values, events, beliefs, behaviors, and occurrences indelibly affected members of a particular generation and impact them from effective intergenerational communication (Zemke, et al. 2000). The other is that although, certain generational events do occur that influence people's behavior and beliefs, ultimately employees are constant and generic in what they seek from jobs and trying to categorize them and predict their performance according to generation category is misguided (Jotgensen, 2003; Yang & Guy, 2006). This essay dwells on and discusses the former suggestion.
Labor Unions, the Taft-Hartley Act, and US Labor Law
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (or Wagner Act) protects the rights of most workers in the private sector of the United States to organize unions, to engage in collective bargaining over wages, hours, and terms…