Society
When is an individual justified in challenging community standard? what are valid reasons for defying social codes of behavior and/or thought?

Individuals should continually challenge community standards. It is a necessary process in regards to the natural evolution of social codes and standards. Without challenging conventional thought and behavior, society becomes sloth like in regards to innovation and improvement. America, for instance is a nation that continually challenges and defies social codes, behaviors and thoughts. In fact, the nation was founded on defying social codes of repatriation to the home country. Over the past, 220 plus years that America has existed many social codes and norms have been challenged or amended. This has allowed the country to flourish relative to its large and more established peers around the world.

In the literary piece, "Mexicans begin jogging," the conditions in and perception of minority works needed to be altered. The piece mentions factory…...

The whole idea of society's role and function as a matter of control is being turned on its head yet again (Lilly, Cullen & Ball, 2011).
This entire thought pattern dovetails nicely with the eckless talk of pushes and pulls. Many people that are protesting against private industry and/or society as a whole are no doubt influenced by internal pushes and external pulls. This is not to automatically label all such influencing as deviancy, but there are some that would absolutely do that and no doubt the two parties in many days do the labeling against each other for the same situation (Lilly, Cullen & Ball, 2011).

Even so, the focus of eckless on juvenile delinquency and other related behavior is a lot less shades of gray and much more black and white. Crime is crime, even if the motives and indicators of it are stemming from something that is more…...

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References

Lilly, J.R., Cullen, F.T., & Ball, R.A. (2011). Criminological theory: context and consequences (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications.

Geertz suggests that "man's nervous system does not merely enable him to acquire culture; it positively demands that he do so if it is going to function at all" (Geertz, 1973:73; McNeil, 2002). Despite this he also notes that deficiencies exist within culture, and that stress is far too often paid to the relationship between idealized versions of culture.

Carrithers like many suggests that human beings have an innate tendency to mutually engage and mutually response, and that this propensity is due "to cognitive or intellectual, some of it emotional, but in any case human character and human experience exist only in and through people's relations with each other" (Carrithers, 1992:55; McNeil, 2002).

Conclusions/Analysis

egardless of ones philosophy of culture or definition of society, one must acknowledge that man is ever changing and a creature that requires interaction and formation of complex relationships to survive. Society evolves in part as a result of…...

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References

Carrithers, M (1992) "Why humans have cultures: Explaining anthropology and social diversity." Oxford University Press.

Geertz, C (1973) the interpretation of cultures, p.73. New York, Basic Books.

Haviland, W.A. (2002). "Cultural Anthropology, 10th ed." Wadsworth, Harcourt Brace.

Just, P. & Monaghan, J. (2000). "Social and cultural anthropology: A very short introduction." Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Most people are likely to think of marriage as being "fundamentally a package of legal rights, benefits and obligations -- which include hospital visitation rights and immigration rights for the foreign spouses of citizens, among others" (Wedgood). While people were accustomed to a traditional view of marriage, they gradually came to accept that it can actually be interpreted in order to incorporate a series of other values. For example, same-sex marriage demonstrated that two people can get married regardless of their gender.

While it is difficult and almost impossible to predict how marriage is going to be in the future, it is very likely that it will become more complex and that it will never return to how it once was. The future of marriage is going to be altered by a series of factors such as women's economic independence. Society will focus on designing marriage in accordance to trends, thus…...

Society's View Of Criminal Justice System
Society's Perception of the Criminal Justice System

Laws exist to maintain order and peace and provide for the safety and well-being of all members of society. Acts that disrupt and threaten this system of order are deemed criminal in nature and are therefore punishable by law. For the most part, Americans understand that our criminal justice system is designed to prevent criminal behavior, punish offenders and make society safer for all. However, there are still those times when the system fails -- convictions can be overturned by DNA evidence, those accused may be coerced into confessions, and vulnerable people such as those with mental illness or handicaps may be taken advantage of (Cox, 2013). Such incidents make it difficult to have full trust that the criminal justice system is truly functioning as originally intended.

Perceptions about the criminal justice system begin with perceptions of those in power.…...

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References

Cox, A. (2013). New visions of social control? Young people's perceptions of community penalties. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(1), 135-150. doi:10.1080/13676261.2012.697136.

Hurwitz, J., & Peffley, M. (2005). Explaining the Great Racial Divide: Perceptions of Fairness in the U.S. Criminal Justice System. Journal of Politics, 67(3), 762-783. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2508.2005.00338.x.

Unnever, J.D., Gabbidon, S.L., & Higgins, G.E. (2011). The Election of Barack Obama and Perceptions of Criminal Injustice. JQ: Justice Quarterly, 28(1), 23-45. doi:10.1080/07418825.2010.493525.

Those who are not able to use computers, the Internet, or other elements of high technology are also unable to develop the knowledge base and skills that have come to be expected in most business situations. This means that as the pace of technological advancement rises, and the skill set required for mainstream employment changes along with it, society is becoming increasingly stratified (Mooney & Knox 2007). The technological haves and the technological have-nots have been increasingly separated throughout the twentieth century, first with the advent of the telephone, then the car, the personal computer, the cell phone, and who knows what will be next. Each of these technological innovations has become mainstream in developed countries since its invention, but it takes time for this to happen.
It would be one thing if there were simply a schism between those with access to technology and those without such access. However,…...

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Reference

Mooney, L. & Knox, D. Understanding Social Problems. New York: Thompson/Wadsworth 2007.

This pool of experiences and knowledge is an additional resource for the international focus of the company. Even the American employees represent a wide variety of regions of the nation, as persons are more mobile today. Most of the employees have worked in a variety of occupations and jobs over the course of their occupational lives, as it is no longer common for persons to remain secure in the same company and job for any long duration of time. Workers travel more frequently, and live abroad, bringing back their knowledge and experience from these different areas of the world. And yes, many of the formerly blue-collar jobs are no longer unionized, or in some cases have been outsourced to different corners of the globe. Managers must still deal with these international employees as colleagues, even if they might not see them every day, and thus develop a fluency in…...

Meanwhile, those issues in females are much more likely to correspond to internalized diminishment of self-worth and to external behaviors and choices likely to confirm and perpetuate those internalized messages or to "punish" the individual through their predictably bad consequences (Efthim, Kenny, & Mahalik, 2001).
Biology establishes only very general gender-specific natural tendencies and behavioral differences; society further shapes the outward expression of those biological differences into more particular gender-based behavioral expression. However, cultural influences account for the precise way those tendencies manifest themselves in the specific behavior among individuals within social groups. Within Latino cultures, for example, over-idealization of the mother figure often conflicts with the male acknowledgement of female sexuality in a manner that affects marriage negatively (Abreu, Goodyear, Campos, et al., 2000).

Specifically, the so-called "whore-Madonna" complex makes it difficult for many men to reconcile their contradictory views of women in such a way that they cannot perceive…...

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References Abreu, Jose M.; Goodyear, Rodney K.; Campos, Alvaro; Newcomb, Michael D. "Ethnic Belonging and Traditional Masculinity Ideology Among African-Americans, European-Americans, and Latinos." Psychology of Men and Masculinity 1, no. 2 (2000): 75-86.

Bruch, Monroe A. "Shyness and Toughness: Unique and Moderated Relations With Men's Emotional Inexpression." Journal of Counseling Psychology 49, no. 1 (2002): 28-34.

Efthim, Paul W.; Kenny, Maureen E.; and Mahalik, James R. "Gender Role Stress in relation to Shame, Guilt, and Externalization." Journal of Counseling and Development 79, no. 4 (2001): 430-438.

Gerrig, Richard J., Zimbardo, Philip G. (2005)

Psychology and Life 18th Ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Society has dealt with an increasing number of problems resulting from the fact that the global warming process has started to experience rapid progress during recent years. eather is becoming more and more chaotic as the planet's atmosphere and oceans see a graduate rise in temperature. Global warming is largely considered to be the result of man's influence on the environment, as humanity has dealt a series of blows as a consequence of the industrial process and similar events heavily damaging the natural world. Most people today are well-acquainted with strategies they can employ with the purpose of playing an active role in saving nature, but find it difficult to do so because it involves them getting out of their comfort zones.
People's comfort zone is one of the principal reasons why many are reluctant to perform actions that are likely to assist the environment by generating less greenhouse gasses or…...

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Works cited:

Maslin, Mark, "Global Warming: Causes, Effects, and the Future," (MBI Publishing Company, 2007)

Spencer, Roy W., "The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the World's Top Climate Scientists," (Encounter Books, 2012)

Society and Regulation
In today's society, everything is regulated. Most public roads, highways and traffic systems are regulated, as are monetary and behavioral systems. Everything from wireless devices to wildlife is regulated at many levels. Even the mass media, including television and radio, is regulated. These things are not just regulated by the government; private institutions also regulate them.

For example, the Department of Education regulates the nation-wide school system, but local schools are also regulated privately. The government regulates business but private companies also play a role in regulating business. While we live in a democratic and free society, the lives of the American people are highly regulated.

Many people feel that regulation is necessary, as it keeps society in check. Without regulation, society would be corrupt, unorganized and inadequate, argue proponents of regulation.

Others believe that in a world without regulation, people would use their individual freedoms responsibly and would come together…...

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Bibliography

Friedman, Milton and Rose. Capitalism and Freedom. University of Chicago. 2002

Tocqueville, Alex. Democracy in America. Harper, 1998.

Individuals can find some sanctuary in the diverse population of urban areas. Unlike small family groups, which enforce social restrictions much tighter, larger urban areas give their inhabitants more freedom to explore diverse paths without fear of judgment or social outcast. More subgroups within a population lead to more individual exploration with fewer worries than lesser populated areas.
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Coser, Lewis a. "Georg Simmel: Biographical Information." 1977. Sociology in Switzerland. Retrieved on November 28, 2007 at http://socio.ch/sim/bio/htm

Durkheim, Emile. "hat is Social fact?" The Rules of the Sociological Method. Free Press. New York. 1982. pp.50-59. Retrieved on November 27, 2007 at http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theoryeb/readings/DurkheimFactForm.html

Emile-Durkheim.com. "Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)." Retrieved on November 27, 2007 at http://emile-durkheim.com

Elwell, Frank. The Sociology of Max eber. 1996. Retrieved on November 27, 2007 at http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorist/eber/whome.htm

Marx, Karl. "Bourgeoisie and Proletariat." The Communist Manifesto. Retrieved on November 27, 2007 at http://media.pfeiffer.edu/lridener/courses/COMMAN.htmL

Simmel, Georg. The Metropolis and Mental Life. Free Press. New York. 1950.…...

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Works Cited

Coser, Lewis a. "Georg Simmel: Biographical Information." 1977. Sociology in Switzerland. Retrieved on November 28, 2007 at  http://socio.ch/sim/bio/htm 

Durkheim, Emile. "What is Social fact?" The Rules of the Sociological Method. Free Press. New York. 1982. pp.50-59. Retrieved on November 27, 2007 at  http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/TheoryWeb/readings/DurkheimFactForm.html 

Emile-Durkheim.com. "Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)." Retrieved on November 27, 2007 at  http://emile-durkheim.com 

Elwell, Frank. The Sociology of Max Weber. 1996. Retrieved on November 27, 2007 at  http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorist/Weber/whome.htm

It is only human for cultures to borrow from successful societies. It has been a common practice throughout human history, especially within the context of the Classical periods, where many major nations were developing themselves as world powers. Many of these traditions still live on today either in their own right, or through the perpetuation by other cultures. In fact, Western society owes much of its foundations and philosophies to Classical cultures, such as Greco-oman and Middle Eastern influences. Then, the question remains, how will our current society lend to the future formation of new societies yet to be conceived?

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Boeree, C. George. (2000). "An Introuction to Buddhism." Shippensburg University. etrieved 24 Mar 2009 at http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/buddhaintro.html.

Butler, Chris. (2007). "Bronze Age Greeks: the Minoans and Myceneans." The Flow of History. etrieved 24 Mar 2009 at http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/birth/3/FC17.

Hooker, ichard. (1996). "The Persians." World Civilizations. etrieved 24 mar 2009 at http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/PESIANS.HTM.

Jayaram, V. (2008). "Chinese Buddhism:…...

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Boeree, C. George. (2000). "An Introuction to Buddhism." Shippensburg University. Retrieved 24 Mar 2009 at  http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/buddhaintro.html .

Butler, Chris. (2007). "Bronze Age Greeks: the Minoans and Myceneans." The Flow of History. Retrieved 24 Mar 2009 at http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/birth/3/FC17.

Hooker, Richard. (1996). "The Persians." World Civilizations. Retrieved 24 mar 2009 at  http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/PERSIANS.HTM .

Jayaram, V. (2008). "Chinese Buddhism: An Overview." Hindu Website. Retrieved 24 Mar 2009 at  http://www.hinduwebsite.com/buddhism/chinese_buddhism.asp .

Society vs. Individuality in James'
The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James' novel, The Portrait of a Lady, takes an exclusive look at the conflict between the individual and society. Isabel Archer is a lucky woman because she is afforded the luxury of knowing freedom and independence at a time when women were generally seen and not heard. Because of Isabel's upbringing, she can resist the proposals of men for the sole reason of her individuality. Freedom and independence are important and she realizes that one must be proactive in protecting them. hen Isabel lets her guard down, she begins to compromise one small aspect at a time, those things she considered dear and important to her soul. Once lost, they bring her close to edge of darkness with no way of ever finding her way back to them. The portrait of this lady becomes darkened by the incredible conflict society creates…...

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Work Cited

James, Henry. The Portrait of a Lady. Ann Arbor: Stat Street Press. 1996. Print.

Society's Overdependence On Computers
Today, the human race has become dependent almost entirely on computers for everything from communication to research to classroom instruction. Indeed, it would be hard to imagine of a world without computers. This text concerns itself with society's overdependence on computers.

Society's Overdependence on Computers

In the words of Kizza, "computer dependency is increasing as computers increasingly become part of our everyday lives" (81). To begin with, computers today effectively define how a majority of us communicate and interact with our friends and families. Emails and social media have replaced the traditional telephone and post office mail as popular communication mediums. People (especially the younger generation) now interact via social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Most of those in their 20s would find it quite difficult to interact with their peers were such platforms to be removed from the equation.

Secondly, the education sector is also increasingly becoming…...

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Works Cited

Gitman, Lawrence J., and Carl McDaniel. The Future of Business: The Essentials. 3rd ed. Mason, OH: Thomson Higher Education, 2007. Print.

Hobrock, Brice G., ed. Library Management in the Information Technology Environment: Issues, Policies, and Practice for Administrators. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc., 1992. Print.

Janczewski, Lech and Andrew M. Colarik. Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism. Hershey: IGI Global, 2008. Print.

Kizza, Joseph M. Computer Network Security and Cyber Ethics. 3rd ed. North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011. Print.

It is also wise to have it reviewed by a doctor or attorney, the Family Doctor eb site suggests; that way you can be assured that what you wish to have done with you and to you if you become incapacitated is "understood exactly as you intended" (Family Doctor).
The advance directives are sensitive and private, and they are very important for seniors. But the advance directives can be controversial, so it is wise for older people to know the law and understand the facts. To wit, there have been rumors and falsehoods spread on the orld ide eb and elsewhere about the advance directives that are spelled out in the recent overhaul of the healthcare system. Former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin made news in the summer of 2009 by asserting that the advance directives in the healthcare overhaul created a "death panel" of bureaucrats who will "decide, based…...

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Works Cited

Binstock, Robert H., and George, Linda K. (2010). Handbook of Aging and the Social

Sciences. Maryland Heights, MO: Academic Press.

Black, Jane A. (2008). Notes: The Not-So-Golden Years: Power of Attorney, Elder Abuse, and Why Our Laws are Failing a Vulnerable Population. St. John's Law Review, 82(1), 289-314

Collier, Elizabeth. (2005). Latent age discrimination in mental health care. Mental Health

Business communication plays a significant role in day to day activities, because nearly every transaction a person engages in is a form of business. At work, business communication is more than just talking with the boss about important matters. It's also small interactions between colleagues, how you talk to customers and vendors, and non-verbal communication concerns like posture and facial expression. In an increasingly global society, proper business communication is becoming more significant. You can find information on this issue in business journals. The website ACBJ.com provides you with access to a large number of business journals from a wide variety....

There are a lot of places to find information on the Boston Tea Party. History.com has pictures, videos, and articles. The link to that is http://www.history.com/topics/boston-tea-party. You can also get info on Wikipedia. You may not be able to cite information from there, but you can still learn about the event. At the end of the article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party), there are listed sources that can help you get more information. Also try EyewitnesstoHistory.com (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm) and the Boston Tea Party Historical Society (http://www.boston-tea-party.org/) to find out a lot about what happened during that period in history.....

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In order to handle this argument, you will need to choose a side based on what you believe. If you think mass media is portraying men negatively, look for a TV show or movie where a man was portrayed in a very positive light. Sometimes these can be religious shows or other types of shows with strong moral backgrounds, but that does not have to be the case. Part of the concern with this question is that what is considered positive or negative may be different depending on who is answering the question. Because of that, consider what you view....