A Case Study on Development in the Philippines

Education and Freedom

Business Ethics

Case brief on the Gabcikovo case

Are Wal-Mart’s Stated Mission, vision, goals, objective aligned with the goals of their stakeholders?

Max Weber and Capitalism

Conflict Memo

Family Nursing Plan Care: An Application of Orem’s Self-care Deficit Theory of Nursing

“Soldier’s Home”: Complicated Consequences or Consequential Complications?

Comprehensive Report on Global Staffing Strategies

A Case Study on Development in the Philippines

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Development is the improvement in the socio-economic and political life of a country and its people. I have always associated development with good economy, peace and order, and good governance. Economically, development is the availability of employment and livelihood as well as educational opportunities for the people. Socially, development is the unity of the people towards a common goal for the welfare of the whole nation. Politically, development means a good government administered by competent and corrupt-free leaders. Moreover, development means that all basic needs of the people such as food, shelter, clothing and safety. Generally, development means that majority, if not all the people, live beyond poverty line. Although I admit that my idea of development can be bordering more into idealism rather than realism, I still believe that development is reflected on the living conditions of people. Thus, a developed country must have a citizenry whose basic needs are met satisfactorily, living in peace and safety and are governed by good leaders. My definition for development is quite similar to the World Bank Group's definition of development. The World Bank Group (2007) defines development as reaching to the many poor people and helping them improve their lives.

Indeed, development is a complex term that takes in many different ideas. But most simply, development, when we are talking about countries, means reaching an acceptable standard of living for all people. It means that people have the basic things they need to live. It means that all the people have the right to make choices about their lives. It means that they have opportunities to improve their living situations (World Bank Group, 2007).

Further, the World Bank Group (2007) asserted that development is not measured on the wealth of a nation as "developed countries are not necessarily rich countries, and all rich countries are not necessarily developed." The World Bank Group (2007) puts emphasis on the

Education and Freedom

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Education is the ticket to freedom. It is the best weapon against the chains of poverty, oppression, and slavery. History is rich with men and women who have freed themselves from the social, political, economic and even religious bondage that have tied them down in agony and suffering. Many authors have written on the significance of education in one's quest for freedom.

Mary Wollstonecraft proposes for women to get an education to be able to become better and more productive citizens. While she does not asserts that women should abandon their traditional roles as mothers and teachers, Wollstonecraft believes that it is necessary for women to have an education so they are able to perform their roles in society better. For Wollstonecraft getting an education is every important for women because they are the primary caregivers and educators of children. She argues that as women play a significant role in the development of children, women should be given a sound education, instead of the traditional "accomplishment"-based education that focused on skills like dancing. Wollstonecraft believes that poor education and an early marriage would destroy a woman. Wollstonecraft argues in her work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman that if women were not given proper attention, they would turn out poorly and marry while still having the intellectual and emotional characteristics of children. Wollstonecraft believes that women who were not given proper education would marry early and would perform no useful role in society and might even contribute to immorality. Thus, Wollstonecraft stresses that women should be allowed and provided with sound, proper and good education so that they are able to fulfill their roles in society. More importantly, education would help any woman acquire independent thought, rationality, self-discipline, truthfulness, useful skills and faith in God. She believes that when a woman is educated properly, she would acquire knowledge and skills necessary for her to perform her significant role in society.

Business Ethics

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1. Friedman espouses the idea that in a free market, corporation has no social responsibility except to ensure that the company increases its profit; and that the government has no right to interfere with the operations of the free market. These two features of Friedman’s theory of free market and social responsibility have caused the textbook’s authors to consider Friedman’s ideas as both “radical” and “extreme”. I agree with the textbook authors in their assessment of Friedman’s theory of social responsibility as “radical” and “extreme” due to the following reasons: First, Friedman’s idea that the social responsibility of a corporation is to increase its profit only is in opposition with society’s idea of social responsibility and ethical responsibility. If the only responsibility of a corporation is to increase its profits, then it can do anything to ensure that it achieves its goals. This argument is not applicable in the present society. A corporation can increase its profit but not at the expense of the consumer and society in general.

Second, Friedman’s idea that the government should not interfere with the operations of the free market is simply absurd. Society is not composed only of corporations and its owners. Majority of society’s members are the consumers and recipients of a corporation’s products and services. Thus, the government must decree regulatory actions to ensure that the market is working, not only for the interest of corporations but more importantly of the interest of the people. Government intervention is necessary to prevent corporate fraud, to protect the rights of the consumers and to implement economic and political laws.

Third, Friedman's argument that the role of corporate managers is only to make the corporation maximize its profitability is simply absurd. Managers can influence the decision-making process within an organization to promote social responsibility such as improving modes of production to lessen waste and pollution.

Case brief on the Gabcikovo case

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Facts

On September 25, 1997, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its decision on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project. The Gabcikovo case involves a dispute between Hungary and Slovakia concerning a 1977 treaty between the two countries on the construction and operation of dams on the river Danube for the production of electricity, flood control and improvement of navigation. In 1989, Hungary suspended and subsequently abandoned the completion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project based on the allegation that completion of the project would lead to environmental risks for both Hungary. Slovakia countered Hungary's claim and insisted that Hungary carry out its treaty obligations.

Issues

Hungary and Slovakia upon the mediation of the Commission of the European Communities agreed that their dispute be submitted to the International Court of Justice and asked the court decide on the following issues:

1. Whether Hungary was entitled to unilaterally suspend and later abandon the works on the Nagymaros and Gabcikovo parts of the project to which it was attributed responsibility under the terms of the 1977 Treaty?

2. Whether the Czech and Slovak Republics were entitled to proceed with the 'provisional solution' in November 1991 and to put this system into operation in October 1992; and

3. Whether there are the legal effects of Hungary's notification to terminate the 1977 Treaty in May 1992?

Are Wal-Mart’s Stated Mission, vision, goals, objective aligned with the goals of their stakeholders?

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Wal-Mart is an American public corporation involve in discount department stores in the United States. It also operates internationally with stores in Mexico as Walmex, in the United Kingdom as ASDA, in Japan as Seiyu as well as in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, South America and China. Founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has become the largest public corporation by revenue in the world (Fortune Global 500).

Lack of Specific Mission Statement

Wal-Mart has no definite and specific mission statement. When Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart stores, he established "Three Basic Beliefs" to which the corporation remains firmly committed: "Respect for the Individual; Service to our Customers; and Strive for Excellence" ("Wal-Mart Statement of Ethics, 2005) It 1962, Wal-Mart operates with its slogan "Low prices, always." This slogan has drove Wal-Mart into one of the world's largest corporations. In 2006, Wal-Mart unveiled its new slogan: "Saving people money so they can live better lives" (Barbaro, 2007). Accordingly, the new slogan of Wal-Mart encompasses the three categories of its 200 million customers: "brand aspirationals" (Barbaro, 2007) or people with low incomes who are obsessed with names like KitchenAid; "price-sensitive affluent" (Barbaro, 2007) or wealthier shoppers who love deals; and "value-price shoppers" (Barbaro, 2007) or consumers who like low prices and cannot afford much more.

• Aside from providing its hundred million customers with highest quality products at low prices, Wal-Mart's mission also extends to its employees or associates, suppliers and stockholders. In its 2000 Proxy Statement, Wal-Mart stated that its Diversity

 

Max Weber and Capitalism

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When sociologists Max Weber published his book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in 1904, he started a debate that would last for over century. The relationship between capitalism and religion has become one of the hotly contested topics in social sciences, particularly in sociology and economy. Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is about the relationship of religion and capitalism. Basically, Weber’s book is not about Protestantism nor does it introduce the reader into the Protestant religion. Instead, this book is the beginning of the works of Weber on religion and capitalism. It is in this book that Weber explored the possibility that capitalism is the result of religion. In this book where Weber first laid down his Protestant Theory. Weber’s Protestant Theory states that the ethics and ideas of Calvinist or reformed Protestants resulted to the development of capitalism. Soon, Weber’s theory became a major theory in social sciences as sociologist debate on whether it was indeed Calvinism that had caused the rise of capitalism.

According to Billig, Weber's book argued that "European capitalism was predicated upon a unique and fortuitous combination of a particular institutional matrix and certain cultural values (or "spirit")." These institutional matrix and cultural values is the result of the Reformation period in Europe. During this period Europeans began thinking about their lives and their salvation. The people needed another route to salvation as reforms in the Christian churches have shaken the simple guarantee of salvation through faith. With the Reformation, the people become aware for the need to seek other routes to salvation.

Weber noted the dedication to simplicity and hard work that a Protestant Church has espoused its members to follow. Weber called this devotion to simple life and hard work as Protestant Work Ethic. Weber studied the Protestant Work Ethic and he found out that hard work.

Conflict Memo

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SUBJECT: CONFLICTS AT HAYWARD HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.

Introduction

The distribution center of Hayward Healthcare Systems, Inc. in California has been beset with operational problems. It has been experiencing “a very high level of defects” (Wigton, 1994)

and “an unacceptable rate of errors in the orders taken from client hospital” (Wigton, 1994).

In addition, there have been interpersonal conflicts among the workers. Most the 50 workers “were either demoralized or had tough, belligerent attitudes toward management and other employees” (Wigton, 1994). Recently, two employees namely Ed Williams and Buddy Jones had an emotional and angry argument at the loading dock due to musical differences. During the argument both employees yelled racial slurs at each other.

Causes of the Problem

It has been found out that the main reason for the declining over-all performance of the Hayward Healthcare Systems, Inc. is the poor inter-personal relationship among the workers. This problem is caused by:

• The company’s failure to perform background checks on its prospective employees.

The former manager of the center hired workers without the checking on their background previous job references. Presently, seven workers of the firm have been convicted and imprisoned for violent assaults.

• Management’s inability to handle conflicts among employees.

Family Nursing Plan Care:

An Application of Orem’s Self-care Deficit Theory of Nursing

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Since its first publication in 1971, the Self-care Deficit Theory developed by Dorothea Orem has been, reviewed, tested and applied to various areas of nursing practice (Hodge, n.d.).

This paper aims to present Orem’s theory and apply it in creating a nursing care plan and to help promote the Healthy People 2010 national agenda for families. The nursing diagnosis and interventions are based on the family assessment.

Healthy People 2010 presents a set of health objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the new century. It offers a comprehensive set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for America. Its objectives were designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and establish national goals to reduce those threats.

In formulating the nursing care plan for this paper, Dorothea Orem’s Self-care Deficit Theory of nursing was applied in relations to the goals of Health People 2010. Likewise, the family client was assessed using the Family-Focused Assessment Framework that was based on Orem’s theory.

Theoretical Framework and Concepts

Orem’s theory is based on the idea that human beings engage in self-care activities to maintain a state of good health. The basic premise is that individuals have the capacity to care for themselves or can take responsibility for their health and the health of others. (Orem, n.d.)

The Self-care Deficit Theory of Dorothea Orem focuses on three hierarchical theories. (Hodge, n.d.) First, the theory of self-care which encompasses the concepts of self-care, self-care agency, self-care requisites, and therapeutic self-care demand. Orem (1995) defines self-care as “the practice of activities that maturing persons initiate and perform, within time frames, on their

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“Soldier’s Home”: Complicated Consequences or Consequential Complications?

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Is Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” a short story of the complicated consequences of a young war veteran’s life or about the consequential complications in the life of a young soldier coming home after the war?

“Complicated” and “consequences”. These two words caught my attention while reading the short story because they both appeared more than once in the story. Complicated appeared four times while consequences appeared three times. Such words were also the basis of a review written by Tateo Immamura in 1996.

Imamura believes that the word “complicated” describes Kreb’s lack of involvement with girls in his hometown. Hemingway used “complicated” to illustrate Kreb’s hometown: “But they [girls] lived in such a complicated world of already defined alliances and shifting feuds that Krebs did not feel the energy or the courage to break into it.” (Hemingway); Kreb’s thoughts on girls: “They were too complicated.”(Hemingway); on courtship and starting a relationship with girls: “But here at home it was all too complicated.”(Hemingway); and on complexities that may arise from his actions: “He had tried so to keep his life from being complicated.” (Hemingway)

According to Immamura, the last quotation “suggests that the most difficult problem is not the complicated realm of the girls, but Krebs' fear of the complexity that might result from any approach he might make... Conversations, for Krebs, make the male/female sexual relationship complicated.” Immamura’s argument caused him to believe that “Soldier’s Home” is just another story of a broken heart as “Kreb’s indifference towards the girls in the town seems

Comprehensive Report on Global Staffing Strategies

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INTRODUCTION

Globalization has changed the way business operates. It has opened new opportunities as well as new challenges. Expansion, including merger and acquisition, across countries and continents, has become a major trend. One of the most crucial factors in global expansion is staffing the offshore company. Company’s setting up operations abroad must be able to come up with the appropriate and suitable staffing strategies to ensure that the new office will have a pool of talents who is as competent and as efficient as the staff in the main headquarter.

This paper will examine WorldConnect Corporation’s expansion into Southeast Asia and analyses the issues and challenges that the company may encounter during its staffing process. Theoretical perspectives on global staffing will be presented to come up with proposed human resource management strategies.

A. Background

WorldConnect Corporation

WorldConnect Corporation is a major player in the global contact center industry. Founded in 1989, WorldConnect Corp. have now over 87,000 corporate members within various contact centers globally that providing vital information through the daily editorials and useful information to tens of thousands of operational managers and executives throughout the world. WorldConnect Corp. has been undergoing expansion through merger and acquisition. Aside from providing news and information to its global clientele, WorldConnect has expanded its operations to business process outsourcing (BPO) and call center solutions by providing a variety of customer and employee care services such as handling of call-in queries and technical support; e-mail, online chat, travel and consumer services; and medical and legal transcriptions.