taking a gap year in your country and in U.K. Use specific examples and provide appropriate evidence to explain your answer. Are you finishing year 12 this year and uncertain about next year? Why not have a gap year? A gap year is referring to a period of time which a student take time off and do something other than schooling‚ such as travel or work. Gap year is become more and more popular in UK and other foreign countries‚ but nearly no Chinese students taking a gap year.
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Chapter 7 The Gap Inc.’s Social Responsibility Reports 1) This chapter defined global corporate citizenship as putting an organizations commitment to social and environmental responsibility into practice worldwide. By this definition Gap has demonstrated global corporate citizenship since it has developed one of the most comprehensive factory-monitoring programs in the apparel industry in order to find and stop sweatshops‚ child labor and unsafe working conditions. The Gap has also pledged to
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Discussion Case: The Gap Inc.’s Social Responsibility Report Do you think Gap has demonstrated global corporate citizenship‚ as defined in this chapter? Why or why not? The Gap showed global corporate citizenship as they develop a comprehensive monitoring software factory in the garment industry In its response to problems in its contractor factories‚ do you think Gap moved through the stages of corporate citizenship presented in this chapter? Why or why not? Gap move through the stages
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Another reason gap years are a good thing is that is enforces responsibility. When a student wants to undergo a gap year there are a lot of steps and processes that need to be made. Some might say that this might just overwhelm the student anyways‚ but it will not. It helps the students understand the responsibilities to have this goal of their pursued. Gap years‚ like stated before‚ are not just for getting out of school work for a year. By organizing your own gap year you are forced to take ownership
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There has been a gender pay gap between different industries‚ especially in businesses. This may already be a law that women should be getting paid the same as men‚ it still isn’t happening in all states/cities. It has been proven that women earn 80.9% of what men do and only 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. Women being able to get paid the same amount of money for doing the same jobs as men should happen because both genders are capable of the same things. For example‚ women are capable
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The pay gap affects women from all backgrounds‚ at all ages‚ and of all levels of education. In the U.S.‚ the gap stands at 64%‚ which means that women earn about two-thirds of what men make for similar work. That’s actually worse than last year‚ when gap was 66%. “The U.S. now ranks 74th in wage equality among 145 countries.” Well according to World Economic Forum‚ in the year 2133 women’s earning will finally match their male coworkers. The World Economic Forum believes it will take another 118
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2010) As everyone can see the number of women working in the U.S. has increased to almost 50 percent over the last several decades. However‚ some women still suffer from employment discrimination and inequality in job position or wage gaps. “From birth until death‚ gender shapes human feelings‚ thoughts‚ and actions. Children quickly learn that their society considers females and males different kinds of people‚ by about age three‚ they begin to think of themselves in these terms.” (Macionis‚ 2014)
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What are some factors that contribute to the gender wage gaps over the past years? In the textbook‚ “Human Resources Management in Canada‚” written by Gary Dessler‚ Nita Chhinzer and Nina D. Cole‚ it is stated that‚ “equal pay for equal work specifies that an employer cannot pay male and female employees differently if they are performing the same or substantially similar work.” (Textbook). This quote shows that there is gender-based discrimination‚ especially in the workforce‚ that needs to be overcome
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1001EHR Employment Relations Assessment Item 2: ESSAY Several explanations have been put forward to explain why the gender-wage gap persists in Australia. Pick two and critically evaluate each. Within Australia’s workforce history‚ there has been a strong presence of the gender wage gap between men and women. The differences in wages between men and women still seem to persist in today’s society (Sap 1993). A study by van Wanrooy (2009) suggests that even though there is an increase of women
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I believe that the gender pay gap is caused by gender bias. Although the government has already adopted policies that are aimed at reduction of gender inequalities‚ the gender pay gap is still prevalent in the United States. The wages of women can be brought closely in line with the wages of men. It is crucial to explore the major causes why women earl less than men. I agree with the fact that the Equal Rights Amendment Campaign had a positive impact on the labor market in the 1970s. It was found
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