The Idea of Mill ’s ethical theory is his Greatest Happiness Principle in that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness and they are wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the intended pleasure and the absence of pain. Unhappiness is the pain and the lack of pleasure. Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only desirable things.” Mill ’s view of happiness is hedonistic‚ which suggests that the only good thing in a person is pleasure and the
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THE NEWLY NEGLECTED GENDER Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual‚ political‚ social‚ educational‚ gender‚ or economic strength of individuals and communities. Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has called on society to support endeavors to educate the boy child‚ even as it advocates girl child education. “Having done so much for the girl child‚ what do we do for the boy child who seems to be lagging behind? I personally think that it is time we encouraged the boy child in his
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Women Empowerment Gender divide had long been evident in the pages of history. Yes‚ we were then boxed in a culture where women are just but silhouette behind a pro- male gender society. Women were never regarded to be equally capacitated‚ strong and able as compared with men. Women were irrationally born as servants and die as servants for the benefit of men. We have reached a milestone for a breakthrough paving the way for gender parity. There no longer exist "man over women" standard; and
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would first like to extend our highest gratitude to Professor J.K. Jain‚ Human Resource Management ‚ whose knowledge and experience has served as a continuous source of encouragement and motivation during the entire life-cycle of this project. We would like to thank our esteemed institute‚ Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon‚ for providing us the infrastructure & facilities‚ without which this project would have remained an unfulfilled dream. We would also like to
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condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on one wing.” - Swami Vivekananda The most significant and longest social movement continuing is movement for emancipation of women. Though the primary goal for women empowerment is to improve the quality of life of women but it has also deep ramifications in social‚ economic and political scenario of body polity. The media through its reach to people at large has been instrumental though not to the extent desired
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Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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Women empowerment Historical Back ground of enslaving Women:- Considering sacrifices‚ sufferings & contribution of women for the welfare of the family‚ in the early times of human history‚ the families were Matriarchal (mother as head of the family).Although woman was not weaker than man‚ during menstruation‚ pregnancy & child birth she had to depend upon man.‚ who subsequently enslaved her and society took the form of “Patriarchal” (Father as Ruler & Head of family)
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Annotated Bibliography Daft‚ L. (2010). Organization theory and design.(Tenth ed.‚ p. 374). Ohio: South-Western Cengage Learning Organizational Theory and Design is a book authored by Richard L. Daft. He is the Brownlee O. Currey‚ Jr. professor of management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University‚ Nashville Tennessee. The book was published by South-Western Cengage‚ 2010‚ a digital information services for academic‚ professional‚ library markets
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Geraldine Kalabai ID#: 5098 PG303 Community Development and Practices Topic: Community Empowerment Due Date: 30th March 2012 What is empowerment? Many use the term empowerment without understanding what it really means. A literature review resulted in no clear definition of the concept‚ especially one that could cross-disciplinary lines. This article defines empowerment as a multi-dimensional social process that helps people gain control over their own lives. It is a process that fosters power in
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Responsibility‚ Power and Empowerment January 18‚ 2011 Responsibility‚ Power and Empowerment Within a business‚ organizing is essential to keep day-to-day activities afloat and regular business function in motion. Therefore‚ it is essential for leadership to understand the power behind responsibility‚ power and empowerment. This paper will define and provide examples of responsibility‚ power and empowerment. These concepts‚ in relation to a supervisor’s role‚ create a variety of opportunities
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