North Country North Country is a movie based on the true story of a single mother of two‚ played by Charlize Theron struggling to get by after leaving her abusive husband; little did she know that the abuse would continue in her workplace. The beginning of the movie set the tone of the ethical issues that would arise in the Mine. On Josie’s first day on the job‚ her supervisor made a comment about how the doctor that gave her a physical said she looked good without clothes and made his comment
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continues even though the recipient has indicated that those behaviors are unwelcome. 2) From what you’ve seen in the movie‚ what specific action and determined if it is Hostile or Quid Pro Quo. In the movie entitled North Country‚ it’s obvious that there is a HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. Were women are sexually harassed by the men that works in the Pearson mining company. They
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Josey who played as a single mother in the film‚ left her abusive husband and returned to her Northern Minnesota city where she grew up. With her two young kids to support‚ Josey took a job in the local mine‚ but not before her old friend Glory‚ one of the few female miners in town‚ warned her of the kind of abuse she should expect from the mine’s male‚ staff. The mines provide a livelihood that has sustained a community for generations. It’s an industry long dominated by men‚ in a place unaccustomed
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Chapter 5 Profit Centers 201 Country Auto‚ Inc. {Liddy‚ part owner of North Country Auto‚ Inc.‚ was feeling pretty the new control systems recently put in place for his five departtiers (new and used car sales‚ service‚ body‚ and parts departments) . .escrioes eacn aepartment. Mr. Liddy strongly believed in the concept " geach department individually as a profit center. But he also recoghl3.llengeof getting his managers to "buy in" to the system by work ’::.:ffotthe good of the dealership
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Alex Walker‚ manager of the new car sales department‚ sold a new car for $14‚150. This purchase was financed by a cash down payment of $2‚000‚ a trade-in allowance of $4‚800‚ and a bank loan of $7‚350. The dealer’s cost was $11‚420‚ which included factory price plus sales commission. The manager of the used car sales department‚ Any Robbins‚ examined the trade-in vehicle. The trade-in had a wholesale guidebook value of $3‚500. The guidebook‚ published monthly‚ was‚ at best‚ a near estimate
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North Country is a semi-fictionalized film of a long legal battle of group of women miners who endured a hostile work environment and numerous and continuous insults and unwanted touching when they became the first women to go work at the Eveleth Mines in northern Minnesota. The issue at the center of North Country is sexual harassment and equality in the workplace. The sexual harassment complaint was filed in court on October 5‚ 1984 and the women won the first sexual harassment class-action suit
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* Feminist criticism defines a literary theory showing how women were portrayed as less valuable than men in literature throughout history. Usually called feminist literary criticism‚ it studies how early writings condoned the oppression of women because men dominated society. Feminist criticism also explores how women writers were taken less seriously than male authors from a historical A criticism advocating equal rights for women in a political‚ economic‚ social‚ psychological‚ personal
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Case Analysis Questions Patten Corporation I find this a very rich case that makes for a great introduction to my course. To get the most out of it‚ you need to spend some time thinking about what the company does. Read the case carefully. 1. What does Patten Corporation do? What does it buy? What goods or services does it sell? How does Patten make money? 2. Is Patten profitable or unprofitable? If it is profitable‚ what does the company do that makes it profitable? If profitable
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supported an amendment to the 1867 Reform Bill. An extension of feminism into theoretical or philosophical fields such as anthropology‚ sociology‚ economics‚ women’s studies‚ literary criticism‚ art history‚ and psychoanalysis is called feminist theory. Feminist theory aims to understand gender inequality and focuses on gender politics‚ power relations‚ and sexuality. While providing a critique of these social and political relations‚ much
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Feminism: Women’s Rights “Feminist criticism has its roots in a social and political movement‚ the feminist or women’s liberation movement‚ aimed at improving conditions for women” (Foss‚ 2004‚ p.151). The history of Women’s rights goes further back than what is actually recorded. The definition of women’s right is sometimes hard to articulate. “It is the equal opportunity concept: everyone has an equal opportunity to offer a definition of hopes that her or his particular perception of the situation
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