Sociology Study Guide - Chapters 1 - 4 Chapter 1 1. What is the sociological perspective? The Sociological perspective is the view that our social backgrounds influence our attitudes‚ behavior‚ and life chances. 2. What is a generalization? A generalization is a general statement regarding a trend between various dimensions of our lives - Gender & suicide rate‚ race & voting choice‚ etc. 3. How important of a role does our personal experience play in understanding social reality?
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Ethical issues in business Ethical issues arising from the nature of markets - The 18th Century economist Adam Smith demonstrated how in a free market the self interest of producers and consumers will produce an outcome desirable to all concerned - But the market can also lead to inequality of income‚ wealth and market power: * Monopoly suppliers can exploit consumers * Monophony buyers can exploit supply firms * World wide inequality of income can result in unethical practices such
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Chapter 4: The Templars in Town. Ignatius Donnelly‚ heard of him? He for the third time now‚ has been mentioned. He truly has surpassed any expectations of being anything but an Idiot. After his Ragnarok book failed him‚ Donnelly decided to pursue his dream of proving that Sir Francis Bacon was the mastermind behind Shakespeare’s writing‚ not Shakespeare himself. Charles Pierce says it better than anyone‚ “It was a snob’s argument‚ and it ran counter to the populist principles that still animated
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To develop a Technical department for International Gadgets (IG) there are some business circumstance that need to be considered. IG has offices in different countries that; speak different languages‚ are on different time zones‚ adhere to different local and national laws‚ use different currency types and have employees of varied cultural backgrounds. The make-up of the communication documentation will be heirachically organized by region‚ nationally and then locally. At the local level the department
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considered to be the "father of modern economics‚" believed that self-interest in one’s business and it’s profits would trickle down and help the overall community’s economy. That is what they called the invisible hand‚ when one’s goal of self-profit actually helps the community. The creation of jobs‚ and the contribution of your product or service to the community are examples of how a seemingly selfish business move is actually helping others. PAQ p.41 1.The four basic rights of Free-Market Capitalism
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Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting‚ the Business Organization‚ and Professional Ethics Management accounting produces information for managers within an organization. Financial accounting produces information for external parties‚ such as stockholders‚ suppliers‚ banks‚ and government regulatory agencies. What kind of accounting information do managers need to achieve their goals and objectives? Good accounting information helps answer three types of questions: 1. Scorecard questions 2. Attention-directing
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P7: Outline electronic and non-electronic methods for communicating business information‚ using examples for different types of audience. The first type of information that I am focusing on is written information that is on screen‚ the form of the communication is a PowerPoint presentation which is used electronically to present information to members of staff. In Sainsbury’s they hold meetings regularly and my example of a time is when they had a new product that was coming into their store
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till immediately this is one of the fastest ways of communication in a Tesco shop. The second way of communication in is meeting the also use them a lot because that’s one of the most important things in the business‚ they need to sit and discourse about what’s happening in the business what they need to do to make it better. The biggest and most important communication in Tesco is the verbal interaction with the customers. Written We see written information everywhere on a day to day base
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Chapter 4&5 1. According to the author‚ what makes the use of grand juries attractive to prosecutors? How does this explain their use when it comes to investigations of controversial militant behavior? 1. Grand jurys have the ability to pursue investigations even when crimes have not been committed. 2. Witnesses called before the grand jury can be aggressively be questioned with no lawyer present. 3. Proceeding by indictment uses the grand jury’s legitimacy and prestige to generate support By
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 4 Fitzgerald opens the chapter with more rumours around the infamous Mr Gatsby that we still know little about‚ such as ’he once killed a man’‚ we met him briefly in the previous chapter but still find him mysterious‚ as even Jordan ‚who claimed to know him didn’t believe he was’ an oxford man’. Nicks own perception of the character is not fixed as he juxtaposes between flattery and resentment. Nick goes on to name and describe all the characters he
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