Diversity Management (LUBS5365M) Assignment One: Explain why inequalities in pay persist in the UK labour market and how these can be addressed with reference to legislation‚ social policy and other factors. Submission Date: 12/03/2014 Word Count: 2992 Introduction In current society‚ the gender equalities in pay are obviously in most countries‚ especially in UK labour market‚ it is one of the highest gender pay gap in European Union (Rubery‚ 1998). OECD (2013)
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1. Define difference and inequality Difference as per the dictionary definition would convey the points of dissimilarity for example the observational differences between men and women‚ however difference in the social sciences and humanistic context‚ difference contrasts‚ social groupings such as the different nationalities‚ ‘gender‚ class‚ age or sexuality’1However difference is not limited to these alone it may take the form of the attitudes and preferences held by individuals. Distinction
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Latin America has faced many social‚ political‚ and economic issues within the last three centuries‚ inequality remains one of the most important‚ historical‚ and omnipresent aspects of the region’s culture. As Europeans took over Latin America during the time of colonization‚ they implemented many elitist social structures that have held strong and are evident today (Harris). Income inequality is the most visible and greatest disparity that the region faces; yet inequality between gender‚ ethnicities
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Inequalities Deborah White Ashford University MAT221: Introduction to Algebra (AFN1312A) Instructor: Tracy Abram April 1‚ 2013 On page 151 of Elementary and Intermediate Algebra‚ the Body Mass Index (BMI) is given as: BMI= 703W/H2 W = one’s weight in pounds H = one’s height in inches. By calculating four intervals based on your height can be possible by using the Body Mass Index formula. However‚ in this situation I am going to use inequalities to calculate Body Mass Index(BMI) which is meant to
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logical reasoning. They begin searching through the house trying to find any sort of evidence. But it is the two women‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ who discover the trifles in which is the key evidence that the men are looking for. Because this story is set in the twentieth century community‚ the men take no concern in what the women have to say or do. By the end of this play‚ the women decide not to tell them men of the evidence they found in the farmhouse since the men believe that they are superior
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leading countries in the proportion of women engaged in economic activity and 1st ranking in the Asia Pacific region on the proportion of women in the National Assembly‚ Vietnam is considered one of the leading advances in the field of gender equality. Vietnam has the appropriate policies to ensure equal rights for men and women and has made significant progress to reduce the gender gap in health and education as well as improve the situation of women women in general. However‚ these achievements
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In sports‚ there is social inequity where there is unjust and unfair circumstances involved. Through this social inequity there is inequality that results. In sports‚ there is a gender inequality between men and women athletes. Female athletes are often objectified and sexualize in the media for how they look while performing in their sport instead of focusing on their athletic skills. However‚ male athletes are not objectified and are mentioned basely on their skills of the sport they played. I
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Inequality appears all over in today’s society and a majority of people see it as a major problem that is inevitable. Inequality comes in many different forms from racial inequality‚ gender inequality‚ but this paper will focus on economic inequality. Economic inequality becomes a problem for our society both socially and economically. Based on the film I found it to create a social problem with the middle class’ declining income‚ and I found that it creates an economic problem when wages don’t
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there a problem of Inequality in British schools? The educational system is one of the most influential institutions in society as it provides young people with a vast amount of knowledge‚ attitudes and skills. These are acquired formally through set lessons or informally through the ‘hidden curriculum’ which provides the unofficial and unplanned consequences of school experience. Social Inequality is one of the major preoccupations of sociology. The relationship between inequality and education has
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3. Discuss some of the inequalities that exist within our criminal justice system. Deviance is defined by breaking social norms‚ which includes minor offenses‚ such as not swearing in front of children‚ and more serious deviance‚ like murder. Deviance that is perceive as dangerous to social structure is labeled a “crime” and is punished by societies. Each society defines deviance differently based on what their values are. Values are culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is
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