leaders would use newspeak. Today newspeak has been swapped for the term political correctness. "The notion of political correctness came into use among communists in the 1930s as a semi-humorous reminder that the party’s interest is to be treated as a reality that ranks above reality itself."(Codevilla) This quote is saying that whatever the leaders tell must be true and that their words out weigh history. Today this political correctness is used not as much by a party as it is used by the people
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waters and jetting richer. They formed a sort of vicious circle in which moral values and honest intentions no longer held valid. The flourishing black market in essential commodities‚ adulteration of even baby- food‚ bribery‚ fraud and economic‚ political and administrative manipulations with an eye on earning profits has brought untold misery to the people. One would say the corruption in India has an ancient lineage; it is sanctified by tradition. The author of the Arthasastra made some remarks
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I know the issue of political correctness is using language that is nondiscriminatory so that we are not offending a group within our society. I understand to be politically correct means to avoid language that someone could find offensive. Before reading the assigned articles‚ my opinion on being political correct is that it is essential. We should take consideration when we say something. It is no longer ‘man’s society‚’ women are just as equal. In some cases‚ the opposition is from men being too
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ust-In-Time (JIT) is a very simple idea but one that is essential in modern supply chain management. JIT sets out to cut costs by reducing the amount of goods and materials a firm holds in stock. JIT involves: producing and delivering finished goods ‘just in time’ to be sold partly finished goods ‘just in time’ to be assembled into finished goods parts ‘just in time’ to go into partly finished goods materials ‘just in time’ to be made into parts. The principle that underpins JIT is that production
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NISSAN: THE EFFECTS OF A POLITICAL CONFLICT During the last months‚ Nissan has been suffering the effects of a rising political battle between Japan and China. The two countries have become involved in an escalating diplomatic conflict ever since China stepped up its presence near a chain of uninhabited islands located in the East China Sea and claimed by Japan since the late XIX century. The conflict over those islands‚ known as Senkaku in Japan and Diayou in China‚ has resurfaced historical
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443 SEEMA GUPTA VOLKSWAGEN IN INDIA In just 4 years since Volkswagen (VW) set up its India operations‚ it had captured a 3.6% market share - something the Detroit giants had not been able to do after more than a decade in the country (Exhibit 1). VW was the flagship brand of the Volkswagen group‚ which also owned Audi‚ Bentley‚ Bugatti‚ Lamborghini‚ Porsche‚ SEAT‚ and Skoda. In India‚ the group was present with Skoda‚ Audi‚ and VW.1 Maik Stephan‚ Managing Director‚ Volkswagen Group Sales India
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Case study 3 Porsche‚ Volkswagen‚ and CSX 1. Summary This case examines two examples of how equity derivatives have been used to gain leverage and corporate control for activist purposes. In 2008‚ Porsche’s CFO carried out the “short squeeze” to acquire control over Volkswagen through option contracts‚ which lead to huge losses for short-selling hedge funds. And meanwhile in 2007‚ TCI and 3G‚ 2 UK-based hedge funds‚ violated SEC disclosure requirements by hiding their intentions to takeover CSX
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Political Though Gilbert Domingo L. Vidanes 102460 “Totally Pigging Out” Even before reading Animal Farm I already had hunches and inklings that animals could run governments. I mean‚ look at politics today. We have monkeys seated as our leaders and crocodiles as our legislators. But who would have thought that even Pigs could get a shot at similar posts? Well I know there’s something called a “pork barrel”‚ but I just find it hilarious that there are actually “porkers”. Moreover‚ though
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71% of Americans feel that “Political correctness is silencing discussions that need to be had”. (CATO) This statistic is very telling about the control that activist groups have on our speech and discourse. People aren’t able to voice the concerns about the danger they see in the violent practices that activist groups engage in. Activists will use guilt and shame tactics in order to silence voices from giving fair criticism to the more questionable parts of movements. Because of this silence‚ the
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Marx-Political Correctness-Zizek (Dialectic over a cup of coffee) Marx: I think our black friend was right‚ this coffee is in no way helping me stimulate my senses. Zizek: Yes‚ because its colour is lighter than him! Maybe you should try something else. Marx: That joke is still funny even though it’s racist‚ but I admire the fact about how you’re being “politically incorrect”. Zizek: I don’t like that phenomenon at all. Marx: I’ve been reading about it a lot a nowadays‚ it was recently in the news
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