STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE PAST TO THE PRESENT Ancient India:- In ancient India‚ the women enjoyed equal status with men in all fields of life. Works by ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period. Rigvedic verses suggest that the women married at a mature age and were probably free to select their husband. Scriptures such as Rig Veda and Upanishads mention several women sages and seers‚ notably Gargi and Maitreyi. According
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Law Code of Gortyn Thought to date to the 6th or 7th century longest law code ~600 lines long re-assembled from seats of an amphitheater dating ~450 BCE boustrophedon – writing left to right one line then right to left then next surviving portions concerned with: sexual offences divorce inherence how parentage affects the status of slaves adoption Rape Punished by a fine Amount depends on social status of rapist and victim Free man rapes a free man or woman – 100 staters Slave
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consumer being addicted to it cannot stop smoking. According to Surgeon General smoking cigarette causes Cancer‚ cardio-vascular‚ Lungs and Heart Diseases and emphysema. When expecting women smoke it complicates their pregnancy and it results in stillbirths. The new borns are most affected by smoking expecting women. Placing myself in the role of the Vice President of Marketing of Philip Morris USA in the 1960s‚ the general public was not aware of the harmful effects of the cigarettes; the company
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CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT Foreword T he pursuit of technical excellence and the highest standards of professionalism are the hallmarks of Computer Sciences Corporation. The Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct‚ which apply to all members of the CSC Board of Directors and all employees of CSC and its subsidiaries‚ confirm our commitment to ethical behavior in the conduct of all CSC activities. We take pride in our dedication to integrity‚ fairness‚
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CLEAR CONNECT INC. HR DEPARTMEMNT DRESS FOR WORK SUCCESS: A BUSINESS CASUAL DRESS CODE * Your Company’s objective in establishing a business casual dress code‚ is to allow our employees to work comfortably in the workplace. Yet‚ we still need our employees to project a professional image for our customers‚ potential employees‚ and community visitors. Business casual dress is the standard for this dress code. * Because all casual clothing is not suitable for the office‚ these guidelines
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Code of Ethics Analysis HSM/230 01/24/2014 The type of ethical dilemma I chose occurs when a patient or client’s family attempts to influence the care plan. For a more specific example; my client (houses at an in-patient treatment facility) is suicidal‚ and has been struggling with severe depression‚ alcohol and drug abuse. Immediate family members (brother and sister) continually disrupt the treatment process regarding their sibling. The patient is in such an emotionally weakened
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Dress codes are a No-No! By Jazmin Elizondo Do you hate wearing uniforms or having a dress code in school? I do. In my school you can only wear shirts with a collar and our pants have to be khaki‚ navy‚ black or jeans‚ and they can’t have holes. Our dress code is ugly. How about yours? Do you like it or would you like to change it? If I had my own school I would let my students’ dress how they would like‚ for them to have their own style. I believe student should
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Religion maintains the status quo. Access arguments for and against this The term Status Quo’ descends from the Latin term meaning the "existing state of affairs". To maintain status quo is to keep things in society the way they currently are. Marxists‚ feminists‚ functionalists and fundamentalists all have views on how religion has the ability to keep the status quo. Feminists predominantly see religion as a conservative force. They have seen religion as maintaining patriarchy. Christianity
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A Knight’s Tale Following is a comparison of how the social status in the movie compares to the social status of the middle ages. In the movie‚ they start off with a slow dance and then it turns into hip hop. They went to a ball dance and there was a lot of food and so was there in the middle ages. In the movie there is not slow dancing all the way through the song. If you look up the history of the middle ages‚ their dances are similar‚ but they didn’t have hip hop. It’s just a slow move dance
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Status of women in modern society It would seem that the core beliefs of freedom and equality have been firmly established in this country as the basis for which it was founded. Only upon closer inspection regarding the standing of half the human race can the actual discrepancies be identified and brought to light. The status of women in American society has fallen prey to the machinations of popular culture and the unwarranted expectations of society. It is still important to note how far
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