S., and even though that is a decline from 2010 (368,000 babies to teen mothers), that is a lot of new babies hoping for good parental stewardship from teenage girls (Kemp, 2013)
Teens and Reality Shows -- Pregnancy Issues Do some Reality TV shows try to make it cool to get pregnant? What has been the effect that various Reality TV shows have had on teenage girls -- when it comes to issues like pregnancy and motherhood? Are these shows really providing good information to teen girls -- as regards their lives and their sexual activities -- or do the shows simply "sugarcoat" challenges that pregnant teens face (Sun, 2011)
An essay in the book titled "16 and Pregnant, Masculinity, and Teen Fatherhood: Reconciling or Reinforcing Stereotypes?" was written by Jennifer Beggs Weber and Enid Schatz. The first main point in the essay is that the teen fathers are almost always portrayed in these Reality TV shows as "irresponsible, immature, and unwilling or unable to 'step up'" (Weber, et al
For Lowe's, supply chain integration is essential to the successful operation of their business model, which includes home decorating products, maintenance and repair products and supplies and an extensive supply chain that provides the foundation for the company to grow its market share in the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) consumer market segment. Lowe's has found that integrating their supply chain management and execution systems across the many geographies they source from, in conjunction with integrating to the centralized ERP system, is essential to attain economies of scale (Holley, 2002)
(NYSE: LOW) is headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina and currently employs approximately 262,000 people as of January 31, 2014, making it one of the largest home improvement retailers in North America (Lowe's Investor Relations, 2014). The company is renowned for its enterprise IT expertise, including integration of a large-scale SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system throughout its globally-based supply chain (Songini, 2002)
In reality, entire segments of the value chains of these companies, and a core part of how they promised to deliver value, was erroneous or only partially true. After the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and full auditing of the Enron finances it became clear that there were multiple sets of financial records, each designed for a specific audience (Petrick, Scherer, 2003)
In analyzing these firms which have failed so quickly, it is apparent that the assumptions that anchored their business models were ethically challenged. Enron selling futures contracts not only on energy but on the price of energy, from electricity and natural gas to oil, all wrapped up in a highly secretive private trading exchange that sought to optimize price per option and projected futures demand level set a precedent of a lack of accountability and transparency with investors that was easily defensible over time (Sherman, Chambers, 2009)
Many people think that counselors only focus on college issues, but that is actually not the case. Their job is often more than just academic, as they work with career and social issues, as well as personal concerns, too (Bryan, et al
Often, these topics are tied together because the student is experiencing something in his or her personal life or social circle that is affecting whether he or she is mentally and emotionally ready to move on with college and/or career pursuits. By getting to the bottom of the issue, a school counselor can help a student move on academically, but he or she may also be instrumental in helping the student move forward in other ways, as well (Chen-Hayes, Ockerman, & Mason, 2014)
Thus, the organization that I work for has a culture, which has been more successful than most in avoiding the pitfalls of deeply embedded social or cultural identities, which often prove to be obstacles in the way of successful conflict management especially with our overseas units. This is contrary to the findings of several research studies, which have found that social identification and cultural values lead to people holding a fixed view of human character and attributing immutable dispositions to different social groups (Hong et
for, by doing so, human society can ensure that the personal, organizational, and cultural values learned will lead to ethical behavior or "those rules of conduct that direct us to act in a manner consistent with the values we profess." (Mattison, cited Lewis, 2000) Yet, as Mattison (2000) points out, it is virtually impossible to pick up a newspaper, magazine, or professional journal today and not find attention being drawn to present controversies about moral or ethical issues
" (Mattison, cited Lewis, 2000) Yet, as Mattison (2000) points out, it is virtually impossible to pick up a newspaper, magazine, or professional journal today and not find attention being drawn to present controversies about moral or ethical issues. These controversies arise because the ethical dimensions of decisions are often complex (Sims, 1994, p
" (Morales, 2003) Fortunately, the organization I work for has an open systems approach, which allows its employees to evaluate (1) ways of being (the psychological business process); (2) ways of knowing (the spiritual business process); and (3) ways of behaving (the theoretical and technical business processes). This open system philosophy frees the decision making process from cultural and personal influences, and instead encourages evaluation of issues on their independent merits (Williams, 1996, p
" Thus, cultural and personal values interact within the mind of the individual. One clear, to me, example of how entangled values are across these three areas is in the Chinese concept of mianzi (Gries, 1999)
The implications this has for decision-making are hardly trivial. In a high context environment, the transmission of information largely depends upon the context in which it is transmitted (Hall and Hall, 1987)
Another alternative theory to the hierarchical approach is the systems theory, which perceives an organization as being a black box that interprets inputs into outputs. It is considered to be the most sincere attempt to generalize all organizations, private and public, small and large, closed and open (Alvarez & Stupak, 1993)
This model has replaced the monitoring function in place of the control function, and has switched places between the steering function and the management function, and the strategic brokering function has been replaced with the planning function. It should be noted here that the main focus of the monitoring function is one the implications of the expenditures (Brown-John, 1990)
Moreover, public administration is also a discipline that is taught in many higher education institutions. This discipline is based on the studies that revolve around the aforementioned implementation and therefore it prepares the civil servants that would be working for the public service in the future (Frederickson, 1997)
Apart from that, as a public service person myself I would make sure that all my goals are met in accordance with the ethical considerations and all the decisions taken by me are within the ethical premise. Policy Analysis The determination of the various alternative policies in order to achieve a specific set of goals with respect to the relations between the goals and the policies is referred to as policy analysis (Geva-May & Kfir, 2000)
In other words, it will not be wrong to say that ethics are the moral justification and the moral consideration that is brought into discussion when making decisions and taking any action that are taken while the daily duties are being completed when an employee is working to provide the general services of the nonprofit organizations as well the government (Menzel, 1997). The accountability standard that is used by the public so that it can scrutinize and the judge the workings of the members of the organizations of the government and the nonprofit ones is in fact termed as ethics (Hallunovi, Osmani & Basha, n