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Using Arrest Records In Hiring
1,203 wordsThe Supreme Court's 1966 Miranda ruling providing for the right to remain silent is now a well-known phrase thanks to American mass media and, especially, popular television police dramas. However, not nearly as well known is, that for better or worse, this right can also be extended to the workplace. The topic of this paper is to examine the legality and issues involved with regard to questioning applicants during the hiring process about their arrest and conviction records. Discrimination occu...
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Double Bind Social Theory
2,063 wordsBateson's and Luhmann's Approaches In my paper, I would like to analyze movie: Want Women Want. It is a romantic story about a man, named Nick Marshall, who was given the superficial abilities to hear what women think. In its turn, it gave him an opportunity to learn what women want. This way, he possesses unpredictable and unique power, that he successfully executes on women. We will hold our discussion about such power and other philosophical issues elaborated by Bateson and Luhmann. Niklas Lu...
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Double Bind Social Theory
1,763 wordsPhilosophy Niklas Luhmann's social theory suggests a dialogue through the analysis of power, a concept which is often considered vital in IR theory. Given the frequently tautological use of power in social theory, many scholars have tried to circumscribe the role of power in their theories. But Niklas Luhmann is one of the few non-individualist theoreticians who, in the end, finishes his work, having a very reduced role for power in his social theory. Therefore, in our analysis, it might rather ...
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Double Bind Social Theory
1,781 words... this case there is no therapist. This syndrome has become established in the institutions which are our society. What is its cause? We may say here that it is due partly to the fact that everyone has taken sides: political polarization. Hence every act will be interpreted as apolitical act regardless of how straightforwardly it is meant. Add to this the defensive atmosphere characteristic of a polarized atmosphere, where both blacks and whites believe that "whoever is not for us is against u...
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Black And White Double Bind
1,325 wordsI was late for school, and my father had to walk me in to class so that my teacher would know the reason for my tardiness. My dad opened the door to my classroom, and there was a hush of silence. Everyone s eyes were fixed on my father and me. He told the teacher why I was late, gave me a kiss goodbye and left for work. As I sat down at my seat, all of my so-called friends called me names and teased me. The students teased me not because I was late, but because my father was black. They were too...
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