Essays on Sociology

Many organizations are reluctant to hire candidates with disabilities claiming they would cost them more and continue to deny people with disabilities employment opportunities. However, increased awareness about hiring and accommodations for people with disabilities have made many employers more willing to consider this population when hiring. Despite the increased...

Public Speaking and its Challenges Public speaking is an oratory that involves the art of speaking to a large audience. This form of communication facilitates passing of information to people for education, entertainment, motivate change, and sometimes influence people to change for the better (Coopman & Lull, 2014). However, communicating with...

Employee Appraisal: Importance and Necessity Arguably, employee appraisal has become the cornerstone of any organization that is an option to hire employees in the current dynamic and most competitive world (Beckmann and Wood, 2017, p 1486). As importantly, the direct and albeit effects of personal differences and assessment in an organization...

Multiculturalism Multiculturalism is a situation where all different cultures or racial groups in society receive and enjoy equal rights and opportunities without any forms of discrimination or disrespect. Ordinarily, multiculturalism comprising of various aspects of religion, cultural and cultural groups manifest itself in the thinking, customary behaviors, values and cultural presumptions....

Generational Differences in Professional Communication Nowadays, a workplace in all industries and institutions is made up of five generations which are the traditionalists, baby boomers, generation x, millennials, and iGen. The preference in the types of professional communications used by people from the generations varies due to their experience in the...

Consumerism is the idea that increasing consumption is the best way to improve a country’s economy. It involves putting the needs of the consumers first and could be the motivation behind terms such as, “The customer is always right.” Furthermore, consumerism enables consumers to have access to luxury goods (Barber...

Low Voter Turnout in Texas Low voter turnout has become one of the most common problems in the United States politics. In fact, it is admissible to indicate that less than a half of the country citizen vote in most elections. In particular, Texas has been of the most affected state...

The Role of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain The industrial revolution played a major role in the establishment and expansion of various institutions in Great Britain. As more people migrated and settled in major towns, the health and education sectors were enhanced. An improvement in the average income for the...

Women are still viewed as inferior compared to the male counterparts regardless of colour or educational qualifications. However, the perceived glass ceiling paced for women by the male dominated society can be obliterated when appropriate policy interventions are put in place to address the gender inequality issue (Amis et al.,...

The Allegations Against Microsoft The article by Fiegerman discusses the allegations against Microsoft on the issue of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The author notes that employees of Microsoft have reported 108 cases of sexual harassment and 119 incidences of gender discrimination between 2010 and 2016. Apparently, the company has allowed...

The world has really become a small village due to technology. The daily advancement in technology has consequentially increased the fake news production in the social media and mass communication media. People have also become lazy in doing research yet information is easily accessible compared to the past. The 1984...

Applying behavioral insights to charitable giving can make a huge difference in influencing the amount of donations to charity (Cabinet Office, 2013). Making it easy for well-off individuals to donate Based on various literature on behavioral science, making it easy for well-off individuals to donate can go a long way in encouraging...