Students With Disabilities Act Of The United States

As of late Syracuse University has been home to a large protest group known as THE General Body. This group’s aim is to bring about change in multiple areas on campus, one of which is disability services. THE General Body has pointed out that this university does not fully meet the requirements stated by the Americans with Disabilities act of 1990. Throughout their list of grievances THE General Body goes through very specific examples of what needs to be changed. It is their hope that Syracuse University will recognize these issues and work toward an acceptable solution. If the University can achieve this, any changes made will greatly improve the school as a whole. In 1990 a bill was passed called the Americans with Disabilities†¦show more content†¦The first area of accommodations needed to be altered is physical. As THE General Body points out there are many areas on campus that are not completely accessible to those with disabilities. The groups main concerns are with Falk college, bathroom accessibility, and in some cases a complete lack of access into a building. In the full list of grievances THE General Body shares that while under construction, an auditorium was purposefully not made to meet ADA code. When asked, a contractor involved in the renovation admitted that creating the necessary changes would be too expensive. Although this is the only example of a lack of a physical accommodation due to finances mentioned in the list of grievances, it can almost be assured that there are numerous instances mirroring this one. The next architectural issue discussed is the lack of handicap bathrooms in dorms higher than the first flo or. This prevents students with disabilities to be mixed throughout floors while living on campus, and having the same social opportunities as anyone else. Lastly it is mentioned that some areas on campus are completely or partially inaccessible to those with disabilities. Some examples given are The financial aid office and the bursar’s office. Each one of these can be vital to a students time at Syracuse and need to available to all students. The next set of accommodations needed to be provided are

Pope Leo The Third, 66, Died On 12 June, 816 After 20 Years

Pope Leo the Third, 66, died on 12 June, 816 after 20 years of being the Vicar of Peter. In his years of service, he was a marvelous Pope. He fought for the teachings of Jesus Christ, and effortlessly tried to enrich Christianity as far as God allowed it. It is unclear how he died now, but one thing is for sure is that he will be greatly missed. Pope Leo the Third was born to Atyuppius and Elizabeth in Southern Italy. He was a very God fearing and trusting child. His mother always said he was meant to be something great. In his early years, Pope Leo the Third served in his church’s administration. Later in life, Pope Leo the Third became cardinal priest of Santa Susanna, while chief of his church’s political treasury, because of his†¦show more content†¦So, on April 25, 799, Pope Leo the Third processed into the masses through the Flaminian Gate to receive the citizen’s oath of loyalty. As he was riding on horseback down to the Church of the Blessed Law rence, Pope Leo the Third was viciously attacked by armed Roman men. The attackers attempted to cut out his eyes and tongue. Pope Leo the Third was rendered injured and unconscious. He was then whisked into to the Monastery of the holy martyr Erasmus to be kept safe. After that horrid event, Pope Leo the Third escaped to the Duke of Spoleto, then to King Charlemagne, then back home to Rome to finally rest. The rebels that concocted that uncalled-for attack, then came forward to King Charlemagne to lay formal charges of adultery and perjury on Pope Leo the Third. The physical attack and accusation were of very high treason. No person on earth can charge the Vicar of Christ. King Charlemagne’s Advisor Alcuin agreed with that fact and reminded King Charlemagne of the Pope’s position in power and reputation. In the following December, the investigation of the accusation against the Pope were halted and never continued fully. King Charlemagne ordered those who conspired and attacked the Pope to be put to death under the Roman law of lese majeste. However, Pope Leo the Third begged King Charlemagne to spare their lives in the name of Christian charity. Then, on December 23, Pope Leo the third decided to take the oath of purgation and fully cooperate. Pope Leo the

Competitive Strategy The Pharmaceutical Industry

Question: Describe about the Competitive Strategy for The Pharmaceutical Industry. Answer: Introduction The project focuses on the pharmaceutical industry and the food and beverage industry of Australia. In order to understand the competitive strategy of the company two companies from each of the industries has been chosen. The chosen companies for analysing the pharmaceutical industry are Alphapharm and AstraZeneca, while the companies for the food and beverage industry are Fonterra Co-op Group and Lion Nathan National Food in Australia. Alphapharm is one of the largest generics and specialty pharmaceutical companies over the globe. The company manufactures more than 1,400 different products to wholesale, retail, government and institutional customers (Mylan.com.au. 2016). AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that deals with research, development, manufacturing and supplying of medicines (Astrazeneca.com. 2016). One the other hand, Fonterra Co-op Group is a global cooperatively owned company in New Zealand. The company aims to source secure, high quality milk to add real value to the customers all over the world (Fonterra.com. 2016). The Lion Nathan National Foods is a beverage and food industry operating in Australia and New Zealand and produces beer, wine, dairy, juices, RTDs and spirit (Lionco.com, 2016). The study therefore discusses the elements of the AAA framework to evaluate the adaptability, aggregation and arbitrage strategy of all the chosen four countries of the pharmaceutical industry and the f ood and beverage industry of Australia. The ways of using the elements of the AAA framework are also discussed to obtain detailed knowledge about the industry analysis of the company. Industry level analysis of the chosen industries Industry level analysis is one of the tools that support a company to understand the position of the company in the market with respect to its competitors. The AAA framework is an effective framework that helps to analyse the market of the industries. In the opinion of (Cusumano, Kahl and Suarez 2015), the three As of the framework represents the adaptation, aggregation and arbitrage of the organisation. The industry analysis of the chosen 4 companies is performed using the AAA framework. Industry level analysis of AstraZeneca: Adaptation: AstraZeneca implements various strategies that help the organisation to increase the market share and the revenue of the company. In order to enter into the new customer base, the company adapts practices and measures that help to attract the customers towards the brand. AstraZeneca has globally introduced the Young Health Programme that supports the vulnerable young individuals to understand and have a positive impact to handle the issues regarding health faced by them. Furthermore, in 2012, the company launched three-partnership with the George Institute for Global Health to improve the health conditions of the people over the world through research and development. Aggregation: The Company adopts strategies that help to achieve economies of scale by creating global efficiencies. The products offered by AstraZeneca are set at reasonable price that helps to attract more customers. Cost effective approaches and pricing strategies are used to achieve centralize purchasing of the raw materials, producing final products etcetera. AstraZeneca believes that the business will grow if the public are kept updated about the information regarding the medicines sold by the company (Teeratansirikool et al. 2013). Arbitrage: AstraZeneca implements strategies in the workplace that helps to create global value by profiting through margin of difference in different supply chain. The partnering process of AstraZeneca aims to be flexible, responsive and honest with the partners to provide equal value to both the parties. Hollensen (2015) mentioned that the company tries to establish long-term partnership to allow full participation in the development decision about the products. Industry level analysis of Alphapharm: Adaptation: Alphapharm applies global quality standards across the product line and the facilities despite the market. During the process of manufacturing and packaging, the company implies advanced and innovative technology and system that supports the company to meet the products with the specification. According to Bayraktaret al. (2016) the methods help the company to influence a wide network of both local and international channel of access that includes the institutions, physicians, government, retailer and wholesalers of the company. Aggregation: Alphapharm offers generic products to the customers as the generic medicines are more affordable and preferred by the patients. The sustainability of the government subsidised Pharmaceutical Benefit Schemes (PBS) is ensured with the help of the savings made due to the generic medicines. Arbitrage: In order to achieve global value the company intends to educate the government all over the world about the effectiveness of the generic medicines (Pulaj, Kume and Cipi 2015). The oral solid dose manufacturing capacity of the company grew about 65 billion and 80% of the products of the company are manufactured internally. Industry level analysis of Fonterra Co-op Group Adaptation: As the demand, for the dairy products have been increasing globally over the days, the company tries to grab more of the available opportunities in order to increase its revenue and profit. The company therefore takes decisive steps that help to meet the nutritional needs of the market. The seven key strategic paths of the company that is adopted by the company are optimising the New Zealand milk, build and grow beyond the current customer position. Deliver on foodservice potential, grow the anlene business, develop leading position in the paediatrics and maternal nutrition, invest selectively in the milk pools and align the business to enable the proper implication of the strategies (Lechner and Gudmundsson 2014). Aggregation: In order to offer high quality products to the customers all over the world,Fonterra Co-op Group collaborates with other companies that help to complement the focus of the company. Recently in 2015 march, Fonterra Co-op Group completed a partial Beingmate tender offer that helped to achieve a global partnership and meet the growing demand for infant formula in China (Devlin 2013). Arbitrage: Fonterra Co-op Group further implies strategies and open innovation policies that help to encourage the external partners to contribute in the development of new products and technologies. The company intends to achieve global value for which it has active research partnership with a number of universities and research facilities all over the world (Barotoet al. 2012). Industry level analysis of Lion Nathan National Food Adaptation: In order to adapt with the changing market of Australia, Lion Nathan National Food implements strategies that helps to understand the needs of the stakeholders in order to operate in partnership with the stakeholders. This helps to increase the productivity of the employees and thereby earn higher profit for the company (Rashidirad, Soltani and Syed 2013). Aggregation: As per the notion of the company, the culture of the market in Australia can be measured and influenced. When the culture is focused with constructive, inclusive and achievement, the employees are offered with great experiences and underpin success of the business in the long-run (Barei, Le Pen and Simoens 2013). Arbitrage: Lion Nathan National Food creates value for the products in the market by supporting better choice for the products. In order to increase the brand name, the company tries to improve the food and beverage choices of the individuals in Australia and New Zealand. Ways by which the company uses the elements of the AAA framework The study focuses on the pharmaceutical industry and the food and beverage industry of Australia. The companies of both the industries use the AAA framework that helps them to analyse the industrial level of the companies. The companies are able to evaluate the strategies used to deal with the competitive market with the support of the AAA framework elements. The pharmaceutical industry of Australia uses the elements of the AAA framework to develop competitive advantage for the company that helps to achieve a high position in the market. In order to incorporate the AAA framework in the business, the use of the authentication is the first process that provides the users a way to identify the systems used in the workplace. AstraZeneca uses all the three elements of the AAA framework, however, main focus is made on the adaptability and the arbitrage strategies of the company. The company introduces to the Young Health Programme to minimise the health issues from which a number of citizen suffer. Further, the company unites with the George Institute for Global Health to improve the health condition of the individuals. The company uses the cost effective strategies for cost minimisation, which is not that satisfactory. Thus, it can be inferred that the two elements of the company are used well that is the adaptability and the arbitrage strateg y of the company. The Alphapharm uses the first two elements of the AAA framework effectively that helps the company to achieve competitive advantage in the market of Australia. The company uses the adaptation element of the framework during the manufacturing and packaging process. The innovative and new technologies are implemented by the company. The Fonterra Co-op Groupuses all the three elements of the AAA framework to achieve an effective competitive advantage for itself. It uses the seven strategic path for itself that helps the company to perform as per the need and demand of the market. Moreover, the company Beingmate tender that helped to gain the aggregation strategy for the company. In order to use the third element that is the arbitrage the company includes open innovation policies. The Lion Nathan National Foods company in Australia pays attention towards the stakeholders need which can be referred as the use of the adaptation strategy in order to survive in the competitive market (Perry and Pyatt 2015). The company has been unsuccessful in using the elements of the AAA framework effectively. Elements AstraZeneca Alphapharm Fonterra Co-op Group Lion Nathan National Foods company Adaptation Young Health Programme Three-partnership with the George Institute for Global Health Innovative technology Seven key strategic paths Increase revenue Strategies to understand the need of stakeholders and improve sales Aggregation Cost effective approaches Pricing strategies Alphapharm offers generic products Sustainability of the government subsidised Pharmaceutical Benefit Schemes (PBS) Beingmate tender offer Culture is focused with constructive, inclusive and achievement Arbitrage Long-term partnership Educate the government about the generic medicines strategies and open innovation policies active research partnership with a number of universities and research facilities Supporting better choice for the products Conclusion From the above industry level analysis of the four chosen company it can be inferred that the AAA framework is an effective tool to measure the adaptability, aggregation and arbitrage strategy of the companies. The organisation are able to analyse their competitive advantage with the help of the AAA framework. The more a company is able to use the elements of the AAA framework the more is the company able to become competitively strong. The organisations gain a competitive advantage over its competitors that help them to earn higher market share and better market position. It can be therefore recommended that Fonterra Co-op Group needs to pay more focus on the utilization of the elements of the AAA framework. The maximum utilization of the elements will help the company to focus on the main objectives of the company that will in turn help to increase the market position of the company. The competitive strategies will help the industries and the companies to understand the industry in a better manner. Appropriate knowledge about the industry and the market supports the development of strong action plan. The organisational goals are effectively communicated that helps to achieve the goals in a smooth manner. Therefore, the proper use of the elements of the AAA framework (Adaptation, Aggregation and Arbitrage strategy) helps Alphapharm, AstraZeneca,Fonterra Co-op Group and Lion Nathan National Food in Australia to gain improved opportunity for success. References Astrazeneca.com. (2016).AstraZeneca - Research-Based BioPharmaceutical Company. [online] Available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/ [Accessed 26 Sep. 2016]. Barei, F., Le Pen, C. and Simoens, S., 2013. The generic pharmaceutical industry: moving beyond incremental innovation towards re-innovation.Generics Biosimilar J. Baroto, M.B., Abdullah, M.M.B. and Wan, H.L., 2012. Hybrid strategy: A new strategy for competitive advantage.International Journal of Business and Management,7(20), p.120. Bayraktar, C.A., Hancerliogullari, G., Cetinguc, B. and Calisir, F., 2016. 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Strategy and Performance Management at DSM Melamine

Key Processes that DSM Needs to Provide Based on the stages from performance management process, DSM Melamine will need to provide a number of key processes in its system in order to link its key success factors successfully. The first stage will be the process called ‘Local for local’ players (Cockins, 2009).Advertising We will write a custom case study sample on Strategy and Performance Management at DSM Melamine specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More In this process, DSM will make an effort to ensure that its local customers, especially in Europe are given high quality products that would meet their expectations. The rationale for this process is to win the customers’ loyalty. The local for local players shifts the attention of this firm from the international focus to local focus. By producing local for the locals, there will be an extra attention on the local needs, making it easy to produce custom-made products . The products will be very specific in the needs they should address.  The second process will be the merchant players. Unlike in the first process that focused on the regional market, this process focuses on the global market (Bloemho, 2004). DSM Melamine is in the global market and it has the responsibility of defending its international operations. In this process, the focus will be on the low cost and security of sales. When operating globally, the low cost will be justified when DSM will be coordinating with merchants that help in breaking the bulk. These merchants prefer low-priced products because they also need to make profits. Their success is based on how fairly-priced the products of DSM are in the market. The success of DSM relies on how successful these merchants are in their operations. When the merchants are successful, it will be expected that DSM will also be successful. This will lead to the security of sales. When the merchants realize that they get more profit s by selling products of DSM than for any other firm, then they will become regular clients of DSM, thereby securing its sales. Business Strategies to Performance Measurement In order to determine the manner in which DSM Melamine has aligned its business strategies to performance measures, it will be necessary to identify the main value drivers. In this paper, the three main drivers that will be used include unit production cost, production volume, and sales volume. This firm has realized that the best way of remaining competitive is to align its strategies to the performance measures. Using the first driver of the unit production cost, DSM has introduced CTP (Capacity to Produce) strategy. In this strategy, the firm uses specific measurements to determine the capacity of various departments or systems in addressing various tasks in order to determine how the cost can be scaled down per unit item.Advertising Looking for case study on business economics? Let's see if we can hel p you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Using the second driver of production volume, DSM has been focusing on the new technology to support its mass production. The firm is always under pressure to meet the massive global demands for its products. The performance measurement in this case is the amount of products that can come out of the manufacturing plants per unit time (Waal, 2013). To align its strategies to this performance measure, the management realized that it had to refocus on the emerging technologies as the best solution to this problem. Using the third measure of sales volume, the firm has been redefining its marketing and supply chain strategies. In an effort to increase its sales, this firm has considered using merchants instead of selling its products directly in the global market. The aim of this measure is to increase sales. The management realized that it was taking too long to learn about the market forces and sell its own products in the in ternational markets. Passing this responsibility to large merchants made it possible for this firm to focus only on the production and transportation of the products. This alliance with the merchants increased the sales of this firm. Critique of DSM’s Competitive Advantage In order to conduct a critique of DSM’s competitive advantage, it will be necessary to use assessment points discussed by Smither and London (2009). It is necessary to critique DSM’s competitive advantage using three assessment points. The first point is performance management training evaluation. Although the large size of DSM’s workforce may be considered a competitive advantage over other firms, it also has challenges when it comes to the performance management, training and evaluation. To manage a large workforce will require more resources. The same challenge is also witnessed when it comes to training and evaluating their performance within the firm. The second assessment point is the individual precursors (time 1). DSM may experience challenges in influencing its employees to be receptive to change. The large number of employees at this firm makes the workplace highly diversified. This means that finding a common ground in such an environment is very challenging. The third assessment point is the individual and departmental evaluation. DSM has many departments that have enabled it to manage the global needs. However, it would require more resources, in terms of finances, human resource, and time, to conduct a successful evaluation of the individual and departmental performance. The management will need to develop a strategy that will help eliminate these challenges.Advertising We will write a custom case study sample on Strategy and Performance Management at DSM Melamine specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More References Bloemho, M. (2004). Strategy and Performance Management at DSM. INSEAD 1(5165), 1-30. Cocki ns, G. (2009). Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risks, and Analytics. Ney Jersey: Wiley. Smither, J. London, M. (2009). Performance Management: Putting Research into action. New Jersey: Wiley Sons. Waal, A. (2013). Strategic performance management: A managerial and behavioural approach. New York: Cengage. 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Corporal punishment

Internationally, corporal punishment is considered to be one of the most ignored topics. Hot debates and discussions on the issues have been launched within vast communities globally. In simple language, corporal punishment can be defined as any use of physical force on someone with the intentions of correcting behavior (Prue and Alister par. 1).Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Corporal punishment specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More In this paper, the entire discussion focuses on the cultural view upon corporal punishment and how it progressed with time. The paper also explains as to why through generations people preferred corporal punishment as discipline measure in child rearing despite of the consequences in has. Overview Corporal punishment has been known for long to be the best way of inflicting discipline on children. The punishment basically involves hitting a child with the hand, smacking, belting and even spanking (David par. 5). Moreover, there are other ways in which corporal punishment can also be administered. They include; kicking, biting, shaking and even forcing the child to stay in a discomfort environment for a period of time. Historically, corporal punishment was introduced back in the 10th century. In most communities, the cultural rules expect children to fully comply with their parents or teachers directives. Failure to comply with the directives given calls for severe corporal punishment administered to the child. Many people confuse corporal punishment with physical abuse. It is clear that corporal punishment involve inflicting mild pain on the body. On the other hand, physical abuse involves subjection to painful experience leading to injury development (David par. 8). Notable to mention is that, in the current world, the degree of punishment administration is regulated by the law. How is corporal punishment viewed cross-culturally? Internationally, there are very man y communities practicing different cultures. It is because of this that multicultural jurisprudence has been developed. This offer wider range of substantive solution to matter arising as a result of communities clashes. Most of these cultural clashes arise due to children issues. Therefore, it is important to mention that different communities have developed different mechanism used in child rearing practices. It can be noted that, such practices are widely divergent internationally. On the same note, the main divergent practice in child rearing is disciplinary measures employed (Alison p. 256). Many communities have different definition to the word child discipline. It is clear that majority of communities globally, embrace the use of physical force in correcting behavior. This is known as corporal punishment. It is meant to ensure that the child socialize well with everyone in the society.Advertising Looking for essay on social sciences? Let's see if we can help you! Get you r first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Corporal punishment according to most community is a cultural practice that is mandatory. In anthropology, there is the theory of cultural relativism that deeply explains different cultural interpretation on corporal punishment. Based on the theory, it is evident that most communities treasure the fact that morality in the society must be strongly constructed (Alison p. 256). This means that most communities do practice corporal punishment to maintain high standard of morality despite having different cultural beliefs. In this case, most traditional cultures have set a standard of tolerance as a way of achieving community expectation. There are different forms of administering physical punishment according to culture. This means that, different communities have their own form of punishing children. Such punishment must be implemented even if it violates both national and international punishment standard. Additionally, the American cult ural practice has been ranked to be one of the worst and the cruelest form of physical punishment internationally. This is according to societies with traditional cultures that are treated under the same collection (Alison p. 257). On the other hand, cultural punishment practices should not be viewed as abusive as far as child rearing is concerned. This is because the practices are purely in accordance with the entire community standard. This means that all community members are in agreement with the cultural practice. It is important for each community to maintain high disciplinary standard on their children in whatsoever way. However, it is wrong for anyone to criticize a particular community for their customary practices. Outsiders must learn to comply with every strategy employed to promote morality within a community. As long as the main objective of corporal punishment is to boost good socialization among people, then communities must be encouraged to go on. This is because di scipline is an important aspect that must not be ignored in child rearing practice (Alison p. 258). What are the different motivations for engaging in corporal punishment in child-rearing? Corporal punishment is a disciplinary measure employed on children breaking either parents or teachers directives. This can be at any level. Violation of rules can occur either at home or even at school. There are different motivating factors contributing to the administration of corporal punishment. However, these factors widely vary depending on the environment and location of the child. Research studies have revealed that in America, majority of parents employ corporal punishment on their children (Elizabeth p. 10). This means that most parents use physical force in administering discipline to their children. Statistically, almost two thirds of parents with children under 2 years punish their children physically (Elizabeth p. 10).Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Corporal punishment specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Moreover, 80% and 85% of parents in America physically punished their children at 5th grade and adolescent respectively. This is a clear evidence of how corporal punishment was highly treasured in America culturally. The most contributing factor to physical punishment is lack of clear legislative policies that govern the consistency in which corporal punishment should be implemented. Therefore, whenever the child commits any mistake, the parents are always ready to administer painful physical punishment. There are children who are generally disadvantaged as far as corporal punishment is concerned. In America, according to gender, the male child is more exposed than the female (Prue and Alister par. 13). Most American parents would prefer light punishment for the girl child. Contrary, the boy child is always exposed to tough physical punishment. There are other family motivating factors. Fami ly population is another key motivating factor (Prue and Alister par. 13). In most cases, parents in large family go through hard time especially when trying to maintain high morality standard among their children. Factors like economic disadvantage also contribute and increase the likelihood of parents resorting to physical punishment (Prue and Alister par. 13). Parents are most likely to employ corporal punishment depending on their ethnic background and religious beliefs. In some communities, religion form very strong foundation on people lives. People are bound to live and operate following the religious teaching. Therefore, if the use of physical punishment on children is fully approved, then parents are bound to implement it according to the religion. Furthermore, there are parent who administer severe physical punishment to their children simply because they passed through the same when they were children. According to such parent experience, corporal punishment is the only w ay to make a child obedient and successful (Elizabeth p. 12).Advertising Looking for essay on social sciences? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Low level of education among parents is another factor that can contribute to employment of corporal punishment in child rearing process (Elizabeth p.12). This is because such parents do not understand or approve civilized strategies of disciplining children. Therefore, children are subjected to the traditional system of punishment administration their parent know (Elizabeth p.12). The other contributing factor includes the weigh of the misbehavior committed by the child. There are misbehaviors children engage in that could easily force their parent to use physical punishment. For example; if the child seriously hurt someone else or does something that could endanger life. In such scenario, most parents due to anger are likely to employ severe physical punishment (Elizabeth p.12). What are the different motivations for rejecting corporal punishment in child-rearing? In child rearing, parents must ensure that their children have access to full protection. Protection in this case refe rs to subjection to minimal pain and suffering. Internationally, there are countries that have come up with new legislative laws on corporal punishment (Prue and Alister par. 3). The law control and guide parents on how to administer punishment on their children. This is because there are children who sustain serious injuries due to corporal punishment. This is against the international principles of proper child care. One of the motivating factors contributing to rejection of corporal punishment is the strict legislative law on parents who cause injuries on their children that can last for over 24 hours (Prue and Alister par. 4). Such cases are considered to be physical child abuse and they are illegal. Parents are also encouraged to avoid hitting private and delicate parts of the body when administering corporal punishment. Therefore, parents who ignore such rules are liable to face prosecution. The other factor is the knowledge on the negative effects corporal punishment creates on the child. This has also contributed to the decline of physical punishment. Research has proven that children who are frequently subjected to severe corporal punishment may develop an impaired mental status. This might force the child to grow up associated with psychological maladjustments in adulthood. Therefore, most parents have dropped corporal punishment because of the negative side effect it has on children. It is known that one of the main objectives of corporal punishment is to correct behavior. However, most parents have realized that the more they punish their children the more they become rude. This means that the more corporal punishment is administered to a child, the more aggressive and disobedient the child becomes. Therefore, many parents have sought for other civilized punishment methods rather than corporal punishment (Prue and Alister par. 4). In the end, this has contributed to the decline of corporal punishment administration. How do motivation factors make s ense within the cultural context? It is important to mention there is no guarantee that all the mention motivation factors would bear 100% positive results. Within the cultural context, it is vital to explain the reason as to why corporal punishment does not make sense. To begin with, corporal punishment in real life situation does not teach children as to why the behavior committed was wrong (Elizabeth p. 12). This is purely against the cultural punishment practices. According to the culture, criminals must be told of the crime they committed before judgment. But corporal punishment does not offer this option. Different cultural groups globally have varying ways of endorsing physical punishment as a strategy of inflicting discipline on children. It is clear that most parents would support physical punishment once it is a cultural practice that has been embraced for years. In this context, no parent would ever agree to the fact that corporal punishment is harmful to children and sho uld be abandoned. Contrary, in the community, there are people with different opinion. Not all parents would believe that physical punishment is the only alternative method of punishing the child. These are the people who reject corporal punishment even if it is a cultural practice (Elizabeth p. 19). Has corporal punishment practices changed over time? In America, the use of corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in child rearing has been strongly used throughout generations. Since the 17th century, corporal punishment has been the only solution for parents who wanted to correct their children characters. Nevertheless, this practice is currently fading away slowly. The beginning of 21st century opened new hope for children in America. Back in the 1960s, about 94% of American parents approved and supported the use of corporal punishment (Elizabeth p. 11). Research conducted at that time revealed that over 80% of American parent agreed to the fact that hitting a child helps in correcting behavior (Elizabeth p. 11). Nevertheless, as time went by, this cultural belief faded away slowly. In the year 2004, the same researchers concluded that the number of people supporting corporal punishment had reduced. Moreover, the percentage of parents agreeing with corporal punishment also dropped to about 71.3% (Elizabeth p. 11). In this case, it was clear that despite some parents do support corporal punishment; the number of supporting parents was gradually dropping. Furthermore, a survey conducted in the year 2005 revealed that only 23% of American parents approve corporal punishment to be used in schools (Elizabeth p. 11). This means that over 70% of American parents strongly rejected the use of physical punishment in schools. This was a clear indication that the use of corporal punishment was declining at a very steady state. The other evidence to the fact that corporal punishment was fading away in America was the establishment of corporal punishment task force i n the year 1992 (Michael and Murray par. 15). The task force was introduced by the American department of children affairs. The work of the task force was to campaign against the implementation of physical punishment on children. Similarly, another task force was also introduced by the American academy of pediatrics (Michael and Murray par. 15). In addition, the American national advocacy organization was also introduced in the year 1992. All this was devoted solely in the struggle to completely eliminate implementation of corporal punishment in child rearing. In 1992, a stimulating motto saying; end physical punishment of children (EPOCH) was also formed (Michael and Murray par. 15). The introduction of EPOCH further steered forward the fight against corporal punishment in America. EPOCH grew to be an international slogan and extended widely the fight against corporal punishment in other countries like United Kingdom. Ironically, it is important to mention that, corporal punishment has been widely neglected for long across the globe (Michael and Murray par. 17). This has been the main reason for the slowness in eradicating the practice. It is evident that even books meant to campaign against corporal punishment are very scarce globally (Michael and Murray par. 17). Most ironical is that, the few books available only contain information on corporal punishment not more than half a page. This neglect is one of the key contributing factors as to why corporal punishment is still being implemented internationally (Michael and Murray par. 17). In America, the use of physical punishment has greatly reduced in school today. Most schools have reduced the employment of physical punishment on their students. In some states like Iowa and New Jersey, physical punishment has completely been banned in all schools (Michael and Murray par. 17). Internationally, about 23 countries have successfully prohibited the use of physical punishment as a corrective measure in child reari ng (Prue and Alister par. 10). However, the entire process slowly began in schools through legislative mechanism (Prue and Alister par. 10). Furthermore, this was followed by the removal of lawful correction defense most parents used to promote corporal punishment (Prue and Alister par. 10). This means that there was no more defense excuse in court by parents and that corporal punishment on children was considered to be serious crime. It is also evident that in most countries, corporal punishment on children precisely in specific setting like schools has also been abolished. This achievement was also promoted widely after the formation of global initiative to end corporal punishment on children 2008 (Prue and Alister par. 10). In summary, however, it is important to point out that corporal punishment has greatly declined with time. The cultural perspective people had on physical punishment is now fading away slowly. The advancement of civilization and modern education has enabled mo st parents to employ other ways of effectively disciplining their children. This has killed the ancient cultural physical punishment methods people used before. The law is also not friendly on people who injure children in the name of correcting a behavior. This has scared most parents to keep off from such brutal punishment imposed on children (Prue and Alister par. 10). Impacts of corporal punishment practice Various research studies conducted have revealed that corporal punishment is not a sure and effective form of discipline. This is because of the fact that children could easily develop fear on their parents. Such fear can easily weaken the child social participation. Additionally, it is also easy to erode the child to parent relationship due to fear (Elizabeth p. 18). In this case, the child would prefer staying away from the parents and be safe from punishment. Corporal punishment may also teach the child to be more violent. This is seen when the child grow up knowing that v iolence must be linked with any loving relationship (Elizabeth p. 18). Such children end up being more violent than their parents. The child could also develop the notion that aggression is the only way to achieve a goal. The other important reason is the fact that physical punishment can fully interfere with the parent message. This is because since the child is subjected to painful experience, the perception on the parent directives could disappear automatically (Elizabeth p. 18). Conclusion In summary, it is very clear from the discussion that the issue on corporal punishment is greatly contentious. The emergence of modern education is the key contributing factor to the decline of corporal punishment (Adam and Megan par. 1). Most learned parents have opted to use other alternative ways of disciplining children other than corporal punishment. This has contributed to the decline of corporal punishment today (Adam and Megan par. 1). Works Cited Adam, Zolotor and Megan E. Puzia. 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This essay on Corporal punishment was written and submitted by user Kelsey Petty to help you with your own studies. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. You can donate your paper here. Corporal Punishment Corporal punishment as a form of disciplinary action to children has elicited a fierce debate and controversy over its effectiveness in shaping children’s behavior in the society. Sociologists, psychologists, and legal experts differ on whether corporal punishment has long-term benefits in shaping children’s behavior or not. The difference in opinions has resulted into quest for more research in order to ascertain both short and long-term effects of corporal punishment on children.Advertising We will write a custom critical writing sample on Corporal Punishment specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Gershoff argues that, â€Å"crucial questions remain unanswered, such as what range of child behaviors and experiences are empirically associated with parental corporal punishment, as well as why, how, and for whom corporal punishment might have such effects† (539). Due to lack of empirical evidences to prove whether cor poral punishment is harmful or not to the children, the opposing schools of thought are yet to justify their theoretical views and beliefs. The research concerning corporal punishment is very complex because there are no clear-cut differences between abusive punishment and non-abusive punishment, thus confounding the research findings. Furthermore, corporal punishment and naughty behaviors have intricate relationship in that, it is very difficult to establish causal relationships. Since corporal punishment is associated with untoward childhood behaviors and experiences, it is an ineffective and an undesirable form of parental discipline. Corporal punishment is ineffective and undesirable form of parental discipline because it only causes immediate compliance, which has short-term effects in shaping child’s behavior contrary to the long-term expectations by the parents. Numerous studies have shown that parents normally administer corporal punishment with the objective of reali zing immediate compliance of the children. Empirical studies have proved that short-term compliance due to corporal punishment is very effective in learning. â€Å"There is general consensus that corporal punishment is effective in getting children to comply immediately, but at the same time there is caution from child abuse researchers that corporal punishment by its nature can escalate into physical maltreatment† (Gershoff 549). Meta-analysis has proved that administration of corporal punishment does not have long-term behavioral change as expected by the parents; it only causes immediate compliance, and this phenomenon beats the logic of using corporal punishment in disciplining children. Corporal punishment is essential in achieving control of rowdy and disruptive children; nevertheless, it does not help in long-term development of behavior in children. Although corporal punishment has short-term compliance, continued and consistent administration negatively affects inter nalization of morals.Advertising Looking for critical writing on psychology? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Continued and consistent administration of corporal punishment affects children negatively in the process internalizing the desired morals. Moral internalization is appropriate mechanism of developing acceptable behaviors because intrinsic factors rather than the extrinsic factors form the essential driving forces that compel children to mature well. Social and emotional maturation of the children critically depends on the intrinsic factors for such factors enable children to internalize moral values and beliefs in the society. In contrast, extrinsic factors such as corporal punishment seem to have an imposing influence on the intrinsic factors thus affecting internalization of morals. The intrinsic and extrinsic factors that regulate behavior development during the growth of children have mutually exclusive effect in t he development of behaviors. According to the attribution theory, â€Å"theorists emphasize that power-assertive methods such as corporal punishment promote children’s external attributions for their behavior and minimize their attributions to internal motivations corporal punishment †¦ may not facilitate moral internalization because it does not teach children reasons for behaving correctly† (Gershoff 541). Therefore, corporal punishment does not instill the essence of morality to the children for children subjected to corporal punishment behave according to conditioned punishment. Since the children do not understand the essence of morality, they develop aggressive behaviors to resist or avoid severe corporal punishment. Administration of corporal punishment results into aggressive behavior; hence it is ineffective and undesirable form of parental discipline. The relationship between corporal punishment and aggressive behavior is very complex to establish causal relationship. Extensive literature reviews have confirmed that, there is significant positive correlation between corporal punishment and aggressive behaviors among children. These findings imply that corporal punishment promotes development of aggressive behaviors in children, thus inappropriate form of parental discipline. Based on the attribution theory, the relationship between corporal punishment and aggressive behavior emanate from the fact that corporal punishment interferes with the internalization of moral values and beliefs, leaving children to depend on extrinsic factors as determinants of morality resulting into aggressive defense.Advertising We will write a custom critical writing sample on Corporal Punishment specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Social control theory also indicates that corporal punishment degrades child-parent relationship, prevent internalization of moral values, and increases aggressive behaviors du e to lack of internal motivation and self-control. Gershoff argues that, â€Å"parental corporal punishment affects children primarily by initiating and shaping emotional and cognitive processes in the children, which in turn predispose them to engage in certain behaviors or have particular experiences such as aggression† (551). Hence, cognitive processes are important in mediating and developing aggressive behaviors and experiences. However, it is very difficult to establish causal relationship between corporal punishment and development of naughty behaviors. Despite the assumption that untoward behavior and experiences relates with corporal punishment, the causal relation between corporal punishment and development of naughty behaviors is blurred which makes it difficult to determine the causational effect. Psychological research depends on observational and experiential models to establish causal relationships but the findings do not consider confounding factors that could possibly mediate assumed causal relationship between corporal punishment and development of naughty behaviors. Gershoff asserts that although models of correlation have assumed that corporal punishment causes naughty behaviors, they have not sufficiently ruled out the possibility that naughty behaviors to induce corporal punishment, â€Å"because corporal punishment occurs rarely and eludes observation, researchers interested in the effects of corporal punishment need to consider more ingenious methods of establishing causality† (556). Therefore, there is no sufficient evidence to prove that causation relationship exists between corporal punishment and development of naughty behaviors. However, meta-analysis research has attempted to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that corporal punishment causes naughty behaviors in children. The establishment of causation relationship is quite possible because meta-analysis research measures and monitors behavior development from the e arliest point possible thus considering time precedence and isolating other factors that may confound the causational effect. Since there is no significance evidence to rule out that corporal punishment increases development of naughty behaviors, then corporal punishment is ineffective and undesirable form of parental discipline. Conclusion In a recap, the controversy regarding the effectiveness of corporal punishment still rages as the opposing schools of thoughts have strong evidence to support their views. Sociologists, psychologists and legal experts have not yet reached a conclusion that corporal punishment elicits untoward behaviors and experiences in children. Given that the relationship between corporal punishment and naughty behavior in children is very complex, it is also difficult to establish the causational relationship without making some assumptions.Advertising Looking for critical writing on psychology? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Nevertheless, meta-analysis has significantly demonstrated that there is causational relationship between corporal punishment and development of naughty behaviors. The relationship between corporal punishment and naughty behaviors portrays chicken-egg relationship in that, it is difficult to establish which one of two comes first. Works Cited Gershoff, Elizabeth. â€Å"Corporal Punishment by Parents and Associated Child Behaviors and Experiences: A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review.† Psychological Bulletin 128.4 (2002): 539–579. This critical writing on Corporal Punishment was written and submitted by user Makenzie Parrish to help you with your own studies. 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