help with 3 peer responses due in 6 hours

Christian’s post:

The case I chose to focus on for this discussion was Sonia's hard time adjusting to school. From the description, I have an understanding that Sonia is struggling in school due to a cultural/language barrier that sets her apart from her peers, as well as, having a hard time being away from her mother, or "comfort zone", which leads me to believe that she is also having trouble, and/or experiencing separation anxiety from the one's she is comfortable and feels safe with when going into a new environment or around other people. 

While Sonia is in school, she is around new people and new influences. The reading acknowledges that, "peer acceptance during middle childhood plays an important role in a child's upbringing and self-esteem" (Wong et al., 2021). Sonia is nine years old, and is in that stage of development where making friends and building connections is prominent, though with some of the challenges she has (language barrier), this could impact her ability to follow through with establishing these key relationships in her early adolescent years. Other challenges that Sonia may struggle with is the feeling of isolation from feeling and/or being different than others, experiencing high levels of stress, and with how her situation is, she could potentially face the problem of struggling with self-identity or self-esteem issues. As far as stress goes, the textbook states that, "chronic stress has been found to significantly affect cognitive development by interrupting prefrontal cortex functioning--stress in children and adolescents can result in higher levels of depression and a lower sense of self-worth" (Wong et al., 2021).

For psychosocial conflicts, based on Sonia's age, this places her in Erik Erikson's "Industry vs Inferiority" stage of development. "Industry" is described as children during this stage, developing a sense of competence with learning new skills and tasks (which is heavily influenced in a school type of environment). "Inferiority" is described when a child lacks confidence in doing certain tasks, which can result in negative feelings the child could experience. While Sonia is embracing this stage of development, she will learn to grow and will be challenged in certain ways because of her unique differences. Since Sonia has a language barrier, she will need support and recognition, not just from her home life, but from her school in order to have the right accommodations and aid to further adapt and be resilient. Having a counselor that is multilingual and can understand, encourage, and motivate Sonia would be a positive step in the right direction with the insecurities and challenges that she and her parents are facing. This change could benefit her situation with giving her concerned parents peace at mind while she is away, give Sonia the right help and attention she needs to thrive while at school, could help her social skills in trying to make friends and participate in group activities, and lastly, could help educate her and other students about the differences in cultural diversity amongst other students. I feel that these suggestions would greatly benefit Sonia with her education, as well as, help her build and learn new ways of communication, social skills, and embracing her cultural differences in how that ties into her identity. 

References

Wong, D. W., Hall, K. R., Hernandez, L. W. (2021). Counseling Individuals Through the Lifespan. US: SAGE Publications, Inc.

kimberly’s post:

Chapter 18

1. In your own words, describe what privacy means and what privacy protection companies should give employees.

Privacy means the right of the individuals to exert control over their lives, which includes deciding who should and who shouldn’t have access to their personal information.

Companies should give employees privacy when it comes to their personal lives and should not be involved in it unless they were invited into it. It is the company’s responsibilities to protect the employee’s personal information. Everyone should not have access to employee’s personal information, and it should be locked and only access given to management and that is only if it is necessary.  

2. How has the World Trade Center tragedy affected workplace privacy? What are the long-term implications of that?

The World Trade Center tragedy had an impact on workplace privacy because the loss of staff the privacy was extremely hindered.  

One of the long-term implications will be employee’s willingness to shift their emphasis from protecting their workplace privacy to increasing their security. There is little doubt that privacy will reemerge as a paramount concern once employees begin to feel physically secure.

 

Chapter 19

3. Do you think racial inequality is caused by racism, favoritism, or both? 

 I think that racial inequality is caused by both, favoritism, and racism. Racism is defined by discrimination and prejudice against another race. Favoritism is a display of partiality toward a favored person or group. The combination of racism and favoritism is what leads to racial equality. When you have management that favor certain group of people based off their race it may be viewed as racial discrimination.

 

4. Has the concept of diversity supplanted the concept of affirmative action in leading companies today? Why or why not?

No, I don’t think that the concept of diversity supplanted the concept of affirmative action in leading to companies today. The concepts of diversity and affirmative action are often confused with each other, but there are substantial differences between both. Although equal employment opportunity, diversity, and affirmative action are all different, they are interrelated. Each is directed to achieving equal opportunity in the workplace. Diversity and affirmative action each broaden the concept of equal employment opportunity in different ways. Together, diversity, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action provide a strong foundation for the company’s efforts to achieve a fair and inclusive workplace.

shanice’s post:

Chapter 18

1. In your own words, describe what privacy means and what privacy protection companies should give employees.

Privacy is the capability to have your own property and your body remains within and unseen by others organizations should protect the privacy of their workers or employees the right and freedom not to be monitored unless it is important and workers should be adequately informed when they are being monitored and surveyed. organizations should also not involve themselves in the personal affairs' of their employees unless they are made aware. 

2.  How has the World Trade Center tragedy affected workplace privacy? What are the long-term implications of that?

World Trade Center tragedy affected workplace privacy because it has caused workplace privacy to decline in the wake of September 11th and raise issues on employee privacy since Bosses are now more willing to sacrifice their workers' privacy in the name of safety. The long-term implications are that this behavior can cause employees to fail to be loyal. They may interpret the measures to safeguard as distrust since they start to see them as "Big Brothers" guarding over them and everything they do someone is watching. Also, it can drive litigation to be brought upon very nervous employers since several view monitoring practices as an assault upon constitutional rights; hence employers should grant them the freedom of not being monitored unless necessary.

Chapter 19

3. Do you think racial inequality is caused by racism, favoritism, or both? 

This is because racism is discriminations depending on the skin color of the individual. on the other side, favoritism will come into action when the two parties having personal friendship or even due to any bad agreement such as corruption. because racial inequality is caused by racism which is discriminations of people based on their race, and skin color we therefore can conclude that racial inequality is related to racism. 

4. Has the concept of diversity supplanted the concept of affirmative action in leading companies today? Why or why not?

Diversity at work places refers to the composition of different traits towards meeting envisaged organizational goals. In a company an affirmative action refers to practice of favoritism. The concept of diversity is more dominant compared to an affirmative action in the current organizational standards. In the current dispensation in management diversity is promoted in the context on the company. Through diversity a company inculcates innovation. Innovation encourages competitiveness in the industry. Through diversity new ideas are developed which encourages sustainability in the organization. Retention can be achieved through diversity which provides the company with ability to innovate and satisfy segmented consumers. Affirmative action is not considered an option in the current management of organizations to meet envisaged goals due to its shortcomings.