Week 3 ***For Suraya***

Week 3: Readings and Multimedia

1. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapters from the text, Contemporary Social Problems and the Workplace :

· Chapter Three – Socioeconomic Trends and the Workforce

2. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following article from, Pew Social Trends:

· How the great recession has changed life in America

3. To successfully complete this week’s assignments, view the following video from, WTTW:

· Retirement revolution: The new reality

Discussions To participate in the following discussions, go to this week's Discussion link in the left navigation.

1. Retirement   After viewing Retirement revolution: The new reality , examine how the topic of retirement has changed in American society since the 2008 recession. Describe how it has impacted your plans, family members, or friends’ plans for retirement. Compare traditional views of retirement with current views. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.  

2. Sexual Harassment   Here are several events that happen in the workplace. Do you believe they fall under the definition of sexual harassment? If so, why? If not, why not?

· Jane willingly dated a co-worker for the last 3 years. Now, she has met someone else and does not want to continue the relationship with the co-worker. The co-worker does not want to end the relationship and is posting negative things about her on Facebook.

· Linda offers sexual favors to her professor in order to get a passing grade. The professor agrees, and Linda receives a passing grade.

· Mary, a supervisor, asks her male employee, Stan, to join her for dinner so they have will some quiet time away from the office to go over his performance evaluation.

· Bob, a supervisor, makes comments about on a regular basis to his secretary, Susan, about how she is dressed for the day.

· A customer in a restaurant grabs the rear end of a waitress. She complains about the customer to the manager, who says, “Ignore it, you’ll probably get  bigger tip.”

· Don posts pictures of scantily clothed women on his office walls.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

Assignment To complete the following assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation.

Outline of Final Paper Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five of the online course or in the “Components of Course Evaluation” section of this guide. Then, visit the Ashford Writing Center located under Learning Resources tab on the left navigation tool bar in our online classroom. Format your outline for the Final Paper according to the “Sample Outline.” (NOTE: In the “Sample Outline,” it states that the thesis statement is the last one to three sentences of the Introduction. However, the thesis statement must be one sentence in length and the last sentence of the Introduction). The outline must include:

· Introduction with thesis statement

· An outline of 5 body paragraphs as demonstrated in the Writing Center’s template

· Conclusion

· Reference Page

The paper must be three to five pages in length and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least four scholarly resources (which can be found in the Ashford Online Library) other than the textbook to support your claims and subclaims. Cite your resources in text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.