Seven workers were killed and 30 others were severely injured in an accident at Dazzle Corp., a soft drink manufacturing company. The company uses advanced machinery for various processes that can prove to be risky for workers who operate them.
Since there was nothing mentioned in the employee contract about employer liability in case of on-the-job accidents, the company refused to compensate the victims. However, the company eventually formulated a policy for compensating the victims of on-the-job accidents. This gap between installing advanced machinery and formulating a compensation policy at Dazzle Corp. is an example of ________.
a. cultural lag
b. social stratification
c. political discrepancy
d. alienation
According to the functionalist perspective, which of the following is true of schools?
a. Schools perform a number of important functions in preparing people to fit into society and make productive contributions.
b. Schools become a social problem when important groups feel that they are not getting what they deserve from the institutions of learning.
c. Schools are more accessible to powerful and affluent families than families from lower-class backgrounds, and social arrangements most typically reflect what benefits the powerful.
d. Schools lower students' self-esteem and make educational success more difficult to achieve.
The ________ perspective states that schools become a social problem when important groups feel that they are not getting what they deserve from the institutions of learning.
a. behavioral
b. interactionist
c. functionalist
d. conflict
How did the United States narrow the cultural lag between technology and social policy?
a. by ensuring that education is made available for all classes of society
b. by encouraging competition for societal resources among various groups
c. by establishing workers' compensation and employer liability
d. by establishing strict dress codes with punishments for violation
Mike, the CEO of Top Inc., a car manufacturing company, proposes that the company should upgrade its production facility by using computers and other machines to control and monitor the production activities and to make decisions.
Which of the following technological changes is Mike proposing in the given scenario?
a. gentrification
b. alienation
c. modernization
d. cybernation
________ refers to the economic, social, and cultural changes that occur when a preindustrial society makes the transition to an advanced industrial society.
a. Mechanization
b. Cybernation
c. Gentrification
d. Modernization
________ refers to the use of machines, such as computers, to control other machines, to make decisions, and to monitor the production process.
a. Gentrification
b. Cybernation
c. Modernization
d. Alienation
Why was the public option proposal included in the Affordable Care Act dropped?
What will be an ideal response?
Why is managed care considered to be a threat to the independence and autonomy of medical practitioners?
What will be an ideal response?
What are the problems resulting from the free market and profit-making nature of the U.S. health-care system?
What will be an ideal response?
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