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social status within organizations. A person with higher rank in the organization should be obeyed and respected, and this hierarchy is efficient to maintain the organizational structure. This Power Distance score for India indicates a high level of inequality of power and wealth within the society. This condition is not necessarily subverted upon the population, but rather accepted by the population as a cultural norm. In India, social hierarchies are very much in place and even at work it is not easy

and it means what people believe it means. This belief about the definition of justice is very different than Rawls. That is because Rawls believes in a set system of justice defined by basic rights and a complex belief about the justice of some inequality. Mill on the other hand does not have his own definition of justice. Justice is an essential part of utilitarianism because without it the greater good would not be benefited. That is because when justice is infringed upon victims arise thus destroying

que leur avaient été posées comme des épouses abandonnées. Le rôle que joue l’instruction dans la lutte de ces femmes est illustrée dans cette façon par Okoye Justina : The acquisition of western education proffers solutions to problems of inequality and gender discrmination in a patriarchal society. Education changes the lives of women and their mentality too… Western education empowers women and affords them individuality (85). Il a fallu à Assatou beaucoup de courage afin d’abandonner

the well-known Dutch organizational sociologist, conducted in the 80s a study evaluating cross-cultural differences between managers at IBM. He initially came up with four cultural dimensions, which are power distance (How much do people expect inequality in social institutions?), masculinity vs. femininity (To what extent do people show more competitive masculine traits, or nurturing feminine traits?), individualism vs. collectivism (How tight is the link between individuals and the social groups

crumbs, in China for example, whereas the European employees, staring on their wages and other welfare benefits, work three times less than one century ago. What we have under the eyes, it is gigantic and dramatic problem of massive and increasing inequality between the North and the South. To conclude, I think that what Kofi Annan wanted and what we have to wish is the reduction of the living standards variations. It is also the same access level to the essential services (health, education, civic

the notion of « sustainable city », which puts the emphasis on environmental and urbanistic issues among other things, appears to be a crucial priority for the future. As new challenges such as climate change, energy efficiency and environmental inequality, but also an increasing social between the have and the have–nots, are to be faced, a system of governance that can bring the needs and desires of the inhabitants and the different policy-making actors together, in order to promote a more sustainable

mondialisation profite aux emplois les plus qualifiés dans les pays développés, et défavorise les emplois les moins qualifiés. : La conséquence en est un accroissement des inégalités de revenus, comme l’ont montré Kermer et Maskin dans Globalization and Inequality (2006). Facteurs valorisant de plus en plus les emplois nécessitant un haut niveau de compétences La délocalisation l’évolution des nouvelles technologies la diminution de rentes de marché l’augmentation de la concurrence entre les travailleurs

bien-être le prouve. La politique économique devrait donc s’attacher à créer les conditions d’un monde à la Hirschman en façonnant des institutions propices à la mobilité sociale. Bibliographie Alesina, A., Di Tella, R. et MacCulloch, R. (2004). “Inequality and happiness: Are Europeans and Americans different?”. Journal of Public Economics, 88, 2009–2042. Alpizar, F., Carlsson, F. et Johansson-Stenman, O. (2005). "How much do we care about absolute versus relative income and consumption?". Journal

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task X Seven key elements: 1. Inequalities among people should be minimized. Privileges and status symbols are frowned upon. 2. There should be, and is, interdependence between less and more powerful people. 3. Hierarchy in organizations means an inequality of roles only, established for convenience. 4. Decentralization is popular. 5. Subordinates and children expect to be consulted. 6. In a conversation anyone can take the lead at any time. 7. Powerful people try to appear less powerful than they