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The aims of this study were to identify the social and psychological problems of hearing-impaired students and investigate the coping strategies adopted in deaf schools. The descriptive analytical approach was used to describe the data collected from a randomly selected sample that consisted of 150 deaf students; 67 were males and 83 were females. The findings showed that hearing-impaired students face social problems such as difficulties encountered in public places and feeling scared of violence by others. The findings also showed that students with hearing impairment face frequent psychological problems such as explanation of mistakes, fear of making mistakes, and separation anxiety. However, the study results revealed that students with hearing impairment have a medium level of psychological and social problems as well as the adoption level of coping strategies. Furthermore, there are no statistically significant differences on the level of both social and psychological problems, and adapted level of coping strategies due to gender, address, education level, and impairment severity.

Abstract
The value of all hitherto existing professions stems from how the public in which they serve perceive the import of their services. This study examines the perceptions of a cross-section of Nigerians regarding their knowledge of the social work profession. Through a structured survey instrument, data were collected from a nationally representative sample of 350 Nigerians from the age of twenty years and above. Although the majority of the respondents were not familiar with the professional designation 'social work', they, however, demonstrated substantial knowledge about social workers' roles, areas of practice and other measures. Since practitioners are actively involved in community organising and development practice across the country, more than two-thirds of the respondents believed that the profession has the potential to address social development problems not only in Nigeria but across the African continent.

Abstract Throughout the twentieth century, Switzerland has been one of the OECD countries with the highest proportion of immigrants in its population. The aim of this article is to show how institutional factors have shaped the opportunities for change in immigration and immigrant‐employment‐related policies there in the 1990s. Whereas unemployment had remained low in the 1970s and 1980s, there was a marked increase at the beginning of the 1990s. Existing migration policies were considered a central cause of this increase, since the great majority of foreigners who had come and settled in Switzerland in the periods of economic expansion were low‐skilled, and were now over‐represented among the unemployed. The reforms undertaken in the field of immigration and integration policy to respond to these new problems have been determined by specific institutional factors: direct democracy, a defensive migration regime, the development of immigrant rights and the weak autonomy of the central state. These factors account to a large extent for the limited scope and specific pathways of policy reforms in these two domains.

The purpose of the present work is to widen the debate and encourage future research about the contribution that companies can make to alleviate social problems that have never been as pressing as today. This is the essence of Creating Shared Value (CSV), a new and ground-breaking concept coined by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer (2011) who sparked a global movement to redefine the role of business in society around a simple but powerful idea: business success and social progress are interdependent. My research has been divided into three chapters. The first one is about a brief literature review about the long and diverse history of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the primordial notion from which CSV started, going through the major contributors who have progressively drawn companies' attention to their moral duty to society. However, CSR falls foul of an intrinsic philanthropic motif that is conventionally at odds with the generation of profit or any financial gain. Therefore, in order to overcome this strong criticism, CSV is presented as a new and flawless approach overcoming all the various limitations of CSR, in which finally social issues represent new business opportunities, not as costly problems to solve. The second chapter is entirely dedicated to the Novartis case study to describe a practical application of the CSV model within a large corporation. Specifically, I analyse the project that Novartis embarked upon, called Arogya Parivar, a social program that offers effective, low-cost medications against infectious and chronic diseases that are prevalent in rural India. By the means of some strategic tools like the Pestle analysis, it might result quite arguable to embark upon an initiative like the one at consideration, as it targets a market that is going through a critical economic juncture and that is affected by political instability. However, it turns out to be a very strategic move when it comes to 'democratizing healthcare' at a profit, an objective that could significantly contribute to the prosperity of that social context and simultaneously lead the entire company to obtain a sustained competitive advantage. In the light of this, Novartis is presented as a starling example of a business implementing a CSV strategy that has been successfully co-creating sustainable financial and social value in India. In the end, I conclude with a forward-looking vision on the future of businesses, which to me is based on the democratization of commerce through an 'inclusive capitalism' that makes sure that globalization will benefit all. There is an incredible value lying right at 'the bottom of the pyramid', which requires though a paradigm shift in the thinking process of the private sector: the poor need no longer to be seen as an intractable problem of capitalism, but as a viable market, a source of innovation and significant market capitalization. In this view, Creating Shared Value represents the only opportunity to bring on the same track the success of a business and the welfare of the community. A company is a such a systemic entity in the context in which it takes action that pursuing adversarial objectives is something that does not benefit any of the parts involved. The business world does not only represent a source of labour supply or of provision of products and services, but also the fundamental engine for innovation and economic development that will unleash an enormous wave of growth for the entire planet.

Thriller is considered to be a subgenre of criminal fiction, in which the most significant role is played by fast-paced action, suspense, spectacular events. In case of so called international and political thrillers it should also be mentioned that their authors construct their plots around the problems such as global conflicts, international conspiracy, terrorism, the development of nuclear weapon. However, problems commonly mentioned by many authors of other subgenres of criminal fiction, are also present in the novels classified as thrillers. The collapse of well-being society, unstable interpersonal relationships, mental problems of an individual, childhood traumas are therefore often mentioned by the writers, although they do not usually constitute main subjects of the novels. The article concentrates on some examples from international and political thrillers, in which such issues seem to be equally important, written by the most popular Finnish authors of this particular genre, namely Ilkka Remes and Taavi Soininvaara

Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die Geschichte der Sektion 'Soziale Probleme und soziale Kontrolle' und der mit ihr verbundenen soziologischen Perspektiven. Dabei wird der Frage nachgegangen, was die Soziologie sozialer Probleme und sozialer Kontrolle heute noch für die soziologische Gesellschaftsdiagnose beitragen kann. Zu diesem Zweck werden Kontexte und Konnotationen von 30 Jahren Soziologie sozialer Probleme untersucht, die mit diesem Bereich soziologischer Analyse verbunden waren. Die erste Phase kann als anwendungsorientierte Perspektive der politischen Gesellschaftsreform aufgefasst werden, die dann zwischen 1977 und Mitte der 80er Jahre in eine Phase der Verwissenschaftlichung mündete und ihren vorläufigen Abschluss in der konstruktivistischen Perspektive fand. Als Fazit wird abschließend festgehalten, dass die Soziologie sozialer Probleme heutzutage deutlich an Reputation eingebüsst hat. Sie ist in diesem Sinne durchaus in einer Krise, deren Ausgang aber entscheidend davon abhängen dürfte, inwieweit es ihr gelingt, gesellschaftspolitische Relevanz und Anschluss an soziologische Gesellschaftsdiagnosen zurück zu gewinnen. (ICH)

Розглядаються головні соціальні проблеми Греції: зайнятості та безробіття, бідності, загострені економічною кризою 2008–2009 рр. Наголошується на інтенсивності прояву проблем на рівні всього Європейського Союзу. З'ясовано зв'язок між характеристиками ринку праці та рівня освіти населення Греції. Продемонстровано наростання нерівномірності розподілу доходів населення внаслідок економічної кризи. Main social problems in Greece: employment and unemployment, poverty, deepened d by the economic crisis of 2008–2009 are considered. The intensity of problems compare to the European Union level are emphasized. The relationship between the characteristics of the labor market and the education level of the population of Greece are regarded. Growing of unequal distribution of incomes due to the economic crisis are shown.

Purpose
– In their income inequality theory (IIT), Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett posit that income inequality is at the heart of social "ills". However, their critics argue that the hypothesis is biased and that "cherry picking" is used and support for the IIT is obtained by selecting a suitable sample of countries. The paper aims to discuss these issues.


Design/methodology/approach
– With a sample of 127 countries, the authors study to what extent the correlation between income inequality and social "ills" varies among countries sampled by geography, religion and income level.


Findings
– The results of the analysis show that the strength and sometimes the direction of connections between inequality and social "ills" vary according to countries' cultural background and historical legacies. The IIT is not a universal law. However, it is on a firmer footing than competing explanations.


Originality/value
– The results contribute both to material and methodological debate on consequences of income inequality.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Teaching Justice -- 2 Learning Justice -- 3 Personally Connecting -- 4 Taking Action -- 5 Assessing Learning -- 6 Justice Redefined -- Appendix 1: Resources to Teach about Justice and Social Justice -- Appendix 2: Stratified Monopoly -- Appendix 3: Justice-Related Documentaries -- References

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Themen: Beurteilung der Arbeitssituation; Eigenschaften eines
guten Arbeiters; Einfluß des wissenschaftlich-technischen
Fortschritts auf die eigene Arbeit sowie auf die
Lebensbedingungen; Zukunftsaussichten der Arbeitstätigkeit;
zukünftige Arbeit im erlernten Beruf; Folgen möglicher
Veränderungen der Arbeitstätigkeit; geeignete Kollegen für
Umsetzung; durch die Leitung zu berücksichtigenden Faktoren beim
Arbeitswechsel; Bereitschaft zum Betriebswechsel und
Voraussetzungen dafür; bevorzugter Bereich der Volkswirtschaft;
Arbeitsbedingungen als Anlaß zum Arbeitsplatzwechsel (Skala);
technischer Fortschritt und weitere Entwicklung des
Arbeitskollektivs; Bereitschaft zum Verlassen des
Arbeitskollektivs; technischer Fortschritt und Verantwortung des
Leiters; Entwicklung der Entlohnung; Haltung zu Kollektiv- und
Einzelkennziffern; Bereitschaft zur Qualifikation und Gründe
dafür; Informiertheit über die Betriebsperspektiven und
Umsetzungsprozesse; Notwendigkeit von Produktionsumstellungen;
Vorschläge zur Gestaltung von Umsetzungsprozessen und deren
Berücksichtigung; Notwendigkeit der Mitarbeit an
Umsetzungsprozessen; Betriebszugehörigkeit; ehrenamtliche
Funktion inner- und außerhalb des Betriebes;