Goal: Merge your research notes completed for each module, and compose an original, cohesive, compelling, and analytical research paper on the topic approved by your instructor. Content Requirements:
Secure approval from the Instructor by the end of Week 3 as to the specific topic, scope, and title of the final research paper.
Submit an outline of the final research paper by the end of Week 5.
Submit the completed research paper by Week 6 (submit here for final paper).
Each student must write an original research paper, in active voice, typed, double-spaced, justified, with 1-inch margins, in Times New Roman 12-point font, and in current APA style, including an abstract (50 words minimum and 100 words maximum), keywords (3 terms minimum and 5 terms maximum), and references (7 references minimum and no maximum) as well as any relevant tables, figures, and appendixes. Examples of manuscripts in this format are available in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research.
All work must be submitted only through Canvas, so it can be processed through TurnInIt – the plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence (AI) checking software – and not via email and not via attachments (.doc, .pdf, .rtf, etc.).
Any student conducting research with human subjects (for example – interviews, questionnaires, surveys, or other related approaches) must secure formal, written Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval from STU and must submit a copy of that approval by the end of Week 3. (Be aware this involves a separate process, outside of this course, with a formal proposal, which may create a timeline that may conflict with the due date for this course. A student using this methodology must demonstrate extremely efficient time management.)
The paper is to be written clearly and concisely, and students will lose points for improper grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling.
The paper is to be 1,000-1,500 words in length, current APA style, excluding the abstract, title page, keywords, and references page.
Incorporate a minimum of seven (7) current scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) published within the last five (5) years.
Title:
Worker Satisfaction and Organizational Performance: A Study of Amazon’s Work Conditions and Ethics in the United States
Thesis Statement:
Throughout the United States, Amazon workers can expect long hours, low pay, no benefits, and unethical behavior towards them. This paper will describe the scenarios of conflicts, the impacts of conflicts, the potential resolutions, and recommendations concerning conflicts between employees and the management.
Abstract:
The invention of e- retailing has come with a mass urge in procurement that has increased the expansion of Amazon. The broad international integration with cultural differences of workers has levied a high rate of ambiguity in workers’ governance. The current working conditions in relation to Amazon’s middle and low workers are not ethically permissible. According to the U.S. department of labor, Amazon has been found to expose workers to inhumane working conditions and not valuably compensated for their work. Throughout the United States, Amazon workers can expect long hours, low pay, no benefits, and unethical behavior towards them. This paper will describe the scenarios of conflicts, the impacts of conflicts, the potential resolutions, and recommendations concerning conflicts between employees and the management.
Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell.
In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.
God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.
Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.
To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.
References
Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.
Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.
Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.
