abortion

Nowadays abortion has become an interesting subject to talk about because of the religion and the medical issues, so what is meant by abortion?  An abortion is when the pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child. I will discuss the controversial point in this conversation.

Now the world population is around 7 billion and increases according to the medical progress, so abortion could be a way to save the earth’s resources. Let’s say that a teenager girl had been raped and she came pregnant. Pro-abortion groups would support abortion in this case. Let’s think for an adult woman and she can’t care for the baby because she is a hostess in an airway company; abortion could solve this case also. If a baby will bear with some big problems, abortion is better.  Pro-abortionists   believe that it is a woman’s personal right to decide.

The against team that maybe are religious think that nobody has the authority to end somebody’s life even his parents because  God gives this to them and they should take it and deal with that case exactly like what happened in Ireland for the raped girl; she was only 13 years old. This team supports the idea that we should  live our life and be strong against what happens because we develop our medical knowledge and thinking by accepting this challenge and trying to pass it.

In conclusion, with all respect to all our world religions, my opinion is that we should  make it optional and let the parents decide if they want to go on with this pregnancy or not; no one else should choose what you should do.

  

UAE An Emerging Market

 

Description

There are 7 states in the UAE. The country is an attractive market place in the Gulf area. However, due to unstable political conditions through many years in the Gulf region, the UAE’s economic market has not seen much development until recent years. Entering into the UAE market requires deep understanding of its political, social, economic and cultural challenges and barriers. The UAE has been famous for being an oil exporter but with recent diversification, it now opens doors for other industries as well. This case study outlines how to enter the UAE’s emerging market identifying key challenges, opportunities and competitive industries.

Introduction

The GDP of the country is nearly equal to the average of countries of the world. Among the Arab countries, it comes second  after Saudi Arabia. A third of its GDP is from its oil revenues. It has relatively high Human Development Index among all nation countries due to its strong economy and regulatory controls. Apart from oil resources, the UAE has petroleum  and natural gas as other natural resources; however, in recent years, after the 2008 economic recession in oil markets, the UAE diversified its economy into financial services, tourism and construction sectors (Wikipedia, 2014). The UAE is ranked by World Bank as 14^th best nation in the world for doing business (The World Bank, 2012)

Analysis

Apart from the above positive indicators, there are certain challenges that the UAE faces. These challenges include having a critical geographical location for being a prime location and connected to South-West Asian countries where the drug trafficking rate is high. This makes UAE a central financial hub for money-laundering activities which require much tighter controls on borders and law enforcement within the UAE; especially when the informal banking remains unregulated in UAE.  However, considering the location is another opportunity as the UAE serves as a central location to reach many important regions. The UAE’s location makes it most favourite for transportation, trade and creating communication networks with the Gulf region. Its sea borders with South Asian countries give it another competitive advantage over other countries.  

On trade development, the UAE now offers free-trade zones offering 100% foreign ownership and zero taxes but there have been recent global financial crises. Though the UAE economy is recovering from the global economic crises, a large expatriate workforce and growing inflation pressures are significant long-term challenges. The variety is now being extended into education, healthcare, infrastructure and tourism, creating more opportunities for nationals and private sector development (The World Factbook, 2014). Due to these initiatives, in the MSCI report of 2014 the UAE is not classified as an emerging market, along with Qatar (MSCI, 014).  This will create a positive impact on a global scale while attracting global investors with leading investment portfolios and global corporate investment funds.

On the labour management side, the UAE has some challenges such as restricting trade unions, collective bargaining and the right to strike. Migrants involved in any strikes can face legal implications including cancellation of work permits or deportations. There are very few anti-discrimination laws which might be of serious concerns to global investors and/or expatriates.

The rule of law is well maintained but thejudiciary in not independent and court rulings are subject to review of political leadership whenever required. (Sambidge, 2013). The largest state, Abu Dubai, doesn’t offer property ownership to anybody except in limited areas. The positive aspect of the UAE economy is it doesn’t put income tax or federal level corporate taxes in a standardized manner; only few corporate taxes exist based on particular business activities. (The Heritage Foundation, 2014)

Conclusion

The UAE, being an emerging market, holds a promising outlook for some industries such as tourism, transportation, communication networks, infrastructure and real estate due to recent diversification into these sectors. However, some regulatory challenges are still in place which constrain foreign investments such as property ownership, labour regulations, no-free judiciary and cultural differences which might be of concern to foreign workers. As the UAE is into a development phase where it is streamlining most of its regulations to attract global investments, it can be hoped that investment and property rights along with other labour-related regulations will be made more investment friendly in near future. The UAE’s prime geographic location, booming sectors of tourism and infrastructure and being a hub for reaching two thirds of the Gulf region, are the strong aspects for any global investors while investment options are to be considered carefully keeping in view the local laws and cultural aspects.

References

MSCI. (May, 2014). Market Classification. Retrieved April 28, 2014 from http://www.msci.com/products/indexes/market_classification.html

Sambidge, Andy. (November, 2013). Dubai Bubble Concerns ‘Overly Negative’, Says Cluttons. Retrieved April 28, 2014 from http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-bubble-concerns-overly-negative-says-cluttons-527431.html#.U14xHvmSxqU

The Heritage Foundation. (2014). 2014 Index of Economic Freedom: United Arab Emirates. Retrieved April 28, 2014 from http://www.heritage.org/index/country/unitedarabemirates

The World Bank. (2012). Doing Business in a more transparent world. Retrieved April 28, 2014 from http://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/GIAWB/Doing%20Business/Documents/Annual-Reports/English/DB12-FullReport.pdf

The World Factbook. (April, 2014). Middle East: United Arab Emirates. Retrieved April 28, 2014 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html

Wikipedia. (2014). United Arab Emirates. Retrieved April 28, 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates

Critical Thinking

Q-1

·        Definition of Critical Thinking:

·        Critical Thinking is a cognitive activity that is related with the mind. And it includes a wide range of skills and some of are : 

·                   Presenting a point of view clearly

·                   Being able to read between the lines, and to understand what is under the surface

·                   Drawing conclusions about whether arguments is valid

·                   Identifying other people’s positions.

Q2

·        Barriers to critical thinking:

·                   Misunderstanding of what is meant by criticism; it is not to give the negative comments only.  It is the ability to give the positives and negatives.

·                   The emotional attitude: there is more than one way to look at problem. sometimes you find it difficult if your long held beliefs are challenging

·                   group think: when everyone think in the same way nobody think creatively.

·                   Social Conditioning: the effect of our society on our way of thinking how you are affected by your society. We are all affected by age, religion and other factor.   

·                   Egocentric thinking: thinking only from your own point of view.

Q3

·        What is a fallacy?

 A fallacy is an argument uses poor reasoning. It can be either formal or informal.

1.     Ignorance

2.     Personalization of the argument 

3.     Argument from personal inability

4.     Argument from authority: when an expert person or group said something is true, actually it’s not always true.

5.     No connection between the argument and the conclusion: it happens when argument and conclusion does meet.

Q4

o   Benefits of Critical Thinking:

o   Skills of analysis that you can choose to apply

o   More focused reading

o   better chance to understand the key of message

o   Improved attention and observations.

o   ability to get your point across more easily.