In search of the false-uniqueness phenomenon: Fear and estimates of social consensus.

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Suls ◽  
C. K. Wan
Keyword(s):  
Social Consensus

Some Means of Achieving Creativity in the Language of the Qur'an

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-175
Author(s):  
Tammam Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Sentence Order

Meaning exists on various levels, among them what is based upon knowledge and bound by linguistic and social consensus. Creativity can be achieved by a departure from normal usage through one of the following means: transferring a word into a fresh context, e.g. metaphorical usage; transferring sentence structure into a fresh context, e.g. making an indicative sentence express an imperative; relaxing the rules of meaning – the rules of inflection, morphology, usage of particles, sentence order and structure. The article employs numerous verses of the Qur'an to explain how departure from normal usage achieves excellence in the language and style of the text of the Qur'an.

Technology and the management imagination

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Practical Point ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Crisis Managers

This paper explores the evolution of the techno-management imagination (TMI). This is the process by which, in times of crisis, managers think not just out of the box, but out of the very reality in which the box resides. Tacit social consensus, also known as corporate culture, can lead to a shared, implicit, and incorrect view that certain actions are impossible. TMI transcends local culture, accessing technological solutions that are unknown and/or unimagined. Members of the organization tend to call such solutions “magic”. The paper looks at social, perceptual, and managerial aspects of magic from a practical point of view that is grounded in research. It examines the risks of TMI, and concludes with suggested perspectives and research questions for management scientists and cognitive scientists.

Patriot vs. Patriot: Social Conflict in Virginia and the Origins of the American Revolution

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-256
Author(s):  
MICHAEL A. McDONNELL ◽  
WOODY HOLTON
Keyword(s):  
American Revolution ◽  
North American ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Declaration Of Independence ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Mount Vernon ◽  
Widespread Agreement ◽  
Northern County

Virginia, Britain's most populous and arguably most important North American colony, once seemed the perfect fit for the “consensus” interpretation of the War of Independence. Indeed, the percentage of white colonists who became loyalists was probably lower in Virginia than in any other rebelling colony. The widespread agreement on secession from Britain should not, however, be mistaken for social consensus. The reality was that revolutionary Virginia was frequently in turmoil. One of the most intriguing of the local insurrections broke out in the northern county of Loudoun just five months before the Declaration of Independence. In February 1776, the county erupted into a heated confrontation pitting gentlemen against their less wealthy neighbours. Lund Washington, who was managing Mount Vernon, warned his cousin, General George Washington, who was outside Boston training his fledgeling patriot army, that the “first Battle we have in this part of the Country will be in Loudon” – not against British soldiers, but against fellow patriots. Within a week, the revolutionary government in Williamsburg, the Committee of Safety, felt compelled to send troops to quell the disturbances. Yet, for months afterwards, gentry Virginians worried that their effort to suppress the rebellion had failed. In mid-May, Andrew Leitch told Leven Powell of Loudoun, “I really lament the torn and distracted condition of your County.” The “troublesome times,” as another gentleman called them, were slow to abate.

Statistical Literacy as a Way to Achieve Social Consensus

Vestnik NSUEM ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 135-143
Author(s):  
M. V. Karmanov ◽  
O. A. Zolotareva
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
The State ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The World ◽  
A Priority

The maintenance of civil peace and harmony in the Russian state from time immemorial has been defined as a priority that allows maintaining the integrity of both state and territorial. Global processes taking place in the world, epidemic waves of viruses, incessant local wars, diligent attempts to separate people and peoples bring to the fore the need to consolidate society in order to ensure the national security of the country. In this context, the importance of statistics increases, which significantly affects the perception of the dominant values by society, forms the attitude of people to the state policy being pursued. At the same time, the understanding of statistical information (figures, data) in a number of cases does not correspond to reality, making it difficult to adequately assess the existing situation, which is associated with an insufficient level of statistical literacy of the population, officials and specialists in various fields of activity.

scholarly journals Sociology of Social Consensus and Ethnic Minorities in Iran

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Javad Hoseini ◽  
Maryam Sadat Tayarani ◽  
Saeid Saleh ◽  
Mohammad Esmaeil Sheykhani
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Social Consensus

Social Consensus in Persuasive Communication

1964 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Frank Weiss ◽  
William Buchanan ◽  
Benjamin Pasamanick
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Quantitative Variation ◽  
Persuasive Communication ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Communication Approach ◽  
Persuasive Arguments

A communicator consensus technique for quantitative variation of communicator credibility was developed. 80 Ss were exposed to persuasive arguments advocated by “all the experts” (high-consensus) and “somewhat less than half the experts” (low-consensus). High consensus resulted in greater opinion formation than did low consensus ( p < .0001). Implications of the communicator consensus variable for several research problems were briefly discussed, including parametric studies of communicator credibility and a communication approach to consensus problems in other areas of social influence research.

Are Special Education Programs Unjust to Nondisabled Children?: Justice, Equality, and the Distribution of Education

1998 ◽  
Vol 180 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Nathanson
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Difference Principle ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
Philosophical Standpoint ◽  
The Difference

This article deals in depth with perhaps the most troubling education issue of the day—funding and proper distribution of educational resources. How is the money raised and how is its allocation decided? Can the ideals of both justice and equality be served? Is “extra” spending on behalf of children with special needs justified? Stephen Nathanson raises the central questions and, approaching them from a moral-philosophical standpoint, presents and evaluates the arguments of those who defend extra spending for children with disabilities and those who believe that “unequal” spending violates the principle of justice. Nathanson treats various theories of distributive justice—entitlement, utilitarianism, the “difference principle,” and the “decent level” idea. In focusing on the latter, he contends that social consensus developed around “decent level” may be the touchstone, more helpful than any rationale (or rhetoric) in satisfying the claims of justice and equality.

Internal and external auditor ethical decision‐making

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald F. Arnold ◽  
Jack W. Dorminey ◽  
A.A. Neidermeyer ◽  
Presha E. Neidermeyer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Firms ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
External Auditor

PurposeThe aim of this exploratory research is to compare three sectors of the auditing profession – internal auditors, external auditors from larger international firms, and external auditors from smaller/regional firms – in regard to the influence of situational context on their ethically‐related decision‐making and judgment evaluations.Design/methodology/approachAgainst the backdrop of five vignettes applied with a survey, the paper examines the potential influence of social consensus and magnitude of consequence on the ethical decision path of these three auditor groups.FindingsThe paper finds that, in all cases, social consensus and magnitude of consequences exert influence on the ethical decision path. In the case of social consensus, however the paper finds that the ethical decision path is fully mediated for large firm auditors but is only partial mediated for the other two groups of auditors.Originality/valueThis research examines responses from both internal and external auditors. Comparison between such groups is unique because these groups have not been well researched in the past literature.

Politics First: The Economy after Franco

1976 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Spanish Economy ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
End Groups ◽  
The Government ◽  
Business Freedom

DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS, SPANIARDS HAVE BEEN LED TO concentrate their attention on economic affairs. ‘Enrichissez-vous’ has been the cry of the government to all classes. World prosperity, a modicum of business freedom, some well-timed reforms, a great. deal of enterprising spirit have spelt economic success and an end to persistent underdevelopment.The repression of political activities imposed a political and social consensus conducive to economic growth. However, the time is fast approaching when the enforced political moratorium will come to an end. Groups of varyin ideologies will contend for power. A backlog of problem will have to be attended to. In this article, while avoiding prophecy, I wish to evaluate the foreseeable effect of some of these variables on the Spanish economy after Franco disappears.

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