Social Beahavior

Many social challenges exist in today's society. As the world changes, one must learn to adapt with it. Innovative techniques and technologies make certain processes easier to perform such as typing. However, people make the world go around; not objects such as money. Relationships must co-exist between various groups in order for each to succeed rather than fall into a deep spiral of nonentity. People within a society must interact with one another. Peter F. Drucker documents the process of the revolution of today's society in his essay entitled, "The Age of Social Transformation". Here, Drucker describes the three sectors in society; public, private, and social. The social sector shortens the distance in communication that exists between the government and the general public. Having a line of symmetry between the two parties allows each to regulate one another. Through personal experience, Stephen Hall discusses how the pharmaceutical industry profits from the illness and suffering of others in his controversial essay properly entitled, "Prescription for Profit". Is financial gain more important than the sake and well being of humankind? To many businesses, money makes the world go around. The private sector is similar to a green-eyed monster. Money is the main objective, and everything else is irrelevant. David Abram reveals how society perceives the natural world in his essay entitled "Ecology of Magic". In many societies, everything other than human beings is taken for granted. Here, both "The human community and the larger community of beings" (4) are treated with the same respect. Drucker's terminology allows the reader to see a contradiction in the societies colored by Hall and Abram.

Many social challenges linger within today's society. Such challenges include practices such as abortion. Many believe that an abortion is a form of murder because it destroys an unborn fetus while others believe that the fetus is not a living creature until it is born. Regardless of whether abortion is morally incorrect, doctors will proceed with the procedure anyway. Therefore a question is raised. Who takes care of these social challenges faced by society on a daily basis? The social sector takes on this difficult task with a full head of steam. According to Drucker, "Social-sector organizations aim at changing the human being...The task of social-sector organizations is to create human health and well being" (240). The social sector may take different perspectives towards abortion. A select few may be pro-abortion while others may be against it. However, in the end the social sector only wants what is best for society. If abortion is going to save women from suffering through unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, then the social sector will aim at making sure that all women will continue to have the right to do so or vise versa.

Money to many people is considered to be the root of evil. It may be one man's joy, while at the same time another's doom. The business world has of late become associated with self-indulgence. What truly is more important? Money or the sake of human civilization? The private sector (business) has one thing on its mind; financial gain. Hall discusses instances of self-indulgence within the private sector through the marketing of a blockbuster antihistamine known as Claritin. Hall asserts that "Claritin has been singled out as a prime example of greed by the American pharmaceutical industry" (353). Millions of dollars was is put into the marketing and advertising of Claritin. The problem at hand is that Claritin is very expensive and is effective on less half of the people who have used it. This can be related to sports. Since just about anything is possible when two teams compete against one another, coaches draw up a series of plays and sequences called a game plan. The objective

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