Seven workers were killed and 30 others were severely injured in an accident at Dazzle Corp., a soft drink manufacturing company. The company uses advanced machinery for various processes that can prove to be risky for workers who operate them.
Since there was nothing mentioned in the employee contract about employer liability in case of on-the-job accidents, the company refused to compensate the victims. However, the company eventually formulated a policy for compensating the victims of on-the-job accidents. This gap between installing advanced machinery and formulating a compensation policy at Dazzle Corp. is an example of ________.
a. cultural lag
b. social stratification
c. political discrepancy
d. alienation
Question 2
According to the functionalist perspective, which of the following is true of schools?
a. Schools perform a number of important functions in preparing people to fit into society and make productive contributions.
b. Schools become a social problem when important groups feel that they are not getting what they deserve from the institutions of learning.
c. Schools are more accessible to powerful and affluent families than families from lower-class backgrounds, and social arrangements most typically reflect what benefits the powerful.
d. Schools lower students' self-esteem and make educational success more difficult to achieve.
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