Corruption in India Essay

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Now, it’s replaced by the award of contracts and in changing the terms of contractual obligations.† Source: Transparency International 2012 CPI score. CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2012 Source: Transparency International 2012 Corruption Stifles Economic Progress Agents Role In the Licensing System †¢Corruption leads in reduction in efficiency. †¢Corruption leads to wastage of public funds and Resources. ï‚ §Institutionalization of corruption. †¢Most prevalent form of corruption in India. Eg: Driving Licensing Process in most states. †¢Willingness to pay bribes. †¢Bounce back on the society. Source: February 2, 2008-Economic & Political Weekly. What Is The Root Cause Of Corruption ? †¢Traditional practise. †¢Government services being monopolistic in nature. †¢Lack of trans-parency. †¢Lack of efficient and review monitoring mechanism. †¢Issues with electoral process (funding). †¢ Corporate politician nexus-(State Capture). †¢Socio economic divide. †¢Lack of effective grievance redressal system. Major Demands Of The Team Anna and Kejriwal †¢All govt. servants under the jurisdiction (Including PM). †¢Election and removal be independent of the govt. authorities. †¢CBI’s corruption investigation agency shall be brought under the admin control. †¢Investigation procedure shall be in tune with the criminal investigation procedures. †¢Setting up of lokayuktas. †¢Provision for the citizen’s charter. †¢Effective grievances redressal forum. Earlier Movements Against Corruption: †¢1974 Navnirman movement of Gujarat. †¢Jayaprakash Narayan’s (JP) anti-corruption movement in Bihar of 1974-75 were both against corruption. †¢Other movements: †¢Farmers movements. †¢Dalit movement. †¢Womens Movement. †¢Environmental Movements. †¢RTI Movement. India Against Corruption Movement -How it Differed ? †¢Anna’s Image. †¢Political Vacuum at its peak. †¢Media coverage. †¢In the first phase it seemed completely detached from existing political establishment. †¢Second phase suggested a political alternative. †¢Pan Indian image. ADVANTAGES: †¢Gave a very strict dead line. †¢Proposed several use full amendments. †¢His is a political struggle backed by a moral struggle. †¢Attracted the Youth. †¢Advantages of formation of a political party : †¢Other parties tend to choose better candidates. †¢Other parties tend to give more freedom to the lower level workers. †¢Other parties tend to function more transparently. †¢Could be a failure in election. But politically success. DISADVANTAGES: †¢Less features to prevent corruption prospectively. †¢Based on the assumption that Lokpal will be full of honest and efficient people. Lessons From Karnataka Lokayukta Lessons learnt : ï‚ §Lokpal should have the power of a criminal court. ï‚ §Selection of right candidate . ï‚ §Including PM ministers and MPs under the jurisdiction of the bill. Recommendations by Hegde : ï‚ §Powers to implement recommendations of the Lokpal should be the authority of Lokpal rather than the government. ï‚ §Lokpal to have a separate police force for investigation. ï‚ §Lokpal to have the administrative control over CBI’s corruption investigation team. ï‚ §Making CVC answerable to Lokpal. WAYS TO PREVENT CORRUPTION †¢We need a complete overhaul (holistic approach). †¢Bottom up approach will not work (top officials are also corrupt). †¢We need a top down approach (bring all levels of officers under the jurisdiction of Lokpal). †¢Have faith in the citizens. 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Ethical Issues in International Software Development Essay

International software development is generally defined as the software work undertaken at geographically separated locations across national boundaries in a coordinated manner. As a distinctive strategy to save on the costs by relocating some of the software developing units in other countries/ regions, outsourcing has gained momentum during the last two decade or so. Globalisation has made it possible for companies to easily gain access to markets and resources around the world. With countries like India and China adopting liberal policies in order to attract investments from abroad, it has become quite convenient for multinational companies to tap the pool of resources at very low costs as compared to the costs in US, Germany, UK, France etc. While analysing the growth of outsourcing during the last 10-15 years, Farrell (2006), the Director of McKinsey Global Institute, states that the vast majority of the offshore service jobs have gone to a limited few locations in India, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Outsourcing: Intensely debated and discussed on many forums The issue comes into sharp focus during the recent presidential elections in US when both the rival groups led by Barack Obama and John McCain started assuring the people about saving their jobs and putting a ban on outsourcing to cheaper destinations. It’s been quite a while since the elections are over and President Obama took over, but the pressure from influential lobbies did not allow new administration to pursue any far reaching policies in this regard. Economic slowdown around the globe, with its severest impact on the developed nations, also became a deciding factor in favour of continuing the prevailing outsourcing policies. These are the indicators towards the inevitability of outsourcing in present day world order. The market dynamics, which makes it mandatory for the companies to go for quality and value addition at least possible costs, has been the key driver favouring the phenomenon of outsourcing. Information technology has been the backbone supporting the processes or functions, with the help of next generation outsourcing, aimed at providing the companies with robust cost containment and more revenue-generating tools. NASSCOM, a reputed trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT-BPO industries in India, indicates in one of its recent reports that worldwide the BPO spending in 2008 grew by 12 percent, which happened to be the highest amongst all the segment (NASSCOM, 2009). In one of its recent reports the Economist (2010) indicates that technology has been the main culprit behind job losses in US, as automation and outsourcing have claimed a whole class of jobs. This includes routine but vital tasks in the category of labour intensive as well as highly paid manufacturing and number crunching jobs. The report points out that, ‘the US economy now needs workers to do what cannot be by machines or call centres in Bangalore’ (The Economist, 2010). But the irony is, despite having fullest knowledge about the job losses and increasing restlessness amongst the youth in the country, the US administration in not in a position to take any concrete action to halt the flight of jobs to outsourced destinations. Software development is one of the key areas where outsourcing has acquired newer dimensions. Outsourcing the software development task to countries like India and China has benefitted the economies of these countries to such an extent that outsourcing and providing IT enabled services has become an industry in itself. The Economist (2008) enlists three main advantages of outsourcing; i. Realisation of greater economies of scale by a third party in a position to pool the activities of a number of companies ii. A specialist outsourcing firm can keep itself abreast of the latest developments in the related fields iii. It becomes easier for companies to get works done, which are one time in nature, and for which it becomes difficult for the company to justify recruitment of specialist workforce. This trend has certainly benefitted the concerned companies and the economies of the offshore locations. But, there are quite a few instances, which have raised questions marks about the efficacy of outsourcing decisions. Conflicting situations on account of difference in working conditions, social and cultural perceptions, job losses etc. have highlighted the negative sides of outsourcing. Some of the issues which have come to light as a result of outsourcing are; i. Difference in cultural values and beliefs often leads to communication gap amongst the parties concerned. For example, an Islamic nation would like to have a day off on Friday’s or the workers might also like to have couple of hrs away from work to offer the prayers. But, for a company in US or Germany, this is not a priority and they’d like to see that work be done even during these hours. Similarly, the period around Christmas happens to be a solemn occasion and holiday period for Western companies, but not so much in countries like China and India. Though in general, the companies are supposed to take into account these factors, but at times, such things lead to differences of opinion. ii. Harland et al (2005) contend that international outsourcing of finding software solutions involving some policing and security operations to a country having different culture and approach to social issues could cause conflict with citizens’ traditions and beliefs. This in turn would mean that in view of financial and economic concerns, the host country too often continues to ignore the cultural excesses. But, in case of any dispute arising out of such excesses, the issue gets highlighted in the media, which brings bad publicity for the multinational corporation as well as the host country. iii. When companies entrust the important details about their clients to BPOs in some other countries, that decision runs the risk of exposing those clients to people in other countries. This could result in trampling on the privacy of the customers. A study cited in the Washington Post has pointed out that BPO employees who are laid off or leave their jobs for better opportunities, quite often secretly take along proprietary data as well (Krebs, 2009). The report indicates that about 60 percent of those leaving the job steal the important data of the company and its clients. The data being taken included e-mail lists, non-financial business information, customer contact lists, employee records, and financial information. iv. There have been instances, when credit card details of a customer were misused by the BPO workers. A report by KPMG on ‘data security and privacy in the Indian industry’ indicates that the top management in a number of BPO companies are finding it challenging to ‘drive the importance of security and privacy of information down to every level of the organization’ (KPMG, 2009). Such concerns often lead to question marks on the decisions of multinational corporations’ to outsource the data and records of their customers to untrustworthy people. This presents ethical challenge for the Indian IT industry as well, as the IT industry has to allay the concerns of their clients on two counts. First, by providing technologically advanced and updated services, and second by ensuring that the all important data is in safe hands. v. Outsourcing to emerging economies is also believed to be resulting in international exploitation (Harland et al, 2005). In order to attract business from abroad, some economies resort to softer legislations which taking due precaution about the human rights, child labour concerns, dumping of toxic waste etc. When a company wishes to have the software development task to be completed within a very short period of time, or when the task requires daily interaction between the parent company and the outsourced destination, then the workers in outsourced destinations are supposed to work round the clock, in order to meet the deadline. From the perspective of business and profitability, such arrangement work fine till the time such issues are highlighted in the mainstream media and become source of political embarrassment for the concerned economies. vi. Outsourcing software development to critical functions like systems used in nations’ security runs the risk of compromising nations’ security. The manner in which 14 year old hackers often break into the highly guarded computer systems of agencies like NASA etc. indicates towards the vulnerability of handing over the development of such software development into the hands of people who are remotely connected to the nation’s integrity, social and cultural values. Theoretically it might be possible that the software developer company leaves some software code in the programme and starts receiving updates about the security apparatus of the country, once the system starts working on closely guarded secrets. This will result in compromising the security of the country. vii. As per a study conducted by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one out of ten well-educated Britons is opting to move abroad (CIPD, 2008). This study indicates how the outsourcing phenomenon has altered the equilibrium. There was a time, when educated youth from developing economies used to make a beeline for seeking an opportunity to serve in US, UK or Germany, but now the jobs are shifting to their countries. It has also come to light that the trend of people going out for jobs is prevalent in Germany as well, but to a lesser extent. The study shows that 1. 1 million well-educated Britons are moving out for better job opportunities to other countries as compared to 860,000 from Germany. This sort of reverse brain drain indicates among other things that there are regions which are more attractive from the HR perspective. If the tense industrial relations persists for longer time period, this might result in political upheavals in countries outsourcing the jobs. viii. Entrusting the task of software development to outside locations certainly enables a company to focus more on the core competency and reduce costs, thus helping the company in showcasing a healthy balance sheet and increased flexibility to reconfigure the resources. But at the same time, such decisions often lead to conflicts with the trade unions as a number of jobs get exported to outsourced destinations. In order to look for low cost alternatives, a number of companies resort to steps like retrenchment, job cutting etc. which has adversely affected the working middle class society. Straining of industrial relations in turn reflect poorly on the welfare initiatives undertaken by the company or in upbringing the brand equity of the concerned company. ix. While outsourcing the software development requirements to destinations outside the country, the company has to make huge efforts in developing an understanding with the BPO Company in order to work out a design appropriate for the requirements. Conclusion Outsourcing has indeed become a popular trend during the last decade. While on the one hand this helped in increasing the ability of multinational corporations to meet the changing marketing requirements, and focus more on core competencies, at the same time, it has resulted in creating number problematic situations like altering the political equations at home, job losses and confrontation with trade unions. No doubt the companies come in a position to leverage the economies of scale, but at the same time such decisions result in exploitation of human rights in the countries of outsourcing destination. When the workers in a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) unit in India or Philippines are entrusted with a task to be completed as per the deadline from the company in US or UK, then the workers are pressed into service for very long hours. During such period, the welfare measures of the workers take a back seat and only thing concentrated upon is the completion of the task and financial aspects. Violations of human rights, cultural and social sensitivities are seldom taken into account while the BPOs attempt to meet the deadlines. Security of the data and the privacy of clients also come in the danger of being compromised by the decision of outsourcing the software development and other such routine jobs. The debate is still going on and as of now the trend of outsourcing is nowhere near reversal. Part of the reason for this unabated growth in outsourcing is the ongoing recession in most of the developed part of the world. Once the economies bounce back and regain the momentum of growth rate, then only the debate will restart. References: 1. CIPD (2008). Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK. Britain’s brain drain. Available online at http://www. cipd. co. uk/default. cipd (March 1, 2008) 2. Farrell, Diana (2006). ‘Smarter Offshoring’. Harvard Business Review. Jun 01, 2006. 3. Harland, Christine; Louise Knight; Richard Lamming; and Helen Walker (2005). ‘Outsourcing: assessing the risks and benefits for organisations, sectors and nations’. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Vol. 25 No. 9. pp. 831-850. Emerald Group Publishing. 4. KPMG (2009). ‘State of Data Security and Privacy in the Indian Industry’. DSCI- KPMG Survey 2009. Available online at http://www. dsci. in/images/stories/data_security_survey_2009_report_final_30th_dec_2009. pdf (May 27, 2010) 5. Krebs, Brian (2009). ‘Data Theft Common by Departing Employees’. The Wasington Post, February 26, 2009. Available online at http://www. washingtonpost. com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022601821. html (May 27, 2010) 6. The Economist (2008). Idea-Outsourcing. The Economist, Sep 29th 2008. 7. The Economist (2010). ‘The middle-class task- force – As jobs fade away’. May 6th 2010, Washington, DC. Available online at http://www. economist. com/world/united-states/displaystory. cfm? story_id=16060939 (May 27, 2010) 8. NASSCOM (2009). ‘The IT-BPO Sectors in India’. Global Industry Trends available online at http://www. nasscom. in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage. aspx? id=56966 (May 27, 2010)

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Question: Write an essay on effective business strategies and co-operative work force. Answer: This case study is based on the analysis of team work of a given company. According to (Miller 2013), team work is very important to have the opportunity of becoming a successful business organization by the use of effective business strategies and co-operative work force. In each of the business organizations of the present world, there are different sections for different types of business operations. The employees working in different sections of a business organization can be considered as individual teams. The employees of each should work together in an efficient and co-operative way to achieve the corporate goal of the business organizations. The teams should work with co-operations with the other teams of the organization. In order to get the desired level of success, the management of a business organization should focus on the activities of the individual groups and the overall workforce of the organization (Tracy 2013). In this context, the management of the big business o rganization should analyze the ability of the team work if any kind of failure occurred in their business operations. This case study is about the critical analysis of the team work management style of Calgary Oil Share Technologies. Inc. In this report the case study has been analyzed by answering the three questions regarding the team work, business strategies. After analyzing the situation of the case study, some advises are given to the company for the further improvement in their strategies and the team work plan (Employee job satisfaction and engagement 2012). The analysis of the case study will help to understand the problems occurred in the team work of the company and the way of recovering the situation to have better opportunity in the future through the team work. Background description: Calgary Oil Share Technologies Inc. (COST) is a subsidiary of an international company which gives the services of oilfield. The company works in the area of technology and data mining for the oil extraction and use. At present the company is providing the services regarding the technology and data management tools for maximizing the oil recovery in Utah, Colorado and Alberta. As mentioned earlier the case study analysis is about the team work management of the company. The main problem behind the case is the clashing between the scientists and the laborers (Calgary Oil Share Technologies Inc. 2016). The scientists are the employees who work at the back end of the company for developing the services and products for the business operations. The labors are the employees who work at both front and back end of the company. They help the scientists by the effort required in various types of works as well as providing the front line services and many other works. These two types of employ ees of the organization can be seen as two different teams. In order to get the desired level of success in the business operations a high level of cohesion is required between the two teams. In order to solve the problem, Algoma Howard was hired for implementing a team work program. She got Carlos Debrito for joining her cause. This person was in the company for 26 years. The main reason of taking his man in the team development plan was that he had worked in all the sections of the company in his career. Algoma Howard and Carlos Debrito phased in permanent cross-functional teams in Alberta. What types of teams are the fireside chats and problem-busting teams? Through what stage of stages of team development did these groups evolve? The main aim of the teamwork plan was to bring people together. The distance between the employees of the company was the main reason of the problem they were facing in the business operations. In this context, the distance between the employees of different sections should be minimized and they should understand the working criteria and problems faced by the employees of other sections. In order to achieve the desired goal of the teamwork plan 3 functional groups were developed. They were operations, below ground and equipment maintenance (Aarabi, Subramaniam and Akeel 2013). The employees who work in the maintenance and other logical operations were in the group of operations. The engineers, geophysicists and geologists whose main job was to figure out the place of drilling were in the group of the below ground employees. The third group of employees was consisting of employees ready to support on call. Fireside chats and problem busting team were two initiatives taken by Algoma Howard. Fireside chats were the optional meetings. In these meetings, all the employees were invited. The place of the fireside chats was the cafeteria. The time of these meetings were late afternoon. The main motive of the fireside chats was to develop a relaxed environment among the employees. The reason behind this was to develop an environment in which the employees can freely discuss the problems faced in their workplaces (Slater 2013). The meetings were also effective in solving the unresolved issues. The idea of developing problem busting team was implemented from the fireside chats. This team created once every employee participated in the fireside chats. The problem busting teams were basically some temporary teams developed on the basis of the problems identified in the fireside chats. The teams can be called as the special purpose teams. The team members of the problem busting team were from the 3 functional areas and dissimilar hierarchies (Stack 2013). An employee who was trained regarding the team development and worked as a first line supervisor was assigned as the leader of the team. The existence of a team teams were till the solution of the particular problem for which the team was developed. Once the problem was resolved, the teams were disbanded. The stages of team operations: 1st stage: Discussion regarding the requirements of the groups for working in their workplace. In this stage, the problems faced by the employees of other groups at their own works. 2nd stage: The second stage was regarding the rules of engagement, which was to focus on the issue not on the person related to that issue. This rule was applicable for all groups of employees. 3rd stage: Lively problem solving discussion based on the issues found in all the three groups. 4th stage: Discontent when distributing responsibilities and decision making with the lower level employees. 5th stage: Leader had to recognize the problems or issues and enhance the commitment within the teams. 6th stage: basically team member are jointly focusing and managing the task with the coordination of their employees to entire chronic problems of the organization is denoted as success. 7th stage: After getting the work experience of 1.5 years within a problem busting teams, the entire workforce needs to organize within permanent functional period of time. Then the team was organized as a cross functional team. In the company Debrito is one of the similar partner who is working hard for the organization. Carlos Debrito is responsible for the success of the Colorados project which is supportive to reduce the conflict between working professionals and labor of the company (OBrien and Thomas 2013). Debrito basically uses several key for the horizontal team structure for the perspective of meeting of a specified group within a particulars period. Handling a horizontal team will be helpful for the group of employee to follow same type of hierarchy level with the specialization of various types of specification within a given period of time. The Carlos Debrito had basically two specific roles in the organization. First for all, he is following all the job responsibility of task specialist. He is also influenced by the different higher level management, for his talent regarding achievement of organizational goals with the proper negotiation for initiating better innovative job ideas. Debrito is also supported most of their team mates and employees are emotionally (Dessler 2013). He is also participated in different recreational task and refreshment activities of the company for balancing the workability and issues of human resource management of the organization within a specified period of time. The technical requirement of their organization is need to be satisfied as per the task with their socio economical factors and scenarios. These entire collaborative activities are applied by him for reducing the organizational conflicts and employees coordination within their work activities. The leadership style of Debrito can be characterized by the values like caring, relationship development, collaboration and inclusion. The main aim of his leadership style was to share the ideas with the subordinates and give chances to the team members to participate in the organizational decision making process. In case of agreeing with the fact that partner like Debrito would help Howard to achieve success in Colrado, it can be said the fact is true. Rather, Carlos needs to be shifted to Colorado within guaranteed period of time to become a successful one. He is holding experience of more than 26 years with his co operational nature and professionalism activities (Rhodes and McGuire 2013). The organizational higher authorities are aware about this that if Deborito will be in Colorado, he will be able achieve the success within given duration of time with the coordination of workers. Carlos Debrito was the key of developing the horizontal team, which was made by the employees belong to similar level in the hierarchical structure of the company but from different sections and expertise. This horizontal team was the key of success in every sections and it would also help to get the desired level of success in Colorado. According to the overall case study analysis, it is showing that there are several kind improvement required for the company to survive longer period of time in the market (Mangula and Israel 2013). Also there are several changes which cannot controllable and structured within a operational period of time of the company. Those are following in nature The Howards team required to directly contact to the higher management authorities of the company. But at the same they also required to use their best approaches to handle better situational activities within a specified period of time (Nielsen and Hunter 2013). There are several situational scenarios like worker as like Debrito did not exist in Colorado. At that point of Time Company need to plan some alternative plan and objects to support the Howards team for enhancement of their better recognition within a short span of time (Kleinbeck and H"cker 2013). As per the work cultural of the company, they need to remove the concept of compulsory attendance. This will be helpful for the company to better coordinate with the team mates and enhance their problem solving approaches (Lavigna 2013). At the beginning of the operational activities, it is shown the scenario of the company has been divided into two different teams on the basis of various norms and regulation. The horizontal team of the company basically find different problematic scenario to deal with endless arguments and conflict resolving ideas (Eshetu 2012). The Norming scenario is the basically played better attributes to create peaceful and harmonized relationship within team with unity. These techniques are particularly followed by Carlos and they have successfully able to resolve the conflict between several groups and teams within a specified period of time to become a successful together. There are several opinions given by the Algoma regarding Carlos Debrito that their similar and traditional techniques can make the business activities successful, and they will get the similar outcomes what they have expected at that point of time on the basis of their luck and interest of employees. There are huge amount of difference are recognized between the processing activities of Colorado and Alberta (Casullo 2012). It is also showing that Alberta basically force their employee to work in their operational processes. On the other hand Colarado teams basically involve in their work process naturally. Both the team lead Debrito and Howard efficiently guided the team and also has been provided better experience to gathered success for their team mate and other people involve in the business activities. It is also important decision making technique for the Algoma Howard to create better trust and bonding between their team mates in the organization situated Colarado. The team members also need to participate in creation of different business strategies to address and solve the problematic scenario faced by the company within a specified period of time (Brown 2012). The continuous participation between employees of the company will helpful for the company to take better decision in terms after evaluation of innovating strategies provided by the organization within a specified period of time. There are innovative strategies which need to be addressed for solving different operational and business related problems with the better coordination of teams. Team of Debrito required applying business strategies like providing better leadership strategies and their willingness to accept aspects within a specified period of time. It is also recommended for organization Colorado plant is having culture of different facility in Alberta with their different experience which is required various agenda to discussion regarding operational activities of the company (Bohlander and Snell 2013). The overall scenarios of the company is also showing that company is required to diversify their business activities in different parts to sort out their problems and improve the trust factor of within their departments through trust and enhancing respectfulness of their desired position within a specified period of time. There are differences between two operational teams of the company. They need to work with better coordination and monitoring their day to day recognition within a given period of time (Schweinle and Sorenson 2013). The managerial activities of the organization are really important with the coordination of their team members specially. The realistic approaches, gain recognition and specified collaboration to solve organizational problems and operational hindrances. Conclusion: The case study of Calgary Oil Shale technologies has been analyzed in this report. The case study was regarding the problems faced by the company regarding the team work among the employees of different sections of the company. In order to resolve the communications and understanding gaps among the employees of various section of the company, they hired Algoma Howard. Carlos Debrito was a senior employee of the company who helped Howard to implement the team management strategy and resolve the issues of the company. The overall case study is about performance analysis of Deborito and Howards performance in the Alberta in Colorado. It is about his performance to motivate employees, enhancement of their performance and organizing various types of recreational performance and activities to make better understanding between employees of the company. According to the overall activities done by the Deborito is for the benefits of employees as well as organization by creating strong bonding between both the parties. 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Noughts and Crosses Essay Example

Noughts and Crosses Essay Callum McGregor is one of the main characters in the novel Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. It is an action packed novel based on a society that has been practicing segregation for decades. The novel is set in a fictional country called Pangaea during the 21st century. Callum deals with many issues including relationships, friendships, violence, alcohol abuse and depression. However, the main issues he has to deal with are prejudice and racism. This essay will reveal Callum’s complicated and unlucky character as well as saying the changes he has been through. Callum is a nought boy, a second class citizen in a world run by Crosses. Callum believes in change but, unlike his dad and brother, he does not believe that maiming and killing will do anything. Instead he believes that having education will help him become someone and in that way he can help change the world. Callum’s brother and dad are a part of the Liberation Militia, a group of Nought communists who are prepared to do anything for change, even killing. Callum’s mother highly disapproves of this group and believes, like Callum, that change can be achieved in a more civil way. We will write a custom essay sample on Noughts and Crosses specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on Noughts and Crosses specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on Noughts and Crosses specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer Lynette is Callum’s older sister. She has a mental disorder which makes her think that she is a Cross. Throughout the book Callum goes from the age of thirteen to twenty. But he may as well be fifty for all that’s he’s seen and done. His dark chestnut coloured hair and misty grey eyes add to his mystic character. Although Callum has a hard life he is still very caring and loving. â€Å"How about you and I go up to Celebration Wood this Saturday? We could have a picnic. †-Callum, page 80. Callum is also curious and questionative because everyone is being secretive around him. â€Å"Where are you going Dad? â€Å"Out where? † â€Å"What meeting? † â€Å"Where is it? † â€Å"Can I come? †-Callum, page 188. Callum is also very easily confused. When everything goes downhill after the bomb explodes he wonders why his brother’s fingerprints were found on the bomb casing. â€Å"Jude was the bomber†¦That couldn’t be right. The Crosses had set him up, framed him. My brother wasn’t a bomber. He wouldn’t do anything like that. And he certainly wouldn’t be stupid enough to leave his fingerprints all over the bomb casing-unless he thought there wouldn’t be anything left of the bomb so why bother wearing gloves? -Callum, page 243 Callum’s best friend’s name is Sephy who is a Cross girl and daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. Callum and Sephy are friends in secret, Sephy’s parents don’t know about their friendship and Callum’s family strongly disapproves. Sephy has a huge impact on Callum’s life. Everything Callum does somehow involves Sephy â€Å"Will Sephy approve of this? † â€Å"What will Sephy think of this? † He is constantly protecting her whether she knows it or not. Well, I said goodbye to Sephy at the beach almost two hours ago, but then I hid in the shadows and followed her home to make sure she got back OK. Then it took me over an hour to walk home. † Callumâ₠¬â„¢s life practically revolves around Sephy. Without her he’d just be another lost nought boy. The biggest change Callum goes through is when Sephy goes to Chivers Boarding School. After a series of events he turns from an innocent lovable boy to a man who has become cold and unfriendly. He grew up to become a totally different person. From a boy who believed change can be achieved through education to a man who was stereotypical: the only way for change is to kill. He no longer loved or become close to anyone. He was a whole new person. Callum McGregor is a boy with a very hard life. Yet, throughout the book Callum shows to be a brave and lovable boy. He handles every situation with ease and proves that racism and prejudice will get them nowhere. He proves to be a great friend, son and brother. Finally showing that he is not just anyone, but an exceptionally gifted boy who proves that change can be achieved through education and knowledge.