IUG Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Effects of Marital Infidelity amongst Women in Contemporary World: A Critical Analysis from Islamic Ethics

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In our contemporary world, a large number of women are involved in extra-marital sexual relations. In consideration of the fact that women play a key role in the development of the society, the paper sought to examine the causes and consequences of marital infidelity amongst women. It also looked at the ethical teachings of Islam in view of the misdemeanour. The paper used secondary data from monographs, manuscripts, books, journals, internet, magazines as well as the Glorious Qur’an and Hadith. The paper revealed that sexual deprivation, prior waywardness, the negative effects of globalization and the likes, are the key factors responsible for marital infidelity. Also, the negative consequences of marital infidelity by women identified by the paper include contact with venereal diseases, subjection to disgrace and neglect, and bad precedence to children. It was also evident that the ethical teachings of Islam teach that when women are sexually attended to and are given due financial care, it might redeem them from falling victims of illicit sexual desire. The paper recommends that prostitution should be abolished and those who engage in the ‘business’ should be encouraged to marry. And that Poverty Eradication Programmes should be redesigned to cater for the less privileged people in the society in order to bail them out from committing all kinds of social vices such as marital infidelity and theft.

Working Capital Management Practices of Selected Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

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The purpose of the study was to examine working capital management practices of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The population of the study consisted of eight strata of registered SMEs grouped into various associations recognised by the National Board for Small Scale Industries. All the 719 registered and active owners/managers of SMEs in the metropolis form the target population. The sample size of 179 was used for the study. The respondents were selected using snowball sampling procedure. The instrument used in collecting data was questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as cross tabulation, frequency and percentage distributions were used in analysing the data in order to tackle the specific objectives of the study. The study revealed that SMEs have working policies on working capital management practices; however, they do not pay much attention to financial records keeping practices and cash budgeting and its related issues. It was further revealed that, the enterprises have credit policies that ensure the effective management of credit sales. The study recommended that management/owners of the SMEs should ensure that there is sufficient policies which when implemented will make it mandatory for the enterprise to prepare, review and spend within its budget.

Exploring Common Sources of Conflict among Students of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

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The study identifies the sources and types of conflict among resident students of six undergraduate halls of the University of Cape Coast. The research employed descriptive survey design involving a sample of 371 participants who were selected using both the stratified and simple random sampling techniques. Frequencies, tabular representations of scores and percentages were used to present and analyse the data. It was established that the sources of conflict, in varying agreements and disagreements in terms of numbers include: personality incompatibility of roommates, some students exhibiting superiority traits over others, differences in opinions and competition for limited resources. The findings also indicated that the most common types of conflict are the interpersonal conflict. The study recommends that topics on healthy co-existence be discussed during the annual orientation for all fresh students who enter the University.

Challenges Facing the National Health Insurance Scheme: Implication on Quality Healthcare Delivery in Ghana

2018-05-09T08:29:52-07:00

The problem of quality healthcare is much more daunting in the case of developing countries including Ghana. Issues of poor access, longer waiting time and delays are persistent challenges confronting health care in developing countries. These challenges in the provision of quality health care have prompted the government of Ghana to institute the National Health Insurance Scheme to provide accessible and cost effective health care to its citizens. The vision of government in instituting the National Health Insurance Scheme in the country is to ensure universal access to health by all citizens. Given the persistent challenges of NHIS within the country this paper focused on the peculiar challenges at the University of Cape Coast Hospital. A total sample of 136 respondents was reached comprising students, University staff, as well as scheme managers. The results showed the challenges faced by the scheme include: non availability of medicines or drugs for patients, increase in out-patients’ department attendance. The study recommended that the operations of the scheme should be re-organised to focus on providing access, affordable and effective healthcare delivery through the provision of adequate drugs and better care for NHIS holders.