...Hammurabi was a ruler in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE. He was a in Mesopotamian ruler for 42 years. He said that the god shave giving rules for everyone to follow and even after Hammurabi died the people should still follow those rules. But was Hammurabi's code fair to all genders, social classes, and jobs? I think not! Hammurabi's Code was very pushed towards men and was definitely not fair for girls and women. One rule that was pointed towards men and boys was law 168, it read “If a son has struck his father, his hand shall be cut off.” which meant if a son had hit his dad his hand will be cut off, but this means a son can his mother and keep his hands! Some are tremendously unfair like laws 209 and 213. Law 209 says “ If a man strikes the daughter of a free man and causes her to lose the fruit of her womb, he shall pay 10 shekels of silver”. One of the reasons this is unfair is because the money does not even go to the women who lost her baby, it goes to the man!...
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...“How do you see the role of the Registered nurse change over the next ten years?” The nursing profession has a long history of being undervalued and has faced many challenges in regards to professional status, wages and working conditions. These challenges have been fairly constant and all the while, nurses have been fighting to enhance nursing skills and roles, while also maintaining the core nursing values. This research aims to identify the future of the registered nurse and how this may be expected to change over the next ten years; in order to do this it will explore the past history of nursing, their working conditions, challenges and achievements. Following this brief historical overview , a detailed view of modern day nursing will be the key focus of the paper, with particular relation to the latest professional battle of the 2012 Enterprise bargaining agreement and the Australian government’s planned policies for Australian nurses and what this means for their future. Nursing began in the homes of families as an intuitive and untaught way of caring for sick family members, with the role being given to women based on their care experience and observation. Throughout the dark and middle ages (500 AD to 1400 AD) this ‘care’ later developed a religious aspect, and nursing became an expression of Christianity and seen as ‘acts of mercy’ (D’antonio 2007). This ‘care’ aspect of practice still exists strongly in modern nursing today. However, the nursing reputation took...
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...Introduction Nearly 80% of the cut flowers we buy in the UK are imported from the Netherlands, Colombia and Kenya. The world's largest flower-farming nations are the Netherlands, Colombia, Kenya and Israel and they are main exporters to the UK. For years, the flower industry suffers from social and environmental problems. Environmental issues A lot of people do not concern so much about what pesticides are used to grow flowers. According to a Guardian report (Siegle, 2012), 12 different pesticides are used to help flowers grow in Columbia. Furthermore, some flower farmers use toxic pesticides which are banned in industrialized nations in Ethiopia. Moreover, the issues over the carbon foot print have been increased as the use of air-freighted flowers increased (Siegle, 2006). With issues over pesticides and carbon foot print, water shortage, impacts of greenhouses on landscape, and packaging issues were also being associated with the cut flower industry. Social issues Besides the environmental problems, social issues such as low wages, health and safety issues and labour rights are also being associated with the cut flower industry. In Colombia, flower farmers are exposed to systematic labour abuses and toxic chemicals exposure remains an important concern among farmers. Health issues persist as farmers are forced to work double shifts to meet consumers’ demand with depressing labor rights. The flower industry is comprised of between 65-75 percent of women workers, women’s...
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...Yes Hammurabi's Code was fair, laws like 196 "Eye for an Eye", 23 "If a robber isn't caught, man robbed gets their thingss replced by city"and law 195 "If son hits parents, his hands shall get cut off" are many reason explaining why. How do you feel about law 196? I think it is fair that if someone knocks out the eye of another, his eye shall be knocked out too. Hammurabi's Code is fair, because it fought for protection for all people, served justice, and treated people fairly by creating such laws. Law 196 was one reason why it was fair. For example, if a man walks up to another man and kicks him he should get kicked back. You should treat people the way you want to be treated, and if you treat someone bad expect the same thing...
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...Hammurabi’s code was not just because it was not fair to everyone in a criminal situation. Everybody knew there were consequences for their actions. If a person is about to die, and the doctor is trying to help, but the person still dies - the doctor is punished by having his hands cut off. Law 196 says, “If a man has knocked an eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out”. Then Law 199 says, “If he has knocked out the eye of a slave, then he shall pay half his value”. This is not far to the slave because he is a man just like the “free” man. Also Law 48, talks about how if a creditor gives a man money for his crops, but a flood prevents the crops from growing, the creditor does not get his money back. The code was supposed to protect....
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...Introduction P4 In this assignment I will be looking at the ethical concerns facing the communities in which Divine Chocolate operate in. The main ethical concerns for Divine Chocolate would be globalisation, cultural imperialism, ecological issues, fair trade, child labour and exploitation. The main communities in which divine would operate in would be Local which would be the Ghanian communities which would be the people living in Ghana such as families and local businesses, Kuapa Kokoo which would be the farmers who harvest the coco beans and communities around the UK and Germany which again would be people living there and businesses run. Other communities would be regional and national which would be UK and Ghanaian governments. The final community would be international this would look at fair-trade organisations such as (FTO), United nation, European Union and finally pressure groups such as green piece. Ethical Concerns The main ethical concerns which I will be using will be globalisation, cultural imperialism, ecological issues, fair trade, child labour and exploitation. I will give a brief description of each ethical concern first and then cover how they affect different communities in which Divine operates in. Globalisation – This ethical concern allows businesses and people from all over the world to communicate with each other and do business as technology is always developing. It gives businesses the opportunity to sell products and make a profit at the...
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...turnover of 25 Million euros every year and he managed to get a 9 percent market share in Europe in the last few years. Customers that are very important for him are Edeka and Aldi. Discounters want goods that are cheap, fast and durable at once. To fulfill the discounter’s requirements, the African workers ship only the rose buds and not the blooming flower abroad. That makes sure that the roses are durable for a longer time. Mr. Karuturi sells 55 % of the output through the auction in the Netherlands and the rest through wholesalers and retailers. Also 100 % of the African rose production is exported to Europe. Even though Africa and Latin America export huge amounts of cut flowers, the Netherlands is the biggest export country. Exports from the Netherlands to Germany make a significant part of the world cut flower trade respectively of the whole world trade. FloraHolland, the most known flower auction, is located at six different locations. The one at Aalsmeer is the largest flower market in the world. 39 auction clocks run constantly at the FloraHolland centers every day. That implies that 125000 auction transactions are...
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...injustice can first be found in the area of family law. First, law number 129 states that if a woman is caught cheating that she and the person whom she cheated with will be tied up and drowned. Second, law number 195 states that id a son hits his father that the consequence to his actions is that he will have his hands cut off. These examples show tat Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because the laws that Hammurabi created for families were too harsh. Hitting your father should not result in your hands being cut off, although it does deserve a punishment the one in place was too strict. Also cheating on you significant other does not need to be punished by death....
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...I believe Amyntas is the better teammate because he is helpful, Observant, and Fair with many other good traits. Amyntas helped Leon who was his best competitor in the olympics. The text evidence for this is “So with Leon sitting on a boulder at the edge of the shrunken river, Amyntas set to work with ruthless thoroughness to clean the cut” (p.718). This text proves how he’s helpful because he was helping his friend stay free from infection from his cut even though Leon didn’t care. This is one of the things that proves he is fair also because Leon is his hardest competitor but he still helped him even though if his foot got infected he would have to drop out of the race. The text evidence I chose for supporting that he was fair is, “Let me...
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...and froze most of the country’s train traffic. This was huge. The railroad was the life blood of travel and the way American moved good and supplies at the time. The panic of 1873 caused for wage cuts even though the railroad was still expanding. The intervention of the American government only made things worse, especially when the government used the National Guard to break up strikers. This just caused more anger and violence. In St. Louis, striking railroad workers were joined by all other industrial workers in the city, shutting down all manufacturing establishments for four days. The city’s industry was at a standstill. The crazy thing is the strikers were defeated by the National Guard and their leaders were put in jail. The works took pay cuts. Though the workers in the end lost their fight bought the issue of labor activism into the national consciousness. It’s amazing that these people stood up so strong for something they believed in for their rights for what was fair and they lost and people lost their lives. I believe that from this stroke these workers did have the chance to stand up for themselves and showed that they are willing to fight for what they believe is right. I do think that they gained a lot more respect than they had even though they lost and wages were cut. It...
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...Hammurabi's DBQ Hammurabi's code has been around for a long time, but a question has been doubted many times? So here's my thoughts, Was hammurabi's code fair to EVERYONE? i say Yes, here's why. Well they decided it by your situation, they would take what you took from another person and they also brought those who needed to be brought to justice brought to justice! What's your opinion? But here's mine! First off, it depended on your situation. For an example we could use this law= If the son of paramour or prostitute says to their adoptive father or mother “you aren’t my real father and or mother his tongue shall be cut off. Here it's a situation based law there are also many other laws that are like this also. But let’s talk about this one in specific. It states that if you are the son of paramour or a prostitute, this basically is stating your situation it doesn't say if you're just plain old adopted it means if you are the son of a paramour or a prostitute and then you say that they aren't your real mother or father TO your adoptive mother or father then well you'll get your tongue cut out. But see the situation delima going on here?...
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...there are also the legal aspects that need to be followed to avoid legal ramifications such as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. Internal Equity Compensation “Internal equity deals with the perceived worth of a job relative to other jobs in the organization” ("Compensation Plans - An Overview - Base Pay", n.d.). “In developing a compensation package based on internal equity requires a corporation to develop and evaluate the compensable factors that will go into setting and individual employee’s pay” (Romanoff, n.d.). When a company chooses to base their compensation plan on internal equity what they do is they look at jobs that perform similar duties, and those jobs will be paid the same wage. For instance, if there are three Executive Assistants in a company then, all three Executive assistants pay will be around the same. Also with internal equity a company wants to retain the talent they currently have, so they are more than likely going to invest more in their employees by offering training and learning opportunities for their current staff to help them grow within the company. With an internal equity compensation plan, there are advantages and disadvantages. One advantage is "employees look at others in similar jobs and see equal pay; they will likely feel like the organization and its leaders are fair. When employees respect you as fair as a leader, the chances that...
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...Political According to "BBC News 30th January 2006" Marks & Spencer would be the first retailer to go down the Fair-trade route on both clothing and food. The fair-trade policy, include cut salt and fat in M&S foods, recycled packaging and animal welfare protection. Marks & Spencer Chief Stuart Rose noted, "Customers want good value, but they care more than ever how food and clothing products are made" (BBC, 2006). Economic: Current economic position of the company is very uncertain. The UK retail market showed a low growth of 1.2%, third lowest in the past 40 years (SAS, 2012) M&S have recently closed a number of stores and have cut the jobs on 2% of their 70,000 staff. M&S have tried to change the way market sees themselves to try and stay ahead of the recession. They had 20% discounts in the run-up to Christmas AND 20% of all Wine and Champagne to keep up with their competitors. Social: "Consumer purchases are influenced by cultural, social, personal and psychological characteristics. Marketers cannot control such factors, but they must take them into account". (Armstrong and Kotler, 2008) In the Guardian (2006), Chief Executive of Marks & Spencer Stuart Rose wanted to stretch the company brand, for example he considered selling food online to become a multi-channel retailer, to keep up with the competitive market such as Asda. Asda and Marks & Spencer appeal to different markets in terms of social class and other demographics; so it influences...
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...state and federal violations the case is often heard in both courts. Many issues are dealt with by the courts and the courts administrators. Current and future issues that courts and courts administrators face are; budget cuts, new technology, privacy issues and lack of training. Of course there are other issues faced on a daily basis, these are a few that have a long term affect on the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is very important to continue to keep society safe and orderly, without it there would more than likely be a lot of chaos and disorganization. Citizens of society look to the criminal justice system to keep them safe, and the courts are depended upon to ensure that constitutional rights are not abused and to carry mandates of the state and the United States constitution. The largest issue that the courts and courts administrators face currently is budget cuts, and this issue will affect the future as well. In 2011 the House of Representatives approved a budget that reduced funding by eight percent with a previous budget cut of thirteen percent in 2009 (Cavan, 2010). A reduction in funding has an impact on employees, administrative duties and cases. Employees of the court system are affected the most by budget cuts, with forced furloughs, and layoffs there is less staffing to handle the case load. While the staffing has lessened the case load has not, this creates a weakening of the constitutional right to a speedy trial because cases...
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...The king Hammurabi ruled for 42 years, in those 42 years as ruler, he compiled a list of 282 laws. Hammurabi was not the first ruler to write down his laws, but he had the most complete law code. With these laws Hammurabi was able to control his vast empire. Some of these laws resulted in physical punishments. These physical punishments could range from a persons hands being cut off, to the person being drowned. There are many opinions about Hammurabi’s Code being just or unjust. It can be shown that these laws are just in many different categories, such as family laws, personal injury laws, and property laws. There were many problems in Babylon at the time. Due to these problems Hammurabi’s Code is split into three categories. The first category of laws are family laws. An example of a family law is, “If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off.” (Document C) Many people believe that these laws are cruel and unjust. In this time period, these laws would be the best way to keep order because the loss would be great if you misbehaved. When a son strikes his father, it is...
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