...4/22/2012 POS 111 Unit 4, Question 3 Visit the websites below and then write an essay explaining the distinction between civil rights and human rights. Should the United States be bound by international law concerning human rights? The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes Civil Rights as the nonpolitical rights of a citizen especially the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to the United States citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the constitution and by acts of Congress. Our country has been dealing with the issue of civil rights since its existence. The first Civil Rights Act was passed in 1875 which allowed equal rights for African Americans but it was struck down in 1883 because the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution can’t tell private businesses or any individual who to discriminate against. So the struggle for civil rights had to be fought harder. The promises that were made to protect civil rights in the Thirteenth Amendment were first kept then broken. Many states found their way around the flimsy wording of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case of Strauder v. West Virginia, the Supreme Court overturned a law keeping African Americans from jury duty but they refused to extend the amendment so that it contained a more narrow interpretation. One of the biggest segregation problems of our time led to a new era for civil rights which was the integration of the public school system. The NAACP, which is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
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...value that support service users are: - * Individual rights: - There are altogether nine types of individual rights such as to be treated in a dignified way, to be treated as individuals, to allowed privacy, to be respected. Everyone in the world wants to be treated in right way so, people should treat everybody including service users in the way they wanted to be treated knowing their principles and values and meet their individual rights. * Ethical considerations: - It is the rules that the workers in the health and social care settings should follow. For example honesty the workers should always be honest about everything and never lie to the service users because you have to tell 10 lies to hide the 1 truth and if they found the truth later they will be hurt and might feel uncomfortable to share their feelings next time. There is also a saying called “Honesty is the best policy”. The second one is right to life which means each and every people have right to live their life in their own way in the world. Each and every one is equal. * Worker responsibilities: - The workers responsibilities in the health and social care setting is to make sure that service users individual needs are met. It is always important to follow their needs so the service user feels they are treated equally and fairly. * Confidentially: - Service user information should be kept confidential. No one have any rights to share their information as long as the service users feel...
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...One of the greatest challenges facing the criminal justice system is the need to balance the rights of accused criminals against society’s interest in imposing punishments on those convicted of crimes. This tension is illustrated by the debate over whether defendants have the right to be represented by an attorney. Most Americans are familiar with the Miranda warning, which advises suspects of their rights that are guaranteed by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments: Criminal suspects have the right to refuse to answer questions from police; they have the right to an attorney; and if they cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for them at no charge. However, the right to a court-appointed attorney is relatively new. The federal government started providing court-appointed attorneys for felony defendants in the nineteenth century, and some states began appointing lawyers for indigent felony defendants in the early twentieth century. But in 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an attorney must be provided to all criminal defendants in state and federal cases. The case that changed American jurisprudence was Gideon v. Wainwright. Clarence Earl Gideon was a homeless ex-convict with an eighth-grade education. He was arrested in 1961 in Panama City for breaking and entering into a pool hall, a felony under Florida law. At his trial, he asked the court to appoint him a lawyer, but the judge in his case ruled that state law only allowed court-appointed attorneys for capital...
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...Social Movements Reginald Blount HIS/135 july 26, 2014 University of Phoenix Social Movements Women did not always have the rights that they have today. On March 8, 1975 in New York more than 50 women’s groups marched on Fifth Avenue to celebrate International Women’s Day. Women had demands that included 24 hour a day child care, equal job opportunities that included equal pay, access to contraceptives and abortions, civil rights, and equal pay for equal work. Originally the march was for equality, development, and peace however there were many other reasons for the march (Klemesrud, 1975). A woman’s role was restricted and they were to take care of their husband, children and the home. They were allowed to work if their husband was at war however they must return to their prior responsibilities after they returned home. The Women Liberation Movement was an opportunity for women to make a change and become independent and were able to become career minded (Kramer, 1976). Women were deprived and often kept isolated in their homes. Organizations that formed help bring the women out of the home and marching for their rights. Women wanted equality more than anything in the early 1960s. The organizations taught women social skills and political skills. Bring women together and sharing their personal concerns, personal feelings, and personal experiences with other women in the groups (Freeman, 1971). Jobs that were available to women were very few and paid poorly. The region’s...
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...Ethical Decision Making: Right vs. Right By Mary Hunter on February 7, 2012 in Teaching People I mentioned in my back to school post a couple of weeks ago that I am taking an ethics class this semester. This class is one of the required classes for my behavior analysis master’s program. The class has been pretty interesting so far and each class has been filled with plenty of good discussions and debate. Recently we read a book chapter by Rushworth Kidder called “The Ethics of Right versus Right.” (If you’re interested, the full chapter is actually available for free from the Institute for Global Ethics, although you do have to sign up to get access to it.) Tough choices and ethical dilemmas are often very hard to make. What makes these decisions hard, according to Kidder, is that they are often choices of “right” vs. “right.” Both possibilities have value and merit, yet one must be picked over the other. (Now, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t still right vs. wrong choices. These just aren’t ethical decisions.) The most interesting part of this chapter was that Kidder names four basic paradigms that encompass most of these ethical dilemmas, the right vs. right choices. Ethical choices often involve decisions between: Individual versus community Truth versus loyalty Short term versus long term Justice versus mercy These four basic paradigms can be useful for analyzing ethical choices and realizing what has created the conflict. If you have...
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...ight Right Word Wrong Word Words and structures confused and misused by learners of English L. G. Alexander LONGMAN Addison Wesley Longman Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. © Longman Group UK Limited 1994 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. First published 1994 Fifth impression 1997 Illustrated by Chris Ryley British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Alexander, L. G. Right Word Wrong Word: Words and Structures Confused and Misused by Learners of English. - (Longman English Grammar Series) I. Title II. Ryley, Chris III. Series 428.24 ISBN 0-582-21860-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alexander, L.G. Right word wrong word: words and structures confused and misused by learners of English/L.G. Alexander. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-58221860-8 1. English language-Usage. 2. English language-Errors of usage. I. Title. PE1460.A48 1993 428.2'4-dc20 93-11963 CIP We have been unable to trace the copyright holder of the text for Exercise 52 Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody and would appreciate any information that would enable us to do so. Set in Times New Roman, TrueType Produced through Longman Malaysia, ETS ISBN 0 582 21860 8 ...
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...Types of insurance plans i. Fee-for-service- Charging a fee for each service preformed. ii. Health maintenance organization (HMO) - An organization that provides comprehensive health care to voluntarily enrolled individuals and families in a particular geographic area by member physicians with limited referral to outside specialists and that is financed by fixed periodic payment determined in advance. iii. Preferred provider organization (PPO) - A type of health insurance arrangement that allowed plan participants relative freedom to choose the doctors and hospitals they want to visit. iv. Medicare- The federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities and people with End-Stage renal disease. v. Medicaid- A joint federal and state program that helps low-income individuals or families pay for the costs associated with long term medical and custodial care provided the qualify. vi. Tricare- A health care insurance system for military dependents and members of the military service that covers care not available through the usual U.S. military medical service or public health service facilities. vii. CHAMPVA- The civilian health and medical program of the department of veteran’s affairs is a health benefits program in which the department of veteran’s affairs shares the cost of certain health care service and supplies with eligible beneficiaries. viii. Workers’ Compensation- A system of insurance...
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...One of the leading problems in the world today is human trafficking. Human trafficking is defined as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of the threat, use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse or exploitation." This type of transporting, holding, and forcing people into servitude is considered a modern type of slavery. Many thought that this word "slavery", had been abolished over 150 years ago but it is very much alive in our world today. There are other nations that have eradicated slavery as a state-sanctioned practice, but human trafficking has emerged as a "modern form of human slavery." "It is a growing global threat to the lives and freedom of millions of men, women, and children." Human trafficking often people who are a part of organized crime groups whose number one agenda is to money at the cost of trafficking men, women, and children. Trafficking is broken down into many different aspects, each one more repulsive than the next. Each type of human trafficking exploits men, women, and children. Human trafficking has the following types: sexual exploitation, child soldiers, organ harvesting, and forced labor. More than half of the victims used in trafficking are used for sexual exploitation, prostitution or as sex slaves. Children are forced to fight and given weapons to use in war torn areas. Victims of organ harvesting are forced to give up their hearts or livers which are eventually sold on the black...
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...Right SEO - A Right Decision In this era of technology, companies reach out customers through internet. It is also the most effective and efficient way to get the potential customers in a market full of competition. Therefore, websites have become an important tool in marketing the strategies and products among the customers. Almost all the companies have realized it and they have started promoting business through their websites. Thats why there are multitudes of web pages on world wide web. To generate good profits it is necessary to catch the eyes of the customers. For this not just a good designed website is required, but the website should be optimized with relevant links and keywords so that the web page appears on top in search engines and the user also get what is required. Here comes the role of a search engine optimization service company. Search Engine Optimization makes your website easy for both users and search engine robots to understand. Search Engine Optimization has become an essential part of the market strategies for better visibility in the search engines. Thus, there are many SEO service companies available at your single click. Choosing the right seo company therefore turns into a tough and risky task. As SEO can multiply your impact, can maintain regular traffics on your website and can get you increased profits, seo service company should be chosen wisely. While chosing a good SEO company London, its experience in the relative field counts the most. The...
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...Right Place, Right Time. PFC Davis, Cody First, scheduling a time and place to be at work is a very important duty for any leader, in any job force. For employees to show up on time and prepared to work is just as important, if not more. Being in the right place at the right time is extremely essential to accomplishing a mission as an employee, whether the goal is big or small. Dependability, accountability, consistency and discipline are all crucially related to being a soldier; however, being on time and in the right place is the most critical part of being a successful employee. Without this aspect of attitude, the mission in place becomes more difficult than need be. Not being on time hinders not only the person responsible, but also the people responsible for him or her. If accountability is not under control, mission capability, and readiness is affected in a bad way. Being a soldier in the United States Army, I am expected to portray myself at a higher standard than the average citizen of my stature. While being on time remains and always will be a vital aspect of military bearing and discipline, without it, we as a whole cannot function to our highest capability. In the army, it is stressed upon every soldier the importance of being where we are supposed to be. It is your responsibility as well as the responsibility of your leaders. They are responsible for your actions and so are you, if you fail to take responsibility of your actions, and it is a reoccurring issue...
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...Women’s Equality In 1995 at The United Nations’ fourth world conference in Beijing, China, Hilary Rodham Clinton speaks out on the injustice women have endured. She is getting people’s attention by bringing this topic out in the open. Her speech is effective in motivating world leaders to improve the lives of women because she focuses on the unity and the importance women in the community play, She also exposes the challenges and abuses women face around the world in order to invoke an emotional response in her listeners and she is sure to make a point of the experience she has with women’s issues and shows her determination to end the discrimination. Throughout her speech Clinton centers on the unity and importance of women’s roles in society. She uses repetition to stress the importance that women play on the family and community. In the beginning she uses the words “family” and “flourish” several times in one paragraph and points out how families cannot survive without the work of women to hold them together. Clinton also lists the many jobs that women take part in when she says, “At this very moment, as we sit here, women around the world are giving birth, raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes, cleaning houses, planting crops, working on assembly lines, running companies, and running countries” (3). Through that statement she expresses the true value of women. A couple of paragraphs below she states again the different jobs women have in the community but lists...
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...The Right Focus and Market: Amazon The first two parts of the book Strategic Thinking made me realize how and why large companies such as Amazon, Google, and IBM are still so successful up until this day. Primarily focusing on Amazon, which was founded in 1995, I actually have noticed the drastic changes in the way the company has been running its business over these past few years in comparison to a decade ago. Amazon’s business structure manages to keep up with the market by constantly introducing technology that meets the needs and improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world. The company and its e-commerce business is still continuing to grow and evolve as the world’s e-commerce platform. Based on the information I have learned from the first two parts of the book, Amazon changed the rules of the game by offering more services than just selling a book and dove into new opportunities to keep up with the ever changing market. The greatest take away for me in part I of the book was the idea of “strategic thinking”. I used to think strategic planning was one of the most important elements to have in a business, but strategic thinking is the real prerequisite to success because it places the focus on a long term mindset. Because our economy operates in rapid change, it is crucial for businesses to keep up with it. The book places a big emphasis on what the focus should be while making sure that it is in the right activities. Amazon’s business structure is a great...
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...The Right to Rights Rights are a concept that we believe to transcend laws. The sovereign cannot abridge rights, nor can fellow citizens abuse their freedom to trespass on each other’s. Rights are useful for the marginalized because it protects them from being shut up or neglected. What is more, when rights become so ingrained into society that we cannot live without having preconceived notions of natural rights, they become even more powerful. Rights matter because, without them, we would be at the mercy of the sovereign or the mob. One of the first concepts of rights was conceived (or at least published) by John Locke. His theory of natural rights was one that many still subscribe to today. The most pressing issue for John Locke at the time was the right to property and the right to possess the fruits of one’s labour. While John Locke was right that there were quite a few persons who agreed with his natural rights argument, even the so-called “savages” in the New World at the time did not have a concept of induvial labour or...
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...2. Whether the right to privacy and confidentiality is a fundamental right under Article 21? 2.1. What is Right to Privacy and Confidentiality? Privacy may be regarded as a basic right of every human being. Stone in his textbook gave a narrow definition of privacy. He stated that it is the right to prevent, or to be compensated for, the unauthorized acquisition or publication of secret information. This definition, although narrow, is apt for the present facts of the case. The European court on human rights has also tried to define privacy in various cases. It has been termed as a circle around every individual human being which no government...ought to be permitted to overstep and some space in human existence then entrusted around and sacred...
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...How successful were Hobbes and Locke in their attempts to justify the existence of Human Rights? In this essay, the main distinctions of Hobbes and Lock’s work will be discussed and how their work contributed to the existence of human rights. Other predominant thinkers, such as Bentham and Marx will be brought in to critically evaluate Hobbes and Lock’s attempts on human rights. Finally a conclusion will be drawn upon these points to state whether Hobbes or Locke was Successful to justify the existence of human rights or whether there were any flaws in their thinking. “Human rights are the rights that everyone has, and everyone equally, by virtue of their very humanity. They are grounded in an appeal to our human nature.” (R.T Vincent, human rights and international relations, page 13). Human rights are a concept that has been constantly evolving throughout human history. They had been intricately tied to the laws, customs and religions throughout the ages. One of the first examples of a codification of laws that contain references to individual rights is the tablet of Hammurabi, which was created 4000 years ago, it is considered barbaric by today's standards, the system of 282 laws created a model for the legal system. This kind of model and legally binding document protects the people from arbitrary persecution and punishment. The...
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