...Government a Violation of Constitutional Rights? Abstract The paper explores the United States Government’s efforts to put in place laws that guide the ethical behavior of its civil service employees. From the founding of the nation, ensuring ethical behavior by government employees has been a recurring theme, and legislation, laws, and executive orders have been implemented at each stage of our government’s growth to guide federal employees in the ethical administration of their duties. However, at what point do the laws become too restrictive on the very citizens who have sworn to uphold our nation’s democratic values? A history of legislation, laws and executive orders is given along with the eventual backlash of court cases and demands for reform based on constitutional rights. For purposed of brevity, this analysis will focus on federal employees. Are Ethics Laws in the Federal Government a Violation of Constitutional Rights? Over two hundred years ago, with regard to ethics in the federal government, Thomas Jefferson wrote the following words “The right of any officer to give his vote at elections as a qualified citizen is not meant to be restrained, nor, however given, shall it have any effect to his prejudice; but it is expected that he will not attempt to influence the votes of others, nor take any part in the business of electioneering, that being deemed inconsistent with the spirit of the Constitution and his duties to it.”1 (CSC v. Letter Carriers...
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...Infanticide is considered as a murder case since it involves an innocent life that easily had been eliminated without mercy. There are no excuses for these irresponsible parents to escape this action as they must be heavily punished. In fact, not only law yet every religion prohibit this kind of conduct, but still infanticide seems as just another crime in this globalization era. This paper aims to discuss about the law enforcement in reducing the number of infanticide in Malaysia. This paper analyses the provision of Section 318 of the Penal Code whether this Act is sufficient to punish the wrongdoer and any other solutions towards this cases. Besides, the role of Malaysia government in the enforcement of law and also how the authorities acts towards solving the cases of infanticide in Malaysia. Hence, the paper also analyses about the effects of law to the wrongdoers and given suggestions for further impacts, including Islamic viewpoints. 1. INTRODUCTION Infanticide can be defined as when any women by any willful act or omission causes the death of her newly-born child, but at the time of the act or omission she had not fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to such child, and by reason thereof the balance of her mind was then disturbed, she shall, notwithstanding that the circumstances were such that but for this section the offense would have amounted to murder, be guilty of the offence of infanticide (Section 309A, Penal Code Act 574). There are innocent babies...
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...spaces on board and make it hard for the crew to move between the divided spaces. So, watertight doors are fitted in between bulkheads which should be watertight. Doors can usually be closed from the bridge, or other control room, for the purpose of saving the ship, and can also be opened and closed locally, allowing personnel to pass through, as well as to escape in an emergency. Saving the ship has priority, so usually the bridge can take control of all doors to close them. There are many different regulations pertaining to the operation of these doors depending on the class, and type, of ship it is. However, there is no all encompassing safety regulation to prevent injury or death due to accidental door closure. The Canada Shipping act has some regulations pertaining to...
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...Contributions of Internal Branding Practices to Corporate Brand Success Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate how internal branding practices can contribute to successful corporate brand building. The thesis is based on a case study of the successful Swedish brands Saab AB, SAS Sverige and Skanska. The results show that core values are a main building block of internal branding practices and that core values are united with cultural values with a dual purpose of adding value to customers and guiding employee behavior. Furthermore, the results point out that core values internally indicate how the vision is to be achieved and that the vision may be more useful as a management tool than internal branding tool. Subcultures appear to be present in all three cases and the results suggest that corporate brands are strengthened by internalizing a main corporate culture which allows cultural interpretations within subcultures and by assuring that subcultures co-exist in harmony. Internal communication seems to support corporate and internal branding by applying a pull-principle in communications, creating forums for personal interaction and facilitating employees’ information search and processing. In terms of human resourcecontributions to brand building, practices such as recruitment, phasing in of new employees, internalization of core values among current employees and internal brand evaluations are put forward. Moreover, two additional concepts of importance in...
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...Conscious Capitalism: A Reader’s Reflection In their collaboration, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, both John Mackey and Raj Sisodia outline and discuss the problems plaguing sizeable business, while sharing their own knowledge and experiences. Throughout, they also continuously encourage socially responsible values in all business organizations. Citing decentralization and stakeholder empowerment, Mackey and Sisodia argue that mans’ inherent goodwill can not only sustain capitalism, but grow with it. The authors formulate their contentions into four models, also known as ‘Tenets,’ which are interconnected, yet interdependent: Higher Purpose; Stakeholder Integration; Conscious Leadership; and, Conscious Culture and Management. The first tenant, Higher Purpose, focuses on searching for meaning, and nurturing the business’ guiding principles. Its purpose is to guide stakeholders with clarity and conviction, but only if the value is simple and clearly defined. Though the authors note ‘purpose, mission, and vision’, they further clarify the distinctions by citing Jerry Porra, quoted in Lan Liu’s Conversation on Leadership: Wisdom from Global Management Gurus: Purpose refers to the difference you are trying to make in the world, mission is the core strategy that must be undertaken to fulfill that purpose, and vision is a vivid, imaginative conception or view of how the world will look once your purpose had been largely realized (47). This...
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... Nurhuda Binte Md Yassin Student ID: 12034616 Word count: 3,189 words INTRODUCTION This report aims at facilitating the company’s decision-making process concerning the consideration of expanding its international operations in food retailing to South Africa. The overall competitiveness and investment attractiveness will be based on the extended version of Porter’s National Diamond and supplemented with key management issues of South Africa food retail industry, to which the company can tailor its strategy. The analysis recommendations will be made, that need to be considered by the company before deciding in opening its operations in South African food retail industry. Brief Summary of South Africa Food Retail Industry |South Africa, a growing retail market with a population of around 49 million people, possesses a modern infrastructure supporting relatively | |efficient distribution of goods to urban centres, townships and rural areas throughout South Africa and Southern Africa (Ntloedibe, 2010). South | |Africa have been identified among the ten new markets most likely to appeal to multinational store groups, along with four other African countries -| |Algeria, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria (Ventures Africa, 2012). | | ...
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...DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISCTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ESTATE OF ROLAND ROHM, by its Personal Representative, Geraldine Livermore, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 1:04-CV-552 Hon. Richard Alan Enslen DANIEL LUBELAN, individually, JOHN JULIN, individually, JERRY ELLSWORTH, individually, STEVE HOMRICH, individually, DAVID BOWER, individually, jointly and severally, Defendants. _______________________________________/ Of Counsel: HILL AND ASSOCIATES, LLP DeClercq Druminski & Perlman James D. Hill (P88332) Anthony J. DeClercq Attorney for Defendant Attorney for Plaintiff 161 N. Clark St. 55171 Pacific Ridge Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Macomb, MI 48042 (913) 706-9986 (586) 321-7630 JamesDonaldHill@gmail.com decler16@msu.edu January 12, 2002 DEFENDANTS’ BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities........................................................................................................ii Issues Presented...............................................................................................................1 Statement of Facts...........................................................................................................1 Summary of the Argument..............................................................................................3 Standard of Review...............................................
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...physicians considered medical errors as a primary healthcare concern.[1] Congress, however, did not share the physicians’ nonchalant attitude and gave the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) an estimated $50 million towards minimizing medical errors.[2] Senator James Jeffords (R-VT) of the 107th Congress introduced the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (S.2590) to the Senate on June 4, 2002[3] attempting to improve the safety of patients and “…reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety.”[4] In 2003, President Bush signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (P.L 108-173).[5] A section of this law authorized AHRQ to research effectiveness in treatments in order to set a guideline to improve the quality of care.[6] John Eisenberg helped build this program that generates summaries that can help provide health care providers with evidence-based practices that help improve quality of care delivered.[7] Realizing the importance of this research to quality of care, the president signed the Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1) into law on February 17, 2009, providing additional funding to continue effective research.[8] This helps to demonstrate the IOM’s report effectively indicated to Congress that legislation revamping was needed in order to help not only reduce medical errors and improve overall health care quality, but also the high costs associated with these preventable...
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...shareholders today. A copy will also shortly be www.navigatorresources.com.au. Yours sincerely NAVIGATOR RESOURCES LTD available on the Company’s website at GERRY KACZMAREK Company Secretary Ground Floor, 45 Richardson Street WEST PERTH WA 6005 PO Box 276 WEST PERTH WA 6872 Telephone: (08) 9226 5311 Facsimile: (08) 9226 5411 Email: navigator@navigatorresources.com.au Website: www.navigatorresources.com.au ASX Code: NAV ACN: 063 366 487 2 0 10 ANNUAL REPORT SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO MID-TIER GOLD PRODUCER 2010 AN NUAL REPORT 2 N AV I G ATO R R E S O U R C E S L I M I T E D Corporate Directory Navigator Resources Limited ABN: 82 063 366 487 DiRectoRs & seNioR MANAgeMeNt Directors Dr Allan trench Mr David Hatch Mr gordon galt Mr Matt Healy Mr ian Macpherson Mr John shipp Senior Management Mr trevor cook Mr gerry Kaczmarek Mr Bernie Kirkpatrick Miss Michelle simson Mr ian Bignell Non-executive chairman Managing Director Non-executive Director Non-executive Director Non-executive Director Non-executive Director PRiNciPAL PLAce oF BusiNess & RegisteReD oFFice ground Floor, 45 Richardson street West Perth, Western Australia 6005 Tel: (08) 9226 5311 Fax: (08) 9226 5411 Email: navigator@navigatorresources.com.au Website: www.navigatorresources.com.au chief operating officer chief Financial officer & company secretary exploration Manager Administration Manager general Manager – Bronzewing operations sHARe RegistRy Advanced share Registry services...
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...Case 25: Pfizer Porsha Erwin Angel Harvey Curtis Hubbard DeMontrez Johnson Michael Kitchens China Thomas 1 Table of Contents History……………………………………………………………………………..Page 3 Summary…………………………………………………………………………..Page 3 General Environment Analysis……………………………..……………………Page 5 Industry Environment Analysis………………………………………………….Page 6 EFE Matrix………………………………………………………………………..Page 9 Internal Competencies …………………………………………………………...Page 10 IFE Matrix………………………………………………………………………...Page 12 2 History of Pfizer Pfizer Inc. is a research pharmaceutical company. Charles Pfizer started the company in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1849. During World War II, Pfizer became concretely established as one of the United State’s top drug companies by producing the antibiotic penicillin for soldiers out at war aboard. By the 1950's, Pfizer began to establish headquarters in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and England. This gave Pfizer a platform to be able to compete globally. Expanding aboard is a powerful concept that most companies during this time did not consider. In 2000, Pfizer merged with Warner-Lambert in order to acquire full rights to Liptor. Lipitor is a popular drug used to lower cholesterol levels in the body. In 2002, Pfizer decided to participate in another merger with Pharmacia. This strategic action lead Pfizer to become the world's largest pharmaceutical devoted solely to healthcare. Of course we all know that this was not the only reason why Pfizer...
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...A World Culture of Schooling? Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt Introductory chapter to Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn, Ed. 2003 Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 1 Is there one global culture of schooling, or many? Are school systems around the world diverging from their original European sources, or are they converging toward a single model?i This book opens a dialogue between two very different perspectives on schooling around the world. On the one hand, anthropologists and many scholars in comparative education emphasize national variation, not to mention variation from district to district and from classroom to classroom. From their point of view, the nearly 200 national school systems in the world today represent some 200 different and diverging cultures of schooling. On the other hand, sociology’s “institutionalists” or world culture theorists argue that not only has the model of modern mass education spread from a common source, but that schools around the world are becoming more similar over time.ii According to world culture theory, rather than diverging, schools are converging toward a single global model. This question matters to anthropologists because when we look at globalization— the movement of people, money and ideas across the entire world in unprecedented volume—we wonder whether it really means that the world is becoming more homogeneous. Are we creating a global culture (a “McWorld” for the...
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...Final Synopsis towards the partial fulfillment of the PhD degree On “Impact of Organizational Culture and Communication on Employee Engagement” Submitted by Swatee Sarangi Under the Guidance of: Dr. R.K. Srivastava, PhD Director General, Sterling Institute of Management Studies Professor Emeritus, K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Research Guide, SNDT University Submitted to SNDT University For The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Management Thesis Title : “Impact of Organizational Culture and Communication on Employee Engagement”. Name of the Candidate : Research Guide : Swatee Sarangi Dr. R.K. Srivastava Director General, Sterling Institute of Management Studies Professor Emeritus, K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Research Guide, SNDT University Place of Research : K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai Registration No: Ref.No. Acad : RRC-26/2009-10/901 Signature of Candidate: Signature of Guide : TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction to the Study 1.2 Employee Engagement 1.3 Drivers of Employee Engagement 1.4 Indian Banking Industry 1.4.1 Nationalization 1.4.2 Liberalization 1.4.3 Co-operative Banks 1.4.4 The Current Scenario 1.5 Opportunities and Challenges 1.6 Need of the Study 1.7 Key Concepts Explained in the Study 1.7.1 Organizational Culture 1.7.2 Organizational Communication 1.7.3 Employee Engagement 1.8 Benefits of the Study CHAPTER...
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...Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2 BUSINESS IDEA 4 3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 5 4 MARKET POTENTIAL 6 5 COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 6 6 MARKETING PLAN 7 7 OPERATIONS 9 8 MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP 10 9 RESOURCE REQUIRMENTS 10 10 IMPLEMENTATION 11 11 RISK ASSESSMENT 12 12 CONTINGENCY PLAN 12 13 FINANCIAL PLAN 12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The world's most dangerous animal weighs about two milligrams and pursues its human prey at speeds of barely a mile per hour. It is likely that this crown prince of terror is currently buzzing around you. The dubious honor belongs to none other than the lowly mosMos--a fragile creature, whose bite infects millions with lethal diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, filariasis, encephalitis etc. Bangladesh, a land of 113 types of mosMoses1, has long been a major victim of the mosMos vectored diseases mentioned above. A wide variety of mosMos deterring devices are in practice, ranging from the most popular d-allethrin based coils, DEET (N, N'-diethyl- n-toluamide) based sprays to electric mats and vaporizers. However, the fact that these devices are far from optimal triggers the need for an efficacious and potent solution to this ever-persisting torment. ActiGreen Bangladesh (AGB), a private limited company, enters the scene by introducing a pioneering spray – Mos-Quit, prepared from NEEM, a divine tree. Traditionally found chemical based killers and repellents are poisons that only kill, or ward off mosMoses for a meager period. In addition...
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...School of Management, Operations and Marketing COMM331: Integrative Business Capstone Subject Outline 6 credit points Subject Information Autumn, 2016 Wollongong On Campus Lecture Information: Mondays, 08:00 - 08:00, All COMM331 lectures are online via Moodle Pre-requisites: 96 Credit Points including all Faculty of Business undergraduate 1st year core subjects Co-requisites: Nil Restrictions: COMM333 Contact Hours: Online lectures plus 1 hour of tutorial (up to week 6) and 2 hours of computer lab (from week 7 up to week 13) Online Subject Material: The lecture material for COMM331 is all online. Students can access online materials via Moodle. COMM331 is supported by a UOW Libguide available at http://uow.libguides.com/index Teaching Staff Teaching Role Name Coordinator, Lecturer and Dr Belinda Gibbons Tutor Telephone Email 42215824 bgibbons@uow.edu.au Room Consultation Times 40.247 Wednesday 10:30 - 12:30 Thursday 13:30 - 15:30 Head Tutor Ms Natalie Akmacic NA akmacic@uow.edu.au NA TBA Tutor Ms Jinqi Xu NA vivenx@uow.edu.au NA TBA Tutor Mr Viktor Tomeski NA viktor@uow.edu.au NA TBA Tutor Ms Lynda Lorkovic NA lbricevs@uow.edu.au NA TBA Tutor Ms Nadeera Ranabahu Mudiyanselage NA nadeera@uow.edu.au NA COMM331 Subject Outline Autumn, 2016 TBA Page 1 of 21 Email Etiquette: Consultation with your subject coordinator and/or teachers via ...
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...by Pergamon Press Inc. Print Edition ISBN 0-08-025338-5 First internet edition December 2002 i Acknowledgments I would like to thank the following journals and organizations for granting permission to reprint material: Newbury House, the Center for Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, TESOL, the SPEAQ Journal, Academic Press. I have had a great deal of help and feedback from many people in writing this book. Among the many scholars and friends I am indebted to are Marina Burt, Earl Stevick, Heidi Dulay, Robin Scarcella, Rosario Gingras, Nathalie Bailey, Carolyn Madden, Georgette Ioup, Linda Galloway, Herbert Seliger, Noel Houck, Judith Robertson, Steven Sternfeld, Batyia Elbaum, Adrian Palmer, John Oller, John Lamendella, Evelyn Hatch, John Schumann, Eugene Brière, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Larry Hyman, Tina Bennet, Ann Fathman, Janet Kayfetz, Ann Peters, Kenji Hakuta, Elinor Ochs, Elaine Andersen, Peter Shaw, and Larry Selinker. I also would like to express my thanks to those scholars whose work has stimulated my own thinking in the early stages of the research reported on here: John Upshur, Leonard Newmark, and S. Pit Corder all recognized the reality of language "acquisition" in the adult long before I did. I would also like the thank Eula P. Krashen and Judy Winn-Bell Olsen for their special contributions. ii Contents Introduction 1. Individual Variation in the Use of the Monitor 2. Attitude and Aptitude in Second Language Acquisition and Learning 3. Formal and Informal...
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