Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace Final Paper Angela Williams HRMG 6000 Integrated Studies in Human Resource Management Instructor: William Tomes May 18, 2014 Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………....3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….….4 Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978…………………………………………………..………..4 The Effects of Pregnancy Discrimination…………………………………………………………5 Determining What Counts as Pregnancy Discrimination………………………………...……….6 A Field
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BMO5501 BUSINESS ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY Assignment 2 : Reflective Journal Page 1. Overview 2-3 2. Table of Contents a) Business Ethics 4-5 b) Sustainability 6-7 c) Capitalism 8 d) Corporate Social Responsibility 9-11 3. References 12 Overview The three main topics of the course, Ethics & Business Ethics, Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are very relevant in today’s
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In order to prevail in a claim for negligence, the plaintiff must establish six points, referred to the law as a prima facie case. They are the following: 1. Conduct; 2. duty; 3. breach of duty; 4. actual cause; 5. proximate cause; and 6. damages Conduct and Duty In order to establish duty, there are three factors in determining whether to impose a duty at common law. They are the following: 1. The relationship between the parties; 2. the reasonable foreseeable
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types of torts. Perhaps the most important of the three types of tort liability, negligence, receives extended treatment in this chapter. The purpose is to provide the student with an in-depth understanding of the elements of negligence, including duty of care, breach of the due care, the theory of the reasonable person (along with modifications), actual cause, and proximate cause. No discussion of negligence is complete without touching on defenses to negligence, looking at both plaintiff’s contribution
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The notion of non-discrimination and equal opportunity have for decades been a piece of the international community's key principles. Enshrined in several international instruments, including conventions of the United Nations and the International Labor Organization, these ideas are rooted in universal principles of human rights, fundamental freedoms, equality and fairness. In today's rising markets, companies that seek to be leaders and set examples of corporate social responsibility while structuring
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Source: CHRYSSIDES, GEORGE D. and KALER, JOHN H. (1993). An Introduction to Business Ethics. London: Chapman and Hall. Pages 79−106, 143‒146. [The text is derived from a publisher’s proof, and may differ slightly from the finished book. If quoting, it is best to cite the relevant WOLF page.] CHAPTER THREE ETHICAL THEORY In the previous chapter we looked at the role of values in business and considered how business ethics was becoming part of the professionalization of business. But what
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SCOPE OF STANDARD ESSENTIAL PATENTS AND THER RELATION WITH FRAND (FAIR , REASONABLE AND NON DISCRIMINATORY TERMS) SUBMITTED BY : ALIFAH AHMAD TABLE OF CONTENT Topic | Page No. | 1. Introduction | 3 | 2. Litigation relating to SEP | 5 | 3. Standard Essential Patent and their relevance to FRAND | 9 | 4. USA’s and EU’s approach to Standard Essential Patents | 11 | 5. India’s approach to Standard Essential Patents | 12 | 6. Conclusion | 12 | INTRODUCTION Indian
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not dependent on good and the production of, or the failure to produce, good. A person’s duty is to do what is morally right and to avoid what is morally wrong, regardless of the consequences. “Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach which emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that which emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism)
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CHAPTER 2 Normative Theories of Ethics Chapter Summary Points 1. Consequentialist moral theories see the moral rightness or wrongness of actions as a function of their results. If the consequences are sufficiently good, the action is right; if they are sufficiently bad, the action is wrong. However, nonconsequentialist theories see other factors as also relevant to the determination of right and wrong. 2. Egoism is the consequentialist theory that an action is right when it
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 (Insider Trading Regulations). 1. Legal version is when corporate insiders—officers, directors, employees and large shareholders, buy and sell stock in their own companies. When corporate insiders trade in their own securities, they must report their trades to the SEC 2. Any “dealing in securities” while in the possession of “unpublished price sensitive information” is prohibited under the Insider Trading Regulations
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