liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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Procrastination is what I have done for the last three hours; it is the thief of time. It is the art of stalling on a task you would much rather avoid. My years of school have made me a master of procrastination. Yet I am not proud of my title. Procrastination effectively dissolves your time and replaces your attempt to work effectively with pointless acts that lack any relationship to the task at hand. According to the Webster dictionary it is the act of delaying or postponing something. (write
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Many different situations occur within the criminal justice system. The situations that will be discussed in this essay are Pseudospeciation‚ bigotry vs. racism‚ hegemony‚ social construction‚ and disparity vs. discrimination. There will be definition on these terms. After defining the all terms‚ I will apply these terms to the criminal justice system using examples to illustrate the understanding of the definitions. Pseudospeciation Pseudospeciation begins with the fact that cultural differences
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IMMIGRNATS PROBLEMS INTRODUCTION Immigration refers to the movement of foreigners into another country with an aim of permanent residence .Immigrants choose to leave their home countries because of a number of reasons‚ including politics‚ family re-unification‚ poverty‚ natural disaster‚ or just a wish to live in new surroundings on a voluntary basis .However‚ immigrants face a number of problems in the destination countries. Common problems that immigrants experience throughout the
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Gender disparities between boys and girls pursuing STEM related courses is evident starting in primary school and are due to an array of factors‚ including societal‚ familial‚ and cultural influences. Although‚ access to education for women and girls have improved globally‚ disparities in the access to a basic education still persist‚ thereby influencing the gender gap in STEM education. To demonstrate‚ a study conducted in the United Kingdom‚ found at ages ten to eleven both boys and girls equally
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A Comparison of Spartan and Athenian Governments University of the People Student University of the People A Comparison of Spartan and Athenian Governments While both were large poleis in Greece‚ Athens and Sparta had different ways of governing. Sparta was an oligarchy where all Spartan men could participate in the government‚ but aristocrats held almost all the power. Sparta was ruled by two kings from two different royal families. However‚ the kings did not have the control they would in a
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Racial Disparity in Sentencing Lori Raynor University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA/423 Ron McGee September 06‚ 2010 Abstract In this paper I will illustrate racial disparity in sentencing in the criminal justice system. The causes of racial disparity and the reasons it is on the rise‚ the research statistics‚ and the proposed solutions are discussed. Racial Disparity in Sentencing The intersection of racial dynamics with the criminal justice system
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The Spartans sacrifice Yesterday‚ three hundred Spartans lost their lives. They were fighting against the Persian army. They held out for three days before one of them told the Persians how to defeat them. No word yet on who it was. Whoever it was died anyway though. Persia continues to advance. Every Spartan there knew that they were only meant to slow the Persians down. However‚ they had bigger plans. One Spartans journal stated it better than I could. “We do not think
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HHP 3410- Health Disparities Research Paper December 2‚ 2012 Disparities in Mental Health Care with Regards to Racial and Ethnic Cofactors There are many significant differences among racial and ethnic groups pertaining to mental health and mental health services. Via this topic‚ disparities among racial and ethnic groups have arisen and been studied and researched in magnitude. Mental health disparities among racial and ethnic groups can be attributed‚ but not limited to: access to health
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Constitution does rule out corporations to be persons. Therefore‚ why would one think that corporations are persons entitled to Constitutional protection? Previously slaves were not considered persons in 1857 with the Dred Scott v. Sanford (Shultz‚ 2013). Also in 1971‚ Roe v. Wade‚ the Supreme Court did not define the fetus as a person (Shultz‚ 2013) . However‚ in 1886 in County of Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Supreme Court accepted that corporations were persons for purpose
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