Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corporate Governance (LEG 500) Professor Augustine Weekley July 21th‚ 2012 Abstract Traditionally‚ companies in the United States have possessed the right to terminate their employees at will for any reason‚ be it good or bad. The Employment-At-Will doctrine encompasses all employees who are not safeguarded by express employment contracts that state that they may be discharged only for good cause. "Good cause" constraints are typically a part of collective
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PARTY DISCIPLINE IN THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS Most democratic countries around the world today can fall under two main types of political systems: the parliamentary system and the presidential system. Even though many similarities exist among the two systems and they function well for their respective countries‚ they also have many differences‚ with the level of party discipline being one of the most important differences. In North America‚ with Canada having a parliamentary system and the United
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a research and development department and so forth‚ operates according to functional organization. The functional structure provides employees‚ as well as their appropriate departments‚ with a clear objective and purpose for their work. In other words‚ employees within a marketing department know that their job is marketing and‚ as a result‚ those employees can focus on improving their marketing work and even specialize in a specific area of marketing. On the other hand‚ functional structure can
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Anthropology as a Western Discipline Ambrose Bierce‚ the esteemed American satirist of the early 1900’s‚ defined in his Devil’s Dictionary the word “Aboriginies” as “n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize” (1). The overtly “western” view aptly captured by Bierce in his description exemplifies the field of anthropology and the methods it employed for quite some time—starting from the period of Antiquity until
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Understanding discipline in the workplace 1.1 Disciplinary rules and procedures are important in a workplace to set out the boundaries of acceptable conduct and satisfactory performance‚ and to ensure fair and equal treatment of all employees. Since 1977 there has been a Code of Practice on disciplinary practice and procedures issued by ACAS. A revised version of the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures came into effect on 6 April 2009. The Code must be taken into account
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[pic] DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOL AND AT HOME PRESENTED BY: KAZI AJMAIN HASSAN FERDOUS CLASS: VII. SECTION: PINK ROLL: 12 MASTERMIND SCHOOL‚ DHANMONDI. INTRODUCTION Sometimes‚ when people hear the words discipline‚ they picture kids gone wild. We did use gentle discipline. And in school and home have to a calm‚ peaceful feel to it. We also had a lot of fun. A lot of the preparatory works have to follow where discipline was concerned. We have to use to teach care of self‚ care of the
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Elements of good writing Being clear: Being clear is the most basic requirement of good writing. How can you be successful if your reader doesn’t understand you? Being clear doesn’t necessarily mean being overly direct or obvious in your statements. It really means that you try to avoid confusing your reader‚ unless you have a very good reason for doing so. Being convincing: Whenever you write anything‚ you are essentially going about the business of convincing your reader that what you are saying
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effective form of discipline for children. Parents and parents to be who are undecided about whether spanking is an acceptable form of discipline should first get educated on what spanking is. A good first step would be learning the meaning of spanking. Equally as important is‚ knowing what is considered a spanking‚ as well as‚ when spanking becomes abuse. In addition‚ knowing the ways spanking may benefit children would help solidify spanking as the best option for discipline. Spanking as
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not-so everyday situations. It defines how well we develop life skills. It governs our ability to have a good work ethic‚ good workout routine‚ or to quit a bad habit. We make the choices‚ about everything‚ and are responsible every day for something. Whether it is a child‚ a pet‚ a job‚ or all of the above‚ we all have something in our lives we value that takes dedicating some type of discipline to maintain. These responsibilities are ours and no one else’s. Responsibility reflects our own character
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It doesn’t take a lot of research to tell us that discipline in school is different today than it was in the 1950s. But it does take some investigation to find out why. Various studies have shown that students who act up in school express a variety of reasons for doing so: * Some think that teachers don’t care about them. * Others don’t want to be in school at all. * They don’t consider goal setting and success in school important anymore. * Students are unaware that their adolescent
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