Ethics‚ Integrity and Accountability in Public Sector: Practice and Lessons Learned in Latvia Aleksejs Loskutovs‚ Director Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau Latvia 28 September 2006 (10 min.) The public sector in Latvia has undergone many important changes over the past decade. In mid 1990s Latvian government started a major public administration reform. This reform was one of the cornerstones on Latvia’s way to the European Union‚ which we joined in May 2004. Latvia made a great effort
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The Importance of Accountability of Personnel When most people hear the word "accountability‚" they immediately become uncomfortable. The thought of making themselves totally open‚ honest‚ and vulnerable with another person doesn’t sound appealing to most of us. Regardless of how we few however‚ supervisors need to know where their soldiers are at all times. Accountability is a very important part of being in the military‚ even more so than any other profession. Night and day soldiers must be
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The Hebrew word qanna used here in Exodus 34:14 differs from the Hebrew word qanah used in verses such as Genesis 37:11. Qanah is best defined as envy and not jealousy. Qanah appears 32 times in the Old Testament and is always used in connection with man and has a negative connotation while qanna only appears 6 times and is always used in conjunction with God and His relationship with us. Jealousy in itself is not evil. First‚ God is perfectly holy and cannot do evil. If jealousy is evil in itself
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What’s so wrong about the word “retard”? Joseph Franklin would say‚“ it means that the rest of you are excluding us from your group. We are something that is not like you and something that none of you would ever want to be. We are something outside the "in" group. We are someone that is not your kind. I want you to know that it hurts to be left out here‚ alone.” Franklin has Down syndrome. The 30 year old who serves as a Global Messenger for the Special Olympics‚ has struggled with the public’s
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and responsible parent. Therefore‚ the success life with each person has different meanings is due to the way of their understanding and definition of the success word. People often speak of success as an important destination of life and say positive thinking leads to success. But what is success? In the most common sense‚ a success word means when people have a specific purpose and they achieved it that is called success. Moreover‚ most people might agree the ultimate goal of every person in their
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IDT837 800 Level Paper: Consulting and Appreciative Inquiry Introduction Appreciative Inquiry (AI)‚ as a comparatively new area of inquiry research‚ presents numerous research opportunities in a variety of contexts and applications. For this literature review‚ the emphasis is placed on how a consultant in instructional design and technology (IDT) can implement AI to facilitate positive change within a group‚ organization‚ or community. Various research studies have been directed towards applying
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"...communication in social work is not just about the message or information gleaned or conveyed‚ it is also about relationships and the influences and impact of history and personal experiences that is brought along by the worker and the service user" (Okitikpi and Aymer (eds) 2008:72) Communication is central to all relationships‚ for this relationship to achieve social workers must be able to communicate in an effective manner at the same time have good interpersonal skills in a professional
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is a rather common word in today’s society. The basic noun definition is an intense feeling of deep affection‚ while the verb definition is to feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone). Seems simple enough correct? Not exactly‚ although in the modern world language‚ love is used regularly to express ones feelings‚ it is often misused. In order to use a word correctly‚ it must be understood‚ remembering that love is in the eye of the beholder. To understand a word‚ it should first be
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THE WORLD That’s a rather vague question. The earliest true humans were Homo erectus. These early humans only used stones to begin with. Their earliest technology was called Oldowan and involved breaking smooth‚ rounded pebbles from rivers in rather a crude fashion to get a sharp edge to cut with. Later they developed a more sophisticated technique‚ creating a large‚ hand-held item shaped rather like a teardrop. It had two sharp sides coming to a point and one dull‚ rounded side which the
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On the occasion of Teachers Day‚ I am giving this speech in English on behalf of all the students. When is Teachers’ Day celebrated ? Teachers’ Day is celebrated in India on 5th September every year.The date for celebrating this special event varies from country to country across the world. In India‚ Teachers’ Day is celebrated on the 5th of September every year‚ whereas‚ China celebrates this event on 10th September every year.It is the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. This great son of
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