Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000‚ and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act‚ 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the
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Community Care legislation (The Disability Discrimination Act‚ People First‚ The Direct Payments Act) • The Disability Discrimination Act; this bans disability discrimination by employers against disabled job-seekers‚ discrimination from fellow employees and also by service providers against disabled service users. This is the main disability discrimination law‚ it imposes a duty on employers and service providers to make adjustments so that they can have access employment‚ access to and use of goods
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Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act They are many different schools across the nation this school year using the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. This next school year 2014-2015 will have even more schools joining in on this federally funded program. The big cities using this program this year are Boston‚ Detroit‚ and Washington D.C. This act has to be one of the best programs I have read about‚ In my opinion this is great even though some people feel if families can afford to pay for meals
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Nursing Practice Act Being a former nursing student in the state of Pennsylvania I have had the Nursing Practice Act of Pennsylvania. Before this assignment I knew little of the Pennsylvania laws and absolutely none of the state of Florida. Every state has their set of laws‚ which is referred to the Nursing Practice Act. Every nursing student must have a copy. The nursing practice act ensures that anyone practicing does not fall below the minimum competency and does not present danger to the public
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History It can easily be said that the Stamp Act of 1765 was the beginning of the revolution for the colonies of North America. Before the Stamp Act‚ there were other failed attempts to tax the colonies by the British parliament. Each attempt to gain money from the colonies was unlawful because there was a lack of representation from Parliament. The Stamp Act of 1765 was very detailed and expensive for the colonists. The Stamp Act was the final act of taxation by Parliament before the colonies started
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DEFAMATION ACT 2013 ! The Defamation Act 2013 enacts significant reform‚ but does not try to replace the common law and start afresh. At the time of July 2013 the Act has not yet ‘commenced’ (came into force)‚ so that for the moment‚ the law remains strictly unchanged but it received a royal assent in April by Lord McNally stated the new act will take effect on 1 January 2014‚ bravely tries to codify large parts of case law as well as introducing some modest reforms.The Defamation Act 2013 creates
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How does the purpose of the book of Acts determine the interpretation of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 2 (Jensen‚ 209-216)? “The primary purpose of Acts must have been edification‚ for it was inspired and written to profit for teaching‚ reproof‚ correction‚ and instruction in righteousness- a ministry of edifying of the church of God.” (Jensen 1981‚ p 210). As I searched the scriptures on this purpose of edification‚ I found I Corinthians 14‚ the whole chapter is dedicated
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Sarbanes Oxley Act Brandy Lafontaine Mrs. Ashley Harper‚ MS‚ CPA Auditing ACC 403 May 20‚ 2013 The Sarbanes Oxley Act was passed in 2002‚ and came into effect in response to major accounting scandals such as Enron. The Act was intended to restore the public’s confidence in the accounting profession and in the stock market. Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 802 pertains to corporate and criminal fraud accountability. The section imposes penalties of up to ten years imprisonment for accountants
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 4200 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AND PENALIZE WIRE TAPPING AND OTHER RELATED VIOLATIONS OF THE PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATION‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person‚ not being authorized by all the parties to any private communication or spoken word‚ to tap any wire or cable‚ or by using any other device or arrangement‚ to secretly overhear‚ intercept‚ or record such communication or spoken word by using a device commonly known as a dictaphone or dictagraph or
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THE PATENTS ACT‚ 1970 [39 of 1970‚ dt. 19-9-1970] [As amended by Patents (Amdt.) Act‚ 2005 (15 of 2005)‚ dt. 4-4-2005] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to patents Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty first Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Patents Act‚ 1970. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may
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