Charitable Acts The idea of giving rewards to people who exhibit charitable acts is a very popular idea. Some schools offer incentives‚ such as extra credit‚ in order to get the students to do service to the community. Tax reductions are even given to people who donate money or service to charitable organizations. The practice of offering incentives for charitable acts is unethical because it undermines the value of charity as being a selfless act. Schools that require students to do community
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The DREAM Act‚ which stands for Development Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act‚ is an American legislative proposal providing permanent residency to undocumented youth who entered the U.S. as children‚ graduated from U.S. high schools‚ and attend college or enter the military. Of the three million students that graduate from U.S. high schools every year approximately 65‚000 students are exported back to the country where they came from. For many of these young people‚ the United States is the
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9/11 terrorist attack on the United States‚ the USA Patriot Act passed Congress‚ it ’s also known as the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act‚ or more simply‚ the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was created with the noble intention of finding and prosecuting international terrorists operating on American soil; however‚ the unfortunate consequences of the Act have been drastic. Many of the Patriot Act’s provisions are
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Cain‚ JD BS Table of Contents This Thesis will provide an overview of the controversial sections of the USA Patriot Act as it relates to the First Amendment‚ Fifth Amendment‚ Sixth Amendment and Eighth Amendments of the Constitution. In addition this Thesis will summarize the Controversial sections of the Military Authorization Act which goes into effect May‚ 3 2012. Both Acts appear to violate many of the basic principles that have been articulated in the U.S. Constitution‚ particularly within
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USA Patriot Act Name: Number: Course: Lecturer: Date: Abstract With the developments and the recent attacks on the internet‚ there has been a need to ensure that cyber attacks and terrorism have been the most common concerns for government regulations. After the numerous attacks and cyber attacks that are common on the internet‚ there has been the need to have laws and acts to control these terrorist acts. This is the reason why the USA patriot Act was formulated. The main intention
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Organizations Act‚ typically called RICO Act or RICO‚ is a United States federal law. The RICO Act is categorized as Chapter 96 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. This act was formed on October 15‚ 1970 and signed into law by President Richard Nixon. The purpose of the law was to control organized crimes in the United States. Under this law‚ which deals with federal crimes and criminal procedures‚ it also permits prosecution and civil penalties for organized crime activities. This Act was designed and
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To understand the Telecommunications Act of 1996 we must first know what the Act was brought on by. In 1974 a major antitrust case was brought on by the United States opposing AT&T. The government believed that AT&T was running a monopoly because they felt the relationship between AT&T and Western Electric was illegal. The United States proved to be right and judgment resulted with AT&T breaking up into seven companies. Another contributing factor to the Act was that telecommunications had not been
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Business Ethics Provisions in company act 2013 with respect to CSR and Corporate Governance Provisions in company act 2013 with respect to CSR and Corporate Governance The long-awaited Companies Bill 2013 got its assent in the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2012 and in the Rajya Sabha on 8 August 2013. After having obtained the assent of the President of India on 29 August 2013‚ it has now become the much awaited Companies Act‚ 2013 (2013 Act). An attempt has been made to reduce
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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) The National Labor Relations Act of 1935‚ commonly referred to as the Wagner Act‚ is the basic bill of rights for unions. It was enacted to eliminate employers’ interference with the organization of workers into unions. Before‚ many employers would threatened the employees that if they would be joining a union they would receive less pay‚ benefits‚ hours‚ or even be fired. This caused an outcry in American society because many of the employers weren’t giving
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Violence Prevention Act is an Act of the United States Congress that instituted federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States. It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30‚ 1993‚ and went into effect on February 28‚ 1994. The Act was named after James Brady‚ who was shot by John Hinckley‚ Jr. during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30‚ 1981. (Federal Register) While the idea and implementation of the act had all the best intentions
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