Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Authority Joyce Harrison Business Employment Law May 11‚ 2011 1. What were the legal issues in this case? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was to determine if the plaintiff‚ David Dunlap Dunlap‚ had met the burden of proof that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by intentionally discriminating against him under both disparate impact and disparate treatment analyses and whether
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British Airports Authority (BAA) is the world ’s leading airport company with over 140 million passengers travelling via BAA airports in 2004 (source: www.BAA.co.uk/factsandfigures). BAA pioneered airport privatisation‚ retailing and security; it is widely recognised for its responsible and efficient airport operations. BAA owns seven of Britain ’s major airports they include Heathrow‚ Gatwick‚ Stansted‚ Southampton‚ Glasgow‚ Edinburgh and Aberdeen. The British Airports Authority was formed in 1986
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the “hit parade of authority” (Russell‚ 138). This authority is that the Bible is understood to be the Word of God. Understanding its authority in this way enables readers to accept biblical contradictory‚ sexism‚ and racism (Russell‚ 140). More often than not‚ this authority obstructs feminist interpretations. Russell suggests that a feminist model of authority is inclusive in allowing feminist interpretation. The authority paradigm that does not align with feminists is authority viewed as domination
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Sources of Authority In Moral School Leadership Sergiovanni defines the sources of authority as bureaucratic‚ psychological‚ technical-rational‚ professional and moral school leadership (pages 36-39). For this week’s discussion this author will discuss each of the sources and how a school leader might utilize each of the sources to improve instruction‚ curriculum and assessment at the school building/district level. Sergiovanni discusses and defines the sources of authority bureaucratic‚ psychological
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Leadership Theories and Styles IAAP 2009 Administrative Professionals Week Event April 28‚ 2009 Development Development of Leadership Theory • Until approximately 1930‚ there was not much academic interest in the area of leadership • Fredrick Taylor –Scientific Management (time/motion studies of productivity) (late 1800’s) • Max Weber –(writing on bureaucracy) a leader possessed power by virtue of his position (1922) • Mary Parker Follett – participatory management in “power with” as opposed to “power over
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power is linked to authority with authority being the legitimate power that adheres to roles. Organizational roles provide actors with moral constructs for the enactment of power. Actors evaluate each other’s acts of power in part on the willingness to obey role instructions. For a person to sustain power in an organizational setting he or she must self-consciously exercise power so as to signify the awareness of role obligations (Biggart & Hamilton 1984). Power and authority are closely related
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about David Dunlap the plaintiff who has been faced with discrimination on the basis of race in the interview at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) during the employment process of this company. Mr. Dunlap is an African American man whom has worked for many years as foreman through contract for the union. He has worked as a contractor with the union at Tennessee Authority as a boiler man for over twenty years including fifteen years as a foreman. He has applied for employment at TVA numerous times since
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Nature of Authority in the Uniformed Public Services Beth Freeman Authority is defined as the ‘power or right to give orders‚ make decisions‚ and enforce obedience’. There are many different organisations that enforce discipline within the public services‚ which have the right to extend different levels of authority and enforce different levels of obedience within a service. These are; Independent Police Complaint Commission (IPCC); this was created in 2004 to replace the Police Complaint
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Full Authority Digital electronic Control (FADEC) The goal of any engine control system is to allow the engine to perform at maximum efficiency for a given condition. The complexity of this task is proportional to the complexity of the engine. The history of full authority digital electronic control FADEC started in the 1960’s when Rolls Royce experimented with their Olympus 593 engine on a Concorde. The start of full authority digital electronic control (FADEC) was a full authority analogue
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“People obey authority out of respect‚ while they obey power out of fear.” Power and authority are interpreted in many different ways. Authority is respected and recognized‚ where as power is used to exploit and manipulate situations simply to gain control or sway judgments. In some scenarios‚ power and authority are essentially indistinguishable‚ in others; one is taken advantage of by the other to dominate. E.g. Power may use authority to gain control and respect. I do not agree with this
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