strives for her sovereignty and prominence. In a culture where the old are forgotten‚ neglected and depicted as useless. ‘A Cream Cracker Under The Settee’ seems to be the perfect title of the play as the double entendre epitomizes this remarkably. In addition‚ another reason for the dramatic piece being called ‘A Cream Cracker Under The Settee’. Is because a cream cracker was indeed found under a settee in the play‚ this makes the title rather ironic. As the title in many ways also symbolises the character
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about "abolish pork barrel system" but something seems missing. Has anyone suggested any alternative? But is pork the real root of corruption? Let us say a person is convicted of rape. When asked why he did such crime‚ he would say it is because he found the lady beautiful and tempting. Should everyone go and kill all beautiful women so that rape will end? That logic may sound oversimplified and childish but that is what the call is saying. The controversy on the pork barrel scam sheds light
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Napoles has been alleged of having engineered a PHP 10 billion scam over the past decade by using the pork barrel funds of 5 senators and 23 Congressmen for ghost projects. She was even tagged as the alleged mother of the PHP 10 billion pork barrel scam. Napoles’ firm was allegedly tapped for government-funded projects that were later found questionable. The “so-called projects” include the PHP 728 million funds for a fertilizer project for poor farmers. It was alleged that the fund was diverted
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Executive Summary Organisational factors or ‘bad barrels’ are said to have instigated many occurrences of corporate corruption and deviant behaviour (Wharton 2002‚ p 2)‚ involving large numbers of active or passive participants; these are ‘rarely the result of a few bad apples’ (Murphy 2007‚ p 7). The AWB case is a clear example of corporate culture and other systemic failures influencing and defining an organisation’s decision making and its ethical posture. This report addresses the underlying
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Tchaikovsky -The Nutcracker -MarcheThe Nutcracker Op.71 -No.2 March was written by Tchaikovsky and first performed in 1892. It is among the most popular scores written by him. Tchaikovsky wrote this piece while he was on his way back to his home. On his journey he went through Paris and discovered the celesta‚ an instrument that made a soft sound‚ similar to bells. Tchaikovsky used this accordingly to his piece. The celesta was used to represent the voice of the Sugar Plum fairy inThe Nutcracker
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P10-B Pork Barrel Scam: A Reflection The Philippines was completely shaken when the news about the Napoles P10-B pork barrel scam dominated the different forms of media throughout the country during the third quarter of 2013. The Filipinos‚ although lacking knowledge about what the scam was all about‚ were enraged by this news. Demonstrations‚ rallies and other kinds of public display were staged by concerned citizens in condemnation to this distressing report. One of these was the massive demonstration
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Criminal Justice : Policy and Practice Police Deviance : Rotten Apple or Rotten Barrel? Jessica 18th November 2010 Contents 1. Abtract……………………………………………………………………..….P.3 2. Bad Barrel : Police culture leads to corruption………………………..…..…..P.5 3. Application : IRA Miscarriage of Justice………………………………….....P.10 4. Application : Case of Rolando Mandoza………….…………………………P.12 5. Policy implication…………………………………………………………….P.14 6. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………P.16 7. References……………………………………………………………………P
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Can a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel? If the bad apples are not removed‚ yes they can eventually spoil the entire barrel. Of course we are talking companies and people and not actual apples. However the analogy can hold true. If there are a few that have little or no morals in the company at any level they can eventually harm the entire structure. There are two ways to keep this from happening‚ institute change or remove the problem. Of the two changes can be the hardest. It has to
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Organizational Culture and Globalization Stanley Brett Yunker Davenport University MGMT 735 Professor Andrew Makar October 18th‚ 2010 Case Recap Superior Supermarkets (SS) is a division of Hall Consolidated‚ a privately owned wholesale and retail food distributor. SS is the smallest of three chains which caters to the South Central United States and is ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in each of its markets. SS has been considering an ‘Everyday Low Prices’ strategy for many years
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A Cream Cracker Under The Settee is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television‚ as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. In A Cream Cracker Under the Settee Alan Bennett has addressed the issue of elderly people in our society and how they are treated by others. It revolves 75-year old Doris on an ordinary day in her house. The play begins after her fall from the buffet and her reflecting on the events that led up to it. The reason the writer uses a monologue is
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