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    HISTORY OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS The Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles had their origins in the Indian independence movement‚ which strove to achieve the values of liberty and social welfare as the goals of an independent Indian state.[1] The development of constitutional rights in India was inspired by historical documents such as England’s Bill of Rights‚ the United States Bill of Rights and France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man.[2] The demand for civil liberties formed an important

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    American Government Duty

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    Introduction As individuals‚ Americans may desire to come to the aide of those in need out of the goodness of their hearts‚ but they are not legally obligated to do so. Traditionally‚ under American law‚ no general duty to rescue those in financial trouble is imposed on us. There may be a morale duty to rescue those in trouble‚ but the law leaves that to the individual and their conscience. So why are so many citizens looking to the government for help with today’s economic situation? Only people can have

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    rights and duties of agent

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    “principal” defined-An agent is a person employed to do any act for another‚ or to represent another in dealings with third persons. The person for whom such act is done‚ or who is so represented‚ is called the principal. The implication of the definition being wide enough it is important to have the right approach. It is the agent’s representative capacity coupled with a power to affect the legal relations of the principal with the third persons which is the distinguishing feature of agency‚ as

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    SHC24 Duty Of Care

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    their competence on the subject odule is designed to help the candidate in several ways. This programme module • To aid the understanding of what the criteria is asking for • To give advice and guidance as to what wha is required • To gain definitions to help the candidate understand the wording that underpins the criteria • To give relevant answers to the specific questioning • Information has been collected from previous NVQ training which still has validity as specific training needs and

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    Duty-Based Ethics

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    civil rights focuses on concerns about deontology. Duty-based ethics also known as deontology says that certain life obligations should take priority over other considerations. Both Ward and Davis were acting under the principle that God himself is against homosexuality so Christians should follow his view

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    Duty In A Christmas Carol

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    privilege and a duty to make the world a better place Most people would agree that it is both a privilege and a duty to make the world a better place. In the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens‚ (complete a one-sentence summary of the novel) Scrooge is visited by three ghosts and given a chance to change his future. Three examples of it being both a privilege and a duty to make the world a better place. It is a duty to make people aware of how kind they need to be‚ it is a duty to make mankind

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    FM 7-21.13 Chapter 3 Section 1 Duties‚ Responsibility‚ and Authority Duty: Duty is defined as “Obligatory tasks‚ conduct‚ service‚ or functions that arise from one’s position (as in life or in a group).”- Merriam Webster. To others‚ it may mean a moral or legal obligation. Such as having a legal duty to obey lawful orders of those appointed over a soldier. According to the Army field manual noted above‚ junior enlisted soldiers perform all their duties to standard as well as to the best if their

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    essential‚ therefore‚ that students should realize this and make full preparations for playing their proper role in society and answering the call of the time to come. Duties of students: This leads us to the consideration of the duties which the students should discharge in order to become good citizens of tomorrow. When we talk of duties‚ the terms ‘rights’ naturally occurs to us. The students of today‚ unfortunately‚ are conscious of only their rights. It is good that they should have a consciousness

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    Duties and Responsibilities According to Cicero (2014)‚ duty refers to moral commitment and it denotes an active feeling for doing something. Once a person engages himself with some duty if he has been entrusted with a duty‚ then that person fully commits himself to it. In the case of duty‚ the person will be involved in activity without any self-interest. As a citizen of a country‚ a person has many duties to perform. It is his duty to adhere to the constitution. Responsibility can be termed

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    Director's Duty of Care

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    Major Assignment: Directors’ Duties Case Part A: Whether the directors are in breach of their duties of care‚ skill and diligence Issue1: who owes the duty? According to S 9‚ the person who is appointed to be a director or the person who is appointed to be an alternate director and is acting in that capacity‚ is a director of the company. (S9) As we can see from the case‚ Peter Pansy‚ Fred Fuchsia and Marie Gold are directors of the company‚ and Alison Astor who is appointed to fill a casual

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