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    duty to warn

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    Running Head: COUNSELING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Stepping up Counseling Responsibilities in a Socially Unjust Society Abstract Social Justice has been an emerging issue over the last century in today’s service environment of helping professionals. Social Justice is a mindset and an action for change. Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia defines social justice‚ as “the ability people have to realize their potential in a society where they live. Classically‚ ‘justice’ referred to

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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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    A Doll's House Duty

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    again?” (Act 1) Torvald does not like when she spends his money because he will not begin his new job position at the bank yet till next year. Torvald also likes to control what Nora eats he dislikes when she eats her favorite sweet which is macaroons. But Nora is not all sweet and innocent either. She has been lying to her husband about the money she had

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    Describe the duties and responsibilities of your role at work place: Duties and responsibilities are the main character of any job performance. These duties and responsibilities are the outcome of the requirements of the specific job rolls. Generally we should follow the following duties and responsibilities to perform our job. To make sure work place is safe and working atmosphere according to Health and Safety Regulation (HASWA – 1974‚ amended 2010-2012). Proper induction of work place should

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    Existing Contractual Duty

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    Assignment Topic Traditionally‚ the performance of an existing contractual duty did not constitute valid consideration for a promise to pay extra money to the contractor. See for example‚ Stilk v Myrick (1809) 2 Camp 317. However‚ the decision in Williams v Roffrey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) [1991] 1QB1 impacts upon this traditional approach. Explain and justify the traditional approach of the courts and extent to which that approach is varied by the decision in Williams v Roffrey

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    Common Law and Equity Prior to the Judicature Act 1873-75 on Fusion Fallacy The early development of equity categorized it as a separate system from the then existing common law. However‚ Lord Chancellor’s intervention gradually developed a distinct body of law called ‘equity’ which was well established by the fifteenth century. From then on‚ the Chancellor’s jurisdiction was exercised via what later becomes ‘court of Chancery.’ The existence of these two systems at times conflicted because of the

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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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    Employer’s Duty of Care

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    Employer’s Duty of Care Jerry Sutherland Instructor Dr. Smith LEG500 2/13/11 Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.”? Jake actions are in the scope of his employment‚ he has been promoted to the service manager position. If the other service techs are busy or can not keep up he is qualified to jump in and help out. The only question of his position I have is how many employees Jake has below him. If he has no employees

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    The law has had great difficulty in classifying and protecting each individual’s apparent rights to privacy. The courts have been faced with the difficult tasks of defining what privacy encompasses for each individual and then balancing this against the values of society. The common law has recently begun to develop through judgements handed down in such countries as the United States‚ United Kingdom and New Zealand‚ placing pressure upon Australian courts to follow their lead. Cases such as Lenah

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    THE DUTIES OF THE AGENTS TO PRINCIPAL The duties of an agent depend primarily on the contract of agency if there is one. Subject to any such express terms‚ the agent owes a number of implied duties or obligations to his principal. It is the agency relationship as such that gives rise to these obligations so that‚ as a general rule‚ they fall as much on the gratuitous agent as on the paid agent. 1. Obey the Principal’s instructions Section 164 states‚ The agent must obey the instructions given to

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