ECONOMICS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE Kwan Tsz Him (11168188D) Kwan Cheuk Pui (11055717D) Cheng Ming Xian (11704592D) Introduction Although Hong Kong has less land‚ there are always construction projects happening everywhere in Hong Kong‚ for example‚ West Kowloon Cultural District development‚ Kwun Tong redevelopment project‚ etc. However‚ workers and capital involved in the construction industry have been decreasing. In this report‚ we will discuss whether the construction industry is the ‘pillar’
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Post by Day 3 your analysis and assessment of the ethical and economic challenges related to policy decisions such as those presented in the Washington Post article. How does this type of situation contribute to the tension between cost and care? Substantiate your response with at least two outside resources. Cost and Care in the US Kovner and Knickman (2011‚ p.280) suggested that health economist in the US used various methods to the measured value created by healthcare‚ the standard measure is
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However‚ it can be viewed as encroaching on citizens’ rights to self-determination‚ since the law requires everyone to buy health care‚ if they want to or not. A quote from Anthony Vecchione’s article Debating the Ethical Implications of the Affordable Care Act‚ can further explain this accusation when it says‚ “Some critics of the ACA argue that the controversial individual mandate -- which requires American who meet certain criteria to purchase health insurance --
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The fundamental legal aspects of each case study Nevertheless of any situation that may get up‚ every nurse has a set standard in place that must be followed. These are nonnegotiable‚ ethical standards‚ obligations and duties that every individual swears to when entering the nursing profession. These standards are all found within the American Nurses Association’s code of Nursing Ethics and Conduct. Whether dealing with patients and families during end of life decision making or dealing with nursing
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Operations The Ford-Firestone Case 1. The Recall In July 1998‚ Sam Boyden from State Farm Insurance received a call from a claims adjuster inquiring about Firestone tread separation. Sam began to research this issue and he found that there were 20 more such cases going back to 1992. All 21 cases involved Firestone ATX tires and 14 of them involved the Ford Explorer. He then sent an unsolicited e-mail to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing the 21 Firestone cases
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if the transaction fail. Such situations are rare in construction‚ and are probably limited to the more demanding civil engineering projects (Reve and Levitt‚ 1984) and high performance specifications in areas such as building services. For instance‚ most large infrastructure contractor would invest in batching plant/ on-site concrete mixer‚ which allow specialty concrete mixtures to be developed and implemented on respective construction sites‚ instead of buy from ready mix concrete manufacturing
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There is many issues in sports: steroids‚ sexist‚ etc. There are so many situations in sports that lead to a con issue. Many issues that can be debateable and many people have separate opinions and thoughts. The main issue that is mostly talked about is steroids‚ some say it’s a good thing and others believe it’s a terrible issue that should be avoided. Many people use steroids for sports. The steroids help athletes become bigger in the way of creating muscles on the upper body. Alot of baseball
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useful tool used by law enforcement‚ while others believe it to be another way to discriminate against minorities. This paper sets out to examine racial profiling from its origin to present day‚ taking a look into both sides of the racial profiling issue to find what if any laws are in place to prevent racial profiling from taking place. Racial discrimination is not a new phenomenon it can be traced back over one hundred years to slavery times. Dark skinned individuals have always been seen as inferior
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The mark of a despicable institution is when a dollar sign is put over a person’s head. In 1641‚ the colony of Massachusetts became the first place in America to legalize the slavery of Africans. From then on the slave market boomed across America‚ and over 12 million Africans were shipped through the middle passage to become American slaves. They worked hard on the southern plantations with no pay and barely enough food or shelter to get by. Disrespect their owner‚ and they could be tortured or
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The unethical relationship between correction officers and inmates because a social issue because us on the outside don’t really know what goes in on the inside so when people that came out of jail serving their prison time come out and says what the correction officers did to them it’s not for society to turn our back on them because they are criminals but to look in to it to make sure this isn’t happening to individuals. staff sexual misconduct has very real consequences for a facility and its
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