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    Shakespeare uses the prominent theme of usurpation in The Tempest to critique the characters discoveries of rightful authority as a result of re-evaluating their actions. The hierarchy of Elizabethan society was strict in its rules of birth dictated rightful authority‚ so the audience is positioned to question accepted lines of leadership when the protagonist‚ Prospero‚ recalls his usurped dukedom of Milan. Although‚ this reflection and later actions cause Prospero‚ as well as the audience‚ to reconsider

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    Question 1a) Discuss the role/functions of the Retirement Benefits Authority in regulating retirement benefits. The functions of the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) include: To regulate and supervise the establishment and management of retirement benefits schemes. To protect the interest of members and sponsors of retirement benefit schemes. To promote the development of the retirement benefits industry. To advise the Minister for Finance on the national policy to be followed with regard

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    Plato and Moral Authority

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    crimes they have committed as well as‚ by what are actually considered crimes or sins. I want to explore these differences by asking two questions to each reading: What kind of behavior constitutes as a sin or a crime? What is the source of moral authority behind laws and legal judgments? In Plato’s Apology‚ what constitutes as a sin or a crime? Socrates was accused of being a “doer of evil‚ and a corrupter of the youth‚ and he does not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other divinities of

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    Power Vs Authority: Week 3 1 Power Vs Authority Omar Shafi Westwood College Power Vs Authority: Week 3 2 "Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command‚ to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny." - JACQUES MARITAIN‚ "The Democratic Charter‚" Man and the State. There are

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    Alcohol is one of the most abused drugs in the world. Why do people use alcohol in the first place? Many people do experience a relaxed feeling known as a “buzz‚” after having alcohol. They only focus on the pleasurable feeling the alcohol bestows on them. Each person has a different reason for drinking alcohol. Most people want to have an enjoyable time with others and drink. Others may drink to escape stress caused by a tough day in the office or being laid off from the company. Alcoholic parents

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    Delegation of Authority | Bushardt et al. (2010‚ p. 9) observed that ‘at the core of management practice is a process that involves assigning tasks to others (delegation)‚ granting these individuals the right to accomplish them (authority) and holding them accountable for accomplishing the tasks (responsibility)’. Dunham and Pierce (cited in Bell & Bodie 2012‚ p. 94) further defined delegation as ‘the process managers use to transfer formal authority from one position to another within an organisation

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    Terry’s authority in enforcing a contract to be binding to another party. Actual Authority Express Authority ‘An actual authority is a legal relationship between principal and agent created by consensual agreement’ (Lord Diplock). The express grant written in clear terms states Terry is “authorised to enter contracts on LML’s behalf‚ up to a monetary limit of $500‚000”. However‚ the fact that Terry devises a new contract for a price of $1‚400‚000 means he no longer has express authority as an

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    Line and Stuff Authority

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    LINE-AND-STAFF ORGANIZATIONS Organizational structure involves‚ in addition to task organizational boundary considerations‚ the designation of jobs within an organization and the relationships among those jobs. There are numerous ways to structure jobs within an organization‚ but two of the most basic forms include simple line structures and line-and-staff structures. In a line organization‚ top management has complete control‚ and the chain of command is clear and simple. Examples of line organizations

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    moon landing hoax fallacy

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    race or distract from Vietnam‚ put Neil Armstrong under lights on a secret set somewhere in the desert. Despite theorists’ claims that man never landed on the moon‚ their supposed evidence contain black and white fallacy‚ circular reasoning‚ non sequitur fallacy‚ and straw man fallacies. Scientists have proven that these claims are invalid with explanations of the discrepancies that theorists have failed to acknowledge. Conspiracy theorists have pointed out that when the first moon landing was

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    Disobedience To Authority Disobedience has alway been thought as a sin. Is this always the case? Sin has always been associated with disobedience‚ but try to think of it from a different perspective. Disobeying authority allows for a change in freedoms‚ and these changes cause a change in the populous‚ as well as a change in the authority that we are disobeying. If it can do all of these things‚ then is it really a bad form of communication to authority? In my opinion it is not because sometimes

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