The Persons Case: A Milestone for Women’s Rights in Canada On October 18th‚ 1929‚ Emily Murphy‚ Nellie McClung‚ Louise McKinney‚ Henrietta Edwards‚ and Irene Parlby‚ known as the Famous Five‚ celebrated the ruling of the Privy Council in Britain declaring women as legal persons. Prior to this decision‚ Emily Murphy fought for the rights of all women for twelve years‚ never allowing her losses to bring her down. Emily became the first woman police magistrate in the entire British Empire and
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formerly Northern Natural Gas Company‚ which was formed in 1932 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. But in 1985‚ it bought the smaller Houston Natural Gas and finally changed its name to Enron. The “crooked E” logo was designed in the 1990s. Enron was well known for transmitting and distributing electricity and gas throughout the United States. Enron developed‚ built‚ and operated power plants and pipelines while dealing with the rules of law. They owned a huge network of natural gas pipelines which spread ocean to
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Could the Nazi takeover of the German state and national consolidation of power have been prevented? Who could have prevented it‚ and what would they have needed to do? If a Nazi dictatorship could have been prevented‚ what was the most likely alternative outcome? The rise in power of Hitler in January 30‚ 1933 did not come through a revolutionary way‚ but through lies and manipulations that eventually secured Hitler his election in a political office. Having already attempted to take
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Providing safe‚ compassionate‚ competent‚ and ethical care is one of the important principles outlined in the Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses‚ written by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). This principle requires nurses to create a therapeutic and trustworthy relationship with their patient while also remaining aware that they are providing the utmost safe and ethical care (CNA‚ 2017). By following the guidelines in the Code of Ethics‚ nurses are more likely to provide better care and decrease
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Corporate Governance: Separating the CEO and the Chairman Roles Reference: Millstein Center Publication Name: D & O Diary Publication Date: Tuesday‚ April 14‚ 2009 Article by : Kevin LaCroix Article summary: Many voices are calling public companies to separate the Chairman and CEO functions and to make this model a default governance structure and many evidences shows advantages of that. Pushing to separate the two roles is not a new idea‚ but it has gained support from many sources lately
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Could Cold War have been avoided? No‚ I strongly believe that the Cold War could not have been avoided because Russia and America were natural enemies of the Soviet Union. The United States and Russia were just too different countries with two completely different leaders who never managed to see eye to eye which may have been the biggest reason the war was unavoidable. The other reason was that they had different ideologies and system of government. Also molotov plans n marshal planb. Truman
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Memorandum To: Alan Mulally‚ President & CEO Date: 07/04/2013 Subject: Internal Communications Platform When searching for a social networking platform to use for Ford Motor Company’s internal communications‚ our team has gone through several analyses of each potential platform. The top five choices were Facebook‚ Linkedin‚ Gotomeeting‚ Google+‚ and Skype. All of these programs were rated on the scale of 1 to 4 in six categories: compatibility and speed‚ accuracy of content‚ cost‚ design‚ navigation
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States. He was born on May 8‚ 1884 in Lamar‚ Missouri. Truman was the oldest of his two siblings. He graduated high school in 1901 and then became a bank clerk until 1906. He moved back to his family farm to assist his father in his old age. After his dad died in 1914‚ he became the owner of his father’s farm. Truman ended up marrying a childhood friend‚ Elizabeth Wallace‚ and had one child‚ Margaret Truman. Truman started his political career
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Things Fall Apart Research Clash of Cultures Many times in the past when two relatively different cultures meet‚ there is often a clash of cultures. Sometimes these cultures are near each other‚ and sometimes one culture invades another. Either way‚ there are great consequences that come with both. Consequences usually involve one culture being taken advantage of by the opposing dominant one. In Chinua Achebe’s fictional novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ this cultural invasion does take place‚ igniting
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Enron Case Study The case of Enron is a fascinating one. United States is a country where auditing and accounting principles are so strong. How can something take place on such high level in the United States? The Enron case demonstrates the need to reform the accounting and corporate governance practices in the United States. Moreover‚ the Enron case made government officials to pay close attention to deregulated energy market. Some of the aspects that struck me are discussed below. One of the
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